ABC's Wide World of Sports, great program, gave coverage to drag racing during it's 1967-72 heyday

this 1970-72 coverage clip was found on http://www.dogfightmag.com/2010/07/the-wide-world-of-sports among a lot of other great stuff... you ought to check out http://www.dogfightmag.com/ there is a lot of good stuff there

for 1967 clip from ABC's Wide World of Sports:
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/don-garlits-wins-1967-us-nationals.html

Drag racing, nothing new about that. Funny car, been around 40+ years, nothing new. When the steering comes off after launch... that's new. What 2 do?

Found on http://www.dogfightmag.com/2011/06/oh-shit via via http://blog.hemmings.com/ where Dan posts great stuff all the time