Since the IHRA Funny Car division will be a thing of the past in 2009, we felt it was pretty neat to find this video showing a day and time when the floppers were a staple of the sanctioning body's program.

This classic video rewind comes from the 1979 IHRA Funny Car Nationals hosted by Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga. On this clip you'll see such notables as Dale Pulde, Raymond Beadle, Kenny Bernstein, Frank Oglesby's Mello Yello Mustang and Shirl Greer.

Since the IHRA Funny Car division will be a thing of the past in 2009, we felt it was pretty neat to find this video showing a day and time when the floppers were a staple of the sanctioning body's program.

This classic video rewind comes from the 1979 IHRA Funny Car Nationals hosted by Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga. On this clip you'll see such notables as Dale Pulde, Raymond Beadle, Kenny Bernstein, Frank Oglesby's Mello Yello Mustang and Shirl Greer.

FYI, the 1979 IHRA Funny Car world champion was Bernstein in the Chelsea King Plymouth Arrow-bodied entry.