Swamp Rat XXX was the 1st car to break the 270mph barrier. In addition, October 30,1987, Swamp Rat XXX was enshrined in the Smithsonian Institution, with photoshoot I'll never forget. There they were, "Big Daddy" and SR-XXX, in front of the Main Entrance. Proudly cackling away with 96% Nitro in the tank, it was if she was saying..."I'm here!"

Very cool vid. Thanks for posting!

My dad took me to this race. Gary Ormsby's streamlined dragster was one of the most amazing machines I've ever laid my eyes on. It was gorgeous in person!!!

The season of the streamliners!

The Cajun Nationals was held at State Capitol Dragway just outside of Baton Rouge. I was in the stands for this race.

@DeanoTheLegend87 The main reason was the weight of the dragster, back then, the minimum weight for the Dragsters was 1,900 lbs, and with some of the streamlining counterparts like Garlits' spoonlike front end, and Ormsby's Indy Car back end, made the cars a bit heavy, so much so, that it was hard to get them down to the minimum weight. I would however love to see the canopy back on ALL the dragsters now and beyond, Top Fuel, Alcohol, Comp Eliminator, Top Dragster, etc.

True, the race wasn't that close. But, the fact that as far as I know, this is the ONLY streamliner final event EVER, makes this special.

Why didn't the Streamliners catch on?

Does anyone know the name of the song being played in the background?

I heard rumors that the IHRA was looking into having a race at State Capitol Dragway

Yeah, top fuel racing today is pretty stagnant in terms of design. I still can't believe that Garlits' mono-wing car never caught on.

We already have, in a sense. Check out Garlits' Swamp Rat 34.