Product Details

• Actors: Jim Dunn, Pat Dunn, Tammy Dunn, Patty Dunn, Mike Dunn
• Directors: Ron Phillips
• Producers: Ron Phillips, Jack Yopp, John Brooks
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Vci Video
• DVD Release Date: September 19, 2000
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305989435
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,204 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Funny Car Summer" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Jim Dunn is an Orange County, California fireman nine months out of the year. But every summer, for the past twenty years, Jim and his family pack up their suitcases and hook up their trailer to haul a funny-looking dragster to twenty different races in twenty different states.This unusual style of summer vacation has become a way of life for this fun-loving, action- oriented family. The film follows the Dunns' from their Southern California home life to the dangerous, often deadly, world of high speed drag racing and shares their joys and fears as they experience the thrills of this family obsession. Bonus Features: Previews| Scene Access| Interactive Menus. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 98 minutes; Color; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; Year - 1974; SRP - $9.99.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome Movie about a Legendary Drag Racer, May 3, 2001

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Bruce Cissell (Orlando, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Funny Car Summer [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw this movie/documentary about "THE FIREMAN" Jim Dunn at a Drive-in Movie in the early 80's. This movie follows this Legendary Drag Racer around the country during 1970 when he domenated the Funnycar class with his innovative rear engine direct drive 1970 Plymouth Barracuda. This type of setup was several decades ahead of it's time and now the main stay of all Top Fuel Dragster's today. This film also contains footage of then very young Mike Dunn drag racing his bicycle in parking lots and he even dropped a cute as he eliminated the competition. Mike Dunn drives a Top Fuel Dragster today and his dad Jim Dunn is still an Owner/Crew Chief of a Top Fuel Funnycar Team. Jim Dunn is probably one of the most over looked Legends in Drag Racing today. If you want a film that documents this Legendary Drag Racer in his hay day then you'll want this movie.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Christmas Gift from Mom, December 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Funny Car Summer (DVD)

Just like the previous person. I also saw this at a small theatre in Illinois when just 5 or 6. I grew up at a local dragstrip (BYRON.) And witnessed "Snakes" and "Mongoose's" cars.
Plus all the others in the video. I mentioned the film to my father in late August and asked if he remembered taking me and my brother to see it. He sure did. He loved taking me and my brother to the races. My father and I still attend the races together. I love it. My mother found this film on your site(AMAZON.co) and had to buy it for me for Christmas. Was I surprised. I have watched it three times already. Awesome! I wish I was a little older in those days. All I remember is the awesome paint jobs on cars like the Hawaiian and Showtime. Also the Army Tank Wheelstander. Thank-you in helping me relive my childhood.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good time piece on early 1970s Funny Car drag racing, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Funny Car Summer [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw this movie as an 8-9 year old and it was important for me to find it. It is truly a classic for anyone who watched drag racing in the early 70s, especially Funny Cars. The quality is OK and there is some really bad 70s music scenes (Jim Dunn shaving?) but that is what fast-forward is for. It's definitely a time piece especially when they talk about the costs of drag racing. It makes you yearn for those days except for all the 70s stuff (hair, side burns, clothes, etc.). The action is what makes this movie and should bring back many great memories for all of us who went to OCIR.