Funny Car Summer, documentary movie available from Netflix, follows Jim Dunn through the 1974 funny car races, and gives a good look at 1974

the car he raced was this rear engined Barracuda, one of only 2 rear engined funny cars racing in 1974

his ordinary job for 47 weeks a year was as a firefighter

the movie covers the drag strips in So Cal mostly, but also Oklahoma and Utah

and I've no idea why the races at El Mirage and Bonneville are in the movie, or even if they are from 1974

Carl and Veda Orr!

and no shit, they lit the back tire on fire to race bicycles with small chutes that were pulled in a parking lot race

Screen shots from the 1958 movie Hot-Rod Girl

Von Dutch pinstriping on the back?

In the credits it lists San Fernando as the dragstrip they filmed at

the movie plot is about the girl in the T Bird, far side of the track in the above photo

I can't recommend the movie, it's so over the top force feeding the anti street racing propaganda it's actually disgusting. 

George Ray's Wildcat Dragstrip, last of the independant drag strips I suppose

Photos from http://402m.com.br/ which will need a translation program like Google Chrome it's worth the read though, unless you already know the story.