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Drag Racing Gassers Photo Archive

Drag Racing Gassers Photo Archive
By Lou Hart

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One of drag racings very popular classes formed was the Gassers. During the `50s, Model A and 1932-`34 Fords were considered the hot set-up for these gas classes. Using Ford V-8 "flatheads" and later overhead valve engines, Gas Coupe and Sedan classes had to maintain stock wheelbases and the engine relocation was limited. By the mid-60s, it was rare to find an upper classed gasser with any other body make than Willys, Studebaker, Austin or Anglia. They were the stoutest full-bodied cars on strips nationwide. Touring teams ran four to six times every week, often traveling several hundred miles day and night to make their next dates. This was old school racing! However, interest waned as fliptop funny cars took over in popularity. The battles in A/GS (later AA/GS) ranks created many heroes and villains who etched their marks into drag racing history. Gassers shared with fans of the quarter mile one the most thrilling overall racecar types, and for an era that was all too short, they were literally the Kings of the Sport. Enjoy this photo book that takes you back to that time.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #151394 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-05-01
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 128 pages

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About the Author
Lou Hart has been covering the sport of drag racing for over 30 years. He sells his vintage photos at swap meets, and usually charges about the same price as this book for one or two photos. He has also authored Drag Racing Funny Cars of the 1960s Photo Archive, Slingshot Dragsters of the 1960s Photo Archive, and co-author of Drag Racing Funny Cars of the 1970s Photo Archive.

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Drag Racing Gassers5
This is a wonderful piece of vanshing drag racing history for an excellent value. Individual photos would be much more expensive and wouldn't have the written explination that goes along with the each photo.

great photo compendium4
This book doesn't have a great amount of text, but it does feature superb photos by Tom West, an excellent West Coast drag racing photographer. There are informative captions. However, I found a few with slightly incorrect details, and that's the only thing keeping the book from rating five stars. The photos really capture the West Coast gasser scene in the Sixties and early Seventies. Recommended.