When it comes to popular drag racing stuff these days, the Southeast Gassers are among the top draws in the country. The group founded by Quain Stott and stacked up with awesome period correct gassers from the golden age of the sport blows the doors off of every strip they pull into. Why? The cars are spectacular, the racing is tight, and the drivers understand that the people are there to have a good time and be entertained. That means big burnouts, wheelies, and some showmanship that has generally disappeared from other parts of the sport.

One of the guys who really gets the whole program is Donovan Stott. The son of Mitch Stott (Quain’s brother and an all-time great door slammer drag racer) and a kid who bleeds gasoline hauls his White Trash Anglia to the track on the back of an old flatbed and he drives that little car like the heroes back in the day. The hammer is down, the gears are ripped, and being sideways is a regular part of the program.

All of this leads us to the videos below which were shot at Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip in Ringgold, Georgia. In them you will see a couple angles of an amazing save that Stott made when his little car decided that it wanted to cross the race track at speed. Yes, Stott touches the wall but when you see what he did to keep the car from being destroyed and to keep it away from Greg Porter in the Night Stalker you’ll be as impressed as we were when we saw it.

If you have to wonder why people like this series, these cars, and the drivers in them, look no further than these videos. The packed house collectively gasped and then went nuts when Donovan Stott saved his own bacon on the strip.

Press play below to see Donovan Stott save his own bacon in the White Trash gasser!