The yearly Gasser Reunion has been going on for about 10 years now. What started as a small meet at Thompson Dragway in Ohio has grown into a far more robust show that is currently held at nostalgic Beaver Springs Dragway in Pennsylvania. Our pals Dawn and Mark Hovsepian were there shooting video and photos and the results of their efforts are freaking fantastic.
This five minute video is jam packed with wheelstands, launches, in-car, on car, and under car video, and some of the neatest period looking gassers in the country. More and more guys are building cars like you’ll see in the video because they capture one of the great eras in the development of drag racing. The racers you will see in this video are doing a fine job of keep the history of the sport alive in the best way possible, by hiking the front end, smoking the tires, and running their junk full bore down the strip. We’d take a ratty running gasser over a static beautiful museum piece all day long and this video proves why!
Press play below to watch absolutely bitchin’ gasser action from the 2012 Gasser Reunion at Beaver Springs Dragway!
Drag racing was better when all the cars had names.
There is something to that…definitely…
Love the Wheeliez…AND the Willy’z… 🙂
Wow. Now that’s the best way to see drag racing history! Thanks for posting this! Love the cars, sounds, and the track! Also love that there is no 4-foot high concrete guardrail blocking the view of this awesome GASSER action! What a great drag strip!
I agree with MrHorsepower, there is nothing like seeing classic gassers on a outlaw drag strip.
This is Maximum Drag Racing! Yeah, the cars have names, there’s no retainer wall blocking half the sightlines,
it’s fun! I was smiling the whole time I watched. This is a great film.
We gotta start a mass protest against giant retainer walls, handicap racing, and not having a cool name on yer car!