It really is a “double take” for drag racing ... my first car to Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, about a decade ago and was approached there by the Geezer Gasser guys.

Yes, gassers are no longer a thing in the NHRA, but drag strips across the U.S. still welcome them through nostalgia events. And fortunately enough, we still have car shows that focus on gassers.

In the 1970s, Thompson ran a series of BB/FC Funny Cars, ending his racing career ... In the later 1980s he built a Nostalgia Ford Perfect with a 470ci blown Hemi for his son, Tommy, to drive ...

The track had its own Legends of Drag Racing program, then more than 200 cars made ... three dozen Nostalgia Super Stockers and several grouped exhibition racers like the Ohio Gassers and Pure ...

These cars won many drag racing championships in the 1960s and are still popular as nostalgia gassers in 2022. And this black beauty dubbed "Son of Night Prowler" is one of the coolest 1941 Willys ...

Nicole Johnson explores the theory behind vintage gasser class drag racing cars and drives Steve's horrific creation. MORE ON STEVE DARNELL: Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Steve is the WelderUp ...

June was a banner month for Cregut, who drives a 1948 Austin at nostalgia drag competitions, and his crew chief Cree. The duo won the Geezer Gasser class – for old-time cars that don’t use ...

What has me excited is the fact that word spread quickly among owners of nostalgia drag cars ... of the best Classic Dragsters, Funny Cars, Altereds and Gassers in the region, but does so at ...

A couple of fun, old-school throwback categories are nestled in the wide range of categories that make up HOT ROD Drag Week—Gasser and Hot Rod. With sub-10-second cars present in just about ...