Gasser Wars: Drag Racing's Street Classes: 1955 to 1968
by Larry Davis

In the late 1950s, thousands of street legal hot rods participated in organized drag races across the country they ran in three major classes: Gas, Modified Production, and Modified Sports. As the racers got more serious, these cars were street legal in appearance only. Yeah, they had headlights, taillights, and interiors, but they were full-on race cars, with huge blown Hemi engines, wide racing slicks, and raised front suspensions. 
          
Racers soon discovered that small, lightweight cars were the fastest, and the classic Gasser was born. Fans swarmed to whatch big-names like Stone, Woods & Cook, Ohio George Montgomery, Big John Mazmanian, and others.These were among the most popular and exciting racers of the era many of the top original cars have been restored and are now valuable museum pieces, and the Gasser look is popular again among hot rodders.

Author Larry Davis combined his own image archive with many rare, never-published images from racers, fans, and track photographers all over the country. He also did extensive research and interviews with former drag racers. The result is a comprehensive, entertaining, and nostalgic look at drag racing history.

"Some of the classic b & w photos from the 1950s and early 1960s are priceless. Larry managed to find color shots of some cars that I'd never before seen in color! Mr. Davis has written a winner -- again!"
--David Dilbeck, GeorgiaDragRacing.com

"For the true drag-racing devotee, it's a cornerstone of a good collection, for those interested in grassroots racing the way it was at its height, it's a centerpiece." -Street Rodder, reviewed by Chris Shelton, February 2008

9" x 9"
Sftbd.
192 pgs.
100 color and 200 black & white photos