To keep these single-purpose machines from trouncing the dual-duty competitors, the rule makers divided race categories into Street and Competition, with street cars restricted to gasoline, and the ...

East Coast gasser guru Rich Conklin has had his trusty '55 gassed-up Chevy 210 with him since he first took it to the streets 40 years ago, along the way showing the world that driving with the front ...

“There are a lot of ’55 Chevys here on Long Island, and everywhere else,” points out Frank Balbo when asked what attracted him to our feature car. “But very, very few of them are gassers. A gasser has ...

Nothing leaves a longer-lasting impression on a young person's mind than being in the pits at a nationally sanctioned drag race at the age of five. The fusion of adrenaline and the scent of nitro is ...

Originating on the drag strips across the nation back in the late 1950s, the gassers quickly became the fastest stock(ish)-looking hot rods in the days before the arrival of the Pro Stock class. They ...

Two North Dakota men’s cross country journey in a '55 Chevy Gasser draws attention from hot rod magazines, an automotive museum and a legendary custom car builder. James SanGrait and Brad Kuntz stand ...