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 ...

Ever walk through a car show or a cruise night and come across a car that has such a deep crowd around it that you have to sift your way through just to catch a glimpse? It’s the one that has ...

“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 ...

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 ...

When gasser style cars started appearing at drag strips in the late 50s, they were like nothing anyone had ever seen. They were stripped down hot rods with big engines, wild paint jobs and a weird ...

Hot Wheels is bringing back the ’55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser drag racer known as Candy Striper, or at least it will if fans unlock the model in a new crowdfunding effort. The toymaker produced 4,000 units ...