The Meltdown Drags is one of the most nostalgic drag racing events in the nation and about the closest thing to an old time outlaw gasser meet that you'll find anywhere in the Midwest. Imagine Willys, ...

The 1960s were a transformative period for sdrag racing, a time when the sport was still in its raw, unrefined form, far ...

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 every ...

Gene O'Connor 's 1941 custom Willys pickup is a real gas, man. Well, make that a "gasser," or lightweight, high-powered custom drag racer. The Willys looks ready to, as the Jan and Dean hit "Drag City ...

HAMPTON, Ga. - It’s a tradition for thousands of fans every Friday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway – sit back, relax, and watch hundreds of drag racers duke it out on the Speedway’s eighth-of-a-mile ...

Each type of racing has its own legends. For open-wheel racing, A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, and Juan Manuel Fangio, for NASCAR, Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, and Cale Yarborough, among others. One ...

Big John Mazmanian, a legendary racer and car builder prominent during the “gasser wars” era of Southern California drag racing, died July 21 at 80, at a hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif. In the 1960s ...