| The annual Gasser
Reunion, a national event, is held at our own Thompson Drag Raceway, "The
Grand Daddy of Drag Strips." The Webmaster is pleased to take you
there for a nostalgic trip. For many of you, however, this may be a
new experience. It's never too late to enjoy one of our generation's
great sports events, a day at the drags. The Gasser Nationals allows
no car beyond the 1966 model year. The reason for that is, hey ....
those were the glory years of gasser racing! It's our generation,
man! Now, the Webmaster is no expert, just a huge fan. One of the officials handling the event is Larry Weisenberg, who himself races at Thompson. Bill Nicholl is readying a vehicle to get back on the track at Thompson. In the meantime, sit back and enjoy these clips shot Sunday, June 8, 2003 at the Gasser Reunion Nationals! These video clips are all about 1MB in size and are in .wmv format, which is Windows Media Video format. |
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If you have a problem opening or running the videos, it's probably because you don't have the latest Windows Media Player (version 9). Click on the logo to go to the free download page for Windows Media Player. If you already have Media Player 9 or download and install it and then still have trouble with the videos, please let the webmaster know. Thanks. |
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 50s Chev and Kaiser VIDEO |
 50s Truck and Chev VIDEO |
 Anglia Coupe and Truck VIDEO |
 Linda Ricka's Anglia (see photo of Linda with her ride below) vs. Willys VIDEO |
 Big John Mazmanian's famous Willys gasser PHOTO |
 Big John Mazmanian, Grand Marshall, with admirers PHOTO |
 Big Daddy Don Garlits, Grand Marshall, top fuel dragster. Don Garlits is the Michael Jordan of drag racing. PHOTO |
 Almost in the cockpit of Don Garlits' top fuel machine. PHOTO |
 Cool Yellow Truck vs. Anglia VIDEO |
 Coupe burnouts from catwalk above start line VIDEO |
 The "Little Red Wagon" - the Original Wheelstander VIDEO |
 Two very cool Willys go at each other in the "Quick 8" quarter finals VIDEO |
 A classic Anglia PHOTO |
 A beautiful Willys PHOTO |
 Hauls the world's most famous top fuel dragster PHOTO |
 A bad a-- Willys gasser, one of the "Quick 8" PHOTO |
 Two Willys burn out in the "Quick 8" quarterfinals. This is a very cool burnout video. VIDEO |
 Willys vs. 50s Chev in "Quick 8" quarterfinals VIDEO |
 Willys vs. Willys in "Quick 8" quarterfinals VIDEO |
 The staging area - "Are you ready to rumble?!!" VIDEO |
 The ladies are into it as well. Linda Ricka's fine Anglia gasser. PHOTO |
 The Stone-Woods-Cook Anglia, one of the most famous gassers. PHOTO |
 Sweet. Just plain sweet. PHOTO |
 The "Whoop-Ass" Anglia. The fine print says "Don't Make Me Open This!" PHOTO |
 Two Willys burn out ... VIDEO |
 ... and then leave the start line VIDEO |
 The "Whoop-Ass" Anglia takes on a 60s Chev VIDEO |
 The battle of colors - purple and turquoise Willys VIDEO |
 As soon as these two evenly-matched Willys are popping their chutes, the next up are already burning out VIDEO |
 The Kaiser gets a handicap jump on the Willys in the near lane VIDEO |
 This won an award. OK. Whatever. PHOTO |
 Not your grandfather's Buick engine. PHOTO |
