The Gassers were the most fun, affordable and best looking cars ever to exist. Love the gassers. For those who remember, one of the most beautiful and safe dragstrips in all of NHRA was SANAIR near Montreal Quebec Canada. I was the only photographer allowed onto the track. I used to crouch behind the Chrondek christmastree and where I took some of my best shots. When the Gassers and alterds ran I always had a spare roll just for them. I could do 70+ pics of these beauties.

@kevbjork1

5 жыл бұрын

Don't know if they were the best looking but they sure were fun to watch. I love it when someone drags an old one out to race at something like drag week!

I had the pleasure of seeing a couple of those cars when I was a kid....life goes by fast

@angelsone-five7912

2 жыл бұрын

Life is very much like a trip down the strip, the further down it you get the faster it goes! 😄

Never gets old watching these gasers good video

Awesome video, thanks, it really takes me back.

Island dragway is my home track and I love to see all the history that happened there. You don’t realize how many drag strips there used to be around, it’s a shame most have closed. Raceway park is gone, Atco is near gone soon to be a parking lot for wrecked cars, maple grove is in the process of being sold for possible land development, and the list goes on. Property values have soared taxes are out of control and these small tracks (some holding national events) just can’t make it, not to mention the cost of owning a car in any venue. If people struggle to pay taxes they sure as hell aren’t gonna have money to go racing. Please support your local family owned tracks and businesses because when there gone, there gone for ever.

Island Dragway was my home track from 1999 til 2020. I raced a street legal, 2003 Suzuki GSXR-1000 with no wheelie car and a DOT legal rear tire. In 2012 age 62, I set the track speed record that still stands for ALL motorcycles at 168 mph which can be seen on KZread by typing Joel Turpin in the search window. Stopping in 1800 feet was scary and had to lock up both tires to get stopped. I was using nitrous on that pass. Then, at age 69 I set the track ET record with no nitrous or turbocharger at 8.50 @ 164 mph which can also be seen on KZread. A week later I had a pass or 8.55 seconds @ 165 mph on motor only. There was only 1800 feet to stop from those speeds.

I raced a D/G 47 chevy and a C/A 32 ford at dragway 42 in Ohio

That was such an awesome vid

Bill Gwynn (@ 7:26) was the local engine guru in my home town of Suffolk Virginia. And one of my first bosses. They called him "squirrel" with good reason!

awesome video

As a kid we went Orange County International when ever we bugged a parent until they gave up. They would hand us a hand full of cash to supplement our paper route money drop us off at the gate at 1pm and as they were pulling away they would yell out "ill be out here at 11pm be here or spend the night" lol too funny drop off a bunch of unsupervised hyperactive 5-6th graders high on candy and Coca Cola what could go wrong hahaa OMG. We would raise hell all afternoon into the night bug the the racers w dumb questions until they chased us away. The bleachers were always packed but as soon as the Dragsters and Funnycar 1st elimination were over everyone i mean everyone would go to the food line. Not me i would find a better seat closer and stay for ALL the Modified Production, Super Stock, Stock classes every single round i always did that and so glad i did because there will never be those factory door slammers again from the 60s and 70s so to all you guys who ran those classes i thank you i/we didn't get up to get food i watched, appreciated and loved those classes.

Awesome.

Came here only to get all knowledge to tell those diecast/Hot Wheels collectors what's Gassers all about.

"Fascinating !" but the days of building your own gasser or ratrod and get to run it are regulated if not gone, and old style bodies are not that easy to find any more . And also you gotta make it all fit right, it`s work ...

@NeilLB7

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you've talked yourself outta building and running one. You gotta want it bad enough.

@frigglebiscuit7484

5 жыл бұрын

where do you live, california?

My Dad was Vinny Arcuri from Brooklyn, NY. He designed a Hydramatic back in 61-62 that was “very similar” to the infamous one with VITAR. I believe my Dad used a transmission supplier that rented a top floor to Vinny Tarantola who liked to follow my Dad’s progress. The design was a hit, my Father left to serve his country from 62-66...and life goes on...

@amos6013

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your father's story with us Michael. Men like your dad were the pioneers of our sport. We are most thankful for their contributions.

@michaelarcuri6684

6 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, anytime Sir.

@kovaxx

5 жыл бұрын

Vince J. Arcuri awesome history.I did want to take the time to say thank you for your service and sacrifice sir.

@clydebethatway7485

6 ай бұрын

Wow, what a story. Is your dad still alive?

GASSERS RULE

I never knew 8mm had so much sound

Driver/Mechanic Dean Lowry in Inch Pincher @ 11:01 This would be 1966 -67

Love to old films, can you answer me this, where was the first purpose-built​ drag strip in the world built?

gasser forever

I'd bet there isn't any kind of drag racing on Long Island these days. Libs probably complained about the noise beginning in the late 70's.

@kovaxx

5 жыл бұрын

NeilLB7 long island extreme man.check it out,very cool

my 53 ford will be done soon

I was the "396"th viewer! Oh yeah!

What makes a car a gasser?

Great footage, some of the best. And steve you can build and race a gasser or altered in this day and age. I DO, and so do alot of people. You must be very out of touch with todays nostalgia racing scene. Too bad!