Gassing up Gassers every 60 miles while blazing the byways and boulevards of Midwest America, then boiling hoops through six days of drag strip shenanigans is the essence of Drag Week.
The image of several full-on Gassers, some with trailers in tow, winging across America is so wrong it’s a joy to behold. Kids in SUVs waving, gazing, with smiles, pointing in amazement spreads the Gasser gospel. From hippies to Amish buggies pulling the reins of their scared steeds, all gawk in amazement.
Drag seekers Jay Grabiak in his primered ‘55,
Mark Gissendaner’s mamba green ’40 Chevy coupe,
and Drag Week winning Chisholm and Stasiak’s black’55, and more hang ‘em high.
These relics, exhausts pounding pavement, are driving 200-plus miles a day to take in the sights and back road burghs one dragway a day.
Here’s the gallery of Gasser madness through the lens of photo ace Wes Allison—the Gasser chronicles of Drag Week 2016.
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September 11 – Registration, Test and Tune
National Trail Raceway
2650 National Rd SW
Hebron, OH 43025
September 12 – Day One Racing
National Trail Raceway
2650 National Rd SW
Hebron, OH 43025
September 13 – Day Two Racing
Summit Motorsports Park
1300 OH-18
Norwalk, OH 44857
September 14 – Day Three Racing
US 131 Motorsports Park
1249 12th St
Martin, MI 49070
September 15 – Day Four Racing
Lucas Oil Raceway
10267 US-136
Indianapolis, IN 46234
September 16 – Final Day Racing
National Trail Raceway
2650 National Rd SW
Hebron, OH 43025
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