Drag Racing HISTORY: The Ultimate 1960's GASSER Compilation Video

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Apr 24, 2026 | 04:33 PM

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Drag Racing HISTORY: The Ultimate 1960's GASSER Compilation Video

Drag Racing HISTORY: The Ultimate 1960's GASSER Compilation Video

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The HISTORY behind these 1960's gassers is amazing! Willys, Anglia, Henry J, Tri-Five Chevy all make awesome nostalgia gassers, and in this video, we're checking out dozens of old school gassers that I've showcased on the channel through the years. This includes bits and pieces from my car show coverages, as well as longer history pieces on particular cars like the Moonlighter Willys and other iconic 1960's gassers. I love straight axle gassers, and you'll see a huge amount of Tri-Five Chevys, due to my coverage of the Tri-Five Nationals each year. But you'll also see some great gassers of all varieties, and a little bit of drag racing action mixed in. If you want a gasser DRAG RACING ACTION compilation video, put that one next on your list!

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How Did a Hidden Barn Car Become One of the Most Feared Gassers in Drag Racing?

How Did a Hidden Barn Car Become One of the Most Feared Gassers in Drag Racing?

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Deep in a barn outside Rome, Georgia, a forgotten 1940 Willys coupe sat hidden under goat feed sacks for nearly thirty years. Inside that rusted shell was a machine that once terrified drag strips across the American South the legendary Hemi Hurricane. This is the story of Quincy Lamar “Bunky” Bobo, a moonshine runner turned Navy veteran turned drag racer who built one of the most feared gasoline powered gassers of the 1960s. Starting with a junkyard Willys and a race ready 426 Hemi engine purchased from the legendary Grand Spalding Dodge dealership,

Bobo created a car capable of running low nine second quarter miles at over 140 miles per hour on gasoline. In an era when teams like George Montgomery and Big John Mazmanian dominated the drag racing world, Bunky Bobo and his Hemi Hurricane carved out their own legacy in the rough grassroots drag strips of the American South. From moonshine roads in Georgia to the NASCAR drag racing Winter Nationals in Florida, from winning A/Gas championships to battling rivals like Hubert Platt and Gene Cromer, the Hemi Hurricane became one of the most feared gassers in

Southern drag racing history. Then the car disappeared. For decades it remained hidden in a Georgia barn until the Bobo family pulled it back into the daylight and restored it to its former glory. Today the Hemi Hurricane stands as a surviving symbol of the wild, outlaw spirit of 1960s drag racing. This is the forgotten legend of Bunky Bobo and the Georgia Gassers.