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Joe Hrudka
Joe Hrudka is a pioneering American gasser drag racer. Driving a 1957 Chevrolet, he won NHRA's D/Gas national title at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961. His winning pass was 12.73 seconds at . The next year, at the wheel of the Peters & Betz team's 1955 Chevrolet (with a transplanted Chevrolet engine), he won a second NHRA DGas national title at Indianapolis. His winning pass there was 13.37 seconds at . In 1967, the Hrudka Brothers' 1933 Willys panel delivery was a popular wheelstander. Hrudka would later found Mr. Gasket (retreieved 5 June 2017) (now a division of Holley Performance Products
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Gasser (car)
A gasser is a type of hot rod car originally used for drag racing. This style of custom car build originated in United States in the late 1950s and continued until the early 1970s. In the days before Pro Stock, the A/Gas cars were the fastest stock-appearing racers around. History Gassers are based on closed body production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, which have been stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a beam axle or tubular axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration (beam axles are also lighter than an independent front suspension), though a raised stock front suspension is common as well. Common weight reduction techniques include fiberglass body panels, stripped interiors, and Lexan windows (sometimes color tinted). The 1933-36 Willys coupés and Pickup truck, pickups were very popular gassers. The best-known would be the 1933 Willys 77. While neither cheap nor plentiful, it was a competitive and lightweight choice satisfying the rules o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
