The Southeast Gassers are rolling through the 2017 season with the 4th stop on the tour. Go back in time and watch all the drag racing action with some new faces and some new winners.
Man this is Real drag racing! Thank you guys for erecting and growing this program. Great footage! Here I sit with EFI, twin turbos, and automatic... maybe it's time to step back and go hang out with Southeastern Gassers!! Only recommendation is a little more finish line footage 👍🏻
Thanks for the compliment. Normally we have more finish line footage, but the sun was baking our finish line GoPro and it kept overheating and cutting off. We only have one camera guy who does all 7 cameras (including the drone) and he just couldn't get back down there to check on it. It was cooler for Clay City and Ringgold and we got all the finish line footage there. Thanks again!
Thanks Mike, It's tough sometimes but we knew from the start that we took the road least traveled. Nothing is changing if anything it will get stricter.
thanks thats what i thought....i remembrr thr rodin back in the day at Irwindale raceway back in the late 60's and early 70's. then the bleach burnouts started.i went to high school with 3 kids from 2 diff AA/ gassers.love what you guys are doing.we need to start a south west gassers.then meet in the middle,East vs West.
Very well done! More drone footage - can they hover above the finish line for a few passes? If they're off to the side they won't be a danger to the racers..... WillyB
Lol. Just saw this comment from 3 years ago. I wish I could have, but there was only one of me flying the drone and running all 6 cameras (except the interview camera on Mitch) I was only flying the drone before the races and during qualifying.
Glad you enjoyed it Neil, and it was only 1/2 of our show. We usually have over 60 cars and will have there next year. Next stop is Clay City Ky august 12th.
awesome show...now a bucket list to come to one of these events.what wss the brown stuff they kept throwing down on the starting line under the rear tires?
Rodger, when the track temp is high the high revving clutch cars are digging up the rubber at the hit so we have to have a guy putting rosin back down after every car. It's the same type rosin that they used back in the day, only difference back then they would put a long strip of it because the traction was so bad then.
Great show Quain. Of course,I have my normal event questions LOL. Where was Shannon? Not ill I hope. And what about Tim Greer? Surely he don't think Jerry Birch is a better driver? (JUST KIDDING JERRY!) Be glad to see Free Bird back and maybe ole Tim can get back in the Rambler's seat. I used to race a Rambler,only nobody called it that. American Motors Javelin AMX. That thing would outrun a telephone call. Like I said,great show, and looking forward to the next one!
Jerry and Tim are big buddies and Jerry was doing better in the points but blew his engine so he borrowed Tim's car until He got his engine done. Shannon just didn't go for some reason. I'm not sure what his reasons are.
I have to ask, why is the pro-street 'Cuda allowed to run, was it "grand-fathered" in? Looking through the rules, pro-street type rear ends and rear wheel wells are specifically mentioned several times.
Swaybelly I have to answer this question a lot and it is something that we have a little problem with. Our rules don't say the quarters have to be cut out for the tires even tho most do. The rules do say that if the quarters are not cut that the tire has to be a max of 1/2 inch from the lip of the wheel opening so not to look pro street. Even at that I have to agree that the cars with the wider tire's look WRONG if the wheel wells are not cut. Even tho the tire only measures 11 inches wide. For an example the orange chevy 2 of James beard or the falcon wagon of Jimmy Huff looks right with the wheel wells not cut. The reason is they both have a narrower tire like it would have been back in the mid 1960's.I'm not sure what we are going to do about this in the future but we are looking into it even tho they are within the rules. Believe me if I could start over there would be a lot of things wrote different i the rules. they would be a lot stricter. Stick with me I'll get it in a few years.
Quain,thanks for your vision and persaverance in making this all happen.Great coverage.I just gotta have one of those Perfect Circle t-shirts,where'd you get'em ?
Tim, I got it off ebay believe it or not. Here's a link to the guy that sales them. He's got so many it will be hard to chose the one you want. I bought about 10 of them LOL. www.ebay.com/sch/salvagegarden/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
Here's the direct link to the Perfect circle one. www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Perfect-Circle-Piston-Rings-Decal-T-Shirt-/110677198647?var=&hash=item19c4e00737:m:mXl3CONc2dJoe0WRX7Lx5cA
Thanks so much for taking the time to answer such a trivial question.I'm an ebay junkie,in my search for the T's I saw these,but the image on the front appears to be quite a bit smaller than on yours.I'll order one to see,thanks again
A/Gas is 6 lbs per cubic inch, B/Gas is 8 and C/Gas is 10. There are several weight breaks that you will find in the rules for different combinations. I also included a link to our main web site where you will find the rules for each class. southeastgassers.com/content.aspx?sl=1248996757