CARtoons Magazine Issue #48 2023

LEGAL DRAG RACING MATURED IN THE EARLY NINETEEN FIFTIES. ‘WEIGHT’ TRANSFER BECAME IMPORTANT FOR BETTER TRACTION AND THE OBVIOUS AGGRESSIVE STANCE. THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR THE SATURDAY NIGHT CRUISE AT THE DRIVE IN.

THE GAS CLASSES AT THE DRAGS BECOME ‘GASSERS’ . THE LOOK WAS JUST WAY TOO COOL AND WAS ADOPTED TO THE INSURANCE SALESMAN’S PLYMOUTH BUSINESS COUPE AND THE LIBRARIAN’S BATHTUB NASH. STRAIGHT BEAM FRONT AXLE, LADDER BAR REAR AND A VERY LUMPY CAMSHAFT MADE THE SCENE.

A FORMULA FOR SPEED IS TO INCREASE HORSEPOWER

AND TORQUE , PLUS TRACTION AND THEN ADD LIGHTNESS .

...AND MORE... MONEY!