{"id":16030,"date":"2011-06-20T21:30:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T04:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=16030"},"modified":"2013-02-17T19:26:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T02:26:55","slug":"2011-gasser-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheels-Up Racing at the 2011 Gasser Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2F2011-gasser-reunion%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2F2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61.jpg&amp;description=Wheels-Up+Racing+at+the+2011+Gasser+Reunion\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Wheels-Up Racing at the 2011 Gasser Reunion\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Wheels-Up Racing at the 2011 Gasser Reunion&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\" data-text=\"Wheels-Up Racing at the 2011 Gasser Reunion\" data-desc=\"Nostalgia drag racing all weekend in Beaver Springs, PA Located about an hour's drive north of Harrisburg, PA, Beaver Springs Dragway is a dragstrip with lots of heart. The crew running the show goes out of their way to make you feel like part of the family. Their advertising slogan\u00a0is \"Nobody does\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Nostalgia drag racing all weekend in Beaver Springs, PA<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16039\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"2011 Gasser Reunion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Gasser Wagon, Nostalgia Gassers, Gasser Magazine, Gasser Reunion\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-61-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Located about an hour&#8217;s drive north of Harrisburg, PA, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beaversprings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Beaver Springs Dragway<\/a> is a dragstrip with lots of heart. The crew running the show goes out of their way to make you feel like part of the family. Their advertising slogan\u00a0is &#8220;Nobody does it better!&#8221; and I would have to say that&#8217;s definitely not false advertising! The &#8220;Beav&#8221; is the perfect location for <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Gasser Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gassermagazine.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gasser Magazine&#8217;s<\/a> Gasser Reunion that was held June 10-12.<\/p>\n<p>We hit the road early to make the 3 hour drive from our home base in WV and it rained the entire trip! When we arrived, the spectators&#8217; parking field had an inch of standing water. Do you ever get the feeling that maybe you are wasting your time making a long trip for nothing? Well, luckily that feeling for us was wrong and the sun was shining by 8:30am. Everyone was able to enjoy a full day of racing.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16040\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Randy Campbell's 1950 Studebaker Full Metal Jacket\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-3.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"gasser studebaker, Nostalgia drag racing, Nostalgia Gassers, Gasser Magazine\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-3-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-3-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Randy Campbell&#8217;s 1950 &#8220;Full Metal Jacket&#8221; Studebaker sits in the pits drying after the early morning rain.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-372.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16041\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Beaver Springs Dragway Track Crew\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-372.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"willys gasser, hot rod coupe, gasser wars\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-372.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-372-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-372-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-372-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The track crew did an excellent job getting the dragstrip prepared for racing after the rain stopped. There was only a short, 1 hour delay before Saturday&#8217;s time trials.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-41.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16042\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"2011 Gasser Reunion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-41.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-41.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-41-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-41-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-41-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was like you stepped back in time as you watched hot rods and gassers driving in the pits.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-533.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16043\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Wheels-Up Racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-533.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"gasser wars, gasser magazine, nostalgia drag racing\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-533-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-533-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-533-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gassers were reaching for the sky all weekend. Dan Bergeron (yellow) actually took second place in the wheelie contest for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-260.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16044\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Lew Stitley's Tijuana Taxi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-260.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"corvette gasser, Nostalgia drag racing, Nostalgia Gassers, Gasser Magazine, Gasser Reunion\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-260.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-260-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-260-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-260-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lew Stitley put on a great show all weekend in his &#8220;Tijuana Taxi&#8221; Corvette and ended up with the win in Nostalgia Gas.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-147.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16030]\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16045\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Mike Etchberger's Street Legal Willys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-147.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"willys gasser, gasser wars, gasser magazine, nostalgia drag racing\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-147.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-147-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-147-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011Jun11-Gasser-Reunion-147-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Etchberger would later go on to take home the trophy for the Wheel Stand Contest in his street legal Willys.<\/p>\n<p>Great people + a great track + a great event = a can&#8217;t lose great time! Hopefully you&#8217;ll have a chance to check out some of the other nostalgia racing events in the future at the Beaver Springs Dragway.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, check out a few more photos over in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ViewEventImages\/2011%20Gasser%20Reunion\/\">Hot Rod &amp; Racing picture gallery<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2F2011-gasser-reunion%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Wheels-Up+Racing+at+the+2011+Gasser+Reunion\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Wheels-Up Racing at the 2011 Gasser Reunion\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Wheels-Up Racing at the 2011 Gasser Reunion&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-gasser-reunion\/\" data-text=\"Wheels-Up Racing at the 2011 Gasser Reunion\" data-desc=\"Nostalgia drag racing all weekend in Beaver Springs, PA Located about an hour's drive north of Harrisburg, PA, Beaver Springs Dragway is a dragstrip with lots of heart. 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