Mike Finnegan delivered one of the wildest moments of HOT ROD Drag Week's opening day when his blown 526ci HEMI-powered 1955 Chevy Gasser went airborne with all four tires completely off the ground.

The Pontiac brand and the gasser class are long dead, but Darren Brandow leans into the wind with his 1965 Tempest, one of the coolest street-legal drag machines of HOT ROD Power Tour West. We were ...

This particular example has been thoroughly reimagined, though, as a Gasser-style drag racing machine. Triple-five Bel Airs are an especially popular car for conversion to this style, which features ...