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Stone Woods & Cook Willys

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Can there ever be enough images of the Stone Woods & Cook Willys Gasser. Many would say, "HELL NO!"

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Stone Woods & Cook Willys

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Stone Woods & Cook Willys

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In the early to mid ‘60s, Gassers were all the rage in drag racing. The “Gasser Wars” was a long series of match races fueled by clever, taunting advertising by sponsors such as Eskimo Cams, B&M Transmission, and Isky Cams, as well as racers such as Jr. Thompson and Stone Woods & Cook.

In their day, Gassers were at the cutting edge of drag racing technology. Using bulbous old sedan and truck bodies, with supercharged engines, these upright and loud machings were a site to behold. Because of their short wheelbases, most of the cars were difficuly to drive and wanted to go every way but straight. Wheelies and lane crossing was quite common.

Of all of the cars from the Gasser Wars era, the Stone Woods & Cook car is arguably the most popular. Over the years, Fred Stone, Doug Cook, and Leonard Woods raced a variety of black and blue Willy bodies cars. In the late ‘60s the team switched over to a late-model Mustang body, and in the early ‘70 raced a AA/Fuel Funny Car. But it will always be the Willys Gassers that Stone Woods & Cook will best be remembered by.

The Swindler II used a supercharged Oldsmobile engine and raced in A/Gas Supercharged class and B/Gas Supercharged class.

Stone Woods & Cook #2 Gasser

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Stone Woods & Cook
Retrospect: Drag Racing History

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During the mid-to-late ‘60s match racing Gassers were so popular that many teams turned professional, touring the country and living the gypsy drag racer’s life. Stone Woods & Cook, K. S. “Tiger Pittman,” and “Big John” Mazmanian were the superstars of the 1320 them. The cars used blown big-block Olds and Mopar 392 hemi engines and usually ran in the mid-9-second range at around 150 mph.

Competition was close and so were the cars... SOMETIMES LITERALLY. The combination of the short wheelbase and supercharged power made for cars that were brutes to drive but serious fun for spectators. Gassers pack’m in and the crowds loved it!

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Note: There are lots of great clips of the Stone Woods & Cook race cars from the '60, as well as the revised cAr from the mid-'80s nostalgia races on the Jackson Brothers "Gasser Files Pt. I & II" video tape. Click HERE for more info.

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