“Ohio George” Montgomery was one of a handful of the big-name Gasser Wars racers. George and a few of the other gasser racers resisted the pull to race a funny car, and continued racing gassers. But in ‘71, George wowed everyone with his twin-turbo charged, Boss 429 ‘69 Ford Mustang. He even got the cover of Hot Rod Magazine for his efforts.

In ‘71, turbocharging was for road racing Porsches and old Corvairs. While George may not have been the first drag racing usage of a turbo charger, he certainly go a lot of attention. With help from Ford engineer, Danny Jones and Mr. Gasket’s Joe Hrudka, George and his team built a completely modern, get classic-looking Mustang gasser.

Many of the Gasser racers like K. S. “Tiger” Pittman were using the smaller, slick Opel GT bodies, Montgomery’s ‘69 Mustang looked like it was standing straight up and leaning forward, like a traditional gasser.

How did the car run? On his initial run, George ran an 8.50 et @167 mph... under the ET and over the existing speed NHRA national record for his class!