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 machines 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.