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Life’s a Circus

2013 marks a significant milestone in the life of the Gasser Circus, as the drivers’ club that pays homage to mid-1960’s Gassers celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The brainchild of Terry Howarth, the Circus first met at the NSRA Nostalgia Nationals in 2003 and provided some excellent entertainment for the crowds.

The intervening period has not been without its growing pains and, at one point, the Circus came very close to packing up and disappearing from UK drag strips altogether, but a resurgence of interest five years ago saw it back on track. With this came an influx of new Gassers, and a batch of drivers hell bent on enjoying their cars. By 2011, the Gasser Circus had grown to the point where it had enough regular entrants to finally establish itself as a race series in its own right.

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