Cherry Bomb
In their Sixties heyday, jacked-up gassers were the fastest stock-looking drag cars around. More than 50 years later these spectacular racers, based on cars from Willys, Chevrolet, Ford and more, still capture the imagination of enthusiasts and race fans around the globe. When Jeff and Tracy Spear of Hampton, Iowa, took their newly restored, stock ’55 Chevy to the Tri-Five Nationals, Jeff was captivated by the look and sound of the gassers at the huge event in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Says Jeff: “I told my wife, we’ve got to have one of those…”
The Spears’ incredible ’57 Chevy 210 gasser, named Cherry Bomb by Tracy, started life as a
