In the 1960's the blown gassers were some of the most exciting and most publicized racers in drag racing. Drag racing fans were eager to see racers like Stone-Woods-Cook, George Montgomery, K.S. Pittman, Junior Thompson, Jack Merkel, Bob Ida, John Mazmanian, The Mallicoat Bros., Paul Frost, Bones-Dubach-Pisano, the Kohler Bros., Skip Hess Eddie Sanzo, Jim Oddy, Bob Chipper, Gene Ciambella and many, many others.