By Leslie A.M. Smith / Gazettes.com
July 2, 2009

Atlantic Avenue between Carson Street and San Antonio Drive will be jammed with cars on July 11, when the Fourth Annual Dragster Expo and Car Show hits the street from 2 until 7 p.m.

The event began in 2006 as the brainchild of Eighth District Councilwoman Rae Gabelich, whose late husband Gary Gabelich is best known for setting a world land speed record of 622.407 mph in the rocket-powered Blue Flame and was also a power boat and drag boat champion.

“We hope this is the most successful year ever appealing to people in the neighborhoods looking for something to do close to home,” said Gabelich, whose office coordinates the event with the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA).

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