From that original meeting, the Buick GS Grand Nationals has grown into a festival of sorts celebrating the General Motors muscle car. The newest car racing this weekend is 35 years old.

John McGann and team take a worn-out 1986 Buick Regal and begins transforming it into a 9-second Drag Week car. First up on the build list is installing a full drag race suspension kit from QA1.

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