This is the great innovation and dark curse of "Gasoline Alley": the characters age.

But while "Gasoline Alley" may seem reassuring today, it is in fact profoundly unnerving.

But in Gasoline Alley, a block from the speedway, it is life as usual for the local race car builders and teams.

But if the talk in Gasoline Alley is true, there is that possibility for 2000.

Gasoline Alley had strong characters that were animals.

In 1941, half of the garage area, known as Gasoline Alley, burned down before the race.

The first strip to feature aging characters was Gasoline Alley.

Upper and lower case lettering is used in Gasoline Alley.

Prior to 1998, any car that crossed the entrance to Gasoline Alley was ruled out of the race.

You only needed to look at Waltrip's garage in Gasoline Alley the last two days to know what he meant.