Hot Rodding as we know it started with men who wanted to make their cars faster than the next one. With speed contests starting on the dry lake beds in California, and ever increasing performances, the Bonneville Salt Flats became a haven for those wanting to run big numbers. Of course, big numbers back then weren’t the same as they are now, but for records to be broken you have to start somewhere. On this episode of Influence and Impact, Jason and Marcel talk hot rodding and land speed racing history and how the Southern California Timing Association came to be.
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Auto Revolution’s Influence & Impact traces the automotive history of custom car and truck builders.
Car Clubs in Southern California formed timing associations out at the dry lake beds looking to set records of their own with jallopys and stripped down roadsters.
Future industry titans like Vic Edelbrock and Wally Parks got their start out in the open desert of El Mirage.
