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.
Post WWII Southern California offered many hot rudders the opportunity to hit the main stream and the big screen. As the custom car industry was born, some shunned the term Hot Rod while others embraced it.
As hot rodders took over land speed racing, they used their military experience to craft the first belly tankers and turned jalopy’s into show cars.
