CNN Somebodys Gotta Do It With Mike Rowe November 9, 2015 06:05:00
After the second world war, those side by side duals, starring rebels without causes, got a little too fast. souped up cars, known as hot rods, had no business on public roads. so the action move to dry lake beds and unused military runways. in 1949, the first timed speed races took place at the now famous bonneville salt flats in utah. the sport was made legit by a guy called wally parks who founded the national hot rod association back in 1951. it steadily grew from there with cars getting longer, times getting faster, and stakes getting higher. >> which brings us back to the one and only, r...