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, roy hill. i don t know who s having the most fun, me or him. that d be you. oh. you running nine flat at 157 mile an hour. what do you think of it? i think it s balls on fire fast, man. it s just too fast. you re going to be driving one shortly. i m going need some what is the word, a lot of good
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, roy hill. i don t know who s having the most fun, me or him. that d be you. oh. you running nine flat at 157 mile an hour. what do you think of it? i think it s balls on fire fast, man. it s just too fast. you re going to be driving one shortly.