>> all race car drivers put their caps inside their suit so when they get out, they can care of their sponsor, tuck it down in there. >> whenever i go up in flames, i look for fire reid. and just like that, i'm strapped in, helmeted, gloved, and quickly thrust in to the thousand horsepower zero to i don't know what world of drag-racing. >> well, i think he really got a rude awakening. spin him around. >> roy enjoyed that so much, he had me do it again. leaving know ponder, how i wound up in this position. the short answer is, a need for speed. 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