Book Description
In the garages, shops and fertile minds of 1920s car buffs in search of more power and speed, the hot rodding movement was born. A hot bed of this early quest for speed sprang up when the first Southern California hot rod builder hauled his creation over the ridge of mountains and opened up the throttle on the Mojave Desert’s dry lakes. Places like Muroc, El Mirage, and Harper were transformed from an ancient prehistoric no-man’s-land to the weekend testing grounds of speed. Author Robert Genat brings together stories of the golden age of hot rodding from the men and women who pioneered the sport. Profiles of the most influential racers, cars, and events accompany original photography (some never before published) to create a definitive history of hot rod racing on the dry lakes. With a foreword by Wally Parks, NHRA founder and chairman of the NHRA Motorsports Museum, The Birth of Hot Rodding encapsulates a unique piece of racing history.
About the author
Robert Genat is an accomplished author and photographer who has written 23 books for MBI Publishing Company. A self-proclaimed "gear head," Robert has restored two classic cars in the last 10 years (one was featured on a nationally syndicated television show), and is currently working on a chopped 1932 five-window coupe. He and his wife, Robin, own and operate Zone Five Photo. Genat lives in Encinitas, California.
