The Exciting World of Speed & Beauty: Bad Ass Hot Rods and Custom Cars

Master car builder Boyd Coddington is the force behind the custom Cadillac "Godzilla" and the incredible Custom '57 Chevy, "Chezoom. Snow-mobile drags where some racers have put a Chevrolet V-8 motor into the rear of a custom-bodied snow-mobile then race a quarter mile on ice at speeds of 150 mph. It's part the Automobile Museum, part used car lot and part classic car auction.

Elegant creations of the '30s, '40s, and '50s. These beautifully crafted quarter-scale classic cars have a price tag of nearly $40,000 dollars or more. See the Funny Car wars, 300 mph Hot Rods and the best customized cars in the country. The most extravagant, imaginative and outrageous custom cars have come to compete in what is The Super Bowl of custom cars.

It's a thing of beauty, a vehicle that recalls the glory days of hot rodding like no other. It is the American Roadster. It was born on the Dry Lake Beds of Southern California and on the Salt Flats of Bonneville. This is the story of how the roadster came about and the men who race them. The awesome acceleration of Steve Johnson's Pro Stock motorcycle is one of the fastest of the two-wheel terror

Hot Rod Magazine named this 1950 Buick, "Leviathan," after the monster of the sea with 870 horses under the hood. This Buick is one bad-ass Tri-Shield. The Mille Miglia, a one thousand mile race through Italy was Europe's racing showcase.

The Willow Springs Road Course hosts the Stock Car racing class of Door Slammers. Also the "Art Car" Parade where some of the most wackiest cars in America go on parade. Then we ride with the fastest street legal Tri-Five in America...a specially raced prepared 1955 Chevrolet that lifts the front wheels on every run down the quarter mile.