Driving Ambitions: An Analysis of the American Hot Rod Enthusiasm

The automobile and social analysis - theoretical perspectives the early hot rod sports - the lakes and the streets "Hot Rod Magazine" and the creation of drag racing the development of drag racing and the early hot rod economy sporting politics - fuel, professionalism and associations sporting politics - big business and the state ideologies in the enthusiasm - the work ethic - an all-American way drag racing in the 1980s - running into troubles the shut down.