American Icon : The Hot Rod

Season 1

Episode 4
Original Air Date - 16 November 2010

Quarter Mile to Glory: Drag Racing in the 1950s

Drag racers talk about the state of the sport in the 1950s, with footage from the 1955 Nationals in Kansas and the 1959 Smoker March Meet in Bakersfield, California, with profiles of racers of the era. The early days of drag racing ... with segments on Art Chrisman, Tommy Ivo, the 1955 Nats (Great Bend, Kansas), the 1959 Smokers March Meet (Bakersfield), and several other drag racers (Mickey Thompson, Don Garlits, etc.) and tracks (Lions, Pomona, etc.)

(in order of appearance)

* Chip Foose
* Tommy Sparks
* Alex Xydias
* Art Chrisman
* Pete Chapouris
* Bruce Meyer (Deuce Bruce)
* Steven Young
* Tommy Ivo
* Tony Thacker
* Greg Sharp