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The unbelievable story of how Big Willie Robinson and illegal street racing brought Los Angeles together. Racing with gangs, riots, cops, and mayors, this one has it all as told from the men who were there.

Hot Rod History Lessons

Hot Rod History Lessons - Brotherhood of Street Racers

Professor Jay Deez III takes us into the world of custom culture and the history of coachbuilders; people that introduced us to the Winfield Fade and even the Batmobile.

Custom Culture

History comes alive with actual footage of remarkable machines and the big characters that risked it all to drive them into the history books.

Hot Rod History Lessons - Land Speed Records

Professor Jay Deez III takes us on a journey back to the early days of Hollywood movies and their stories of hot rods and race cars.

Hot Rod History Lessons - Hollywood Movie Day

A remarkable journey back into the wild '60s. Professor Jay Deez III takes us right into the glory days of drag racing with tales of the very first 200MPH dragsters, Christmas trees, and funny cars.

Hot Rod History Lessons - Christmas Trees and Funny Cars

A journey back in time to the very origins of drag racing; remastered archived footage with narration by Professor Jay Deez III bring these historical stories back to life again.

Birth of the Dragstrip

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Remastered historical raw footage takes the class deep into the very first NHRA national event from 1955.

S1 E4 | Live From 1955

E10 | Hot Rod History Lessons - Brotherhood of Street Racers

E9 | Custom Culture

E8 | Hot Rod History Lessons - Land Speed Records

E7 | Hot Rod History Lessons - Hollywood Movie Day

E6 | Hot Rod History Lessons - Christmas Trees and Funny Cars

E5 | Birth of the Dragstrip