We hope you enjoy this special presentation of the West of Tulsa Show. On June 8th, 2024, We invited 11 hot rod legends to join us for a lively panel discussion about the early days of racing before a live audience at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. They talked about how they got into racing and told story after story about the early days of hot rodding. You'll hear stories being told for the first time publicly. We also talk about breaking speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats. We wanted to document these stories for future generations. Before we get to the live audience portion of the show, C.J., Gabe and Dan provide some background into what happened behind the scenes that night and some of the highlights from this very special evening. Please Subscribe if you like what we are doing at West of Tulsa and thank you for supporting us.
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0:10 - Preview of part 2
3:15 - Tipline, Please drop us a note!
3:20 - The famous Santa Barbara Airport races
5:15 - Chip Foose explains how someone stole his dad's poster
12:00 - How vintage racing started
22:00 - How did they determine the quarter-mile distance for drag racing?
26:45 - The world of Bonneville at 300 miles per hour
31:30 - Motorcycle racing with Ed Langlo
42:35 - Seth Hammond talks about Bonneville and his Lakester
44:00 - Crashing at 323 miles per hour at Bonneville
46:00 - Tanis Hammond talks about driving 300 mph
52:45 - Tanis vs Seth competition
56:45 - Chip Foose would borrow the cool tools as a kid
1:00:10 - Chip talks about his heroes growing up
1:06:45 - Racing against a P-51 Mustang airplane
1:11:00 - Jim Harris, his DeSoto and assaulting Flatheads
1:18:00 - Orwin bringing back the SB Vintage road races
1:23:35 - Conclusion (Sorry for the abrupt ending)
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