Scientists haven't located it yet, but there has to be a hot rod gene that gets passed down from father to son. And whatever it is that gets grade-school boys excited when they see a car do a burnout ...

It takes at least a little black magic to put a double-whopper-size car like Rich Williams' '41 Willys coupe into the Pro Gas field at Sacramento Raceway. The index there is a stout 9.50, but Williams ...