To most U.S. motorists, hot-rodders are a breed of nerveless nuisances who zip their noisy jalopies in & out of traffic with uncanny skill. But to two young Hollywood publicity men, Robert Lindsay, 27, and Robert ("Pete") Petersen, 24, hot-rodders seemed to be a custom-made target for a new magazine.
There was one hitch: neither Lindsay nor Petersen knew much about hot rods or publishing. By haunting Southern California race tracks, they learned the lingo, found that "herding a goat" meant driving an old racing car, that a "jug" was a carburetor, that a "featherfoot" had a light throttle touch. Then a...
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