Scotty Gosson is a long time contributor to many automotive periodicals, and is currently on staff at "Hot Rod DeLuxe" magazine. He is an avid drag racer who has also competed in land speed racing on the salt at Bonneville. Gosson is a noted hot rodding historian, who's lighthearted and entertaining writing style and edgy photography has been well received in his previous CarTech books, "America's Coolest Station Wagons, Rat Rods" and "America's Wildest Show Rods of the 1960s and 1970s".