NHRA's Brian Lohnes and HOT ROD Magazine's John McGann chat with Nelson Racing Engines Founder, Tom Nelson! Tom takes us through the highs and lows of his career, telling never-before-heard stories like putting Twin Turbos in an airboats, and plummeting off 50-foot cliffs in Iceland! The guys talk to Tom about the genesis of Nelson Racing Engines, StreetFire.net, how the show "Driven" got started, the formula off-roading crash in Iceland, reevaluation after the crash, the artistry of engine building, the F-Bomb '73 Camaro, Tuatara, 2019 Ridler Award, and why we're in the wild west era of HOT RODDING!

2:03 - 40,000 hp HOT ROD shoot!

3:14 - Where It All Began.

6:48 - The Go Kart that started it all.

10:16 - Street Racing.

12:52 - The start of Nelson Racing Engines.

18:34 - First NRE projects and learning the business.

21:57 - First PRI Show.

22:59 - From StreetFire.net to YouTube.

28:35 - How "Driven" got started.

33:25 - Formula Off-Roading in Iceland.

35:02 - "We're going off a 50-foot cliff!?"

39:25 - Immediate aftermath of the crash & recovery process.

47:09 - Reevaluating the business.

55:40 - The artistry of engine building.

58:16 - The F-Bomb '73 Camaro.

01:03:34 - The Wild West of Hot Rodding.

01:06:15 - Metal printing with AI.

01:07:35 - NRE x Tuatara.

01:11:46 - The 2019 Ridler Award.

01:16:32 - What's next?

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