Hot Rod: Directed by George Armitage. With Gregg Henry, Pernell Roberts, Robin Mattson, Grant Goodeve. A drag-racer enters a local championship race. However, he runs up against the town …

A freewheeling drag racer enters a local championship meet and finds himself head-to-head with the tyrannical town boss who has already arranged for his own son to win. The film was made by ABC …

The 1979 made for TV drag and street racing film that secured the pre-war Willys coupe spot in history as the car hot rodders long for. Also alternately titled "Rebel of the Road."

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A freewheeling drag racer enters a local championship meet and finds himself head-to-head with the tyrannical town boss who has already arranged for his own son to win.

Armitage says they just had a title, Hot Rod. In an interview with Nick Pinkerton, George Armitage stated, "And I went over there and talked to them, they said: 'Yeah, go ahead.' It was a street racer …

Also, live rock 'n' roll band Jerry Zaremba and the Superchargers play "Hot Rod Rock" and Eddie Cochran's, "Something Else." Hot Rod features tons of cool cars, similar to the movie, Heart Like A …

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Scenes filmed at the now defunct Baylands Raceway Park (also called the Fremont Drag Strip) in San Jose California. This made-for-TV movie starred Gregg Henry, Grant Goodeve, and Robert Culp.

Hot Rod is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film directed by George Armitage and starring Gregg Henry and Pernell Roberts.