11. The Board undertakes maintenance tasks such as annual mowing and rodding of the drain. 12. The dry lake was a hive of hot rodding , with racing on the playa. 13. Popular Hot Rodding also covered high-profile events and the annual Engine Masters Challenge. 14. He was involved in dry lake hot-rodding in that late 1940's. 15. To me, these cars are very personal, which is the epitome of hot rodding , 16. Orkin uses a combination of rodding , trenching and baiting, says company spokeswoman Susan Kirkpatrick. 17. Even hot-rodding is changing. 18. But as hot rodding has grown, the cars have evolved beyond the originals they emulate. 19. Los Angeles-based Argus Publishers Corp . began publishing Popular Hot Rodding in early 1962. 20. Rodding : Involves the use of a long rod with a special tip to penetrate the soil.