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The story of a racist business man acid dipping Willies car to destroy it is BS......

Podcast Series About Drag Racing Legend Big Willie Robinson Debuts

By Brian Wagner July 11, 2019
Big Willie Robinson lived up to his name both in physical size and his iconic status in the underground racing world of southern California. He worked hard at bringing people together through his love of cars and racing after the Watts Riots. Big Willie’s story is being told in a new way by Daniel Miller in the Larger Than Life Los Angeles Times podcast series.

You might not see any grandstands at dragstrips named after Robinson, but that doesn’t mean his impact wasn’t felt throughout the drag racing world. Robinson was able to unite people from every ethnicity under the banner of drag racing, a difficult feat in the racially charged 1960s. He would go on to bring the National and International Brotherhood of Street Racers to life and founded Brotherhood Raceway in 1974.

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Larger Than Life creator Daniel Miller and his family have been in the auto dealer business for three generations. Back in 2017, Miller was at a car lot in the San Fernando Valley when on assignment he first heard of Big Willie Robinson. Miller then was shown Robinson’s 1966 Plymouth Barracuda and became intrigued with Robinson’s story. Soon, he was researching Robinson, his group, and saw an amazing story that needed to be told.