In 1933, DeSoto recruited Hartz for a publicity stunt by driving a car backwards across the country.w AAA stock car records at the Bonneville Salt Flats course in Utah in a Chrysler Imperial Airflow coupe.
In 1933, DeSoto recruited Hartz for a publicity stunt by driving a car backwards across the country. During mid-August 1934, he set 72 new AAA stock car records at the Bonneville Salt Flats course in Utah in a Chrysler Imperial Airflow coupe.