Ding Dong Daddy Dowd used to hire high school drop outs to work in his auto shop. The kids choose to work for him mainly to help their families. The local high school principal brought in the Teen Titans to investigate and when they did they found out that the hot rods that the drop outs were building were being sold to criminals as get away cars and weapons. The titans eventually stop and arrest him. He later steals the arrow car from Speedy while he is on a date with Donna Troy.