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How one Texas race team SAVED General Motors from the Corvair
Season 2 Episode 3
In the mid-1960s, the Chevrolet Corvair became the most reviled car in the United States of America. The automotive press loved this zippy rear-engin…
1 year, 7 months ago
Enzo Ferrari: The Many Lives, Loves, and Affairs of a Racing Empire
Season 2 Episode 2
Enzo Ferrari. Merely speaking his name aloud conjures up grandiose images of a titan of motorsport: his towering presence, the dark sunglasses obscur…
1 year, 7 months ago
Meet L.W. Wright, the NASCAR driver that never existed
Season 2 Episode 1
On May 2, 1982, the green flag flew for the NASCAR Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, and among a grid of legends like Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elli…
1 year, 8 months ago
Rajo Jack: The Black American racer who defied the AAA
Season 1 Episode 17
The AAA Contest Board was the primary sanctioning body for motorsport in the United States until 1956, but the organization that sanctioned the Indy …
2 years, 1 month ago
The stunning rise of IndyCar's groundbreaking safety team
Season 1 Episode 16
Motorsport safety is an ever-evolving process, but American open-wheel was ground zero for some of the most exceptional innovations in motorsport med…
2 years, 1 month ago
Achille Varzi: From Racer to Morphine User and Back Again
Season 1 Episode 15
Achille Varzi is one of the most iconic pre-war racing drivers of all time — but we know so little about him outside of his fierce rivalry with Tazio…
2 years, 2 months ago
Roberta Cowell: Racing driver, fighter pilot, and complex trans pioneer
Season 1 Episode 14
The motorsport world is full of fantastic and particular experiences, but there is one driver's life story that has always particularly fascinated me…
2 years, 2 months ago
Chaparral 2J: The race car SO FAST the FIA had to KILL it
Season 1 Episode 13
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, or FIA, is one of the most powerful sanctioning bodies in all of motorsport — but its control has rare…
2 years, 3 months ago
1977 Firecracker 400: NASCAR's Attempt to DISCREDIT women?
Season 1 Episode 12
At the 1977 Firecracker 400, NASCAR invited two of Europe's most exceptional female racers — Christine Beckers and Lella Lombardi — to make their Cup…
2 years, 3 months ago
1955 Le Mans Disaster: How Racing's Greatest Tragedy Changed the World
Season 1 Episode 11
On June 11, 1955, Pierre Levegh's Mercedes-Benz 300SLR launched off the back of Lance Macklin's Austin Healey and into a crowd of spectators gathered…
2 years, 4 months ago