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Riding Mechanics: Motorsport's Most DANGEROUS Profession
Season 1 Episode 10
We all know motorsport is dangerous, but for many years, one profession was more dangerous than the rest: Riding mechanics. These men were effectivel…
2 years, 4 months ago
Peking to Paris: 1907's 8,000-Mile Race That CHANGED The World
Season 1 Episode 9
In 1907, one Paris newspaper challenged drivers and automakers to a seemingly impossible challenge: Be the first car to race from Peking, China to Pa…
2 years, 5 months ago
Indy 500 Rival? The Michigan Race That Tried To Take Over American Motorsport
Season 1 Episode 6
The Indianapolis 500 is a race that stands alone, outside the pantheon of championship-directed open-wheel racing in America — and it's one of the mo…
2 years, 5 months ago
SCCA vs. AAA: The Battle Between Sanctioning Bodies That Almost KILLED Racing In America
Season 1 Episode 5
Sanctioning bodies don't just set the rules for a race series — they also determine the culture and ideologies of the series they represent. In post-…
2 years, 5 months ago
Cheryl Glass: The Incredible Life and Mysterious Death Of America's First Black Woman Racer
Season 1 Episode 4
Cheryl Glass is a name that every motorsport fan should have known. For years, any time she showed up to a race track, she was the first Black woman…
2 years, 6 months ago
Mario Andretti On The Triumphs And Tragedies Of His Formula 1 World Championship
Mario Andretti is, without a doubt, the finest motorsport legend that America has ever produced — but his 1978 Formula 1 World Championship was won u…
2 years, 6 months ago
Formula 1's FORGOTTEN American World Champion
Season 1 Episode 4
In 1961, Formula 1 crowned its first-ever American World Driver Champion. Californian Phil Hill — a driver whose ulcer-ridden body should have preven…
2 years, 6 months ago
Death at Watkins Glen: How One Forgotten Crash Changed Motorsport Forever
Season 1 Episode 3
The 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix should have been yet another leap toward solidifying road racing's popularity in the United States — but instead, th…
2 years, 7 months ago
The African Grand Prix Fixing Scandal That NEVER Happened
Season 1 Episode 2
In 1933, FIVE racers got together to fix the Tripoli Grand Prix, an African race run with a lottery system that would award three lucky fans with mil…
2 years, 7 months ago
An F1 Champion's Kidnapping Transformed Cuban History
Season 1 Episode 1
With five World Driver Championships to his name, Juan Manuel Fangio is an icon of Formula 1 and motorsport as a whole — but in 1958, he also turned …
2 years, 8 months ago