
S1 Ep128: Jeff Gordon’s Legacy Was Tested By Tragedy...and the Tabloids
Jeff Gordon’s career thus far was as close to a fairytale as one can get. Before the age of 30 he had won three championships, barely missing out on a fourth, while becoming the face of NASCAR. With t...
18 Huhti 202242min

S1 Ep127: Jeff Gordon Made NASCAR Mainstream
Today on Past Gas… Jeff Gordon! How did a kid who grew up 20 miles from San Francisco take over a rugged sport which sprung from the illicit moonshine running business in the south? What made Gordon s...
11 Huhti 202238min

S1 Ep126: The Man Behind One of F1's Most Legendary Names
As a mechanic and engineer, Jack Brabham brought ideas to the forefront of automotive construction that would have a lasting effect on the game. And as a race car driver, he brought a wild and unruly ...
4 Huhti 202238min

S1 Ep125: Why 1973 Was The Worst Year for Cars
1973 was undeniably the worst year in nearly a century of American cars. Why were Americans so scared of running out of gas they were brawling at the pumps? How and why did American manufacturers make...
28 Maalis 202238min

S1 Ep124: F1 Owes Everything to Adrian Newey’s Car Designs
Even if you don’t know the name Adrian Newey, you know his accomplishments. Considered to be one of the best engineers, designers and technical directors in history, Adrian Newey cars– and the copycat...
21 Maalis 202236min

S1 Ep123: Smokey Nagata Sparked A Tuning Revolution
Smokey Nagata is most famous-- or infamous-- for driving his gold-painted Toyota Supra 200 miles per hour on a UK public highway. It made him perhaps the most famous outlaw in Japanese automotive hist...
14 Maalis 202240min

S1 Ep122: The Smartest, Funniest and Cringiest Car Ads of All Time
From “The Ultimate Driving Machine” to “Like A Rock”, iconic auto slogans and images have embedded themselves into our collective psyche, and some have even redefined advertising as a whole. What make...
7 Maalis 202234min

S1 Ep121: Tucker 48: Stroke of Genius, or Scam?
The Tucker 48 may be the most innovative, ahead-of-its-time car you’ve never heard of. How did the Tucker Corporation of the 1940s develop one of the most radical designs cars of all time, then fail t...
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