
S1 Ep193: Paris-Dakar Rally: The History of the Race Across the Sahara Desert
After rally racer Thierry Sabine got stuck in the Sahara Desert for three days, his rescue team airlifted out a changed man. On Thierry’s return trip to France, an idea began to crystalize in his mind...
24 Heinä 202356min

S1 Ep192: Jochen Rindt: The Driver Who Won an F1 Championship Posthumously
August 2nd, 1970, Hockenheim, Germany. 28-year-old Jochen Rindt stands atop the winner’s podium, holding the German Grand Prix championship trophy. His wife and young daughter stand proudly at his sid...
17 Heinä 202346min

S1 Ep191: Holden vs Ford: The Birth of Australia’s V8 Supercars
In December of 2001, Aussies across the continent were hit with earth shattering news – Holden Racing Team’s golden boy, Craig Lowndes, was joining Ford’s Blue Oval. Shockwaves rippled through the leg...
10 Heinä 202350min

S1 Ep190: Six Small Stories About Big Automotive Heroes
We spend a lot of time talking about the most famous heroes in auto racing: names like Enzo Ferrari, Michael Schumacher, or Lightning McQueen. But today on Past Gas, we’re skipping past the Greatest H...
3 Heinä 202344min

S1 Ep189: Rat Fink: The Real Story Behind That Weird Hot Rod Art
Rat Fink was artist Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s biggest envelope-pushing creation that drove teenagers to car shows and parents up the wall. But how did a young man with no automotive engineer training, who...
26 Kesä 202346min

S1 Ep188: This Guy Won Le Mans DRUNK (Replay)
Catch our episode on Duncan Hamilton yet again, on this exclusive episode revisit!Today we’re looking into the bonkers life of Duncan Hamilton, the only man to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans drunk behind...
19 Kesä 202357min

S1 Ep187: JGTC: Every Car You Like Came from This Japanese Racing Series
A dreary rain set in over the Fuji Speedway during the 1998 All-Japan Grand Touring Championship. A thick wall of fog and relentless, heavy rain blanketed the racetrack in almost unmanageable conditio...
12 Kesä 202345min

S1 Ep186: The Unsers: How One Family Kept Winning the Indy 500
By the last race in the 1985 Indy Car Series, the drivers’ championship had come down to a single point – between Al Unser and his son, Al Unser Jr. Al Unser Sr was already an accomplished racer, with...
5 Kesä 20231h 4min




















