S1 Ep243: Hot Rods Were The Original Tuner Cars
This week on Past Gas…it’s the history of Hot Rodding! Hot rod culture might seem tame today, and is probably more associated with baby boomer car shows than rebellious street racers. But the engine b...
8 Jul 202448min
S1 Ep242: Junior Johnson: The Whiskey Smuggler Who Revolutionized Racing
Junior Johnson's moonshining days were just the start of a remarkable journey that would see him revolutionize the sport of stock car racing. From a stint in jail, to discovering the drafting techniqu...
1 Jul 202449min
S1 Ep241: Isuzu: The Unsung JDM Hero
Today on Past Gas, What happened to Isuzu? How could a company that built such a strong foothold in popular culture during the 80’s and 90’s become such a failure in the 2000’s? And where are they n...
24 Jun 202455min
S1 Ep240: How These Feuding Brothers Traded 500 mph Records
Brothers Walt and Art Arfons would set and break the Land Speed record three separate times from 1960-1965. They would achieve these records while refusing to set foot on the Salt Flats at the same ti...
17 Jun 202455min
S1 Ep239: The NASCAR Truck Series Had A Lot of Firsts
Today on Past Gas: We’re taking a look at the origin of the NASCAR truck series. What makes these big, fast trucks so special? And who were the oddballs who thought to put pickups on a banked oval, an...
10 Jun 202449min
S1 Ep238: Offy: This Engine Dominated Racing For 50 years
On today’s episode of Past Gas, we’re talking about Offenhauser: one of the most legendary engine manufacturers of all time. How did they remain competitive for nearly 50 years? How did they pull off ...
3 Jun 202444min
S1 Ep237: What Really Happened At Orange County Choppers?
Today on Past Gas: We’re going back to the early 2000’s to give you the full history of Orange County Choppers! How did a gruff steel worker from the Catskills change motorcycles forever? How did he a...
27 Mai 202452min
S1 Ep236: Katsuhiro Ueo: Japan’s AE86 Drift Legend
When Katsuhiro Ueo got his first taste of drifting, he was told he couldn’t do it. He was too old. But little did the world know that his passion for motorsports and engineering would combine with his...
20 Mai 202452min
