The Novi V8: A History of the Indy 500s Star-Crossed Horsepower Monster
The famed Novi V8 is one of the most storied engine in American motorsports history and also one of the most star-crossed. Massively power, innovative in its design and capable of making noise like...
9 Sep 202551min
Party Crashers: How Five Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Changed Drag Racing Forever
This is a story about how five cars with no proper competition class, all running on nitro, crashed the party at the 1965 NHRA US Nationals and changed drag racing forever. This is the story of ear...
9 Sep 202542min
The Engine That Refused To Die: An Offenhauser History
The Offenhauser four cylinder engine is one of the most incredible power plants in the history of American motorsports. It's basic design was conceived as a boat engine in the 1920s, making about 1...
22 Aug 20251h 11min
Designed to Dominate: The Ford DOHC V8 Story - An Indy 500 Legend
Ford's foray into the Indy 500 in the 1960s is a motorsports story for the ages. In 1963 the company used a pushrod engine derived from their successful 260ci small block V8. After nearly winning the ...
22 Aug 202552min
Blown Into Obscurity: The False Start of Centrifugal Superchargers in Drag Racing
Today, centrifugal superchargers play a huge roll in the sport of drag racing. They are capable of making huge power efficiently and the technology built into them is of the highest orders of strength...
22 Aug 202515min
The 313mph Backyard Hot Rod: The Story of Art Arfons' 2,500hp Anteater
The history of land speed racing is marked by some of the most innovative, interesting, and oddball vehicles ever made. One of them belonged to Art Arfons and was known as The Anteater. Using a tur...
13 Jul 202537min
Masters of Disaster: The Men Who Invented and Perfected Oil Well Firefighting
This is the story of three men. Three men who through their own bravery, creative approach, and lifelong obsessions, created the industry of oil well fire fighting. Tex Thornton, Myron Kinley, a...
13 Jul 20251h 11min
The Man Who Made Garlits: Setto Postoian and Drag Racing's First Top Fuel Rivalry
He's a man who have likely never heard of, Serop "Setto" Postoian, an early top fuel master who helped to make Don Garlits. Postoian was among the earliest stars in a young sport. Motivated, fearless,...
2 Jun 202537min
