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
Ludicrous Speed: The Racing and Land Speed Record Tractors of the 1930s
This is a look back, 90+ years back into the history of speed to check out the exploits and impact of the amazing racing tractors created by the Allis-Chalmers company in the 1930s that literally chan...
2 Jun 202514min
Harnessing Hell: A History Of Top Fuel Clutch Technology 1950-1970
This is the story of how early drag racers developed the clutch technology that has ultimately lead to the engineering wonders in today's 11,000hp top fuel dragsters and nitro funny cars. It is the st...
2 Jun 202535min
War For The Woods: The Incredible Effort To Save New England's Forests After The Hurricane of 1938
When the Hurricane of 1938 struck New England, it was a disaster of proportions unknown to the region at that point. No storm in modern history had wrought more destruction or devastation than that on...
12 Mai 202534min
The Malcontent: Scotty Fenn's Self-Destruction In Drag Racing
There are few stories in the history of drag racing that can compare to that of Alfred Gordon Fenn, known as Scotty. He was a visionary and created the first commercial dragster chassis business in th...
12 Mai 202548min
The Buffum V8: America's Long Ago Forgotten First V8 Powered Production Car
He was a man with dozens of patents to his name, the designer of the first four cylinder car in America, the first eight cylinder car, and the first V-8 production car, but have you ever heard of him?...
12 Mai 202514min
