S1 Ep74: THIS GUY won F1, NASCAR, Indy, AND Le Mans?!
Only three drivers have won in Formula One, Indy Car, NASCAR, and Sports Cars. Dan Gurney was the first. Gurney was like the Forrest Gump of cars in the ‘60s and ‘70s, everywhere at once, racing incre...
5 Apr 202149min
S1 Ep73: The Stunt Too Crazy For Evel Knievel
Stunt driving is full of fearless, borderline crazy people. Today on Past Gas, we’re talking about possibly the craziest stunt man of them all. A guy whose stunt was so reckless, even Evel Knievel too...
29 Mars 202148min
S1 Ep72: How Marlboro Bought Off Ferrari For A BILLION Dollars
Today on Past Gas-- the troubled history of tobacco and racing. How and why did a major tobacco company exist without selling any products or services-- while still serving as the title sponsor for th...
22 Mars 202147min
S1 Ep71: Are We Actually About to Get Flying Cars?
Does anything symbolize the promise of the future like flying cars? From Star Wars to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, from The Jetsons to James Bond, flying cars have captured our imagination, but failed to ...
15 Mars 202144min
S1 Ep70: Why The 90's Was The Decade Of The SuperCar
Today on Past Gas—why the ’90s was the golden age of supercars! The lightning fast McLaren F1, the objectively sexy Lamborghini Diablo, and the very weird and very amazing Vector W8—are just a few, of...
8 Mars 202151min
S1 Ep69: Why Volkswagen is the Gamestop of Cars
Before Gamestop revolutionized the world of stonks, there was… Volkswagen. Over a decade before Reddit made GME a meme, one of the craziest short squeezes in history involved VW and Porsche. How did V...
1 Mars 202144min
S1 Ep68: Land Rovers, Cigarettes, and Thicc Jungle- 20 Years of Camel Trophy
The world renowned Camel Trophy—one of the most brutal adventure driving events, and the ultimate proving grounds for Land Rover’s off-road capability. Crossing jungles and desert, from the Amazon to ...
22 Feb 202154min
S1 Ep67: That Time Ford Tried To Cover Up 271 Deaths (But Got Caught)
Ford and Firestone started as automotive BFFs. The relationship between the two companies-- as well as two wealthy families-- lasted over a century. But starting in the ’80s, a series of disastrous bu...
15 Feb 202144min
