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S3E5 1933: The Deadliest Indianapolis 500 in History
It would be the darkest Month of May in Indianapolis 500 history.In 1933, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway promised fans the safest race the Brickyard had ever seen. New rules, new technology, and a…
S3E4 The forgotten founder of the Indy 500's most dominant engine
Long before the name Offenhauser became synonymous with Indy glory, there was Harry Miller: a self-taught machinist and visionary whose engines transformed racing forever. Between the 1920s and the…
S3E3 1975 Spanish Grand Prix: Formula 1's forgotten disaster and its historic first
The 1975 Spanish Grand Prix holds a strange place in the Formula 1 history books. That weekend, drivers boycotted what they perceived as unacceptably dangerous conditions at the Montjuïc Park street…
Breaking the Grid: The Five Women Who Entered Formula 1
For more than 70 years, Formula 1 has been one of the most exclusive — and challenging — arenas in global sport. And while over 1,000 drivers have entered a Grand Prix, only five of them have been…
Breaking the Ban: How Women Fought for the Right to Race
From Formula 1 to the Indianapolis 500, motorsport often presents itself as a meritocracy, but for much of racing history, women were explicitly and systematically banned from competition. From…
Changing Gears: The Women Who Redefined What a Racing Driver Could Be
While motorsport is often perceived as a man’s world, the history of racing is littered with trailblazing women who refused to accept the rules — both formal and informal — that prevented them from…
S3E2 Murder of a Speed King: The fast life and shocking death of Mickey Thompson
Some men are born to set land speed records. Others feel their calling is creating ever more technologically advanced machines for the Indianapolis 500. Still others succumb to the siren song of…
S3E1 From man to myth: How Dale Earnhardt became immortal
Twenty-five years ago, the racing world lost Dale Earnhardt at Turn 4 on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, but while the man may not be here physically, his legacy remains an integral element of…
S2E13 Jochen Rindt: The tragedy of Formula 1's only posthumous World Champion
In 75 years of Formula 1 history, only one driver has been crowned World Champion after his death. In 1970, Austrian racer Jochen Rindt was so dominant behind the wheel of an exceptional car built by…
S2E16 The death of Mark Donohue and the fall of Penske Racing in Formula 1
August 17, 1975. In warm-up for the Austrian Grand Prix, American icon Mark Donohue loses control of his March 751 after a tire fails. He careens through a metal Armco barrier and trackside signage…
S2E15 Big Bill vs. the Brotherhood: NASCAR’s War on Unions
Unlike the NFL, MLB, or even Formula 1, NASCAR has never had a drivers’ union, but not for lack of trying. In the early 1960s, Hall of Famer Curtis Turner joined forces with the Teamsters in a bold…
S2E14 Hitler's favorite racing driver and the team that discovered him
If Bernd Rosemeyer had not existed, historian Anthony Pritchard remarked, then the National Socialist Party would have had to invent him.Tall, blond, strong, and domineering, Rosemeyer became the…
S2E13 How Mercedes powered Hitler’s motorsport arms race
In the build-up to the 1934 German Grand Prix, the already formidable Nürburgring was transformed. Gone were the days of packing a race track with nothing but enthusiasts; under the control of new…
S2E12 Race of Two Worlds: IndyCar vs. Formula 1 on Monza's Oval Track
In the late 1950s, the folks in charge of The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza had to face a harsh reality: They had spent millions to revitalize the banked oval that had been an original feature of the…
S2E11 Camille du Gast: France's extraordinary first woman racer
Camille du Gast wasn't the first woman to get behind the wheel of a race car, but she was the first woman who gained international recognition for doing so when she began taking part in grand…
S2E10 Did Ray Harroun REALLY win the first Indianapolis 500?
If you're a fan of the Indianapolis 500, then there's a good chance you know who won the first race back in 1911: It was Ray Harroun behind the wheel of a Marmon Wasp, the only driver in the field to…
S2E9 Indianapolis Motor Speedway's tragic inaugural races
On August 21st, 1909, the 300-mile Wheeler-Schebler race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was waved off — not because that weekend's racing had claimed the lives of five drivers, mechanics, and…
S2E8 How the death of a myth killed the Mille Miglia in 1957
On May 12, 1957, a group of locals from Guidizzolo, Italy gathered in front of their homes to watch some of the world's finest sports cars flash by en route to the finish line that would mark the end…
S2E7 The USAC plane crash that imploded American open-wheel racing
In April of 1978, a chartered plane full of USAC officials crashed just outside of Indianapolis, killing everyone on board. With American open-wheel racing already in disarray as team owners began to…
S2E5 Alberto Ascari: The Formula 1 driver haunted by superstition
From the moment his father died behind the wheel of a race car, Alberto Ascari was haunted by loss. Against his mother's wishes, he pursued a racing career of his own and went on to become Formula…
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