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The Decade That Tried To Kill Nitro Drag Racing: The 1970s
Incredibly, nitro powered drag racing nearly didn't survive the 1970s. It is a story often lost to modern history but it's a harrowing tale of shortages, price escalation, racer intervention, and the…
Sunken Hemi: The Chrysler Concept Car At The Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
It was late 1956 and craftsmen in Turin were thrashing to complete the latest, mosrt beautiful, and most complex project they had ever done for Chrysler. It was a concept car called The Norseman and…
Slicks: The Sticky History of the World's Fastest Racing Tires
The story of drag racing is typically seen as one defined by insane horsepower. The super fuels, the massive blowers, the acceleration that is unmatched by any wheel driven vehicle on Earth. But…
Glorious Failure: Mickey Thompson's Wild 1967 Wynn's Spitfire Indy 500 Car
f there is a story in American motorsports history more compelling than Micke Thompson versus the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, I am not sure what it is. The man conquered everything in his path over…
War Boost: An Introductory Lesson In WWII Aircraft Engine Supercharging
There's nothing like upping the horsepower of an engine with boost. Multiple methods of supercharging exist today and have been brought to an incredible level of efficiency. While these methods…
Powerama 1955: When GM Ruled The Earth They Put On The Greatest Horsepower Show of All Time
In 1955 General Motors decided to put on a show, not just any show, a gathering of vehicles, horsepower, and entertainment the likes of which the world had never seen before and never saw again.…
The Birth of American Muscle: The Story of The Liberty V-12 Engine
This is the story of an engine. Not just any engine, but the engine that created the idea of "American Muscle". It was the lightest, most powerful airplane engine in the world during WWI and it was…
The History of Hydrazine In Drag Racing: The Liquid Boogey Man Explored
This is the in-depth history of Hydrazine in the sport of Drag Racing. It is one of the most mythic, misunderstood, and undocumented stories of the sport's past. In this video we'll explore the…
A History Of Nitromethane The Greatest Race Fuel On Earth: Part 1 - 1872-1960
Nitromethane is the world's most powerful racing fuel but it's history and how it came to be may actually be more fascinating than its chemistry. Nitromethane was first made in a laboratory in…
War Wagon: The Story of The WWI Liberty Truck
While the Liberty V-12 airplane engine of WWI is widely celebrated, there was another Liberty machine that has been all but forgotten. The WWI Liberty truck was designed and manufactured in great…
500mph Failure: The Incredible Wingfoot Express 2 and A History of Rocket Cars 1928-1965
This is the story of Walter Arfons' incredible Wingfoot Express 2 rocket land speed car. It's also a history of some pretty incredible rocket powered cars from the 1920s through the 1960s. Machines…
Coventry Climax: The Forklift Company That Dominated F1 - A History
This is the story of a company that is one of the most incredible in auto racing history. An operation known for making small engines for fire pumps, for manufacturing forklifts, and for creating…
Fastest Car In The World: The 1906 Stanley Steamer Rocket - A Canoe Bodied Record Smasher
This is the story of the fastest car in the world in 1906. The first car to exceed 120mph and a machine that destroyed the most decorated field of automotive competition ever assembled to that point…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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