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12 hours ago
12 hours ago
Join us for PART 1 of "Cup Races that lead to American Road Racing!"
The Gordon Bennett Cup, held for cars between 1900 and 1905 was the first international racing series. Stemming from an idea by American newspaper magnate, James Gordon Bennett Jr., the Gordon Bennett Cup was set to champion the international auto industry – by allowing national automobile clubs representing France, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, the United States and Italy to nominate three entries each. Naturally with the growth of the industry, it became more and more difficult to find the most suitable candidates. By 1905 the industry became so diverse that it was impossible to hold onto the rules of the Cup, so from 1906 the era of the Grand Prix started. This presentation will provide a short overview of each race, a look at the most important racers and their cars.
Dr. Pál Négyesi is an award-winning automotive historian, publisher, editor and museum professional. He is currently the editor of Rare & Unique Vehicles magazine, which won the 2022 Richard Brigham Award from the Society of Automotive Historians, a consultant to the Institute for Digital Culture at the University of Leicester and a lecturer at the Óbuda University in Hungary. Over the years he authored many different books on the history of the Hungarian motoring industry. He’s also been the publisher of such books as Thomas Ulrich’s 1902 DeDietrich & The Paris-Vienna Race and Alles Mit Motor – Die Standard/Gutbrod Story, which won the 2023 Cugnot Award for books in language other than English from the SAH. He’s also an advisor to private collectors and museums in Hungary, Germany and The Netherlands.
This episode is part of our HISTORY OF MOTORSPORTS SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Argetsinger Family - and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.
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5 days ago
Hot August Nights 2024; BLS
5 days ago
5 days ago
Jon Summers is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel.
Black Label Society - Funeral Bell
Pebble Beach parallels
The Pleasure of a Road Trip with car guys
Our route, over the Eberts Pass and Sonora Pass
Black Label Society - Set You Free
The Donner-Reed Party
A word on Reno
The Grand Sierra Resort
The Peppermill
An imperfect Air BnB
Black Label Society - Set You Free
Black Label Society and Zakk Wylde
Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride
Mercedes AMG E55 Barn Find
The “Withnail and I” Jaguar
You need an auto for Pebble, Hot August Nights
E55 wheelbearing letting go?
Hot August Nights like the Ford scene in Britain - its not whether you have a Cortina/Escort, it’s how you have built yours
Forgiato wheels
Forgiato steering wheel
Cars of the Grand Sierra Resort
‘68 Mustang GT with and option pack to make it faster than a GT350
A lovely ‘50 Buick custom
‘66 Fairlane with Coyote swap
‘69 Mustang 351 - J and O’s favourite car of the weekend
Black Label Society - Stillborn
‘69 Pontiac GTO Judge
‘69 Camaro Yenko replica, green with side pipes
Drag racing at the Nuggett
Black Label Society - Stoned and Drunk
Sonora Pass drive home
Cliched car mods
Comparing Pebble and Hot August Nights once more
Freiberger spec Duster
Black Label Society - Set You Free
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
MOTUL Mobile Racing Laboratory (Patreon Special Re-release)
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Are you headed to Road Atlanta this weekend for the Petit LeMans? Be sure to check out the MOTUL Mobile Racing Oil Laboratory in the Fan Zone. But if you don't have that chance, join us on this virtual tour of the Lab. This episode was recorded on-site courtesy of the MOTUL team.
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Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Evening With A Legend: Rob Dyson
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Tonight, we have an opportunity to bring a piece of Le Mans to you, sharing in the Legend of Le Mans with guests from different eras of over 100 years of racing. And as your host, I’m delighted to introduce
Rob Dyson, who started his racing career in 1974 at Watkins Glen International, In 1981 he won the Sports Car Club of America’s GT2 national championship, and began racing professionally in IMSA GTO and the SCCA Trans-Am in 1982. The following year, to support his professional racing efforts, he founded the Dyson Racing Team, which over the next few years grew to be one of America’s premier sports car racing teams. From their base in Poughkeepsie, New York over the course of nearly four decades the team won 19 championships, 72 race victories, started 72 times from the pole and achieved 224 podium finishes. Among the team’s notable accomplishments is a pair of overall victories in America’s premier endurance race, the Rolex 24, at Daytona International Speedway. And In 1986 Rob found himself behind the wheel of a Porsche 956 at the famed Circuit de la Sarthe: Le Mans.
To learn more about or to become a member of the ACO USA, look no further than www.lemans.org, Click on English in the upper right corner and then click on the ACO members tab for Club Offers. Once you become a Member you can follow all the action on the Facebook group ACOUSAMembersClub; and become part of the Legend with future Evening With A Legend meet ups.
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Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Rob Dyson's reflections on Watkins Glen at 75
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Rob Dyson is a New York based businessman and retired professional racing driver with a long association with Watkins Glen International and the International Motor Racing Research Center. Following completion of his licensing school at Watkins Glen in 1974, Dyson began competing in amateur SCCA competition. In 1981 he won the Sports Car Club of America’s GT2 national championship.
Dyson began racing professionally in IMSA GTO and the SCCA Trans-Am Series in 1982. The following year, to support his professional racing efforts, Dyson founded the Dyson Racing Team, which over the next few years grew to be one of America’s premier sports car racing teams. From it base in Poughkeepsie, over the course of nearly four decades the team won 19 championships, 72 race victories, started 72 times from the pole and achieved 224 podium finishes. Among the team’s notable accomplishments is a pair of overall victories in America’s premier endurance race, the Rolex 24, at Daytona International Speedway.
The team fielded cars during the heyday of the IMSA Camel GT, winning its first time out with a Porsche 962 at Lime Rock Park. Under Dyson’s leadership the team went on to successfully field entries in Indy car, the World Sports Car Championship, the United States Road Racing Championship, the American Le Mans Series (where the team scored two championships), the Rolex Sports Car Series, and the Pirelli World Challenge, where the team scored Bentley’s first-ever North American race victory.
During his 21 seasons as a professional racing driver Dyson drove in 92 races, scoring four overall race wins (including the 1997 Rolex 24 at Daytona) and a total of 18 podium finishes. Dyson continued to compete episodically in professional racing through 2007 and today remains active driving his collection of vintage Indy cars in a variety of demonstration events. Dyson’s personal historic Indy car collection ranges from a 1913 Isotta Fraschini tipo IM to Johnny Rutherford’s 1978 Budweiser McLaren M24B, and includes the 1961 Kimberly Cooper Climax, the first successful rear-engine car to compete in the 500.
Named chairman of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in 2021 following a decade as a member of the board, Dyson is guiding the institution through its $89 million transformational renovation as it charts its future path as the repository of the history and related artifacts of America’s oldest active and most storied racing facility.
In 2011 Dyson donated to the IMRRC the historic archives of National Speed Sport News, America’s premier motorsports news publication since the late 1930s.
Dyson is the chairman and chief executive officer of Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation, a privately-owned international holding company.
This episode is part of our HISTORY OF MOTORSPORTS SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Argetsinger Family - and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.
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Thursday Sep 26, 2024
TL:DR - How Cameron Argetsinger's dream realized 75+ years of racing at WGI
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
On this edition of TL:DR - Too Long, Didn't Read, we're joined by Kip Zeiter from the International Motor Racing Research Center to talk to us about Cameron Argetsinger's dream to bring Grand Prix racing to the United States, which got its start at Watkins Glen and has lasted for over 75 years.
This episode is part of our HISTORY OF MOTORSPORTS SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Argetsinger Family - and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.
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Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
You know what really grinds my gears? (Patreon Special Re-release)
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
We always have a blast chatting with our guests about all sorts of different topics, but sometimes we go off the rails and dig deeper into their automotive and motorsports pasts. As a bonus, let's go behind the scenes with this pit stop mini sode for some extra content that didn't quite fit in the main episode.
In this special Drive Thru inspired Pit Stop Minisode ... Brad, Tania and Eric <rant> about crazy city drivers and their experiences on the roads in this "post-covid" world.
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Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Drive Thru News #49 - Someone issue *that man* a Citation!
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
This is Episode #49 of the Drive Thru! Break/Fix podcast's monthly news episode containing automotive, motorsports and random car-adjacent news. In our second to last official Drive Thru of the season we get together and share some personal stories tying in some relevant industry news that's happened over the last month. Tune in for warnings, tickets and citations on this action packed News episode.
Showcase: TICKETS, WARNINGS & CITATIONS!
Cobb Tuning’s $2.9M Fine Fires Another Warning Shot At Emissions Cheats
These Are The States Where It Is Most Expensive To Own A Car
The US finally takes aim at truck bloat
Don't forget - Study Links Preference For Loud Cars to Some Unsurprising Personality Traits
Living with a Hybrid - UPDATE!
EV Scooters, Bicyclists and the their war with Pedestrians
Quicker EVs might lead to more accidents, you don't say?
Stellantis Boss: The Auto Industry Is in 'Survival Mode'
County’s proposed vehicle ‘noise cameras’ bill draws support during hearing
McLaren’s Zak Brown honored with IMRRC Cameron Argetsinger Award
While Covering the latest in WRC, WEC and Formula 1 news
Community News, brought to us by CollectorCarGuide.net
HPDEjunkie.com Track Side Report
With hysterical Florida Man stories and much, much more!
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Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Argento e Rosso: An Alternative Story of the Mid-Engine Revolution
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Dr. Karl-Heinz Mertins holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and a doctorate degree in mechatronics/ag engineering from the Technical University Berlin, Germany. He has over 35 years of engineering and business experience in Europe and the United States, with focus on product innovation and new business incubation, using cross-disciplinary methods and cross-cultural sensitivities. His work includes experimental work on intelligent mobile equipment and wind energy systems at the Corporate Engineering Division of Deere & Company. His enthusiasm for F1 began in the year 1961.
Mertins presents a “what if” story: What if Robert Eberan von Eberhorst in 1953 would have joined the newly formed Unione Automobili instead of an Auto Union that was only a shadow of its former self? What if Francesco De Virgilio and Ettore Zaccone Mina had been tasked with designing a compact V6 engine for the 2.5-liter GP formula that could take on a rather conventional Mercedes W196? What if Josef Mickl’s aerodynamic knowledge would have been applied to create downforce?
Would lessons learned from pre-war Silver Arrows and the untimely Cisitalia Grand Prix project, when blended with elements of Lancia’s passionate engineering culture, have accelerated the rear-engine revolution in F1?
This episode is part of our HISTORY OF MOTORSPORTS SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Argetsinger Family - and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.
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Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Back to Racing School with EMRA Time Trials!
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
A little over 50 years ago, a few local car clubs joined together with the vision of building a better place to race in the Northeast. Since then, Eastern Motorsports Racing Association, better known as EMRA, has grown to become one of the premier sanctioning bodies on the East Coast. EMRA’s wheel to wheel racing series is designed to deliver close, competitive racing for cars of all makes and models. And their goal is to provide top competition without sacrificing any of the enjoyment – EMRA members race hard and always have FUN!
Join us for this 3-part in classroom Racing School presented by Crew Chief Eric of Gran Touring Motorsports.
The Eastern Motorsports Racing Association is The leader in timed events and grassroots racing since 1969. For more details on the EMRA or their racing programs visit - https://www.emraracing.org/ or follow them on facebook and instagram @emraracing or use the online “contact us” form on their website to reach out to Jon and Cory directly.
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Friday Sep 13, 2024
Stonehenge by Mokka; Saxon & Gixxers
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Jon Summers is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel.
Saxon - And The Bands Played On
After some months distracted by a puppy, J rides again
Early sportsbike fuel injection, a hit and miss affair
The free ‘98 Honda Shadow rides again
‘01 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K1 new clutch and ZX10 modification
‘05 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 oil leak
The pinnacle experience of riding a liter sportsbike
The Gixxerfarm project
3 rides in 3 days
Aftermarket cans - the freer breathing is noticeable, if only in the exhaust note
Gixxers compared - older = more raw, harder to ride
‘95 Ducati 900 SS/CR leaking clutch
Saxon - Ride Like The Wind
A thumbnail of English history, the Saxons, and today’s music, Saxon
Wayland’s Smithy
Chops Garage’s Jaguar
BMW 328i F90, Hooligan behaviour at Amelia Island many years ago
BMW 320d San Sebastian and Spain
Vauxhall Mokka rental; gruff but pokey; fuel miser; hard to tell if gas or diesel
Vauxhall Viva HB and the same hood ripple as the Mokka
Uffington White Horse, Fox and Hounds Pub, John Betjamin’s house
Mokka reminder of Standard 8 when J is locked out of boot/trunk
Mokka Speeding chime vs. Gixxers
National Motor Museum at Beaulieu - offering awesome breadth and depth of car storytelling
Hillman Imp and Linwood
Ari Vatanen’s Rothmans Escort
Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500
The Golden Arrow
1000 HP Sunbeam - please contribute to the restoration
Golden Arrow Special Exhibit
Slabbie GSX-R Exhibit, J’s example is probably better. But not the right colour
Saxon - Midas Touch
British Motor Museum and Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, enjoyed by three generations of Summers
J’s soft spot for Triumph, thanks to his Dad’s friends rusty Mk1 2000 Estate
J’s dream PI
Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder
Not an Austin or Morris guy. A Jaguar, Ford, Alfa, or Lancia guy
Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust
Leamington Spa car show
Lots more American cars in Britain now than when I lived in England 20+ years ago
J’s love of Jaguar E-Types
Audi 100 Coupe, as owned by J’s Grandfather
Sir William Lyons - an eye for style, and business acumen
Saxon - 20,000 feet
Brooklands Museum - Recent history and Mercedes Takeover
The Brooklands hotel. Stay, if you like cars.
Lewis Hamilton F1 simulator - Ollie Summers sets a new lap record
DSJ’s (of Motor Sport fame) Norton. The epitome of cool, J’s Steve McQueen
Brooklands Bentley
A simulated flight on Concord
A digression on Concord and what was accomplished and lost
J’s visit to the site of the Montgomery motorcycle factory, now terraced houses
BSA factory now
70s European market Fords are now so Americanized to J’s eyes
Ford’s flash and performance/luxury really did set the products apart
Capri 3.0, 2.8. Fast cars ? Not in comparison to a Jag with a manual transmission
Eric Fernihough Jumping
Saxon - Stallions of the Highway
Average Speed Checks are ruining motoring in England; the desecration of a favourite motorway off ramp, the Hogs Back; this isn’t progress
Macc Lads - My Pub (NSFW)
The Death of the Joy of Motoring by slow asphixiation
Stone Henge is Disneyified now
The Black Mondeo
West Kennett Long Barrow
Princess Royal, Farnham
Safeway (actually Tesco) Bacon Sandwiches
Saxon - 747 (Strangers In The Night)
Hillsborough Concours, and the Hagerty Junior Judges
Boss 429 Mustang
Ferrari 330 GTC, as sat in by the Junior Judges
Domaine de Beauvious
Saxon - Forever Free
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Lion, Tiger, Bear ... Oh My! (John W. Warner IV)
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
In this Patreon Special Re-release we return to Season-2 of Break/Fix and our interview with John W. Warner IV, a former IMSA pro-driver turned gentleman farmer, car collector and passionate petrol-head, to talk about his historical-fiction series “Little Anton”, part satire - part love story, and a dash of espionage. Be prepared for some **SPOILERS** for both Little Anton, and its sequel Lion, Tiger, Bear in this Pit Stop minisode.
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