Goodwood Dreams, Gasser Thunder, Rapid Renaults, 24-Hour Biking, and the 'Dukes of Westfield

Jon Summers is The Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing, technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. Hailing from California, he collects cars and bikes built with plenty of cheap and fast, and not much reliable. On his show, he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, and motoring travel.

Topics Covered on this Episode:

• Goodwood “Revival” vs. “Members Meeting” vs “Festival”
• Aston Martin Kia Sportage, Lamborghini Anus, The Man Whole Had Three Cayenne Turbos
• Selwyn Francis Edge
• “Ten Years of Motors and Motor Racing”
• The 200hp Darracq
• J’s Gasser vision - the Hound Dog
• J’s confessional
• A dented Triumph Dolomite
• BTCC vs DTM
• M’s Best Car Park spot
• J en France - 
• Traffic calming in French villages
• Paris’ 19mph speed limit
• An Awesome Parisian Cabbie
• 24 hour bike racing at Le Mans, Ozzfest Meets Sportsbikes
• A Typical Le Mans Traffic Jam
• “Wow, that was FAST”
• Historic race - more than a couple of bikes like ones in J’s collection in the field
• A digression on Peage Rest Stops
• A Small Boy Determined to see The Race At Night
• J frustrated by a “green” multi-storey carpark with small spots
• Le Mans in the small hours - Europop Disco and France’s answer to Linkin Park
• “I think I’ve had enough, we can go home and sleep now” 
• J’s explores French Garages, dreams of resucing - Renault Safrane Biturbo, 19 16v, Clio 16v, two Mazda Mk2 RX7s
• Old Renault dealer on the main road to Le Mans - pranged Peugeot 206 sw, Megane cabrio, Mk2 Laguna 1.8 16v petrol
• J’s Mk1 Laguna V6
• M’s Mk1 Laguna pool car
• BTCC Renault Laguna, built by Williams
• Salvage Rebuilds UK question if a Renault Laguna Mk1 is a bona fide classic car; we believe so, as endorsed by TOCA Touring cars
• Britain’s unique and awesome club circuits, e.g. Thruxton, Cadwell Park
• Ross Chastain and “Wall-running” in NASCAR; J wants to shake Chastain’s hand
• J’s Fiat 500X rental; an unfair comparison with the Fiesta ST
• J pines for Chop’s Garages Jaguar despite living 6000 miles from it
• App for buying European beaters - Autoscout24
• Renault 19 16v collectibility
• We “can’t bear some sh1tty rental”
• Eulogies on: Fiesta ST, Renault 21 Turbo, Sierra Sapphire Cosworth, Renault 18 Turbo
• The Noble Sacrifice of a Volvo 740 Turbo, in service of Outstanding Bacon Sandwiches
• J’s favourite SUVs: 100k Tahoe PPVs and Mercedes ML63s
• “Dukes of Hazzard” in a Westfield
• Nearly being run over by Bruno Saby’s World Rally Escort Cosworth

Copyright Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian. This episode is part of our Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.

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