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Show notes: In today’s episode we will take a look at a chicken farmer gone automotive entrepreneur and car constructor when we take a look at Carroll Shelby and Shelby American .
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Sources:


http://www.shelby.com/?topic=aboutus

https://web.archive.org/web/20101120164702/http://carrollshelby.com/history.html

https://www.motortrend.com/news/carroll-shelby-life-1923-2012-timeline

https://books.google.de/books?id=JBRzCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT353&dq=Donzi+Shelby+22+GT&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Donzi%20Shelby%2022%20GT&f=false

https://www.amazon.de/Carroll-Shelby-Authorized-Rinsey-Mills/dp/0760346461

https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/carroll-shelby-1923-2012

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2006/07/carroll-shelby-cobra-mustang-gt-350-gt500

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/shelby-was-racer-automaker-heart-transplant-recipient/

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/carroll-shelby

https://www.cjponyparts.com/resources/carroll-shelby-biography

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carroll-Shelby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6eV6ebzkJ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYoxGv_llI

In today’s episode we will have a look at the legendary Mille Miglia Race.
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Sources:


http://www.grandprixhistory.org/mille_miglia_history.htm

https://1000miglia.it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXI6kYavjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d4ItiBBO8c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riz-pzextmk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vbO91IWNpc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWlI2ANL_u8

https://www.britannica.com/sports/Mille-Miglia

In today’s episode we will have a look at the history of Williams F1. One of the greatest teams in the history of the sport that are now both struggling financially and with their performance.
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Sources:


https://www.williamsf1.com/

https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-willi.html

https://www.formula1.com/en/teams/Williams.html

https://www.williamsf1.com/news/2020/08/williams-racing-is-acquired-by-dorilton-capital

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/53860010

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.analysis-what-does-new-ownership-mean-for-williams-all-the-key-questions.1junxRSPPwHDqo0vk2IuTJ.html

https://www.williamsf1.com/about/our-history

https://www.formula1.com/en/teams/Williams/Year_by_Year.html

https://www.racefans.net/f1-information/f1-teams/williams/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Otp4zwabVQ

https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/news/a6953/sir-frank-williams-what-ive-learned/

https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-wilfra.html

In today’s minisode we take a look at the top 10 technologies from the world of motorsport that have improved road cars as well as road car safety.



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Sources:



https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/racing-tech-in-your-current-car/

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/motorsport-tech-that-has-changed-road-car-production

https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/5-of-the-most-important-technologies-in-both-road-and-rally-cars-history/

https://eu.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2018/05/23/racing-innovations-cars-safety/471396002/

https://www.hotcars.com/regular-cars-have-these-10-safety-innovations-straight-from-the-race-track/

In today’s episode we will have a look at the surprising origins, as well as the history of NASCAR.



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Sources:



https://www.nascar.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20150530103445/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nascar_101/history_of_nascar

http://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/prohibition-potpourri/nascar-and-prohibition/

https://www.history.com/news/how-prohibition-gave-birth-to-nascar

https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2013/05/18/north-wilkesboro-and-the-roots-of-nascar

https://www.nascar.com/nascar-history#:~:text=FEBRUARY%2015%2C%201948%20%E2%80%93%20NASCAR%20runs,Charlotte%20(N.C.)%20Fairgrounds%20Speedway.

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/history/nascar-bootleggers.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/12/20/junior-johnson-moonshiner-nascar-legend-dies-88/

https://speedsport.com/racing-history/nascar-legend-raymond-parks/

https://johnsoninfo.weebly.com/information.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/sports/junior-johnson-dead.html

We are coming up to the 50th anniversary of the death of the only driver to win the Formula 1 world championship posthumously, Jochen Rindt. After this episode the Motorsport Stories Podcast will be taking a long summer break before being back again in October.



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Sources:



https://www.speedweek.com/formel1/news/148493/5-September-1970-Der-letzte-Tag-des-Jochen-Rindt.html

https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/news/50-todestag-heimatstadt-graz-gedenkt-jochen-rindt-2020-19121302

http://www.grandprixhistory.org/rindt_bio.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20160116203559/http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-199638-interview-heinz-prueller-erinnerungen-an-jochen-rindt-besser-als-senna/

https://web.archive.org/web/20160116154624/http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/formel-1-legende-jochen-rindt-a-946660.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183454/http://www.forix.com/8w/rindt.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20160114120207/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/mar/03/formula-one-motor-sport-jochen-rindt-scott-hunt

https://web.archive.org/web/20151008065552/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Jochen_Rindt.html

http://jochenrindt.com/en/

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1970/32/41st-italian-grand-prix

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1970/35/reflections-in-the-monza-sunshine

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1970/78/jochen-rindt-2

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1969/48/the-grand-prix-drivers

https://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10034700/7772621/Graz_gedenkt_Jochen_Rindt.html

https://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10348726/7768145/Gemeinderatssitzung_vom_April.html

https://www.graz.at/cms/dokumente/10348726_7768145/ed2c210a/To19-A10-6-793331-Jochen-Rindt-Platz.pdf