The Racecar Podcast Kurt Gruneberg
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A podcast talking about the history and technology of race cars from all over the world.
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Not Much Sound, Some Fury: Turbine Cars at the Indy 500
Indianapolis used to be the place for weird and wonderful race cars, but that ended in 1968. Hear the story of Andy Granatelli, Carroll Shelby, and the other men who tried (and failed) to harness the power of the turbine to take home the Borg Warner trophy on this episode of The Racecar Podcast.
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King of the Monsters: Group A Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
Has it really been a year? How time flies am I right? Anyway here’s 23 minutes or so on the R32 GT-R, which seemed like a good easy subject to cover. Neat car, lots of wins, Kaiju noises, check it out.
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Beautiful Losers: From Colossal Failures to Dubious Successes
Right so I made another episode, big deal, want to fight about it? Its been almost a year, so clearly I'm right on schedule. Dan Carlin releases a 6 hour epic on the Vikings, I give you guys 22 minutes on four racecars nobody cares about, thats just how it works. Anyway this is an episode about four cars I couldn't stretch into full episodes, so I linked em all together and made one show out of them. I enjoyed it, kinda, so hopefully you do too
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The Granddaddy of All Sportscars: Porsche 917
Okay so its been a while, right? This one isn't produced or edited, its just me talking, but its been in my notes file for like a year so I wanted to get it out there. Anyway its the Porsche 917, from birth to death to 1980s zombie undeath.
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Not Just a Pretty Face: 1991 Jordan 191
There are many people, of which I am one, who believe the Jordan 191 is the best looking F1 car of all time. But it was also a successful racecar for a team that desperately needed to come out swinging in their rookie season if they had any hope of being more than a one-season competitor. Oh, and Michael Schumacher makes an appearance as well. This is the Jordan 191.
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The Great American Sportscar: 1999-04 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
The story of the design, development, and competition history of the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R. GM's first true factory backing of the Corvette as a race car, the C5-R would take on the world and win basically wherever it went. Raise hell, praise Dale.