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BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

We love capturing the living history of people from all over the autosphere. From wrench turners to artists, authors, racers, designers and everything in between. Our goal is to inspire a new generation of petrol-heads that wonder ”How did they get that job? or Become that person?” Because #everyonehasastory

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Pebble Beach ‘24: Elegance, Eva Braun’s Bum, Racing Top Gun, a scruffy Bugatti & a Mafia Ferrari

    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.

    2h 45m
  2. The First Horseless Carriage Race (David Schmidt)

    3 DAYS AGO

    The First Horseless Carriage Race (David Schmidt)

    The 1895 Horseless Carriage Contest sponsored by the Chicago Times-Herald (aka ”first” auto-race in America) - a peek into the WHAT, WHY. WHEN. WHERE, WHO beyond the auto history lore of a Duryea victory on a cold and snowy, Thanksgiving Day in Chicago. David Schmidt is a Director at the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) as well as Panel Chair for the SAH Bradley Award. He is also a member of the Porsche Club of America and Fuelfed, a private club for enthusiasts of European cars. Born in Detroit, his father and grandfather both worked for GM at Fisher Body. Being a product of a certain generation he experienced the muscle car era first hand cruising the famed Woodward Avenue in the late 1960’s. David received a BA from Michigan State University, MA and PhD from Indiana University and after a career in financial services retired from TIAA. As an auto enthusiast, he can be seen driving about town in a 1967 Volvo Amazon or 1989 Porsche Carrera. The importance of this event is perhaps best captured that same year by Peter Studebaker of the eponymous wagon maker who, with prescience, commended the sponsoring newspaper “... for transferring the manufacture of the motocycle (a term applied to the horseless carriage after a naming contest) concentrating the inventive faculties of the nation on this [horseless carriage] new departure.”

    30 min
  3. Drive Thru News #51 - The Friendsgiving Episode!

    4 DAYS AGO

    Drive Thru News #51 - The Friendsgiving Episode!

    It’s that time of year again… time to answer the age old question “what do you want for the holidays?” Tune in to Drive Thru News Episode #51 for our ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE. Pick up some great ideas for gifts for yourself or your favorite hobbyist, enthusiast or petrol-head in your life. For a list of all the gifts and promotions mentioned on this episode check out the show notes on gtmotorsports.org

    1h 56m
  4. Screen to Speed No.31: Nina Hahn, from Sim Racing Star to Real-Life Racing Dreams

    5 DAYS AGO

    Screen to Speed No.31: Nina Hahn, from Sim Racing Star to Real-Life Racing Dreams

    Dive into the journeys of remarkable individuals making waves in sim racing and bridging the virtual with the real. From the thrill of digital circuits to the roar of real-life racetracks, they explore the passion, dedication, and innovation that drives the world of motorsports. They hear from athletes, creators, and pioneers sharing their stories, insights, and the powerful ways sim racing is connecting communities and creating pathways into motorsports.

    1h 6m
  5. From the Paddock to the Slip Stream: Transformations in F1 Media Relations (Richard Haynes)

    NOV 21

    From the Paddock to the Slip Stream: Transformations in F1 Media Relations (Richard Haynes)

    Richard Haynes is professor of Media Sport in the Division of Communications, Media and Culture at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He is author of seven books on sport and communications including the award-winning history BBC Sport in Black and White (Palgrave 2016) and his forthcoming book with Raymond Boyle Streaming the Formula 1 Rivalry: Sport and the Media in the Platform Age to be published by Peter Lang in 2024. Based on archival and biographical research and interviews with British journalists, broadcasters and communications managers, this presentation provides an analysis of the transformations in media relations in Formula One from 1960s onward. The paper explores the professional careers of leading British journalists and broadcasters of F1 to explore how media relations have changed over time. We conclude with some thoughts on how F1 in the era of Liberty Media, is bringing new opportunities for F1 across different platforms, transforming again the media relations of the sport.

    29 min
  6. Follow the Money: F1 Financial Support as Cultural Indicator (Skip McGoun)

    NOV 20

    Follow the Money: F1 Financial Support as Cultural Indicator (Skip McGoun)

    Elton G. “Skip” McGoun is an Emeritus Professor of Finance at Bucknell University and a former visiting professor at the University of Donja Gorija in Montenegro. He has presented and published on both finance history and culture and automobile history and culture and served as area chair of the Vehicle Culture Section of the Popular Culture Association.  Skip examines Formula One on-track and on-vehicle sponsorships through the post-WWII period to show the evolution of the cultural appeal of the series.

    31 min
  7. Formula 1 at Watkins Glen during "The Circus Era" (James Miller)

    NOV 19

    Formula 1 at Watkins Glen during "The Circus Era" (James Miller)

    Dr. James Miller has a longtime interest in media technology, and this led him to the historical study of the automobile as an under-appreciated site of media consumption. From there, the highly digitalized modern race car presented itself as a possible precursor of future mobility. This was also an excuse to intellectualize the pleasure of motorsports, which has resulted in a connection with the IMRRC and membership in the International Motor Press Association. Miller is professor emeritus of communications at Hampshire College, a former member of the graduate faculty at UMass Amherst and a member of the Porsche Club of America. Formula One raced at Watkins Glen for 20 years, 1961-1980. This was a still early time in post-war F1, when nearly everything was smaller scale, sponsorship was just beginning, a DIY ethos ruled the paddock and US media attention was limited. Yet these 20 years mark a crucial midway point between the Glen’s original road racing and the modern, corporatized F1 that has now developed into a global media spectacle. To mark 75 years of Watkins Glen motorsports, this presentation offers a sketch of this distinctive time and place, with emphasis on the local community engagement that made those glorious 20 years of F1 possible.

    25 min
  8. Screen to Speed No.30: Anjali Vadgama Silva: Racing, Advocacy, and Walking for MS

    NOV 18

    Screen to Speed No.30: Anjali Vadgama Silva: Racing, Advocacy, and Walking for MS

    Dive into the journeys of remarkable individuals making waves in sim racing and bridging the virtual with the real. From the thrill of digital circuits to the roar of real-life racetracks, they explore the passion, dedication, and innovation that drives the world of motorsports. They hear from athletes, creators, and pioneers sharing their stories, insights, and the powerful ways sim racing is connecting communities and creating pathways into motorsports.

    40 min
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We love capturing the living history of people from all over the autosphere. From wrench turners to artists, authors, racers, designers and everything in between. Our goal is to inspire a new generation of petrol-heads that wonder ”How did they get that job? or Become that person?” Because #everyonehasastory

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