Dodge Part II: Hemi to Lil’ Red Express - Past Gas #270

Past Gas by Donut Media

Donut

Automotive, Leisure, Comedy, History

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Join us as we jump into the second installment on the history of Dodge. It’s post WWII and a revolutionary engine design is about to change everything for Dodge. How did the Hemi make more power, and how did Dodge rise to be one of the most powerful companies during the Muscle Car Wars? Find out on this week's episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.6	Tees and sees apply.
0:30.0	Hey what's up everybody.
0:31.1	Welcome back to past gas.
0:32.8	This week it's Dodge Part 2.
0:34.1	We're going to be talking about the juicy stuff.
0:36.0	Stuff that we like here.
0:37.6	Talking hemies. Where did that come from?
0:39.8	Well, we'll tell you. We're going to talk about the Charger Daytona.
0:42.4	We're going to talk about NASCAR.
0:44.3	Protectionism at the end. That's fun.
0:46.6	All that and more on today's episode.
0:48.3	It's Dodge Part 2. Let's get into it. On March 24th, 1970, Chrysler Corporation engineers prepped car number DC93 to make history.
0:59.0	DC-93 was better known as Buddy Baker's light blue Dodge Charger Daytona.
1:04.0	The long, low, pointy, and swoopy race car idled at the line at the Alabama International
1:10.0	Motor Speedway, now known as Talladega.
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