Ep.254 – Kidnapping Fangio: A History (Michael Bustamante, PhD)

Dinner with Racers

Automotive, Sports, History, Leisure

5 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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As part of our video documentary series, “Kidnapping Fangio,” available on MotorTrend’s YouTube channel, we are proud to present a series of extended interviews through our podcast. In this first installment, we take a departure from racing to learn about the history of Cuba, a critical ingredient in leading to the famed 1958 kidnapping of […]

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0:00.0	25 years ago today
0:02.3	today Cuba was racked by political upheaval and revolution in 1933
0:06.7	just as today. Then there was fighting in the streets of Havana in the stormy
0:11.0	period of the overthrow of the dictator Machado.
0:14.0	One name still familiar made headlines, Batista, but then he was leader of the Army forces supporting the rebels and a popular hero.
0:22.0	The name's the same, but what a difference 25 years have made.
0:27.0	And now for dinner with racers, presented by Continental Tire.
0:31.0	With your host, Ryan Eversley and Sean Heckman.
0:34.0	Place holder radio sound.
0:36.0	We're Oh!
0:38.0	I'm a driver very angry.
0:40.0	This is the sound of a driver on the radio during a race.
0:44.0	What do you think I should go?
0:47.0	And jeez.
0:50.0	And welcome to another episode of Dinner with Racers. I'm Sean Ackman.
0:58.0	I'm Ryan Eversley. And hey Ryan. Yes, Sean. I got some questions for you.
1:03.0	Okay.
1:04.0	You, uh, you an F1 fan?
1:05.0	Yes, I am.
1:06.0	Do you consider yourself a huge, huge fan of F1?
1:08.0	Yeah, actually, probably the most knowledgeable guy in F1.
1:10.0	Are you the internet?
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