Past Gas - Official Trailer
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2019
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Donut Media brings you some of the craziest stories from all of automotive history in their new podcast "Past Gas!". Hosts James Pumphrey and Nolan Sykes walk you through incredible stories behind your favorite cars and manufacturers, like underground Japanese racing clubs, bitter racing rivalries and how some of your favorite classic cars came to be. Remember, it's about cars, not about farts.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on historical hyenas join our top panel of comedians as we take us |
| 0:06.1 | So okay, are you still in the bath? Yes, I'm listening to my podcast. Can I come in? |
| 0:11.6 | No, no, no, no! Just need to grab the claw clippers. Don't worry, I'll cover my eyes |
| 0:16.3 | What? Whoa! |
| 0:18.2 | Scars, look at the falling! |
| 0:20.2 | I'm still not looking! |
| 0:24.0 | And I'm not listening to my podcast. Don't want batting, mere catting! |
| 0:29.0 | Simple! |
| 0:31.0 | Hey, how you doing everybody? My name is Nolan. I'm from the PastGas podcast by DonutMedia. |
| 0:35.5 | We are an automotive history show. |
| 0:39.0 | This week we're talking about a man named Willie T. Ribs. After blowing three engines, |
| 0:44.1 | Willie T. Ribs was about to give up on his dream of running in the Indy 500. With only |
| 0:49.2 | hours left to get into the race. His team disassembled the engine, assessed the situation, |
| 0:54.5 | put the engine back together and tried for a fourth time. And you know what? They succeeded. |
| 0:59.7 | That was the day Willie became part of racing and more importantly American history. But |
| 1:04.7 | why did it take so long for Willie to get the start he deserved? Where did he get his |
| 1:08.8 | brush attitude? And how did that affect his career? And how did he finally become the |
| 1:13.3 | first African American driver to race in the Indy 500? Today on PastGas, we take a look |
| 1:18.6 | at the legend of both racing and civil rights, Willie T. Ribs. You can find PastGas wherever |
| 1:24.3 | you get your podcasts. PastGas, check it out. |
| 1:54.6 | Big thanks to T. tearo for sponsoring this episode of PastGas. T. tearo is the world's largest |
| 2:22.2 | car-sharing marketplace. With T. tearo you can book any car you want wherever you want it. |
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