Hey, how you doing everybody? My name is Nolan. I'm from the Past Gas Podcast by Donut Media. We are an automotive history show.

This week we're talking about a man named Willie T. Ribs. After blowing three engines, Willie T. Ribs was about to give up on his dream of running in the Indy 500.

With only hours left to get into the race. His team disassembled the engine, assessed the situation, put the engine back together and tried for a fourth time.

And you know what? They succeeded. That was the day Willie became part of racing and more importantly American history.

But why did it take so long for Willie to get the start he deserved? Where did he get his brash attitude? And how did that affect his career?

And how did he finally become the first African American driver to race in the Indy 500?

Today on Past Gas, we take a look at the legend of both racing and civil rights, Willie T. Ribs.

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Hello and welcome to Past Gas by Donut Media. I am your host James Pumphrey and I'm your host Nolan Sykes.

Past Gas is an automotive history podcast. Nolan and I are going to tell you the stories behind your favorite cars, automotive figures, racers, racetracks and everything in Betwine.

If you're already familiar with Donut, thank you so, so much for joining us on our first podcast. If you've never heard of Donut Media, we make car videos for the internet.

You can find us on YouTube and Facebook. And instant gram. And instant gram. All those places are Donut Media.

Just Google us. Videos are great. We love them. Hell, they pay our rent. But we decided we wanted to tell longer stories than we're used to.

What's great about podcasts is that you can pretty much talk for as long as you want. And if you know me, then you know Big Bro loves the talk.

You sure do James. Nolan wrote this ain't you?

I love it.

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It'll really help us out. And I really appreciate that. So thank you. All right. Now for the show.

All right. So this week on past gas, we are starting our four part series on Ford versus Ferrari at Le Mans. One of the most famous stories in all of auto racing to really understand the rivalry and what makes it so great.

You first have to know the story of Enzo Ferrari. So that is what we're going to do today. I just want to make it very clear. I do not like Enzo Ferrari.

I can probably name any Nissan on the road. I can I can bore you to death. Talk to hours about engine codes and chassis codes for Volkswagen's and Honda's whatever. I couldn't name a Ferrari. I don't like the guy. He's a dick.

I'm hoping by the end of this episode you'll at least have some respect for the man. Our source for this very bolder mort type character in my opinion.

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