Hey everybody, my name is Nolan Sykes. I'm from Past Gas by Donut Media. We are an

automotive history show and this week we're talking about a guy named Phil Hill.

Phil Hill spent his youth dreaming of driving foreign cars who'd read British

race publications back to back. He grew to idolize racers like Juan Manuel Fongeo

and Alberto Escarri and cars like Maserade's, Ferraris and Triams. But for most of

his life it was just a dream. So how did the nervous son of a postmaster and

him composer become one of the most talented race car drivers of all time?

Why did you leave racing near the peak of his career? What unfortunate event led

him to winning a world championship? The down past gas? Part one of the story of Phil Hill

in the 1961 Formula One season. You can find past gas wherever you get your

podcasts, check it out. Past gas.

Welcome to a special episode of Past Gas. We are all in our living rooms

separately. You know why? We won't talk anymore about it. We're gonna power through

this and have a good episode. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's all you guys

have to say. Yeah. Yeah. I'm very glad to talk to you guys because I've been in my

department now for two weeks basically by myself. It sucks. I don't know what

else to say. Yeah. I can't even imagine how it is, you know, as as a single person. I'm

really happy to have my fiancee here. But we're kind of getting at each other's

throats already. Oh, man. So I this week we are doing the Cannonball Run Part 2.

You know, last week we talked about the inaugural Cannonball Run. Why they started it, how

it was a protest against government regulation. That was also a transcontinental race,

raced illegally by outlaws, like Brock Yates and the Polish racing team. Yeah. So I think

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