S1 Ep9: Evel Knievel Pt. 2: Jumping The Shark
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In part two of the series, James, Nolan and Joe follow Knievel's slow descent into madness and paranoia. How did a revered American Icon go from selling out stadiums to gambling on golf just to make ends meet? Join us as we find out.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody my name is Nolan from Past Gas by Donut Media we are an |
| 0:04.7 | automotive history show I kind of like to think of it as hanging out with your |
| 0:08.1 | buddies in a garage listening to them tell great stories from automotive history |
| 0:12.5 | this week it's the second part of our two-parter on Phil Hill and the 1961 |
| 0:17.2 | Formula One season where the guys me and our guest host Elizabeth Blackstock |
| 0:22.4 | ask why was it a death sentence to drive for Ferrari aside from Phil Hill who |
| 0:28.6 | were some of these tragic figures and why didn't Enzo Ferrari go to the |
| 0:32.3 | feudal's of his drivers while this week on Past Gas we're gonna tell you why |
| 0:36.5 | it's a story of the Ferrari curse and how was broken by an American this was a |
| 0:41.0 | really good episode Elizabeth Blackstock one of my good friends really great |
| 0:45.7 | on the show as well you might know her from her book racing with rich energy |
| 0:48.9 | or you might have read her articles online if you read a lot of automotive |
| 0:53.6 | articles so check out Past Gas get it wherever you get your podcast today |
| 1:01.6 | welcome back to Past Gas with you as always I'm Nolan Sykes I'm with my two |
| 1:09.2 | co-hosts we've got Joe Weber and James Pumphrey Mo'Pau baby that's the guy |
| 1:16.0 | okay that's a lady lady lady |
| 1:18.0 | that's why I recognize you guys Mo'Pau baby you're the guy from the Instagram |
| 1:25.8 | sticker oh yeah we officially have an Instagram sticker yeah it's pretty |
| 1:33.0 | cool and maximum it yeah yeah I liked it anyway so we are continuing our two-part |
| 1:38.1 | series on the most legendary stuntman of all time if you thought you liked the |
| 1:42.4 | last episode this one's got Mo'Pau baby oh well there there it is there it is |
| 1:47.3 | evil con evil yes the the jump suit wearing motorcycle jumping legend we learned |
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