Henry "Smokey" Yunick was an influential American mechanic, engine builder, and car designer renowned for his ingenuity and controversial rule-bending in the world of auto racing. A legendary figure, he was known for his "Best Damn Garage in Town" in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is often credited with shaping the early years of NASCAR.

The "Collier brothers" of the Revs Institute are Miles C. Collier, the institute's founder, and his father and uncle, C. Miles and Sam Collier. They were members of a prominent family of racers and automotive enthusiasts who were instrumental in the formation of American sports-car racing.

Buick was founded in 1903 by David Dunbar Buick and became a key component in the founding of General Motors by Billy Durant in 1908, known for early innovations like the overhead valve engine and popularizing the luxury car market, especially as the highest-selling GM brand for a period after Chevrolet's entry into GM. The company's tri-shield emblem, adopted in 1960, is still in use today, symbolizing the brand's enduring legacy of quality, performance, and elegance, which continues to define Buick as a premier luxury marque within GM.

Walter P. Chrysler was a railroad machinist who became one of America's most influential automotive pioneers, founding the Chrysler Corporation and building it into a major player in the "Big Three" of US automakers. His career was defined by mechanical talent, a knack for production efficiency, and an ambitious drive that led him to turn around ailing companies and challenge his industry's biggest players.

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Today we discuss a high school drop out that would become one of racing’s most influential pioneers, a man who’s cars won the Indianapolis 500 ten times, a man who’s engines dominated oval-track racing for almost half a century, today we talk about race and engineering pioneer Harry Miller.

Today we discuss a creator of one of most beautiful cars of the 1930s, an early America luxury carmaker, one of E.L. Cord’s trifecta of manufacturers, and a car company was taken down by the great depression.

Join us for our yearly radio show with the Corpus Christi Car Show judges!

A car considered one of the most notorious failures in automotive history, car who’s styling has lost more battles than it won, a car that Ford gave up on within 2 years, the Edsel.

It is 1955 and ford has begun research and development for an all new line code named the “E Car”. Which stood for experimental car and would become the Edsel.

Today we discuss one of the most impactful men of automotive design, the man that introduced Tailfins, the man that created dynamic obsolescence, the man that created the concept of the concept car, the man behind the design of the first generation Corvette, the man who founded the Damsels of Design, today we discuss the prolific and talented Harley Earl.

Harley J. Earl was born on November 22, 1893, in Hollywood, California. His father, J.W. Earl, ran Earl Automobile Works, a coachbuilding shop specializing in custom-built car bodies for Hollywood's elite, like Rosco Fatty” Arbuckle and Tom Mix. As a young man, Harley learned about automobile design and craftsmanship from his father, developing a keen eye for aesthetics and engineering.