The Circuit Jerks Podcast

This week we talk about The Kansas City Flash, Masten Gregory. From illegal street races to being the first American to finish on the podium in a Formula 1 Race, and leaping out of cars his career was nothing short of exciting.

http://www.atlasf1.com/2000/aut/cox.html
https://petrolicious.com/articles/legends-of-motorsport-masten-gregory
https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/masten-gregory
https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-gremas.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masten_Gregory

This week we talk about Alfonso de Portago, racing's first playboy. He was a rich and fast adrenaline junkie who raced as hard as he lived.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_de_Portago
https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/alfonso-de-portago
https://therake.com/stories/icons/full-marquis-alfonso-de-portago/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrera_Panamericana#1954
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBT_World_Championships_1957
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_km_Buenos_Aires
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National

This week we talk about Pat Moss; women's racing pioneer, champion rally driver, and sister to someone named Sir Stirling Moss.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Moss

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/pat-moss/amp

https://www.bbc.com/sport/31749919

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-2009/30/obituary-pat-moss

Elijah and I are taking the week off to research and write a couple of episodes so we can get ahead and deliver some quality episodes and not half ass it. See you next week!

In this week's episode we talk about the Mille Miglia. An open road rally style race that ran from 1927-1957. It had some of the biggest names in motorsport competing and one of the highest mortality rates of any race.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille_Miglia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Mille_Miglia
https://www.britannica.com/sports/Mille-Miglia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_rally
http://masharikimotorsport.com/rally-history/

Today we talk about the most old timey racing driver of all old timey racing drivers. Barney Oldfield. From racing bicycles to racing against aeroplanes, Barney did it all, with a bit of his winning formula of course (it was not vinegar).





https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2013/09/17/racing-heroes-barney-oldfields

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Oldfield

https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/our-collection-on-barney-oldfied

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_AAA_Championship_Car_season

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am485_98/sarratt/barney.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914_Indianapolis_500

In this week's episode we talk about different racing series, how they got started, some technical regulations and a lot of tangents.

Sources:
https://www.fia.com/organisation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fédération_Internationale_de_l'Automobile
http://www.f1-grandprix.com/?page_id=222
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_racing#Points_system
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/motorsports/endurance-racing.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Rally_Championship
https://www.wrc.com/en/more/wrc-history/early-years/

In our very first episode we talk about what got us into Motorsports and explore the story behind Formula 1's first world champion Giuseppe “Nino” Farina.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Farina

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-2004/80/substance-with-style Guiseppe Farina: Substance with Style - Mike Lawrence

https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/giuseppe-farina

https://f1history.fandom.com/wiki/Giuseppe_Farina

Circuit Jerks Podcast Ep. 1 teaser.