Do you know the longest track to ever host a #Formula1 race? If you guessed the Nürburgring… guess again! #f1 #f1history #pescaragp #coppaacerbo
Deadly Passions, Terrible Joys
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A motorsport history podcast focusing on racing's forgotten scandals and tragedies. Hosted by Elizabeth Blackstock
If you need a lil motorsport fix during F1's summer break, I've got ya covered. These are some of my favorite vintage motorsport articles: deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/vintage-mo...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course should have been a smash hit for a #Formula1 US Grand Prix… and maybe it could have been, if only it weren't for the frustrations with American open-wheel. Learn more on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqu-...
2005 US Grand Prix: What F1 fans have NEVER understood
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On this day in 1909, a housewife and mother named Alice Huyler Ramsey completed a cross-country trip across the United States. Her passengers? Her sister-in-law and two best friends. #womeninmotorsport #womeninracing
The dogs of today's #F1 drivers are basically celebrities in their own right... but that was also the case back in the 1930s. Meet Speedy Henning! open.substack.com/pub/deadlypa...
Before Leo Leclerc and Roscoe Hamilton, there was Speedy Henning
Indy race mechanic Cotton Henning brought his sweet dog Speedy with him to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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The #GermanGP used to be one of the staples of the #F1 calendar… so where did it go? Let's get into the nitty-gritty over on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf3P...
Will the German Grand Prix Ever Return to Formula 1?
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Juan Manuel Fangio called the 1957 German Grand Prix the “drive of his life.” But what made this race so special? #f1 #formula1 #motorsporthistory #fangio #germangp
You don't need a media credential to get started in the motorsport journalism space. deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/how-to-kic...
How to kickstart your motorsport journalism career from the grandstands
You don't need a media credential to craft valuable coverage during a race weekend
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Some races are special because of their results, and some are special because of what they represent. The 1991 German Grand Prix in #F1 is one of the latter.
Rajo Jack was the first Black man to race in America, and his legacy is as important today as it ever was.
In 1986, the first-ever #HungarianGP helped change the world by becoming the first #F1 race to take place behind the Iron Curtain — thereby proving that folks in the West had a whole lot more in common with those in the Soviet bloc than they thought. youtu.be/50rXrCTrS5c?...
Why Formula 1 Risked Racing Behind the Iron Curtain
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From her skill in Grands Prix and the Monte Carlo Rally to her pivot to team ownership, Lucy O’Reilly Schell remains one of the most incredible women to ever be involved in motorsport. Her story is frankly unbelievable, and it's the subject of this month's DPTJ: youtu.be/tXkghdGaz7M?...
Lucy O’Reilly Schell: A motorsport trailblazer from Europe to the Indy 500
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Imagine if the #F1 championship was ALREADY decided! That's exactly what happened back in 2002, at the end of the French Grand Prix!
Everyone knows Ferrari is a global brand that signals racing excellence… but it was a man named Luigi Chinetti who made the Prancing Horse huge in America. #f1 #formula1 #ferrari #scuderiaferrari
New Substack. IndyCar put itself in an impossible position with the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/indycar-pu...
IndyCar put itself in an impossible position with its Freedom 250 Grand Prix
There's just no way that IndyCar comes out of this a long-term winner
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The #BelgianGP is one of the most historic in #F1 history… and today, I'm focusing on one of my favorite events: the 1967 race that Dan Gurney won in his Anglo American Racers Eagle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5_e...
The Only American-Built Car to Ever Win an F1 Race | Dan Gurney's Legendary 1967 Belgian GP
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The 1961 #BritishGP saw one of #F1 's wildest one-off entries, the Ferguson P99. It was the FIRST #Formula1 car with four-wheel drive… and the LAST with an engine mounted in the front.
Cheryl Glass may have been the most ambitious woman in American motorsport, and it was that mindset that gave her a shot in motorsport.
In the 1970s, Spa-Francorchamps was deemed too dangerous to host the #BelgianGP … so #F1 moved to an ultramodern track called Nivelles. And the safety consciousness of Nivelles is what killed it! #formula1 #f1history
#F1 has been scheduling street races in America for decades, but the most absurd one has to be the track in downtown Phoenix that was so boring, drivers managed to get lost despite it only being 2.3 miles. Today, I’m figuring out how (and why) this race happened: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QydJ...
Why Formula 1's Phoenix street race was a complete disaster
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On this day in 1984, #Formula1 was in the thick of its most poorly conceived race of all time: the Dallas Grand Prix. I'll defend my beloved Texas, but as all of us locals know… you DO NOT schedule any daytime outdoor activities to take place in July! You just don't!!!
Happy #BritishGP weekend! Most of us have only ever known this race to take place at Silverstone Circuit, but back in F1's golden age, it was hosted (once) at Aintree! #f1 #formula1 #motorsport #racinghistory
July 3 was a day that would go down in infamy in the American open-wheel world: It was the day Tony George announced guaranteed entries at the #Indy500 and kicked off a firestorm of backlash.
Alright I got so stoked about this that I decided to write about it
Elizabeth Blackstock@elizablackstock.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's insane that A. J. Foyt won the 1967 Indy 500 on May 31, then went to Europe and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Dan Gurney on June 11, only for Gurney to win the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix with his own car literally a week later. THAT'S what I want to celebrate for America's 250th
The Lone Star State has no shortage of forward-thinking innovators dedicated to transforming the world — and that’s just as true in motorsport as it is in other fields. Come join me at the San Antonio Public Library System this summer to learn about some of Texas' greatest icons!
The phrase “Grand Prix” alone signals that #F1 is a continental European sport… so when did England take over? That's exactly what I'm talking about this week on YouTube in honor of the #BritishGP: youtu.be/rRBTRzyEfwE
How the British took over Formula 1
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