BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

Automotive History Live welcomes Barn Find Hunter and author Tom Cotter, who recounts driving a restored 1926 Ford Model T from Times Square to San Francisco largely along the Lincoln Highway, inspired by concerns that modern cars remove the act of driving. With co-driver Dave Coleman and photographer Michael Allen Ross, Cotter describes day-one challenges like no gas gauge, cold weather, and stay...

In this Ferrari Friday episode of The Ferrari Marketplace podcast/vlog, William Ross interviews Chris Miele about the past year’s surging Ferrari collector market following major auctions from Kissimmee’s Mecum Bachman Collection through Monterey, citing record-setting results and continued momentum into Pebble Beach 2026. They discuss how unique color/spec, provenance, single ownership, documenta...

Guest speaker and longtime journalist J.J. O’Malley recounts how Watkins Glen fell into “dark years” after financial and safety troubles culminated in the Grand Prix Association’s 1981 bankruptcy, the loss of Formula 1, event cancellations, foreclosure action by the Bank of New York, and a 1982 auction. He describes how SCCA Glen Region leaders formed the Green Flag Committee to find a new owner,...

In this episode of Formula Fanatics, we banter about Lance Stroll’s DNFs and near-record Q1 eliminations, and discuss Charles Leclerc reaffirming his Ferrari commitment, credited to Fred Vasseur. We debate whether Lewis Hamilton can win the title or Max Verstappen is more likely to win his next championship than Hamilton, while criticizing team pit strategy and praising George Russell’s tire longe...

Break/Fix’s Drive Thru News returns with banter about Brad’s right-shoulder surgery and a broader discussion on when car tech becomes too much, sparked by Tesla giving Grok AI control of vehicle settings. A Pacifica check-engine light leads to complaints about opaque diagnostic codes, printed manuals, and expensive infotainment upgrades like a $2,000 Uconnect swap. The hosts connect soaring diesel...

Automotive History Live marks Pontiac’s 100th anniversary with Tim Dye tracing the brand from Edward Murphy’s 1893 Pontiac Buggy Company to the 1907 Oakland Motor Car Company and GM’s purchase after Murphy’s 1909 death. He covers Oakland’s 1924 quick-drying paint and early four-wheel brakes, GM’s “car for every purse and purpose,” and Pontiac’s 1926 debut at $825, record 76,742 first-year sales, a...

In this Evening With A Legend session, Michael Keyser—driver, filmmaker, and author—recounts his path from photographing Le Mans in 1970–71 to racing there as a privateer, while also filming material that became The Speed Merchants. He describes shooting in heavy rain, pit-lane life, encounters around Porsche and Ferrari teams, and early experiences with danger, including Piers Courage’s fatal cra...

This episode features Quinn Beekwilder, assistant professor and coordinator of Belmont Abbey College’s Motorsport Management program, who shares his path from a political science degree and real estate to graduating from the program, working a decade at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and returning to teach. He recaps the program’s origins with Belmont resident and Charlotte Motor Speedway leader Humpy...

This episode of The Logbook, our History of Motorsports series, revisits a 2015 IMRRC “Syracuse Mile: A Look Back” program celebrating the New York State Fairgrounds’ famed dirt oval, the “Moody Mile,” after its final season. Moderators Joe Marotta and Gary Montgomery lead a driver panel with Wes Moody, Glen Donnelly, Alan Johnson, Gary Tompkins, Danny Kapuschinski, Johnny Birosh, and Mel Lane, sh...

Recorded live at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, Joe Marotta and Kip Zeiter preview a day-long retrospective celebrating the history of Syracuse’s “Moody Mile” after the track’s final race, emphasizing celebration over politics with driver roundtables, slides, and video. Historian Dr. Gary George discusses his lifelong racing passion, early visits to Syracuse dating...

In this episode of The Ferrari Marketplace Podcast, host William Ross interviews Chris Miele of Prancing Horse of Nashville (Ferrari of Nashville) about his lifelong passion for Ferraris, from attending Ferrari Club of America Nationals as a kid in New Jersey to serving as a Marine scout sniper in Hawaii while obsessively reading car magazines. Miele explains how he entered the auto business throu...

Motoring historian Jon Summers records a monologue from Highway 40 in New Mexico about long-haul trucking, sparked by a former FBI agent’s book claiming many truckers are serial killers; Jon argues the job’s transience and past lack of surveillance could enable predators, while stressing most truckers are not killers. He links truck-stop culture with prostitution/sex trafficking and discusses how...

This episode of The Logbook, our History of Motorsports Series features Arthur Carlson, Director of Archives and Research Operations at the Revs Institute, outlining a major expansion in automotive archival preservation and access. He describes Revs’ new, highly secure Archives and Research Center in Naples, Florida; the scale of its holdings (including the Revs Digital Library’s ~724,000 photos,...

Formula Fanatics #9 covers rumors that Mercedes’ onboard AI mislearned George Russell’s energy deployment, contributing to issues like his anti-stall start in Budapest. We discuss the 2026 calendar changes, including Barcelona potentially rotating with Spa while Madrid becomes the Spanish GP, and debate why classic venues like Germany and France aren’t prioritized; Hockenheim’s possible return is...

Break/Fix’s Drive Thru News #71 debates whether car culture is dying, citing fewer young drivers, cars becoming appliance-like (EVs, driver aids, subscriptions), the decline of manuals, and a “sweet spot” around 2008 for tech that didn’t interfere with driving; we also discuss parts scarcity for older cars and concerns about increasing regulation and tracking. Headlines include Ford’s rumored Mach...

Motoring historian Jon Summers recaps Pebble Beach 2026, focusing on the Best in Show: Clark Gable’s freshly restored 400-hp short-chassis Duesenberg SSJ, alongside notable Duesenbergs like the “20 Grand.” He highlights show-field storytelling through juxtaposed classes—streamlining to aerodynamics experiments—featuring the Round Door Rolls, Phantom Corsair, and Japanese Group C and other JDM race...

This History of Motorsports episode features Skip McGoun, emeritus finance professor at Bucknell University, comparing Grand Opera and Formula One Grands Prix as expensive spectacles that persist because they serve social functions beyond entertainment: creating a “there there” (brand identity for places) and providing venues to “see and be seen.” McGoun traces opera’s shift from royal courts to c...

This episode is a live Motoring Podcast Network panel from Automotive History Live explores why the Bianco Speciale—Ferrari 250 GTO chassis 3729 GT, the only factory-white GTO and one of eight right-hand-drive cars—stands apart through provenance, racing history, engineering influence, and market impact. Crew Chief Eric, William Ross, and motoring historian Jon Summers recount how the car came to...

The Motoring Historian, Jon Summers, drives between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis on a museum tour, focusing on the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum housed in the remaining Auburn factory. He frames museums as “a bunch of stuff” versus curated stories, then seeks the Duesenberg creation myth, especially the engineering behind the Model J. He recounts Duesenberg history: self-taught brothers Fred and Au...

In this episode of Evening with a Legend, we interview American endurance racer Charles Mendez about his two 24 Hours of Le Mans starts—1980 with Racing Associates in a Porsche 935 and 1981 with WM in a Peugeot P79/80—set against his broader Sebring 12 Hours legacy. Mendez recounts how promoting Sebring led to opportunities in a 935, meeting Le Mans organizers, and bringing cars overseas with litt...

Break/Fix Podcast welcomes Stewart Howden, president of Classic Auto Mall, a consignment-based classic and collector car destination in Morgantown, Pennsylvania housing 1,000+ vehicles in a 336,000-square-foot former outlet mall. Howden recounts his path from a childhood love of cars and “The Sounds of Sebring” to auctions, a museum, and ultimately launching the mall in 2018 with a partner who had...

Formula Fanatics is a rapid F1 news spin off of our monthly Drive Thru News covering Austria, Silverstone, and Spa. In Austria, Russell takes pole and wins, with Verstappen second, Antonelli third, and Hamilton fifth amid multiple “car on fire” radio claims from other drivers, tire-driven early pits, and Stroll retiring on lap 47. At Silverstone, Alonso nearly retires on the formation lap; Hamilto...

Break/Fix’s Drive Thru News #70 recaps a Midwest trip to Wisconsin and South Bend for Automotive History Live! , plus a highly recommended stop at the Volo Museum featuring movie/TV cars, props, and the “world’s fastest outhouse.” The team updates their Lemons Ford Focus revival: a new wiring harness and ECU restore starting and smooth idle, but emissions-related faults keep it in limp mode, likel...

Break/Fix Podcast returns with an interview with Vince Finaldi, who is taking over leadership of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance after Sandra Button’s 40-year tenure. Finaldi shares his Italian-American automotive family history, early exposure to imported exotics, and a lifelong buy-fix-sell approach that funded his education after four years as a Marine infantryman, alongside a 22-year care...

Motoring Historian Jon Summers examines claims that electric vehicles frequently catch fire, drawing on a Society of Automotive Engineers talk in Palo Alto by Dr. Abid Kemal of Exponent, a firm known for major failure investigations. He says vehicle fires have halved since 1980 and usually involve 10–20-year-old cars, while EVs appear 5–10 times less likely to burn than ICE vehicles, though their...