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In this Break/Fix Pit Stop Minisode, the hosts welcome back legendary sports car driver Hurley Haywood to revisit his defining years with Audi in Trans-Am and IMSA. Hurley explains how Bob Tullius and Audi brought him into the program after he broke his leg, describes Group 44’s professionalism, and contrasts team dynamics once Audi factory engineers controlled strategy and development. He recounts early surprises with the Quattro, learning all-wheel-drive technique, and how the cars became overwhelmingly dominant, winning a Trans-Am championship before SCCA banned four-wheel drive and IMSA piled on weight and engine restrictions that rarely slowed them. Haywood discusses the advanced 90 Quattro GTO, politics that ended Audi’s program, his brief Ferrari F40 IMSA experience, lessons from Walter Röhrl, and reflections on technology, dominance, and Audi’s prospects in Formula 1.

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00:00 Hurley Haywood Returns
01:54 Injury to Audi Opportunity
03:21 Audi Quattro First Test
04:49 Bob Tullius Team Culture & Factory Team Dynamics
08:25 Quattro Dominates TransAm
09:47 IMSA 90 Quattro Monster
14:17 Penalties Couldnt Stop Audi
16:26 Rivals Rage and BOP Politics Begin
20:03 Audi Track Antics ... Hans' Mischief Stories
21:53 Walter Röhrl Wisdom: Turbo Lag Techniques
24:31 Le Mans 911 Turbo Reunion
25:46 The Five Cylinder Sound
26:41 NASCAR Talladega Test
27:33 IMSA Exit Politics & The Ferrari F40 Detour
30:20 Revisiting Legends Today
36:04 Can Audi Win F1?
36:53 Final Thanks and Outro

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In this episode of The Logbook, our History of Motorsports Series, Mark Raffauf traces IMSA’s nearly 60-year evolution from John Bishop and Bill France’s founding phone call to today’s hybrid era. Raffauf recounts IMSA’s early experiments with Formula Fords/Vees, the shift to closed-wheel GT racing, the creation of Camel GT, RS/“little car” series on street tires, and All American GT, plus innovations like road-racing stock cars, Group 5, and GTP prototypes developed with the ACO to keep cars available to private teams. He highlights major manufacturers and iconic cars (Porsche 935/962, BMW CSL, Greenwood Corvette, Mazda rotary, Audi 90 GTO, Jaguar, Nissan, Toyota, Ferrari 333 SP), the growth of street races and Firestone Firehawk, rising speeds and safety limits, ownership turmoil, the IMSA split into ALMS and Grand-Am, and the eventual merger leading to today’s booming IMSA with strong OEM support and advanced hybrid prototypes.

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00:00 Meet Mark Raffauf
02:14 IMSA Origins Bishop & Bill France
03:55 First Races Open Wheel
04:53 Closed Wheel Camel GT, Small Cars w/ Street Tires
06:32 All American GT Era
10:42 American Challenge Stock Cars
11:39 Group 5 Turbo Monsters
13:48 GTP Arrives Daytona 1978
15:20 935 Evolution And Innovation
18:11 Privateers Payout Philosophy and the Road America Breakthrough
22:29 Lola T600 Ground Effects
26:14 Audi 90 GTO Quattro
28:28 Jaguars Take Over
29:11 Street Races: Miami and the Downtown street racing boom!
29:42 Wild tech experiments
30:13 GTP rules vs Group C
33:06 Firehawk showroom racers
34:47 Night racing survival
36:54 When speed got dangerous
38:46 Ownership turmoil and exports
40:57 GTP peak and aero wars
44:49 World Sports Car era
46:46 Ferrari 333SP dominance
48:11 Split into Grand Am and ALMS
50:57 Merger to modern IMSA
51:49 Hybrids and today’s grid
53:53 Closing remarks and sponsors
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This episode is part of our HISTORY OF MOTORSPORTS SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Argetsinger Family - and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

This Formula Fanatics episode recaps the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka: “Kimi” wins despite a poor start, finishes 14 seconds ahead of Piastri, and the race features Beerman’s major 50G crash after a sudden slowdown ahead, plus a long cleanup that impacts strategy and hurts Russell after a safety-car sequence. They discuss concerns about speed disparity, energy management, and rumored FIA reconsideration of the 50/50 electric split, along with upcoming regulation changes and Ferrari upgrades, noting Miami is likely processional while Canada may better reveal impacts. They criticize Cadillac’s poor performance and debate Audi’s mid-pack results and viability, including talk of leadership rumors. Tania gives her take on the F1 movie: impressive visuals but an unrealistic, overlong storyline, with skepticism about a sequel; they mention interest in a forthcoming Schumacher project focused on 1994.

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00:00 Suzuka Recap Begins
01:20 Winner and Early Drama
02:00 Beerman Crash Breakdown
02:50 Power Unit Rules Debate
03:40 Cleanup Chaos and Safety Car
04:40 Russell Radio Weirdness
05:21 Cadillac Strategy Fiasco
06:42 Battles and Hamilton Buzz; Ferrari F40 & Off Track Drama
09:31 Mansell on Hamilton's Eighth Title, and Does Eight Titles Matter?
15:18 Is Racing Too Artificial Now?
15:35 Reg Changes Preview
16:45 Audi Midfield Debate
20:08 Drivers And Leadership
21:30 Miami And Canada Outlook
23:05 F1 Movie Reactions
29:15 Schumacher '94 Hype
30:37 Wrap Up And Sponsors

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Break/Fix's Drive Thru News Episode #67 recaps April's automotive news and oddities, starting with economic turmoil and fuel changes: extended E15 use, ethanol’s impact on economy, evaporation, water absorption, and rubber seals, plus brake-fluid hygroscopy and the wider impact of diesel shortages on shipping and heating oil. The hosts criticize Volkswagen’s EV strategy (Touareg EV talk, China-only Jetta SUV, ID model struggles, layoffs, potential government aid) while noting nostalgia tie-ins like Hot Wheels R32s. Other topics include Stellantis’ Poissy plant shifting to parts/recycling, a modern Fiat three-wheeler, Morgan’s BMW-powered Supersport pricing, Cadillac Blackwing discontinuation, a C8 Corvette stop-sale over turn-signal software, Toyota RAV4 GR Sport badging, a Pininfarina NSX restomod, Nissan heritage parts, Smart’s new EV concept, Tesla Roadster skepticism, Florida drone speed enforcement, insurance non-payment without collision coverage, a truck climbing a Lamborghini, NASCAR EV plans, Lance Stroll’s GT3 result, sim-racing updates, and a Lemons Focus project update plus upcoming events.

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00:00:00 Show Kickoff
00:00:51 Geopolitics Hits Auto Sales
00:02:06 Ethanol Fuel Explained
00:09:10 Diesel Shortage Fallout
00:12:10 VW EV Touareg Debate
00:18:42 VW China Jetta SUV
00:22:19 VW Profit Crash Layoffs
00:25:13 Stellantis Poissy Factory Shift
00:27:38 Fiat Three Wheeler Returns!
00:28:20 Morgan Supersport 400 Reveal
00:30:09 GM Blackwing Farewell
00:31:58 Corvette Stop Sale Recall
00:35:03 Toyota GR Badge Creep
00:36:59 Pininfarina NSX Restomod
00:38:28 Kia's new Stinger Concept
00:39:37 Nissan Heritage Parts
00:41:06 Smart EV Concept Talk
00:44:31 Lost and Found: The Beetle RSI, or should you buy a Porsche 356 instead?
00:53:16 Uncool Wall Nominee!
00:55:14 Tesla Roadster Vaporware
00:57:26 Seriously What Could Go Wrong?
01:04:57 Events and Announcements
01:06:25 Drones Catching Speeders, Trucks Climbing Lambos & other Florida Man stories!
01:13:49 Motorsports News Roundup
01:17:18 Sim Racing Updates
01:20:49 Lemons Project Update
01:23:20 Support and Sign Off

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On this episode of The Motoring Historian, Jon Summers summarizes a Western Automotive Journalists recap of CES 2026 led by chair Charlie Vogelheim, arguing that major auto innovation has shifted from traditional auto shows to CES. He frames the industry around electrification, autonomy, connectivity, and shared mobility, noting huge spending since 2010 largely from outside traditional OEMs, and discusses how autonomy remains harder than early forecasts. Highlights include Waymo’s sixth-generation vehicles with 29 sensors and expansion to colder cities; Nvidia’s open AI platform; Uber’s planned 2026 Lucid Gravity-based autonomous rollout; Qualcomm’s single-chip ADAS/infotainment concept enabling cheaper EVs and reinforcing “software-defined” cars like Xiaomi’s ecosystem approach; bolt-on ADAS from comma.ai; Zoox demos; Mercedes “Level 2++”; Sony-Honda’s expensive Afeela; Germany’s remotely driven Vay concept; and standout tech like a hovering flying motorcycle and Donut Lab’s solid-state battery designs.

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00:00 Why CES Matters
01:10 EV Future Hopes
03:23 Three Revolutions
05:32 Shared Rides and Waymo
09:38 ACES and Investment
11:13 Waymo Gen 6 Hardware
13:33 Cold Weather Challenges
15:09 Nvidia and Lucid Gravity
17:41 Qualcomm One Chip Cars
21:39 Software Defined Automakers
25:19 Aftermarket Autonomy Debate
27:24 Autonomy Reality Check
28:56 More CES Oddities + Flying Bikes and Batteries
39:11 AI Construction Machines
41:50 Is ACES Still Relevant?
43:29 Outro and Credits

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Jon Summers is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel. Copyright Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian. This content is also available via jonsummers.net. This episode is part of the Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.