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This Automotive History Live! panel explores how American roads evolved from mostly dirt paths in the early 1900s into the Lincoln Highway, Route 66, and the Interstate Highway System. Moderator Bob Casey sets context on poor early road conditions and rising demand from motorists. Jeff Blair of the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association highlights Carl Fisher’s role, the highway’s 1913 coast-to-coast route, Indiana’s two alignments, notable landmarks and preserved sections (including the Ideal Section in Dyer), and today’s focus on signage, education, and tourism. John Weiss of the Illinois Route 66 Preservation Committee explains Route 66’s creation from connected paved segments, its 1926 designation, 1985 decommissioning, cultural fame, and preservation of places and stories, including the Whoopee Auto Coaster in Lyons, Illinois. Finally, Matt Anderson details Eisenhower’s Interstate System origins, numbering, completion in 1992, and current funding challenges tied to fuel taxes, tolls, and mileage-based options.

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00:00 Welcome and Panel Intro
01:34 Why Roads Matter
03:10 Lincoln Highway Walkthrough
03:52 Carl Fisher and Origins
05:23 Indiana Highlights East
06:07 Fort Wayne to Ligonier
07:43 Goshen to South Bend
09:21 Rolling Prairie and Beyond
10:57 Ideal Section and Legacy
12:20 Eisenhower Caravan Link
12:57 Preservation Signs and Tourism
14:11 Audience Q & A
17:17 Route 66 Story Begins
17:57 Why Route 66 Is Famous
19:16 Four Minute Route 66 History
23:37 What Preservation Means and an Oddity Worth Saving
27:42 Audience Q & A
31:20 Interstate System Origins
33:51 Trust Fund and Fuel Tax
37:39 Funding Fixes Ahead
41:37 Thanks and Sponsors

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This episode is part of our AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY LIVE! SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The Studebaker National Museum and The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

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 staying in period roadside lodgings, plus human-interest stops including the Flight 93 Memorial, quirky diners, historic Lincoln Highway sites, and encounters with local enthusiasts. The trip highlights evolving road routes, a brief, tense stretch on Wyoming’s I-80 among fast trucks, a visit to Bonneville’s wet salt flats where they helped tow out a stuck car, and Nevada’s “loneliest road.” They reached the western terminus, baptized the tires in the Pacific, and shipped the car home with sponsor help.

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00:00 Welcome Tom Cotter
01:05 Why a Model T?
03:09 Lincoln Highway Origins
03:58 Times Square Sendoff, A Hudson River Baptism
07:04 Day One Road Lessons
10:58 Flight 93 Memorial
13:02 Teapot and Speed Trap
14:19 Early Auto History Ohio
15:32 Studebaker Museum Visit
16:26 VW Camper Night
17:38 Police Escort Out of South Bend
18:41 Unpaved Lincoln Highway
20:52 Iowa and American Pickers
23:31 Reed Nyland Corner
24:48 Boone Tractor Treasure
27:40 Speedy Bill Museum
28:37 McPherson College Tune Up
31:11 Wyoming Interstate Gauntlet
34:02 Bonneville Salt Rescue
37:29 Highway 50 Ghost Towns
38:48 Silver State Surprise
40:18 California Or Bust!
40:56 Donner Pass Hospitality
42:27 Golden Gate Finish
43:10 Audience Q & A, Sponsors And Credits

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This episode is part of our AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY LIVE! SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The Studebaker National Museum and The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

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, documentation, and rarity (including manual gearboxes, numbered cars, and tailor-made/atelier builds) are now often valued even more than ultra-low mileage, driving major gains in models like the 360 Challenge Stradale, manual 360 Modena, 575/550 variants, and modern specials such as TDFs and 812 Competizione. Miele attributes demand to new wealth, lifestyle events, and increased market transparency, advises buyers to insist on thorough pre-purchase inspections amid online-sale risks, and shares his favorite Ferrari picks by decade, highlighting limited-production cars and the 550 Maranello as a daily driver.

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00:00 The 2026 Ferrari Marketplace!
01:23 Bachman Collection Boom
03:37 Specs Over Mileage
07:53 Dealers Factory Access
11:36 New Money Heatwave
14:05 Lifestyle Events Scene
15:53 Monterey Auction Takeaways
18:01 How Pros Bid
20:27 Modern Cars Surge
24:44 Tailor Made Premiums
29:54 Ferrari Customization Growth & Tailor Made Options
32:40 Resale And Brand Status
34:47 Why Buy Through Dealers?
36:23 Online Buying Risks
39:54 Pre-Purchase Inspections
41:46 Importing Euro Ferraris
46:05 Auction Timing And Hype
48:23 Federalized Car Stories
49:24 Dream Ferrari Picks
51:39 Why The 550 Maranello?
55:05 Dealership Culture And Trust
57:10 Wrap Up And Sponsors

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On Ferrari Friday's, William Ross from the Exotic Car Marketplace will be discussing all things Ferrari and interviewing people that live and breathe the Ferrari brand. Topics range from road cars to racing; drivers to owners, as well as auctions, private sales and trends in the collector market. Copyright William Ross, Exotic Car Marketplace a division of Sixty5 Motorsports. This episode is part of our Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.

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, and how Corning Glass executive Jim Reisbeck—after seeing Daytona’s economic impact—commissioned studies and began talks that led Corning Glass to form Corning Enterprises to revive the track. Partnering with International Speedway Corporation (20% ownership), they created Watkins Glen International, closed public roads through the circuit, removed the Scheckter Chicane, upgraded facilities, emphasized family-friendly safety and strong law enforcement, and relaunched major racing with IMSA/Camel GT, Trans-Am, and eventually NASCAR’s Budweiser at the Glen in 1986, followed by successful vintage reunions.

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00:00 Watkins Glen on the Brink
01:19 JJ’s Racing Origins
04:37 First Trips to the Glen
07:50 Collapse and Bankruptcy
10:37 Foreclosure and Auction
12:15 Green Flag Committee Forms
14:24 Corning Discovers the Glen
18:23 Corning Makes Its Move
23:53 Rebuilding and New Leadership
32:02 Five Months to Race Day
38:27 Camel GT / Continental Series Returns
41:30 NASCAR Comes to Town
44:10 Vintage Revival and Festival
45:20 Q&A and Closing Thanks
45:58 Sponsor Credits and Outro

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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.

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 longevity. Race recaps cover a DNF-heavy, boring Dutch GP and an exciting Monza where Kimi Antonelli charges from the back and extends his points lead, while Verstappen features prominently. We pan to the Madrid street-style circuit as a near-parade where Antonelli wins and Hamilton retires early, note the 2027 schedule adds Portugal and replaces Catalunya with Madrid, mention Verstappen’s dominant kart race publicity stunt, Hamilton’s car-collection sale and F40, a Gilles Villeneuve documentary, Jamie Chadwick’s F1 test, and make Azerbaijan podium predictions.

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00:00 The No Homework Recap
01:00 Stroll Stats Roast
01:54 Why Leclerc Stayed at Ferrari
02:39 Hamilton vs Verstappen Championship Debate
04:46 Strategy, Tires and Team Orders
08:03 Dutch GP Breakdown
09:38 Monza Chaos and Kimi Charge to the Front
15:11 Madrid Ring - Street Circuit Reality Check
17:55 2027 Calendar Shakeup
18:29 Verstappen Karting Blitz
20:05 Hamilton Sells the Fleet for an F40
21:14 Gilles Villeneuve Film Preview
22:12 Jamie Chadwick and Women in F1 / Superlicense Debate
27:18 Azerbaijan Predictions and Wrap

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