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Join us this week as we dive into the story of Herb Thomas and The Fabulous Hudson Hornet. How did a car company with very little race history jump in and immediately dominate NASCAR in the 50s? And what was so special about this car that Disney used it as inspiration for a character in Cars?

00:00 Indeed
00:22 Tecovas
00:43 Intro
01:23 The Real Car That Inspired Disney
03:40 Host intros
07:47 Road & Snack
14:55 Shopify
16:01 BetterHelp
17:04 Allstate
18:04 A brief history of Hudson
24:47 The Hudson Hornet
28:26 Characters
29:58 Indeed
31:08 Tecovas
33:44 Herb Thomas
39:19 A winning combo: Smokey & Herb
44:09 Hudson goes all in
49:31 One last push
52:23 The AMC merger
56:13 Teague
56:57 Yunick
57:16 Thomas
01:00:00 - Takeaways
01:01:00 - Listener mail / Outro

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