Being Racing Drivers

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06/08/20 • 59 min

In this episode, we review documentaries about amateurs being racing drivers in their spare time. Plus, we discuss how F1 will return to our screens and when an Eleanor meets a legal challenge...

The B is for Build YouTube channel has hit a problem where a backdated Mustang was being converted into an Eleanor replica from Gone in 60 seconds. However, a legal challenge from the copyright owner has seen the car seized and videos removed.

F1 have announced plans to race, with Ted's Notebook giving a great overview of some of the social distancing measures being put in place.

In this episode Chris revisits Eric Bana's Love the Beast, while Martin watches The Gentleman Driver.

For the YouTube picks this week, Chris picked a video of Obsessed Garage's Matt Moreman, talking about the therapeutic benefits of being a YouTuber to overcome his OCD. It's also worth watching his What's it like to own a supercar with OCD? too. In fact, Chris recommends the whole VINwiki Car Stories YouTube channel.

Martin's video focusses on just 22.86 seconds of Jos Goodyear at Shelsey Walsh - 22sec run. For those who love seeing what highly depreciated, interesting cars with issues are like, Hoovies Garage is the channel for you!

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In this episode, we review documentaries about amateurs being racing drivers in their spare time. Plus, we discuss how F1 will return to our screens and when an Eleanor meets a legal challenge...

F1 have announced plans to race, with Ted's Notebook giving a great overview of some of the social distancing measures being put in place.

In this episode Chris revisits Eric Bana's Love the Beast, while Martin watches The Gentleman Driver.

If you want to tell us if we’re right, wrong or to share something we should be looking at, get in touch via the following channels:

Twitter: @AutomoviePod

Facebook: AutomoviePodcast

Email: [email protected]

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Killer Trucks!

In this episode, Chris and Marty talk about two movies featuring Killer Trucks, Chris Harris's hair, whisky, and Fast & Furious rankings.

In the last episode we discussed an article by Marshall Pruett on Driven. Now Birth Movies Death has also done a feature on Driven as the forgotten Stallone film.

In the UK, TV production has resumed with social distancing measures in place, including actors doing their own hair and makeup! Chris Harris asked for some tips on Twitter, while also showing off his new blonde barnet to raise money for the Great Western Air Ambulance. If you can, please donate a few quid!

In a DriveTribe live stream (now sadly deleted) Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman discussed how the international quarantine had caused them to postpone an adventure in Russia, but what has remained is an examination of the - ahem - wide variety of awards Top Gear had won, and quickly removed by Andy...

Empire ranked every F&F film, wrongly.

As well as doing Intermission by Automovie Podcast episodes, Chris was recently invited onto the Whiskycast Happy Hour webcast! One for folks who like to pair whisky with their movies.

In this episode Chris is enduring Stephen King's directorial debut Maximum Overdrive, while Martin discusses Steven Spielberg's (TV) movie directorial debut Duel.

For our online picks, Chris chose the second part of a walk around Bruce Canepa's facility, focussing on his workshop and 959 reimagining, while also recommending the Zero EV channel as they try to create a 100hp Twizy.

Marty revisited Henry Catchpole's Vantage N430 on the Old Military Road, and picked for his channel Robert Mitchell's excellent channel which is really showing the depth of his knowledge and experience.

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Jay Ward - Intermission

On this episode of Intermission by the Automovie Podcast, Chris chats to Jay Ward, Pixar's Head of Franchise, and the man who oversees everything that happens in the Cars universe. We discuss his path to Pixar, what goes into making a Cars character, his love of F1, and what happens when the Cars universe meets the real world!

In this episode, Jay recommends the Petersen Museum YouTube channel, where Jay also did an interview with them, and you can see some of his die-cast collection.

You can follow Jay on the following:

Instagram: @eastbay_j

Twitter: @misterjayward

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