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Host Maurice Merrick takes deep dives into automotive history with great storytelling and fascinating guests from the car and motorcycle world. It's all about the people and the stories behind the machines.
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SUPERVELOCE Part 2 with Peter Grimsdale
mercredi 17 décembre 2025 • Duration 39:55
Author Peter Grimsdale returns to Horsepower Heritage to discuss his new book "Superveloce: How Italian Cars Conquered the World". It's a sweeping history of the Italian auto industry with a fascinating cast of characters and astonishing insights into the development of legendary machines that are beloved the world over. From the early days of the motorcar through the Swinging Sixties, Superveloce will make you appreciate Italian iron more than ever.
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HORSEPOWER HERITAGE is created, produced and hosted by Maurice Merrick.
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SUPERVELOCE with Peter Grimsdale
mercredi 3 décembre 2025 • Duration 01:03:31
Author Peter Grimsdale returns to Horsepower Heritage to discuss his new book "Superveloce: How Italian Cars Conquered the World". It's a sweeping history of the Italian auto industry with a fascinating cast of characters and astonishing insights into the development of legendary machines that are beloved the world over. From the early days of the motorcar through the Swinging Sixties, Superveloce will make you appreciate Italian iron more than ever.
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HORSEPOWER HERITAGE is created, produced and hosted by Maurice Merrick.
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Mel Harder, President and General Manager of Laguna Seca Raceway
vendredi 15 août 2025 • Duration 01:01:12
One of the most historic racing circuits in the United States has a new helmsman.
Mel Harder is a motorsports management veteran who began his career at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and went on to manage Circuit of the Americas and the Chip Ganassi Racing Team.
In this episode, Mel talks about the past, present and future of Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca and shares his insights on decades of experience in motorsports.
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Pur Sang with John Bothwell
mercredi 10 août 2022 • Duration 01:22:12
You're about to learn the secrets of what made Bugatti and Alfa Romeo so great.
However you choose to translate it- be it "pure blood", or "thoroughbred"- Pur Sang can only mean the best; a winning combination of engineering and artistry.
Pur Sang Argentina builds precise replicas of legendary cars including the Bugatti Type 35 and the Alfa Romeo 8C using the original techniques and methods that most of the world has left behind... but they're alive and well in South America.
John Bothwell is Pur Sang's Director and a lifelong car enthusiast whose passions run toward the rides of a romantic and faraway era. From stories of his own Model T and Peerless cars to a Hawaiian steam locomotive and beyond, this episode will have you craving these mechanical marvels that made history.
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Silver Ghosts: Majesty In Motion
mercredi 27 juillet 2022 • Duration 42:00
The Rolls-Royce 40/50 Horsepower was the standard bearer of the famous English marque for twenty years, and came to be known as the Silver Ghost.
Power, comfort, and durability were the hallmarks of these cars and their near-silent operation conjured the image of a ghostly machine effortlessly gliding along.
Alan Clendenen and his daughter Ivy are caretakers of 1914 and 1926 Silver Ghosts, respectively, and in this episode they share their thoughts on the history, ownership, and driving experiences in these impressive motorcars.
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Speed Is Expensive: The Story of Vincent Motorcycles (with David Lancaster)
mercredi 13 juillet 2022 • Duration 52:48
In the 1930s, an obsessive genius named Phillip Vincent captured the attention of racing riders and well-heeled rebels when he transformed the HRD motorcycle company into a maker of the world's finest two-wheeled machines.
From The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy to Bonneville speedway, the Vincent impressed riders with its power, maneuverability and dashing good looks.
In this episode, Filmmaker David Lancaster tells the story of the Vincent, its namesake, and the creation of his documentary, Speed Is Expensive.
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Ronald Ahrens: Confessions of a Car Guy
mercredi 29 juin 2022 • Duration 01:04:24
From the dirt oval racetracks in 1950s Nebraska to his many years as a contributor for Automobile Magazine, Ronald Ahrens has spent his life observing American car culture.
His latest project is a book entitled "The American Automobile From Flivver to Furious",
a comprehensive history of the industry and its innovators. In this episode, Ronald shares humorous recollections of his stock car-racing father, breaking into automotive journalism, and some colorful stories from his book.
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Nicolas Hunziker: The Colors of Speed
mercredi 15 juin 2022 • Duration 01:12:47
Take a deep dive into the world of fine artist Nicolas Hunziker, whose captivating automotive art is coveted by collectors world-wide.
Art and racing are his twin pursuits. But underneath his skill & success was an undiagnosed brain disorder and a daily struggle with his mental health. Nicolas talks candidly about this challenge and how it’s shaped his personal and professional life.
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Form, Light and Magic With Photographer René Staud
mercredi 1 juin 2022 • Duration 42:40
As a boy in Stuttgart, Germany, René Staud had two fascinations: the fantastic cars he saw on the road, and the world of photography.
His passions converged in a career as a highly successful studio photographer with a long list of auto industry clients, and René has also published an impressive collection of books on various cars from Jaguar to Porsche.
His latest title is the newly-revised "300SL Book", in stores now.
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Behind the Lens of Ed Justice, Jr.
mercredi 18 mai 2022 • Duration 59:18
Ed Justice, Jr. is a longtime motorsport photographer whose family has been involved in racing for over seventy years.
Their story begins in the midwest before World War II where Ed's father and two uncles, Zeke and Gus, built a midget racer. Eventually they moved to Southern California where they built race cars for Frank Kurtis of Kurtis-Kraft and soon became the entrepreneurs behind the Justice Brothers brand of oil additives, lubricants and other products.
Justice Brothers sponsored the winning car at the 1950 Indy 500 and the company's red, white and blue logo has been worn by countless entries in racing ever since that time.
In this episode, Ed and Maurice talk about that remarkable family history as well as Ed's photo career, his reflections on Indy, his relationship with legends like A. J. Foyt, and other great stories.
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