You Better Win: The History of Ford Racing

About You Better Win: The History of Ford Racing

On paper, racing makes no sense. Grown men pouring their money, their relationships, and occasionally their lives into going around in circles slightly faster than the next guy. Ford has been doing it for over 100 years, on basically every surface on Earth. You Better Win is an 8-part series on the history of Ford Racing, hosted by James Pumphrey (Speeed/Donut Media), Vin Anatra (Hoonigan), and Zach Redpath (Speeed). Le Mans, NASCAR, the Baja desert, rally stages, drag strips, drifting, and more. We dug through Ford's archives for the long shots, the dumb bets, and the obsessive dudes who built it all, and retold them the way they deserve. This was a fun one. We hope you enjoy! (leave us a review!) Produced by Speeed in partnership with Ford Racing.

Publisher

Ford Racing

Category

history · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 May 2026

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   How Ford Conquered the Desert

   Long before the Raptor changed truck culture, a soft-spoken California race car builder named Bill Stroppe fell in love with the Ford Bronco. James, Vin and Zach trace how a publicity stunt grew into the Baja 1000, and how Stroppe and Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones turned a napkin sketch into Big Oly, the winged Bronco that smashed the Baja record by more than an hour. From there it's six decades of Ford using the desert as its lab, from the Rough Riders to today's Raptor and Ford's push to win Dakar.

2. 

   14 Oct 2026

   The True Story of Ford v Ferrari

   When Enzo Ferrari walked away from a deal to sell his company to Ford, Henry Ford II set out to beat him at the race Ferrari owned: the 24 Hours of Le Mans. James, Vin and Zach dig into how Carroll Shelby, Ken Miles and a crew of unsung engineers turned the GT40 into a world-beater, and how Ford went from humbling defeats to a historic 1-2-3 finish in 1966. Along the way they compare the real story to the hit film Ford v Ferrari, pore over Miles' original test logbooks in the Ford Archives, and hold the internal note that gave this series its name.

3. 

   7 Oct 2026

   The V8 That Built NASCAR

   James, Vin, and Zach explore Ford's enduring legacy in NASCAR, from early V8 dominance to modern championship wins.

4. 

   30 Sept 2026

   The Engine That Took Over F1

   James Pumphrey, Vin Anatra, and Zach Redpath explore how Ford, Lotus, and Cosworth created the revolutionary DFV engine, transforming Formula 1 and paving the way for future racing giants.

5. 

   30 Sept 2026

   The Racecar That Launched Ford

   James Pumphrey and Vin Anatra interview Zach Redpath about Henry Ford's pivotal 1901 racecar victory that launched Ford's racing legacy.

6. 

   28 May 2026

   Trailer: The History of Ford Racing

   James Pumphrey, Vin Anatra, and Zach Redpath explore over a century of Ford's racing triumphs and iconic moments across diverse motorsport disciplines.

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5.0 / 5

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

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