You Better Win: The History of Ford Racing
Sep 30, 2026 · 48 min · 7 segments
In 1967, Ford paid £100,000 for a brand-new V8 it had never seen run. It won its very first race, then went on to win 154 more. James Pumphrey, Vin Anatra and Zach Redpath dig into how Henry Ford II…
James PumphreyHost
Vin AnatraHostZach RedpathHost
He's the guy who decided that Ford should be involved in motorsport, and he was, like, really, really successful at it.
He wants more people to associate Ford with racing, but he's not necessarily thinking Formula 1 at first.
Second characters in this play, you've got Lotus, which is a small, scrappy British Formula 1 team run by a dude named Colin Chapman, and they have been doing pretty well, but they've just lost their engine supplier for a very funny reason.
They are an engine maker specializing in Formula Junior and Formula 2 racing at the time.
You, uh, driver would race in those before they got their big boy Formula 1 seat.
Cosworth is very good at making engines for those two series, but they don't quite have Formula 1 levels of money yet.
Henry Ford II, Henry Ford's grandson, takes over the Ford Motor Company in 1945.
He's the guy who decided that Ford should be involved in motorsport, and he was, like, really, really successful at it.
He wants more people to associate Ford with racing, but he's not necessarily thinking Formula 1 at first.
Second characters in this play, you've got Lotus, which is a small, scrappy British Formula 1 team run by a dude named Colin Chapman, and they have been doing pretty well, but they've just lost their engine supplier for a very funny reason.
They are an engine maker specializing in Formula Junior and Formula 2 racing at the time.
You, uh, driver would race in those before they got their big boy Formula 1 seat.
Cosworth is very good at making engines for those two series, but they don't quite have Formula 1 levels of money yet.
Henry Ford II, Henry Ford's grandson, takes over the Ford Motor Company in 1945.
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