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It’s the first part of our series on Group A Racing! We’re diving into how it got started and how it led to one of the most intense rivalries in racing history. How did Mercedes executives turning their back on factory racing sponsorships lead directly to one of the biggest Group A rivalries ever? How did the Audi Quattro push Mercedes Benz into Group A racing? How did Mercedes Benz inadvertently create the best BMW? Today in Part One of Three, we examine how Mercedes Benz got started in Group A racing and how it led to one of the most intense rivalries in racing history.

00:00 Intro
00:40 Mercedes in Group A Racing Was Iconic
02:39 Host intros / Jimmy’s lucky hat
04:42 We don’t know German
05:36 So it begins
10:04 AllState
10:40 Hankook
11:39 Exit Nazis, enter Le Mans
15:49 AMG
21:01 Daddy Benz turns a blind eye
23:33 A pig is born
25:16 Husky fit jeans
27:16 VIIA Hemp
28:33 The flyin’ Red Pig
30:11 The oil crisis…again
33:19 Goodbye rally
36:40 Mercedes’ biggest rival
38:03 Takeaways / Listener mail / Outro

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Luca Rocch
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Alexander Migl
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