3. The Kidnapping of Juan Manuel Fangio

In this episode, we chronicle a young USAC racer (who is still racing) and his "poor choices" that ended with him in police custody. Find us: Instagram- @racecarsandjailbars Facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars X- @racingcrime [email protected]

In our Season 2 Premiere, we dive into the life, accomplishments, and brutally unnecessary death of one of the biggest automotive industry legends, Mickey Thompson. A man who's name is still synonymous with the performance parts industry to this day, Thompson's infamous murder left a void in the business still felt to this day. Find us: X- @racingcrime Instagram- @racecarsandjailbars Facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars [email protected]

In our season finale episode, we chronicle the life of Bob Pronger, a Chicago based racer who ran the short tracks in the area and big league NASCAR events that spanned from the Daytona Beach race to the new superspeedway. Operate a chop shop, piss off the mafia, and have your pants stolen on multiple occasions, its Bob Pronger! Find us: Instagram: @racecarsandjailbars Facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars [email protected]

In this weeks episode, we cover another home state scumbag, a road racer who had won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in their class as an owner in the mid-2000's. Partner with successful German teammates, scam millions of dollars from a church and its parishioners, and have a judge completely dress you down in court, its Gregory Loles! Find us on: Facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars Instagram: @racecarsandjailbars Email: [email protected]

In this week's episode, Jesse profiles a man who was known around the drag racing circuits as "Billy The Kid". He ran a successful Pro Stock team in the first years of the division, but was also a crime syndicate boss! Commit a litany of crimes from which you never get punished for, sue the government for your money back, and WIN, and (allegedly) orchestrate murders of gangland figures, its "Billy the Kid" Stepp! Facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars Instagram: @racecarsandjailbars [email protected]

In this week's episode, we dive into the phenomenon that was Rob Moroso, the unofficial godfather of the Young Guns movement. Make a name for yourself before age 21, be a NASCAR champion and called the next "legend" of the sport by legends of the sport, and throw it all away, taking someone innocent with you, its Rob Moroso! facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars Instagram @ Racecarsandjailbars [email protected]

This week, we bring our buddy Phil from our other show in to witness the perversion of our next subject! Be a long time racer in NASCAR's upper levels with limited success, retire and send a picture of your "self" to the FBI, its Rick Crawford! Instagram: @racecarsandjailbars Facebook: facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars E-Mail: [email protected]

In this unbelievable episode, we follow Christopher Wilder, a wealthy businessman who goes racing in IMSA and races in the Daytona 24 and the 12 Hours of Sebring, but also is a horrific human being, probably one of the worst we may ever cover on the show! Destroy lives from Australia to the continental US, be a terrible race car driver, and cut a path of destruction so large, they still can't tell how big it was to this day, its Christopher Wilder! Find us: Facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars Instagram- @racecarsandjailbars [email protected]

In this episode, our subject isn't the one under scrutiny, rather he was the victim of crime instead, and it is a wild tale of Rebels, Race Cars, and Exhumation! Come and listen to the crazy tale of Juan Manuel Fangio! Facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars [email protected] and find us on all your favorite podcast listening platforms!

In this tragic episode, we witness a young man from a very well-off family, get thrown directly into the big league stock car fire, and it doesn't take long for it to burn his career to the ground. Escalating offenses during and after his career, culminating in a final violent act that nobody saw coming, it's the story of John Wes Townley! Find us: facebook.com/racecarsandjailbars [email protected] more coming soon!