Wheels of Time: A Retrospective on Automotive Innovation is a series highlighting the significant developments in both the automotive industry and motorsports, showcasing the rapid advancements in technology, the establishment of notable and iconic brands, and the constant changes in competitive racing as a popular sport. With each lap that the Wheels of Time completes, is another transformative period that laid the groundwork for future innovations in both vehicle manufacturing and racing.
The events captured here, though not all encompassing of this particular year, reflect the dynamic nature of the automotive industry and motorsports as a whole, and how seemingly unrelated events in history are simultaneously connected like links in a chain.
It’s truly remarkable to think about what we’ve been able to accomplish with the combined efforts of people like: artists, scientists, chemists, aerodynamicists, machinists, engineers and the countless numbers of other people that make the Autosphere continue to turn. Just remember, that the Wheels of Time keep on turnin’, We don’t know where we’ll be tomorrow, but those Wheels just keep on turnin’
This sub-ark to Break/Fix podcast is part of Gran Touring Motorsports‘ Motoring Podcast Network, and is sponsored in-part by the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) and can be found everywhere you stream, download or listen!
Wheels of Time is brought to you in part by the Society of Automotive Historians. They encourage research into any aspect of automotive history. The SAH actively supports the compilation and preservation of papers, organizational records, print ephemera, and images to safeguard, as well as to broaden and deepen the understanding of motorized wheeled land transportation through the modern age and into the future. For more information about the SAH, visit www.autohistory.org.
