Ep.256 – Kidnapping Fangio: The Kidnapping (Fernando Barragan)

Dinner with Racers

Automotive, Sports, History, Leisure

5 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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As part of our video documentary series, “Kidnapping Fangio,” available on MotorTrend’s YouTube channel, we are proud to present a series of extended interviews through our podcast. In this third installment, we meet with one of the foremost experts on Fangio History, Fernando Barragan. As the head of the Fundacion Fangio, an Argentina-based organization committed […]

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0:00.0	Miguel Fancio, world champion racing driver is kidnapped by Cuban rebels in a daring move to discredit the Batista regime by disrupting Havana's sports fiesta and grand
0:14.0	criminal race. Then with world attention focused on Havana,
0:17.0	disaster turns the fiesta into a grim fiasco.
0:20.0	And now for dinner with racers presented by Continental Tire with your host Ryan Eversley and Sean
0:28.0	Heckman.
0:29.0	Place holder radio.
0:30.0	We're HENSTEIN
0:32.0	I was driving very angry. What do you think is
0:35.0	do you think I should go?
0:40.0	Engine. And welcome to dinner with racers, I'm Sean Ekwin.
0:45.0	I'm Ryan Eversweek.
0:49.0	And by this point you're probably aware if you're an F1 fan, Ryan.
0:52.0	I am. You've probably heard that kidnapping is a thing in the
0:55.2	sport it's a big deal it's a big deal for maybe one driver some old five-time
0:59.8	world champion named Juan Manuel Fondio and hey Ryan did we do anything with this?
1:04.2	We might have gone to Argentina and stayed at his house.
1:06.5	We might have gone to Cuba and interviewed some kidnappers, like actual kidnappers.
1:10.3	We might have gone to Miami and met with professors in Cuban history.
1:14.0	So we might have gone pretty far with this.
1:17.0	Yeah, so we went a little over the top, but a big takeaway.
1:20.0	1958, Sports Car Racing Cuba, Fondio gets kidnapped.
1:23.0	Did you know about that?
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