What happens
Sam Porter, an eccentric owner of an old Stanley Steamer automobile, is determined to prove that his steam-powered car can outrun the modern racing cars. His neighbor Albert Fellows is pulled into the scheme, and the two plot a secret route north on Highway 99. Meanwhile, Sam's family listens to the Indianapolis 500 on the radio, unaware of what their father and his friend are planning. The episode is a Suspense story from its 1957 broadcast, with John McIntyre in the lead role.
Southern California and the route north on Highway 99 during the Memorial Day weekend, with the Indianapolis 500 playing on the radio.
Characters: Sam Porter, Albert Fellows, Millie, Junior, Sam Porter's wife
Listen for: The sound of the Stanley Steamer's steam and the radio broadcasts of the Indianapolis race.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.