Doug Smith
Get Back To Dirt
Get Back To Dirt takes you inside the soul of American auto racing—the World Class dirt track street stocks—at the legendary Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas. Racers careen on and off the track. The speed, the roar, the smell of cheap corny dogs and racing fuel—Get Back to Dirt hurtles toward the championship, which is decided on the final night of the season. “We may never get to Daytona, ” one grizzled driver tells the camera, “But the Devil’s Bowl is our Daytona, every Saturday night. ”
Poking the Dragon
How Australia's trade with China became a political weapon. Over the last year, China has launched a wave of trade sanctions against Australia. Numerous industries have been hit with a range of punishing measures, from massive new taxes to import restrictions. Now, many Australian products have been all but banned from entering China, leaving the businesses that rely on this trade in peril. But just what instigated these sanctions?