Best Autocross Podcasts (2023)

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Garage Heroes In Training

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DwD 0524: Autocross v Track – Differences and Similarities 19:25

1d ago19:25

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DwD 0524: Autocross v Track – Differences and Similarities We take advantage of Audra and her vast experience at autocrossing to discuss where autocross can help your track driving and several of the differences that may need to be modified when on track. In a future episode, we will talk about translating from track driving to autocross. Cross tra…

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Driven to Compete

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Meet Buck and Tammi Entriken - Buck has been racing since 1968 and Tammi is an accomplished autocross racer in the SCCA 38:56

9d ago38:56

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Meet Buck and Tammi Entriken - Buck has been racing since 1968 and Tammi is an accomplished autocross racer in the SCCA. Our sponsor for this episode is Chris Taylor Racing Chris Taylor Racing Services is a longtime provider of storage, transportation, and maintenance work on a variety of racecars in the Austin area. On the same site since 2003, lo…

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426-Holiday Dave And Grace Period Ian 38:31

17h ago38:31

38:31

Pour yourself a piping hot cup of cider and cozy up to the fire dear listener, Holiday Dave is in town. He knows when you've been bad or good, and he certainly knows when someone (IAN) is about to let their license plates expire. We love you!

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0525: Zach Caldwell Returns and We Discuss the Upcoming Vannonball 2024 – Once Wasn’t Enough? 48:53

1d ago48:53

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GHiT 0525: Zach Caldwell Returns and We Discuss the Upcoming Vannonball 2024 – Once Wasn’t Enough? or how a $500 race van does 50,000 miles of racing When last we spoke to Zach Caldwell, we were reviewing the inaugural Vannonball Run. He was a bit weathered and had survived the event. Naturally after some recovery and an exceptional example of sele…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHIT 0523: Our 2024 Gift Ideas for the Driver/Racers and Mechanics in Your Life 1:12:41

2d ago1:12:41

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GHIT 0523: Our 2024 Gift Ideas for the Driver/Racers and Mechanics in Your Life Here are some of our newer ideas for the gifts for the driver, racer, and mechanic in your life. We give a few ideas from stocking stuffers and gifts from the kids to pretty much every budget. If you think of others, please let us know and we can add them to the social …

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Driven to Compete

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Meet Chris Kern - Chris is a long-time member of the SCCA and is currently the race chairman for his local division 20:50

2d ago20:50

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Meet Chris Kern - Chris is a long-time member of the SCCA and is currently the race chairman for his local division. Our sponsor for this episode is Chris Taylor Racing Chris Taylor Racing Services is a longtime provider of storage, transportation, and maintenance work on a variety of racecars in the Austin area. On the same site since 2003, locate…

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Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing

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Finding & Landing Sponsors - How To Build Your Sponsorship Plan (A Replay) 40:20

2d ago40:20

40:20

Here's a replay of Bill's popular sponsorship episode. As we head into the new year your sponsorship planning should be well underway and this episode will help. Bill Snow shares his insights into how to build a sponsorship plan for your racing program. Sponsorships have to go beyond product sponsors if you want to get to the next level of getting …

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0522: Gary McCormick – Second Lap (or Few) in our B Spec Fit 1:23:48

2d ago1:23:48

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GHiT 0522: Gary McCormick – Second Lap (or Few) in our B Spec Fit Gary McCormick flew in for our surprise Vicki weekend at NJMP Lightning and explored his first HPDE with NASA Northeast in our 2015 B Spec Honda Fit. We talk about how the event went, what it is like to HPDE in a super slow car, and compare the event with NASA vs Gary’s usual SCCA gr…

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425-Dmitry Platonoff, Saab Community LEGEND!!! 1:00:39

5d ago1:00:39

1:00:39

We're honored to have Dmitry Platonoff join us on the show this week! Dmitry is an incredible asset to the Saab community, publishing dozens upon dozens of DIY how-to guides that truly empower anyone to keep their Saab in proper running order. Listeners, you're in for a treat, we love you!

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Garage Heroes In Training

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DwD 0521: Race Starts – Standing and Rolling Starts 25:02

8d ago25:02

25:02

DwD 0521: Race Starts – Standing and Rolling Starts Ben is all about saving time and passing our fellow drivers and one of the key areas where this can be accomplished quite easily is at a race start or restart. In this episode, we provide many of the tips that we use to help us save a bit of time and pass a few friends. A link to the episode is: h…

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Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing

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Just Getting Started - Camp Teague 22:20

10d ago22:20

22:20

Camp Teague is just wrapping up his first season of racing and he jumped right into wheel to wheel racing with ChampCar. It was through networking and meeting Kyle Lockrow (who was a previous guest on the podcast) that Camp was able to get into racing. He first caught the car bug by watching the Disney movie, Cars. With Camp being so new to racing …

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0520: Brad Lee – First HPDE - Finally 1:49:14

9d ago1:49:14

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GHiT 0520: Brad Lee – First HPDE - Finally Brad Lee has been with our team for about 5 years but it had never quite worked out to get him on the track. Luckily, Brad was able to attend the Vicki surprise weekend at NJMP Lightning with us and get out on track. This is a great example of what its like to get on track for the first time. Plus a ton of…

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424-SHOW US YOUR CARS!!! 54:52

16d ago54:52

54:52

Hey! Show us your cars! Don't make it weird, just show us your cars! Seriously though, show us your cars. For real. We want to see them, so you should send us pictures of them. If you do, we'll talk about them in our year-end episode, so yeah, SHOW US YOUR CARS! We love you.

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0519: Vicki’s Surprise Weekend at the NJMP Lightning HPDE with NASA Northeast 58:58

16d ago58:58

58:58

GHiT 0519: Vicki’s Surprise Weekend at the NJMP Lightning HPDE with NASA Northeast Another podcast example that the post race weekend hangover is real, but we wanted to cover the big race weekend. This is part one of 3 or so and this event wraps up our 2023 season. As frequent listeners know, we had a big surprise in store for Miss Vicki and now we…

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Driven to Compete

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Meet Mike Gorman and Zack Barfield - Mike owns Open Throttle Racing and Zack drives for the team 25:38

16d ago25:38

25:38

Today I sat down with Mike Gorman and Zack Barfield. Both of these guys are part of Open Throttle Racing. Mike owns it and races and Zack races for the team in WRL. They are doing very well this year and are very high in the points for their classes. Mike explains how he helps new drivers get on the track and Zack shares more about his racing exper…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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DwD 0518: Planning for an Upcoming HPDE – For Vicki 24:26

18d ago24:26

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DwD 0518: Planning for an Upcoming HPDE – For Vicki We have a huge event planned for our upcoming HPDE event at NJMP Lightning (Much more on that in an upcoming episode) and we wanted to walk through potential ideas for Miss Vicki to get the most out of the event. The idea was to demonstrate some of the ideas that you may use to maximize the improv…

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Meet Jerry Kaufman - Driver of the #147 for Morehead Speeds Works in WRL 54:15

19d ago54:15

54:15

Today I sat down with Jerry Kaufman. I caught up with Jerry at the WRL race at VIR. I discovered that Jerry and I know many of the same people. He has a story that was pretty unbelievable. He's won a race while his car was being towed into the paddock by a wrecker. You have to hear how that unfolded. Our sponsor for this episode is Chris Taylor Rac…

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423-Jessica Ray Joins Us To Talk MotorWeek, Mavericks, and Moonlighting! 1:15:16

19d ago1:15:16

1:15:16

Jessica Ray, Digital Producer for MotorWeek, joins us for this show! Pull up a seat and listen as we talk all things MotorWeek, Mavericks, and Moonlighting! We love you!

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Meet David Fusco - Driver in the WRL and he also races karts in the Atlanta area. 27:20

21d ago27:20

27:20

Today I sat down with David Fusco. When David isn't making his customers happy with his Italian restaurants, he's racing. The day I caught up with him, his team had just taken 2nd place in their class at VIR, but not without a pretty scary moment in the pits. He shares the story with me. I love his attitude to keep pushing and to keep improving. Ou…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0516: Race Recap – NHMS 2023 with the 24 Hours of Lemons 1:09:15

22d ago1:09:15

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GHiT 0516: Race Recap – NHMS 2023 with the 24 Hours of Lemons We review our busy race weekend and prepping for next weekend’s HPDE at NJMP. (MUCH more to come on the NJMP event next episode) Racing two straight weekends is not the best idea but it is always a ton of fun. Bill raced in the Slippery Slope BMW E34 5-Series with Max, Audra, and another…

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Homer - is the commentator for the Right Trailers Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conf Finals 41:34

22d ago41:34

41:34

I met with Homer. I learned something from Homer - that the smallest package wins. Just the opposite of what I thought, but he explains. Homer was a ball of energy telling me all about drag racing and the different races that he announces and the rules for drag racing, which was all new to me. He's got a great story about how he started. It's such …

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Tim White - is a Solo and ProSolo veteran in the SCCA. He drives a Cayman this year but he’s usually in a Street Mod car 45:32

23d ago45:32

45:32

I met with Tim White. Tim does all kinds of motorsports in several different disciplines and organizations. He's raced in Grid Life, SCCA, and the One Lap of America. He's also a very popular guy at the Solo nationals each year in Lincoln Nebraska. He and a buddy took the torch from the previous owners to create a homemade margarita machine and let…

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Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing

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Hard Work Pays Off - Les Epps 1:04:35

23d ago1:04:35

1:04:35

Les Epps who races and works with Hard Times Racing and Round 3 Racing has a smile and personality that would light up any room and truly loves motorsports and racing. At age five his father said you can be an architect or race car driver and you know how Les answered. His dad then bought him go kart and put an asphalt track in their front yard. He…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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DwD 0517: Pace Laps/Reference Laps 22:50

24d ago22:50

22:50

DwD 0517: Pace Laps/Reference Laps Bill continues to ask questions no one understands, but we do get to the topic, eventually. We discuss the use of reference laps and also the use of comparison laps between our drivers as we are competing. The question eventually leads us to a good discussion on comparing drivers’ laps and one way that we use our …

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Mike Casino - is a Solo and ProSolo veteran in the SCCA. He’s currently driving a BRZ. 28:30

26d ago28:30

28:30

I met with Mike Casino. Mike used to drag race so he's comfortable with the Christmas tree format for the ProSolo but he has 10+ years of experience in all Solo events. He's won a national championship in his SSP Corvette but now he's running a '22 BRZ in D-Street. Since this was my first Solo event, Mike did a great job of running me through the f…

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422-Set The Seats To Fritters! 45:23

26d ago45:23

45:23

In this episode we keep our sleep paralysis demons at arm's length and talk about holiday gift ideas. Oh, and um...sorry. You can never unsee Michael Myers in a wig. HAUNTING. We love you!

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Meet Velma and Raleigh Boreen and Jeff Cox - SCCA Solo and ProSolo superstars 33:18

28d ago33:18

33:18

Today I sat down with Velma and Raleigh Boreen and Jeff Cox. All three have been instrumental to the growth of autocross in the SCCA and continue to be driving forces for its growth. Raleigh and Velma co-drive a Camaro and Jeff drives a GT500 Mustang. Raleigh and Velma work closely with the SCCA and for many events, they are part of the staff. Rale…

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Driven to Compete

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Meet Jeff Banker - Jeff is the co-chief of the Atlanta region SCCA for flagging and communications 30:56

29d ago30:56

30:56

Today I sat down with Jeff Banker. Jeff has been working flagging and communications (F&C) at tracks for 30 years. He's seen it all and has been in the seat closest to the action without actually being in the car. He's an F&C chief for several different racing organizations. If you are at Road Atlanta, look him up. Our sponsor for this episode is C…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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DwD 0515: Driver Feel: Seat vs Hands (plus) 18:02

29d ago18:02

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DwD 0515: Driver Feel: Seat vs Hands (plus) This one starts off looking like we have nothing to talk about, but eventually Bill asks a question that eventually gets to the topic, lol. Here we talk about the various “feel” inputs that are available, mostly through the steering wheel and your hands and then through the seat and therefore your “seat”,…

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Driven to Compete

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Jason Parker - works for Tech For Troops, an org that supports veterans and military personnel 33:58

1M ago33:58

33:58

I met with Jason Parker. Jason's official title is game master for Tech For Troops. Tech For Troops is dedicated to empowering Veterans and their family with computers, skills, and Information Technology (IT) workforce training. Jason has overcome several obstacles of his own as a vet suffering after serving. They host an iRacing league and other g…

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Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing

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Sim Racing to Wheel to Wheel Racing with Andy Blanchard 1:02:47

1M ago1:02:47

1:02:47

Andy Blanchard joins the Late To Grid podcast to talk about his motorsports journey which includes moving from sim-racing (he repurposes arcade consoles) to a track day with Reed Kryder (here's a link to Reed on the Late To Grid podcast) to wheel to wheel racing with Lemons and ChampCar. Bill and Andy talk about Andy's 2023 season, what's planned f…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0514: NASA TREC Racing with Tim Fokine – Plus a Whole Lot More 1:25:44

1M ago1:25:44

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GHiT 0514: NASA TREC Racing with Tim Fokine – Plus a Whole Lot More Tim Fokine is the co-Chair of the NASA Great Lakes TREC racing series as well as an instructor and part time driver with our team. During this episode, we talk about the NASA TREC series and how this past season went. We then start planning our entry into this years One Lap of Amer…

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Driven to Compete

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Leann Falk - is a pro driver, a good friend, and has helped coach me for the past 2 years 44:10

1M ago44:10

44:10

I met with Leann Falk. You need to hear this story. I've known Leann for over 2 years and I didn't know 10% of what she told me during the interview. She has so much racing experience but the most impressive thing is her determination to be a driver and to race. The things she did to support her passion for racing will make you second guess if you'…

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421-Beef Beef, Ian's A Mad Boy 46:44

1M ago46:44

46:44

Did we start an automotive podcast as a front for Ian's rants? We'll never cop to it, but the evidence in this week's episode certainly moves the needle in that direction. Beyond Ian's rant we discuss what car to band correlations and shout-out someone named TURBODONG2000 that makes funny stuff. We love you!…

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Driven to Compete

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Bryan Heitman - is a driver in the SCCA but he’s also prepping for the IMSA MX-5 Cup 29:15

1M ago29:15

29:15

I met with Bryan Heitman. Bryan drives a MX-5 Global Cup car. He has been on a super accelerated learning curve in just under 2 years. In that short time he started tracking his car and then he and his buddies all bought Covid simulators and raced each other in MX-5 simulator cars in iRacing. They fell in love with the sim version of the car so the…

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Stewart Black - is a fellow B-Spec driver in the SCCA and won the first race of the weekend at the June Sprints 44:24

1M ago44:24

44:24

I met with Stewart Black. Stewart drives a Chevy Sonic and that makes a lot of sense since he owns Bill Black Chevrolet & Cadillac. I met Stewart on the track in the B-Spec a couple of years ago, but since then he's also gotten into GT2 with a Corvette. He's still working through the kinks in the Corvette, so until then, he jumped back into his Son…

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Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing

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Talking 944 Fest with Travis & Cat 52:24

1M ago52:24

52:24

What started out as trolling 944 Fest on Instagram turned into lots of fun banter and an excellent weekend at Nelson Ledges playing with Porsches and having a great time. It only made sense to have Travis and Cat on the podcast to talk about 944 Fest and their backgrounds. We talk about a lot of different things and we laugh a lot too. They seem to…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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DwD 0513: Driver’s Meeting 21:44

1M ago21:44

21:44

DwD 0513: Driver’s Meeting We have not talked enough about driver’s meetings to this point. We try to remedy this on this week’s Dominating with Dawson. We cover what is discussed during the meetings. The two primary aspects of the drivers meetings that make them non-skippable events are in the areas of safety and in the area of competitive advanta…

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Driven to Compete

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Peter Zekert - is a brand new B-Spec racer and has only had his 2010 Honda Fit for 2.5 weeks 39:23

1M ago39:23

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I met with Peter Zekert. Peter's first race in his B-Spec car was earlier in the day I interviewed him. But he's been racing in the SCCA for years in GT Lite, GT4, and GT5s since the early 80s. He's got some very interesting stories from when he spent 15 years as a high-threat driving instructor for the US military and special forces. You won't fin…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0512: Rich Hromin – 2023 SCCA National B Spec Champion 1:48:14

1M ago1:48:14

1:48:14

GHiT 0512: Rich Hromin – 2023 SCCA National B Spec Champion Rich Hromin recently won the SCCA national championship at VIR. In this episode we learn about his progression towards achieving this goal. He is a great driver and a great person. Too bad for him that he lives so close to us, lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RichHromin H…

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Driven to Compete

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Mark Goodman - is a first-year B-Spec driver in the SCCA but longtime Spec Racer driver in the SCCA 28:25

1M ago28:25

28:25

I met with Mark Goodman. Mark is driving a Mini Cooper. This is only his 3rd race weekend in the Mini but he spent a long time in Spec Racers. He started racing in 1989 and he's just one year away from his 40th anniversary in the SCCA. He's also raced Show Room Stock, RX7 endurance cars in ChumpCar, and Formula cars. Our sponsor for this episode is…

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420-Good News, Bad News, And Everything Inbetween 1:00:01

1M ago1:00:01

1:00:01

In this week's episode we go through some music and automotive highs, lows, and Ian tells us about one wild encounter that he was lucky to avoid. We love you!

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Kevin Stuckey - is from Wisconsin and he’s a fellow B-Spec driver in the SCCA 23:35

1M ago23:35

23:35

I met with Kevin Stuckey. Kevin grew up coming to Road America with his uncle and now he's racing on it. He shares his top secret best spectator spot at Road America. He just started racing in 2021. He shares the great memories he's had with his uncle including going together to the 2021 runoffs. He's raced in a Honda Fit and is now in a Chevy Soni…

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Driven to Compete

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Joe and Joey Rainey - Father son combo racing Mazda MX-5’s in the SCCA, prepping for the MX-5 Cup with IMSA 25:11

1M ago25:11

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I met with Joe and Joey Rainey. Joe and Joey are from Arizona where they are avid members of a local car club. They run Audi GT4s there and have been pushing cars on the track for a few years. They had a packed schedule at Road America because they both entered their MX-5's in 2 classes each. There are also 2 other siblings in the family who alread…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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DwD 0511: Post Race Hangover 15:15

1M ago15:15

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DwD 0511: Post Race Hangover One of the things that may surprise you about racing occurs after a great race weekend. Many of us are hit with a post race hangover that can occur in the days following a race. Are they real? What can you do to minimize them? Any tips that you may know of to help reduce the post race hangover? A link to the episode is:…

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Driven to Compete

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David and Chris Daughtery - Multiple time national champion father and his up-and-coming son 36:29

1M ago36:29

36:29

I met with David and Chris Daughtery. I don't know if there is anyone in the SCCA who doesn't know the name David Daughtery. He's won national championships in more than one class for something like 12-13 national championships. David has raced just about everything. Chris has done a lot of Kart racing and dirt racing (he explains how he ended up i…

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Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing

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How To Make The Most Of Your "Off Season" with Michael Ribas 37:29

1M ago37:29

37:29

The off-season is shorter than we think and Michael Ribas joins the podcast to share some ideas about how to make the most of the off-season. Michael Ribas is a performance coach (business, life, everything) and was a guest in season two of the Late To Grid podcast. Here's his episode. Here are some ideas to get you started in your off-season plann…

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Garage Heroes In Training

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GHiT 0510: Chris Losiniecki 1:35:39

1M ago1:35:39

1:35:39

GHiT 0510: Chris Losiniecki Chris Losiniecki is a racer and instructor that we met several years ago at a NASA Great Lakes event. She is also currently the only full-time female instructor at NASA Great Lakes. We talk all things racing, instructing, and hypothesize on several reasons why there is a lower number of females represented at the higher …

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Bill Collins - is a driver in the SCCA, formerly driving a Corvette but now he’s joined the B-Spec family 18:05

2M ago18:05

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I met with Bill Collins. Bill has only raced 3 events in B-Spec and is already up-to-speed with man of the other drivers. He drives a Mazda2. He spent several years running the Corvette in the SCCA T2 class but wanted to a different class that was cheaper but just as much fun, which led him to B-Spec. Over the years he's done some circle track and …

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419-Whadda We Doin Here? 59:58

2M ago59:58

59:58

He did what? In his WHAT?!?!? In this week's episode we dive into the Qatar Grand Prix and the insane conditions it (and the FIA) subjected the drivers to. We also discuss the various ways we're able to observe cars through other's eyes. We love you!!!

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