Episode 332 - Alex has made some big changes since he was last on the show. Mechanically sorted, it was time to start digging into the car to pull weight, and add some simplicity of the wiring and electronic systems. It was also time for some fresh paint.
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Episode 329 - It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you fall into your car. Gary shares some stories about pro racing in some of the greatest years in motorsports history.
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Episode 327 - Abe has a Subaru with more problems, and Adam put plates on his Civic with Lambo doors and took it to breakfast.
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Episode 326 - On a Friday afternoon, Adam catches up with longtime buddy Jarod Deanda. Known as the voice of Formula Drift, he's also done all of the narration for the Gears and Gasoline #GRIDLIFE TrackBattle videos, and does MC work all over the world in all things motorsports. Now, he's started a podcast called Because Everybody Enjoys Roadrunners. We're sure it'll be excellent.
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Episode 318 - Abe and Adam get the chance to sit down with Andrew Rains of Apex Pro and Mike Lewin of Professional Awesome to talk about data, and using it to go faster. This show is a fun one, and we're going to be having Mike and Andrew on the show more regularly.
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Episode 315 - Abe finds a few free minutes to talk to Corvette drivers Feras Qartoumy and Alex Peitz of Peitz Performance. We talk about Corvettes (mostly), tires, time attacking all over the USA, and developing the 468 LS powerplant into a monster race motor.
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Episode 314 - The Adams and Abe are at COTA talking with GLTC driver James Houghton. Starting his season off with some W2W racing in his brand new TSX racecar, James’ GLTC debut was filled with some great action on track. Building a bullet by taking no performance modifier points gave him the best power to weight available. On a track filled with long straights, it was a dominant setup. We’ll see what else he has in development for the 2020 season
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Episode 312 - Adam and Abe are at COTA talking with GLTC driver development coach Scott Giles. Scott's pretty famous, since he's married to Renee #Reneeisrad and he's been coaching new wheel to wheel drivers for a long time. We think GLTC is pretty special and Scott talks about some of the secret sauce that is making this racing such a treat to watch both in person and on the live streams.
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Episode 311 - Adam, Abe, and Cohn are still in the RV. It’s getting late and we’re getting tired of chilling out. If it gets any colder, we’re going to freeze to death. Adam is learning about air brakes and everything eventually everything comes to a stop before we get to COTA.
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Episode 307 - Abe and Ed ride home from #GRIDLIFE game night in the ultimate road trip vehicle, the Porsche Cayenne Diesel.
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Episode 305 - In early 2018, Kyle Heyer founded an eSports broadcasting group called SYM TV. He and Finian Dcunha provide the most pro-level commentary for iRacing that we've seen. While still in college, the team crossed over and made their way into the #GRIDLIFE ecosystem during 2019. They've added a ton depth to the GRIDLIFE live stream for GLTC races, and we are looking forward to seeing what they can do in 2020.
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Episode 304 - Jackie Ding is now a perrenial runner of the #GRIDLIFE Trackbattle series. While he started out as a kid that almost no one had heard of in stock-ish Honda S2000, some early wins in the 2017 put him on everyone’s radar. Since then, he has developed as a driver and personality, documenting all of his build progress and track escapades on his Youtube channel. Deep into this “TA90” Toyota Supra already, he and his PhD Racing team are rapidly becoming the experts in setup for this new chassis.
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Episode 303 - Micaiah Hackbarth may be the smartest guy in the room. Respecting the storied history of the Audi 5 cylinder engine, he knew that the new TTRS had the potential to be special. When equipped with the robust DSG and some basic bolt-ons, E85 and stage 2 tuning by Unitronic this car comes alive. Teaming up with Brandon Ranvek for the 2019 One Lap of America lead to an overall win in their first campaign. Listen to how they got started. Now ASM has added a swapped turbo, and a stg3 tune by Unitronic, it became what may be the fastest road car in the paddock, anywhere.
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Episode 302 - Adam and Ross Bentley (Speed Secrets) sat down to talk about what the daily life of a professional coach really is, helicopters, and obviously random racing stories.
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Episode 301 - While on rain delay at Barber Motorsports Park Abe and Alex Moss spend some time in the clubhouse talking to Pete Collins. Pete's the owner and idea guy behind "MS7". This 600whp E46 M3 was built by ASM and equipped with an LS7, Samsonas sequential gearbox, and some of the biggest aero you'll find on a time attack car. Pete's a regular at Barber, and has made some friend along the way. A local buddy joins the show to tell a story or 2 about Pete, and what track life is like down south.
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Episode 300 - Alex Moss has gone off the deep end with his S2000. “SuperK” started as a simple build, and quickly spiraled into an engine-swapped, turbocharged, big aero, track monster. Competing in #GRIDLIFE TrackBattle Time Attack and One Lap of America, he’s a perennial podium contender in both. Few builds with this much pure track performance are also capable of being driven for 4000 road miles. This is definitely one of my favorite cars in the field each year. Listen to Alex tell me how it all came together.
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Episode 299 - Adam and Derek get on the line to talk about GLTC, and building up his NC Miata for the 2020 Race season. With the first event of the season coming up at COTA in mid-February, not much time is left for preparation.
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Episode 298 - Adam catches up with Bill Griffin while at the #GRIDLIFE KartBattle event during PRI. Bill's been instructing for quite a while, and takes his Spec E46 to events all over the country, including GRIDLIFE Touring Cup. Bill tells us about his journey from car curious, to full-blown race maniac.
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Episode 297 - After the holidays, Adam and Abe get on the phone to talk about the winter choring around the house, what's upcoming for the 2020 #GRIDLIFE season including ticket sales, and trying to put an old Jackson Racing supercharger into a GLTC Civic racecar.
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Episode 296 - After PRI, Abe, Derek, and Ed sit around the kitchen table to talk about a new car storage business idea for Indianapolis. Ed stores his car in a 24 hour access private building in Columbus with other car enthusiasts. Abe tries to figure out how if it's possible to do this in Indiana as a side project.
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