Episode 61 - Austin is joined by Mike Cohn and Ryan Weddle on the way back to Chicago from 4 hours north in Wisconsin where some shennanigans were had on the ice. We talk about what it's like to drive on the ice, studs vs winter tires, and hear a little from champion driver, Andy Smedegard. We also discuss autocross vs road course, and hear a little bit about autocrossing karts from Mike.
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Episode 60 - Austin and Adam are joined by Hollie Heiser for Dinner with Ricers Episode 2 after the opening day of the Chicago Auto Show. Austin brushes up on his Spanish, Hollie talks about her first cars and instructing in exotics that cost more than most listener's houses, and Adam eats a pizza.
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Episode 59 - Ken Lingenfelter is an ultimate car guy - running a performance parts business, collecting exotics oddball cars alike, and traveling all over the world participating in various automotive events. Austin, Adam, and Hollie catch up with Ken at the Chicago Auto Show to talk about his car collection, his racing endeavors, and some of his favorite vehicles.
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Episode 58 - Wondering what it's like to drive at a major press event? Also wondering what Austin's favorite car at the Chicago Auto Show is? Wondering how karting went last week? Or how the Chump Car Race at Road Atlanta was? Wondering what we are doing these next few days? Wondering why we are asking these questions for you that you probably wouldn't ask yourself? Yeah...us too. It's been along day.
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Episode 57 - Heyward Wagner from the SCCA is on to discuss the direction of the SCCAs newest programs, the expansion of Track Night in America, and his histrory with the organization.
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Episode 56 - Justin Tilus works for Maxxis Tire and is an avid autocrosser. Austin sits down and talks with Justin about how he got his start into motorsports, different vehicles he has owned, and how his career path landed him a job with Maxxis. They also talk about the new Maxxis street tire, the VR-1 and the more track focused RC-1. For more on Maxxis Tire, visit www.maxxis.com.
Episode 55 - Austin and Adam catch up to date with what's been going on lately in their garages. Austin talks about karting, Adam about CRX suspension and Sways. Austin also goes over various jobs he's had the opportunity to partake in recently. We also go over future shows we hope to record in coming weeks.
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Austin travels to Long Road Racing in Statesvillle, NC to talk with Glenn Long and John Dean about the new Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Cars. We talk about the development steps taken to prepare the new ND chassis for the new series and last year's MX-5 Cup champion, John Dean tells us about what he's looking forward to in the new cars.
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Episode 53 - Austin sits down with Driven CEO & Founder Zack Skolnick who has raced everything from Karts to Circle Track to Grand-Am. Listen as Zack and Austin discuss his various experiences in motorsports, karting, and how Driven Race Group came into existense with just a single steering wheel.
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Episode 52 - We've got Intern Derek on the show today to talk about his first track day experience, what to expect from his upcoming track day with NASA, the best $15k car for dual duty, and SA2010 helmets.
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Episode 51 - Austin and Adam talk about Stock Cars, Turbo S2000s, and #GRIDLIFE registraion. We also have our first segment from our West Coast correspondent, Matt Viramontes who interviews Fei-Long Tran.
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Episode 50 - Rocky Mountain NASA Regional Director Dave Balingit visit with Austin while in Atlanta picking up his new NASA NP01 Prototype. We talk about his trip, his driving background, and how he got started with NASA back in the early 1990s.
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Episode 49 - The guys catch up with International Amateur Racing Celebrity Greg Amy to talk about pimped out gopeds, 70s Fuel Injection to Carb swaps, Miatas, 1995 Audi S6s, One Lap of America, and why the Easy Road isn't the Greg Amy way of doing things. Other topics include race fuel check procedures, Del Sols, what Greg plans to do will all of his various vehicles, vintage racing, current fuel prices...and the list goes on and on. Greg also answers the two questions he thinks need to be answered by all of our guests after our towing podcast - tow in gear or out of gear, and straps crossed or straight. Greg's always talked about his ability to please many people at once...and he delivers.
Episode 48 - Adam and Austin talk about how they got into cars and what it was like early on. Surprisingly, they both bought the same issue of Super Street as their first import magazine and they both started reading Sport Compact Car because of their families. All this and more in todays episode of SlipAngle.
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Episode 47 - (Part 2) Possibly one of the most influential driving coachs in the world, Ross Bentley has written many books on driving under the "Speed Secrets" name. A few weeks ago, Ross was gracious enough with his time to sit down with Austin in Seattle, WA and record a few driving tips for use in future SlipAngle shows. While there, Austin and Ross sat down and had nearly a two hour conversation on professional driving, driving techniques, and how Ross started writing books and coaching.
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Episode 46 - Possibly one of the most influential driving coachs in the world, Ross Bentley has written many books on driving under the "Speed Secrets" name. A few weeks ago, Ross was gracious enough with his time to sit down with Austin in Seattle, WA and record a few driving tips for use in future SlipAngle shows. While there, Austin and Ross sat down and had nearly a two hour conversation on professional driving, driving techniques, and how Ross started writing books and coaching.
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Episode 45 - We were going to record a Holiday episode since our friday episode fell on Christmas Day, but we decided instead to spend the time witht eh ones we love. In place of a new episode, we go back in time to the first episode we ever released - Episode 1. We will be back next Tuesday with an all new episode! Thanks everyone for the support!
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Autosport Labs has developed RaceCapture - a new, powerful data acquisition tool that makes data analysis more affordable and accessible to all drivers. Here at tracktuned.com, we like data, and we like accessibility and affordability as well. We were so impressed by what the team at Autosport Labs has created we invited them to come on the show and share with our listeners just what it is they are up to!
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In the first Episode of "Dinner with Ricers", Austin and Adam enjoy a nice Mexican meal at Acapulco Joe's in Downtown Indinapolis after The Performance Racing Industry Show. They are joined by Brad "Brap" Adams, ITRExpo dude Jay Haire, Pint-sized Hollie (Pocket) Heiser, and Fabricator and friend of the show, Brent from Alabama. Tons of puns, great conversation, and random information plague this episode of SlipAngle. Listen in for a good laugh.
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Episode 42 - Adam recorded with friend-of-the-show Christian Shipp on, in the middle of the night, on the way to the racetrack... they talked about tracks, Christian's Automotive-ADD issues, and even autocross
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