Episode 253 - Austin and Mike hang out with Rathyna Gomer to talk 350Z drift cars, MotoIQs Drift League, and hear some stories about Mike that we've never heard before. Rathyna runs MotoIQs Social Media and has some "horrible cars" according to Mike. Hanging around the shop so much, she's got some dirt on Mike that will make you laugh. Tune in to this laughter filled episode to hear all about it.
Apr 24, 2019•47 min•Ep. 253
Episode 252 - Adam and Abe talk about a long couple of weekends. Back to back was #GRIDLIFE TrackBattle Round 1 at Mid-Ohio, and the SuperTeam endurance effort at Daytona in TOMO's K24 B-Spec Fit.
Apr 17, 2019•55 min
Episode 251 - Mike and Austin sit down with Formula Drift Judge Andy Yen. We chat about his love of the 86 Chassis, Track Days, and of course....drifting. From the early days as a competitor to now, we cover the evolution of drifting in the states, how it differs from drifting in Japan, and what it's like to be a judge at the top level. Even if you're not the biggest drifting fan, you'll learn a little more about the sport and what the judges are looking for and gain a new appreciation of this n...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Episode 250 - Austin and Mike talk tunes with Mitch McKee. Mitch got his start at AMS Performance and then moved over to Cobb Tuning. He's a guy that's made a lot of things you know about happen, but may not have ever heard of him. Mike calls Mitch, "A tuning badass" and uses him to tune his own cars. We hear from Mitch about how tuning has changed over the years, his favorite car to tune, and learn how tuning differs in different genres of motorsport.
Apr 03, 2019•49 min
The gang (minus Austin) enters the Cohn zone to talk about ChopTopChallenge and Porsche Cayennes. We chat with Derek about trailer brakes. Mike Taylor calls in and we see what's up with his GLTC build and if he'll be ready for #GRIDLIFE at Mid-Ohio in two weeks.
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr 42 min
Episode 248 - Austin and Mike sit down with JC Meynet to talk about time attack. JC Has been building and running the same STi since the late 2000s. Coming from a background in motorcycle racing, JC took to cars very quickly. We hear about his journey to cars, how he supported his son's AMA Supercross career as crew chief, truck driver, and pit crew, and how the lesson's he's learned from all his years racing various types of vehicles can be applied to anyone's racing career.
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Episode 247 - The gang gets on the horn, and talks with Austin. He tells stories of his travels, while the rest of us live a regular and uneventful existance.
Mar 13, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Episode 246 - Abe and Adam talk about getting cars ready for the upcoming race season.
Mar 08, 2019•42 min
Episode 245 - Costa Gialamas has been behind the scenes of major racing efforts since the late 90s. From Pikes Peak with Rod Millen in 1998, the only Baja 2000 held in the year 2000 (an extra long deser race to commemorate the year) to building, prepping, and competing with one of the first LS swapped drift cars, Costa has been part of some amazing programs. Mike Kojima and Austin Cabot caught a rare free moment with Costa in the SlipAngle MotoIQ studios to chat about everything from his history...
Mar 06, 2019•55 min
Episode 244 - Eddie Lee of Titan 7 Wheels stops by to chat about his how he helped shape the import culture in North America as we know it. In the late 1990s Eddie left his job at a bank, started working at Mackin Industries and worked his way up to being their General Manager. In the process, he helped grow some of the best known names in the import industry such as Volks, Rays, etc. His new venture, Titan 7 Wheels, brings all his knowledge of the wheel market, production, and design into play ...
Feb 27, 2019•52 min
Episode 243 - SuperLapBattle USA was at COTA this weekend, and we catch up with Time Attacker James Houghton throughout the weekend to hear how things are going in his ultra quick Integra Type R.
Feb 20, 2019•1 hr 44 min
Episode 242 - Following #GRIDLIFE Streets Special at Willow Springs International Raceway, Mike Kojima joins the A-team in Austin's RV to talk about his crazy life. This guy rules!
Feb 13, 2019•58 min
Episode 241 - The gang gets together to talk about cold weather in the midwest, and busted motorcycles.
Feb 01, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Episode 240 - Andy Smedegard and Abe chat in a Saabaru to stay warm during IceBattle 2019.
Jan 29, 2019•38 min
Episode 239 - Adam and Ross Bentley, acclaimed author, professional driver, and coach made a podcast for you. Listen for Adam's nasally drone and self deprecation, or Ross's decades of facilitating stories and deep knowledge.
Jan 25, 2019•1 hr 12 min
Found an old one from December. Adam talks to TOMO, Renee Hines, and Andy Hollis abour racecars at PRI.
Jan 22, 2019•33 min
Episode 237 - Adam and one of his oldest car buddies take a drive and accidentally record a podcast.
Jan 18, 2019•34 min
Episode 236 - The gang minus Austin connect late night to take some questions from social media.
Jan 11, 2019•1 hr 38 min
Episode 235 - The gang talks motorcycles, cars and canyons, and then explains basements to Derek.
Jan 04, 2019•1 hr 36 min
Episode 234 - The A-team gets together after the holidays to discuss nothing in particular.
Dec 28, 2018•1 hr 27 min
Episode 233 - Abe and Adam talk with Scott Giles about PRI, the honeybadger, and driver instruction at #GRIDLIFE.
Dec 21, 2018•29 min
Episode 232 - Abe and Adam meet Heyward Wagner at the SCCA booth to discuss PRI, the announcement of the NATA Council, and the schedule for the 2019 SCCA Time Trials season.
Dec 14, 2018•21 min
Trever from MCS sat down with us at PRI in the MCS booth to talk about his love for all things cars, crewing for all kinds of interesting people (Even Patrick Dempsey), and of course, building track rat Hondas and Miatas
Dec 07, 2018•57 min
Derek Yarbrough joins Adam and Abe on a show about nothing in particular. We take questions from the Track Midwest Facebook page and things go downhill from there.
Nov 30, 2018•2 hr 3 min
Intern Derek? Contributor Derek? Whatever he is, he has a recorder and he figured out how to use it.....Friend of the show Ryan Kristoff, (racer/Engineer/instructor) and Derek sat down in Austin, Texas, for some BBQ and talked about COTA, racing, and other stuff.
Nov 28, 2018•1 hr
Episode 228 - The entire A-team joins the show this week of Thanksgiving. Topics range from diesels, to unreliable Jeeps, and new trends in stanced RVs.
Nov 23, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Friend of the show Derek chats with Adam about cars, sim stuff, racing, comp school, and all Adam's dumb projects.
Nov 16, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Episode - 226. Exhausted, the A-team recaps the first ever Gridlife GameNight. So tired.
Nov 11, 2018•22 min
Episode 225 - Austin sits down with Cameron Parsons, Product Manager for Competition and Specialty Tires at Toyo Tires. They talk about Formula Mazda, Cameron's time at DSPORT Magazine, and other various racing endeavours.
Nov 02, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Tuesday episode! Part of the fun of Gridlife is announcing in the booth, and since Austin was stuck in beautiful California, Ten Tenths podcast helped with the announcing at this round. This podcast is a conglomeration of a few interviews in the booth (Sally McNulty, Cody Loveland, and Aric Streeter. Special thanks to Micheal Beck from Ten Tenths podcast for helping with recording and the bulk of the announcing help over the weekend (Adam and Robbie from Ten Tenths got shy or something)...
Oct 30, 2018•1 hr
