Episode 133 - Austin and Adam sit down for some laughs with Writer, Teacher, Driver, and instrcutor, Christian "Mental" Ward. In addition to writing for Road and Track, Hooniverse, and the Truth About Cars, Mental also drives on an American Endurance Racing team with some of the Road & Track Staff, Matt Farah, and some other heavy hitters in the automotive media industry. Listen as we talk to him about how he got his start doing autocross with some big name Street Outlaw stars, got into writ...
Mar 04, 2017•56 min
Episode 132- Austin and Adam talk with Pikes Peak Winner and Lovefab owner Cody Loveland about his 2017 Pikes Peak program this year, history modifying and building cars, and a whole host of other things in this episode of SlipAngle.
Feb 28, 2017•55 min
Episode 131 - Part two of our interview with Race Engineer Jeff Braun. We talk about never being satisfied with how the car is set up, young race engineer opportunities, and Jeff's least favorite thing about modern car racing. Austin also digs up his favorite question - "Where is the best place for the transponder?" For more on Jeff, you can follow himFacebook via his page, Auto Racing Tech Tips - https://www.facebook.com/AutoRacingTechTips/...
Feb 24, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Episode 130 - In Part 1 of our show with Jeff Braun we learn about how he got into racing and how he ended up being one of the best race engineers in the world. We also hear about the process of being able to learn from other forms of motorsports and applying what you know into other aspects of motorsports. Jeff tells us the story about his days at Level 5, and we learn about the "What if Scott Tucker..." from of rulemaking from Adam. All that and much more in this very entertaining and educatio...
Feb 21, 2017•1 hr 7 min
The fellas, and a hundred of their friends, decended upon a track on a lake in wisconsin. Giggles were had, silliness was accomplished, and "OH MY GOSH" was uttered too many times. Ice racing is fun.
Feb 17, 2017•50 min
Episode 128 - Adam picked Austin up at the airport at midnight , and they cruised to the great white north that is Wisconsin. Ice racing was to happen at the Gridlife Ice Battle, and to pass the time, podcasting ensued.
Feb 14, 2017•52 min
Episode 127 - Austin sits down with Aaron Bitterman and Adam Gershon from Speed Ventures, one of the largest regional track day companies in the states. We talk about the early days of track days, Aarons experience with various clubs before forming Speed Ventures, the surprising number of events they run (28 this season!), different Time Attack and Wheel 2 Wheel series that are hosted at their events, and a whole host of other things. These guys are great and the time spent with them is both ent...
Feb 10, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Friend of the show and Tracktuned.com contributor Pete Lindberg stopped by Adam's on sunday for a quick show, during a whirlwind trip delivering a car to his parents. Instead of catching up with mom and dad, he hangs out with us to chat Autocross and the car hobby
Feb 07, 2017•53 min
Epiosde 125 - His K swapped CRX was in a magazine before it was ever autcrossed. His dad encouraged and helped him build it. He's won an SCCA Solo Nationals Championship. He's Brian Kuehl.
Feb 03, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Episode 124 - As we close out January of 2017, Austin and Adam get together to recap Austin's first weekend at the track in California, Adam's plans to turn a car he's had forever into his next SCCA STL racecar, and we talk Camper Vans and RVs.
Jan 31, 2017•58 min
Episode 123 - Austin is at Corner 3 Motorsports in Laguna Hills, CA talking with friend of the show Steve Doherty. John Capati, and Malko Izurieta join us to talk about Nissan Challenge, driving techniques, the benefit of having a coach, and learn the history of Corner 3 Garage. We also learn about Nissan S Chassis cars and explore the newer Z33 and Z34 chassis Z Cars. For more on Corner 3 Motorsports, visit http://corner3motorsports.com/.
Jan 28, 2017•49 min
Episode 122 - We talk cheap expensive cars with Dave Ott and Abrin Schumucker at midnight in the lobby of the #GRIDLIFE Kart Battle Hotel. Dave went from cheap old Hondas to a 996 911 Turbo that he drives even in winter, and Abrin talks EVOs. Both have AWD cars with lots of horsepower. Austin and Adam have only had cheap cars with low horsepower. We talk the finer points of awd, turbos, fast cars, and how people get into this silly hobby.
Jan 24, 2017•55 min
Episode 121 - Chris Stewart, Founder of #GRIDLIFE, sits down with Adam and Austin to talk about the history and origins of #GRIDLIFE, his various experiences running different events from Moped Rallies to large festivals, his experience with Hondas, and a whole list of other topics on this episode of SlipAngle. For more on GRIDLIFE, visit www.grid.life
Jan 20, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Episode 120 - We are joined at #Gridlife Kart Battle by Kristopher Miller of Powerstop Brakes to talk about his background in the industry, Powerstop's history, new Track Day product line, and talk cars as we always do. To find out more about Powerstop, visit www.powerstop.com.
Jan 17, 2017•48 min
Episode 119 - Austin and Adam are joined by Mike Cohn who happens to be in Los Angeles this week. Austin explains his weekly Car ADD choices, Mike talks about Canyons Canyons Cayons here in LA, and Adam sniffles.
Jan 13, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Episode 118 - In our first RePlay episode, we relisten to Episode 12 from August 2015 with Lee Grimes from Koni. Tons of great information in this one and it's always a pleasure to have Lee on. Even if you have listened to this episode before, it's a great listen and you're sure to learn something new.
Jan 06, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Episode 117 - Greg Amy joins us once again to talk about his 2016 season, TDIs, 2017 plans, denies his bid to be the president of the SCCA in their current search, and a whole host of other topics in the first SlipAngle show of 2017.
Jan 03, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Episode 116 - We answer tons of questions from Facebook. Some good, some not so good. Have more questions? Email austin@tracktuned.com or adam@tracktuned.com.
Dec 23, 2016•1 hr 10 min
Episode 115 - Austin and Adam talk old Hondas. Adam barely knows Honda made cars after 1991. Austin has a new desire for an old EF. Naturally we talk about EFs, EGs, EM1s, STDs, D Series, B Series, K Series swaps, CRXs, Realtime AWD, and host of other Honda related content. We also answer some questions from Facebook. Oh, and there is a free echo you get courtesy of SlipAngle! Hurray!
Dec 20, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Episode 114 - Austin and Adam talk about Austin's recent desire for a Focus RS, Adam's RV purchase, driving faster cars after driving slower cars, and recap our PRI party last Friday.
Dec 16, 2016•41 min
Episode 113 - We're at the PRI show with the crew from RS Motors / 365racing.net, #GRIDLIFE regulars, and Ice Racing extrordinares. We talk about their multiple One Lap of America and Optima Ultimate Street Car podium finishes. And of course, we talk about Ice Racing, and our upcoming #GRIDLIFE IceBattle. We are joined on this show by Andy Smedegard, Brandon Ranvek, Churchill Souksavong, Matt DeReus, Megan Solinsky, and Eric Koehler.
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 18 min
Episode 112 - Multi Time SCCA Solo Nationals Champion David Whitener sits down to talk to us about Corvette Jeeps, Miatas, Autox, Time Trials, Hondas and Miatas.
Dec 09, 2016•1 hr 39 min
Episode 111 - Part two of our interview with Racing Legend John Morton. When you learned to drive on track in the first Shelby Cobra (which just sold for $12 mil at auction this year), you're bound for greatness. We got the opportunity to sit down with John Morton to talk about his career that started with Carroll Shelby, what he thinks of modern racing, how much easier it is to race today, and a number of other topics. Author Sylvia Wilkinson tells us of how she and another woman could time a w...
Dec 06, 2016•49 min
Episode 110 - When you learned to drive on track in the first Shelby Cobra (which just sold for $12 mil at auction this year), you're bound for greatness. We got the opportunity to sit down with John Morton to talk about his career that started with Carroll Shelby, what he thinks of modern racing, how much easier it is to race today, and a number of other topics. Author Sylvia Wilkinson tells us of how she and another woman could time a whole field of Indy cars on two stopwatches, and aspiring d...
Dec 02, 2016•48 min
Episode 108 - Part 2 of our show with Emilio Cervantes, Dan Howard, and Sonny Watanasirisuk from 949 Racing. If you haven't listened to Part 1, do yourself a favor and go do that now. It's episode number 107. For more on 949 Racing, visit www.949racing.com. To learn more about SuperMiata, go to www.supermiata.com
Nov 28, 2016•1 hr 35 min
Episode 107 - Emilio Cervantes from 949 Racing returns and brings Dan Howard and Sonny Watanasirisuk on the show. These guys live and breathe racing. Listen as we talk about the history of their SuperMiata series, Dan's recent NASA PTE and TTE Western States regional championship, how to make miatas go fast, and how the 949 Team has become so dominant in nearly every series they have run. Stay tuned for Part 2 Friday!
Nov 22, 2016•1 hr 29 min
Episode 106 - We are again joined by 2016 Pirelli World Challenge TCB Champion, Tom O'Gorman to hear about how the season ended for him, what in store for 2017, and learn more about the guy who has recently taken the sports car racing world by storm. We talk SCCA Track Night in America, Stock Cars, 24 Hour Kart races, and more.
Nov 18, 2016•1 hr 40 min
Episode 105 - In a episode that was nearly lost to the depths of time, Austin is joined by Chris Thompson of Alpinestars to talk about safety equipment, various forms of racing, and to hear how the leader of one of one of the biggest names in motorsports safety equipment got into the industry.
Nov 15, 2016•53 min
Episode 104 - Professional Driver Robert Throne joins us at #Gridlife Special Stage to talk about Rocket Anti-Lag, SCCA Solo Nationals, World Challenge, and a whole host of other things. Robert towed all the way from Colorado to Michigan for our silly time attack event..and brought one the of most bada$$ cars we've ever seen.
Nov 08, 2016•30 min
103 - Brad Adams joins us on the mic for some rainy day coverage at #Gridlife Special Stage at Gingerman Raceway.
Nov 01, 2016•26 min
