Episode 223 - Adam gives Abe a call to pass the time. He's just done an express trip to Mid-Ohio to be an HPDE instructor for the day and totally exhausted. The conversation is everywhere from Gridlife HPDE instruction model to RVs, to trackcars.
Episode 222 - That's not static. It's raining at #Gridlife Trackbattle Round 5 while we podcast under a tent with Matt Williams. Spec Fit 2018 Champion, podcast listener, RV enthusiast.
Episode 221 - Gary, once again, reminds us how much more interesting his life has been than ours. We'll never throw away a Porsche 962 at LeMans.
Episode 220 - Johnny Cichowski joins us to talk about his new venture, Nine Lives Racing. High quality, low cost, aero components with silly names.
Episode 219 - Real racers. Talking shit, no money, swearing, drunk at night, wings on grill, and fast AF.
Episode 218 - This might be my favorite podcast ever.....and one of many to come . .Gary Cummings. -adam
abrin and adam chat about broken evos, building hondas, and weird things like viper tires.
Stuck in traffic in Detroit on his way back from a racetrack, Adam and Abrin test a new recording method and its not terrible, and a podcast breaks out
Episode 215 - We're at Road Atlanta for the 3rd annual Gridlife South Festival. We've got Tom O'Gorman on the show talking about his new TCR car and the differences between World Challenge and IMSA. We talk race strategy between sprint races and the longer races he's been running in TCR. Christian Shipp joins in on the fun while our buddy Ed falls asleep.
Episode 214 - Austin and Adam catch up for the first time in weeks. RV chat, event talk, Motorcycles and Motorcycle powered cars. This episode has it all.
Adam and Abrin walk the track with time attack and One Lap of America buddy Matt DeReus.
Have you built Adam's dream car in your garage over the last 10 years? no? well today's guest has. Raddest car ever. DUDE. DUDE ITS SO GOOD
Good buddy Mike Taylor stopped by for a nice long show, with racer stories!
Episode 210 - We've got Heward Wagner from the SCCA on talking about "nationals" season 2018. From the first ever Time Trials Nationals which will be held at NCM to Runoffs at Sonoma and a record setting Solo Nationals attendance, we talk about all big things SCCA that will be coming up in the coming months! Be sure to tune in!
We know not everyone loves old crappy Civics, but the 88-91 chassis holds a pretty special place in the hearts of many of our listeners, and Levi and Adam talk for a bit about why they love them too, at a fitting venue, West Michigan Honda Meet 18. special guest star=20 drunk people on a limo without a roof
The night before a track event is a terrible time to tear a clutch apart because its not working. Its also the only time to tear it apart when you ran out of time......so we recorded doing so.
Another version of the "A" team, Adam, Abrin, and now Adam Nielsen, record some things and make a show....while sweating it out at Gridlife Autobahn 2018, TrackBattle Round 3
So this dude flew over for Gridlife midwest AGAIN! We've properly wrecked his life. We had a fun conversation about the differences in car and trackday culture between our two countries, and called each other dumb and stuff.
Episode 205 - Honda Challenge racer, father of at least 97 small children in indiana, and lover of Aunt Millies pizza at VIR, Brad Adams, and Adam take a little trip to drive cars and hang out with buddies, and recorded at show after landing in Atlanta. Brad almost crashed the rental car on multiple occasions during this recording. Rad
Episode 204 - Christian Shipp (aka the guy that gave us the explicit rating years ago) drove Adam to the airport at 4am a few weeks ago...in a 996 Turbo. Hear the banter and pretend you were in the tiny back seats.
Episode 203 - Austin, Adam, and Abe (The A-Team) get together to talk about the upcoming #GRIDLIFE Midwest Festival. There's a new time attack format that is being used and we explain how it will work. We also talk about some of the major players that are showing up for the 5th year of the event. Be sure to check into the TrackTuned and SlipAngle Facebook pages throughout the weekend for Live Video recaps each evening.
Episode 202 - We've got Greg Amy on once again. We hear about everything that can go wrong on a cross country tow as it did for Greg this past winter and we hear about what it's like to roll a car...for not the first time. This show was recorded many moons ago and is only now surfacing. Blame the stars for not aligning.
Adam and Abe are again making a long drive in the middle of the night. Is Abe on the show now? nobody knows. Its a podcast. Listen! or dont. we'd love if you did though.
Episode 200 - With the 2018 One Lap of America starting this weekend, Austin and Abrin Schmucker sit down with the man who runs the show - Brock Yates, Jr. We get the low down on the history of the event, tips to be successful during the event, and get some insight into where Brock may be taking the event in the coming years.
Episode 199 - Austin sits down with Dan Gardner of DG-Spec in Redondo Beach, CA. Dan has built a career out of running programs for OEMs and building OEM Quality vehicle builds for automotive manufactuers. Everything DG-Spec builds is tested in the environment it was designed. Their latest project, a heavily modified Toyota C-HR was Austin's favorite car at SEMA in 2017. Not only was the build quality and attention to detail superb, but the car actually ran a 1:25 around Willow Springs. Not bad ...
Episode 198 - Austin and Adam catch up and talk about the coolest 4 rotor RX7 they have ever seen. They also talk about Adam's RV, Austin's latest purchase, and ideas for a new podcast. We get a short update about Austin's current living ideas, and cover how the new #GRIDLIFE Instructor / Beginner program worked at Mid-Ohio.
Episode 197 - Austin is in Irvine, CA with the creators or Spec Corvette - John Nguyen and Oli Thordarson. They tell us about how they got into tracking, the creation of Spec Corvette, and give us a run down of what the Spec Corvette build looks like. Could this be the next Spec Miata? Tune in for a great show and get ready to start scouring Craigslist for a C5 Corvette.
Two shows , recorded after Gridlife Ice Battle in Wisconsin
Episode 195 - Part two of our time with Race Engineer Jeff Braun at PRI. Jeff is always a fantastic guest on the show and this one doesn't dissapoint. We hear stories from pro racing that haven't been told anywhere else. Some of them will amaze you.
Episode 194 - Austin and Adam catch up with Race Engineer Race Jeff Braun at PRI. Jeff is always a fantastic guest on the show and this one doesn't dissapoint. We hear stories from pro racing that haven't been told anywhere else. Some of them will amaze you.
