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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Dennis knew nothing about chopping rust out ....until he started doing it. Fix that rusty track car in the garage like he is!
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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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In our first Weekly Pit Stop, we take a look at a few examples of built lightweight RWD cars on the market currently. The "Weekly Pit Stop" is a series of weekly articles that contain interesting links we've found over the past week as well as cars, tow rigs, and trailers we feel are great deals.
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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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Chris Sullivan loved this Accord, and plans to love it again.
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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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Adam, Austin, and Hollie went to the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show for a day and took a stab at recording a few videos.
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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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Part 2 about a silly NASA race at Road Atlanta in December. I promise I'll stop rambling about Road Atlanta for a while now. Maybe.
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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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Stop talking and start doing. Make a plan to go faster.
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We talk with the Kontrolle Engineering team after the NASA 25 hour. We speak with crew chief Justin Ross, 17 year old female driver Natasha Balough, and professional driver Gregory Liefooghe about the race, the changing conditions, strategy and the spec e46 they were driving.
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Adam rambles about having the time of his life getting scared and driving around in a pack of v8 stock cars at Road Atlanta
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Episode 40 - We cruise around Buttonwillow Raceway with Danny George. Danny has run a few season of Formula Drift and has been running time attack events in his drift Miata over the past few season. Listen an as Austin and Danny brainstorm stupid things to do, devise a new way to change lemons and chump racing, talk about the million mile lexus, and decide that people just need to get out and do more stuff.
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Episode 39 - Austin visits with Fabricator Moti from Blackbird Fabworx. Moti moved to the states from Isreal with a love for fabrication and miatas and was able to combine the two into a career. Listen in as they talk about fabrication, miatas, Legos, where the Blackbird Fabworx name originated.
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Rules can feel like a restriction, but read deeper......or at least read them once.
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After years of driving on track and instructing, we reflect on what we think the best mod to do before a track day is. The answer might surprise you.
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Episode 38 - Austin and Adam are joined by Brad "BRAP" Adams while Austin waits for a flight to Seattle from Indianpolis. Austin and Brap talk about their quick trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the guys discuss the various aspects involved with towing, along with some hilarious stories centered around towing thanks to an email from listener Blake Chilson from Steamboat Springs, CO, and Adam drops his new shiny recorder during the show.
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In "Learning to Wheel" Part 1, our Intern Derek covers the steps he took to do his first track day. From researching events, to car prep, to what that first track day experience is really like. This is a great read for anyone looking at getting into the hobby. "Learning to Wheel" is a multi-segment series about one enthusiast's journey from track day newbie to (hopefully) becoming an instructor.
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