Matt and Pat chat about finishing up prep for the 24 Hours of Lemons at MSR Houston. Pat's about ready to test the E36 after replacing the cylinder head and rerouting the exhaust. Matt is doing all the 100k mile stuff on his K24Z3 swapped Miata.
Shout out to the boys at Lemons for their recent deep dive on that crazy 929 we piloted to IOE at Houston in 2023:
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Matt and Pat chat with Brian Sommers about his history in circle track racing, INEX Legends, autocross, and his new adventures in crewing and spotting.
Big shout out to The Seal Alliance. https://www.sealalliance.org/
Also, I found a source for Seal Oil. https://www.mikmaqcf.com/
Matt and Pat chat with long time west coast lemons racer, Chris Blizzard. We take a deep dive into what it takes to build a winning budget endurance car.
Matt and Pat chat with Ross Carmichael about NASA Super Touring and the 12-Hours of Charlotte. Ross had an exciting experience at the enduro and we were all reminded of the value of good safety gear and procedures.
Matt and Erik interview the legend of legends, Bobby Christensen. He's got some great stories about competing at the top of the sport and even competing in Ferrari Challenge for a few years.
Matt and Dave chat with Albert Wentzel about the Lemons Rambler.
Matt, Pat, and Dave touch base with multiple time Big Bend Open Road Race champion, Doug Masters. We learned a ton about the time distance rally format, and all the wonderful things this event brings to the small community of Fort Stockton, TX.
Matt and Pat chat about their exciting weekent in Jennings, OK with the TARP Racing crew. The new e36 build won practice. Then it didn't.
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Matt and Pat chat about smoke machines, Lemons at Hallett prep, and F1 driver contracts. Like and subscribe and rate and review
Matt and Pat chat about shaking down the E36 Lemons build at Eagles Canyon Raceway. Things went smoothly, Eagles Canyon is a lovely track, and we're on target for the big race at Hallett in May.
Pat and Matt welcome special guest Roland to chat about all the ways TARP Racing is taking on the world in 2024. We won some races, we did okay at an HPDE, F1 happened. Like and subscribe and rate and review.
Matt and Pat chat about the upcoming 2024 F1 Season. We make bold predictions. Apple juice is consumed. Need we say more?
Matt, Pat, Nate, and Todd recap TARP Racing’s valiant attempt at winning the heroic fix award in Birmingham.
Matt, Pat, and Nate chat about the upcoming 2024 racing season. We've got the 24 Hours of Daytona this weekend, along with the NASA TX season opener at MSR Houston. Racing is hard. Try to have a good time. See y'all at Barber.
Here's that Lambo effort we chatted about. Very similar feels to our budget enduro efforts.
Matt and Nate chat with the 2023 NASA Texas ST6 champ, Jose Garcia Jr. He and his family have been doing a ton of driving over the last couple of decades, so he's got some great stories and lessons to share. We even took a deep dive into, his vast stable of miata, kmiatas, and ST5 rules.
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!!! BIG SHOW ALERT !!! Matt and Pat chat with Jay Lamm, the inventor of budget endurance racing, about his journey through automotive journalism and the early days of the 24 Hours of Lemons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybAvaM3b90
Matt and Pat chat about the 2023 racing season. Overall the team had a hard time making it to the track, but we got to see Hunter and Todd excel at sprint racing in the NASA Texas region.
Big congrats to Todd for winning the 2023 Racer of the Year award. He crushed it!
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Pat and Mat chat with Roland about his dominating victory over the RACERSHQ Podcast Battle FantasyGP league. Big shout out to everyone that participated. Better luck next year.
Matt, Pat, and Nate chat with Todd Spickard and Chris Moehring about the 2023 Stuntin' and Splodin' Soiree in Houston. This was Chris's first race with a new car and zero wheel to wheel experience. We learned a lot along the way and took home the Index of Effluency.
Make sure you play along with our virtual bingo card. Send me a winner and we'll send you a shirt.
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Freebird, just the solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ujn71Tjcc
Proper battery disposal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHcvZIubyQ0&t=224s
Matt, Nate, and Pat chat with returning guest, Hunter Biederman about his visit to the Formula 1 race in Austin last week. We also catch up on our various projects, discuss spacial temporal continuity, review the 2024 24 Hours of Lemons schedule, and iRacing's AI racing.
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Pat drove an old Ford in the Lemons race at Road America. It was exciting! Like and subscribe.
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Matt's got thoughts on the Gran Turismo movie. Pat has to hear about it, and talks about his trip to Road America. Hilarity ensues.
We've got a very special guest tonight. Matt and Pat chat with Mario Korf from Occam's Racer, the best amateur racing blog in the known universe. He's got a new book out. Make sure you order a copy.
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Matt and Nate chat with Pat about his new V8 Volvo project, a new livery for the E36, and splitters. Check us out next week for a very special guest.
In this episode we've got JT Toon telling us all about instructing and coaching drivers. He's got a ton of experience, and it's always fun hanging out with him at Hallett. Enjoy.