Crossthreaded Podcast

We get into some recent car news plus a preview of our race next weekend at Road Atlanta. Jim has driven at Road Atlanta a decent amount, but Meghann never has. Neither has raced wheel-to-wheel there. Should be fun!

Thanks for listening, and thanks also to our supporters on Patreon. We really appreciate it. Check us out here: http://patreon.com/crossthreaded

Deltawing article on GRM: https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/death-deltawing/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Death+of+the+DeltaWing&utm_campaign=GRMDaily

Alfa Romeo and Sauber together: https://www.sauberf1team.com/news/the-sauber-f1-team-enters-a-multi-year-partnership-agreement-with-alfa-romeo

New Tesla Roadster: https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/16/tesla-unveils-the-new-roadster/

Nurburgring Wreck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JYLUL9MRyQ

Street racing morons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZhtY2CUQG0

Lotus receives magical engine mode in Spa 2015: https://missedapexpodcast.com/episode-list/2017/11/7/f1-boss-ep2

F1's engine politics examined: Why would Ferrari supply Red Bull? http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12475/9995927/f1s-engine-politics-examined

Koenigsegg Agera RS nets multiple production car world speed records: http://www.koenigsegg.com/koenigsegg-agera-rs-achieves-multiple-production-car-world-speed-records/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD82XB7t8Xo

Individual turbos for each cylinder? https://blog.caranddriver.com/engines-with-small-individual-turbos-for-each-cylinder-could-revolutionize-downsizing/

Musk yelled at a bunch of journalists: https://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-just-yelled-shame-at-a-bunch-of-journalists-1820059349

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a28935/lamborghini-mit-electric-car-terzo-millennio/

Meghann kicks this episode off with a top-shelf intro. We get into some Volvo doings including the new Polestar 1, and then have a great interview with Ben Horst of Eddy Motorworks.  They put electric motors in all manner of cars, not least of which being an Exocet.  If you like these shenanigans, why not support us on Patreon? Check us out here: https://www.patreon.com/crossthreaded Polestar 1: https://www.polestar.com/polestar-1/

Volvo C30 Polestar on Jay Leno's Garage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT9FwBsMD3Y

Eddy Motorworks site: https://www.eddymotorworks.com/

Ben mentioned a guy who hacked Tesla. This is him: https://evannex.com/ Thanks for listening!

Hy everyone! On this episode we touch on some 24 Hours of Lemons South Fall wrapup. We do that at the top so our racing buddies won't complain (as much). 

We also get into a Petit le Mans wrapup:

• #6 Team Penske and the #63 Scuderia Corsa ferrari wreck at 10a https://youtu.be/ZV2ECSBvYRk?t=23m28s
• #52 car crash at turn 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N72qcUy9sY

A new segment this episode WITH theme song: Meghann's GM News!

Bugatti Chiron & Koenigsegg 0 - 400k - 0: http://www.motortrend.com/news/koenigsegg-agera-rs-0-248-5-mph-back-0-36-44-seconds/

Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening, folks, we appreciate the opportunity to chat with you. Lots of car news to talk about here plus we get into some 24 Hours of Lemons South Fall preview action. 

Hope you're wrapping up a great summer!

Tesla's 'Autopilot' Shares Blame in 2016 Fatal Crash, U.S. Investigators Say https://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-autopilot-shares-blame-in-2016-fatal-crash-u-s-investigators-say-1505233891

The electrocet, Tesla power in Exocet. Eddy Motorworks was founded in February of 2017 by Ben Horst and Josh Preissle. https://www.eddymotorworks.com/the-electrocet/

Ariel building a hypercar: 1,180bhp, 1,327lb ft of torque, 0-100mph in 3.8secs (well over a second ahead of a McLaren P1 or Porsche 918), 155mph top speed and a 1,500kg kerbweight. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/ariel-will-build-1180bhp-hypercar

Guys we are so humbled by the guests who have joined us on this podcast in the last few months, but we also miss just talking to you about cars! Feels good to be back. 

As always, more of us at http://crossthreaded.us 

We donated to the Red Cross to support Harvey victims. Choose your own favorite charity and join us! 

Dude's LS-swapped Mazda RX8 project car is underwater. Noooooo! https://www.reddit.com/r/projectcar/comments/6wz5eq/project_car_is_underwater/

Car makers helping out with Harvey Mazda Foundation (USA), Inc. and Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/press-release/mazda-mazda-foundation-contribute-100000-american-red-cross-hurricane-harvey-disaster-relief-fund/

Toyota http://corporatenews.pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+provides+3+million+relief+hurricane+harvey.htm

Nissan http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/releases/nissan-donates-1-million-to-habitat-for-humanity-renews-partnership

Lotus Turns a Profit for the 'First Time in Years http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13412/lotus-turns-a-profit-for-the-first-time-in-years

We loved the movie Baby Driver for a lot of reasons, one of those being the driving sequences. Our guest today is Jeremy Fry, the man whose driving skill made those shots happen.

Find out more about Jeremy on his IMDB page here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296758/

Thank you a million times to Jeremy for agreeing to be a guest on our podcast. He didn't get paid to chat with us. We didn't get paid to interview him. It's just three people super stoked about driving cars having a chat. 

Have a listen and get a slice of life as a stunt driver on a modern movie. 

Find more of us on our web site http://crossthreaded.us!

Our guest is Mark Rivera, the brains behind Paco Motorsports. When I spotted his lifted Miata at The Mitty at Road Atlanta I knew I had to shake his hand. 

Paco Motorsports have been in business since 2008 providing intelligently designed, quality built, and exceptionally valued performance products for sports cars, predominantly Mazda Miatas.

Paco Motorsports Web Site: http://pacomotorsports.com/ Thanks for listening! 

Our guest this week is Keith Tanner of Flyin' Miata. You know him from our offhand references to the "Gandalf of Miatas."

He's another one of those people in the car world who has a heap of knowledge paired with the motivation to share it with others. We're so pleased he agreed to be a guest with us. 

Keith's web site: http://www.slowcarfast.com/

Miatagasm: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a32131/miatas-at-mazda-raceway-miatagasm-mega-test/

Keith's Excellent Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Keith-Tanner/e/B001H6W5PO/

Thanks for joining us, Keith! 

We're thrilled to have Jay as a guest. We've spoken to him many times at his races and, of course, enjoyed every minute of racing in 24 Hours of Lemons ... except that we spend much of that time wrenching on the car usually. 

There's already plenty of background stuff out there on LeMons so we skipped that part. Find some of that below. 

Check out our web site: http://crossthreaded.us

11 Questions with Jay Lamm on Jalopnik: http://jalopnik.com/340374/11-questions-with-24-hours-of-lemons-founder-jay-lamm

24 Hours of Lemons on CNBC: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/19/how-an-amateur-launched-a-million-dollar-racing-league-with-500-clunkers.html

Thanks for listening!