Crossthreaded Podcast

This week's guest is highly accomplished racing driver Ryan Dalziel. You can find Ryan's bio on his web site here: http://www.ryandalziel.com/biography

Ryan supports research to cure Rett Syndrome, a serious lifelong neurological disorder that is caused by random mutations in a gene called MECP2. We've stepped up with a donation of $100, and we'd love it if you'd join us with whatever you can give, not only as thanks to Ryan for his time but to help some kids.

Find out more about Rett Syndrome here: https://reverserett.org/donate/

For a great introduction to Ryan as a driver, have a look at his driver promo from Pirelli World Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4CoRpL9sxE

Ryan's currently driving a Nismo DPi car. What's a DPi Car? http://www.imsa.com/qa-2017-daytona-prototype-international-dpi-concept

Photos of the Nismo car Ryan drives in the IMSA Weathertech championship: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nissan-racing/sets/72157678954260585

As always, find out more about us at our web site: http://crossthreaded.us. Thanks for listening!

Our guest this week is AJ Schramm, Competition Director at the ATL SCCA. He's a guy with a ton of motorsports knowledge in his brain and the willingness to share that knowledge. Guess what we talk about. Yeah. Racecars. What else? 

Thank you, AJ for agreeing to be on the podcast!

Our guest today is engineer Warren Van Nus. He and his giant brain are responsible for much of the current look of the US market Exocet. You heard his name mentioned with great reverence in episode 8 when we talked to Kevin Patrick.  Kevin Patrick interview here: https://crossthreaded.libsyn.com/8-kevin-patrick-of-exomotive-ford-gt-thoughts

Warren has since moved on to work at Tie Down Engineering, but still has a few passion products of an automotive flavor going on. 

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

Thanks for listening!

Our guests today: Richard Brunning & Nik Blackhurst of Bad Obsession Motorsport, builders and filmers of Project Binky, which is a mini in the process of getting Celica GT-Four running gear stuffed up it.

Note: pronounced Selleck-ah like "Tom Selleck." We hope you dig the podcast. If so, throw us a rating, review, or check out our website for more Crossthreaded doings here: http://crossthreaded.us

Find Bad Obsession here on the web: http://www.badobsessionmotorsport.co.uk/

On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/badobsessionmsport

Thanks for listening!

In this episode we share some great podcast news, wrap up Monaco and the Indy 500, and hail Scott Dixon as the driving god that he is.  Check out our web site for more of us! http://crossthreaded.us

We also welcome our buddy Tom of Tom's Turbo Garage back to the YouTube game. Good to see you back, Tom! https://www.youtube.com/user/turbomiragedude

Sports writer loses job over Takuma Sato tweet http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/writer-loses-job-for-tweet-about-japanese-indy-500-winner/ar-BBBDuwd

Video of Scott Dixon, driving god: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmrF5p9hEI

On this episode, Jim recounts his experience driving Chevrolets at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He got asked to slow down and then told how the steering wheel works. 

We're sad to hear about Skip Barber Racing School's woes: Skip Barber Bankruptcy

http://www.thedrive.com/news/10526/skip-barber-racing-files-for-bankruptcy-owes-lime-rock-park-1-2-million We have a web site! http://crossthreaded.us and we'd love your support on patreon if you're so inclined http://patreon.com/crossthreaded

Thank you for listening!

Let's design a low-cost zero-death racing series. Help us think this one through, gang.  We'd love to have your support on Patreon! http://patreon.com/crossthreaded Also: We tried something a little different this week on the YouTube. Watch the Subaru Forester Meditation video and let us know what you think.  Crying kid at Formula 1 when Kimi crashed out. https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/6b3kp6/formula_1_can_be_an_upsetting_sport/

Ended up meeting Kimi: https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/6b3ukm/from_crying_because_of_his_hero_to_meeting_his/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=browse&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=formula1

One millionth Porsche 911 http://jalopnik.com/the-one-millionth-porsche-911-is-exceedingly-lovely-1795121703

"It's a 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera S, painted in Irish Green and designed to mirror some details from the very first 911 from 1963. And when it rolled off the assembly line in Zuffenhausen today, it became the one-millionth Porsche 911."

Glad to be back with you yet again, friends. If you haven't checked out our latest video you can find that on our YouTubes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26Dc_CAzT_xCjpZncFui4A/videos

This weekend in Barcelona we'll see new F1 design rules: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-reveals-plan-for-bigger-driver-numbers-and-names-898408/

Rolling Coal banned in Colorado http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/9930/colorado-bans-rolling-coal-hallelujah

Thanks for listening!

This week we get into some Death Metal. Someone on the podcasting team discovers they might maybe like metal after all. Hmmmm...

Plus we get into some Engineering, driving best practices, and car industry family trees. 

Thanks for listening, guys! 

If you like what we're up to, we'd love to have your support on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crossthreaded

How to drive a manual transmission explained using Death Metal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__vmUH9dZd4

Mazda profits down over 50% http://jalopnik.com/gm-profit-soars-while-mazda-takes-a-severe-beating-1794738390

Who owns who in cars: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2009/06/car-brands-who-owns-what/index.htm

Oregon Censored, Fined Man $500 For Criticizing Red-Light Cameras Without An Engineering License https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2017/04/28/do-you-need-a-license-in-engineering-to-criticize-red-light-cameras-oregon-says-yes/#3d1ebf8d32ee

We recap our visit to the Mitty, which is always a good time, and play some sweet music we recorded there. 

Thanks to Ian and Justin for coming up and saying hello. Glad you're enjoying the videos guys. 

We'd love to have your support on Patreon if you're so inclined! http://patreon.com/crossthreaded

Check out Paco Motorsports here: http://pacomotorsports.com/offroadster/

Rock on!

Kookaburra sound: https://www.freesound.org/people/pocket/sounds/44554/

Bavarian Folk: https://www.freesound.org/people/reinsamba/sounds/239154/