Harvick Break Winless Streak

8-3-22

My guest on episode 54 of Inside the SCCA is the next generation of the SCCA. He started driving a Spec Miata in 2019 and now he's living his dream -- driving an winged open wheel car. Keaton Van Thof shares his story of building his first car, learning the sport and his aspirations for the future. 

8-2-22

This week on episode 28 of Inside ChampCar -- we take a look at the work that goes into putting on a ChampCar race weekend. We also catch up with series tech guru Ray Franck. He's a guy with a ton of knowledge and a bunch of stories to tell. 

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Here's something that won't be a surprise to anyone... there is a shortage of workers at many -- dare I say most -- SCCA races. There are a lot of reasons for this and those of us who work races have lamented the lack of easy solutions. Episode 53 of the Inside the SCCA podcast explores the problem, some of the causes and some potential solutions. Here's the refreshing part... a driver contacted me wanting to be the guest for this topic. Frank Schwartz who has played a big role in resurrecting several classes with dwindling numbers is putting his brain power into some thoughts on how to bring in new workers. It's an episode club administrators, specialties chiefs, workers... and especially drivers... shouldn't miss.

This week on Episode 27 of Inside ChampCar we talk about the first half of the season and we are joined by a great guest.  He came to ChampCar from Formula SAE. Then he and some from friends from Old Dominion University starting building cars and now they are... Clapped Out Racing! He's also an engineer for Flagtronics... so we snuck in some questions about that as well. Our guest is... Aleric Sanders.

My guest on episode 52 of Inside the SCCA likes to go uphill fast.. Some of us like going fast on a track... some of us like weaving in and out of the cones... some of us like reading maps. This guy thrives on the switchbacks... Brad Gates is an SCCA Hill climber. We talk about what it takes to get into doing hill climbs, what kind of cars are eligible and what it takes to go fast. Brad's passion for this discipline is infectious. 

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This week on Episode 26 of Inside ChampCar -- The 2022 Longest Day is in the books... we take a look back at a great day of racing... we'll hear from the race winners and a chat with the infamous Troy Truglio.

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My guest on episode 51 of Inside the SCCA is SCCA Racer and Mazda Motorsports grass roots tech guy Josh Smith. We have a great chat about how and why Mazda has committed so much time and money to grassroots motorsports. We also talked a bit about what happens when a decision is made to upgrade a component on a spec car. It's a fascinating conversation with some really valuable insight.