February 17, 2019
This episode we chat with Michael Hooper of River City Rally out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He tells us how he got started in rallying and why he decided to choose a Lexus as his vehicle of choice. Hoop also took first place at the inaugural Missouri Ozarks Regional Rally a couple weeks ago where he did a charity raffle for the Fanconi Research Foundation with the winner being rewarded to co-drive.
Photo by MTJ Photography
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River City Rally also races for a great cause. Get more information on Fanconi anemia and the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund here: https://www.facebook.com/fanconianemiaresearchfund/
February 6, 2019
Another episode already you say? We figured you just can't get enough of us! This time we called up our friends Cameron Steely and Preston Osborn of O.D.D. racing. O.D.D. has become one of the preeminent rally teams in America highlighted by their amazing 2WD Rally America Championship win in 2016. Since then they've moved on to Limited 4WD and just won their class a week ago at Sno*Drift 2019. Apologies for some of the audio issues as Cameron’s cell phone kept dropping in and out a few times.
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February 2, 2019
In this episode we review the 2019 Sno*Drift Rally, Round 1 of the American Rally Association National Rally Championship with detailed reviews of both National and Regional podiums with guest commentator, Al Dantes Jr. of Tower City Race Team. Ian and Mike also give our take on WRC Monte Carlo and the fabulous nail biting finish.
Tedrick Mealy's pictures from Sno*Drift can be found here. We encourage you to follow him on Facebook and Instagram as well!
January 12, 2019
In this episode we chatted with American Rally Association Series Manager, Doug Shepherd. ARA has now become the sanctioning body for most rallies in the US and we chatted with Doug about all the changes for 2019 including the expansion of new events, super regionals, rules changes, and what other exciting things we can look forward to this season.
December 15, 2018
In this episode we chat with Texas Dave Carapetyan of Rally Ready Rally School. Dave’s not only a great rally driver and instructor, but also one of the most entertaining personalities in motorsports. It’s 2 hours of fun covering everything from his start dumping all his savings into a rally car at the age of 17, the trials and tribulations of Pikes Peak and meeting Sebastien Loeb, filming with Aaron Kaufman and the Discovery Channel, UTVs, smack talk of JVL, gluten free beer, and pee bags glued to wieners for…
November 17, 2018
Almost can’t believe we are posting this! This week we had the opportunity to chat with on of North America’s legends, none other than 10 times Canadian Rally Champion Antoine L’Estage! We discussed what it’s like being considered a rally legend and how he was shocked by the late decision by Subaru Canada to pull their factory team. We also got details on how his latest adventures working gravel crew in the WRC came about, his experience driving a Proto Fiesta in Latvia, and what his plans for the future. We…
November 4, 2018
From Tuesday October 30th 2018. In this show we had our Lake Superior Performance Rally review with Al Dantes Jr. of Tower City Race Team and Michael Hooper the 2WD winner of LSPR and now the Rally America 2WD overall champion! We chatted about the event and the crazy changing conditions, something called the Sisu Challenge, and other bits of rally news.
October 19, 2018
Co-Presenter Ian Holmes returns and we welcome special guest and recently crowned American Rally Association Open 2WD co-driver champion Martin Brady of JRD Rallysport. We chat with Martin about how he got started in rallying in Ireland, the championship run this year, what it’s like rallying in the US vs. abroad, and Ian and Mike finish the show with comments regarding recent rally news. The show was recorded Tuesday October 16th, so some of our speculations from the news has been confirmed, others have not. As always, give us a…
September 29, 2018
This week is a bit of a make-up episode as technical difficulties rendered our previous attempt a couple weeks ago unusable. That said, we have back with us special guest Sam Albert. We discuss the Ojibwe Forests Rally and how in a scary moment his brake pedal became the gas pedal and the challenges from the newest national championship event, the high altitude, tight and twisty, hot and dry, Idaho Rally International.
