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Episode 61 - Austin is joined by Mike Cohn and Ryan Weddle on the way back to Chicago from 4 hours north in Wisconsin where some shennanigans were had on the ice.  We talk about what it's like to drive on the ice, studs vs winter tires, and hear a little from champion driver, Andy Smedegard.  We also discuss autocross vs road course, and hear a little bit about autocrossing karts from Mike.  

Episode 60 - Austin and Adam are joined by Hollie Heiser for Dinner with Ricers Episode 2 after the opening day of the Chicago Auto Show.  Austin brushes up on his Spanish, Hollie talks about her first cars and instructing in exotics that cost more than most listener's houses, and Adam eats a pizza.

Episode 59 - Ken Lingenfelter is an ultimate car guy - running a performance parts business, collecting exotics oddball cars alike, and traveling all over the world particiapting in various automotive events.  Austin, Adam, and Hollie catch up with Ken at the Chicago Auto Show to talk about his car collection, his racing endeavors, and some of his favorite vehicles. For more on Lingenfelter Perfor...

Episode 58 - Wondering what it's like to drive at a major press event?  Also wondering what Austin's favorite car at the Chicago Auto Show is?  Wondering how karting went last week?  Or how the Chump Car Race at Road Atlanta was?  Wondering what we are doing these next few days?  Wondering why we are asking these questions for you that you probably wouldn't ask yourself?  Yeah...us too.  It's been...

Episode 57 - Heyward Wagner from the SCCA is on to discuss the direction of the SCCAs newest programs, the expansion of Track Night in America, and his histrory with the organization.

Episode 56 - Justin Tilus works for Maxxis Tire and is an avid autocrosser.  Austin sits down and talks with Justin about how he got his start into motorsports, different vehicles he has owned, and how his career path landed him a job with Maxxis.  They also talk about the new Maxxis street tire, the VR-1 and the more track focused RC-1.  For more on Maxxis Tire, visit www.maxxis.com.

Episode 55 - Austin and Adam catch up to date with what's been going on lately in their garages.  Austin talks about karting, Adam about CRX suspension and Sways.  Austin also goes over various jobs he's had the opportunity to partake in recently.  We also go over future shows we hope to record in coming weeks.

Episode 54 - Austin travels to Long Road Racing in Statesvillle, NC to talk with Glenn Long and John Dean about the new Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Cars.  Glenn Long talks about his history in motorsports, how his son Tom Long moved up the ranks from doing HPDEs to driving professionally, and the beginnings of Spec Miata. We also talk about the development steps taken to prepare the new ND chassis for t...

Episode 53 - Austin sits down with Driven CEO & Founder Zack Skolnick.  Zack is a young, driven (no pun intended) individual who has raced everything from Karts to Circle Track to Grand-Am.  Listen as Zack and Austin discuss his various experiences in motorsports, karting, and how Driven Race Group came into existense with just a single Steering Wheel.  To find out more about Driven, visit htt...

Episode 52 - We've got Intern Derek on the show today to talk about his first track day experience, what to expect from his upcoming track day with NASA, the best $15k car for dual duty, and SA2010 helmets.  

Episode 51 - Austin and Adam talk about Stock Cars, Turbo S2000s, and #GRIDLIFE registraion.  We also have our first segment from our West Coast correspondent, Matt Viarmontes who interviews Fei-Long Tran - Hot Import Nights Manager and Global Time Attack Competitor.  Austin and Adam also debate what to do with $1.5 billion, and Austin goes through his tuner magazine collection.

Episode 50 - Rocky Mountain NASA Regional Director Dave Balingit visit with Austin while in Atlanta picking up his new NASA NP01 Prototype.  We talk about his trip, his driving background, and how he got started with NASA back in the early 1990s.  

Episode 49 - The guys catch up with International Amateur Racing Celebrity Greg Amy to talk about pimped out gopeds, 70s Fuel Injection to Carb swaps, Miatas, 1995 Audi S6s, One Lap of America, and why the Easy Road isn't the Greg Amy way of doing things.  Other topics include race fuel check procedures, Del Sols, what Greg plans to do will all of his various vehicles, vintage racing, current fuel...

Episode 48 - Adam and Austin talk about how they got into cars and what it was like early on.  Surprisingly, they both bought the same issue of Super Street as their first import magazine and they both started reading Sport Compact Car because of their families.  All this and more in todays episode of SlipAngle.

Episode 47 - (Part 2) Possibly one of the most influential driving coachs in the world, Ross Bentley has written many books on driving under the "Speed Secrets" name.  A few weeks ago, Ross was gracious enough with his time to sit down with Austin in Seattle, WA and record a few driving tips for use in future SlipAngle shows.  While there, Austin and Ross sat down and had nearly a two hour convers...

Episode 46 - Possibly one of the most influential driving coachs in the world, Ross Bentley has written many books on driving under the "Speed Secrets" name.  A few weeks ago, Ross was gracious enough with his time to sit down with Austin in Seattle, WA and record a few driving tips for use in future SlipAngle shows.  While there, Austin and Ross sat down and had nearly a two hour conversation on...

Episode 45 - We were going to record a Holiday episode since our friday episode fell on Christmas Day, but we decided instead to spend the time witht eh ones we love.  In place of a new episode, we go back in time to the first episode we ever released - Episode 1.  We will be back next Tuesday with an all new episode!  Thanks everyone for the support!

Episode 44 - Austin and Adam are joined by Brent and Kelley Picasso of Autosport Labs to talk about how they got started developing data aquisition systems, their experiences driving, and their newest project in the RaceCapture line.  View the RaceCapture kickstarter campaign here -  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autosportlabs/racecapture-and-podium-race-it-share-it-prove-it  and learn more...

Episode 43 - In the first Episode of "Dinner with Ricers", Austin and Adam enjoy a nice Mexican meal at Acapulco Joe's in Downtown Indinapolis after The Performance Racing Industry Show.  They are joined by Brad "Brap" Adams, ITRExpo dude Jay Haire, Pint-sized Hollie (Pocket) Heiser, and Brett from Fusion Works Fabrication.  Tons of puns, great conversation, and random information plague this epis...

Adam recorded with friend-of-the-show Christian Shipp on, in the middle of the night, on the way to the racetrack... they talked about tracks, Christian's Automotive-ADD issues, and even autocross

Episode 41 - Kontrolle Engineering finished 4th in E1 at the 25 hour race at Thunderhill and "Survived the 25".  We talk with crew chief Justin Ross, 17 year old female driver Natasha Balough, and professional driver Gregory Liefooghe about the race, the conditions, strategy, the spec e46, and a whole lot more on episode 41 of the SlipAngle show.  For more from Kontrolle Engineering, visit https:/...

Episode 40 - We cruise around Buttonwillow Raceway with Danny George.  Danny has run a few season of Formula Drift and has been running time attack events in his drift Miata over the past few season.  He's run at Pike's Peak Twice and has done all sorts of cool stuff.  Listen an as Austin and Danny brainstorm stupid things to do, devise a new way to change lemons and chump racing, talk about the m...

Episode 39 - Austin visits with Master Fabricator Moti from Blackbird Fabworx.  Moti moved to the states from Israel with a love for fabrication and miatas and was able to combine the two into a career.   Listen in as they talk about fabrication, miatas, Legos, where the Blackbird Fabworx name originated and a whole host of other topics.  For more on Blackbird Fabworx, visit http://www.blackbirdfa...

Episode 38 - Austin and Adam are joined by Brad "BRAP" Adams while Austin waits for a flight to Seattle from Indianpolis.  Austin and Brap talk about their quick trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the guys discuss the various aspects involved with towing, along with some hilarious stories centered around towing thanks to an email from listener Blake Chilson from Steamboat Springs, CO, and Adam d...

Episode 37 - John Concialdi is the founder of AEM Performance Electronics.  AEM has been a staple in the tuning scene from nearly the very beginning.  Lawson Mollica is AEM's director of Marketing.  Both have been heavily involved and influential in the modern day tuning culture and have some amazing stories.  Listen in as Austin and Mikey (@mikeyspec) sit down and rehash where AEM has come from a...