RaceFFpod

New podcast with Mario Mirone. He is a competitor in Gridlife's Club TR class and part of the acuity team. We share our love for 92-95 Honda Civics. We also cover his story from the south of Italy to Japan and the USA we cover a lot of his story leading up to competing in Gridlife. Make sure to follow him on Instagram as rise_vtec.

We have Kaan on the pod cast for dual podcast. We catch up with each other and complain about out project cars (Update, Mine is currently running but its currently leaking transmission fluid). We also find out that Kaan not only nailed one of the trash panda car enthusiast questions but made a rare hat trick. Kaan has a great podcast, and I highly recommend you listen to him if you are not already.

New Jersey's own Jim who is now the Nasa National Director for Spec Miata. We talk about his promotion to his new role. We also talk about New Jersey and the August cross over event with Nasa NE and Nasa Mid Atlantic.

New podcast with Dave from Grim Reaper motorsports. We talk about his start in working building engines and his partnership with Bad guys worldwide. It was a great learning experience to understand more of what is involved when it comes to machining a block properly. Great guy and if you are in the need of someone with his skillset for your project you should give him a ring.

Bill from Garage Heroes in training podcast comes back on and we talk about one of his favorite subjects Tesla model 3's. We talk about my upcoming lemons race, and I finally follow his advice. We also talk about the famous golden mini cooper I helped him purchase from SoCal and how it's different from the Pennsylvania cars he is used to.

On this episode of the podcast, I make good progress om swapping the engine out of the sedan and make progress on the new engine being swapped in. I went go karting and had a not so fun time. Finally, I take a shot at a multi-millionaire podcaster.

The main homie from jersey is back. We catch up with Dillon from Nasa northeast and talk about his new build. We touch on Pontiac Vibes and 30 yr old Hondas. It is always a good time having Dillon on and is just an easy person to talk to. Follow him on his socials under ej2trackrat on Instagram and YouTube.

New episode and yes, I am joining our enduro team on doing the 24hrs of Lemons 25hrs and 1 minute of Thunderhill on May 31. I can hear bill already typing a message to me about getting st43 brake pads. Also I got Togepy's new heart back. I am super excited to get this car back in running order and ready to put our best effort to fight at Gridlife's only west coast event this year.

On this episode we have some Honda Challenge update. I make some progress on project togepy. I talk about my experience helping a car enthusiast feel more confident about driving their S2000.

On this episode I get the transmission That was in project Togepy fixed (hopefully) and back together. I fix the halfway fix for the rear door handle, and I talk about my current problem with a Rad no being Rad.

New podcast I sadly have to update my Honda challenge update and have to figure out a new way of getting race information since the fall of race hero app. Little struggles but making headway on the sedan that is now up and running for the most part decently well.

A Solo episode for this episode. On this episode I give updates on project Togepi and explain current little issues I have ran into. I give some build updates and some updates on the GX470. I also flex and become a bit of a hipster talking about taking my trip to Japan back to where I studied abroad at.

New podcast with Meng Tae. I have met and hung out with this guy so many track event and we finally made time to come on the podcast. With an impressive resume from being on driving line driver battle and winning at least 2 of his appearances to working with a drift legend Ken Gushi. We talk about both having hatches and why Italian food in Japan is great.

New episode with Roger Maeda of US Touring car challenge. We talked about US Touring car challenge and how his car fits int to the classing system. We talk about his love for his prelude.

New podcast with some of the most passionate racers of the spec3 class Taylor and Sean. We talk about the start and our opinion of how affordable the class is. It is such an easy podcast to have passionate people but also those who have the same cost-effective mindset. They are not FF people but anyone who sends in used oil for warranty has a special place in my heart.

Green flag! On today's podcast I have on the homie from the Mid-Atlantic and host of The Blind Apex Podcast. We talk about rules and how you should try and get into a class. we also shout out under recognized classes in NASA pro racing that should be bigger than they currently are. Khan is also planning on going to the NJMP crossover event so make sure you bring your forms to contest him.

Update on the fires in SoCal and one that got really close to my home. I was able to get the engine out of my H4 Honda challenge car but I did break something, and I did some sketchy s@*t to get it done.

On this episode I do a little update on the he fires here in SoCal and try and put some context of the areas affected. We also have some updates to project Togepy receiving the engine from my H4 race car gloomy. Again if you are able to donate to any charities or go fundme in SoCal for victims of the fires they will need all the help they can get.

On todays podcast I have on the 2nd 2024 Sundae cup finisher Sam Dueling. Sam is a tech inspector for Gridlife and a mechanic with Abbott performance (specializing on Subarus). We talk about his move into becoming a mechanic and then moving into the motorsport's competition side. It was great working with Sam and I'm looking FWD to him back at Laguna Festival 2025.

Shared episode with Slip angle, Adam and I talked about the last Gridlife event of 2024 at Thunderhill. We share some interesting stories, and we found out if he is a trash panda car enthusiast. Honestly, it's such a humbling experience to go from listening to Slip Angle while working on wheel bearings with my cousin Jorge to now having one of my episodes being used for slip angle. Adam and the Gridlife community have been such a great home for me and I am honored to be a small part of it. Thank you Adam and the Gridlife Organization for allowing me to be a part of it.

On this episode I have on a listener who Drove his track car from the east coast to the west coast. Known on Instagram as Astrocreepspedshack Brian (if I'm not mistaken) the driver of caprice. We recorded this in front of 7-11 on Christmas day. We had a memorable conversation, and I'm still super humbled to be credited even in a small part for this man undertaking trip to the west coast.

On this podcast I have on someone who's we share strong counterpoint skills. Miguel DSM is a youtuber who is beginning his track journey but is coming from a strong enthusiast background. We first met and hung out at Gridlife laguna Festival and he is a genially good hang. I am Grateful to have been part of the interviews he did for Riaction and look FWD to seeing him with his ek hatch track build. Follow Miguel DSM on YouTube and all his socials.

On today's podcast I have on the legendary KDM tuners own Josh. He is half of KDM tuners. We talk about his start in the import market and moving into the Korean car market. Josh is one of the few making performance engines for the first gen Kia's and Hyundai's and can help you with your performance needs.

New episode out now and I talk about cleaning up before I make another mess. Also What is your lock in snacks? Then I talk about the provisional rules to sundae cup.

On this podcast I finally work on project Togepy and work on prepping for the new engine build and I find out if the head is salvageable. Also talk about cleaning and the sale of Big Willow raceway.

On today's podcast I have Joel Reyes from Riaction coilovers. This was a big of an interesting one since we had a peanut gallery from Carlos, Meng and many more in the Motel 6 at willows outside of Thunderhill raceway.

On this episode Carlos and I help Khaaaaan with some content. We talk about a gatekeeping the word "racing". We touch on why sundae cup to me, is such a great class. We talk about a lot time attack and W2W.

On todays podcast I have on Chris Vera from Honda Challenge Northeast and part of project one motorsports. Chris moved from drag racing to now doing W2W racing and fought for 2nd place in the 2024 NE H2 reginal championship. Chris is a genuinely good dude, and I look forward to seeing next time I go east. If you need parts make sure to hit up project one motorsports.

On today's podcast I have on Jon from Ninety one octane. We talk about the eerily identical situation we are in with 2 blown engine cars and having another car with the same engine. We talk about his podcast coming to a close updates on his M3 project and a special challenge to a famous east coast podcast...

On this episode of the podcast, I cover my trip to Up garage's first store in the USA. Is all 13,000 dollars' worth of Recaro's or is there options for cost effective people like me. I also cover the Reginal Championships for Honda Challenge and the Northeast battel for 1st place being only 10 points separating p1 and p2.

On this episode I catch up with the homie Carlos Valenzuela aka CVR49 on Instagram. Since I gave him the Irish goodbye at laguna this was the first time we had a chance to talk about the event. As always, we talked about much more from his love the s2000 to thoughts on moving from California.

On this episode I go over the much need Honda Challenge update and talk about the progress or lack of progress on the engine swap for project togepy.

Oh boy do we have updates. Project togepy first time out on track and we see if its even competitive. I give a recap of Gridlife Laguna Seca and what a roller coaster it was.

On this episode I cover my recent bout with rona, why i have fallen behind on project togepy and what issues I foresee at laguna seca. I also talk about Nasa National championships.

On this episode of I have on Gridlife club TR class competitor Evan Mclaren. Evan drives a k24 swapped integra and is part of the Acuity team and has been featured on multiple media for fortune auto coil overs and Falken tires. Evan also tells a story that get his certified trash panda car enthusiast in one shot.

On today's episode I have one of my favorite YouTube stars Dave Pratte. Dave is a fellow wrong wheel drive enthusiast, and we talk about dirking in Japan with Tarzan Yamada, blowing up at TODA build GSR at Big willow. We also talk about his start and how he came to be in this space. Dave is honestly a down to earth person that was joy to have on. Make sure to watch all new episodes of speed Acadamy every Saturday.

On this episode I cover the HC update and the lime rock update to shout out some of the racers I have had the pleasure of meeting at Pit race 2023 nationals. I also give some updates on project Togepy and why it's good to keep things simple and not be too fancy.

On todays podcast all the way from Germany I have on Martin also known as timeattack_ej1 on Instagram. I learn a lot about German time attack and we share our love of single jingle d series. I learn a lot about what time attack in Germany and how Martin keeps his track car alive and well. I had blast talking to Martin and we will for sure catch up again I feel I have only scratched the surface with this podcast.

On this episode I give on update on the sundae cup car and even though I have not made as much progress as I would have liked to make things are moving along quite well. I also Give my 2 cents about if Sundae cup is or is not time attack given

super humbled to have Emillio and Ed from 949 racing. We talk about the return of the legendary 949 6ul racing wheel. IMO one of the most iconic 15in 4x100 wheels you can run on a golden era Honda. We touch on Emillio's racing and the creation of the 949 wheel the stop in production and a bit of how it compares to the competition. Emillio and Ed made this an easy podcast and I can't wait until I see the main office.

On this episode we cover the Honda Challenge update and I give some updates on project Togepi. I also talked about something most car people hit every once in a while, and that is dwindling motivation.

On the podcast today is Jackie from the northeast NASA. We talk about big changes in terms of the end of her 516 EG hatch and we get a breaking update on her new race car. We also found out if she is a certified trash panda car enthusiast. I always enjoy talking to Jackie and having her on and hopefully soon hanging out with her in person.

On this episode I cover the long-delayed Honda Challenge update. We talk about the long the 8th gen civic being sold and moving on with project Togepi. It is bittersweet to see it go but I will be fully focused on getting Togepi ready hopefully for Laguna Seca.

Charles Sharp comes on the podcast, Race instructor and SoCal NASA Head of Spec 944 and also a good friend comes on the podcast. Chuck is someone who showed me a method and a set up I tried my best to emulate with having 1 car and 2 drivers. I also have chuck on to talk strategy on how to understand my future competition in the GT7 class with Porsche owners club. Chuck is a truly good human and It was a joy to have a conversation with him. If you want to learn how to w2w a spec 944 he can be a great recourse for you.

GYM! on today's podcast I have on another fan of cost-effective racing and an all-around good person Jim. We talk about his love for his new tow rig and I Deview a new segment called working title for now but trash car peeps. Not related to are you garbage podcast but heavily influenced from it.

On this episode I step outside of my comfort zone to talk to Steve the man behind AKD who makes AWD conversions for golden era Hondas and beyond. This was such a good conversation and I felt I learned a lot about a subject I knew little to nothing about.

On this episode I talk about the story of my flight nightmare going to hyper fest. The 8th gen civic si is now for sale and we now begin the move to project Togepi.

On this episode I have on Jim from sundae cup known on Instagram as Smitholine. We talk how going from an ap1 s2000 to a fit was not a downgrade, how fits can help you find the limit on faster cars, and conspiracy theories about Garths Brooks. I really enjoyed our conversation and the pressure to go out to a Gridlife Midwest festival is the highest and tightest it has ever been.

In this special joint podcast with the guys from the ninety one octane podcast we talk about Hyper fest and touch on some of the shenanigans from the event. if you would like to see the video, please check out the the ninetyone octane YouTube channel.

Back on the pod is Jackie from Jackies Corner podcast. We talked about what she has been up to changes she has done to her EG and we give our now consistent incorrect analysis for who will have the fastest lap at Hyperfest. Make sure follow her podcast and if you need coaching she is available.

On this episode I talk about the Gridlife event at Big willow. The Honda challenge update. I talk about how I am Hyped4Hyperfest and a little about how testing went for the team topak event it did not go well for me spoiler alert.