Vintage Racing Podcast on iTunes or our web site

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On Christmas Day, 2015, I launched the Vintage Racing Podcast, with my good friend and collaborator, Dave Vegher. The intended audience is past or current vintage racers, race car owners and crew, enthusiasts and spectators of vintage racing (including those who don't know much about the history of the cars or drivers), as well as vintage sports car collectors.

Many here on ApexSpeed may know my co-host, Dave, past winner of 3 national championships and other awards, renowned U.S. race engine builder, and preparer of winning vintage racecars at his Veloce Motors West shop in Petaluma, California. I am not a racer, but am an enthusiast of vintage racing, and an avid vintage sports car enthusiast (I currently own 2 Lotus Elans - S3 and S4 - and other vintage cars).

We have a great web site, shown below, which is home base for our podcast, and where you can subscribe to the RSS feed to be automatically notified when new episodes are posted. The web site also has some great photos from the shop and track, as well as listeners' cars, and helpful links and resources. The podcast episodes are available on iTunes - just search for Vintage Racing Podcast.

We are covering the various racing groups - CSRG, SVRA, VARA, etc., and discussing the various racing categories - FV, FF, FA, F1, Sports Racing, etc. We'll also talk about vintage street cars; selecting, collecting, maintaining, and more. We also plan to interview many of the local vintage race drivers, mechanics, and luminaries.

We have released 12 episodes to date, with #13 to be released on April 19 - part 2 of my conversation with Dan Marvin. Other interview guests include Ethan Shippert, Phil Reilly, and of course, Dave, who has been putting me in touch with his friends and colleagues in the sport for upcoming episodes.

Cheers,

Greg Tatarian

greg@vintageracingpodcast.com
http://vintageracingpodcast.com
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...073365636?mt=2

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Part 2 of my conversation with Dan Marvin has been released - please check it out.

Cheers,

Greg


greg@vintageracingpodcast.com
http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Please stop by our web site and check out the latest episode - Dave and Ethan talk about a few of their favorite race tracks, and racing in rain.
Cheers,
Greg

greg@vintageracingpodcast.com
http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Joining me for Part 1 of a two-part conversation is Howden Ganley, one of four New Zealand racing drivers who have scored World Championship points. Howden competed in 41 World Championship Formula One Grand Prix races, earning 10 championship points, and stood on the podium at LeMans, and in Can-Am races.

Howden was not only a skilled driver in many different cars and race series – he was a skilled mechanic, engineer, race car developer, businessman, husband and partner to his wife Judy, honoree of the Howden Ganley Formula 5000 Festival in New Zealand in 2015, member of the board of the British Racing Driver’s Club and Road Racing Driver’s Club, Vice President of the Grand Prix Driver’s Club, and honoree on New Zealand’s Wall of Fame in 2013.

Check out Howden Ganley’s book – The Road to Monaco – 448 pages of history, stories of racing and race car development, his friendships and racing teams, packed with photographs that help tell his story.

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Cheers,

Greg greg@vintageracingpodcast.com

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Greetings,
Part 2 of my conversation with Howden Ganley was released this morning. Please check it out.
Cheers,
Greg

http://vintageracingpodcast.com
greg@vintageracingpodcast.com

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Hello,
Joining me for my latest episode released Thursday, May 26, is Rick Parent, National Technical Director of SVRA. The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival is just around the corner at Sonoma Raceway – June 2-5, 2016. The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association is celebrating Formula Fords this year, one of the most ubiquitous and affordable classes of cars. Rick discusses the upcoming event, recent rule changes for Formula Ford within the organization, and the expected high turnout of participants this year. Rick also shares his long-time background with race cars and fabrication.
Cheers,
Greg

http://vintageracingpodcast.com
greg@vintageracingpodcast.com

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I haven't watched any of 'em.........but along the lines of the general idea spoken by the Random Chaos Math character in the original Jurassic Park movie who asked when he hadn't seen any yet on his tour ........."Uh, we are going to have dinosaurs on this dinosaur tour?"

As opposed to simply watching a couple of people wax nostalgic about the good ol' days.....Uh, there will be coverage/broadcast/footage-at-least of current season Vintage races?

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These are audio podcasts, not video, and while they are intended to cover a lot of ground, both past and present, they are not intended to provide coverage of current race results. That's probably a great idea for someone else to run with, though.

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Jerry Kehoe joins Greg for part 1 of a 2-part conversation. Jerry talks about his start in club racing in 1971, his cars, including a Lotus 51, Ralt, Brabham, and a March 87b with modifications, that he has raced now for 10 years. Jerry talks about learning how to set up a race car, learning how to nickel-bronze weld, and racing at different tracks around the U.S. Jerry also talks about taking pride in one's race car preparation, and shares his thoughts on Formula Fords, Sports 2000 race cars, and the rising costs of vintage racing.

Visit us at: http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Picking up where we left off with vintage and club racer Jerry Kehoe, Greg and Jerry talk about Jerry's Triumph TR3, British vintage cars, the high cost of vintage and club racing, and disappearance of many things mechanical in our highly technical age. Jerry and Greg talk about welding, and muse about the dearth of good auto parts counter workers. Lots more in this episode, so please check it out.
Visit us at: http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Join Greg and Dave at Dave's shop for another fast-paced and topic-filled conversation as they talk about the upcoming at that time Elkhart Lake vintage races, the cars from the shop being raced that weekend, and the famous bratwurst! Dave and Greg also discuss the changing economics of vintage racing - the cars that are getting more expensive, and the ones that are still affordable for the racer without unlimited funds. Greg asks Dave about the June SVRA event held at Sonoma Raceway, where Ethan won the Formula Ford class, and they talk about the upcoming Monterey Motorsports Reunion event, and the interesting cars from the shop that will be racing there. Switching gears, Dave talks about how to prevent and cure engine oil leaks in Alfa Romeo engines, and they discuss potential rule changes in the Formula Atlantic category to allow later cars, and the effects that would have. Finally, Dave gives an introduction to a future guest - Willy Stryker, metalworker extraordinaire!
Check us out at http://vintageracingpodcast.com
greg@vintageracingpodcst.com

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Greg chats by phone with Ethan Shippert, recently returned from the race meet at Elkhart Lake, where he drove previous guest Phil Reilly's Brabham BT44 Formula One car, and provided track support services for a client's Porsche. Ethan also tells Greg about the SVRA Formula Ford and Club Ford celebration at Sonoma Raceway in June, where he raced a Crossle, and talks about some major maintenance and restoration on the car. Ethan also talks about tires, different FF cars, the talents of another wonderful previous Vintage Racing Podcast guest, Dan Marvin, and much, much more.

Visit us at: http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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This time around, I talk with Henk Boverhuis, lead technical inspector for the CSRG, and tech inspector for other vintage race organizations. Henk has a long history of working on race cars, going back to his days with the Griswold Company, his own shops in Berkeley, a long stint at Fantasy Junction, and years of working on clients’ race cars. Henk tells us about his own racing days, and some of his favorite race cars. Henk and I discuss the upcoming CSRG Charity Challenge race meet at Sonoma Raceway, September 30 through October 2, 2016, with a focus on the technical inspection process, the checklist for racers to fill out, how to save time and avoid delays, and key safety concerns to be addressed during the tech inspections.

Check out: http://www.csrgracing.org/contentpage.aspx?Id=7022#11th CSRG Charity Challenge

Thanks for joining us!

http://vintageracingpodcast.com
greg@vintageracingpodcast.com

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We're back! We've had a work-induced delay in bringing you great conversations with interesting and entertaining participants in vintage racing and vintage car collecting. In this episode, Greg talks with CSRG President and vintage racer Locke de Bretteville. Locke tells us about his start in club racing back in the 1970s, working at Huffaker Engineering, lists some of his race cars and a LOT of old friends and colleagues in the racing field. Part 1 brings Locke's story up to the 1990s, and Part 2 will cover lots more, up to today, with a great story about how he found his current racecar, a 1969 Palliser-Winkelmann WDB2. Since Part 1 is coming out just 5 days before the final race of the 2016 season for CSRG, Locke tells listeners all about the upcoming race at Thunderhill.

Please visit our website at: http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Please stop by our web site and check out my latest Vintage Racing Podcast episode with Shawn Thomas, master mechanic responsible for maintaining and restoring the significant vintage car collection of Tom Price. Shawn is also owner of a dirt track sprint car race team, and vintage car collector himself. Shawn shares his early years as a youngster learning how to work on cars and all thing mechanical, building his first race engine at age 12, a Ford 289 for his amateur race car driver dad, his long association with dirt track cars, his own Bristol car collection, and some of the iconic and remarkable vintage cars that he works on for Tom Price (Alfas, Ferraris, and much more).

Cheers,

Greg

greg@vintageracingpodcast.com
http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Happy Holidays, and best wishes for a great New Year!

Please enjoy our latest slideshow and commentary episode to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. Greg thanks his friend Dave, and all of his guests over the past year, while some great images of vintage race cars, cool race motors, and Vintage Racing Podcast guests fill the screen. You'll also meet Cozzie, Greg's recent rescue dog, named after, of course, Cosworth!

Working hard to bring you more great conversations with racers, owners, mechanics, builders, and collectors, so please stay tuned, and visit our website at: http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Welcome to this episode of Vintage Racing Podcast, featuring Jeff Kline, a hugely talented and successful race car driver who started in club racing in the 1960’s, and then quickly established himself as a skillful, winning race car driver, which led to sponsorships and driving roles with factory teams in a wide range of racing series. Jeff continues to drive a bunch of different race cars in vintage racing series around the country and at iconic tracks around the world.

Some of the roughly 100 racecars Jeff has driven include Mazdas, Porsches, Alfa Romeos, Jaguars, Ginetta G4, Ford GT40 Mk IV, IMSA Spice Cars, and Ferraris. Jeff has driven in IMSA Camel Lights, IMSA Camel GTP, 24 Hour of LeMans, Long Beach Grand Prix, and at Riverside, Road America, and more. Jeff is a 2X class winner at the Daytona 24 Hour endurance race and 3X class winner at the Sebring 12 Hour race. As a vintage racer, Jeff has raced at Goodwood and Monaco, and other iconic tracks.

This episode presents part 1 of a 2-part conversation, where we learn about Jeff’s early years in Club racing with friends, leading quickly to his factory racing sponsorships, all with numerous wins. There’s lots more history and stories by Jeff in both part of our conversation, so please enjoy this episode, and look for Part 2 with Jeff Kline in the next several days.

Also, please head to our web site at http://vintageracingpodcast.com and navigate to the Photo Gallery page for a look at several great photos of some of the cars Jeff has raced over the past decades.

If you would like to submit photos of your vintage race or street cars to be included on our web site, would like to submit comments, or suggest someone who would like to be a guest on the Vintage Racing Podcast, please email me at greg@vintageracingpodcast.com or contact me through the web site. If you are enjoying these podcast conversations, please tell your friends, racing buddies, and anyone you know who you think would also dig them!

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Just released - Part 2 with Jeff Kline!

If you didn’t catch Part 1, please start there before listening to this episode. Part 1, by the way, is the most-downloaded episode of Vintage Racing Podcast since it began in December of 2015. I want to thank all of you listeners for following the podcast, and for telling your friends and colleagues about it. If you haven’t yet, please do so. Producing this podcast does cost me money and takes time, so it is worth continuing only if interest continues to spread to others who love vintage racing, race cars, and vintage street cars, and want to learn more about them and the folks who race, build, maintain and love them.

When Jeff and I left off last time, I had just asked him which three cars he has enjoyed racing the most during his career, and why. I think you’ll find the answers interesting, because each was chosen for different reasons. Not surprising, really, since as we learn, Jeff’s versatility and ability to quickly adapt have served him well throughout his racing life. I ask Jeff to help listeners better understand his versatility with cars, tracks, and short vs. endurance races. Jeff shares some of his experiences while racing pre-war cars like an Alfa Romeo 12C-37 at Monaco.

We move on to Jeff’s interest in vintage street cars, with the two of us comparing notes on cars we’ve mutually owned, before moving on to some of Jeff’s favorite race tracks, and what about them he likes so much.

We also talk about Ray Thompson’s Ginetta G4 that Jeff frequently races, along with a discussion of some inconsistencies of eligibility rules in some clubs, vintage racing on a track with a wide range of driver’s skill, from new amateur to ex-professionals, and how he handles that.

Finally, we wind our way back to comparing notes on our own vintage and contemporary sports and performance cars, and a short list of Jeff’s anticipated race schedule for 2017. It’s the perfect second half of what has been a fun, informative conversation so far, so please sit back (or get on your bike as Jeff does), and listen to Part 2 with Jeff Kline.

Cheers,

Greg
http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Just released - a conversation with Dave at Veloce Motors West on a cold Saturday morning. As the propane heaters struggle to keep us warm, I ask Dave to weigh in on what’s new at the shop, and his views on the future opportunities for the younger generation in vintage race engine building and race car preparation. Dave shares his thoughts on what it takes to be successful in this specialized, competitive field.

If you know someone who you think other listeners would like to hear on the podcast, please let me know. And please tell a friend to subscribe to Vintage Racing Podcast, and subscribe to our web blog by heading to left side menu on the web site, and selecting “Entries RSS”. I've also posted some photos from the shop - head to the Photo Gallery Page.

Cheers,

Greg
greg@vintageracingpodcast.com
http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Today I am very pleased to present Conrad Stevenson, of Conrad Stevenson Restorations in Berkeley, California.

Conrad is a real car nut with serious skills as a restoration artist, has hand-fabricated vintage Alfa Romeo bodies, and brought many Alfas and other Italian cars to concours beauty. Conrad is also a participant of many famous vintage car rallies, and has provided mechanical support services for the California Mille since 1991.

Don’t let that lead you to believe Conrad is a snob; he is also an enthusiastic participant in the 24 Hours of LeMons in his Ecurie Ecrappe Alfa Spider.

In our conversation, Conrad shares his early influences leading to a life of cars, and talks about his friends, collaborators and valued clients who share his goals and vision for his high standards of workmanship.

Conrad tells us about his experiences in the La Carrera Panamericana, and why he has so thoroughly enjoyed this event. We also talk about the future of vintage car racing and collecting, how to elevate the interest and involvement of the younger generation, and how we can get the most out of our own experiences with our cars.

Visit http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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With a career spanning 5 decades, my conversation with successful race car driver, Rick Knoop, is only the tip of the iceberg. Here we learn about many of the wide variety of race cars he’s driven, many of the co-drivers with whom he’s shared a cockpit (Rick is at home with sprints as with endurance races), and Rick shares some of his philosophy on racing, and importantly, keeping a car on the track and in the race until the finish.


Rick presents little sidebars and story gems that help paint the picture of his racing days, past and present (be sure to search the internet for videos of Rick driving the 1972 McLaren M8F, and his Pikes Peak Hill Climb footage).


This is a long conversation, so I’m splitting it up into two episodes. If you listen to part one, you will definitely want to also listen to part two, because there is a LOT covered in each episode.


A big thank you goes out to Jeff Kline, who has been helping me line up new guests for upcoming conversations! Jeff’s episodes are among the most-often downloaded of all here at Vintage Racing Podcast – check them out if you haven’t already.

http://vintageracingpodcast.com


Greg Tatarian

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Joining me today is Roger Mandeville, one of IMSA’s most dominant racecar drivers in the 1970’s and 1980s, and raced professionally for 26 years. Roger began his professional career in 1971, starting with an Open Kadett, then a Ford Pinto, even an AMC Pacer, but became inextricably linked with Mazdas. Roger has been known not only as a winning race driver and team owner, but as an eminent rotary engine builder for 40 years.


Roger spent most of his career in endurance races, with a few longer sprint races whenever they occurred on the IMSA schedule. At his race team’s peak, Mandeville Racing Enterprises ran two cars and several drivers, and during his professional career, Roger has raced in around 200 events.


In this episode, we learn about Roger’s start in racing, his early years racing Mazdas which later developed into some factory support, as he moved up the ladder from RS-2s to RX-7s, and ever-increasing horsepower and road speeds.


Although he is modest about his contributions to the development of the Mazda rotary engine, listeners will get a good idea in this episode just some of his accomplishments that keep Roger in demand as a rotary race engine builder. We go into some technical detail about 2 rotor, 3 rotor, and 4 rotor engines.


After retiring from professional racing, Roger drove vintage cars from the Briggs Cunningham collection; he tells us about his favorite race car from those years, and he also tells us about some of his many co-drivers, some of his toughest competitors, and his favorite tracks.


My web site includes a number of links to Roger’s race cars and racing career, and Roger and his wife Nancy kindly supplied several photographs you’ll want to see, so please visit:


http://vintageracingpodcast.com


where you’ll also be able to find all of our podcast episodes, and much more.


Thanks for joining us!

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Joining me this time is Jeff Kline - hugely successful past professional race car driver, and now active vintage race car driver - and previous guest in January of this year. This time around, Jeff shares his experiences at the Weathertech International Challenge with Brian Redman at Road America at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. However, this time around, Jeff’s fortunes at the race ended early with a failed engine, and Jeff will tell us about that. Jeff and I also catch up on general classic car talk, so be sure to listen in.

Please visit http://vintageracingpodcast.com

greg@vintageracingpodcast.com

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I just released Part 1 of a long conversation with John Higgins, ex-professional racer, longtime vintage racer.

John calls himself just a used car dealer, but he owns what was the nation’s first standalone pre-owned Lexus dealership, building it into a $55 million business that carries new, pre-owned, and lease vehicles, and has grown ever since he and Bobby Rahal first joined forces to start the company. He later bought out Bobby Rahal’s interest, and both his business, and his past and present racing activities have been the topic of many press interviews. John is also a member of the prestigious Road Racing Driver’s Club.

John’s races include a bunch of IMSA events, 12 or 13 Daytona 24-hour races, at least that many events at Sebring, Camel Light races and many, many more. For many of those years, he and Chip Mead were co-drivers, but John shared wheel duties with a list of other professional and amateur drivers (John tells us a funny story about a certain celebrity driver).

By his calculation, John has driven in 573 race and vintage race events, often in more than one class per race! His long list of races is almost equaled by his long list of race cars, just a few of which include the Fabcar Camel Light car, a bunch of Porsches, including the 1969 LeMans winning 910 now residing in the Bruce Myers collection. John still races one of the only 6 center-steer 718 RSKs ever built, in which he and his cohorts have won dozens of vintage races, and which also won a best in class award at the Amelia Island Concours. John is also a car collector, and he shares his philosophy of car selection that many of us can relate to.

As always, I want to thank all of you listeners of Vintage Racing Podcast for your support and encouragement. Please tell your friends about the podcast, and tell others about it at your next race event. I don’t participate in social networking, so word of mouth and positive reviews on iTunes are important. Also, a big thank you to John for this interview, and to Jeff Kline for his time and energy to promote Vintage Racing Podcast, and for asking his friends and colleagues to participate.


Thanks for listening!


Greg Tatarian


greg@vintageracingpodcast.com
http://vintageracingpodcast.com

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Up next is part 2 of my long interview with the entertaining, talented, and interesting John Higgins. If you listened to part 1, you will have heard a bunch of great stories about John’s pro racing years, and transition into vintage racing. Also, be sure to check my web site blog post from August 11 for more thoughts John shared after our conversation.


In Part 2, John and I bop around from topic to topic and back; we talk about his favorite aspects of racing during the day, and vintage racing over these past many years. Then, John shares his thoughts and interests in vintage car collecting. We cover Triumph TR4s and TR6s, Lotus Elans, motorcycles, and more. We discuss pros and cons of vintage car auctions, investing in vintage cars, and the modern trend towards self-driving and all-electric vehicles.


John shares his plans for upcoming races at the 24 Hr. of Daytona in the Fabcar Porsche, GT3 Cup Car, and a Carrera, and then he shares a funny story about a vintage race at Daytona a couple of years ago that epitomize the passion behinds the grassroots level of vintage motorsports! After that, it’s stories about Bobby Rahal, Tommy Kendall, Judy Stropus, and I talk about the many commonalities and connections so many Vintage Racing Podcasts guests share with each other, and John shares how he feels about the importance of these long-term relationships. We also talk about John’s inductance into the Road Racing Drivers’ Club.
You can see why it took two episodes to cover the wide range of topics John Higgins had to share with all of us. I want to thank John again for taking the time to join us here at the podcast.


Head to my web site to check out the new batch of photos John provided: http://vintageracingpodcast.com

Please tell your friends and colleagues about Vintage Racing Podcast, and please rate us highly on iTunes.

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My most recent guest is Ed Swart, who began his race career in the mid-1950s driving in International Rallies and karting in his homeland of the Netherlands, He was soon racing in road races at Zandvoort, and by 1964, Ed started his own racing team – Scuderia Auto Swart, which ran in FIA-Touring Car Challenge events in Europe, racing Fiat and Fiat-Abarth race cars. Ed won many FIA touring car races in 1964 and 1965, at which time the name was changed to Racing Team SAS, and that opened the door to factory support by Abarth.

In 1969, with team member Rein Zwolsmann, the team won commercial sponsorship from pirate radio station Radio Veronica, and the team became Team Radio Veronica. Later, again with Rein Zwolsmann, Ed started the Canon Racing Team, with major sponsorship from the Canon company.

Ed tells us of the hundreds of vintage and historic races he’s driven here in the States, as well as Europe, and South Africa. Ed has raced at 87 different tracks in 20 countries, in over 50 types of race cars, including Fiat-Abarths, various Chevrons, Ferraris, Lola T400 F5000, Shadow DN9B, and more.

Ed shares the strong organizational skills that his father used to organize Dutch rallies, and which have served him well through his many roles as Race Director, Clerk of Course, Chief Steward for the FIA, Chief Steward for SVRA, and owner for 13 years of HSR-West. Ed is completing a book about his history and racing life and experiences, which should hopefully be released early 2018.

In this conversation, we also talk about some of his favorite race cars, examples of his “never give up” attitude, and his penchant for mixing his hobbies with business.

Visit: http://vintageracingpodcast.com

Now on Google Play Music for Android users!!

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Have you listened to Part 1 of my conversation with ex-IMSA racer David Cowart? Then you’ll want to be sure to hear the rest of this great interview. There’s a bunch more we didn’t cover in the first part, so sit down and listen to the rest of our conversation.

David tells us much more about the successful IMSA career he shared with Kenper Miller with sponsorship from Red Lobster, and goes into detail about the March 82G and 83G cars they developed to run with either Chevy or Turbo BMW engines, thanks to their talented crew chief Jack Darren. With 750 horsepower in a 2000 lb. car, the car was a handful. I also talked with David about his stint as a race driving instructor, and his approach to teaching valuable lessons to aspiring drivers.

David and Kenper retired from professional racing in the late 1980s, and then moved into vintage racing, first with an ex-John Surtees Lola T70, and then with another M1, and later, both the Chevy-March, and the Turbo Porsche March.

David was inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame, and was a panelist for BMW’s celebration of decades of racing in the U.S., along with Brian Redman, David Hobbs, and several other famous race car drivers. With partner Charles Menez, David promoted the 12 Hours of Sebring race for about 5 years.

My thanks to David for a great conversation, and again to his fellow Road Racing Drivers Club member, Vintage Racing Podcast subject and helper, and talented winning race car driver, Jeff Kline.

If you have been enjoying these podcasts, please tell your friends to subscribe on iTunes and subscribe to our RSS feed through our web site so you get notified of news and developments. Also, please leave positive ratings and reviews on iTunes. How do you do that? First, launch Apple’s Podcast app, then tap the search tab. Enter Vintage Racing Podcast, then tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the VRP graphic, then the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom, enter your iTunes password to login, then tap all 5 Stars to leave a rating. You can enter title text and content to leave a review, and then tap Send. I know, it’s a lot, but you only have to do it once to show a little love for all the effort it takes to bring these to you.

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And finally, we are now on Google Play Music, for Android devices.

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Tom Cotter is not just a writer, though he’s on his 16^th book, but a director of public relations for Charlotte Motor Speedway, owner of what became the largest motorsports marketing agency in the world, a judge at Amelia Island and many other venues, President of the group that tried to bring Formula 1 to the U.S. some years back, contributor and columnist for auto magazines, tour and event organizer, and star of Hagerty Insurance’s Barn Find Hunter, just to name a few of his accomplishments.
More than that, Tom’s been a car fanatic since his childhood, and in this episode, we learn about his 1939 Ford Woody wagon that he’s owned since he was 15 years old, and which serves as a useful tool, that he talks about when we discuss strategies for finding old cars. And that is what many listeners will know Tom Cotter for best; his Barn Find Road Trip book series, and his Barn Find Hunter video series.
In this episode, we talk about his books, including several biographies, his previous careers in the automotive and racing industry, where to find old cars, why people hoard cars, how to succeed in buying old cars, the future of car collecting and the driving experience, and I ask him what his toughest challenge has been to date, and his most rewarding.
Thank you, Tom, and thanks to you listeners.
greg@vintageracingpodcast.com
http://vintageracingpodcast.com
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Are these podcasts still available anywhere to download/listen to? I found the list of episodes while doing some research on a car I'm restoring, and I'd love to hear some of these?

Thanks,
Alex