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Episode 284 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode Mike and John discuss the dramatic finish to World Rally Championship round in Spain along with other rally news. In our UMMM section John gives us a fans percpective from his trip to the hurricane soaked US Grand Prix in Austin, which turned out to be one of the greatest F1 races in a long time. We finish up with IndyCar’s 2016 schedule, and show our support for #Shirts4Sage.   In case you missed it, here’s a link to the IndyCar #Shirts4Sage Josef Newgarden…

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Episode 283 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode 283 for Wednesday October 21st 2015. In this episode Jace Tuttle helps review the Mt. Hood Rally while Matt Kalish covers LSPR. We also preview WRC Spain and a few bits of other WRC news. John tells us that Bernie finally admits F1 is broken and Lime Rock Park is fighting to stay in existence.  IndyCar, well it’s nothing but more long, long, silly season. We do however have details on what Derek Walker’s plans were before he gave up and stepped away.   Rally Rally…

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Episode 282 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode 281 for Thursday October 8th 2015 Mike is flying solo on this one, that means its heavy on rally this week.  Rally topics include a review of WRC’s Tour de Corse, the 2016 WRC Calendar, Red Bull GRC Barbados, and the announcement of the first SCCA Rally Sprint in the Pacific Northwest.  Mercedes was back on song and the Grand Prix of Japan while Ganassi tests the new 2016 Ford GT.  IndyCar news is light, as can be expected from such a long off season, but…

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Episode 281 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEpisode 281 for Wednesday September 23rd 2015 Mike, John, and Doug start off with rally and discuss the good and the bad from the world champion manufacturer and we bring up night stages again, this time in regards to spectator safety.  In F1 news, we review the Singapore GP and the Renault, Red Bull, VW schamozzle.  IndyCar news is a little sparse but the tests at Road America look pretty awesome.     And for your viewing enjoyment, check out this video of Reliant Robins racing in the…

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Episode 280 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPodcast #280 for Wednesday, September 16, 2015 It’s a rally heavy episode, as that’s where all the action was last weekend.  We review Rally Australia and give our reasons why night stages should stay in the WRC.  We also review the Red Bull Global Rallycross double header in Los Angeles and hope for a better track in Barbados.  John reviews the Italian GP and other F1 news including word that an American might be back behind the wheel.  And we finish with the commencement of the…

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Op-Ed – Ogier Thinks Night Stages Should be Eliminated

Mike Shaw

Soon to be crowned 3 times consecutive World Rally Champion in his dominant VW Polo R WRC, Sebastien Ogier told  organizers at the end of  Day 2 of the Coates Hire Rally Australia that “night stages increased risk for drivers and provided little for spectators.” He then asked Rally Australia organizers not to include a night stage again as nobody benefited and he said this supposedly on behalf of all WRC drivers. (Thanks to Gary Boyd @KiwiWRCfan for this excerpt)   This is interesting coming from Sebastien Ogier who has been the ongoing…

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Episode 279 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPodcast #279 for Tuesday, September 1, 2015 This week is our IndyCar Season Finale Extrava-Rant-Ganza show.  Our good friend Doug Patterson helps us kick things off with rally and a review of the happenings from Rally America’s penultimate round at the Ojibwe Forests Rally.  If David Higgins had challenges, you know full well most everyone else did too.  After a few bits of WRC and F1 news we focus our attention on IndyCar where we have the return of Open Paddock’s venerable ranter, Shaun Pechin.  We…

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Episode 278 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPodcast #278 for Tuesday, August 4, 2015 After a bit of a summer break, Mike and John are back to cover all the action of rally, rallycross, F1, and IndyCar.  In rally, Mike reviews WRC Germany; the entry list for this weekend’s upcoming Ojibwe Forests Rally; and a short review of Red Bull GRC in DC.  In F1 John takes us through all the action of the Belgian Grand Prix at the famed Spa Francorchamps circuit and the tire controversy.  In IndyCar Doug Patterson joins the team to review the strange…

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Episode 277 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPodcast #277 for Tuesday, August 4, 2015 This week we kick off rally with special guest Dillon Van Way former Rally America Super Production Champion who is now competing internationally in the FIA NACAM Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2.  We also call up our good friend Matt Kalish who was at the Red Bull GRC double header in Detroit.  In our F1 segment we talk about the surprisingly interesting race in Hungary, and then we finish off the show with the return of…

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Episode 276 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPodcast #276 for Tuesday, July 21, 2015 In this week’s podcast we kick off with a detailed report from the New England Forest Rally with special media guest Matt Kalish who was at the “Battle of the Titans” event.  Matt has done motorsports reporting and photography for Rally America, the Red Bull GRC, and more.  Be sure to follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and his web page here.  In our Unexplainable Mixed Malgamation of Motorsports Mayhem section, we mourn the loss of Jules Bianchi and opine that the only…

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