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RallyCast Episode 118 – Women in Motorsports with Josie Rimmer, Leanne Junnila, and Karen Jankowski

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis is a special episode in conjunction with Dirtfish and their celebration of Women in Motorsports. In this show your host took a bit of a backseat and let the guests drive the discussion on this important subject. Topics ranged from their personal experiences, ways we as a community can better support and encourage more women to be a part of our rally family, and some of the great things that Dirtfish is doing specifically to expand the coverage of women in our sport.…

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RallyCast Episode 117 – Voices from Sno*Drift 2022

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOne of my favorite things at a rally is to get a quick word with competitors as soon as I can after they finished. You get some of that raw emotion of their success, whether that’s just getting to the finish or winning their class.  Although I wasn’t physically at Sno*Drift, I called up several competitors to get their reactions from this year’s unusually slick event, soon after they slid past the icy finish boards. You’ll hear from overall winner Mark Piatkowski, Regional Overall winner…

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RallyCast Episode 116 – 2021 ARA Champions Travis Pastrana and Rhianon Gelsomino

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode we go to the very sharp end of the ARA field of competitors and chat with Subaru Motorsports USA’s Travis Pastrana and Rhianon Gelsomino. Travis gives us a rather long medical list of why he had to miss Sno*Drift, even though he tried to convince his doctors he could still compete. Rhianon tells us about how much extra work she and Travis are doing to keep a competitive advantage as their closest competition switched to top level WRC machinery, and why…

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RallyCast Episode 114 – Part 1 of What’s New for 2022 with Preston Osborn

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA few weeks back we had a long call with ARA Competition Director Preston Osborn to talk about what’s new for the 2022 season. We had so much to talk about that we felt it best to split it into two episodes. So in this Part 1 we discussed what was learned over the 2021 season and he detailed the new rule changes for 2022 and the reasoning behind them. So grab a nice Sno*Drift chilled beverage from the virtual rally pub we call,…

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RallyCast Episode 113 – East African Safari Classic with Andy Brown of Tuthill Porsche and Co-Driver Alex Gelsomino

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHistoric rallying has really taken off in recent years, but the one event on everyone’s bucket list is the East African Safari Classic. In this episode we talk with Andy Brown, the team principal of Tuthill Porsche, and co-driver Alex Gelsomino who will be competing alongside Ken Block in their first Safari Classic. We chat about the the cars, equipment, and preparation for this week long 5,000 kilometer event that starts February 10th. Follow the event on these social media links Tuthill Porsche    …

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RallyCast Episode 112 – William Petrow and US Rallysport Federation

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode we chat with William Petrow, the Marketing and Promotional director of the new US Rallysport Federation sanctioning body. We get into the nitty gritty about what holes this sanctioning body is designed to fill, the different car classes, and we also get a bit of an update of what’s new at the Broken Motorsports shop. I also drop in some of my thoughts from WRC Monte Carlo last weekend and what I think of the new Rally1 hybrid cars.

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RallyCast Episode 111 – Kyle Tilley

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this Episode we get to know Era Motorsports’ Kyle Tilley. If you haven’t met Kyle yet, I imagine you soon will. It’s hard to imagine a man with this much of a passion for rallying had his first event at Ojibwe Forests Rally just last year. Although he drives everything from LMP2 sports cars at 200MPH and NASCAR Cup cars on circuits, it’s rallying that Kyle loves most and is going all in for 2022. If you want to get in on the…

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RallyCast Episode 110 – Oregon Trail Rally Clerk of the Course AJ Rossiter

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode we chat with Oregon Trail Rally clerk of the course AJ Rossiter. We talk about taking on being a clerk of the course and what it entails, why he’s set aside his helmet and set his sights higher, as well sharing some of our favorite moments from the final round of the ARA championship. You’ll also hear from some of the competitors in this episode that I caught at the end of the first running of the Maryhill Loops stage.

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RallyCast Episode 109 – ARA 2021 National Class Champion Mark Piatkowski

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe often talk about the rally family, but in this episode the term is much more literal. We talked with Mark Piatkowski and his dad Andy Piatkowski about Mark’s road to becoming the new LN4 combined class champion. We discussed his start in rallying, going from NA4 to Super Production and back to NA4, the value of wrenching on your own car, the challenges of getting to rallies across the country while also working a day job, and his decision to go from a…

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