Episode 239 – OpenPaddock.net

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe got the band back together! Mike, Doug, Mike, and John are all present to rant, rave, and opine about F1’s new rims, NASCAR owners taking cue from FOTA, we review the IndyCar and IndyLights races from Pocono and preview Iowa, and take a look at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. OpenPaddock.net Podcast – Episode #239 for Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 Preview Misc – F1 @ Silverstone, Unionizing NASCAR, Karram flirts with tin tops, Formula E first full test IndyCar – Pocono, Dallara fixing…

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Episode 238 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFearless Leader Mike Whitesell and the ever intrepid John Olsakovsky holdown the fort as Shaw and Patterson attend to real life issues. Formula 1 gets relegated to circus status until they get their act together, the IndyCar Houston Grand Prix offered two extremely different races and is now off to Pocono, and the boys relay Shaw’s comments on the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, the Mt. Washington Hill Climb, and Rally Poland. OpenPaddock.net Podcast, Episode 238 – Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Summer angst and illness…

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Episode 237 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Mikes and John discuss the news and rumors surrounding the 2015 IndyCar schedule, Doug joins late for the Houston GP preview and to preview the Pro Mazda race at Houston. Mr. Shaw takes us through a LOT of rally news, a review of GRC in DC, and previews of the Pikes Peak and Mt. Washington hill climbs, and WRC’s Rally Portugal. Mr. Whitesell wraps up the show with a review of the Austrian GP and the new circus-style rumors for the 2015 F1…

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Episode 236 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMike, Mike, and John carry on this week as Doug is away to a conference. That means a sub 2-hour show without the Professor rambling on and on. Here’s what’s on tap this week: Le Mans – A Brief Review IndyCar – Bourdais fined, JV thinks IndyCar is just swell now Rally – Ken Block Podiums in Hell, Radical WRC revamp to go ahead, GRC DC Preview Formula 1 – Ferrari wants apple and google to fix F1 because the prancing horse isn’t winning,…

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Episode 235 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOpenPaddock.net Podcast – Episode #235 for Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 IndyCar Double file restarts dropped for rest of season Texas Review More downforce than last year flaming Marco out early Wilson/Bourdais (lap 121) come together… probably Bourdais’ fault Huertas loops it in pit lane on the yellow RHR’s woes continue with oil pressure problems (lap 138) (lap 182) Ed passes Power for the lead as Will suffers understeer and lapped traffic. Last pit stop and Power incurs pit speed violation which leaves Ed +12s…

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Episode 234 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe ever awesome and entertaining Chris Duplessis joins us to discuss Rally America’s Susquehannock Trail Perfomance Rally, Mike Shaw breaks down the rest of the news from the world of Rally and gets us ready for the X-Games GRC event, Jeremy and Doug recap the Kansas City Region SCCA’s Solo Event #4, look at the season championship standings, and Jeremy recaps the Spring Nationals from Lincoln Air Park, and lastly John and Doug take a look at the surprisingly entertaining IndyCar Detroit GP and…

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Episode 233 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBetter late than never? :\ It’s been a chaotic month, but here’s our ramblings and robust debate from the Month of May. OpenPaddock.net Podcast – Episode #233 for Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 On Tap Tonight on the show, we talk about the greatest weekend in motorsport Ryan Hunter Reay dominated the Indy 500 Gabby Chavez intimidated the Freedom 100 Jimmie Johnson humiliated the Flavored Corn Syrup 600 Nico Rossburg urinated on the Monaco GP (and got a little on Lewis as well) Memorial Day…

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Episode 232 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDoug returns this week to join the Mikes in discussing the qualifying weekend for the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. We also preview this weekend’s Road to Indy races on Carb Day and the Night Before the 500. Shaw recaps the news from the GCR, WRC, and Rally America, and we wrap up the show with a preview of the Monaco GP and which Mercedes we think will win. OpenPaddock.net Podcast, Episode 232 – Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 [yop_poll id=”3″] IndyCar…

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Episode 231 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s the Mike & Mike show again! Doug is buried in ungraded final exams, and Shaun is busy making life difficult for the bad guys. Joining M&M this week is Christopher Leone, Social Media Manager of the Red Bull Global RallyCross, to discuss the cool things that are happening with GRC this season including their new broadcast deal wtih NBC! Shaw recaps the rest of the news from the world of rally racing, and Whitesell gives us his perspective from the viewing mounds of…

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Episode 230 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s Mike and Mike at OpenPaddock.net! No, not that Mike and Mike, the awesome Mike and Mike that actually know their stuff about motorsport! Shaun and Doug are out this week, so Shaw and Whitesell recap the Oregon Trail Rally and preview the F1 Spanish GP and the inaugural IndyCar race on the newly reconfigured Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. OpenPaddock.net Podcast: Episode 230 — Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 IndyCar ROP completed for Busch, Aleshin, Hawksworth, Huertas and Plowman Mechanical problems kept Karam from…

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