Episode 291 UMMM-Cast – OpenPaddock.net

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this week’s UMMM-Cast, John is at the helm as we talk everything Open Wheel.  Formula One is done testing and en route to Australia while the Verizon IndyCar Series finally gets underway at St. Pete this weekend.  We finish off in full jealousy mode as John also gives us a first hand recap of the Pirelli World Challenge opener from the Circuit of the Americas.  Oh to live so close to track like that!

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Episode 288 – OpenPaddock.net Rally Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA little bit of a change up as we split off the rally podcast into it’s own episode.  Our sportscar and open-wheel podcast will be recorded later in the week.  This week hosts Mike and John are joined by “The Professor” Doug Patterson, and a special guest and friend of the show from across the pond Tom Firth.  In this episode we wrap up our views on the Dakar Rally and Robby’s DNF.  We have a lot from WRC Monte Carlo, give a quick preview Sno*Drift,…

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Episode 287 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode we start things off with a big focus on the Dakar Rally.  We also discuss news that Rally America has a new racing class and our opinion of Bucky’s first venture into stage rally.  We also talk about the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo and Ken Block’s switch from Red Bull GRC to the FIA World Rallycross Championship.  In an odd twist Jost Capito leaves his success at VW for a CEO position at McLaren Racing. And finally in IndyCar we have differing…

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Episode 284 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

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 271 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPodcast #271 for Wednesday May 27th, 2015.  In this week’s episode we review WRC Portugal and spend some time focusing on the incident with privateer Lorenzo Bertelli.  We then preview this weekend’s season opener of the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship that kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale. In F1 we chat about the Grand Parade of Monaco and it’s unusual finish. We then devote our greatest attention to the greatest spectacle in racing, the Indy 500.  We hope you like listening as much as we like talking!  Oh, and of course our…

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Episode 270 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFor Tuesday May 19th, 2015.  This is a “better late than never” episode as I’ve been so busy this week that it is just now getting posted.  That’s okay, because by the time you listen to this, you can laugh at how bad we were with our Indy 500 predictions!  We welcome back Dr. J. Douglas Patterson to help John and Mike as he spent last weekend at Indy.  To start off with, Mike recaps the Olympus Rally and does a short preview of WRC Portugal.…

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Episode 269 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFor Tuesday May 12th, 2015.  We kick the show off with a preview of the Olympus Rally with special guest Clerk of the Course Ron Barker.  Ron has been part of the Olympus Rally since it’s inception, including the days when the event was part of the WRC Group B era. We also have volunteer and enthusiastic rally fan Derek Johnson on the show to help with the preview.  Derek is probably best known for being featured in the hit rally documentary “Easier Said Than…

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