Episodes

  • Track Car of the Year with Driver's Paddock

    Track Car of the Year with Driver's Paddock
    Jan 1 2025

    A special cross-over episode with @DriversPaddock . Which car will be the track car of the year?

    0:00 - Intro

    2:33 - How Driver's Paddock got started

    6:40 - Cars driven in 2024

    9:45 - Interacting with review car owners1

    7:08 - Managing owner expectations

    18:48 - Feedback from the community

    20:35 - Learnings from 2024

    25:22 - How has this year affected your relationship with cars

    27:58 - Sustainability in reviewing cars

    30:04 - Most fun car of 2024

    32:13 - Which car would you want to own

    37:40 - Most disappointing cars of 2024

    43:28 - Driver's Paddock Car of the Year

    51:15 - What to expect in 2025
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    56 mins
  • We Gave Each Other the WORST Car Gifts Possible

    We Gave Each Other the WORST Car Gifts Possible
    Dec 25 2024

    Jason, Patrick, Jay, and Vinh exchange horrible car gifts for each other with a catch...

    0:00 - Intro9:56 - White Elephant ground rules11:25 - 2024 retrospective36:32 - Goals for 20251:19:04 - White Elephant gift exchange1:50:58 - A long wrap-up
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    2 hrs and 11 mins
  • Saving the FA24 with Formula Delta

    Saving the FA24 with Formula Delta
    Dec 21 2024

    The boys from Formula Delta (Ping, Kelvin) join us on the podcast to discuss their motorsports history, their EK Civic track car, and launching a business to manufacture a new high-capacity oil pan for the FA24 oil starvation issue plaguing the BRZ and GR86.

    0:00 - Intro 4:09 - How Formula Delta got its start 5:35 - Early Formula Delta projects 9:12 - What is kinematics anyway? 11:30 - Suspension design of the Acura RSX 21:22 - Ping & Kelvin's earliest car memories 28:35 - How Ping & Kevin collaborate effectively 32:07 - Unconventional tactics with Ping's EK Civic 34:13 - Reverse stagger wheels and tires for FWD 36:25 - Hyundai Genesis Brembos on Civics 38:12 - Drawbacks to running a smaller wheel in the rear 44:33 - FWD drivers are just built different 49:02 - Can you take Function over Form too far? 52:26 - 'Organic' functional shapes in design 55:55 - The reason behind the oil pan 1:01:19 - Why is the FA24 suffering more than the FA20? 1:06:38 - How much overfill is too much overfill? 1:09:55 - Designing the new high capacity FA24 oil pan 1:18:43 - Roping effect of the timing chain 1:28:18 - Production plans for the new oil pan 1:31:03 - Why take on this level of risk 1:37:46 - What's coming after the pan 1:40:42 - Are our expectations too low from manufacturers? 1:47:09 - 3rd gen engines? 1:51:49 - The 80/20 of car setup 2:00:30 - Are drivers just goal-seeking robots? 2:02:26 - Intersection of financial literacy and the car hobby 2:19:55 - Modest Dream Garage
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    2 hrs and 32 mins
  • Endurance Racing — Two Truths and a Lie

    Endurance Racing — Two Truths and a Lie
    Oct 29 2024
    Only one race remains before the end of the 2024 Lucky Dog Racing Canada endurance racing series. Join Jason, Patrick, Jay, and Vinh as they reflect on the season's controversies and results. 0:00 - Introduction 4:40 - Race Weekend 1 9:30 - Fake it 'til you make it 11:00 - Jay' has "never" driven in the wet 15:30 - Turn 11 and 3 quarters 23:00 - Balance of Performance for Race Weekend 2 28:30 - It's always a grounding issue 30:30 - Let's talk about windows 39:00 - Luke's new (spare) car 40:20 - Team Partout Skeleton Crew 42:00 - Gohn racing in GT2?! (Race Weekend 3) 44:00 - Patrick set phasers to kill engines 47:30 - Everyone gets a pass on Jay 50:45 - Losing laps on red flag restarts 53:00 - Race weekend 4 55:00 - Rickety Raft gets rickity-er 58:00 - Missing transponder (oops) 1:00:20 - Jay the mercenary switching jerseys 1:02:00 - No minimum time pit stops 1:05:30 - What the F is a Solar Load? 1:06:55 - Giuliano, Eugene, and Marcus join the pod 1:08:40 - Shaun's first endurance race and popping a tire 1:11:00 - The most controversial race start of Jay's racing career 1:12:15 - The race start from Nick's perspective 1:19:30 - Swapping a flat tire during the race 1:21:30 - Black flag and black flag reversal 1:27:30 - Being held up by slower classed vehicles 1:30:30 - Visor up fuelling penalties 1:32:00 - Final boss fight 1:33:20 - Pythagorean Theorem and unintentional DRS 1:38:00 - The final showdown 1:44:00 - Three Words 1:48:00 - Making peace 1:49:35 - Chris Paczynski joins the chat
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    1 hr and 52 mins
  • Scott Shadbolt — Keeping with the Times

    Scott Shadbolt — Keeping with the Times
    Jul 4 2024

    Scott Shadbolt joins the podcast to talk all things E46 and keeping up with the modern stock of BMW machinery.
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • The Current State of Time Attack

    The Current State of Time Attack
    May 28 2024

    Jason, Jay, and Patrick discuss the current state of time attack in 2025.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Yalim Acimis (Track Use) — How To Make Car Content

    Yalim Acimis (Track Use) — How To Make Car Content
    May 18 2024

    Yalim Acimis (Track Use) joins the podcast to discuss his journey as a new car content creator and his experience with on-track instruction with two local legends.

    Yalim: https://www.instagram.com/track.use/

    Jason: https://www.instagram.com/2trackminded/

    Patrick: https://www.instagram.com/bsquared.motorsports/

    Jay: https://www.instagram.com/driverspaddock/
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • We Turned Mosport into a Podcast Studio

    We Turned Mosport into a Podcast Studio
    Apr 30 2024

    Patrick and Jason record a podcast on a race track! Vlogging camera: https://amzn.to/3vjtP6T Vlogging mic: https://amzn.to/3RU1IEr Wireless mic: https://amzn.to/47ZxTI5 Vlogging tripod: https://amzn.to/3NDzXgL Shotgun mic: https://amzn.to/4aAjbcn Garmin catalyst: https://amzn.to/3NEU6mv Subscribe for more grassroots racing content! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcZgb72jsBGJDupUA4Yc-Ow?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/2trackminded/ Website https://2trackmind.com/ OUR SPONSORS & FRIENDS Driven Autosport: https://www.instagram.com/drivenautosport JRP: https://www.instagram.com/jrp_online Seems Legit Garage: https://www.instagram.com/seemslegitgarage BSquared Motorsports: https://www.instagram.com/bsquared.motorsports
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    35 mins