http://floridasprintcarfans.com Fri, 18 May 2012 19:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 no Florida Sprint Car, Sprint Car, TBARA http://www.floridasprintcarfans.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://floridasprintcarfans.com/category/podcasts/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2012/01/05/our-end-of-the-year-podcast-is-here/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2012/01/05/our-end-of-the-year-podcast-is-here/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:00:17 +0000 Webmaster Todd http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=5599 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2012/01/05/our-end-of-the-year-podcast-is-here/feed/ 0 Our much anticipated EOTY podcast is here! - Rejoice as our resident podcast trio (Webmaster, Editor at Speed, Factory Driver) sum up the year in elegant style, with such sonic gems as: - * Word association for all major sprint car disciplines. - Our much anticipated EOTY podcast is here! Rejoice as our resident podcast trio (Webmaster, Editor at Speed, Factory Driver) sum up the year in elegant style, with such sonic gems as: * Word association for all major sprint car disciplines. * Discussion of our hot lap contest on Ryan's XBox 360, complete  with racing seat, hydraulic pedals, steering wheel with paddle shifters and flat screen mounted at the front of the unit. * The Mailbag, courtesy of our Editor at Speed. * The F1 Minute with Ryan and Todd, otherwise known as "the bathroom break" for most of you. * Our final thoughts on the year. Those of you concerned that we didn't break the 60 minute mark on our last podcast can worry no more, as this one clocks in at well over an hour, possibly even breaking the 90 minute mark. Fire up the little MP3 player below or if you want to download it and save to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD to listen to in the car, right-click the little download link down there. Otherwise hit the play button and enjoy! NO AUTHOR no 1:41:17 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/12/16/our-podcast-with-johnny-gilbertson-is-finally-here/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/12/16/our-podcast-with-johnny-gilbertson-is-finally-here/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:34:34 +0000 Webmaster Todd http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=5565 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/12/16/our-podcast-with-johnny-gilbertson-is-finally-here/feed/ 4 The moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived and our podcast with the 2011 TBARA champion Johnny Gilbertson is ready for your listening pleasure. - Be captivated as Johnny tells us: How he got his start in sprint car racing. The moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived and our podcast with the 2011 TBARA champion Johnny Gilbertson is ready for your listening pleasure. Be captivated as Johnny tells us: How he got his start in sprint car racing. What it was like to race against Christi Passmore in the USCS. What it was like trying to qualify for the Little 500 in Indiana. At what point it dawned on him that he could indeed win the TBARA championship. Why the dirt sprint car motors are getting out of hand around here. A damn fine interview if there ever was one, and the only one with Gilby celebrating his TBARA championship to the best of our knowledge, be sure to pass the time this weekend with this sonic candy. Fire up the little MP3 player below or if you want to download it and save to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD to listen to in the car, right-click the little download link down there. Otherwise hit the play button and enjoy! NO AUTHOR no 1:13:18 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/08/04/our-july-podcast-with-mike-partin-is-here/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/08/04/our-july-podcast-with-mike-partin-is-here/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:26:23 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=4894 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/08/04/our-july-podcast-with-mike-partin-is-here/feed/ 1 Kids, make yourself available for a solid 2+ hours of sprint car podcast listening goodness because you are in for a real treat this time out. - Our featured guest for the July podcast is none other than Mike Partin. Kids, make yourself available for a solid 2+ hours of sprint car podcast listening goodness because you are in for a real treat this time out. Our featured guest for the July podcast is none other than Mike Partin. Some of you late to the sprint car racing game may only know Mike as the head wrench on the Flying 14 driven to the 2009 Top Gun Sprint Series championship by our Factory Driver Flyin' Ryan Partin, but Mike has been around this game of sprint car racing for a long time. We would also like to say that this podcast also marks a return to our old stomping grounds of the Hooters in Sanford (practically Lake Mary/Heathrow, but we digress) and that our audio quality is excellent as we were sitting outside all by our lonesome on the deck, save for our lovely waitress Laura, who makes a guest appearance on the podcast as well. Things you will learn in this podcast: How did Mike get his start in midget racing out in Texas? How did Mike get to graduating to full blown sprint cars? How did Mike get to running flat track motorcycles, with Harley Davidson factory support? How did Mike get to running with the World of Outlaws? What is Mike's favorite track here in Florida? What's wrong with the rules package for dirt sprint cars here in Florida? Has Mike been known to whoop a man that wronged him on the race track? What should today's track promoters be doing to put more butts in the stands for sprint car races? Listen as Ryan tells how his testicles got to glowing red hot the night he almost stole the win from Danny "The Hammer" Martin Jr. at Volusia Speedway Park. Once again thanks go to Hoseheads.com for stepping up to sponsor our podcasts this year so we can do them on a more regular basis. Please visit Hoseheads.com on a regular basis. This is a solid two hours from a master story teller and we think you will definitely enjoy this epic podcast. Fire up the little MP3 player below or if you want to download it and save to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD to listen to in the car, right-click the little download link down there. Otherwise hit the play button and enjoy! NO AUTHOR no 2:21:01 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/07/01/our-latest-podcast-is-finally-here/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/07/01/our-latest-podcast-is-finally-here/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:17:00 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=4700 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/07/01/our-latest-podcast-is-finally-here/feed/ 0 It was recorded almost three weeks ago...we had a big technical failure...your webmaster had to edit together over 600 individual audio files...but it's done! - So what will you learn in this, our latest podcast? - It was recorded almost three weeks ago...we had a big technical failure...your webmaster had to edit together over 600 individual audio files...but it's done! So what will you learn in this, our latest podcast? How Collin Cabre got his start in racing. How Collin's dad Lou got his start in professional wrestling. What Collin's long-term racing goals are. How many different names Lou competed under in the ring. Collin's plans for racing on dirt. Lou's travels to Japan for wrestling. Collin's plans for racing in Indiana. How Lou became one of the Doink the Clowns. How we ended up at a new pub where drunk females would just insert themselves into the podcast, particularly around the 90 minute mark. Overall, you'll learn a lot about the business of professional wrestling in the 80s and 90s and also a lot about young Collin's plans in sprint car racing, on all surfaces. You'll also learn that our webmaster knows way too much about professional wrestling. And once again, our podcast is quite long, but hey, there are no sprint car races this weekend, so what else do you have to do? Why not save the podcast to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD and listen as you head out for some fireworks displays this weekend? Or if you have almost two hours to kill, by all means sit at your computer and be enthralled. And if you want to download it to save to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD to listen in the car, click the little download link down there. Otherwise hit the play button and enjoy! NO AUTHOR no 1:05:23 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/02/03/our-latest-and-greatest-podcast-is-now-available/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/02/03/our-latest-and-greatest-podcast-is-now-available/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:58:44 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=3843 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2011/02/03/our-latest-and-greatest-podcast-is-now-available/feed/ 0 We keep saying we'll do shorter podcasts, yet they get longer and longer...but this one is really good! - We holed up at the Cricketer's Arms in Orlando and had a rousing roundtable discussion consisting of our Editor at Speed "The Hot Foot" Brian Pen... We keep saying we'll do shorter podcasts, yet they get longer and longer...but this one is really good! We holed up at the Cricketer's Arms in Orlando and had a rousing roundtable discussion consisting of our Editor at Speed "The Hot Foot" Brian Penrose, your webmaster Todd Michaels and our featured guest, dirt sprint car driver OTG Tyler Godwin. In this marathon podcast, we'll cover the following: The winners of our Annual JBT Awards. What is Tyler Godwin going to school for. What does OTG stand for anyway? Some of Tyler's favorite racing memories and what lies ahead. "Dating Advice with Tyler Godwin" as he answers e-mails of the lovelorn. A look ahead at SpeedWeeks. If you have a short attention span, we assure you, hang in there so you can make it to the 1:50 mark where things really take off and are probably not safe listening for those under the age of 18, so you've been warned. Why not save the podcast to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD and listen as you head to the tracks this weekend? Or if you have 2.5 hours to kill, by all means sit at your computer and be enthralled. And if you want to download it to save to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD to listen in the car, by all means do a right click here and do “save as.” Otherwise hit the play button and enjoy! NO AUTHOR no 2:39:32 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/11/30/its-here-the-worlds-longest-dave-steele-interview/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/11/30/its-here-the-worlds-longest-dave-steele-interview/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:45:13 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=3578 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/11/30/its-here-the-worlds-longest-dave-steele-interview/feed/ 2 It's true. - The stars aligned and we, the humble, the few, the somewhat proud staffers of FloridaSprintCarFans.com talked the one and only Dave Steele into sitting down with us for our latest podcast. - It's true. The stars aligned and we, the humble, the few, the somewhat proud staffers of FloridaSprintCarFans.com talked the one and only Dave Steele into sitting down with us for our latest podcast. We're fairly confident this is quite possibly the longest Dave Steele interview EVER clocking in at almost two hours. Rest assured we took to heart the rare opportunity given us to interview "The Man of Steele" and wasted no time in asking him about: How he got his start in open wheel racing. How he ended up leaving Florida and hitting the USAC trail. What his favorite USAC win was. The night he left the Steve Lewis ride after finding another driver getting strapped into his car. His favorite tracks during the USAC years. His take on his dirt sprint car outings. The time he spent at Panther Racing and what it was like to drive around Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Where did it all go wrong in NA$CAR. The current state of affairs in Florida. And much, much more! A goodly portion of the two hours was spent on the USAC years because, well, he won damn near everything in sight and we wanted to hear all about that very prolific time of his career. We hope you enjoy this, our longest and most serious podcast yet, without a doubt the highpoint of this website's short existence, our interview with the one and only Dave Steele. And if you want to download it to save to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD to listen in the car on your way to the races, by all means do a right click here and do “save as.” Otherwise hit the play button and enjoy! NO AUTHOR no 1:54:25 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/10/01/our-latest-podcast-is-finally-here-more-news-to-come/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/10/01/our-latest-podcast-is-finally-here-more-news-to-come/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:33:39 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=3215 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/10/01/our-latest-podcast-is-finally-here-more-news-to-come/feed/ 2 Ben Fritz,TBARA More news to come somewhere around lunch time, but here is the much hyped Late Summer Podcast, presented by your favorite website staff and featured guest TBARA driver Ben Fritz. - For those of you that thought, "those previous guests, More news to come somewhere around lunch time, but here is the much hyped Late Summer Podcast, presented by your favorite website staff and featured guest TBARA driver Ben Fritz. For those of you that thought, "those previous guests, they weren't very opinionated and were kind of safe..." well, try this one on for size. By the time you're done listening you'll probably get a fairly good indication of who won't be sending Ben Fritz any presents during the holiday season this year. Thanks again to Ben and Buff Fritz for inviting us up to their shop and for being unbelievably gracious hosts. Next time you see them in the pits, ask Buff where he scored the buffalo wings that evening. They were the best we've had in a very long time. Drumroll please....the Late Summer Podcast featuring Ben Fritz! And if you want to download it to save to your MP3 player of choice or burn to a CD to listen in the car on your way to the races, by all means do a right click here and do "save as." NO AUTHOR no 1:37:41 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/06/25/our-new-podcast-is-here-and-other-notes/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/06/25/our-new-podcast-is-here-and-other-notes/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:31:01 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=2721 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/06/25/our-new-podcast-is-here-and-other-notes/feed/ 1 Our latest podcast is finally here! - And it's a humdinger. And it's almost two hours long. But our special guest is 2009 Top Gun Sprint Series champion Flyin' Ryan Partin! And to say that Ryan can talk would be an understatement. - Our latest podcast is finally here! And it's a humdinger. And it's almost two hours long. But our special guest is 2009 Top Gun Sprint Series champion Flyin' Ryan Partin! And to say that Ryan can talk would be an understatement. We cover all of the recent activities with the touring series wandering our state and also our adventure in Indiana for the Little 500 up in the quaint little town of Anderson. So while you're driving out to this weekend's races, give it a listen! Speaking of this weekend's races, can "The Smooth Operator" Mickey Kempgens be stopped? First he wins the last CFWS race, then he wins the last TBARA race at Desoto. He'll be behind the wheel of George Rudolph's potent #68 once again. The CFWS has some nice extra bonuses thrown in on top of their usual purse, so if you can make it up to Lake City we would highly encourage you to do so. Dakotah Stephens, Jim Alvis, Ray Bragg II, Channing Conley, Mike Jenkins, Nick Manikis, Brian Gingras and others are expected. If dirt is your speed, the regular cast of rowdies (quite possibly including Gene Lasker) should get your wheels turning over at East Bay. We've seen lots of different winners this year and perhaps Sport Allen can repeat? The FMARA is also in action at the newly named Punta Gorda Speedway. For you Travelin' Troy DeCaire fans - check this out. Video of his first ever laps on dirt in a USAC midget last weekend up in Indiana. Pretty cool. Podcast is below the video! Please feel free to listen to the podcast via the snappy player below or (right click here and do a “save as”) on your favorite MP3 player of choice or burn it to a CD for listening to in your car, or in the van you live in down by the river. Happy listening! NO AUTHOR no 1:55:55 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/04/12/our-new-podcast-is-now-available-and-some-other-news/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/04/12/our-new-podcast-is-now-available-and-some-other-news/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:59:21 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=2182 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/04/12/our-new-podcast-is-now-available-and-some-other-news/feed/ 3 It's finally here, the Spring FloridaSprintCarFans.com podcast, which was recorded at the Butler Motorsports shop in Bushnell, Florida. Which can only mean one thing - special guests! - That's right, TBARA points leader "The Bushnell Bullet" Shane But... It's finally here, the Spring FloridaSprintCarFans.com podcast, which was recorded at the Butler Motorsports shop in Bushnell, Florida. Which can only mean one thing - special guests! That's right, TBARA points leader "The Bushnell Bullet" Shane Butler was our special guest and we got his take on the current state of sprint car racing, his upcoming plans for the Little 500 and also a free history lesson about Bushnell. What more could you possibly want from a podcast? How about better audio? We admit, our sound quality wasn't the best in the podcasts we did last year. But that's all changed as we've upgraded our recording equipment greatly. So give it a listen the next time you've got almost 60 minutes to kill. Why not listen to it as you're driving to a sprint car race this weekend? In addition to the above topics, we'll discuss SpeedWeeks and the current status of dirt and pavement sprint car racing here in Florida. In other news, Shane Miller Motorsports decided to compete in the USCS Asphalt Thunder Series this past weekend up in Georgia and took home the winner's purse with none other than Joey "The Ace" Aguilar. Tough Luck of the Race goes to Dude Teate who was in the Wilshe car and out front comfortably in the lead when he tangled with a lapped car. Either way our Florida contingent put a whoopin' on the field and we applaud that. Please feel free to listen via the snappy player below or (right click here and do a “save as”) on your favorite MP3 player of choice or burn it to a CD for listening to in your car, or in the van you live in down by the river. Happy listening! NO AUTHOR no 57:27 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/01/21/the-eoty-podcast-is-finally-here-the-second-time-proves-to-be-the-charm/ http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/01/21/the-eoty-podcast-is-finally-here-the-second-time-proves-to-be-the-charm/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:08:47 +0000 FSCF Webmaster http://floridasprintcarfans.com/?p=1782 http://floridasprintcarfans.com/2010/01/21/the-eoty-podcast-is-finally-here-the-second-time-proves-to-be-the-charm/feed/ 0 The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here - our latest, and quite possibly greatest, podcast! - That's right, we went back into the studios again to do our first ever end-of-the-year (EOTY if you are big on acronyms - LOL BBQ WTF! The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here - our latest, and quite possibly greatest, podcast! That's right, we went back into the studios again to do our first ever end-of-the-year (EOTY if you are big on acronyms - LOL BBQ WTF!) awards podcast. And this time it was met with great success. Some winners stayed the same from the first podcast no one heard and some new winners emerged, largely due to our inability to come to a consensus and thus settling our disagreement via a throw of the dice. Highly scientific, we agree. And lucky you - this is also the longest podcast we've done yet, thus going in the complete opposite direction of being more brief and to the point. But for each award we had three different opinions (most of the time) and so it went. And to be frank, some of us may have been drinking Bell's Hop Slam Ale during the actual podcast recording, which really makes some of us talk and talk and talk... So if you've got a big drive ahead of you to come out and race go karts with us in Maitland Friday night as we mop the floor with the Real Racin USA crew at the Lil' 500 track, why not listen to our manic ramblings and find out who won the actual awards? Please feel free to listen via the snappy player below or (right click here and do a "save as") on your favorite MP3 player of choice or burn it to a CD for listening to in your car, or in the van you live in down by the river. Happy listening! NO AUTHOR no 1:12:25