Performance & Racing Tech Talk Podcast
Performance & Racing Tech Talk Podcast is your direct access to trends in the high tech world of specialized factory, tuned-performance vehicles, and racing vehicles throughout the world. Offering in-depth reviews of performance components, the latest news from vehicle and components manufacturers, and interviews with builders, engineers, innovators, and event makers.
Episodes
October 2, 2023 • 30 mins
The Chronograph 1 RR7 Edition by Porsche Design
Porsche Design launched a limited edition timepiece: the Chronograph 1 — Rennsport Reunion 7 Edition. In honor of 75 years of Porsche, only 75 will be sold. Based on the Chronograph 1 from 1972, the Rennsport Reunion 7 Edition revisits a timeless design with improved, modern materials.
In 1963, Prof. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche created one of the most iconic design objects in contempor...
Porsche Design launched a limited edition timepiece: the Chronograph 1 — Rennsport Reunion 7 Edition. In honor of 75 years of Porsche, only 75 will be sold. Based on the Chronograph 1 from 1972, the Rennsport Reunion 7 Edition revisits a timeless design with improved, modern materials.
In 1963, Prof. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche created one of the most iconic design objects in contempor...
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February 1, 2020 • 47 mins
For those who are fans of heavy metal rock music, the name of Metallica is emblazoned at the top of their minds ... this group has only sold 130 million records comprised of 10 albums discorphy. The lead singer, lead guitarist, and one of two forming members of the band to remain a driving force, James Hetfield. James sat down with the Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum Terry Karges for an insightful Fireside Chat...
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January 15, 2020 • 13 mins
We find ourselves in an age where the cars of the future, once visible only in our imagination, are finally becoming a reality.
It is not only hardware in the form of cars that is changing. The conventions of our daily lives and society are also being transformed.
Sony wanted to communicate re-imagined mobility as we knew it could be. How can we inspire people through mobility? How can we provide greater peace of mind? How can we con...
It is not only hardware in the form of cars that is changing. The conventions of our daily lives and society are also being transformed.
Sony wanted to communicate re-imagined mobility as we knew it could be. How can we inspire people through mobility? How can we provide greater peace of mind? How can we con...
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July 19, 2019 • 17 mins
Opening Night of "The Disruptors," an artsy automotive exhibit, at the Petersen Museum. Was a very interesting show in that the designers, Rem D Koolhaas and Joey Ruiter essentially built functional abstract mechanical sculpture. Bikes, snowmobiles and of course the cars were all on display. The Panel with the Artists gives insight to the thinking behind the highly unusual -- yet functional cars.
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June 26, 2019 • 29 mins
The Steel Market Development Institute's Vice President, Automotive Market Jody M. Hall gave the Motor Press Guild members a presentation for their June monthly meeting on Tues. June 25 at 4 p.m. at the Rose Café. The presentation focused on consumer preferences as well as the automotive industry’s commitment to using steel.
With the infiltration of new technology and forms of mobility, the automotive industry is innovating at a ra...
With the infiltration of new technology and forms of mobility, the automotive industry is innovating at a ra...
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“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy” - Opening Panel Discussion
The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened a new exhibit located in the Mullin Family Grand Salon on the first floor, set to run through March 15, 2020, titled “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” This exhibit (over 50 vehicles from 30 production and studio resources, included with The Petersen's own ample ...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened a new exhibit located in the Mullin Family Grand Salon on the first floor, set to run through March 15, 2020, titled “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” This exhibit (over 50 vehicles from 30 production and studio resources, included with The Petersen's own ample ...
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“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy” - Opening Panel Discussion
The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened a new exhibit located in the Mullin Family Grand Salon on the first floor, set to run through March 15, 2020, titled “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” This exhibit (over 50 vehicles from 30 production and studio resources, included with The Petersen's own ample ...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened a new exhibit located in the Mullin Family Grand Salon on the first floor, set to run through March 15, 2020, titled “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” This exhibit (over 50 vehicles from 30 production and studio resources, included with The Petersen's own ample ...
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April 12, 2019 • 4 mins
Oliver Gavin, a GM factory driver for Corvette Racing for 15 years and an ambassador for Chevrolet UK, he competes in Europe, the USA and Australia, while remaining a dedicated family man, fitness fanatic and marathon runner.
This interview finds Oliver the day before taking to the track in his effort to secure a sixth Class win in the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach. This race is the shortest race of the season at ...
This interview finds Oliver the day before taking to the track in his effort to secure a sixth Class win in the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach. This race is the shortest race of the season at ...
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April 12, 2019 • 4 mins
Oliver Gavin, a GM factory driver for Corvette Racing for 15 years and an ambassador for Chevrolet UK, he competes in Europe, the USA and Australia, while remaining a dedicated family man, fitness fanatic and marathon runner.
This interview finds Oliver the day before taking to the track in his effort to secure a sixth Class win in the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach. This race is the shortest race of the season at ...
This interview finds Oliver the day before taking to the track in his effort to secure a sixth Class win in the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach. This race is the shortest race of the season at ...
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Napoleon Motorsports Will Be The First Team To Give Formula DRIFT A Spark
If Joe, Lynn, & Justin Napoleon with the fabrication assistance of Robert Quezada from Houston, Texas have their wishes come true, Napoleon Motorsports will be the first team to compete in the highest levels of Formula DRIFT with 100% electric power thus adding a spark to an already electrifying visual and sound display in motorsports and motor culture.
Napoleo...
If Joe, Lynn, & Justin Napoleon with the fabrication assistance of Robert Quezada from Houston, Texas have their wishes come true, Napoleon Motorsports will be the first team to compete in the highest levels of Formula DRIFT with 100% electric power thus adding a spark to an already electrifying visual and sound display in motorsports and motor culture.
Napoleo...
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February 28, 2019 • 8 mins
Auto Club Speedway is celebrating 22 years of racing during St. Patrick's Day weekend at Southern California’s premier motorsports venue March 15-17, 2019 when NASCAR makes its only stop in Southern California for Auto Club 400 Weekend.
For the first time ever on the NASCAR circuit, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers will line up five wide during the pace laps prior to the drop of the green flag for the Auto Club 400 on March...
For the first time ever on the NASCAR circuit, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers will line up five wide during the pace laps prior to the drop of the green flag for the Auto Club 400 on March...
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February 6, 2019 • 13 mins
Charles Navarro, President of LN Engineering, producer of the IMS Solution, near Chicago, talks with our own Tom Stahler about the 996 and 986 Porsche debacle in the Intermediate Shaft that has debilitated so many of these cars -- and the solution!
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January 9, 2019 • 19 mins
Interview/Presentation with VP Operations, designer, test driver, Shelby American, Inc Vince Laviolette. about the new Shelby Cobra Super Snake Widebody over 1,000hp supercar. Enjoy hearing the passion of a 17 year motorculture history trailblazer.
Over five decades after the first Shelby Super Snake rolled out of Shelby American, the all-new 2018 edition is once again leaving the performance world “snake-bit.”
Powered by an 1,300+ h...
Over five decades after the first Shelby Super Snake rolled out of Shelby American, the all-new 2018 edition is once again leaving the performance world “snake-bit.”
Powered by an 1,300+ h...
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July 26, 2018 • 12 mins
Story as told by Rick Eberst at the Mullin Automotive Museum's Under The Hood Day includes some of these following details, and ... more.
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The remarkably streamlined shape of this cabriolet, with body by Figoni and Falaschi, was recognized as an example of 1930s French design that it represented the nation at the 1939 New ...
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The remarkably streamlined shape of this cabriolet, with body by Figoni and Falaschi, was recognized as an example of 1930s French design that it represented the nation at the 1939 New ...
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July 24, 2018 • 50 mins
Mullin Automotive Museum Docent, and Art Center Collage Of Design lecturer, Larry Crane gives a clear, and brilliant presentation showing the evolution of combustion engine design. A couple of interesting factoids discovered through Larry's presentation centered on the final evolution in valve placement and head design known as the overhead cam approach (or, dual overhead cam design).
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July 11, 2018 • 39 mins
Motor Press Guild's July Monthly Meeting - Mecum Auctions At The Automobile Driving Museum
Our July event was hosted by Mecum Auctions at the Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo.
Members found out what is in store for Mecum Monterey 2018 at Pebble Beach – Mecum's Daytime Auction during Monterey Car Week – from Mecum Auctions' John Kraman which was promptly followed by rides in a couple of the Museum's historic vehicles!
Our July event was hosted by Mecum Auctions at the Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo.
Members found out what is in store for Mecum Monterey 2018 at Pebble Beach – Mecum's Daytime Auction during Monterey Car Week – from Mecum Auctions' John Kraman which was promptly followed by rides in a couple of the Museum's historic vehicles!
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May 30, 2018 • 13 mins
Interview Script:
Welcome Nicolai Elghanayan ...
You are a first year race car driver for a first year team competing in the Pirelli World Challenge in the GTS SprintX Class driving an Austrian manufactured KTM X-Bow GT4 and have been able to drive at two event venues in the 2018 season. We are conducting this interview after a fairly successful two-race event weekend at Lime Rock Park at the Lime Rock Grand Prix - but more about thi...
Welcome Nicolai Elghanayan ...
You are a first year race car driver for a first year team competing in the Pirelli World Challenge in the GTS SprintX Class driving an Austrian manufactured KTM X-Bow GT4 and have been able to drive at two event venues in the 2018 season. We are conducting this interview after a fairly successful two-race event weekend at Lime Rock Park at the Lime Rock Grand Prix - but more about thi...
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May 12, 2018 • 72 mins
AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN VS ENGINEERING PANEL: THE TENSION BETWEEN CAR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
A gloves-off panel discussion among some of each field’s best, led by MPG’s own Eric Noble and held at ArtCenter’s famous Hillside campus overlooking the Rose Bowl.
Where: The ArtCenter College of Design, Hillside Campus
Why: California is home to over a dozen automotive design studios from American, European, and Asian automakers. Hear about how de...
A gloves-off panel discussion among some of each field’s best, led by MPG’s own Eric Noble and held at ArtCenter’s famous Hillside campus overlooking the Rose Bowl.
Where: The ArtCenter College of Design, Hillside Campus
Why: California is home to over a dozen automotive design studios from American, European, and Asian automakers. Hear about how de...
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April 12, 2018 • 20 mins
IndyCar performs its first ever underwater media event with sport diver and racecar driver Schmidt Peterson Racing's Mayor of Hinchtown, Canadian James Hincliffe. The Verizon IndyCar Series in concert with The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA and American Honda Motor Co., Inc., set up an interview session with members of the motorsports media in advance of the 44th Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach with last year's winner Ja...
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March 23, 2018 • 13 mins
Alexander Rossi participated in a media blitz on March 22, 2018 in advance of the Verizon IndyCar Series begining its Southwest United States spring swing with back-to-back races at ISM Raceway with the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix (Friday April 6 - Qualifications 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT / Saturday April 7 - Race 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT) and then the rites-of-spring 44th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Thursday A...
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