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The Petrolhead Podcast
by Petrolhead Café
News and commentary on all things cars, motorcycles, and motorsports.
Episodes
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Episode 29: Kerry Smith, Tony's Track Days
Kerry Smith is the managing partner of Tony's Track Days, a popular motorcycle track day organizer in New England. In this episode, we sit down with Kerry and hear her story of getting into motorcycles at a young age and ultimately, making a career of it. We think you'll enjoy the conversation as...
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Episode 28: We're Back, with The Dirty Side of the Track
Did you miss us? We're back on the airwaves (netwaves?) with a new episode in which we join forces with the co-hosts of another motorsport enthusiast podcast, The Dirty Side of the Track. Rob and Brian from the Dirty Side sat down with Kyle for a bit of chat. Enjoy!
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Episode 27: Yellow Flag
On this episode, the guys go without a guest to chat about Chazz's recent victory in AER, as well as a preview of Amazon Prime's MotoGP UNLIMITED, an 8-episode docuseries in the spirit of Netflix's Formula 1: Drive to Survive, but instead features two-wheeled racing and a world championship where...
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Episode 26: All we know is...he's called The Stig
Perhaps you've caught a glimpse of him as his alter ego in an episode of Top Gear, or you may have had him as your driving instructor, or maybe you've been inspired by his book, Optimum Drive. All we know is, this episode is a conversation with actor, precision driver, and author Paul Gerrard.
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Episode 25: Benadon, founder of BikeLife Sports
If you live in an American city, chances are you've seen people riding the streets on dirt bikes and quads, popping wheelies, revving their sub-500cc engines, hooning around in groups ranging in size from 1 to 200+. These riders have likely been featured on the nightly news of your local TV...
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Episode 24: Taryn Nycek
On this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, we sit down for a chat with industrial artist and motorcycle enthusiast Taryn Nycek.
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Episode 23: Be gentle, it's my first time [at the track]
After a brief hiatus, the boys are back, catching up on business, talking track safety, and first times at the track. Enjoy!
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Episode 22: Florida Man Interviews Kaplan America
Chazz and Kyle have a chat with Ken Kaplan, founder and curator of the New England Motorcycle Museum in Rockville, Connecticut.
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Episode 21: Simon Kirkby
On this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle sit down with Simon Kirkby, the Director of the Lime Rock Driver's Club, and have a fantastic chat about his history as a racing driver during the good ol' days of the 1960's and 1970's. Later in the show we discuss the future of the…
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Episode 20: Risk, Injury, and Death in Motorsports
After the tragic death of Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, we take the time to discuss and process the darker side of motorsports.
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Episode 19: We just solved Formula 1
Racing season 2021 has started in earnest with the commencement of major racing series from Supercross, IMSA, and NASCAR, to World Rally Championship, IndyCar, and of course, Formula 1 and MotoGP. In the first half of the show the guys talk about some important news for Chazz, as well as local...
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Episode 18: Welcome to the Electrohead Podcast
What will they call us when there are no more vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine and everything has an electric motor instead? Will motorsports and racing even exist?
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Episode 17: Snow Drifting
On this episode, Chazz and Kyle review the excellent race that was the Rolex 24 at Daytona that took place at the end of January. Along with that, intriguing news of team driver and rider line-ups continues to abound, even though the bulk of racing season is just right around the corner.
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Episode 16: Shahin Alvandi
On this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle have a chat with Shahin Alvandi, the general manager of one of America's top Ducati motorcycle dealerships. As a veteran of the retail motorcycle industry and steward of motorcycle culture, Shahin provides some business advice and insight...
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Episode 15: Halloween Drag Race
On this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, Kyle fills us in on the latest business updates for Petrolhead Cafe, while Chazz talks about his Halloween theatrics. After some of the usual evaluations of MotoGP and Formula 1, the guys discuss the idea of using one's status as a professional racer to...
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Episode 14: Stephan de Penasse
On this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz & Kyle have a grand conversation with Stephan de Panasse, a racer, track instructor, and paddock regular in Formula 1 during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Stephan had rare and privileged access to top level teams and drivers of that era,...
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Episode 12+1: Cait Smarz & the Dirty Burnin' Broads
Call it episode 12+1, call it episode 14-1, but whatever you do, don't call it episode thirt**n. On this episode, Chazz looks forward to his first racing event of the year, the 24 Hours of LeMons. We bid him godspeed and wish him much glory. May the 808 be victorious! However, the main event of...
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Episode 12: Michael Hurczyn
On this episode of this Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle have a discussion with Michael Hurczyn, the 2019 national champion of TCR in the TC America racing series. When he's not busy winning championships, Michael is a family man as well as the Marketing & Brand Director of FCP Euro, a...
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Episode 11: Back on the Home Front
In this episode, Chazz goes back to his roots for a little autocross close to home, and he and Kyle share in their disappointment that IMSA will not be coming to Lime Rock Park in 2020. Thankfully, there's plenty of action and drama in Formula 1 and MotoGP to distract everybody.
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Episode 10: Peter Agapoglou
On this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz shares his experience of taking the new Corvette C8 out on track, then he and Kyle welcome Pete Agapoglou of Autosport Fabrication, a Plainville, Connecticut-based racing shop that offers comprehensive client services from roll cage installation &...
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Episode 9: A Return to Racing
On this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle get up to speed on returning to the racetrack, not only for various racing series around the world, but closer to home for local track days. Furthermore, they have an in-depth discussion of the documentary film Uppity, which is the story…
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Episode 8: New England Driving Enthusiasts
In this episode of the Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle review On Any Sunday, one of the OG documentaries of American motorcycling, which debuted in 1971. Then, they interview the founders and leaders of New England Driving Enthusiasts (aka NEDE), a recently-established grassroots organization...
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Episode 7: Brandon Cretu
In this episode of The Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle sit down for a conversation with Brandon Cretu, the co-founder of Rise Moto, which is the exclusive importer of Ohvale racing motorcycles for North America. The discussion touches on Brandon's racing career before diving into the nuts and...
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Episode 6: Formula 1 vs MotoGP
On the sixth episode of The Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle engage in a thorough summary of the last ten years of Formula 1 and MotoGP in preparation for the return of on-track action for both series in this new decade.
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Episode 5: Smells Like Quarantine Spirit
In this episode of The Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle discuss recent driver movements within the Formula 1 paddock, and talk about new protocols for how driving instructors will work with their students when track days resume within the cautionary, post-pandemic context. Finally, they…
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Episode 4: Racing Together, Racing Apart
On this episode of The Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle once again talk about iRacing, only this time it's about some controversy stirred up by some pro drivers and their sportsmanship behind the sim rig. Then, the guys have a lively discussion about the documentary Racing Together.
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Episode 3: Getting Sticky
In the third episode of The Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle introduce a new segment of the podcast called Watch it with Us, and then dive into a discussion about stick-shift manual transmissions and why we prefer them...or not.
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Episode 2: Why are you a petrolhead?
In our second episode of The Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle dive into explaining how they got hooked on motorsports and why they continue to be avid enthusiasts of petrol-powered machines.
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Episode 1: Coronaracing
In this inaugural episode of The Petrolhead Podcast, Chazz and Kyle introduce themselves before diving in to a discussion of how the corona virus pandemic is having an effect on the world of motorsports and what that means for how fans will experience racing going into the future.
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News and commentary on all things cars, motorcycles, and motorsports.
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