RACERSHQ Podcast

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2025 Season Recap 01/11/2026

2025 Season Recap Matt and Pat recap the 2025 racing season and look forward to an exciting 2026. We're headed to Barber Motorsports Park for the Lemons race and preparing for the debut of the #27 CMC Camaro. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/39688205

NASA Texas Oktoberfest 2025 10/25/2025

NASA Texas Oktoberfest 2025 Matt and Pat chat about the NASA Texas Octoberfest event at MSR Cresson and some breaking news related to the 136 car. The 67 car got buttoned up and ready to race. Big shout out to Erik and Ben. The audio quality is terrible. Have fun. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/38778215

Lemons at Road America 2025 09/20/2025

Lemons at Road America 2025 Matt and Pat chat about TARP Racing's arrive and drive efforts at Road Atlanta. Pat got to hang at the track while Todd brought home another IOE. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/38291090

GMW's with Mark Hutchison 08/24/2025

GMW's with Mark Hutchison Matt and Pat interview Mark Hutchison and chat about all of his silly LS swapped BMW adventures. If you're in to simplifying the power delivery of a great chassis, tune in, like and subscribe, rate and review. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/37935350

NASA at Hallett 2025 06/14/2025

NASA at Hallett 2025 Matt and Pat chat about the 2025 NASA Summer Shootout at Hallett. Lots of mixed emotions and great culinary tips. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/37010725

Lemons at Hallett 2025 05/08/2025

Lemons at Hallett 2025 Matt, Pat, Roland, and Alyssa returned from the 24 Hours of Lemons race at Hallett with several hot takes and some quick laptimes. The 67 car keeps getting more reliable, but we're still having difficulty making it to the checkers. We'll get 'em next time. Good luck to Roland and Mark at this weekend's COMMA event! Arnold Spickard Recipe ------------------------- 2 parts light beer 1 part lemonaid sports drink ice mix accordingly win /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/36487020

NASA Houston and Lemon Pitt Race 04/18/2025

NASA Houston and Lemon Pitt Race Matt and Patt chat with Todd about an actual weekend of racing. Matt and Todd raced down in Houston with NASA TX and Pat judged at the Lemons Pitt Race. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/36227430

Brent Picasso with Autosport Labs 03/28/2025

Brent Picasso with Autosport Labs Matt and Pat chat with Brent Picasso from Autosport Labs about the history of the company, Brent's journey through racing, data logging and telemetry, and some exciting new products. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/35903380

Demi-glace 02/20/2025

Demi-glace Matt and Pat take a break from racing to chat about their demi-glace challenge and all the wonderful outcomes, including fat washed bourbon. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/35367300

Atlanta 2024 Review 12/20/2024

Atlanta 2024 Review Matt and Pat chat about the recent Lemons race at Road Atlanta, fat washed bourbon, puff pastry, and the 2024 Racers HQ Driver of the Year. Like and subscribe, rate and review. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/34545795

3D Printing with Jesse A Barrett 11/21/2024

3D Printing with Jesse A Barrett Matt and Pat chat with Jesse about 3D printing and it's application to motorsports. We tried to stick to the basics for racers that are new to 3D printing. Jesse and Pat have lots of great recommendations for printers, mods, materials, software and modeling. Check out Jesse's Substack article on the subject: /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/34073571

Houston 2024 Recap 11/16/2024

Houston 2024 Recap Matt and Pat chat with Chris about the SIMP Racing 929 effort at the 24 Hours of Lemons event in Houston. We had lots of fun, had great pace, and were fighting for the W on Saturday. Sunday was a less successful experience. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/33954527

Houston 2024 Prep 09/16/2024

Houston 2024 Prep Matt and Pat chat about finishing up prep for the 24 Hours of Lemons at MSR Houston. Pat's about ready to test the E36 after replacing the cylinder head and rerouting the exhaust. Matt is doing all the 100k mile stuff on his K24Z3 swapped Miata. Shout out to the boys at Lemons for their recent deep dive on that crazy 929 we piloted to IOE at Houston in 2023: /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/33069372

Brian Sommers talks Legends and Crewing 08/04/2024

Brian Sommers talks Legends and Crewing Matt and Pat chat with Brian Sommers about his history in circle track racing, INEX Legends, autocross, and his new adventures in crewing and spotting. Big shout out to The Seal Alliance. Also, I found a source for Seal Oil. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/32433227

Commit to Win with Chris Blizzard 07/12/2024

Commit to Win with Chris Blizzard Matt and Pat chat with long time west coast lemons racer, Chris Blizzard. We take a deep dive into what it takes to build a winning budget endurance car. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/32110302

Fire! 07/06/2024

Fire! Matt and Pat chat with Ross Carmichael about NASA Super Touring and the 12-Hours of Charlotte. Ross had an exciting experience at the enduro and we were all reminded of the value of good safety gear and procedures. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/32032047

INEX Legends with Bobby Christensen 06/20/2024

INEX Legends with Bobby Christensen Matt and Erik interview the legend of legends, Bobby Christensen. He's got some great stories about competing at the top of the sport and even competing in Ferrari Challenge for a few years. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/31817872

The Rambler with Albert Wentzel 06/02/2024

The Rambler with Albert Wentzel Matt and Dave chat with Albert Wentzel about the Lemons Rambler. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/31566382

Big Bend Open Road Race 05/17/2024

Big Bend Open Road Race Matt, Pat, and Dave touch base with multiple time Big Bend Open Road Race champion, Doug Masters. We learned a ton about the time distance rally format, and all the wonderful things this event brings to the small community of Fort Stockton, TX. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/31346472

Lemons at Hallett 2024 05/10/2024

Lemons at Hallett 2024 Matt and Pat chat about their exciting weekent in Jennings, OK with the TARP Racing crew. The new e36 build won practice. Then it didn't. Like and subscribe, rate and review! /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/31225992

F1 Driver Contract Analysis 04/26/2024

F1 Driver Contract Analysis Matt and Pat chat about smoke machines, Lemons at Hallett prep, and F1 driver contracts. Like and subscribe and rate and review /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/30999533

E36 Shakedown at ECR 03/21/2024

E36 Shakedown at ECR Matt and Pat chat about shaking down the E36 Lemons build at Eagles Canyon Raceway. Things went smoothly, Eagles Canyon is a lovely track, and we're on target for the big race at Hallett in May. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/30469463

TARP Racing vs Everyone 03/13/2024

TARP Racing vs Everyone Pat and Matt welcome special guest Roland to chat about all the ways TARP Racing is taking on the world in 2024. We won some races, we did okay at an HPDE, F1 happened. Like and subscribe and rate and review. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/30350043

2024 F1 Season Preview 02/29/2024

2024 F1 Season Preview Matt and Pat chat about the upcoming 2024 F1 Season. We make bold predictions. Apple juice is consumed. Need we say more? /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/30161278

Lemons at Barber 2024 02/10/2024

Lemons at Barber 2024 Matt, Pat, Nate, and Todd recap TARP Racing’s valiant attempt at winning the heroic fix award in Birmingham. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/29886848

2024 Racing Season Preview 01/27/2024

2024 Racing Season Preview Matt, Pat, and Nate chat about the upcoming 2024 racing season. We've got the 24 Hours of Daytona this weekend, along with the NASA TX season opener at MSR Houston. Racing is hard. Try to have a good time. See y'all at Barber. Here's that Lambo effort we chatted about. Very similar feels to our budget enduro efforts. https://youtu.be/gWQcRBv-3wI?si=e7KISrz_rH571Whp /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/29672828

Jose Garcia Jr. - 2023 NASA TX ST6 Champion 01/04/2024

Jose Garcia Jr. - 2023 NASA TX ST6 Champion Matt and Nate chat with the 2023 NASA Texas ST6 champ, Jose Garcia Jr. He and his family have been doing a ton of driving over the last couple of decades, so he's got some great stories and lessons to share. We even took a deep dive into, his vast stable of miata, kmiatas, and ST5 rules. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/29349033

Jay Lamm - 24 Hours of Lemons 12/22/2023

Jay Lamm - 24 Hours of Lemons !!! BIG SHOW ALERT !!! Matt and Pat chat with Jay Lamm, the inventor of budget endurance racing, about his journey through automotive journalism and the early days of the 24 Hours of Lemons. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/29201453

2023 Racer of the Year 12/16/2023

2023 Racer of the Year Matt and Pat chat about the 2023 racing season. Overall the team had a hard time making it to the track, but we got to see Hunter and Todd excel at sprint racing in the NASA Texas region. Big congrats to Todd for winning the 2023 Racer of the Year award. He crushed it! https://racershq.square.site/s/shop /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/29108798

FantasyGP 2023 Season Review 12/01/2023

FantasyGP 2023 Season Review Pat and Mat chat with Roland about his dominating victory over the RACERSHQ Podcast Battle FantasyGP league. Big shout out to everyone that participated. Better luck next year. /episode/index/show/howtobecomearacecardriver/id/28885088

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