Flatirons Syndicate Motorsports Podcast

Tanner Foust is just back from driving the RUF B8 at Goodwood. He has won championships in US Rally Cross, Formula Drift, he has 4 X-Games Gold Medals, and this is just the top line of his racing resume.He was also one of the hosts of Top Gear America, which is most likely where many of you know him from.Having been part of motorsports and media for more than 2 decades now, he is now part of the Driven Media Platform.But way back at the beginning of his career, one of the first National Championships that he won was the 2005 Rally America Production GT Championship with his Co-Driver Scott Crouch, driving the Flatirons Tuning WRX.In this episode, we catch up with Tanner about what he is doing now, reminisce about those early days, and we talk about the new Driven Automotive Enthusiast platform that is launching soon.If you want to follow along with what Tanner is up to, check out his Instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/tannerfoust/Here is a link to the Driven Streaming Platform you can check out as well:https://www.getdriven.co/Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Subaru's Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive allows them to excel in many different applications, but one that might not be as obvious is Drag Racing.Through the years, this has presented a number of different problems. The first of which was, how do you make big power with a Subaru EJ engine? Then, how do you keep the drivetrain together once you are aggressively launching the car and making big power?There are no shortage of challenges here, but there are a few people that have been diligently working through all of these problems, finding solutions, and making Subaru's faster and faster each year.One of the shops that is at the front of making Subaru's fast in the 1/4 Mile is Prime Motoring.For this episode of the podcast, Jon sits down with Demetri from Prime Motoring and Harvey from The Boostcreep to find out more about all that it takes to make a Subaru fast.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode 205 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast:Dewey just locked up his 3rd championship in Gridlife Street Mod class out at Watkins Glenn last weekend competing in Gridlife Summer Apex. We start out talking about all that went into making that happen.Art is just back from Subie Fest California where he was in the Overtake booth, but also got to ride in a couple of very cool Subarus as well.From there, we talk about the State of Subaru Enthusiasm. What are people excited about, and how well is Subaru connecting with us as Enthusiasts?Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Cobb Tuning has been at the center of Subaru Performance basically since it was founded in 1999. When they released the first version of the AccesPort in 2004, they completely changed the way that Tuning worked, and established the foundation for what the future of Subaru Performance would be for decades to come.

In this episode, Jon and Dan (Mach V Motorsports) sit down with Tadd Crayton (President of Cobb Tuning) and Billy Brooks (Chief Technical and Compliance Officer) to get a clear picture of where Cobb is now, and what they are working on for the future.

We start out the conversation talking about the Green Speed initiative which was the point where Cobb set a new standard for CARB compliance for all of their Performance Parts.

We then talk about the changes that are happening at Cobb this year as they re-structure to work with some of the brands that their Parent Company (Engineered Performance Technologies) has added to their group, specifically Grimmspeed, PRL, and Hondata.

From there, we talk about some of the things that Cobb has been working on for the future, specifically a CARB approved Down Pipe (which still has a little development to go, but is getting close) and the possibility of a CARB approved Flex-Fuel kit in the future.

Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

The path of the Automotive Enthusiast is one that is full of fun and excitement, but there are many traps and challenges that await you along the road. Those of us that have been building, tracking, or racing cars for years will tell you that those traps and challenges are how you learn and that finding your way through these trials is as much a part of being an enthusiast as having a perfect trouble-free day at the track.
There is an argument out there that the less you know about what could go wrong, or how challenging a task may be, the easier it is to get excited about it, and the more likely you are to jump in head first to the challenge.

Ignorance is Bliss as they say…

I was having a conversation with Dewey about some of the recent issues that we ran into with our Pikes Peak car, specifically about how a very simple and cheap part caused a somewhat significant issue on our run up the mountain this year, and how frustrating it can be to work through these problems.

He said that there has to be something like the Dunning-Kruger Effect that applies to Race Cars that related to what we were working through now, and which is something that most all of us who have frequently tracked our cars, or worked on or around a race team have run into.

It was immediately clear that this was a broader conversation that we needed to have, and we decided to bring in Tony from Turn in Concepts to help us work through all of this, and hopefully gain a clearer perspective on why we push through all of this.

I think that there is likely something in this conversation for anyone from a true novice that is just starting to think of taking their car to the track for the first time, through to someone like us that has been working around race cars for a while now, with full knowledge of what it takes to properly prep a car, and all that could go wrong when you are pushing a car at speed.

I hope that you enjoy the conversation and Stay Tuned!