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Hello my name is Trent Barr and thank you for listening to The Racing Ear Podcast. I have been a passionate historic sports car racing fan since I was a child and I started my first version podcast back in 2014. I started going to historic sports car racing events and audio recording racing cars in the paddock and on the track. Then I started up again and I wanted to interview people who have been in the racing industry. I have been involved with hosting this podcast with 2-Time 24 Hours of ...
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Hello again Racing Ears, This is a special episode where I was fortunate to be able to have a chat with Rob Dyson and Rick Knoop at the same time. Rob and Rick were both very gracious to spend time with me chatting about sports car racing / professional road racing in all of its splendor and lore that was rekindled during this glorious phone call d…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Mr Producer and I were able to attend the 2024 CSRG David Love Vintage Races held at Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma California. It was great to see this place in its glory on a late winter Saturday after a very wet winter with its green hills and tiny white flowers popping up all around the circuit. Got to do m…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Here is a great conversation that I had with Kim Schiedel who is and was the owner of Schiedel's Fleet Services in Sacramento California for many years. Kim has recently retired. Kim also has many interests and passions that have allowed him to be involved in many endeavors throughout his life. One of the interesting parts …
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Hello again Racing Ears, I wanted to put together an episode for someone that went out of their way to allow me the opportunity to have a tour inside of a 50,000 watt major metropolitan radio station in Sacramento California. Lou Gesicki who's radio name is Sweet Lou Gallagher gave me a tour of KFBK News Radio 1530AM and 93.1FM on the eve of Thanks…
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Hello again fellow Racing Ears, I got to visit the Cars and Coffee Folsom Group in El Dorado Hills during Christmas Time 2023. It was a bit cold but it was good to get out and practice talking to enthusiasts about their cars. I enjoyed learning a little bit more this time about the cars that showed up on a cold but bright Saturday morning in Decemb…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Mr. Producer and I were able to attend the Cars and Coffee Event in El Dorado Hills California. This event was put on by the Cars and Coffee Of Folsom California Group. This group meets every Saturday at the El Dorado Hills Regal and IMAX theater parking lot. I enjoy attending, chatting, and learning more about these great …
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Hello again fellow Racing Ears, I took a courage pill and spent 110 quidd for a ticket to the 2023 Velocity Invitational. Mr Producer and I had a ball seeing and hearing very famous and historic racing cars that were all staged in the one and only paddock area that is at Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point. As I described in this podcast episode, there w…
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Hello again Racing Ears, I went to the 2023 CSRG Autumn-Tacular Season Finale at Thunder Hill Raceway and had a new way of capturing footage to make episodes. I got to briefly chat with owners / driver members of the Classic Sports Racing Group which had its season ending event in early November 2023 at Thunder Hill Raceway in Willows California, j…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Well it has been a long time since I have published an episode but I wanted to share that I now have a new piece of podcast cover art. I went to Fiverr and got to work with a brilliant artist named Claudia E. She came up with a great piece of podcast cover art for me and I really enjoy it a lot! Her link on Fiverr is here: …
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Hello again fellow Racing Ears, Well its been a long and hot summer but I got a chance to cool off while I visited Monterey California during Car Week, highlighted by the 2022 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 24 Hours Of Le Mans. In this episode I was able to share a bit of memories of the recent photos th…
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Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode, Rick and Trent were fortunate to be able to chat with Jerry Woods about his illustrative career as it pertains to his experience over the years working with the Porsche 935. Jerry also shared that he had experience working with the Kremer Brothers in Cologne Germany. Jerry also got to experience other types…
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Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode Trent, Rick, and Jeff were fortunate to have a first conversation with Mr. Jerry Woods. Jerry Woods is the owner at Jerry Woods Enterprises which is a Porsche related specialist service shop that specializes in preparing Porsches either for the enthusiast driver collector or for the enthusiast collector raci…
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Hello again Fellow Racing Ears, In this episode, Trent, Rick, and Jeff were all onboard to have a great discussion and with the 2021 Motorsport Hall Of Fame Of America Inductee, Judy Stropus. Judy Stropus was a pioneer in the development of timing and scoring in auto racing before racing transponders were invented. Judy became involved in auto raci…
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Hello again fellow Racing Ears, In this episode Rick and Trent were able to have a memorable conversation with Joe Catron. They were recently all together at the Lucky Dog Racing League 8 Hour Enduro at Sears Point International Raceway on Saturday February 12 2022 where the racing team finished 8th out of 80 cars in the Vintage Exotics Porsche 997…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Many thanks to Brad Kettler for coming on to chat with us on The Racing Ear Podcast. In this episode, we all were able to discuss more of what the era was when the Audi R8 LMP 900 racing car dominated the 24 Hours Of Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series back in the early 2000's. We also shared insight as to how the Audi …
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Hello again Racing Ears, Here is another great episode of The Racing Ear Podcast. For this episode Trent, Jeff, and Rick got to chat with Brad Kettler formerly of Audi Sport and of Champion Racing. Originally from Lafayette Indiana, Mr. Kettler was kind enough to come on and share how his passion for racing grew from being conveniently close to the…
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Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode Trent, Rick, and Jeff had a chance to catch up with Dan Binks. Dan Binks is the legendary Crew Chief that was involved in the epic racing dynasty that was the Pratt & Miller Engineering Compuware Chevrolet Corvette Racing Team. This team has a total of EIGHT class victories at the the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ov…
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Hello again Fellow Racing Ears, Martin Raffauf is an auto racing mechanic that spends his time being a highly published auto racing Porsche racing historian. He has written several articles that are currently posted on www.porscheroadandrace.com. In this episode, Martin Raffauf joins The Racing Ear Podcast to share how he started in auto racing wor…
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Hello Racing Ears, Many thanks go to Rick Knoop and Henry "Ike" Smith for making this episode happen at the glorious "Conversation Diner" in Central California. As mentioned in our last episode, myself and Mr. Producer were able to visit Rick and Ike during the Holidays in 2021. In this episode we all had a conversation about how Henry "Ike" Smith …
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Hello and Happy New Year 2022 from The Racing Ear Podcast, In this episode, Mr. Producer and I were fortunate enough to be able to visit with Rick Knoop and Henry "Ike" Smith during the Christmas Holidays in December of 2021. We were also able to have a very historic conversation about the Canadian American Challenge Cup at the glorious "Conversati…
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Hello again Racing Ears, It is my distinct honor and pleasure to welcome Mr. Paul Page to The Racing Ear Podcast. Mr. Page is a legend in the coverage of the Indiana classic auto racing event that happens every Memorial Day weekend at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Mr. Page also wrote the book called "Hello, I'm PAU…
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Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode, Jeff Oldham is our special guest. Rick Knoop and Jeff Oldham have known each other for over 40 years. It was great to hear about Jeff originally being from Indianapolis Indiana. His Dad taking him to the Indianapolis 500 practice and qualifying sessions was a big reason why he has had a deep love for auto r…
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Hello again Racing Ears, It was great to chat with Rick Knoop again after his illustrative trip to Daytona Beach Florida to be a racing driver during the HSR Classic 24 Hour at Daytona International Speedway back on October 27th through the 31st of 2021. Rick had an awesome time getting to see old friends again, see spectacular racing cars again, a…
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Hello again Racing Ears, I had a great opportunity to be a guest at the 2021 Yokohama Drivers Cup at Sears Point International Raceway. This event featured Porsche racing groups but it was great to see the Masters Historic Racing groups as well. The Masters Historic Racing group featured a Historic Formula 1 racing group and a Historic Endurance Ra…
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Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode it was great to have a conversation with Dann Shively. Dann Shively was a key figure in the development of live helicopter news journalism in the greater Sacramento metropolitan area. Dann has been involved in the broadcasting of radio and television news which includes his tenure of being the pilot and repo…
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Hello again Racing Ears, This is a special episode where Rick Knoop talks about his week at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac Michigan. For the week of September 27 of 2021 Rick was at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac Michigan at the Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies for 2020 and 2021. Both events were amazing and it was really fun to catch up wit…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Here is a great episode where it is just Rick Knoop and I. Rick was great to come on the show again to discuss his trip to Pontiac Michigan for the week of September 27th 2021. He shared a little bit of what is "on tap" for this particular trip to the M1 Concourse in Pontiac Michigan. Then Rick shared a little bit of his lo…
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Hello again Fellow Racing Ears, In this episode, Rick and I started with a new Father / Son theme as it relates to automotive enthusiast heritage. Today we chatted with Jim Perell. He is Chief-Of-Concours for the San Francisco Region of the Sports Car Club of America. We all discussed the car culture living in Southern California during the 50's an…
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Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode, Rick Knoop was kind enough to let me chat with his friend Peter Miles. Peter Miles is the son of Ken Miles, who was heavily involved as a test driver, mechanic, and racing driver in the development of the Ford GT40 back in the mid 1960's. The Ford GT40 won the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, beating Ferrari for the …
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Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode of The Racing Ear Podcast Mr. Producer and I revisited our visit to the amazing Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles California. We shared each and every car that we saw in this museum and what each car meant to us. This museum experience is a great value for any automotive enthusiast. If you are planni…
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Hello Again Racing Ears, I was so excited to be able to chat with John Morton and Rick Knoop again for the Part 2 episode of their shared racing memories. In this episode we discussed their time racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Once again they discussed cars, drivers, chicanes vs no chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight, different corners on the Circ…
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Hello Racing Ears, Mr. Producer and I got to go to the NHRA Sonoma Nationals back on Friday July 23 and we had a ball. It was our first big racing event of 2021. We had $16.00 corn dogs and drank $5.00 cokes and sprites. We saw a few heroes of ours and it was so nice to be in a cooler climate for a few hours. I incorporated some actual sound footag…
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Hello Again Racing Ears, In this episode Rick Knoop was kind enough to let me chat with his friend John Morton. Both Rick and John spent time being racing teammates and being racing competitors. In this episode we all chatted about racing cars, racing drivers, and racing circuits. This is part 1 with special guest John Morton. John Morton mentioned…
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Hello again Racing Ears, I had another amazing chat with Rick Knoop about a circuit in North America that you may have heard of. Watkins Glen International Raceway is a circuit located in Upstate New York and according to Rick Knoop it is one of the fastest circuits he has ever raced on. His descriptions of this historic racing circuit coupled with…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Jeff Kline is a former racing driver that I have become more familiar with recently after hearing him being a part of a panel discussion with the Racing History Project / "Race Talk with Trish" episode remembering IMSA GTU back in the 1980's. Back in the day, Jeff raced predominantly for Mazda, but had rides for Porsche, Ge…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Thank you for your continued support of this humble little auto racing history podcast. I got to check in with Rick Knoop and how he is doing with being a race car driving instructor with DK Racing School at Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond California and the M1 Concourse in Pontiac Michigan. Very good thing…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, For this episode of The Racing Ear Podcast I had an amazing conversation with Martina Kwan who is the spokesperson for the DK Racing School that is located at the Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond California. Martina Kwan is an FIA licensed race car driver, race car instructor, and co-owner of the DK Racing …
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, Its been awhile but I got to chat with Rick Knoop again about his recent travels to Pontiac Michigan to be a driving instructor at the M1 Concourse. He had a blast a few weeks ago and is really looking forward to being there again. We then had a conversation about his memories surrounding Riverside International Raceway in…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, My producer and I were able to attend the 2021 CSRG David Love Vintage Races at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday April 10 2021. We had a great first outing for the year at my favorite spring time vintage racing event at Sonoma Raceway. Mr. Producer as I like to call him had an amazing time getting close to the cars and taking ph…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, Locke De Bretteville is the President of the Classic Sports Racing Group. I remembered hearing Locke on an episode of The Vintage Racing Podcast with Greg Tatarian a few years ago and I finally was able to chat with him in this episode. Locke and I talked about his racing memories going back into the late 60s and early 70s…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, In this episode of The Racing Ear Podcast, Rick Knoop and I discuss what it took for Porsche to overcome the dominance of the Chevrolet powered McLarens, Lolas, and Shadows during the Canadian American Challenge Cup back in the early 1970's. This episode is a thoughtful and passionate recollection of a historic era in Nort…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ear Enthusiasts, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Bob and Becky Pengraph for Episode 9 of The Racing Ear Podcast. At the time of this interview the Classic Sports Racing Group first event of the year, the David Love Vintage Races, was 2 weeks out to be held at Sonoma Raceway April 9-11 2021. I wanted to chat with Bob an…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, Bud Moeller has owned and raced iconic Historic Formula 1 racing cars for over 30 years. The 1980 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312 T5 and the 2003 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F2003GA are historic and iconic in the world of motorsport. His stories related to these amazing racing cars are well worth the listen. We also spoke of …
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Hello again Fellow Racing Ear Enthusiasts, I got another chance to have a chat with Rick Knoop about his experience racing in Historic Formula 1. We spoke about what it was like to spectate at the Long Beach Grand Prix when Formula 1 would come to the west coast to have its second race in the United States opposite Watkins Glen in Upstate New York.…
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Hello Racing Ear Enthusiasts, Rick Knoop had an opportunity to drive in NASCAR and it was a privilege to speak with him about racing during an era when I was a fan of Bill Elliott. In this episode, Rick Knoop recollects what it was like to drive in NASCAR at historic venues like Talladega, Watkins Glen, Michigan International, and Dover Internation…
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Hello again Racing Ears, Ever since I first laid my eyes on the amazing Porsche 962 back in 1985 when I was 13 years old at Laguna Seca Raceway, I have always been a fan of the spectacular era that was the IMSA Camel GTP racing series in North America in the mid to late 1980's. Rick Knoop co-drove the BF Goodrich Jim Busby Racing number 67 Porsche …
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, I was able to chat with Rick Knoop again and tonight we spoke about his experience running at the annual Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Pikes Peak Colorado in the Knoop Mann Special. His stories related to this amazing event are fascinating. Thank you for listening to The Racing Ear Podcast #theracingearpodcast #rickknoop #knoopm…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, Rick Knoop has raced many cars over the years since starting his career over 45 years ago. In this episode of The Racing Ear Podcast we discuss his success driving with Mazda. There have been many instrumental and groundbreaking efforts to bring the Mazda RX7 to the race track and to the winners circle over the years. in 1…
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Hello Fellow Racing Ears, I am so thankful and grateful for this episode of The Racing Ear Podcast. My first guest is Rick Knoop. Rick Knoop has been a race car driver for over 40 years and in this episode of The Racing Ear Podcast, he remembers and describes what it was like to participate at the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans, in Le Mans France. He was…
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Hello fellow Racing Ears, My name is Trent Barr and I love historic sports car racing. I am in my late 40s and I want to start my old podcast up again. The Racing Ear started in 2014 where my goal was to go to historic racing events and record the sounds of the cars in their element, at the race track. I started with a simple hand held recorder whi…
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