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We start off this episode by catching up with Eric Burmeister to get an inside look at the new events and new format for MaxAttack! this year.  Eric explains what goes on behind the scenes and tells us why 2009 is the summer of MaxAttack! 

Our featured guest this episode is Andrew Comrie-Picard, better known as “ACP”.  Andrew is currently tied with Tanner Foust for the points lead in the Rally America Championship.  We talk to Andrew about his plans for the rest of the season in both the U.S. and Canada, what it’s like to drive a Mitsubishi amongst a sea of Subarus, and talk through his spectacular end over end roll at last year’s X-Games. 

Finally we bring our listeners up to date with the latest rally results and preview upcoming events.

In this interview our featured guest is two-time Rally America PGT National Champion Matt Johnson .  We caught up with Matt while he and his co-driver Jeremy “Worm” Wimpey were driving through the Appalachians on their way to Sno*Drift 2009.

Erik and I were thrilled to see that SNR got a mention on Bill Lockwood’s Rally Blog at ESPN. Very cool. Here’s his blog. Definitely recommended reading.

-eddie

In this interview our featured guess is J.B. Niday, the managing director of Rally America. We discuss a variety of topics including the history and workings of Rally America, its branding and marketing, JBs response to grassroots criticisms, and his vision of the future of American rally.

In this episode our featured guest is two-time Rally America PGT National Champion Matt Johnson .  We caught up with Matt while he and his co-driver Jeremy “Worm” Wimpey were driving through the Appalachians on their way to Sno*Drift.

We discuss the new Super Production class, the challenge of finding sponsors in the current environment, and just how pumped up he is to get back in the driver’s seat at Sno*Drift.  Also in this episode we bring you up to date on news and developments during the off season, including the X Games 15 invitees, NASA and Rally America rule changes, who’s driving what in 2009, and which of your favorite drivers went to Disneyworld.  Lastly we preview the upcoming events on the U.S. rally calendar.  Download this episode now and find out, “Who the fu*k is Matt Johnson ?”

In this episode our featured guess is J.B. Niday, the managing director of Rally America. We discuss a variety of topics including the history and workings of Rally America, its branding and marketing, JBs response to grassroots criticisms, and his vision of the future of American rally.

We also summarize the conclusions of the 2008 Rally America and USRC National Championhips, give a run down of results from recent events and highlight upcoming events. Lastly, organizer of the upcoming Rallye de Paris Richard Miller comes on the show and tells us what he has planned for the last American rally in the 2008 calendar.

Our featured guest is two-time Rally America National champion co-driver Christian Edstrom. Christian has competed in the US, Canada, and in the WRC.

Eric Burmeister rallies a factory supported Mazda 3 and is also co-founder of the Max Attack series. We discuss his rally roots, his take on sponsorship, and his intent and vision for the Max Attack series.

We’re in the process of separately publishing our interviews from the original episodes that they appeared in. This interview is with Anders Green, organizer of the Sandblast Rally (among of others). He takes us inside the mind of an organizer. For the record, I blame Anders.

In this Rally Tech segment Stage Notes Radio contributor Kris Marciniak tackles the age old question, “buy it or build it?” Learn what to consider when deciding whether to buy or build your first rally car.