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MotoIQ Radio Episode 33: Matt "Rodrez" Rodriguez and Nitto Tire

By Will Cannady

In the episode on 3/7/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have the Editor of Honda Tuning Magazine, Matt "Rodrez" Rodriguez talking about the state of import tuning especially the Honda/Acura set and what he is looking forward to this year. If you have not checked out the latest issue, go pick it up and read his editorial and I wonder if this might be the things to come. We also have Harry Kong from Nitto Tire USA. He is the Events and Marketing specialist there and we will be discussing Nitto's new product, Motivo and Nitto's motorsports endeavors. We will also have Tim Coltey from Nitto who manages their off road events. I hope you enjoy this episode, next week we go deep with Ryan Sage, Jim Liaw and Kevin Wells of Formula Drift to talk about the season and what we can expect.

MotoIQ Radio Episode 32: Media Day

By Will Cannady

In the episode on 2/29/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have a show with some of our industry's best film makers and photographers. The guests will be, Larry Chen, Justin Shreeve, Will Roegge, Joshua Herron, Joe Ayala and Linhdbergh Nguyen. If you follow SpeedHunters,LifeBlasters, Medium Monster, Keep Drifting Fun, the list goes on. I really hope you all enjoy this action packed and no doubt hilarious episode. 

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Will Roegge

http://vimeo.com/37451782

Larry Chen

www.Driftfotos.com

Linhbergh Nguyen:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linhbergh/163392570420655

MotoIQ Radio Episode 31: Jeff Abbott, Ben Lewallen and Kenny Wayne Shavers

By Will Cannady

In the episode on 2/22/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have two drifters, Pro drifter, Jeff Abbott and Pro-Am Drifter Ben Lewallen. We will discuss how they got into drifting, how they did last season, upgrades for the off season and what we can expect this year. We will have Kenny Wayne Shavers talking about karting and managing a team of drivers who are family too. We will talk about how to set up a kart and what it takes to go fast.

MotoIQ Radio Episode 30: John Burton Rogers of Local Motors

By Will Cannady

In the episode on 2/15/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, I bring you a company with an idea that I have been following for some time now. Local Motors is, what I feel, is the perfect combination of crowd sourcing ideas and the ability to make them come true. with all the technologies available right now for manufacturing on a small scale with high quality, I believe Local Motors has put together a system and a process that can bring some of these ideas to light. At the head of Local Motors, John Burton Rogers brings the passion and the know how to make it work. Below you will see a picture of the end result of this process of concept, refinement, prototype and production. The Rally Fighter has all the specs and components for a awesome truck. Did I mention that it is street legal? Did I mention that you can build it yourself? Did I mention that this truck is open source, which means if you have the skills with CAD you can develop your own aftermarket parts for this truck? The reason why I believe that the MotoIQ readers will enjoy this interview is because all of you have a eye for form and function. You are all enthusiasts who can think outside of the box and because of that I am challenging you to join Local Motors community and offer your input and possibly start our own concept. I really hope you enjoy this interview and join Local Motors.

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MotoIQ Radio Episode 29: Scott VanderHeide, Mauricio Ornelas Jr and Cyrus Martinez

By Will Cannady

In the episode on 2/8/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have Scott VanderHeide from Fontana Nissan and Nissan Race Shop. We will discuss his job over there and how Nissan Race Shop came to be. He will be bringing a few people with him, his Master Tech Chris Heimburg and sponsored driver Mauricio Ornelas Jr compteting in Formula Drift for 2012 for the first time as a pro. We will have Formula Drift driver Cyrus Martinez discussing how he got into drifting, how things went last year and what we can expect from him for 2012.

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http://www.facebook.com/mauricioornelasjr
http://www.facebook.com/95green14

In the episode on 2/1/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, For the first time on the show we have Rob Cardona repping World Racing and the whole team over there. We are going to learn more about "Cousin Rob" and the rest of the crew that helps Christian Rado and the Scion TC go fast. If you have not kept up with the crew on their webseries check out the link HERE and the most recent webisode below. We will bring Jason Dienhart from Global Time Attack on the show to talk about the season and what is new for 2012. Go here for the Global Time Attack Clockwork GTA web series. Rob and Jason will round out the hour with some conversations about Time Attack from around the states and what they are looking forward to this season. Next week we have Scott Van der Heide from Nissan Race Shop and he will be bringing a special guest with him. We will also have Cyrus Martinez, a Formula Drift Driver.

WORLD-Motorsports.com

DESCENDANT-Racing.com

GlobalTimeAttack.com

In the episode on 1/25/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have a action packed episode opening with Jay from Vibrant Performance giving us some new tech tips and we will hear about his experience at the Dakar Rally. Up next we have Formula Drift Driver, Ken Gushi. We will discuss his history and how he got into motor sports and hopefully we will get details about his new car for 2012, the Scion FR-S built by Greddy. No doubt we will have a great time talking about that car and also his time spent with AE86s. Batting third will be Tony Angelo, he has been in the judges booth for a while and the drifting bug has sunk it's teeth in to him and he is coming back for 2012 hot and heavy. Get the word out this will be a awesome show filled with tech, info, laughs and great conversation.

In theis episode on 1/18/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, this week we have Alex Grabau from Dent Sport Garage back on the show with a friend of his, Bob D'Amore, to talk about the Motorsport of hill climbing. We will go into the sport, car classification, where it's done, and how you can get into it. Ever since I had alex and bill on the show I have been fed lots of cool hill climb videos from alex and I hope to make it to one this year to take it all in myself. Below you will find some videos That show what hill climb has and what kind of cars compete in it. Coming up next week we will have Jay back on with Vibrant tech tips and we will go into his experience of the Dakar rally. After Jay we will have special guest, Ken Gushi, we will cover the announcement of his new drift car for 2012 and he will tell us all about it next week on MotoIQ Radio. This just in, Tony Angelo will be on the show next week as well!!! Listen in HERE Fall back position HERE Past Episodes HERE Some more info: New England Hillclimb on FB New England Hillclimb Association www.hillclimb.org Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association http://pahillclimb.net/

In the episode on 1/11/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have Formula Drift driver, Kyle Mohan on the show. He has been interviewed by our top drifting corespondent, Justin Banner and you can go read his excellent article HERE. I will be asking questions about his 2012 season plans, any changes in his car, Mazda specific questions about how he came to the brand and why the magic spinning triangles are so mesmerizing. Stay tuned and get the word out, Kyle Mohan is here. Coming up next week we have Alex back from Dent Sport Garage to talk hillclimb and he is bringing a few guests with him to talk about the sport. Martin Gonzales give us a update for the new 2012 schedule for MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Championships.

If you are a rotary fan and a drifting fan, you will love this episode with Kyle Mohan. I chopped this out of the full episode and will release two episodes one full episode and one just with Kyle Mohan. The other episode has information concerning the MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Chamionships.

www.kylemohan.com
www.kylemohanracing.com

In the episode on 1/4/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, coming back on the show we have Chris Rhoad of Studio Rhoad: Motorsports Marketing and Design and Tony Szirka, owner of UMS Tuning. Chris is back to do another talk for those drivers and personalities looking to solidify and increase their personal brand. We will be talking about; parnerships vs. sponsorships, push and pray vs. pull and stay, sponsorship proposals, your digital homebase and a sponsorship webinar he is putting together soon. Tony is back to talk about the UMS Tuning Time Attack series out of Arizona. We will hear about the last years season and what we can expect for this season. We will discuss any rule changes, how many competitors to expect, the event schedule and much more. Welcome to 2012 and I really hope to bring more content that you want to hear, get in touch with me will(at)motoiq.com and let me know what you want to hear. I also hope to do more event coverage and more recaps this year so keep tuned in. Tell your friends and bring them to the chat room. Thanks.

Below are the links Chris spoke about on the show.

Proposal -

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http://studiorhoad.com/webinar/
studiorhoad.com/facebook

UMS Tuning Links

www.umstuning.com
www.umstuningtimeattackseries.com
www.nasaaz.com

In the episode on 12/28/11 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have Mike Bonanni former driver of the Berk Technology BMW 135i in the MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Championships. We will get the details tonight of where he will be driving next year. If you have not heard of this guy go check out the website and see his history. I had the opportunity to meet him at SEMA and we talked for a few mins and I thought he would be a cool driver to have on the show. I hope you enjoy this interview and make sure you make it into the chat room to have your questions answered on the show.

www.bonannimotorsports.com

MotoIQ Radio: Todd Reid from Reidspeedinc.com

By Will Cannady

In the episode on 12/21/11 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we have Todd Reid from Reidspeedinc.com. He drives a couple of cars, a legit Lotus Caterham and the Fortune Auto Honda Civic. He is also a certified instructor with NASA and BMW CCA to name a few. We will discuss his racing history, what it is like as an instructor, the cars he has driven and what 2012 holds. I hope you enjoy this interview. On another note, I have enjoyed this past year bringing you this podcast under this name and another. I have always wanted to be apart of this industry and I hope that this podcast has offered you the informationa and the conversations you wanted to hear. For years I have read the same magazines and possibly toured the same forums you have and I only hope that you keep coming back to the podcast for great conversation and informative discussions on the more technical aspects of the things we pour blood, sweat and tears to forge the relationships with the friends we wrench with and the cars we drive. Much love and respect to you all and tell your friends about the show and join us in the chat room for some great conversations. Next week we have driver Mike Bonanni.

MotoIQ Radio: Gialamas Technical Innovations and Vibrant Performance

By Will Cannady

In the episode on 12/14/11 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, We have a interview with the founder and owner of Gialamas Technical Innovations, Costa Gialamas. You can read a bio written by Justin Banner HERE. We will learn more about the man, the company and his out look on drifting and motorsports. We have coming back to do a segment about fabrication and new pieces from Vibrant Performance. This is a shoter episode than usual, let me know in the comments below how long and what and who do you want to hear on the show. Thanks.

Vibrant Performance MotoIQ Page

tech(at)vibrantperformace.com for your fabrication questions

In the episode on 12/07/11 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, this episode will have turbos and two companies. Up first, we have one of MotoIQ's Contributers, Khiem Dinh. He is an engineer with Honeywell Turbo Technologies also known as Garrett and he is going to give us the low down on turbochargers and what he sees as an insider. Some of the topics we will get into is the different companies that produce turbochargers and how OEM's choose their turbos, turbo applications (diesel, gas) and a bit on direct injection. Up next we have Sharif Abdelbaset from Forged Performance, we will learn how the company got started and what they do today. Lastly, we have Bill and Alex from Dent Sport Garage. If you are a time attack fan and have followed their car through it's iterations you will enjoy this conversation. We will also learn about the company and the services they offer at their location.

 Khiem's Articles can be found HERE.

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