Episode 159 of the CAMcast features thrills, chills, and the return of the one thing you’ve been clamoring for: pizza! Oh, and Gavin. He joins Mike, Dave, and Zack to talk about Tesla laying off a bunch of folk, Chevy killing cars and ads, small pick ups, things you’ll see this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, and more!
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Happy Thanksgiving! We’re thankful you’re spending some time listening us. We won’t start some dumb argument with you, or spring a secret family on you. We won’t embarrass you… like that anyway.
First we shoutout Alex and Trenton for organizing our GT Sport challenges. Want to get in on those? Support us on Patreon for the low, low price of $5 a month, and you’ll get access to that, our secret Facebook group, and exclusive content!
Then we get into a Track/Daily/Crush submission from Brandon McConkey, which pits modern Dave against neo-classic and true classic Dave.
Then we get into the topic of the week: we fantasy draft cars fro the turn of the millennium! Cars that were either debuted, or had a new generation introduced between 1997 and 2003. It gets messy, but it’s good. Let us know who you thought won, and what your choices are by shooting us an email!
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It’s cold out, but this CAMcast is a hot one! The gang (minus Dad) and Zack Lords tackle Trent’s Billion Dollar Question which centered around two high performance pick ups, and one less so. Then they tackle the Question of the Week! That question being “What car would you convert to electric?” The guys have some strong answers, and you all brought the heat with your answers!
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Earlier this month, “this month” being August, we had what might be the last Pirelli World Challenge event at Utah Motorsports Campus for a while, if not ever. Get yourself a sweet souvenir by buying a photo from the event! With Utah Motorsports Campus being left off next year’s schedule, this event was probably the last time we’ll see the series roll through. With that knowledge possibly weighing on the locals, they went out and had some solid showings.
David Askew and DXDT racing never left the podium for either of the GT Sprint-X AM class races, finishing first on Saturday and third on Sunday.
Despite only podiuming once, 2nd place on Saturday, Drew Stavely locked down the GTS-X Am championship on the very track where he teaches! Yes, the Ford Performance Racing School instructor brought home the first championship for Ian Lacy Racing and G3 Racing with their Ginetta program.
Vesko Kozarov must be tapping into the same magic Arthur Golebiowski does, because he was no where near any of the other TC competitors! He swept the weekend by bus lengths.
Other locals out racing on the weekend were the rest of the G3/Ian Lacy Racing team: husband and wife duo Frank and Jenny Gannet (Frank in the #24 Ginetta in GTS, Jen in the MX-5 Global Cup Car in TCA), and Steve Burns.
Daren Jorgensen was out and about in his M4 GT4 that’s probably been to more bucket list tracks than a lot of you reading this. The car was shipped to Australia for the Bathurst 12 Hour, and has been doing regular GTS duty all season.
Lumber magnate (…sure?), and purveyor of fine grooming products, Jeff Burton was also out in GTS Am.
In other news: I fell off a golf cart, almost ran into The Stradman (literally), met Tom O’Gorman, and caught up with friend of the program Ryan Eversley. I also chatted with the dominant Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai i30n TCR drivers about looking like the locals. Anyway, here are a bunch of galleries to rifle through. If you like what you see, you can buy some photos here.
Thanks for joining us on this episode! Most of the other panelists couldn’t make it, so Mike and Gavin are joined by CAM super fan Brandon Kuhn, local drifting royalty (?) Nick Stucky, and wildcard Julian Whitterton. This motley crew tackle some serious news topics
A British tourist managed to rack up $47,000 in fines in 4 hours of driving in Dubai
A lot of cars missed being IIHS Top Safety picks because of their headlights
Lawrence Stroll, and several other rich people, have saved Force India!
Elon Musk might take Tesla private
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Hello and welcome to another brand new episode of the CAMcast! We’re joined by Jordan from SuperTuner, who joins us as we talk about all sorts of news:
The French GP happened for the first time in a decade
Volkswagen set a new Pike’s Peak record, and wants to set a land speed record
Bentley set a Pike’s Peak record too
There’s going to be a new Blazer
Forza Horizon 4 vehicle list is leaked!
Sorry for the audio dropping out, but I’ve fixed it!
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Welcome back to the organized chaos that is the CAMcast! Mike and Dave are joined by Trent, and they take a wonderful journey around the world of automotive and racing news. On today’s episode, the guys talk about:
Blaize Potts takes Southwest Drift
Sally and Markos kick ass at GTA Road Atlanta
The Racing Chica needs your help in her quest for GTA domination! Buy some merch so she can get to GTA New Jersey!
Bentley is taking on Pike’s Peak
Tesla Model 3 Performance aims for the M3
Tesla Model 3 also has some issues
A turbo Silverado is being prototyped
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Words by Michael Chandler. Photos by Michael Chandler and Gavin Pouquette
As we’ve discussed, the upcoming 2019 Camaro looks like an Impala. Thankfully Jay Steffey’s is not a 2019, it’s a 2018. It’s also had one important box ticked: the 1LE package.
“Hey Michael, what the hell does that mean?” GLAD YOU ASKED! First it means you opted to grab a ZL1, because 1: why wouldn’t you? and 2: it’s superior to the pedestrian SS because it is packing a supercharged V8. It also has beefy Brembos, Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar rubber, and an eLSD that does some stuff with the traction control to make cornering better.
When you tick the 1LE box, you get some things that take the ZL1 from good to great. You get diveplanes and a big spoiler for added downforce, and aggression. Just looking at the car, you can tell it means business. And that’s before we talk about the upgraded mechanical parts. Tell me this doesn’t look like it’s going to burn your town to the ground for a laugh. YOU CAN’T!
The 20″ wheels get replaced with 19s, and you get a special set of Eagle F1 Supercar rubber that has been specially developed for the big Chevy. The magnettic dampers are replaced by an upgraded set, made by Multimatic. You can adjust the ride height in the front, and the camber because YOU GET CAMBER PLATES FROM THE FACTORY. You can stiffen up the rear sway bar if you want to! You still get that eLSD, but it’s packed with a 3.73 gear set.
Six piston and four piston Brembos, with this neat 1LE logo on them, haul this thing to a stop.
Now, you may have noticed that this thing is covered in NASA stickers. That’s because Jay runs Time Trial in this thing. Some of you may be chuckling, and saying something like he’d probably do better if he were in a GT350. You might be right, but let’s look at some numbers. This Camaro weighs 3880 pounds and makes 650 horsepower, which means each horsepower has to move 5.97 pounds. A Mustang GT350 weighs 3760 pounds but makes 526 horsepower, which results in 7.14 pounds for each horseypower. So, going by that he would be doing worse in the Mustang. But enough about this, let’s get back to the Camaro.
The interior is pretty swank. You wrap your mitts around things covered in suede. The steering wheel, which is also flat bottomed, and the shift knob are wrapped in suede.
You get to plant yourself in some nicely bolstered Recaros, and if you can get a ride in Jay’s you’ll get to secure yourself into those Recaros with these Safecraft harnesses.
There’s a performance data recorder, and then there’s this! “This” being the paddle that activates the rev match for the transmission. Yes, the six speed manual in the ZL1 has rev match so you don’t royally screw up your shifts. The system can’t help you if you can’t find 3rd.
If you’re curious, the paint is called Frost White, and if you go to build your own on Chevy’s website it’ll look gray. It’s definitely not gray. It’s very white, and the diveplanes and hood are very black, making this thing look like a panda. A panda that’s been eating nothing but steroids for a year.
Happy New Year everybody! Hope you had a nice weekend, ringing in the new year and all. We’re coming out of the gate STRONG in 2018, by looking back at the year that was!
We pick cars of the year
Remember our fondest moments
Talk about the best races of the year
Awesome drives we saw or went on
We talk season 2 of The Grand Tour
And there’s going to be a The Fast and The Furious stunt show
We also celebrate YOUR moments of the year, and we pick the final winner of our contest! Congratulations to Isaiah Garza for being the last winner, and getting a chance to be on the podcast!
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody! We’re thankful you’re joining us for this episode, and every episode. If this is your first, welcome! On this episode Dave, Gavin, and Mike go off on tangents, are joined by a cat, and talk some news:
Tesla’s new Roadster AND Semi
Callaway is bringing GT3 spec Corvettes to World Challenge
The new Aston Martin Vantage is a sharp lookin vehicle
An amazing late entry for the retro livery question
And the cars you’d fight someone for to get a crazy discount
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