The Racing Ear Podcast
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 Le Mans Winner, Rick Knoop and Auto Racing Engineer, Jeff Oldham. I have been involved in over 40 episodes of interviews through the kindness of Rick and Jeff with very well know figures in the racing world.
More recently I started podcasting again by going to events and just being a Huell Howser-esque kind of interviewer / fan talking to people about their cars, whether they own racing cars, classic cars, or are just racing fans just like me. I look forward to doing more interviews in the future as well as attending more historic sports car racing events in the future as well.
Thank you so much for listening to The Racing Ear Podcast.
Episodes
59 episodes
TRE Ep 59 F1 and IMSA weekend wrap up
Got to talk and drive about the 2 races I watched on the first Sunday in May 2026. F1 was in Miami and IMSA was at Laguna Seca Thanks for listening.
TRE Ep 58 IMSA at Laguna Seca LIVE Commentary.
Did a bit of watch and talk during the IMSA race at Laguna Seca. Really enjoying the throwback liveries on many of the racing cars in this event. Thanks for listening.
TRE Ep 57 Miami Grand Prix Live Commentary
Got to catch the Miami Grand Prix on sky sports with Martin Brundle with its earlier start time with Mr Producer . Thank you again Kurt for the kind words. Thanks for listening !
TRE Ep 56 2026 SVRA at Sears Point Recap
Hi again. Thank you so much for listening. I really appreciated the kind words that Kurt from Vallejo California sent along to me this week regarding how much he enjoys listening to the podcast. GOD Bless you Kurt and have a g...
TRE Ep 55 CSRG David Love Vintage Races
Got to visit on Saturday of the CSRG springtacular event at Sears Point. The David Love Vintage Races were fun to visit and can also be seen on my YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and watching !!
TRE Ep 54 CSRG in Spring and Gin
On my way to CSRG at Sears Point and got to meet a British chap who makes gin. https://www.csrgracing.org/https:...
TRE Ep 53 Friday at the GT World Challenge at Sonoma Raceway
Hello again, I was fortunate to be able to visit Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point for Friday of the 2026 GT World Challenge weekend. It was unseasonably hot and was not as cool as it usually is visiting in late March. Anywa...
TRE Ep 52 F1 on Apple TV
Hello again just wanted to chat about seeing full F1 coverage on Apple TV. From the looks of the qualifying show for the Fosters Australian Grand Prix it looks to be chock full of insight. At least one Brundle is on the broadc...
TRE Ep 51 Visit to Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
Hello again Racing Ears, I had the honor and privelidge of finally being able to visit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. I want to thank my wife Monica, our son Ian, our adopted son Andrew, Bud Moeller, Jason Vansickle, ...
TRE Ep 50 Rob Dyson and Rick Knoop Racing Memories.
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 spor...
TRE Ep 49 2024 David Love Vintage Races at Sears Point Raceway
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 winte...
TRE Ep 48 Special Guest Kim The Diesel Mechanic
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 ma...
TRE Ep 47 Remembering Sweet Lou Gallagher
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 ...
TRE Ep 46 Cars And Coffee El Dorado Hills Christmas Time Spectacular
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. ...
TRE Ep 45 Cars and Coffee Folsom Thanksgiving Spectacular 2023
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 Sa...
TRE Ep 44 Saturday at the 2023 Velocity Invitational from Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point
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 stag...
TRE Ep 43 2023 CSRG Autumn-Tacular Season Finale at Thunder Hill Raceway
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 ...
TRE Ep 42 The Sounds of the 2023 Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7
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 ...
TRE Ep 41 2022 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Debrief
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 Anni...
TRE Ep 40 Jerry Woods Racing Memories Part 2
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 shar...
TRE Ep 39 Jerry Woods Racing Memories Part 1
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 servic...
TRE Ep 38 Judy Stropus Racing Memories
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 devel...
TRE Ep 37 Joe Catron Racing Memories with Rick Knoop
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 Ra...
TRE Ep 36 Brad Kettler Racing Memories Part 2
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 dominate...