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.
The Racing Ear Podcast
TRE Ep 31 Henry "Ike" Smith and Rick Knoop Remember Canadian American Challenge Cup Part 1
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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 "Conversation Diner". We had an enjoyable time remembering what Can Am auto racing was back in the 1960's and the 1970's.
Henry "Ike" Smith started working for Carl Haas in the development and refinement of Lola racing cars back in the 1960's. Rick Knoop started driving McLaren racing cars back in the 1970's. These historic accounts were astounding to listen to and it was compelling to hear also about how this historic racing series developed through innovation using genuine Chevrolet parts.
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Porsche 935 Number 70 owned by Charles Nearburg warming up in the paddock before a session at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7 at Laguna Seca Raceway.
Footage of The Corkscrew at Laguna Seca during the 2015 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.
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