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
50 episodes
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:29:33
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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24:10
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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53:29
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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38:52
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. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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24:44
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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31:39
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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46:39
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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22:50
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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47:08
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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1:24:26
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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1:17:33
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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1:13:51
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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1:07:32
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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1:12:23
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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54:33
TRE Ep 35 Brad Kettler Racing Memories Part 1
Hello again Racing Ears, Here is another great episode of The Racing Ear Podcast. For this episode Trent, Jeff, and Rick got to chat with Brad Kettler formerly of Audi Sport and of Champion Racing. Originally fr...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:54:52
TRE Ep 34 Dan Binks Racing Memories
Hello again Racing Ears, In this episode Trent, Rick, and Jeff had a chance to catch up with Dan Binks. Dan Binks is the legendary Crew Chief that was involved in the epic racing dynasty that was the Pratt & Mille...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:39:43
TRE Ep 33 Martin Raffauf Remembers 1978 with Rick Knoop and Jeff Oldham
Hello again Fellow Racing Ears, Martin Raffauf is an auto racing mechanic that spends his time being a highly published auto racing Porsche racing historian. He has written several articles that are currently posted on www.po...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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1:41:37
TRE Ep 32 Henry "Ike" Smith and Rick Knoop Auto Racing Memories Part 2
Hello Racing Ears, Many thanks go to Rick Knoop and Henry "Ike" Smith for making this episode happen at the glorious "Conversation Diner" in Central California. As mentioned in our last episode, myself and Mr. Producer were a...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:00:49
TRE Ep 31 Henry "Ike" Smith and Rick Knoop Remember Canadian American Challenge Cup Part 1
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....
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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58:31
TRE Ep 30 Paul Page Remembers The Indianapolis 500 with Jeff Oldham
Hello again Racing Ears,It is my distinct honor and pleasure to welcome Mr. Paul Page to The Racing Ear Podcast. Mr. Page is a legend in the coverage of the Indiana classic auto racing event that happens every Memorial Day weekend...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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1:50:54
TRE Ep 29 Racing Memories with Jeff Oldham and Rick Knoop
Hello again Racing Ears,In this episode, Jeff Oldham is our special guest. Rick Knoop and Jeff Oldham have known each other for over 40 years. It was great to hear about Jeff originally being from Indianapolis Indiana. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:26:48
TRE Ep 28 HSR Classic 24 at Daytona Wrap Up with Rick Knoop
Hello again Racing Ears, It was great to chat with Rick Knoop again after his illustrative trip to Daytona Beach Florida to be a racing driver during the HSR Classic 24 Hour at Daytona International Speedway back on October 27th th...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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24:04
TRE Ep 27 Yokohama Drivers Cup visit to Sears Point International Raceway
Hello again Racing Ears, I had a great opportunity to be a guest at the 2021 Yokohama Drivers Cup at Sears Point International Raceway. This event featured Porsche racing groups but it was great to see the Masters Historic Ra...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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32:09
TRE Ep 26 Dann Shively Remembers LiveCopter 3, Cars, and Movies
Hello again Racing Ears,In this episode it was great to have a conversation with Dann Shively. Dann Shively was a key figure in the development of live helicopter news journalism in the greater Sacramento metropolitan area. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:00:07