Todd recently found this short bit of audio left from last year’s MINI United.
Recorded during dinner at ‘15′, it’s Rauno talking about his experience during the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally, which he won, in a Mini Cooper S. If you are missed our original interview with Rauno during MINI United, you will find it here.
If you are going to be participating in MINI Takes the States, there is a chance you could ask him questions about this yourself as he will be attending the Miami and Boston Events, plus making a 5 day rally between the two events!
Keep an eye out here and at Motoringfile for more information about MTTS as it becomes available! We’ll have more information later this week.
1967 Monte Carlo Rally:
Download | 4.8MB | 10:23 | WRR @ iTunes
Immediately after touring Plant Oxford last June, Todd and I where wisked into a very large room where we got to interview the Quality and Engineering Director for MINI. We got to ask some great questions, and he answered all of them! Everyone at Plant Oxford was very generous with their time while we were there and if you ever get the chance to get over there for a tour it is highly recommended.
A short week this week as I mentioned during #188. Don’t worry, we are going to make it up to you in the form of a live show this Thursday! Full details to follow soon.
Woofcast #189:
Download | 9 MB | 19:37 | Zipped | WRR @ iTunes
Or, what we shall call the Interview Show. Starting off with Adam and Jeff from Alta MINI Performance talking about events, their big ass trailer, cool stuff for the R53 and R56 plus their new building. If you are in the PDX area, keep an eye out as they are going to start offering full service towards the end of the year. More info at altaminiperformance.com. After you check out their gear, be sure to check out their blogs!
2nd for today is Fireball Tim, Brian and Hubie from Fireballed! as well as Chris Hall, the producer of the upcoming Street Tuner Challenge from Was Productions. Some (not) details about the car and plenty of information about the series, to be broadcast on Speed Channel starting October 17th. I can tell you that the car is going to totally blow you away!
Woofcast #184:
Download | 42:52 | 20.2MB | Zipped | WRR @ iTunes
Fireball Tim took time with us again this week to clue us in on what’s going on with Fireballed! Mainly, the upcoming season of Speed TV’s Street Tuner Challenge. It sounds like it’s going to be cool!
If you want to be a part of the build, you can sign up over at stcMINI.com. I know I will be! Gotta get a couple of Whiteroofradio decals on the car ya know?
To keep up with the build process, besure you are watching Fireball Tim’s blog where he will be posting details and photos as the build goes along. Of course, you can expect more audio from us at Whiteroofradio during the build process.
WRR Interview: Fireball Tim
Download | 19:49 | 9.1MB
In this latest MINI United interview we get an exclusive sit down with Dr. Kay Segler, MINI brand vice president. We talk MINI United. Motorsport, and the new MINI Challenge race car among other things. The latter will be the big take-away for many of you. Listen closely as Dr. Segler talks about the “new heart” of the MINI that will debut with the MINI Challenge car and that will eventually make it’s way to a new JCW product. All fascinating stuff for those of us who follow the brand.
Dr. Kay Interview:
Download | 9.4MB | 20:22
Another great person that we got to speak with was Gert Hildebrand. He is the man in charge of making the MINI look as cool as it does!
There is still more audio coming gang! Todd will be working furiously during his travels home so we can get those posted right away! Be sure to check out the photos if you haven’t already over at the MINI United Flickr Group.
Gert interview:
Download | 16.8MB | 20:21
Shawn Ticehurts took some time out with us again this morning for a more detailed update of the goings on at MINI United 2007. Only 3 more weeks gang!
He fills us in on what’s going on during the event including most of the live entertainment, the track schedule and beach activities! Plus, a few surprises. Of course he couldn’t let us know about those. They wouldn’t be much of surprise if he did.
MINI United is being held in Amsterdam, Netherlands at Zandvoort Raceway, June 22-24 2007. If you are in the US and are interested in going, click over to MINIUSA.com for details.
To stay up-to-date with all that is going on with MINI United 2007, be sure to check out the news page at MINIUnited.com. Also, there is the brand-spankin’ new MINI United blog that Gabe and I will be posting to. Ok, mostly Gabe, but I’ll spell check. You can check that out at blog.miniunited.com. There is also the Flickr group and of course we’ll be posting audio, video and reports here and at Motoringfile.
MINI United Interview #2:
Download | 12:33 | 6.6MB
Shawn Ticehurst from MINI took some time with us today to get us started with our MINI United 2007 coverage.
He fills us in on the history of the event, why it started and what we can expect for this year. We tried to get him to spill the beans on what the “special” event will be, but no dice. I would imagine that you could guess what we think it might be.
MINI United is being held in Amsterdam, Netherlands at Zandvoort Raceway, June 22-24 2007. If you are in the US and are interested in going, click over to MINIUSA.com for details.
Be sure to stay tuned to Whiteroofradio and Motoringfile for more updates as the event gets closer, as well as almost live updates from the event once it’s underway! If you haven’t already, now would be a great time to subscribe to the feed from WRR (RSS or iTunes) or Motoringfile (RSS - Full posts) to get all the updates as soon as they become available.
MINI United Interview:
Download | Subscribe | WRR @ iTunes | 10:18 | 9.5MB
Todd and I get to spend some time talking to John and Jeff from Alta MINI Performance.
They will be at AMVIV in the parking lot next to the parking structure. Big truck and trailer with a lift built right in! You’ll be able to check out the new stuff they have for the R56 AND the R53. Yes, they are not going to forget about the R53 anytime soon. In fact, they are just release their v2.0 stuff for the R53.
We get the lowdown from them on how to increase performance on the R56, including what is going to be the new ‘pulley’ for the newest MINI. Some great information! Definitely worth the listen.
Woofcast #140:
Download | Subscribe | Zip | iTunes | 30:07 | 27.7MB
Todd “Mr.-Man-On-The-Street” Pearson took his mic and recording gear to Baron MINI’s recent James-Bond-Themed R56 release party to get some input from MINI owners about the new MINI.
If you are going to AMVIV, watch for this sight, and possibly, the WRR/Motoringfile flagged microphone to show up!
Todd with MINI owners on the R56:
Download | 14:37 | 13.4MB
If you got Woofcast #130 twice, I apologize for the inconvience. The feed has been fixed and the problem should be corrected. If you are using iTunes, you might have to un-subscribe and re-subscribe again.
Thanks for understanding!
Our 2nd interview with Phil Wicks.
For more information about the North American MINI Cooper Challenge, check out minidriving.com. If you are wanting to get track time during AMVIV, you would need to sign up there as well, but make it quick as spots are filling fast!
Woofcast #131:
Download | Subscribe | Zipped | iTunes | 36:03 | 16.6MB
Or the “where the hell has Randy been show”.
WARNING…this episode wasn’t edited as much as others. There might be parts here that will make your fellow cube dwellers look over at you to see what you are looking at. No f bombs or anything, but when you start talking about the H2, things can get silly.
We turn Randy loose on the mic to fill us in on what he has been up to and squash some rumors. No, he hasn’t been fixing Hummers or running the shop at a go fast ranch.
He also revisits our weekend in St. Louis, when Todd let his car be transformed into the Mule v2.0 and throws out big thanks to EVERYONE that helped Randy finish the NAMCC season last year.
Watch for changes upcoming at Webb Motorsports. Like a brand new chatroom and new monthly podcast! And don’t forget the best way to get ahold of Randy is via email. That’s randy (at) webbmotorsports (dot) com. It’s also all over the site as well.
Woofcast #127:
Download | Subscribe | zzIIppEEdd | iTunes | 45:40 | 21.0MB
The last of the year, but db was late in getting in posted.
Robert gets a chance to drive a Smart. The grandfather of the lads owns one. 3 cylinder diesel, incredible mileage and quite peppy. Plus, it has the cutest little horn. Awwww.
This isn’t the car he drove, but it looked way cooler. Also to note is the lack of snow on the ground. Robert says:
Note the complete lack of snow in Toronto. It’s almost balmy outside. Methinks we’re going to pay for this come February!
Robert drives a Smart!:
Download | 7:02 | 6.45MB
The lad and I went to the LA Auto Show last weekend and we got to spend a little time hanging out with Tim and the gang and we talked MINIs! Specifically, the newest MINIs to come out of the Fireballed Garage, Oddjob and the Nexus Interceptor.
This weekend I will also have a bit of a soundseeing tour of the LA Auto show. Just the lad and I cruisin’ around, checkin’ out cars. Watch for it!
Music for this episode came from the Butn Pushn Teknohedz, found at the Podsafe Music Network.
Download/Play | 13:47 | 7.89MB
Brad Day, Senior Editor from The Tech Lounge.com spent about an hour with us last week doing an interview for their technology site. You can read the interview text here.
While not too MINI related, you will get an idea of what happens behind the scenes, plus our thoughts on podcasting in general and what the future holds.
Of course, if you are looking for tech reviews and other technology related news, check out thetechlounge.com. It’s independant and the writing is top notch!
WRR Interview:
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