Rallying in America: The Recce Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week’s guest is Rafael Ruiz of the Subie & You! Podcast. 

Subie & You! is the ultimate Subaru lover’s podcast. On his show, Rafael shares the stories and experiences of Subaru enthusiasts and brands within the Subaru community. Rafael talks about how the podcast started and has evolved into a well-produced, interesting listen. 

We chat about his rally guests that have included Rhianon Gelsomino, Travis Pastrana, Bucky Lasek, Ethan Curtis, and Lance Smith. He has created over 200 episodes in his journey and offers his podcasting advice. We even talk about breakfast foods.

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This week on Rallying in America: The Recce Podcast, my guest is Matt Gold from Drop A Gear Industries, the Gear Busters Podcast, and the Full Send Foundation. We discuss his work with American Veteran Racing Organization, his foundation’s support for teams and volunteers, his Vivio project car, and his visit to the Ken Block exhibition, and much more. 

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Greetings, no guests this week, just a quick update and some info about my new project, the Rally Archive of North America. Don't fret. More great guests coming up in the next couple of weeks.

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This week I welcome Ethan Hunter of Really Rally Team base out of Colorado. We talk about growing up in a motorsports family, circle track racing, hillclimbs, rallying and much more. 

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This week’s guest is someone you may have seen or met at a number of Rally’s such as Southern Ohio, STPR and Boone. He is what I’d call a “super volunteer.” You can’t miss the pink streak in a sea of black hair on the head of Christian Zoni.

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My guest this week is driver Dan Shirley of War Weasel Racing. We talk about the origin of his team’s name, the Weasel’s build, his co-driver Eric, his epic trip to this year’s Boone Forest Rally and more.

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On this episode of Rallying in America, I welcome Chris & Sara Nonack of ANY% Rally Team. We talk about their rally history, their many car builds and their two four legged crew members. We also discuss the Mudwhale SuperChampio and more. Enjoy.

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Welcome to another Rallying in America: The Recce Podcast episode. Last week I had the pleasure of attending The Boone Forest Rally in Eastern Kentucky. There I set out to do interviews with the drivers, co-drivers, crew and others.

Special thanks to Erik Hubbard, The Boone Forest Rally and Backroads of Appalachia.

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Day one of the rally brought me to Beattyville for the parc exposé. Here I interviewed: Emmons Hathaway, Stefan Trajkov, Alex Gelsomino, Seamus Burke, Claudia Barbera, Betsy Nguyen, Dan Shirley, Eric Eisele and Richo Healey.

Day two of the rally I was in Livingston and McKee for the par exposés. There I interviewed Conner Martell, Jeff Martell, Nic Schneiderman, Ryan Pryzbylkowski, Lia Block, Eric Votipka and Caleb Simon. 

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Welcome to the podcast. This week, I have as my guest, Michael Bodor of Mike’s Media. You’ll have to use your imagination as we review the images from an experiment we did at the Susquhannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR) this past July. If you would like to see the images, check out Rallying in America’s Facebook and Instagram pages. There, I’ve been posting the images in batches. Soon, I will match the audio with the images for my YouTube channel. Hope you enjoy.

Special thanks to all those who participated: SueAnne Carson, Christian “The Rally Hobo” LaPrad, PJ Zaccagnino, Steven Harrel, Ethan Curtis, Evelina Hanchett & Chris and Wesley Allen.

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This week I welcome back Erik Hubbard of Backroads of Appalachia. We talk all things Boone Forest Rally, the American Rally Association's future training facility in Eastern Kentucky and more.

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