On this episode of the Konig BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST we chat with former editor-in-chief of Modified Magazine and current co-mastermind behind the online and YouTube automotive content source Speed Academy, Peter Tarach!
After the closing of Modified Magazine in 2014, Peter was at a stand still. In this podcast he gives us his journey onto how he co-found Speed Academy with Dave Pratte. As well as gives us insight on being a YouTuber, the automotive industry, the marketing world and much more!
Stay tuned because this one is for sure a good one! You can head to the podcast page below and see the timecode cheatsheet to jump around!
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Peter Tarach, former editor-in-chief of Modified Magazine and current co-mastermind behind the online and YouTube automotive content source Speed Academy, lends us his time to talk about cars, the automotive industry, magazines, losing his job after the closing of Modified Magazine, car features, being a YouTuber, turning out content and so much more!
Pete was the written voice behind some of the most memorable car features over the past 15 years. In 2014 his time as Editor-In-Chief of Modified Magazine came to a halt as Source Interlink (the then owner of Modified Magazine) made a decision to close the magazine. After leaving modified magazine Pete brought his voice and love of automotive forward by co-starting Speed Academy with Dave Pratte. Tarach’s knowledge and love of the automotive industry and cars, in general, allows an extremely unique perspective. If you have the time, this is a great listen and even offers new Youtubers some extremely vital tips in growing their channel.
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CONTENT CHEAT MENU (podcast audio): 0:18 | Intro 0:27 | 10 Question Quick Fire 5:52 | Meet Peter Tarach 6:53 | Don’t have time…use our cheat sheet! 7:15 | Praise! 8:15 | Ran its course [leaving Modified Magazine] 9:14 | You had the fortitude 10:20 | Originally Speed Academy was going to be a blog… 12:04 | Dave Pratte 14:00 | Modified Magazine was born in Canada 14:45 | What brought you to cars? 16:00 | DSM beginnings 21:35 | Becoming a magazine editor 23:58 | Does film school help with Youtube? 24:13 | What else besides a magazine editor? 25:13 | What do you do for a living? 26:51 | The Modified days 30:01 | All about car features 36:50 | What did Modified mean to you? 40:05 | More content, NOW! 44:53 | About more than followers 46:00 | Work hard… have faith! 48:36 | Long-term plan for Speed Academy 51:25 | What does your day of work look like? 53:20 | The struggles… the planning 01:01:06 | Planning current builds 01:02:28 | How many builds 01:04:00 | Plan for the cars 01:05:59 | Cool build for the future 01:07:08 | B is for build vs. Speed Academy 01:10:27 | Do comments ever get to you? 01:12:07 | Modified comes to an end 01:14:36 | Between “jobs” / Starting Speed Academy and starting a YouTube channel 01:17:24 | Speed Academy doubts 01:18:20 | What would you do in another life? 01:19:45 | Branding vs. Production 01:21:00 | Looking for more help 01:24:54 | Shooting schedules 01:26:17 | Disagreements 01:27:00 | YouTube scene in 1-3 years 01:31:30 | Facebook / Facebook vidoes 01:34:52 | Tips for new YouTubers 01:37:40 | Final thoughts / 5 years from now 01:38:53 | Wrap up
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Scott and Joey take us into Formula Drift New Jersey and discuss FD Point System, Pawlawk coming in guns blazing, Vankirk showing he deserves rookie of the year, Pro 2 Smoke line affects and more in this Edition of BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST FD EDITION! Tune in and give us some feedback!
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In this special, Formula Drift edition episode of the Behind The Wheel Podcast, we cover some of the highlights from Round 4 at Wall, NJ, talk about the points race and even get into how tire smoke may be the one thing that pro drivers coming from Pro2 never saw coming?
Make sure to listen. If you like what we’re doing here, please consider subscribing! We’re on iTunes and Google Play! Additionally, every full episode is uploaded to YouTube! …. (details/cheat sheet below!)
CONTENT CHEAT MENU: 0:18 | Intro 0:52 | Falken Tires goes hard at Wall! 2:12 | Ken Gushi, he’s a veteran and it shows! 4:48 | Vankirk shows why he should be Formula Drift Rookie of the Year! 5:59 | What MVK Racing needs for next season. 8:49 | The role of horsepower 9:20 | Pawlak comes guns blazin’ 10:45 | Fields comes in strong at FDNJ! 12:29 | A match we need to see again! Deane vs. Wiecek 13:37 | 100th event for Formula Drift 14:50 | FD winners and the global impact of the sport. 16:49 | Wang has a demolition party! 18:04 | Consistency of the judges 23:31 | Dean ends cold streak w/ FDNJ victory! 26:14 | How FD points are distributed 29:13 | Wall Stadium…the good, the bad, the Jersey. 33:15 | How the smoke line affects the game. 36:48 | Wrap up / Contact info
Scott and the Konig team were able to catch up with Ryan Litteral at Formula Drift New Jersey at Wall Stadium. On this edition of The BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST: QUICK SHIFT edition, we are joined by none other than Formula Drift Pro and Pro 2 driver, Ryan Litteral!
With a lot of experience and seat time, Ryan gives insight and tips to upcoming drivers on how to run and market a successful program. Ryan also gave us some insight on what the Koruworks team was doing to prepare the 350z for Formula Drift’s 100th competition round at Wall Stadium!
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Ryan Litteral might have made his Formula Drift Pro1 competition debut at #FDNJ (Wall Stadium) however, he is far from new to professional competition. Litteral is an experienced FD Pro2 driver and has been running his own program for well over 10 years. This year he has teamed up with Koruworks out of Atlanta Georgia to compete in their LS Swapped 350z in both FD Pro1 and Pro2 series.
Ryan is extremely knowledgeable about what it takes to become a professional drifter, run a successful program as well as market that program. We had a few minutes to chat with Ryan about some of these things at Formula Drifts 100th competition round. Litteral drops some serious knowledge here…check it out!
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On this episode of the Konig BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST we sit down with Travis Reeder, 2017 Formula Drift Pro 2 Rookie of the year and 2nd place finisher. Travis doesn’t hold anything back providing very specific details about how he moved his way up in competitive drifting.
If you or anyone you know is into grassroots drifting, grassroots racing and building a reliable, extremely efficient program that can operate on a budget, YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE! Travis goes into what skills and vehicle modifications are needed for every level of competitive drifting as well as all of the aspects of operating a program.
So much of the information Travis supplies extends well surpass drifting and really is a solid takeaway for anyone that is building a race program. You can head to the podcast page below and see the timecode cheatsheet to jump around!
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Travis Reeder, 2017 Formula Drift Pro2 Rookie of the year and 2nd place finisher talks about the development of his program from the beginning, how people should build their skill set, their car’s and their programs as well as so much more.
If you’re a grassroots drifter, pro-am drifter, grassroots racer or even just wonder what it’s like trying to build and run a competitive program, this episode is for you!
It isn’t every day you can crawl into someone’s head and learn from their experience. Travis gives you a ton of valuable information he learned from his experiences so you can bypass some of the pain. We hope you find this episode informative. Travis is a great guy!
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CONTENT CHEAT MENU (podcast audio): 0:18 | 10 Question Quick Fire 1:50 | Intro 2:44 | You could learn from Travis Reeder 4:00 | The efficiency of your program 6:01 | How much staff before, during and after an event 8:15 | How Travis linked up with Konig…Caleb Quanbeck with the assist! 12:55 | Exposure from work and bigger drift programs 16:02 | First exposure to drifting 18:09 | First mods in drifting/progression of the car. 22:07 | Would you change your engine progression? 22:42 | Going to more power…advice for developing drifters 24:00 | Same platform x seat time = reliability 24:42 | Difference between pro-am, pro2, pro 26:05 | Most important skillset 27:30 | Pro-am level cars needs and don’t need! 30:21 | Horsepower to grip ratio 31:11 | Difference in the car between pro-am to pro2 (more advice to drifters) 32:36 | Pro2 championship was so close! 34:35 | Did you know what Lawrence needed to win? 37:48 | Not moving up to Pro for 18 40:19 | Watching the Pro Rookies make the jump 43:00 | How much more intense is Pro vs Pro2? 47:00 | What changes are needed to move to Pro1 49:09 | Progression of Formula Drift / Drifting 50:52 | Power needed for Pro1 53:14 | Dylan Hughes is my favorite Tandom 55:00 | Tandom 56:06 | Questions from Instagram 56:14 | The 255 Tire rule (pro2) 57:24 | Take away for drifters and racers alike 105:57 | Gramps and Grams FTW!! 107:45 | Outro / Contact Info
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On this special edition episode of BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST, Scott and Joey Redmond of Wrecked Magazine discuss what went down at Formula Drifts Round 3 in Atlanta and much more! Tune in and give us some feedback!
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On this special episode of the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast, Joey Redmond of Wrecked Magazine sits down with us to discuss his “10 things learned from FD Atlanta”. You can find Joey’s “10 things learned after each and every event on Formuladrift.com. We also touch a few of the more notable highlights from Formula Drift Atlanta, interesting things from FD season so far and revisit the PRO 1 probable/potential podium finishers that we talked about from the last special FD episode …. (details/cheat sheet below!)
CONTENT CHEAT MENU: 0:18 | Intro 1:20 | Quick Review of FDATL 3:25 | Bottom Pro1 Drivers vs Top Pro2 Drivers 7:27 | Pro1 vs Pro2 14:08 | Pro1 Rookie of The Year Race 16:37 | Qualifying scores consistently higher 19:30 | Touchback on 100pt qualifying score 20:54 | Tuerck might have ended landed on podium 21:58 | Where’s the line…being accountable for contact 26:58 | Jumping the starting light 31:25 | James Deane’s Kryptonite appears to be Kristaps Bluss 32:36 | Bluss Wins! 35:44 | Uncharacteristic crashes at FDATL 39:06 | End of season podium prediction 44:33 | Lawrence qualifies! 45:11 | No tire, no problem! …de-beading 48:27 | Wrap up / Contact info
