In this episode of the Behind The Wheel Podcast, Scott (Konig Wheels, Marketing Director) is joined by Savanna Little and Kevin Parlett. Both are road racers that found a strong footing in Time Attack. Savanna started out modeling branched out into racing and creating content. Kevin and Savanna started Apex Garage and provide some great care and race-focused content. She updates us with an inside look of what her lifestyle is like and what she has coming up next!
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In this episode of the” Behind The Wheel” podcast Scott interviews Formula Drift Pro 2 Driver, Alec Robbins! They discuss what’s next for 2020 season and so much more! Tune in and let us know what you think!
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In this episode of the Behind The Wheel Podcast we caught up with Pete and Dave from Speed Academy at the SEMA Show to talk upcoming builds, cars being featured at SEMA and more!
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Travis Reeder, Formula Drift Pro driver, 2018 Formula Drift Pro2 Champion, and FD Pro Rookie have a lot of buzz around him and his team. That is mainly due to Travis and Napoleon Motorsports building the first PRO ELECTRIC drift car. However, in the first two events of the season they have not been able to run the car and had to go to their backup car, Travis’s 240sx from Pro2. There has been a ton of controversy around the EL1 Camaro. Should the car be allowed to run, is it safe, too boring for a sport like drifting are only a few of the shots thrown at them.
Travis joins us on the podcast to talk about how the car works, drifts, how he linked up with Napoleon Motorsports and so much more!
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As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
CONTENT CHEAT MENU: 0:20 Intro 1:50 How’d you link up with Napoleon? 4:50 How much seat time do you have so far? 5:50 The difference drifting an electric drift car 8:20 Difference between Pro and Pro2 11:18 Can you tune the throttle? 13:30 How comparable is electric power to horsepower 15:40 How much power does the EL1 make? 17:07 Any doubts? 18:40 How do other FD drivers feel? 20:20 What really happened at FDLB, why were you not allowed to run the EL1? 24:00 Making sure the car is allowed at every other track 28:00 Why didn’t you use it at FD Orlando 33:20 Preparing for new tracks 35:00 Adjusting this car vs a conventional drift car at the track. 38:20 Wheels are like an electric car quick change? 41:12 Difference driving w/ guys like Tuerck & Gitten Jr. 43:55 Driving Blind 47:25 Drifting Pro Tip (for chase runs) 48:50 New view for Livestream 49:58 2019 goals 51:38 Is the lack of noise a disadvantage while driving? 54:00 Do you think EVs will become more popular in drifting? 55:15 Outro / Contact info!
Faruk Kugay, Formula Drift Pro drive, came on the podcast to give some major announcements. One of them, (not hard to figure out) is that he has now partnered up with Konig. But the second announcement will shock most of his fans!
This is a really great episode of the podcast and Faruk is a lot of fun to listen to. Scott and Faruk go through the ins and outs of having a professional program, his personal evolution in drifting and what it takes to run a program. Faruk is super down to earth and reveals so many things about himself, how he funds his program working 4 jobs (bet you won’t guess what they are), his most frustrating issues with his program and how he plans to move forward.
If you’re not a Faruk Kugay drift fan, you will be by the end!
By the way, PODCAST listeners will get the scoop on his major announcements before the YouTube viewers. We will be releasing the podcast on our YouTube channel in 5 parts starting today at 5 pm. We will be releasing another part of this podcast every day until the conclusion.
We will update this page below! Part 3 is the Konig announcement and Part 4 is Faruk’s major announcement. That will be live on Monday at 8 am EST (on YouTube).
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As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
CONTENT CHEAT MENU: 0:19 | Longest 10 Question Quick-fire ever (but its so good)! 15:05 | We bet you never knew this about Faruk! 22:15 | Introducing Faruk Kugay! 23:20 | Sonoma Drift and Winter Jam 26:04 | Faruk x Konig! We-are-family!! The story of how we met. 33:01 | Move to Turkey and Drifting in Europe! 36:57 | When and Where did you get into Drifting?! 37:53 | First exposure to drifting! 39:58 | Bombshell and Faruk’s plan for 2019…Plus what REALLY happened at Irwindale 48:20 | Faruk’s goals! How can we move the program forward?! 53:32 | Motegi Racing Super Drift. SEMA Ignited. GRIDLIFE. 55:03 | Putting together a drift program! The trials and tribulation! 1:03:17 | Advice from Faruk and what to take away from his experience in the drift scene 1:08:35 | Outro
