Racing Home Podcast

EP43: COTA is Going Away, Fez's NEW Car, Nicks Car is DEAD

COTA is moving towards private track business model for the rich, Fez has his midlife crisis before age 30, Nick might get a new car because he was a bone head doing donu

EP42: Ship Your Car to The Ring

Karl Taht, joined by Nick Allen, sheds light on what it took to drive his personal Washington plated Porsche Cayman GT4 at The Ring! Information on shipping costs, logist

EP41: Tail of the Dragon

Nick gets his Focus RS back from EMS (head gasket repair). But this story is sandwiched between Fez debating on getting a Hummer EV and Fez talking about his track incide

EP40: Sacrificing Now for a Better Future (to buy an AMG)

Fez goes behind the scenes of running his new car shop! It's not always about "the next track day". But, he's got some stories. Nick's Focus RS gets some work done, but

EP39: Gridlife Road Atlanta ft. Smitholene

Nick and Jim (special guest) return from Gridlife's Special Stage event at Road Atlanta, a very unique event on the Gridlife calendar. The event left us both wanting more

EP38: The Rebirth of the Banana! GR86 Yuzu Edition (and other April recap stuff)

This one covers the gamut; Weddings (again), Alpacas, Birthdays, GR releases, ARA in Washington, Gridlife CMP Stream, F1, and more as we recap the month of April. Social

EP37: Car Details that Impress Your Girl

Carol (Nick's wife) steps in to help Fez decide what's next after the Tundra, either as a single nice truck or a 2-car solution. Nick has some fuel tuning updates, the F

EP36: SCCA ProSolo in a Drama Queen

Attending SCCA ProSolos at Beeville, TX in Nick’s Drama Queen of a Focus RS. Socials! https://smily.bio/racing_home_podcast  Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/U7v3wx

EP35: NASA Texas (Time Trials)

Nick competes in NASA Texas Region Time Trials for the first time, quite a difference from Gridlife Street Class... And Jim gets hungover in Austin for his birthday. Soc

EP34: Sketchiest Track in Texas

Happy New Year! This was a mixed bag of: Rule Update Holidays Recap (The North Wall) Offroad Track Day at ECR Texas Targa 5 day event G2 Motorsports is sketchhhh F

EP33: Gridlife's 2025 Provisional Rules

Oh Jim, Jim just joined! Mr. Smitholene helps us review Gridlife's 2025 Provisional Rules for Track Battle. We like (unless you are Fez) what we see! Thank you Gridlife S

EP32: SEMA and White Girl Stuff in Cali

Fez breaks down his first time going to SEMA with Toyota, meet ups with influencers, and gets his P-car cherry popped! Nick does some Focus things here and there. Socia

EP31: Arrive & Die at 24 Hours of Lemons

Fez buys a seat to codrive at 24 hours of lemons at MSR Houston! But it was one of the worst driving experience he's ever dealt with, felt like just 2 minutes of lemons.

EP30: Driver Coaching with Peter Granberg and Scott Robertson

We are so lucky to have Gridlife ClubTR Season Championship Runner-up Peter Granberg and Driving Coach Scott Robertson with Robertson Racing on this episode! We dive into

EP29: Season Recap

Spoiler, we both got 6th in our respective classes. Good for Nick! Meh for Fez.. Socials! https://smily.bio/racing_home_podcast Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/U7v3

EP28: Gridlife Laguna (as viewed from the keyboard)

Fez watched his record slip away, Nick watched a second podium opportunity slip away, and we offer some opinions to make competitions in Time Attack and the Olympics more

EP27: Super 200tw Tire Wars

Tire News (Hoosiers, Maxxis, and Falken joined the party) and Your Questions answered! Socials! https://smily.bio/racing_home_podcast Join our Discord: https://discord.gg

EP26: Gridlife Autobahn. Season Finale.

Fez attended his last Gridlife event of the 2024 season, Autobahn Country Club. Somehow we ended up in the same season championship position in our respective classes lol

EP25: Catching Up

Catching up with our recent shenanigans of autocrossing in Texas, beating Fez at go-karts, and scumbagging ourselves into another California trip for a Gridlife weekend.

EP24: Gridlife Summer Apex. We Won 4th! Karaoke with T-Pain

We're back and cover our race weekend at Gridlife's Summer Apex event at Road America. Socials! https://smily.bio/racing_home_podcast Join our Discord: https://discord.