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Description

This podcast is an extension of my YouTube channel. I am many things. A former mechanical engineer, a current workforce training professional, a graduate student, a motorsports enthusiast, and amateur racer/high performance driver, a photographer, a videographer, a shade tree mechanic, diecast car collector and a car culture tourist. I'm also African American. While this isn't a podcast about race or Black Culture, I do not shy away from those topics when they are relevant to the proceedings. Although I list the episodes as "explicit" MOST of the expletives have been censored. Enjoy!

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Cocktails and Crankshafts: The Podcast podcast

Worst Hour of (not) Flying Ever!

2022/06/25

I went to go fly. The plan...2 model rockets, one small park-scale warbird (P-51 Mustang). What actually happened? An hour baking in the sun, a lost plane and a failed rocket ignition system. Oh...and since I forgot to put an SD Card in my GoPro...no footage.

Episode 31: Miss Bessie (1989 Hyundai Excel)

2022/06/24

"Miss Bessie" was the car I drove from the time I started learning, until I graduated from college. Miss Bessie was a 1989 Hyundai Excel, at the time of purchase, the cheapest new car available in the United States. It was, sh*t. But it is also the car all my positive high school and college memories are associated with.

Episode 30: NOPI Drift Miami 2007

2022/06/23

Dolphins Stadium! Drift Cars! Show Cars! Hulk Hogan? I go to Miami for some NOPI Drift action and accidently walk into a taping of "Hogan Knows Best"...

Episode 29: Porsche 991 GT3RS "Purplesaurus Rex"

2022/06/23

Who doesn't want to lap a "Rennsport" Porsche in the most gorgeous shade of purple? I talk Mae through my Sept 2019 run with one at Exotics Racing Las Vegas.

Episode 28: NOPI / NDRA Rockingham NC, 2006

2022/06/23

The story of my trip to "The Rock" Rockingham Dragway to indulge in the 2006 edition of NDRA "North Carolina". "A fun time was had by all"...

Episode 27: 1989 Nissan 300ZX The White Whale

2022/06/23

This is the story of a 1989 Nissan 300Zx (Z31) that I owned from April 2013 until October 2015. This car was a slice of nostalgia for me and a dream come true. I only got rid of it because I'd bought a 2003 350Z in September of 2015 and I just didn't have room for a 4th car.

Episode 26: NOPI Drag Racing at Virginia Motorsports Park 2004 and 2005

2022/06/23

This is the extracted audio from my video detailing my 2004 and 2005 trips to the NOPI Drag Racing Association events at Dinwiddie, VA (Virginia Motorsports Park).

February 20 Update

2022/02/20

Just a quick update on what's going on with me in terms of some diecast and slot car news.

Episode 25: Audi R8 V10+ at Exotics Racing Las Vegas Sept. 2019

2022/02/13

It's Sept. 2019, I've had my 45th birthday so I'm off to Vegas to drive fast cars. Mae and I provide some voiceover to the sounds of me hot-lapping an Audi R8 V10 Plus.

Aggie-Cross

2022/02/08

A story from my college years that describes the circumstances of my very first autocross.

Episode 23: Hot Import Nights, Indianapolis 2006

2022/02/08

A short retrospective on Hot Import Nights Indianapolis 2006. This was maybe my 2nd or 3rd trip to Indianapolis, ever. It has since become one of my favorite convention cities. Indy isn't a huge city, but because of it's place in motorsports it has a pretty good car culture.

Episode 24: 993 GT3 RS at Exotics Racing Las Vegas March 2015

2022/02/06

Mae and I talk over my March 2015 lapping session driving a 993 GT3 RS...please excuse the cheesy background music.