Flatirons Syndicate Motorsports Podcast

If you have been following Subaru or the Subaru Rally Team for any amount of time, you most likely watch and keep an eye out for each new episode of Launch Control.In this episode, Jon sits down with Christopher Bowes who is one of the creators of Launch Control (along with with Warwick Patterson).How did the idea for Launch Control Come about?What goes into the making of an episode?How has Launch Control changed over the years?What stories might the team be working on for the next Season of Launch Control?We dive into all of that and more in this episode.Be sure to keep an eye out for the next season of Launch Control which is due to come out this month, and if you haven't watched an episode in a while, this might be the perfect time to go back and catch up on some of the previous episodes.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

A few weeks ago we had a Podcast where we looked at the popularity of Rally Racing in America. With our recent experience at Rally Colorado, we tried to come up with some ideas to make the sport of Rally more accessible to fans in the hopes getting more people excited about the sport.Since that podcast, two things have happened.The first is that the World Rally Championship is now officially returning to the US in 2027 with Rally USA in Knoxville, Tennessee.The other is that Preston Osborn, the American Rally Association Series Manager reached out to us, and asked to come on the podcast to give their perspective on the current state of Rally racing in America.The timing could not have been better, and we hope that you enjoy this conversation.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode 216 of the Podcast, Dewey, Art, Tanner, and Jon all sit down to talk about the Japan Mobility Show news...At least that was the plan.But the show was run differently this year, and there was no News to discuss, so we decided to Pivot and talk about Driving.Dewey is just back from driving at Tail of the Dragon, and he had a blast in his STI swapped GD WRX.Cars are built and designed to be driven, and we ended up having a great discussion about why it is so good to just get out there and drive your car.Hope you enjoy this episode.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

If you own a car, it is pretty much a given that at some point you will need to take it to a shop to get some kind of work done.It could be that you just need to get your oil changed, or a new set of tires put on.But if you have a car that you have started to modify, or you are looking to start a build on your car, there is a good chance that you will need to find an experienced shop to help you along the path with your build for anything from installs, fabrication, set-up, tuning, etc.For this conversation, we sit down with Dan from Mach V Motorsports and Tony from Turn in Concepts to talk about the best practices to find a shop to work with.What is the best way to initially reach out?What kinds of questions should you ask?How important is budget?What if you have a problem you can't figure out?We get into all of these questions and more.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

What happens when NASIOC goes down and doesn't come back?What about these new WRX and BRZ Anniversary editions?We had a plan for this episode of the podcast, but when NASIOC went down at the beginning of the week, and with all the discussion about the Limited Edition WRX and BRZ from Boxer Fest, that plan was pretty much thrown out the window.I'll also mention that Dewey was at the IAG Mother Ship for this episode, so his audio had a few glitches, and there wasn't anything that we could do to fix it in the edit. This was a great conversation and I hope you enjoy it.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Ever since we saw the three new Manual cars that Subaru said they were developing a few months ago, we have all had questions.And recently, with hearing some of the news that came out of the National Dealers Meeting, coupled with the realization that most of the STI 6-Speed transmissions have been discontinued, this has been top of mind again.Love Cars TV actually published a lot of the actual Subaru Press Release at that time, and I decided it was a good time to go back and watch that again, and see how it lined up with what we now know.And he got to sit down with Subaru's Chief Technical Officer, Tetsuo Fujinuki after the Press release.If you haven't watched that yet, definitely go and watch it after you watch this video. Here is a link to that:https://youtu.be/--nlYnCRJW0?si=zPJNyr5jY2PoTWrAI think that there is a lot to look forward to for 2027, and especially 2028. With any luck, in a few weeks after the Japan Mobility Show, and maybe the Tokyo Auto Salon, we will have a better idea of what Subaru is cooking up.What do you think? Are a lot of good things in the works from Subaru?Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Rally Colorado was a couple of months ago now, and we had a rare opportunity at this event. We got to watch the Rally.We even did our best to capture our spectating experience, and you may have seen the video that we put out about that:https://youtu.be/1yPpkkQbGAY?si=xhyztoGa8kKPT-9eNow, on pretty much the whole drive back, we talked almost non-stop about how much fun we had, and how baffling it was that most people aren't following Rally here in America. And we had a few ideas about how to fix that problem.But as is the cast with most Road Trip conversations, it was pretty much forgotten as soon as we got back to our daily grind at the shop...Fast forward a few weeks to last weeks Very Vehicular Podcast with Brian Scotto and Ron Zaras talking about "America's Rally Problem":https://youtu.be/RlBjReVdsG4?si=QgmMLxgE-MQbHCrbThis brought it all back to top of mind for us, and sparked the discussion all over again....So we decided we had to capture this one, and put it out as a reaction podcast.We hope you enjoy this conversation, and be sure to check out Scotto's podcast as well.Let us know if this helps to change your perspective on the sport, and if you agree with our ideas about how to make the challenge of Rally Racing more accessible to more people.And no matter what, hopefully this inspires you to get our and check out a local Rally race or Hill Climb to see what it is all about.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Subaru's and Dirt Roads go hand in hand. But over the last decade or so, lots of you have been taking your Subaru's much further, and into more challenging terrain.On this episode of the Podcast, I wanted to dive into taking Subaru's Off Road, and I was able to find some great guests to bring me up to speed.Ryan Douthit of Driving Sports TVCarey Lando - aka MtnSubi Milton Salguero - aka silverbulletxv So how good is X-Mode?And how capable is a Forester Wilderness? Or a Forester Hybrid?What is the most Off-Road Capable Subaru on sale right now?We get into the weeds and the rocks on this episode.If you want to find out more, be sure to check out these pages for lots more Subaru Off Road content:https://www.youtube.com/@drivingsportshttps://www.instagram.com/silverbulletxv/https://www.instagram.com/mtnsubi/ Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode #210 of the Podcast, Dewey, Tanner, and Art are back.This episode starts out with a quick discussion of a new Shirt design that we are launching here at Flatirons Tuning.You can check out the new shirts here:https://www.flatironstuning.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=SprueFrom there, we dive into our main topic which is the Subaru Market.If you had $10,000, $20,000, $30,000, or more, what Subaru would you buy? Or what Non-Subaru would you want?We all go through our picks, and land on the best choice at each price point.What does this tell us about the current Subaru market? And what does this tell us about how Subarus compare to other makes in those price points?Let us know who found the best choice at each price point in the comments.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Olly Clark of Roger Clark Motorsport is back on the Podcast for this episode.We catch up with Olly first about the latest developments of Gobstopper 3.Matt Clark has found a way to add AVCS to their GS3 spec shortblock, and this is in part motivated by getting the car to a point where they think it would be ready to race up Pikes Peak.We talk about how Pikes Peak and the Nurburgring are similar, but also very different.Subaru has a long history in Rally and RCM has been right there through a lot of that time. What would it mean to Olly and RCM if Subaru returned to the WRC?Also, Olly's son Archie has been working his way up the driving ladder in Europe, building the foundation for a professional racing career. What does that look like, and would it be possible for Subaru to develop a car that could fit into one of those series?Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!