JORGY'S STRIPPING THE DIPPING

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Mike Yau was part of the UK's sim racing vanguard, Managing Director of the UK's premier motorsport simulator venue, Simply Race, which he founded long before it was a commonly understood leisure activity. In this episode, we find out about his journey, starting his motorsport journey in the catering division of a go-karting venue, quickly rising to become one of the youngest general managers of Daytona Motorsport, before taking a leap of faith. This is a story of hard work, an insatiable desire to learn and an agile business brain, which has also led Mike to become the UK CEO of AK Esports, and work alongside motorsport champions such as ('friend of the show'TM) Mario Andretti, Jenson Button and Colin Turkington. Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, come and find us on X or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Celso Neto currently sits 2nd in the TCX America touring car series, after a recent double victory at Road America. In this episode, we find out about his path into motorsport in Brazil and the US - including racing cars on the day his driving license arrived - and his aspirations for the future. Celso's dream is to be a full time professional racing driver and at time of writing, he is a finalist for the IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship. If successful, that would see him race in either IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge or IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge next season. Celso just turned 20 and tells us what it was like to instruct his first cohort of students at the well renowned Skip Barber Motorsport School. Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, come and find us on X or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Christian Rose impressed so much the first time he drove a racing car, he turned professional there and then! Last year he finished top 3 in the points of the ARCA Menards series, on the road to Nascar. In this episode, find out which other sport Christian played at college to a D1 level, who his racing heroes are and the day to day life of a man who aspires to compete at the very highest level of North American stock car racing in the not too distant future! Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, come and find us on X or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. It's DRIFT SEASON(tm) here at the podcast! Following our recent interview with Formula Drift co-founder and President Ryan Sage, in this episode we're delighted to bring you PROSPEC series driver, Nate Chen. Nate runs the #4 Toyota 86, in his fourth year in the Formula Drift PROSPEC series, with each season better than the last. But his drifting story runs deeper. He first laid eyes on Formula Drift from the grandstand in his teens - and within two years, he'd acquired paddock media credentials as an accomplished videographer. In this episode, not only will you discover what it's like to have 800 horsepower beneath your right foot, but also the vision and determination it takes to make it to the top - which has also seen Nate become the Vice President of Strategy of a venture capital firm a stone's throw from the US capital. We can't wait to read your comments. Come and find us on X or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Ziv Knoll is one half of Belgium's commentary dream team. He and Pierre Van Vliet cover Formula 1, Indycar and Le Mans. But his journey into the world of elite motorsport was unorthodox to say the least. In this episode, you'll find out how a diamond dealer, became the proprietor of one of the most successful French language F1 new websites ever ( @F1iTV ) - and how, after successfully selling the business, Ziv re-entered the online world with his website humansideofracing.com. What makes a great commentator? Why does it seem other F1 journalists are afraid to rock the boat? What's it like to race an F1 car around Spa? Who's going to fill the Mercedes seat vacated by Lewis Hamilton? Indycar vs. F1? Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, come and find us on X or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Ryan Sage combined his business and marketing background with his passion for tuning cars, to bring Japan's D1 Grand Prix to the United States and bring Formula Drift ( @formuladrift) to the world. Now in its 21st season, Formula Drift (or Formula D) is the United States' premier drifting series, with 84 licensed drivers and dozens of household names from the automotive sector. Ryan drops by from his office in Long Beach, to tell us how it all began, how US car culture has changed the sport of drifting forever, what it's like to experience one of his events - and behind the scenes stories from more than two decades leading the sport. Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, come and find us on X or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Darren Cox fought his way into a career in motorsport and ended up with a film about part of that journey, in which he was played by Orlando Bloom! It was at Nissan that Darren dreamt up a marketing project called GT Academy, GT Academy, a show in which gamers were given the opportunity to compete for a drive in motorsport. It ended up in over 120 countries around the world and its success led to the film Gran Turismo! Latterly, he founded The Race Media, which includes WTF1 and therace.com - but that's only half of the story. Keep your ears peeled for Darren's motor racing pseudonym, under which he won the Silverstone 24 hours - and which F1 driver most surprised him in the way they took to the world of sim racing. Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, come and find us on Twitter or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. This week, our resident motorsport historian, Colin Johnston, interviews serial automotive innovator, team owner and racing driver Steven Lake. Steven is the founder and director of Aim Technologies and since late 2022 has been CEO of EVIE Autonomous. He now owns and drives for Mahiki Racing in the British GT and European GT4 championships. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment, or interacting with us on X or Instagram @StripTheDip .

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Bjorn Stenbacka is a Finnish entrepreneur who can trace his involvement with Formula One back to the early 1990s. Back then, he was asked by Finland's first world drivers' champion Keke Rosberg to employ his cutting edge analytical techniques to attract sponsors to help then-up and coming compatriot Mika Hakkinen enter the sport. Bjorn has recently co-founded Spomotion Analytics with another Scandinavian former F1 driver, Stefan Johansson, bringing to the market a new way to analyse sports partnerships and make investment decisions. This episode tells the story of what happened in three decades between. Let us know what you think of this episode in the comments, come and find us on Twitter or Instagram @StripTheDip!

At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community. Molly Oxner is a woman of many talents - a founder of a popular TechTok series (@abunchofredflags on TikTok) and two podcasts ("Braking Bias" and "Engines, EVs and Espresso") and a field application engineer for McLaren in the Nascar Cup series. Molly stopped by for an episode with F1 Blag in which she shared her story in motorsport, her mission to make the sport more accessible for all, the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix, the art of caffeine, and... a hilarious story about ending up in the F1 medical centre.