Car Chat Podcast #50: Abbie Eaton


Abbie Eaton (@abbieeaton44) is a professional racing driver, coach and precision driver. She is well known for being the test driver for The Grand Tour.

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Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

Abbie's Instagram: https://instagram.com/abbieeaton44

Show Notes:

00:00 = How did it all begin?
14:21 = Working for the grand tour?
19:35 = Was it difficult jumping into lots of different types of cars?
23:10 = Do you have a favourite era of car?
25:30 = How do you get these drives in race cars?
27:14 = Tell me about racing Rallycross?
29:32 = Who's the best driver out of Clarkson, May and Hammond?
30:18 = How have you found being a woman in motorsport?
37:28 = The W Series
43:57 = Do you use a Sim?
50:51 = What's the number 1 mistake people make driving on track?
55:47 = How do you go about getting more seat time?
1:04:26 = 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #49: Julien Chaffard | Classic Racing Group

Julien Chaffard (@classicracinggroup) is the founder of "The world’s first historic racing school" in France based at the Charade circuit. We have a dig into the journey of building the company, some of Julien's funny stories about financing the cars and discuss the joys of driving old formula style cars. You can also find the podcast on itunes and spotify etc under "Car Chat"

Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/car-chat/id1432553826
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0HsgCgPL61E43fkSeJAbvm

My instagram: https://instagram.com/sammooresphoto

Classic Racing Group:
https://www.classicracinggroup.com/
https://www.instagram.com/classicracinggroup/

Hope you enjoy the podcast,

Cheers,

Sam

Show Notes:
03:08 = Why did you choose that car
07:23 = You have more fun when you are in control
09:00 = Why did you start a racing school?
19:30 = Adapting the car for larger people
21:28 = Where are you based?
24:23 = The growth of the business
30:37 = The interesting people that attend
33:09 = Difficulty finding staff?
50:51 = Does weight make a difference in laptimes?
52:33 = 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #48: Matt Farah | The Smoking Tire

Matt Farah (@thesmokingtire) is a freelance automotive journalist from LA, hosting The Smoking Tire Podcast, making videos on his youtube channel and writing articles for magazines such as Road & Track. He also now has a car storage business in LA called Westside Collector Car Storage. You can also find the podcast on itunes etc under "Car Chat"

Matt's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesmokingtire/

Matt's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSmokingTire

https://www.westsidecollectorcarstorage.com/

Hope you enjoy the podcast,

Sam

Show Notes:

00:43 = Where did it all begin?

05:20 = Working at Gotham Dream Cars

22:14 = Drive

27:14 = One Takes

38:24 = 992 Turbo thoughts

44:58 = The Safari 911

55:36 = The Smoking Tire Podcast

1:01:00 = Westside Collector Car Storage

1:10:35 = 5 Questions

1:22:36 = The Countach