Brad Brownell is an automotive journalist and is also well known for his involvement with starting Radwood and their newest car festival that is for electrified cars entitled Autopia 2099.\xa0 His passion for cars and the people who love them is evident throughout the episode, especially by the excitement he displays when talking about the cars that have come to events in the past and will hopefully come to festivals in the future.\xa0
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Threshold braking is often the braking method of choice on track, with there are many areas of a track that this may not be the best braking method to employ.\xa0 On this episode\u2019s Dominating with Dawson, we try to go into examples where threshold braking is best used and several areas where there may be better options.
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We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill
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Highlights from this episode include:
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1)\xa0 While talking about Autopia 2099, Brad confuses Roy Rogers with Buck Rogers.\xa0 (See it\u2019s not just us, lol.)\xa0 It\u2019s probably a result of talking with Jay Lamm too much about EV\u2019s, lol.
2)\xa0 Brad is a car guy through and through who metaphorically devoured any car magazine he could when studying abroad in Spain.
3)\xa0 We think Brad has taken care of all of his spare time, yet he is looking for more things to do.\xa0\xa0
4)\xa0 Brad finally brings a Bill & Ted reference to the podcast.\xa0 Long overdue.
5)\xa0 Brad goes into a full description of a Radwood event and the new Autopia 2099 festivals.
6)\xa0 We go over some of the highlight cars that come to mind and then ask the question everyone is wondering.\xa0 What is the white whale for Radwood that hasn\u2019t come to the event yet?
7)\xa0 We tried to get the Radwood schedule for 2021.\xa0 Brad put up a good fight, but he wisely avoided getting too specific with the uncertain nature of the upcoming season.
8)\xa0 The trials of starting a virtual Radwood event.\xa0 It went well at first, but lost momentum after cars and coffees resumed.\xa0
9)\xa0 Rad For Sale is a great resource that is coming soon where you can find and purchase various cars from the Radwood area of the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s cars.
10)\xa0 Fake cocaine stories?\xa0 Yep, they are in here.\xa0 It was the 80\u2019s after all.
11)\xa0 Radwood is threatening to export to several areas around the world.\xa0 We lobbied for many of our listeners favorites.\xa0 There are signs of life.\xa0 We even offered a sponsor to Brad to help with the costs.
12)\xa0 Potential partnering and sponsorship opportunities were suggested, and some may even come to fruition.\xa0 Pit Viper sunglasses was suggested more than once by our listeners.
13)\xa0 Bill misheard that Brad\u2019s family had driven 300,000 miles on a lease.\xa0 Luckily, that was not the case.
14)\xa0 Brad has some of the most entertaining car history stories we have ever heard.
15)\xa0 Jennifer's method of learning how to drive a manual transmission may have been exceeded by our guest.\xa0 It wasn\u2019t on track, but it may be the winner.
16)\xa0 We may have the most surprising answer for the car decade driven for the rest of your life ever.\xa0 Hint, it\u2019s not within the Radwood era.\xa0 Brad even avoided the Radwood era for his top 5, almost.
17)\xa0 If in Scotland, you may find Brad on his dream drive.\xa0 We are still looking for the exact road, but we will let you know when we find it.