Hypercritical by Professional Awesome Racing

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Join Mike Lewin, Devin Giles, Dan O'Donnell and Hayden Lowe from Professional Awesome as they discuss American Time Attack, Race Engineering, and other Grassroots Motorsports

Recent Episodes
  • EP.77 Building the Ultimate Time Attack Lotus Car w/Kevin Fennell
    Jun 8, 2025 – 01:31:46
  • EP 76. Suspension Insight With SPL Parts
    May 23, 2025 – 01:31:21
  • EP.75 Zebulon, AJ Hartman, and Paul Lucas Talk Aero
    Apr 14, 2025 – 01:46:58
  • EP.74 Engineering Dreams: The Lotus Project
    Mar 31, 2025 – 01:47:37
  • EP.73 GLTC Hero Eric Kutil
    Feb 28, 2025 – 01:21:07
  • EP.72 Aerodynamic Engineer Paul Lucas
    Feb 14, 2025 – 01:08:14
  • EP.71 Parts Engineering Part 2
    Feb 1, 2025 – 00:54:10
  • EP.70 The Art of Designing Quality Parts
    Jan 17, 2025 – 01:09:40
  • Ep.69 Track Day Essentials: What Every New Driver Should Know
    Dec 22, 2024 – 01:11:16
  • EP.68 Navigating Mental Health in Racing
    Nov 15, 2024 – 01:13:38
  • EP.67 The Art of Suspension: Insights from Fortune Auto
    Nov 4, 2024 – 01:07:47
  • EP.66 "I'm the idiot putting a transaxle in an S2000." Chasing Ultralight Weight w/Brook
    Oct 21, 2024 – 00:49:28
  • EP.65 Baseline With A Data Acquistiion System, NOW! w/ Micah McMahan
    Sep 13, 2024 – 00:33:01
  • Ep.64 "Make It Make Sense" Sponsorships With The VP of Fuelab
    Aug 3, 2024 – 01:34:25
  • Ep.63 Let's Fight about Real Time Attack w/Amir From RSFuture and Kevin Burke
    Jul 19, 2024 – 01:38:54
  • Ep.62 Steve Olson, Racing Motorcycles Isn’t Easy
    Jul 6, 2024 – 01:22:50
  • Ep.61 One Of The Fastest TA Drivers In The US, THE Kevin Burke.
    Jun 17, 2024 – 01:27:25
  • EP.59 Micah, Again An Ex-Redbull Racing Specialist
    Mar 16, 2024 – 01:20:37
  • EP.58 Micah, an Ex-Redbull Racing Powertrain Performance Design Team Leader
    Feb 16, 2024 – 01:36:58
  • EP.57 Wind Tunnels Are A Dumb With Ido Waksman , A Pratt Miller Aero Dynamicist
    Jan 26, 2024 – 01:38:17
  • EP.56 Fastest Corvette In North America, Feras Qartoumy
    Dec 15, 2023 – 01:23:07
  • EP.55 Jason Kanakry LOVES blowing up cars especially McLarens
    Dec 7, 2023 – 01:22:18
  • EP.54 Nerd Talk About Steering Systems
    Nov 22, 2023 – 01:12:32
  • EP.53 Talking With The Fastest Track Rat, Grant Davidson
    May 31, 2023 – 01:04:25
  • EP.52 Gridlife Colored? Should We Make This POD a Live Podcast?
    May 10, 2023 – 01:02:54
  • EP.51 SLB Recap, Pro Driver's In Street, DON'T SPEED IN VIRGINIA
    Apr 15, 2023 – 01:13:29
  • EP.50 Gridlife Presenter Kyle Heyer
    Apr 1, 2023 – 01:00:31
  • Ep.49 NATA Announcement & Low Hanging Fruit for The ProAwe Evo
    Mar 17, 2023 – 00:53:36
  • EP.48 Feature Subscriptions, Making Your TA Car Faster
    Mar 3, 2023 – 00:58:30
  • EP.46 Shea from Motortrend's Runs Good
    Feb 18, 2023 – 01:01:24
  • EP.45 *Remastered* Humble Beginnings
    Feb 3, 2023 – 00:46:36
  • EP.44 Gridlife Rule Session And Time Attack Format Change
    Jan 13, 2023 – 00:48:55
  • EP.43 PRI, More Powa, New Pro Awe Aero
    Dec 30, 2022 – 00:50:43
  • EP.42 We Go to Buttonwillow To Set A Record
    Dec 2, 2022 – 01:01:41
  • EP.41 Amir From RSFuture
    Nov 28, 2022 – 01:02:16
  • EP.40 Huge Updates With The S2000 And Race EVO
    Oct 19, 2022 – 00:52:51
  • EP.39 Andy Smedegard from ASMotorsports
    Oct 14, 2022 – 01:08:06
  • EP.38 Don't Care About Sundae Cup With Aric Streeter
    Sep 28, 2022 – 01:05:26
  • Ep.37 Devin from Fortune Auto
    Sep 9, 2022 – 00:50:31
  • EP. 36 Lewin Is Back, Feedback on
    Aug 27, 2022 – 00:55:24
  • EP.35 Ben Lin from Gears and Gasoline
    Jul 1, 2022 – 01:33:32
  • EP.34 Just Us!
    May 6, 2022 – 01:01:21
  • Ep.33 Uncle Tony from UMS Tuning and Global Time Attack
    Apr 26, 2022 – 01:08:03
  • Ep32. The Jensons!
    Mar 29, 2022 – 01:02:10
  • EP.31 Scott Robertson from Track Walking Podcast
    Mar 14, 2022 – 01:10:23
  • EP.30 Speed Academy with Dave Pratte
    Feb 11, 2022 – 01:06:46
  • EP.29 Popeyes Racing! In Depth Sponsorship Break Down W/Tanner From Fuel Lab
    Feb 4, 2022 – 01:13:34
  • EP.28 Sucking At Having Fun w/ Dewey
    Jan 28, 2022 – 01:00:21
  • EP. 27 How To Diagnose A Problem and Obsecure Car #2 Volkwagen SP2
    Jan 21, 2022 – 01:07:24
  • Ep. 26 Welcoming in 2022!
    Jan 12, 2022 – 00:59:51
Recent Reviews
  • Zizzil
    Great show
    Great podcast that touches on a bit of everything in life, well beyond racing.
  • Dr. Turtleman
    Great stuff!
    What a great show, so much info for such a casual format
  • Shenglehöffer
    Literally the best ever
    Devin forced me to do this
  • Brian___________________
    Good stuff
    Always interesting and usually informative.
  • Teej281
    This show is awesome!
    Love to listen to these guys talk about racing and car topics! Ps thanks Devin for sharing how to finally do this!
  • GT-R guy
    IDO!
    I always enjoy your podcast, but I can’t get enough of Ido. Please have a part 2 or 3 or more!
  • TF_Tim
    Good stuff.
    Some good ol’ boys with great insight and knowledge into the time attack scene.
  • Jmuracn
    Great info for a aspiring racers and time trial folks
    They provide a lot of up front info about time trail/time attack… and if you can read between the lines the I formation can be like drinking from a fire hose! Thanks guys!
  • JesseGSX
    Thumbs up
    Always super informative and fun to listen to. I laugh. I cry. I come back for more.
  • atbutt03
    Needs
    Love being able to get my dose of nerd content. I like the deep dives on the builds and the industry people that are sometimes at the forefront and big names and some other lesser known people. Excellent car content for any one in the sundae cup community.
  • Mertle.
    Popeyes Should Sponsor the Podcast
    Marketing guy there was into something, just sayin
  • JustinCFC
    Entertaining and Educating
    These dudes truly bring together knowledge and humor into one show. If you’re into racing if any kind, and have a good sense of humor, these guys are well worth listening to!
  • TheVth_Will
    Finally a dope grassroots road racing podcast
    One of the best car/racing podcast out there. Love the information and technical details y’all get into. Keep up the content!
  • HTR_411
    Awesome podcast
    Great banter, great bits of knowledge. Honda Fits are the best.
  • tankrust_racing
    Since I started listening to Hypercritical
    Utilizing the knowledge provided by the Pro Awesome crew on their podcast and website, along with some of their terrific parts offerings, I have dropped a scientifically repeatable and measurable amount of time off my PB’s. This is after only 6 months of listening! I look forward to a year from now to the amazing transformation that will have occurred! I’ve even started applying Hypercritical techniques to other areas of my life. I no longer stand by quietly when coworkers offer their opinions. I take a cue from Mike and force them to listen to my long winded retorts! Seriously though, great podcast for individuals that enjoy race cars, time trials, and track driving. Keep up the great work!
  • Jonni Makinen
    Love the podcast!
    As an Eco owner I don’t need too much convincing. Great content here! I had two questions about the last episode 1) If the record is all that matters, doesn’t that make a lot of events / a lot of the sessions useless? Like any weather above 80 degrees, any events in the peak of summer, etc. Cars are certainly going to get faster over time but after watching one of the recent Gears and Gasoline episodes, it sounds like unless you happen to nail a time in one of only a few sessions, records are a lot less likely to be broken. 2) JDM time attack cars - I’ve watched a ton of Best Motoring / Hot Version stuff over the years. Do you have any idea why they don’t use European shocks, like, ever? Ohlins, AST, KW, Moton, Koni, etc. I’m watching a relatively recent touge thing here and even on the BMW M2 they’re using some Nitron shocks (??). That’s it - thank you for the show!
  • Cobra426
    Racing discussion heaven
    You know those rare times when you end up around the right people at the right time, and you can listen to some incredible banter between a group of people far smarter than you talking about something you love? The conversations that answer questions you didn’t know you had, and leave you in awe of the raw knowledge being kicked around like it’s nothing? Well, if you like racing, this is the podcast for you. Chock full of information and discussion, with plenty of insider views, and a banter that will make the time fly by. Definitely worth checking out, one episode and you’ll be hooked.
  • revhappymatt
    Like a “bench racing” discussion with your buddies...
    All of the disputes over build plans, “if this-then that”, and over-analyzing “theoretical class killers”... it’s just like arguing with my buddies; except, I’m at work because my wife says living at the track is unrealistic 🤷‍♂️ A LOT of nuggets of prep/setup information, some of its even useful!
  • chefscott15
    Optimize my GLTC car
    Hey I’d love to come on and go over optimization of my 1994 Civic Coupe GLTC car.
  • Enrico fermi
    Review request
    Devin said to do this. Also the shows pretty good and the info given is great
  • QuixoticGiraffe
    Love it!
    Love listening to all the perspectives and knowledge sharing. I often disagree with Mike's views of the non-sciences (re: marketing) and I worry about how worked up he gets, but You should definitely keep'em coming. ✌️
  • dropdfocus
    Awesome & Excellent!
    Just listened to the “Nads” and “RPM Act” episodes and loved them! Lots of great info and Mike’s ranting about RPM act and sponsorships wasn’t a rant because it was truth
  • Classy Action
    Pure Awesomeness
    Engineering and cars, my two favorite things.
  • fd380ps
    Great Content and fun to listen too!
    Useful content for time attack, road racing and the aftermarket performance industry
  • jsjsnske
    Review
    Amazing content
  • yetiracing
    Car nerds unite!
    If you’re curious how to go faster, and like hearing real-talk, you’ve come to the right place
  • Aricocaruso
    Nice segment
    Good banter as always, good insight, great guest!
  • Lil carvell
    Devin forced me
    It’s a great podcast, I could (and do) listen all day!
  • ThePass13
    TA Fam
    Great content covering hot topics in Time Attack racing in the US. Keep it up!
  • Twan 009
    For the racing nerds!!!
    One of my favorite podcasts to listen to. Definitely give great insight to understanding cars and there potential.
  • Reign pua
    Excellent information
    Worth every minute.
  • Clapper_
    Top tier! If you like grassroots motorsports listen.
    Professional Awesome always delivers. The topics are interesting, the guests are quality and their passion for the sport is genuine. A must listen in my opinion.
  • Defjux23
    If you know what time attack is, you better listen to this.
    A little bit of ranting, a little bit of joking around, a lot of good content and smart-ish people talking cars. Great if you are familiar with HPDE and time attack. Always good to listen to.
  • bluesubie12
    Love this podcast!
    I feel like I have learned so much from them already and just love they're straight shooting ways. Keep it up guys!
  • redrabbithabit
    Great addition to the grassroots motorsport podcasts
    Good stuff.
  • Cornfed Kraut
    Like Nothing Else
    Time attack and DE drivers say hello to your podcast. This podcast is like no other automotive/ racing podcast I’ve listened to. Great technical content as well as original insight.
  • A loyal listener from Virginia
    Really enjoy these podcasts
    So many car podcasts are repetitive and superficial. These guys actually talk substance in an honest and direct way. Great for the hardcore track enthusiast at any level.
  • Aaron11111367942
    Better microphones
    I’d love to listen to you guys but your microphones are really bad. Please get better microphones!
  • Rick E Rocket
    Good times
    They made me write this!
  • Devin Stiglitz Giles
    Awesome
    Great show keep it up
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