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BONUS EPISODE - Subiefest Texas 2025
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About this episode
The episode captures the vibe of Subiefest Texas 2025 with casual chats, event highlights, and personal reflections. The host shares experiences from the event, including meeting familiar faces, checking out unique Subaru builds, and witnessing ride-alongs with Bucky and Betty. A standout moment is an insightful conversation with racing driver Scott, who discusses his passion for motorsports, sim racing, and Subaru events. The episode also touches on the host's personal challenges and plans for future content, including a new YouTube channel focused on Subaru culture and events.
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off-roading
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sim racing
motorsports career
event experiences
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youtube channel launch
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I recorded some content from Subiefest Texas 2025 just walking around to record the experience, and also chatted with a couple of attendees.
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Hello everybody, welcome to another bonus episode.
This is a bonus episode for Subifest, Texas 2025.
In this episode, I only had two conversations and you will hear those later on and I'm not
going to announce who they were.
One person I have talked to a few times before, another person I had never talked to and it
was great to get that person on the mic.
So this bonus episode from Subifest, Texas is going to be a little bit different than
the one from last year because again, I didn't have many conversations, but I did do some
fun stuff.
We got to see all the cool cars and we got to see Betty driving around and got to
see some friends again and so that was really cool.
We just all enjoyed the show and had a good time and walked around and really didn't do
a whole lot and I didn't really want to get too much content either.
I saw Rihanna Gelsamino, she was the first person I saw walking in and I didn't record
with her just because I recorded with her at other locations and she was also busy.
So Subifest is a lot different than Overland Expo because the people that are there just
always going, going, going.
They're being pulled around to come over here and go over there and do the autograph signings.
So I don't really want to bother them too much because I know that they have so much
going on.
So I didn't talk to Rihanna, didn't talk to Bucky, so I don't like bothering
them when I see them running around kind of crazy and having a lot of stuff to do.
So there's just really a little bit of me walking around and talking but I wanted to
put this out anyway even though there's not a ton of content because there is one
conversation that I really wanted to include in this bonus episode.
But so the day started off really nice and cool and like I mean it felt really really
good in the morning and then it started to heat up because it's Texas and of course the
day is going to get warmer and warmer and Subifest Texas went on until three o'clock
it was from ten to no it was from nine to three and around two o'clock I was telling
everybody that I was with I'm like I gotta go.
I wasn't drinking enough water of course that's on me and I didn't eat until really
late so I was like really hungry and my body just didn't have the energy that it
needed but I was feeling I was feeling like I was getting heat exhaustion
because I was feeling kind of weak and like when we got in the car and we were
sitting there driving off like I just I did not feel good plus I didn't get
that much sleep the night before I think I had like maybe four hours of
sleep so not drinking enough water not eating soon enough and it getting to be
really really hot and then not drinking like during the times that it was really
hot also but also not hydrating before I went there on top of not getting
enough sleep it was just not a good combination so we ended up leaving it
to and so we didn't get a chance to like I said goodbye to some people but
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to everybody like I wanted to I was like I
just got to get out of here because I'm not I'm not doing too well and I've
never really felt like that before so I just you know I apologize if you're
listening to this and I saw you there you saw me and I didn't get a chance to
see you I apologize that I didn't stick around until later on but I just
I needed to go and it took me a while to recover we went and after that we
went and got some some coffees and like even sitting there drinking those it
took me a while to recover and kind of get back to normal but by the end of the
evening everything was good and I don't even I don't really remember what we
did that evening but then the next day on Sunday we ended up going to Fort
Worth and we went to the Fort Worth water gardens and then we also went to
spiral diner which is the place where I get the pancakes that I love however I
did not get pancakes this time it's very very hard to not get pancakes but I
wanted to get something different so I ended up getting something different and
I ended up getting the they have like a breakfast quesadilla which was really
good so I got that and we always have to get their queso because their queso is
just really really good but yeah I mean we had a good time and the whole
weekend ended up being good and then of course you know I kind of spent a
little bit of money while I was there and then I get back to work on
Monday only to find out that I no longer have a job so of course it
sucks not having a full-time income now but my severance is going on for a little
while I think I'll be good through the end of the year most likely and then I'm
working at doing door dash and I might even find another part-time job just
to help supplement during that time but I do have my resume out to some
places so I'm hopeful but I'm just I'm not letting it bring me down I'm
not gonna let it get me stressed out and because I just I know that things
will be taken care of and I am just I'm extremely grateful to to the patrons for
the people that signed up to become a patron and help support the podcast that
is definitely going to help so I really really appreciate it so if you haven't
signed up and you would like to and if you're able to help support the
podcast you can go to my link tree and there's a link for patreon that
says support the podcast and it would be very very much appreciated and
definitely very helpful so thank you all so much I really really appreciate it
really does help and also go check out the YouTube channel it's the subi and
you channel so it's not going to be like video versions of the episodes it's
mainly going to be just Subaru like general Subaru related stuff stuff but
with about my car also there's going to be things like I'll cover events
future events but I'm also going to upload I have videos and other things
that I'm going to upload from previous events like the previous Overland Expo
events I'm going to be uploading those and I'll just you know see what else
comes along but also want to do like some videos on brands that I have on my
car and some of the partners that I've had because I appreciate their
support as well and it's fun working with brands as we all know
getting that opportunity to do that so that's really what the channel is going
to be about is just kind of general stuff and I'm looking forward to seeing
where it goes sort of have a plan but I know it's like really good to have an
actual plan but it's it's very new to me I'm still trying to figure YouTube
out and how it works what I can do what I can't do and like I tried to
include a link for one of the videos that I posted early on or one of the
first videos and it said that like I'm not eligible to post a link yet so I
think I have to have more YouTube history or something before I can post links
and so yeah I don't know I'm still I've been doing some research and trying to
figure some things out but I know there are some people out there that
said they will be able to help me out as well so I'll get it figured out but
I'm just gonna upload videos you know I don't have to have everything figured
out just upload videos and have y'all watch them and share them and that would
be very much appreciated so we'll get into this episode now and I hope you enjoy it
thank you
I've got my mic here so I might as well get this thing started but I'm here at
Subifest Texas this is the third year that they've been doing this here it's
started off with some really nice weather it's pretty cool this morning but I
know it's gonna warm up quickly because we are in Texas but yeah I'm here at
Subifest Texas I walked in the first person I saw was Rihanna Gelsamino so
that was really cool to see her again I just saw her last weekend when I was
at Overland Expo in Virginia and I was really great to catch up with her
again there and then now here so I'm just walking around checking things out
looking at Betty right now she's looking good it's all bucky over there just
trying to set his time his fastest time at the simulator so that's been really
cool but yeah it's been it's been great so far running into people like John
and Jonathan Sage the cross track what's up everyone how's it going man doing
good yeah so just making my rounds here and checking things out but I'm going
to hop off the mic now and go say hi to some people and check out some more of
the event before it officially gets started you can possibly hear Adam
there in the background he's up in the booth making announcements so anyway yeah
we'll get this thing going so right there I ran into Jonathan who goes by
Sage the cross track and then I need to finding him a little bit later on because
he was standing in line to check in with Roman who goes by go subi adventures
who I just had on the podcast and then also with John who goes by Texas
Tiggeru and so I just stood there chatted with them for a while and then ended up
walking around looking around some more but they they had their cars all set up
close to each other and so it's really nice to go back over there later on see
their rigs of course and John Sage the cross track he had a topography wrap
on his car that his wife had gotten for him and it looked really good and he
ended up winning I think it was best off-road rig which was really cool so he
was he was there with Lone Star Subis and I think there was like three people
from their group that ended up winning awards so or trophies so it was
really cool and the trophies were really nice they they were made very well
they were metal and he was very happy also of course walking around I saw
that they were preparing Betty to go out for Bucky to do the ride-alongs
and just you know do some donuts and a little exhibition driving and everything
so I ended up catching up with Betty and we chatted for a little bit but it's
kind of a one-way conversation it was mostly her talking
it's always cool to see them getting Betty started up because a huge crowd
always ends up you know swarming around Betty and looking at her and
taking videos and Bucky was you know getting down and doing some video at the
exhaust as well so that was a lot of fun as always so when we made our way around
their show cars we ended up catching up with Jonathan and Roman again and also
John who goes by Texas Tiggeroo so I had a little conversation with him I
didn't end up talking to Roman and Jonathan because I just I didn't end up
getting around to it but I've also had them on the episode or each of them
have had their own episode but John has not yet had an episode so I always like
to catch up with him it was great to see him in Overland Expo in Flagstaff
because he had driven up there for that event but it was nice to see him
here at Subifest again so we caught up for a little bit and we'll
eventually get a full episode for him but here was our little conversation
it helps with the experience. When are we going to get together and do a full interview?
I know we need to make it happen. Next year I have like so many lined up and I definitely want to do some inversions here.
Tigger's my daily driver and I'll be around so alright let's do it.
Okay I am here at Subifest Texas and we've got Betty just knocked over a cone
Bucky's out there doing ride-alongs but I'm here with John and Texas Tiggeroo how's it going?
It's going fantastic as usual at Subifest. Yeah yeah yeah what time did you have to get here to set up?
We met at six o'clock this morning to roll in at like six fifteen and we were one of the first ones to get in here this morning.
Okay nice so have you been in the show all three years that Subifest has been here in Texas?
Yes this is my third year in the show and I hope to show every year that I can.
Yeah yeah great and it's always nice seeing Tigger. You've got so much stuff on it
I know it draws a lot of attention which is really cool because you put in a lot of work
and you've done a great job and I think it looks amazing as always.
I'm trying to change it up just a little bit each year and this year we went with skeletons
since it's fairly close to Halloween and no one else is doing Halloween so why not?
We're in October it's close enough so you won something last year didn't you?
So last year I won runner-up for Crosstrak and I was selected for the Subimods Choice Award
which was selected by the sponsor as the vehicle and person that best represented the Subaru Lifestyle.
Okay great so that blew me away I was not expecting that at all.
Yeah yeah it's definitely a great car and you've done like I said you've done a lot to it
and it's always great seeing it and when was the last time you went off-roading
because we were going to go to Bastrop and apparently it's getting to a point where we may not
be able to go out there anymore.
Right I'm hearing bad things about Bastrop as well.
I did make it to Overland Expo West and Flagstaff and that was really my last true off-roading experience with it.
I'm still doing heavy sweep at Raleigh ready so they had two events already this year
there's another one in two weeks and one in December and I'll be at both of those as a volunteer heavy sweep.
Okay so you're not actually going out there with your car are you just out there volunteering?
I'm not racing but I am on track with my car between events.
I do course changeovers and pick up debris and car parts that have fallen off.
So people back in help with recovery if somebody breaks down.
So yeah I got to actually take it out on the track which is really cool a lot of fun.
I've been wanting to do that with Pearl but I'm also a little scared to do that because I have a feeling that
I would get out there and start having fun and then just pushing harder and pushing harder
and then I'm afraid to break something because then of course I'd have to drive home.
Right and that's why you need the bumper sticker on your dash that says
remember you'd have to drive it home.
Yeah stupid.
Well I wasn't going to go that route.
I've seen it sir.
Yeah whoa.
Now we're going in reverse.
Yeah he was trying to spin around and do a 360 and I think he lost a little control there.
But no doubt people getting ride-alongs are having a good time.
Yeah it was great chatting with you.
Likewise thanks for stopping in.
Definitely getting you in for a full episode.
We will get in.
I want to do it in person too.
Yes definitely.
I need to come down and run Cheeseburger Loop with you guys.
That is on my bucket list for next year.
Yeah so then maybe we just plan it for that.
Cool.
Because that's an open park and it's a state park.
So we're just worried about getting shut down.
Sounds like a plan.
All right.
Let's do it.
All right.
Thanks for that.
You're welcome.
I got to give a huge shout out to Road for putting together these great road wireless
pro microphones because you've got all the noise in the background and what I
really like about them and what I learned about them when I was doing the research to
get these is they don't clip.
So even with all the noise in the background from Betty driving around and making a bunch
of noise it still sounds pretty clear and it doesn't get all distorted and you
don't get the clipping because it has what they call 32-bit float.
I don't know a whole lot about it but what I do know is that that's the
technology that's built into these microphones that help them from not clipping
but I'm just so grateful to have these because then at events I can go anywhere
in the event and record with somebody and I absolutely love that flexibility
and I look forward to continuing to use these at future events
and who knows hopefully next year I'll get out to even more events
because that would be really, really exciting to get out to more events.
I know people have asked me if I'm going to make it here and there
and it's not always easy to do that but maybe 2026 is going to be the year.
This next and last conversation I was very, very grateful to get
and it was just it was all a matter of timing and caught up with this person
and it just happened to work out perfectly and I'm very, very grateful
for this person for their time and just for taking the time to sit down
and chat with me on the mic but so I'm just going to go ahead and play it now
and we'll get into this conversation with this guy that many of you know.
I am at Subifes, Texas here and I'm sitting with Scott's bead man how's it going?
Hello, hello. How are you doing today?
Great, great. Better than I deserve.
The weather, we were just talking about all the Subifes this year
we could not have had a better year of Subifes throughout all the different
places we've been, the weather has been amazing, we haven't been rained out once
I feel fortunate for that.
Yeah, I know that's great because that could be a potential downer for the event.
I just came off of the Overland Expo series and I was in Virginia last weekend
and they said last year there was a pretty big storm that came through
and so I can imagine that would be a little tough.
Yeah, but fortunately the weather's beautiful, sunny Texas here
I'm thankful to be able to get a little bit of, I'm in North Carolina
so I'm soaking up as much of the vitamin D as I can to prepare for the winter months.
Yeah, there's definitely plenty over here and it is nice to be in the shade though occasionally
because it does get hot out there.
So what has your experience been like at Subifes, Texas, Boxer Fest, Wicked Big Meet?
I know we've got several events across the country
and it's great for you to be a part of it and do the ride-alongs and everything
so how has it been for you?
Yeah, it's great, I love coming out and meeting all the enthusiasts
that Subaru has done such an amazing job in cultivating
The community is so great, I think it's easy to kind of take that for granted
but the people here are always really nice
and you know I get the really cool job of demonstrating the, you know
this year has been typically the WRX TS on the autocrosses
and giving people a ride and demonstrating sort of the potential of what the cars can do
and kind of demonstrate how well these cars are made, what the real potential of the car is
and that's a super fun thing to do
I get to give guys and girls a great experience out there on the autocross courses
and it's really fun for me too as a racing driver
I really enjoy making cars go around circuits as fast as they can
so that challenge, whether it's an autocross course here in Texas
or a Formula One car in Monaco, the focuses and the techniques and strategies are really the same
so I enjoy constantly trying to find time
I know it's great, I know my son was able to get a ride along with you last year
so I know he enjoyed that at CBFS Texas
so you give people a great experience and a chance to meet you
and just have some fun, like you said, see what these cars can do
because they're really great cars, they're a lot of fun
and I have yet to drive a WRX
well, I've driven like a tuned and boosted WRX
but I haven't driven like a stock WRX
and I want to drive one just to see how they are
because I've heard that they've got their smooth and they shift well
and I think it would be a fun experience to do that
but yeah, it's great to have you here at these events too
and I'm sure it's a little bit different than driving Project Midnight
but still a great experience and you get to share that with other people
Right, one of these days we'll get Project Midnight out here
and I'm really looking forward to that time
but yeah, I think one of the comments I get the most
the two comments I get the most are like how do you get started in racing
and the cool thing about coming to this event is you have two really
really important pieces to how you do that
you have iRacing rigs set up here that people can experience driving
in a virtual setting which with how far physics has come
is unbelievably helpful
it's a non-starter, you have to
if you want to be a racing driver in any form
you have to start doing that
because the ability to collect experience and hone your craft
is so affordable in that setting and so easy
and then you have an autocross course here where you can take
what you're learning on the sim and try that
in a real life setting with real physics
and regardless of what car you have
driving around the autocross course is extremely useful
and I think a lot of guys that are hesitant to drive
because their cars aren't tuned up
or aren't modded in the correct way
and so that's another reason I like driving our stock cars out here
and showing how much potential is really there
from just driving correctly
as a person that is a motor racing athlete
this whole life I love coming to the event like this
because there's so much core pieces of motor racing here
I've tried the simulator I think last year
at one of the other events and it wasn't easy
when you don't really know how to do it
and then I watched one of the things that I was doing
is I wasn't shifting gears fast enough
and then I see Bucky get on and he's like shifting really quick
and I'm like okay that's definitely one key to it
and because you're simulating a really powerful car
and I'm used to driving a 2.0 cross track
you know that's really slow
so watching him do it
and other people that are more experienced
it's like definitely a really good skill
but yeah I think it would be fun
even though my cross track is slow
I think it would be fun to drive it out on the autocross course
sometime just to see what I can do with it
yeah look you get five sessions I believe
so you know every time you're going to go out there
you're going to try to learn something
faster and that's the point of it
is to figure out
you try a technique or a strategy
and you see if that makes me go faster or slower
and that process of iteration never ends
and that's really the piece that I love
but to your point the simulators here
are based on the race car
and so with the ALS
and where the power band is that engine
you shift really quickly
a lot differently than you would on the road
yeah so I don't want to get into a lot of other stuff
like history and everything
but the only question I do want to ask
is when did you start racing like how old were you
well look I started racing when I was three years old
because at three years old I was watching my dad race go-karts
and I was watching racing on TV
and so my introduction to motor racing was really young
I began racing video games
you know originally on probably like the first PlayStation
and then ultimately by the time I was a teenager
they had I think IndyCar95 came out on the PC
and I'd play that with some friends
but the first time I actually got into a go-kart
was 10 years old
so actually a bit late for most of my peers
but you know karting was the primary
thing that I drove from
age of 10 until I was 18 and moved here up
now you're here doing all kinds of fun things with Subaru
I've got to drive a lot of different type of racecars
from Formula 1 to NASCAR to rally
it's been a heck of a journey
and something I'm super grateful to have been able to experience
yeah that's good
well thank you so much for taking some time
to hop on the mic with me
it's great to see you again
and I hope you enjoy the rest of the event
you've got one more Subi Fest to go in Florida
and now close out the season
yes sir
thanks so much for having me
you're welcome, thank you
well that was a really cool experience
I am so grateful that I had a chance to catch up with Scott
and get him on the mic
and I'm extremely grateful to him
for taking the time to chat with me
and talk a little bit about his experience at the Subi events
and then also a little bit of his history of racing
so that's super super great that I was able to get him on
and hopefully I can potentially get him on for a full episode
at some point and get some more information
but that will have to be very carefully curated
to do that
but I think it can happen
it might take some time and a little bit of work
but it would be worth it
because I think it would be really really cool to have him on
so anyway
thank you so much for taking time out of your day
to listen to this episode
I really appreciate everybody sticking around
I appreciate all of the people that have been here
since the very beginning
and then also people that have come on board
throughout the years
and we're getting close to closing out
five years of doing the podcast
which seems pretty crazy
but I'm glad that I'm still able to do it
I'm glad that people are still sticking around
and I'm very glad and grateful
and very thankful for all the patrons
I really really appreciate it
thank you all so much
and please continue to share
also again please go subscribe to the YouTube channel
and I look forward to seeing you on another episode
or talking to you through this microphone
on another episode
and I hope that I get to see more people
out there in the community
and at events in 2026
so we'll see how that goes
but I'll do what I can to make it out
to more events
and put out more content
so thank you all so much
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend
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