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This episode Takona Tlks with racing driver Jake Hill. Currently competing in the BTTC for the Laser Tools team along with various bits of other motorsport such as historic racing in a variety of exciting cars, and taking the Calsonic R32 up the Goodwood Hill at the festival of speed.
A huge thank you to the Scalextric team for putting Jake and I in touch to make this episode happen, the continued support from them in not only sponsoring episodes but also helping make things happen really has been great (no they haven't paid me to say this).
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From building iconic show cars, to planning a SEMA stand, Dale has built a reputation for some of the most innovate automotive marketing out there. 
Dale has been behind some huge successes in the automotive space, taking the Meguiars social media accounts to over 1 million followers and now working for Pipercross starting their resurgence into being the go to name for air filters.
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Had the absolute pleasure to sit and chat with Grant Williams to talk about his adventures racing, and the ups and downs that can bring. Most notably recognised for putting on a tremendous show at the Festival of Speed and the Goodwood races in his Iconic "BUY 1" Mk1 Jaguar, you know the photo of the Mk1 in a huge cloud of smoke on the Goodwood start line? yeah? that guy, a legend.
Grant is also the person who helped Williams Heynes get an engine sorted for the Goodwood Revival, a lovely moment to hear that story from another perspective, and to show just how much community there is around cars.
This is also the latest episode sponsored by Scalextric, Grants iconic “Buy 1” Jag was made into a Scalextric car! (You can get 10% off using Takona10 at checkout)

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Takona Tlks with Stuart Quick, a personal friend and a man helping keep people safer in their cars, we have an explore into the world of safety harnesses, retrofitting seatbelts, and wander down some automotive tales.
Stuart and I met over coffee in west London at a car meet, of course, and have become good friends ever since. We attended the Octane Magazine Historic Motoring Awards together, and often head to a lot of the same car events. Stuart has had some of his lovely cars on our stands at events like Radwood, and we're both regulars at the Wimbledon Southside Hustle, which means we've a fair few stories to share.
This episode is a long one, and meanders down some different roads, with stories across a broad range of topics.
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This episode Takona Tlks with Antony Ingram, Freelance car journalist and writer.
Antony and I met in unexpected circumstances (and thanks to twitter) when I created a mazda inspired t-shirt and was on the lookout for a local enough RX7 to grab some photos with. Antony being the gent kindly offered to let me pop over and get the photos and our friendship started there.
Often spotted at car events around the country, Antony's back catalogue of work is extensive and covers not only writing for EVO and Hagerty, but also publishing his own book on the MX-5 (which you can get here)
If you fancy a gander at the Photos I got of Antony's lovely RX-7 (which happened to be the Mazda press car) and possibly even some video footage we got on the road, it's up on the Patreon page.
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Takona Tlks with Dave Edmonston, the founder of PistonHeads, now working with Collecting Cars, and has spent time building and developing websites and platforms across the automotive world. With his latest venture being Driving Masters helping people to learn how to better handle the roads safely.
Dave's influence across the automotive world is somewhat profound, being behind some of the communities that have brought so many people together, and having helped to improve existing platforms that people love. On a personal level it was the piston heads forums that helped me to grow friendships with other car enthusiasts, as well as providing a plethora of interesting stories and groups that got me through long night shifts in the psychiatric hospitals.

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