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Driver Skills and Tech Combo Show Part 1

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Spanners and Trumpets are joined by Bradley Philpot, Kyle ‘Edgy’ Power and Alex ‘Jeansy’ Vangeen for a drivers summit and then by the dynamic duo of tech titans Matthew Somerfield and Craig Scarborough for a tech summit as they discuss the 2022 regs in delightfully excruciating detail. From smooth styles to adverse conditions, from wheel wake deflectors to Y250, no wingtip vortices go unmissed in this, the latest episode of Missed Apex Podcast.


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