The Smoking Tire11 Feb 2025

Vaughn Gittin Jr and Dave Cole on the King of Hammers Stage

This show was recorded live on stage at the 2025 King of the Hammers off-road race. Our guests:

Vaughn Gittin Jr, a 2-time Formula Drift Champion who has turned his wheel towards off-road racing and been killing it in Ultra 4 Racing for Nitto Tire and Ford.
Dave Cole, the founder of the King of the Hammers event.

This conversation covers a wide range of topics about the event itself, business lessons, and how technology is changing racing including:

The WILD story about the very first KOH event
How do you get people to sign up for something that's never been done?
What is making cars go faster off-road?
The creativity of spectator vehicles
Building different mouse traps
Why off-road racing might be the most exciting motorsport for a driver AND a spectator
The nighttime antics you won't see at any road race
Anti-EV? Hardly.
And more!

Recorded Feb 5, 2025

Get up to 10 FREE meals and a free high protein item for life at https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire10fm

Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout.

New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/

Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TSTPOD for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST

Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast

Tweet at us!

https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire

https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman

Instagram:

https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire

https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast

Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST.

Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

Tweet at us!

https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire

https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman

Instagram:

https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire

https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(1000)

China is re-producing Enthusiast Cars: Is it a Good Thing?

Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS ...

9 Juli 1h 31min

Never Build a Whole Car: Autopian's David Tracy and Griffin Riley

David Tracy built a Willys Jeep from scratch and Griffin filmed the whole damn thing. David ordered a new body from overseas and sourced every single part on Ebay. Every part. Wires, grommets, pedals,...

7 Juli 1h 40min

A Great Vespa Trip; 26 Hours Later; Polestar Blocked; Q&A

Matt Farah's tale of traveling around the world to drive the new Ferrari 849 Testarossa Spider; the Vespa trip; Manx updates update; Polestar gets canceled by the government; and Patreon questions inc...

2 Juli 1h 56min

ZR1 record; GV80 Review; a Tesla hits a House

Matt Farah and Zack Klapman discuss the new record set by the Corvette ZR1; give a tour of Matt's trip to the land of Mercedes engine swaps; a Tesla crashes into a house; someone lied to the EU; and a...

30 Juni 1h 54min

Mercedes Engine Swap King Matt Kwiek

Matt Kwiek is the owner of Kwiek Classics, a shop focused on updating the powertrains of chassis ('70s, '80s, '90s, '00s) Mercedes. From V8 upgrades to V12 shoehorns, it's anything but a simple proces...

25 Juni 1h 24min

Is Charging* Theft? Buy Cars from ONE Era Only!

What if you had unlimited money to buy 3 cars from ONE specific era? Is charging at work theft? Matt Farah and Zack Klapman make their picks, plus review the new 2027 Porsche Macan GTS electric, and A...

23 Juni 1h 22min

M5 Touring 2nd Take; PNW Trip Report; CA Tire Update

Matt Farah is back from the amazing Road & Track Experience through the Pacific Northwest and has tales of rally school, track driving, and one of the best roads in the U.S.; after 600 miles in the BM...

22 Juni 2h

Jonny Lieberman on Rivian R2, Luce, and 1000HP cars

Jonny Lieberman returns to talk 1000HP cars, Tesla FSD, Ferrari Luce, the new Rivian R2, the best(?) way to learn to drive a manual, and a whole lot more. Patreon questions include: Is the Ferrari Lu...

16 Juni 1h 56min