Shows / The Smoking Tire
The Smoking Tire
Matt Farah and Zack Klapman sit down with automotive icons, pro drivers, comedians and other friends to discuss automotive industry news, racing, projects and whatever else comes to mind. Watch our car reviews at www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Rent or buy our movies!, where we find out if some bad CraigsList cars can cross an entire US State, off-road!https://vimeo.com/thesmokingtire
Episodes
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Motoring Journalist Alex Goy!
Alex Goy is a British motoring journalist whose work can be seen on Jalopnik, Carfection, and DriveTribe, both in words and video. Like our similarly-named…
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Ralph Guerra (Comedian! Car journalist!)
Ralph Guerra is a standup comedian and automotive journalist. We talk about cars we've driven, where you can buy a monster truck, and lots more! Find his tour…
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Jacob Agajanian (Race.Service!)
Jacob Agajanian is the co-founder and President of Race.Service, an automotive media company based in Los Angeles, CA. IG: @jacobchills @race.service…
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Fielding Shredder (HYPERDRIVE, stunt driver, drifter)
Fielding Shredder is a rally instructor and drifter who got a lot of attention last year after his appearance on the Netflix show "Hyperdrive." He had an…
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Record Holders: Alex Roy and David Morse
Alex Roy is an author, movie producer, hi-fi stereo showroom owner, and friend. His new film 'Apex: The Secret Race Across America" is streaming now, and his…
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Spine Surgeon Dr Robert Watkins
Dr. Robert Watkins IV is a founder and principal at the Marina Spine Center in Marina del Rey, CA. In 2011, he performed Matts second of two back surgeries…
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Spike Feresten
Spike Feresten is the host of the 'Spikes Car Radio' Podcast, as well and a career producer, writer, and television host. Perhaps best known for writing some…
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Daniel Miller (LA Times reporter)
Daniel Miller is a journalist at the LA Times. He did a multi-part story on "Big" Willie Robinson, a street racer from South Central Los Angeles who sought to…
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Crew Show plus Vinny Russo! (Auctions and scooters)
A lot happens in a week. Matt bought a new scooter. Vinny had to buy a new car and scooped a Craigslist Gem. Vinny also went to the Scottsdale Auctions, so we…
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Joey Seely (Chassis & suspension expert)
Joey Seely knows how to make a car handle correctly. His shop, Emotion Engineering, specializes in setups for Porsche 911s but he has also built rally cars…
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Alonzo Bodden (Comedian! Gearhead!)
Alonzo Bodden is a professional standup comedian who loves all things motorized, particularly motorcycles. He won the 3rd season of the reality show "Last…
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Bruce Meyer (Petersen Automotive Museum Chairman, Super Enthusiast/Collector)
Bruce Meyer has one of the greatest car collections on Earth. So good, in fact, he often loans his cars to the Petersen Automotive Museum. He's also the…
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Crew Show w/ Vinny Russo
It's the TST crew! Matt built a LEGO Porsche RSR, we talk about Batmobile suspension geometry, and Vinny has been driving a 6-wheeled Hennessey pickup truck…
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Crew Show (Matt and Zack)
Matt and Zack catch up on driving the Lamborghini SVJ, Aston Martin repairs, and answer tons of questions. This show is also a video…
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Tony Quiroga (Car and Driver)
Tony Quiroga is the Print Director at Car and Driver magazine. He's a fast driver, gets the best cars, and tends to bring some snark to the show…
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Stephan Papadakis
Stephan Papadakis is a sport compact racing legend. He has a ridiculous amount of trophies and records for fast FWD drag cars, Formula Drift cars driven by…
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Derek Powell & Blake Rong
Derek Powell is an automotive journalist and content creator for Motor Trend. Blake Rong used to write for our websit, then went on to work for Autoweek…
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Jon Klein & Collin Woodard
Jonathok Klein and Collin Woodard are two successful automotive journalists who work full time in the space - what they share in common is both got their start…
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Ed Niedermeyer (Author of "Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors")
Ed Niedermeyer is the author of 'Ludicrous: the Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors," a new book which discusses the EV carmaker's history, business and…
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Chris Harris
Chris Harris is a legend in the automotive world. Journalist, racer, he's worked for many a publication and is currently a host on Top Gear UK, the most…
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Road & Track and the Mustang Mach-E
Travis Okulski, Kyle Kinard, and Mack Hogan in studio representing Road & Track! We'll get the 'editor's defense' of the Veloster N as PCOTY, talk Mustang…
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Mr JWW
Mr JWW, James William Walker, is a British YouTuber and exotic car aficionado. Covering the world of sports cars from the other side of the pond, racing and…
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Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez
Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez is a YouTuber who rose to fame buying run-down coolness (Bentleys, Mercedes, Supra, Lamborghinis) and showing people that YOU can…
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Amber Blonigan (Owner, GI Automotive)
Amber Blonigan has an impressive story. She's the owner and founder of GI Automotive Group, a shop that specializes in the maintenance and modification of…
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Lyn Woodward (Kelley Blue Book)
Lyn Woodward is an automotive journalist at Kelley Blue Book and on the KBB YouTube Channel. She recently competed the Rebelle Rally, the first women’s…
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Crew Show!
LS swap your wardrobe with our new shirt! https://www.blipshift.com/tst On this show Matt and Zack talk about the Model 3 press car, autonomous driving…
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Ben Preston (Auto Journalist)
Ben Preston is an automotive journalist who has written for Hagerty, Road & Track, The/DRIVE, and Jalopnik…
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Carlos Lago (Edmunds Road Noise)
Carlos Lago is a friend, excellent driver, and the Feature Content Manager at Edmunds.com. You can see his work on their youtube channel or at…
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Tod Mesirow
Tod Mesirow has produced just about every automotive TV show of the last 20 years. Monster Garage, Overhaulin', Top Gear, Wheeler Dealers, and more. He's now…
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Anthony and Helen of "Goblin Works Garage"
Anthony Partridge is a a fabricator and host on Goblin Works Garage, a show that airs on Discovery, where they build wild cars and bikes. Check out their show!…
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Creators of the Fast and Furious Musical !!
Brad Silnutzer and Joey Orton are the writers, directors, choreographers, and stars of 'The Fast and The Furious Musical Parody,' which just completed its…
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TOMMY KENDALL
Tommy Kendall is an American race car driver and television broadcaster. He has raced in NASCAR, Le Mans, GT cars, and even the Bathhurst 1000. He is best…
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Greg 'Opie' Hughes
Matt heads up to Santa Rosa, CA with Opie, for a memorial for Chef Carl put on by Guy Fieri. During the weekend, we decided to cruise down to the famous…
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Justin Bell! (Racing driver, The Torque Show)
Justin Bell is a racing driver, producer, and host of The Torque Show. He won the 1997 FIA GT2 Championship, the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans' GT2 class, and raced…
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Matt and Zack - Lambo Fest and Spyders
What is Lamborghini Fest? What was there? Matt is back from the 2019 Lamborghini Fest, picked has a the new Porsche Boxster Spyder, and we get some interesting…
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TST CREW SHOW - To Exocet or to i8?
Matt has been driving the BMW i8 Roadster and it's been "interesting". We talk about performance hybrids, the hamstringer i3, why Miatas should lose 1000lbs…
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Comedian Chris Porter!
Chris Porter is a hilarious stand-up comedian who has appeared all over TV including Last Comic Standing. His special "Ugly And Angry" on Amazon Prime is one…
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Automotive Event Planners Aimee Shackleford / Johnny Valencia
Aimee Shackleford and Johnny Valencia are the minds behind some of the coolest events and most popular rallies. As automotive event organizers, if there are…
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Crew Show: All about PCOTY
We're back from 2 weeks of traveling and there's a lot to talk about. Matt went to Germany and then met up with Zack at Road & Track's "Performance Car of the…
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Remembering Chef Carl Ruiz
Our good friend Chef Carl Ruiz of The Food Network, La Cubana NYC Restaurant, the Opie Radio Podcast and countless other ventures, suddenly passed away over…
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Bozi Taterevic (CREW CHIEF, MECHANIC, WRITER)
Bozi Tatarevic has an amazing life, and life story. He is a crew chief, mechanic, dealer, tuner, flipper, fixer, racecraft specialist, and automotive twitter…
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Andrew Collins (JALOPNIK)
Andrew Collins is the Reviews Editor for Jalopnik.com, and their resident off-road/truck expert. Read Andrew's articles here: https://kinja.com/andrewpcollins…
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TST CREW SHOW! Matt, Zack, and Vinny
Matt has a Ferrari 812 Superfast, Zack is back from driving on an aircraft carrier, and Vinny is selling a car. PLUS, lot's of your questions! This show is…
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Legendary Dir. Jeff Zwart & Jennifer Nicole of PEC
Jeff Zwart is an award-winning photographer, cinematographer, and the Second Unit Director (that means the car stuff) for the new film 'The Art of Racing in…
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Jonny Lieberman of MOTOR TREND
Jonny Lieberman is a senior editor at Motor Trend, and the host of Head2Head on Motor Trend TV. He just returned from the Pebble Beach Concours, and certainly…
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Bull Run memories - Andy Duncan
Andy Duncan is a television producer, bar & nightclub owner, and the founder of the Bullrun Rally, which Matt and TST participated in four times. We haven't…
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Lotus' Head of Design Russell Carr!!
Russell Carr has been the Head of Vehicle Design for Lotus since 2014, but before that, he designed the 2000 model year facelift for the Esprit as well! He…
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DoctaM3
DoctaM3 (Cody) is a real doctor, YouTuber, traveler, broadcaster, and hardcore Lamborghini enthusiast. Today begins Monterey Car Week, so we're talking about…
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Stanceworks/Proto Machine
Mike Burroughs is a fabricator who made his name with his company, Stanceworks, building incredible cars out of rusy shells, often using the rust in the…
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Kyle Conner (Cross-country EV record holder)
Kyle Conner drove his Tesla Model 3 long range from New York to Redondo Beach in a record-setting 45 hours 10 min. He holds the record for the fastest…
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Armored Cars w/ Peter Blaber
Peter Blaber is the CEO of Add Armor, a company that can add defense systems to just about any car. Whether it's bulletproof glass and doors, to pepper spray…
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RADWOOD's Art and Layne!
RADWOOD is arguably the greatest car show of our time and Art and Lane are two of the founding members of the event. RADWOOD features cars from the 80s and…
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Artist Tristan Eaton
Tiston Eaton is a multi-talented artist. He once designed a crazy wrap for Matt's Mini Cooper. Before that he was a graffiti artist. And since then he has…
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Racing Legend Scott Pruett!
Scott Pruett is a racing legend who has won in some of the fastest cars ever. He's raced in Indy Car, NASCAR, prototypes, Sports Cars, and IMSA. If anyone is a…
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Off-road Champion Justin Peck
Justin Peck is an off-road racer, public speaker, and mental health advocate. He talks to us about racing, crashing, one-armed fist fights, Baja, crosskarts…
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Elana Scherr and the C8 Corvette
Elana Scherr is one of our favorite people, and a car nut to the core. She's built engines, fixed cars, daily drove a classic Challenger, buys weird trucks…
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Road and Track
Travis Okulski is Editor in Chief of Road and Track, and Kyle Kinard works for him. Travis tells us about driving a McLaren F1 race car, special BMWs, and what…
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Crew show
It's a TST show! Zack is back from Morocco, where the food is good and the cops are friendly, and Matt tells us what it's like driving a SHERP over EVERYTHING…
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Betim Berisha (BBI Autosport)
Betim Berish is the co-founder of BBI Autosport, which specializes in building high-performance Porsches for the street and track. They just broke the Pikes…
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Ryan Zumallen
Ryan Zumallen is a long-time automotive journalist. He is the author of the book, "Slow car Fast", available for pre-order at…