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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Larry Chen - Auto/Motorsports Photographer
Larry Chen is one the best automotive photographers working today. He is a principle of SPEEDHUNTERS, and also shoots Formula D, off-road racing, and tons of…
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Unicus Cars - Darren Schurig and Nate Schroeder
What car do you get if you can afford any and every car available? How do you stand out if you're shopping from the same dealership as everyone else? You have…
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Everyday Driver's Paul & Todd
Longtime friends Paul and Todd host a great youtube channel (and podcast) called "Everyday Driver", where they do head-to-head tests, road trips, and long-form…
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Patrick Costello of History's "Truck Night in America
Patrick Costello is an Executive Producer of a new History Channel show, "Truck Night in America". https://www.history.com/shows/truck-night-in-america This…
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Bring-A-Trailer.com's Randy Nonnenberg
Randy Nonnenberg is the founder of BringaTrailer, one of the best places to find interesting cars to buy, and one of the most addicting websites for a car fan…
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George Notaras of Motoman TV
George Notaras has been an automotive journalist and friend of TST for about a decade. He travels the world driving all the good things, and puts out his…
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Photographer Alex Bernstein
Alex Berstein was an auto journalist but now sits behind the lens shooting photos for some of the biggest OEMs in the business. But in his spare time, he…
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Roads Untraveled
Marcus and Grayson of RoadsUntraveled are on a So-Cal road trip and came to talk about cars, tracks, S. American road trips and lots more. Roads Untraveled is…
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Karl Muth - Jaguars and Lions
What car would you build to live in Africa? Karl Knows. Karl Muth built a Jaguar XJ8L with an LS swap and Audi seats, and the video has 600k views on our…
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The Madness of Barrett Jackson; Subaru's Newest Cars
On this episode we talk about Matt's trip to the Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, and all the in.sane. things you can buy there. We talk price trends on…
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Regular Car Reviews
If you don't know the Regular Car Reviews, you need to. They do car reviews like no one else: insightful, weird, dirty, clever, (formerly) faceless. Matt sat…
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Road & Track & TST
This episode is a 2 parter: In the first part Matt and Zack discuss the Lotus Evora they had, Zack's off-road coaching that almost led to death mountain…
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Spike Feresten & Paul Zuckerman
Spike Feresten and Paul Zuckerman are fixtures of the car community, but their passion -or addiction- is to Porsches. They buy them, share them, and boy do…
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"DoctaM3" (Cody)
Cody, or "DOCTAM3" as he's known, is an automotive YouTuber who does something we should all do: bring's his car on vacation with him. And what a vacation car…
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Matt Crooke of Fifteen52 Wheels
Matt Crooke was running a tuning company's operations at age 16, and today is the lead designed of one of the most famous wheel companies around: Fifteen52…
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HOONIGAN's John Chase
John Chase is the Art Director of [HOONIGAN]. Those cool shirts, stickers, and logos they have? He made those. He's also a die-hard car guy who drives old cars…
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Thad Brown & Hooniverse' Jeff Glucker
In this episode, Thaddeus is still chilling, having temporarily escaped from Dubai, and Hooniverse's (And Truck Central's) Jeff Glucker stops by the studio to…
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Porsche Factory Driver Patrick Long
On this episode we sit with professional driver, Patrick Long. He's been on Porsche's Factory Team, he helped found the Porsche event Luftkeghult, and is part…
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Chef Sang Yoon & Thaddeus Brown
It's a double episode! Dir. of Photography Thad Brown, and a chef with almost as many Mercedes as he has restaurants, Sang Yoon! In the first part of this…
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Pros: TJ Fry and Jeff White
TJ Fry is a pro-am drifter, multi-discipline driving instructor, and longtime friend of TST. He's taught in the dirt, snow, rocks, and on tarmac. TJ is in town…
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Mike Spinelli
Mike Spinelli is an O.G. in the world of online automotive journalism. He worked at 0-60 Magazine with Brian Scotto (of the Hoonigan Empire), and was the first…
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Aaron Gold and Brian Makse
Aaron Gold -one of our funniest and most frequent guests- returns, and he brought a friend, automotive YouTuber Brian Makse. V12 vs V8s, spool valves…
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Porsche Dragger- Manuel Carrillo III
After leaving radio to work in the middle of Australia, Manuel Carrillo III found a job around hs favorite thing: cars. He writes for a large number of…
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Anthony Lahner of Exoticar
Anthony Lahner started his career painting wheels in alleys, but now he runs a company that can restore or perfect the look of any car. We interview him in the…
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TST Podcast - Back from SEMA
We are back from SEMA and there's a new 1987 Porsche 911 sitting in the parking lot. Matt has picked up his car for a Leh Keen Safari project, and spent 1,000…
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SEMA, Radwood, YouTube Project Car Challenge, and Friends
Recorded live from the show floor at SEMA, this episode covers a lot of ground. The first half of the show features Brad, Rick, Lane, and Art. founders of the…
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Jonny Lieberman & Jethro Bovingdon
In this podcast we have Jonny Lieberman and Jethro Bovingdon, the hosts of Motor Trend's hit shows "Head-2-Head" and "IGNITION". Jonny has been on these shows…
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Alex Roy & Matt Figliola of A.I. Design
In this episode, recorded on location, Matt visits O.G. Luxury Tuner and customizer Matt Figliola, founder of AI Design in Tuckahoe, NY. Matt and his band of…
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Chris Cantle, Raphael Orlove, and Michael Balaban
Triple guest podcast! Chris Cantle of Motorcyclist magazine, and Raphael Orlove and Michael Balaban, hosts of Jalopnik's new TV show, "Car vs America." Chris…
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Jonathan Ward of ICON
ICON 4X4 founder Jonathan Ward joins us again with much to discuss! He's brought an epic 1958 Rolls Royce with a 500 HP LS7, and he's got his new "Duesey"…
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Ariel Bravy of VortexRadar & Director Roger Donaldson
Segment 1: VortexRadar Arlei Bravy is the founder of VortexRadar.com; we discuss "countermeasures," radar and laser detectors, laser jammers, and common sense…
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Aaron Robinson of HAGERTY Magazine
Aaron Robinson has been an Automotive journalist for over 20 years, most recently as a senior editor and columnist at Car and Driver Magazine. Now settling…
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Tony Quiroga - Car and Driver
Tony Quiroga is a Senior Editor at Car and Driver magazine, and secret funny person. He and his team at C/D just published their "Lightning Lap" comparison…
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Tyler Hoover of Hoovie's Garage & AutoTrader
This podcast is about bad cars, weird cars, and LS-swapped 911s. Our guest is Tyler Hoover, an automotive journalist who has made a name for himself by…
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Ryan ZumMallen of Trucks.com
In this episode we are joined by automotive journalist Ryan ZumMallen, staff writer at Trucks.com, as well as a contributor for Road &Track, Car and Driver…
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Magnus Walker & Hannah Elliott
Magnus Walker, everyone's favorite Porsche enthusiast stops by The Smoking Tire studio on the tail end of his world tour to promote his new book, "Dirt Don't…
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John Hennessey and Vinny Russo
Legendary tuner John Hennessey has been in the horsepower business for over 25 years. From humble beginnings modifying the Mitsubishi 3000GT to making himself…
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Larry Kosilla of AMMO NYC
Larry Kosilla is one of Matt's oldest friends; they grew up together in Westchester, NY, and went to middle school and high school together. They began the car…
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Joey Seely and Patrick Stevenson
In this episode we are joined by Joey Seely, formerly of BBI Autosport and founder of E-Motion Engineering, a boutique Porsche build shop here in SoCal. Joey…
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Jonathon Klein of Automobile Magazine
In this episode of the podcast, Matt and Jonathon Klein discuss Jon's recent adventures driving short-track dirt sprint cars, his broken Volkswagen Golf R…
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The Solo Show / Matt's Girlfriend Hanna
In this episode of The Smoking Tire podcast, Matt has his first go at a solo show, channeling his inner Bill Burr and talking about behind the scenes in…
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Rob Ferretti of Super Speeders
Rob Ferretti is a great character in that he has actual opinions, which he can defend. He has owned no fewer than a dozen exotic sports cars personally, and…
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So Alone - Matt Farah and Zack Klapman
Matt Farah and Zack Klapman are on their own on this one, and talk about cars, driving knowledge, answering lots of listener questions, ranting about Fast and…
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Don't Blacklight - Alex Roy & Mike Spinelli
Matt, Alex Roy, and Mike Spinelli take a break from filming an episode of /DRIVE on NBC Sports to record a podcast in their hotel room. Want your question…
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Driving Tips from Austin Cabot
Our guest is driving instructor Austin Cabot. He's led the instruction at Speed Venture and Gridlife track events, owned some awesome cars, and just…
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Dan Greenawalt - Forza 7 at E3
This week our good friends over at Turn 10 are back in LA for E3 to show off Forza Motorsport 7. As is tradition creative director at Turn 10 Dan Greenawalt…
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Spike Feresten!
Once again Spike Feresten joins us in the studio; this time to promote his new podcast Spike Feresten's Car Radio. As is tradition when Spike is around Porsche…
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Noah's Arcade
Jonny Lieberman and Nic Cuarta of Bee Line Coffee Co. join us with a selection of various California hillbilly fuel for Matt to sample. We talk essential oils…
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Cameron Weiss (Weiss Watch Company)
Watchmaker Cameron Weiss, of Weiss Watch Company, comes by to explain how he built his Mercedes 4x4, why he loves driving his 1959 Beetle, and everything you…
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Alex Roy
Once again in studio our friend and frequent guest Mr. Alex Roy joins us. This week we cover amature racing,, Miatas, McLarens dinner clubs and a bevy of other…
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Return of the ICON
Creator of ICON 4x4, builder of some of the most beautiful and functional vehicles on Earth, Jonathan Ward. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live…
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Corbin Goodwin & Mike Elterman
Our guests today are the hilarious hosts from the new /DRIVE series, "Corbin's Hit Show", Corbin Goodwin and Michael Elterman. They are experts at turning…
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Stanceworks and the Old Young Man
Learn why Stanceworks isn't what you think it is, why you may not want a racing motor, and why you should go vintage racing. Guests: Mike Burroughs and Efrain…
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"B" is for Build with Tavarish
On this episode our guests are Chris, the host of the hilarious project-oriented YouTube channel that is 'B is for Build", and Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez, of…
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AeroWagen
In studio this week Pete Callaway of Callaway Cars joins us. Most people know Callaway for their very potent Corvette packages however they provide solutions…
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Thad Norman (Hypercar Development, Triple-turbo McLarens!)
This week we welcome Thad Norman from Hypercar Development joins us to talk about their insane 3 turbo compound McLarens. Matt drove one of their cars several…
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NSXGT Racing Driver Jeff Segal
Jeff Segal has been a professional racing driver since his early 20s, racing Ferraris, BMWs, Maseratis, and now the new Acura NSXGT. He joined us while in town…
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Bill Caswell
In a rare Saturday morning podcast Bill Caswell drops by to catch up. Its been about a year since Bill had been on the show and we caught up on the life of…
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Dax Shepard
A rare ealry morning podcast brings Dax Shepard to the show to promoto CHiPs (out March 24). Dax rolled up in an E63 wagon which of course instantly…
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Betim Berisha (BBI Autosport)
Joined once again by Betim Berisha of BBI Autosport we talk all things Porsche, Matt's ailing Mustang, the eery calm of pro drivers, why 996 projects are a…