The Smoking Tire

Henry Catchpole was the Features Editor for EVO Magazine for 11 years and now hosts the YouTube channel, Carfection, which produces exceptional videos about important and iconic cars. He recently had quite a day, driving 3 icons: the McLaren F1, Mercedes CLK GTR, and Porsche GT1.   Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off...

Parker Kligerman (@pkligerman) is in the studio! This guy does everything: racing driver, pit reporter, TV host, and iRacing team owner. He has been the pit reporter for NBC Sports for several years, covering everything from NASCAR races to 24 Hour of Daytona. He currently drives the #75 truck in the NASAR Camping World Truck series and you can see him on "Proving Grounds" alongside out friends @l...

Tony Angelo might have the coolest origin story in automotive media. He learned to wrench on an RX-7, then he was a driver in the very first season of Formula Drift, and now you he's the host of MotorTrend's "Hot Rod Garage" alongside Lucky Costa. Tony has built some CRAZY stuff on that show including a Jaguar drag car, a twin-engined AWD Impala SS, and a badass '70 Cuda drift car. He has amazing...

Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez is an incredibly successful automotive YouTuber who buys broken exotic cars and brings them back to life. In his new show, Car Trek, Freddy, Ed Bolian and Tyler Hoover buy odd used cars and take them on adventures. In the latest season they all bought cheap(ish) used Ferraris. What could wrong?   We talk about his show, The Grand Tour issues, the SSC controversy, and wh...

It's a crew show! Zack is back from racing Lemons at Sebring and had all of the good and  bad one expects from racing cheap cars. Matt tells us about an amazing book about human stupidity, and we take a deeper dive on how we failed at van camping. Learn from our mistakes!    Get 20% off your first monthly box when you sign up at BoxOfAwesome.com and enter the code smokingtire at checkout.   Go to...

Dan Prosser is an automotive journalist based in the UK. He's written for the best mags (EVO, Top Gear) but has just launched a new digital magazine app called The Intercooler that he co-founded with Andrew Frankel. It's a car magazine that brings the best writers together to write great stories, without being tethered by advertisers. Seems like a clever idea.    We have a great chat about his uno...

Manuel Carrillo III @mc3films is an automotive journalist and co-host of the new MotorTrend show, “Seduced by Speed”. The show tells the stories of weird, often illegal methods used to fund the construction of some of history's oddest -but sometimes most memorable- cars.   Check his show out here: https://watch.motortrend.com/tv-shows/seduced-by-speed/   Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use...

Brad Brownell is one of the busiest people in the automotive circle. He's a co-founder of Radwood and writes for more publications than we can count. Instead of flying to press events, he drives a yellow Porsche 912E, sometimes for thousands of miles at a time. We call him a glutton for punishment but he couldn't be happier. We talk about his recent motorcycle reviews, crashing, advanced dirt ridi...

We're back from our 1,000 mile desert overlanding adventure and boy do we have stories. Many things broke. Matt's wife, Hanna, joins us to tell the tale. If you dream of van life or off-roading, heed our lessons.    Head to Policygenius.com to get started right now. They’ve saved shoppers up to $1,055 per year over what they were paying for home & auto insurance.   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @z...

Spike Feresten is a television writer, screenwriter, comedian, and the host of Spike’s Car Radio.   Go to BlackVue.com/TST and use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off any BlackVue dash cam. Free shipping for orders over $200.   Let Sunday take the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit  getsunday.com/tire  to get $20 off your custom lawn plan at checkout!   https...

Mike Spinelli is one of the funniest and best people in the automotive space and he has quite a resume: He ran 0-60 Magazine with Brian Scotto, ran Jalopnik in the early days, hosted many a show on the /DRIVE Network (and NBCSN's "/DRIVE", and now runs thing behind the scenes of The/DRIVE.com. Go to BlackVue.com/TST and use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off any BlackVue dash cam. Free shipping fo...

Jethro Bovingdon is a long-time automotive journalist and a host one the newly relaunched Top Gear USA alongside Dax Shepard and Rob Corddry. He's written for some of the best magazines in the business, driven the best cars, and can drift just about anything. We discuss the fun between the new cast members, what stunts frighten him, which is the best Ferrari ever, why Huayras are great, and hear t...

Chris Forsberg is a 3-time Formula Drift champion, a stunt driver, and a team manager. He's in studio to talk about his upcoming season in the NOS Energy Nissan 370Z, his INSANE new 2,000HP drift taxi "The Altimaniac", which car is the next cheap missile, his biggest project nightmares, and answer fan Q&A.   Go to BlackVue.com/TST and use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off any BlackVue dash cam. F...

Kristen Lee is one of our favorite people and favorite automotive journalists. She is the Deputy Editor at The/DRIVE.com. She has written for Business Insider, Jalopnik, Road & Track, and other publications. Follow her @kristenleeeeeeee   Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping!   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesm...

Matt drifted a crazy Hummer H1 and then hung out with some hot rods that shoot 80-foot fireballs; Zack gets into the details of their Ferrari 812 GTS review; and they answer questions about Drift Week, buying cars, and buying watches.    Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping!   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmo...

Jonny Lieberman is a long-time automotive journalist for Motor Trend. He's driven all the greatest cars, had the best whiskey, and usually has a funny way of explaining his opinions. It's always a good show when Jonny sits down. We talk about the RUF Yellowbird, M2 CS vs Cayman GT4, which Bugatti Chiron is the one to buy, and more.   Policygenius saved customers up to $1,055 per year compared to t...

Matt Farah and Zack Klapman talk about their recent drives in the BMW X6 M, Ducati Multistrada V4, Zack chasing drift cars at Gridlife, and fire-breathing cars. Plus, Ferrari restoration expert, Donnie Callaway, drops by with Matt's car and some wisdom.   Policygenius saved customers up to $1,055 per year compared to their current home & auto policies. Head to Policygenius.com now to get started....

Chris Dunlop, also known as Pinstrip Chris, is an incredible automotive artist. Using a mix of pens, pencils, airbrush, and brushes, he creates paintings that are both incredibly realistic without looking like a simple photograph. He's also known for his "Sharpie cars", where he uses Sharpie pens to draw incredible patterns that cover an entire car for clients like Toyota, Fiat, Chevy, Nissan, and...

Steve Serio and Cam Ingram spend a lot of time around expensive, amazing cars. Steve is a broker who helps people buy and sell cars worth five to eight figures. Cam Ingram is the Owner of Road Scholars, a world-renowned restoration shop that also has an incredible car collection.   Apply for free today at  WOMPLY.COM/SMOKINGTIRE  and see if you qualify for a PPP loan.   Buy some Dillons and get a...

What's it like to go 212MPH in the McLaren F1 press car? Race a vintage Ford at Silverstone? Go head-to-head against Chris Harris in a Citroen 2CV? Andrew Frankel knows. He is the kind of automotive journalist that we admire. He's a great writer and driver, he's driven some incredibly special machines, and he's British, so he has 48 different words for "crash". His newest venture is TheIntercooler...

TV host Ant Anstead and 2009 Formula One champion Jenson Button are about to live every car enthusiast's dream: design their own car. They -along with automotive designer Mark Stubbs and attorney Roger Behle- are revitalizing Radford, a British coach-builder famous for its customization work in the 1940s and 1950s. They're bringing the company back to life with the construction of a high-performan...

Matt and Zack talk about their drive in the BMW M4, the new X6 M that arrived, Matt's Ducati loaner, Ben Chen's Gemballa crash, the RPM Act, and answer a lot of YOUR questions.    Get more information on the RPM Act . Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping!   Apply for free today at womply.com/smokingtire and see if you qualify for...

Can our grid handle more EVs? We know who to ask. Jason Fenske is the host of Engineering Explained, an excellent YouTube channel that teaches you how cars work. He has a background in both engineering and teaching, so he's the perfect person to ask about, well, everything. We talk about the grid, charging, Tesla, Mach-E, sports cars, and more. Watch Jason's YouTube channel! @engineeringexplained...

Matt Farah and Zack Klapman sit down to talk about their recent tests of the Honda Civic Type R, Ford Bronco Sport Badlands, and Kia Telluride. We also talk about Zack's new bugout vehicle, Matt's Ducati loaner, and Tesla's NHTSA issues.    Re-shop your rates and you could save up to $1,055. Head to Policygenius.com to get started right now. https://www.policygenius.com Keeps.com/TIRE to take acti...

Tony Quiroga (@guaupants) is the Deputy Editor of Car and Driver Magazine. As one of the testers for Lightning Lap, he's one of the better drivers in the journalist field. He's also the only journalist to do instrumented testing of the Bugatti Chiron, and the speeds he hit were ridiculous. He tells us all about the g-forces of the Chiron, the thrills of wringing every tenth out at VIR, and how to...