The Smoking Tire

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 aesthetic. His wide-body BMW went viral after SEMA. Now he has a new company, ProtoMachine.  This show is also a video:  https://youtu.be/PytqcrJ4b5A   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman  IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman    NEW SHIRTS!...

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 trans-continental drive in an electric car on the original Cannonball Route. https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20751975/ev-cannonball-run-record-broken-twice-2019   WATCH the show! : https://youtu.be/62ofrHCAxcA   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zack...

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 and sound canons, we got into what makes material so strong, when you would need it, and which cars are the most difficult to modify.  https://addarmor.com/ T: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire, @fakezackklapman  Watch the sho...

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 90s, but it's more than that. It's a costume show, there's music from the 80s and 90s, old school skateboarding, and a sense of humor about it. It's growing every year, internationally. If you haven't been, go.  https://www.radwood.co/ T: @thes...

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 designed toys and graphics for famous companies like Kid Robot, sold paintings and been hired to create amazing mural work.  See Triston's amazing work here:  https://tristaneaton.com/   T: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapman @tristaneaton IG: @thesmo...

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 driver and racer, he is.    Read all about Scott:  http://www.scottpruett.com/ Buy Scott's wine:  https://www.pruettvineyard.com/ T: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapman @scottpruett01 IG: @thesmokingtire, @fakezackklapman @scottpruett01   WATCH t...

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, and how his battle with bipolar disorder had a hand in his career. http://www.justinpeck.com/ WATCH this show: https://youtu.be/NyAJdr2-ixc Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @justinpeck49 IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @justinp...

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, written for Hot Rod, ran Roadkill Magazine, and now writes for Hargerty. She joins Matt during the launch of the new C8 Corvette, so they discuss the leaked photos and info, along with drag racing, European muscle cars, and of course, Q&A.   ...

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 we think of the new Corvette C8. Kyle tells us about the time he rolled a truck!    This show is also a video: https://youtu.be/3LF3QQ4tX6c Follow us! Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @tokulski @kjkinard IG: @thesmokingtire @fakez...

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. Plus, we answer TONS of questions! Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman  IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman  NEW SHIRTS! https://www.blipshift.com/tst Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts,...

  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 Peak Hillclimb Record for the Time Attack class, by a massive 14 seconds. Betim is here to tell us how it all came about.   Watch them build the car in only 22 days!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkLnlErBQKQ   Watch the podcast! https://y...

Ryan Zumallen is a long-time automotive journalist. He is the author of the book, "Slow car Fast", available for pre-order at https://www.carrarabooks.com/store/slow-car-fast-ebook Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @zoomy575m IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @zoomy575m   New Shirts: https://www.blipshift/com/tst Watch this show! https://youtu.be/o_wHYntw2AU Want your question answered...

If it's 2-wheeled adventures, these two have probably done it. Chris Cantle is a long-time automotive and motorcycle journalist, friend, and Editor in Chief of Motorcyclist Magazine. More on that in the show. Justin Dawes is a staff writer at Cycle World.    Read Justin's stuff!  https://www.cycleworld.com/authors/justin-dawes/ WATCH the show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AXAFex28FBw   Follow us! T...

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Aaron Robinson is the Editor-at-Large of Hagerty Magazine, the beautiful bi-monthly publication available to Hagerty 'Drive Club' members. Lyn Woodward is a journalist and presenter for Kelley Blue Book. These two went to the 75th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion and brought home a Willys Jeep! We also talk about the "original" Safari cars, and Matt reviews the Amazon Prime movie "Framing John...

Michael Harley is the executive editor of Kelley Blue Book's car review division. In the past he has written reviews for Autoblog, Autobytel, AutoWeek, and many more. We discuss the new Bentley GTC, Aston Martin, Turbo vs. NA Porsche's on track, the Huracan Evo Matt has been driving, and the Vintage Electric bikes in the TST Garage!  Get our shirts at: http://www.blipshift.com/tst Follow us! @TheS...

Lyn Woodward is an automotive journalist that has written for all the big mags, traveled the world, and has an amazing story about off-roading. She currently reviews cars for Kelley Blue Book's YouTube channel.  Check out Lyn's work on the KBB YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj9yUGuMVVdm2DqyvJPUeUQ Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @lyn_woodward IG: @thesmokingtire @fak...

Dan Neil is a well of knowlede and ridiculous stories, and this show isn't one to miss. He pays the bills writing about cars for the Wall Street Journal. He's also the only person to ever win a Pulitzer Prize for Automotive criticism, and he once co-hosted a TV show on SPEED, with Matt! Topics go ALL over the place: Why 2,000HP electric cars aren't about selling cars, getting scared while riding w...

Ever wondered how cars get into FORZA? Justin Osmer manages FORZA's partnerships of all kinds, from tires to car companies to media companies to LEGO. He's here to talk about FORZA Horizon 4's new LEGO pack, which lets you drive LEGO versions of your favorite cars (ahem, Ferrari F40) in the Horizon world, AND drive regular cars in their LEGO world. Sounds good to us. Other topics include pickup tr...

  Kristen Lee is a staff writer at Jalopnik, an owner of a C36 AMG, and a co-host of /DRIVE on NBC Sports. She's written for a variety of other magazines, and pulls no punches when it comes to criticizing the industry, be it individuals or companies. You can find all her work  at https://www.jalopnik.com T: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapman @kristenlee IG: @thesmokingtire, @fakezackklapman @kristenlee...

  Matt is back from his Italian honeymoon and has stories about cheeses, wine, Alfa rental cars, and cats that killed Caesar. Zack drove a GT500, a supercharged RAV4, and met the police.  Then they talk about car news, the BMW Mustang, and answer lots of buyer questions.    This show is also a video: https://youtu.be/QNVs8tasEH4 Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman  IG: @thesmokingtire @fake...

Alex Roy is a brilliant, hilarious, exccentric fixture in the automotive world. He is a an expert in autonomous cars, and broke several long-distance driving records including shortest drive time from NY to LA, and shortest drive time from LA to NY in a Tesla Model S. He has been writing almost exclusively about autonomous vehicles for TheDRIVE, and recently took a position at ARGO AI. HOWEVER, de...

Jonny Lieberman and Jethro Bovingdon are long-standing auto journalists and the hosts of Motor Trend's "Head 2 Head". They travel the world driving the best cars on Earth.  This show is also a video! https://youtu.be/KgV0KWwBY7M Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @mt_loverman @jethrobovingdon IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @jonnylieberman @jethrobovingdon NEW SHIRTS! https://www.blip...

Jonathan Ward is a visionary, builder, and tinkerer. He helms ICON, legendary builders of bespoke 4x4s and fascinating restorations. He married a Rolls Royce and a CTS-V. He puts airplane visors in trucks. And all of it works flawlessy, and looks perfect. He's a perfectionist of all things material and quality.    This show is also a video:  https://youtu.be/xGWIT60p7A0 Follow us! T: @thesmokingti...

Carlos Lago is a long-time journalist and very fast driver, who is good at the oversteers. He drove the new Supra, and has a lot of thoughts. He's currently the Manager of Editorial Content at Edmunds. NEW SHIRTS!:  https://www.blipshift.com/tst This show is also a video: https://youtu.be/UnBSs2PvueA Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @carloslago IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @carlo...