The Smoking Tire

Sera Trimble has been a professional stunt driver for almost 10 years. She's nice, sarcastic, owns a few awesome cars, and can slide to a stop an inch from your toe. JF Musial is the creator of /DRIVE Network on YouTube, the director of APEX: Story of the Hypercar, and spends his days traveling to film fast cars. He's here to talk about the new season of /DRIVE on NBC Sports, and his new show, "Pr...

This podcast was recorded during the final hour of the auction for Matt's Foxbody Mustang, where 50% of the proceeds went to the buyer's charity of choice. Joining us was Andrew P. Collins of JALOPNIK who told us why you should never  roll a UTV, and Elana Scherr, a lover of all old cars and current writer for Edmunds, and formerly at Hot Rod, Roadkill, and many other places.   This show is also a...

Yuri and Jakub are a duo from Canada who run the YouTube channel, The Straight Pipes. They do car reviews, comparisons, and look at the new tech in cars.  Watch the Straight Pipes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86SBFIAgnYL3ll2ZDgmsuA This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/H9ZisUEZ73M Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman  IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @thestraightpipes...

Elana Scherr has worked for all the magazines that require wrench turning, because she can. She wrote for Hot Road, was the editor of Road Kill, and has a collection of old cars in various states of repair that we can all aspire to. She dailes an Opel GT and a classic Challenger, and is one of the friendliest people in the business. She's here to talk about her new video projects on Edmunds.  This...

Kurt Bradley is a motorsports photographer and contributing writer for Jalopnik. He has driven some seriously fast stuff, and been to some amazing places.  Check out Kurt's work here: http://kurtbradley.co/ This show is also a video, with photos to go along with the conversation:  https://youtu.be/zdRkW3rFxgs Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @kurtbradley IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklap...

Matt bought a new (old) car, and Carcast's Matt D'Andria talks about his crazy Foxbody project.    This show is also a video! https://youtu.be/Z-t2KTQjn_Q   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @motorator IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @motorator   Check out our merch! https://teespring.com/stores/thesmokingtire?page=1   Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get a...

Jeff Glucker is back! One of the oldest, funniest, and most frequent guests, he's the host of The Hooniverse Podcast and YouTube channel. He drives lots of new cool things and has had some hilarious (and not so hilarious) project woes. Some involve HEMIs, and Mercedes. It wasn't good. He's here to talk about it all.  READ: www.hooniverse.com WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHooniverse This s...

tktktk     Robert Siegel is the director of the new movie, "CRUISE", a love story built around the world of illegal drag racing in New York in the 80s. Matt was part of that scene in the 90s, so naturally, we had to watch the movie and talk to the man who made it.   Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re94HhimjH8   This show is also a video: https://youtu.be/GtiV_-0BDqE Follow...

Jonny Lieberman is the host of Motor Trend's "Head2Head" and "Ignition." He flies around the world driving the best cars, and has a great depth of knowledge. He's on the show to talk about World's Greatest Drag Race 8, and his travels. Watch him at https://www.motortrendondemand.com/   This show is also a video:  https://youtu.be/p-JLVc3_KrM   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @mtloverman...

Sally McNulty is a driver in Global Time Attack, driving for Snail Performance Rally.   Check out Sally's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXi-p9Xh2yM4kSIQSAdZmhQ Watch the show! https://youtu.be/eXVox_qofkM Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @sally_racecar IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @snailperformancesally Check out our merch! https://teespring.com/stores/thesmok...

Heather Storm is a TV personality and co-host of the Velocity show, "Garage Squad." She also road trips her '65 Mustang around America in a travel series, "Drive Yourself Local".  Learn more about the show at: https://garagesquad.tv/ This show is also a video, with assets paired to the conversation: https://youtu.be/Krt3SJpq4DI Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @heatherstormla IG: @thesmo...

Noah Alexander is an owner of Classic Car Studio, a customization and restoration shop, and the shop in Velocity's show, "Speed is the New Black". They do great work, focusing on speed and clean builds. From vintage 911s to 650HP Chevy C10s, they do it all. Check out Noah's shop, Classic Car Studio, here: http://www.classiccarstudio.com/speedshop/about/ Check out "Speed is the new Black" on Veloci...

Sean Morris has done a lot, from being in the Navy, to the crew chief of an R34 GT-R in World Challenge, to being the director of Toprank International Vehicle Importers, a company that brings in all those fun cars that Japan made that we couldn't get, until now. If you want to know about Skylines, Japanese cars, or importing, give this a listen.  Check out his inventory here: https://www.importav...

Paul Gerrard is a professional racing driver but you may know his work as the faceless driver "The Stig" from Top Gear America. He's here to talk about driving, common mistakes, plateuing, learning, improving, and his new book "The Optimum Drive." His book is available on Amazon, or from www.theoptimumdrive.com   Watch the show! https://youtu.be/AccvtQ8zqSc   Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackkla...

Ralph Guerra is a standup comedian and automotive journalist. Find his tour dates at https://ralphguerracomedy.com/   This show is also a video! https://youtu.be/I3ZP1bfr7BA Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @RalphComedy IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @ralphcomedy   Check out our merch! https://teespring.com/stores/thesmokingtire?page=1   Want your question answered? Want to watch t...

Molly Taylor is not only the youngest but the first female Australian Rally Champion, driving for Subaru's factory team. She also has a small collection of fine performance cars. On this episode we talk about her late start in racing, her mom's rally career, traveling, jumping, sliding, crashing, and a ton more. The fan Q&A is near the end of the show. Watch the video of this show: https://youtu.b...

Eric Keller is the CEO and Founder of Enthusiast Auto Group, a large independent BMW service center that specializes in the sale of special BMW cars. There has been some controversy in the BMW community regarding EAG's pricing, but their cars are reported to be of high quality, and may have a positive impact on the market itself.  http://enthusiastauto.com/ This show is also available as a video,...

Sam Mitani has been writing about cars, driving sports cars, and living cars for the last 30 years. As the International Editor for Road & Track, he traveled the world testing interesting cars throughout the 90's and 2000's, including setting a speed record at Bonneville, racing in the original Paris to Dakar Rally (and nealry getting killed doing it), and participating in the best unscripted car...

Jake Auerbach is a vehicle auctions specialst for RM/Sothebys International Auction House. Recorded just before Pebble Beach Car Week Begins, Jake stops by the studio to discuss some of the more spectacular cars at their Pebble Beach Auctions, including the Ferrari 250 GTO that ended up selling for $44 Million, and the Ford GT40 that brought in nearly $10 Million. We also discuss the collector mar...

Tony Quiroga is an Associate Editor at Car and Driver Magazine, and one of the fast shoes that drives the car for the magazine's "Lightning Lap" feature. We talk about the Ferrari 488 Pista This show is also a video, with visual assets paired to the conversations: https://youtu.be/YgplzFumbIs   Follow us! IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @guaupants T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman  Check out ou...

RUF Auto has been building fast cars based on Porsche bodies for over 50 years. Alois Ruf Jr. is the genius behind one of the most famous Porsche-based cars ever, The RUF CTR "Yellowbird." His new car is a 710HP carbon-fiber bodied piece of art.  https://ruf-automobile.de/en/   This car is available as a video: https://youtu.be/huhg1xNYAOw Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @RUFsince1939 I...

Jonathan Klein got his start writing for TST but has since gone on to work at Automobile, Robb Report, TopGear.com, and Jalopnik. He rides motorcyles too. On this episode he raves about the Aston Martin DBS Superleggerra, we talk about motorcycles, KTMs, Bugatti drives, Safari suspension, and answer a lot of great buyers questions.  This show is also available as a video with visual assets to go a...

It's Matt and Zack in the studio today talking about what they've driven recently, and have on the to-drive list. Turns out there's a Hemi on both lists, which gives us a little pause. We talk about the new Veloster R Spec vs the Civic Si, weird one-off cars, Waze, and answer a lot of great questions.  This episode is also a video: https://youtu.be/_YXtLv7KbKA Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackkl...

Mike Musto has done pretty much everything you've wanted to do with cars. He's done rallies in a '68 Charger, built cars, flipped cars, raced cars, and hosted shows on the internet and television. His channel and website is The House of Muscle, where they drive new and classic cars, and built cool stuff. This podcast was recorded while Matt was driving the new 2018 Bullitt Mustang. www.thehouseofm...

If you were born after 1970, you need to know what Radwood is. What started as a joke is now a multi-city event. It's a car show that celebrates the best and worst of the 80s and 90s; the cars, the fashion, the music. People show up in GT-Rs or Lebaron's, wearing mullet wigs, Addidas, neon, and more. It's a car show with a sense of humor. Rick, Art, and Lane are (some of) the creators of this wond...