The Smoking Tire

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 answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast   Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount...

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 bought...an ambulance. We talk about cars, how to drive fast, how to mod your car, and that ambulance.   Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...

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 joins us to talk about the new game. In addition to the new game we touch on the brand new Xbox One X and gaming in HDR + 4k along with Dan's love for his GT350. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts...

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 gets lots of air time which in this case coincided with our preview earlier in the day of Forza 7 which debuted the new 991 GT2 RS. Additionally Matt and Zack share grid life stories and somehow we end up back on watches. Want your questio...

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, whiskey and on occassion cars. Nic's family has a storied background in racing and he shares the story of how that turned into a coffee company.  As usual we cover Porsches and Jony shares his experience in the 991.2 GT3 along with his und...

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 want to know about watches: how they were made last century, how they make them now, wy some cost as much as a house, and what you should buy if you have $50, or $500,000. It's an incredible kind of engineering that parallels the car world cl...

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 random subject matter that usually occur when Alex joins us. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast   Use...

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 stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast   Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Of...

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 cheap heaps into fast heaps. Their show is about making a cheap, used car as fast as its modern counterpart, using junk yard parts. In their first show they bought a 1984 Mustang SVO and got quite creative with it.  Also in this show, Matt talks...

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 Olivares  Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast   Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Ent...

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 Jalopnik, who now has a channel of his own. Both of them share the love of buying something cheap and crappy, and putting in the work to create something amazing, weird, or interesting. The cars they brought are an indication that they're cr...

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 for many of GM V8 platforms and Pete shares their origins in modifying BMW 3 series' and first gen VW GTIs. It's not often that we have two VERY fast press cars on hand simultaneously and it's a rare day that one of them is a GT-R and it feel...

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 months back and came away thoroughly impressed.  Beyond McLaren's Thad shares a lot of knowledge on how warranties are affected by ECU tuning, the ins-and-outs of dyno accuracy and just how modular the McLaren lineup is. Want your question...

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 to race at the Long Beach Grand Prix, to talk about car setups, simulators, tuning challenges, and a whole lot more. This was a great show, and we wish him luck on April 8th.  Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get...

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 North America's favorite rally nomad. Matt drives a few classic Alfas along with the 1LE Camaro, Bill shares stories about the spotty build quality of his Exige and we all look forward to Grid Life. Want your question answered? Want to watch th...

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 ingratiated him in the house that smoke, tires and low-brow humor built. We learned how Dax's mother built a thriving automotive event business during his formative years, how many Hypermotards it takes to film a feature and that Kristen Bell is surp...

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 headache and deep suspension geekery.  Plus Matt gives us his take on the new Lincoln Continental. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.c...

This week Thad and Tom are in town for some undisclosed business and we're joined by Aaron Gold ( @AutoNerd ).  Aaron and Matt are fresh off the Lexus LC 500 launch in Hawaii, the Tesla Model X is rife with issues, my Fiesta is an electrical mess and the model T proves more reliable than both. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts?...

Today's guest: Marcus Vandenberg, from the YouTube car show Roads Untraveled. He gets to drive lots of awesome JDM cars we don't see here, including maniacally powerful swapped vehicles. We talk about how he got his start, some of the crazy things he's driven, big engines in little cars, M3 and Mustang updates, and a whole lot more. Check out their podcast too, Roads Untraveled, on Shout Engine. ...

This week we're joined by Alex Bernstein (@Bernooo_1m) fomerly of 0-60 Magazine, Rides Magazine, European car Magazine and now man of general automtoive media indepdence (i.e. hustling various gigs). Alex is an old friend that Matt caught up with at the Michelin PS4S launch in Palm Springs.  Alex has a fairly extensive history of super modified cars including a bonkers e46 and his current "mild" 3...

Guest this week: Armin Balg, a man who loves M3s, as long as they've been questionably maintained. Friend and exceptional /DRIVE camera operator, he has owned 3 E36 M3s, and recently bought an E46 that was full of surprises. He graces us with his tales of woe, while Matt talks about driving the Dinan M2, driving the M1, first M5, and other news.  Want your question answered? Want to watch the live...

Joined this week by a Byron Bowers ( @byronbowers ) a Comedy Store regular by way of Atlanta along with a voice you should all be familiar with at this point Jon Klein ( @jonathon_klein ) of Automobile Magazine. Byron shares stories from his life in Atlanta, the comedy scene, his recent trip to Cuba and his affinity for german iron.  Meanwhile Jonathon does his usual thing and shares his experienc...

As Matt prepares for his ski trip to reenact the tropes of every shoddily made 1980s teen ski dramas my co-host on Hooniverse and long time friend Jeff Glucker joins us for a little catch up session with Matt. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast   Use Off The Re...

This week we are joined by enterneur and vintage Porsche icon, Magnus Walker. He send a trend for modifying  (and driving the crap out of) vintage 911s, and many have followed suit. Joining him is longtime TST friend and Hollywood stunt driver, Sera Trimble (@trims440), who tells us how she came to have the job we all envy.  Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free p...

Long time friends of ours and frequent contributors Patrick Stevenson and Jason Connor join us to plug their new podcast The Motor Affair .  Given all of our familiarity we veer off track rather quickly but the product is predictablly riidiculous and entertaining. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www....