Tormenting Tarmac

What is going everyone and welcome back to TT! This week I am proudly joined by my good buddy and previous guest to the pod Louis Warner. Louis is a content creator, marketing wizard and an E9X savant. On this episode, we play catch up and he talks to us about his recent track day experience, we chat about the huge new that GM and Cadillac will be on the F1 grid starting in 2026 and whether we bel...

What is going everyone and welcome back to TT! This week I am pleased to welcome back my good friends Kent, Nyla and Phaulner. We have a lot to get into including of course chatting about the brand new 992.2 GT3, Kent's new to him E36 M3 race car, Phaulner bought a GT350, Nyla did a track day in the 991.1 GT3 alongside Kent and Phaulner and I happen to find a Suzuki Samurai at the most insane pric...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week I am joined by our old pal Hootie of Valve and Piston. We have so much to discuss such as him selling his Land Rover LR3 rescue vehicle which he absolutely adored and now trying to its replacement, fine tuning his 2002 Touring, checking on the 993, his new garage which he is building and Hootie explains what makes the 24 heures du Montauk...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, Sunni Combs returns to the pod and boy howdy do we have a ton to chat about. We chat about her recent collaboration with Porsche Center Langley in British Columbia and the art workshop she did up there, when could be the right time to make the move on a GT4RS, we give our thoughts on the brand new Ferrari F80, and Sunni buys a Macan as a...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, I welcome back one of my good friends Dell Watson. D is essential to TT as he is the official music producer of the show. On this episode, we chat about how he comes up with the intros for me, we get into a deep chat about the Cyber Truck, what we aren't digging about the auction sites but also find some interesting buys on BaT. It is an...

Double dipping this week! On this episode, I have the treat of having Joshua Rezende. What are we chatting about?! Everything! Joshua is one of the most talented photographers not just AZ has to offer, but the nation. So much so, he is one of the official photographers and media creators for BMW USA. We chatted about what BMW is doing well at the moment and the potential shifts in their design tea...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT. On this very special episode, I am joined by content creators Avery Sly and Harrison Woodruff. We chat about Rivian's surviving hurricanes, what Harrison prefers when it comes to creating media these days, Avery goes in deep as to the state of hyper cars and their technology evolutions and we get the story about Harrison's F-250 Shelby Baja and the...

What is going everyone and welcome back to TT! This week I'm joined by the wonderful Fresh Fattaahi. In this episode, we chat about several things but most importantly, how car culture can really be used for incredible things such as charity and giving to those who need the most. And Fresh is at the forefront of putting the pieces together to make these great things happen for those who need it mo...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT and we are back to our normal programming. This week I welcome back my old pals Alex Sczudlo and Steven Ren. This podcast was recorded in early September butttttttttt, Alex sold her M3 and has now purchased her new car which we could not chat about but we gave a little bit of info on, plus we review the 2024 edition of Car Week, Steven has fallen in...

Hi everyone and welcome back to the last episode live from the Velocity invitational at Sonoma Raceway. In part 3, we chat with the head of strategy and rally driver Josie Rimmer of Dirtfish, Sotheby's Motorsport sales specialist Michael Zimmermann and videographer and friend to the pod Derek Jones. It is truly a fantastic way to wrap up the weekend in Sonoma, which was full of excitement, passion...

What is going everyone! Welcome back to Sonoma Raceway at the Velocity Invitational for part 2 of our special. In this episode, you will hear from car content creator Kali Moldavon, YouTuber extraordinaire Jack Ultramotive, vintage car expert Gian Paolo Scorzo of Carissimo and one of the best photographers Arizona has to offer, Cody Nogowski. They all share their experiences of why to them, the Ve...

What is going on everyone! Special episodes coming to you from the Velocity Invitational. Here is a hell of way to get started. In part 1, we chat with Senior Vice President of Kahn Media, Cory Burns, automotive artist and friend to the pod Samantha Zimmerman, and an incredibly special guest, F1 World Champion Jenson Button! What is life! Part 1 is live now! Enjoy!

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, I am joined by the legend himself, Ali Hoff aka Autohofffs. The biggest plug in the automotive game as we speak. We chat about the come up, how you can bring value as media, why it's important to remember what brought you to the dance to begin with, what makes the Velocity invitational so incredible and so much more. This was an amazing...

What is going everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, I am joined by photographers extraordinaire Jake Woods and Brenden "Lodgey" Lodge. Both are no strangers to TT and on this week's episode, we decide to play a little catch up. Jake of course went to Car Week so we chat bit about his adventure and discuss more in detail the steps that Kimera Automobili is taking, Lodgey and Jak...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, I am joined by Ryan Kristoff. Ryan is a veteran amateur racer (his own words but he's better than that) who's been racing in Gridlife for over a decade plus. This is an old school of episode of TT which takes us back to our passion of grass-roots motorsports and we dive into what makes it so special. We chat about Gridlife itself...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, I welcome old friends Ryan Bahrke and Dan Pilling to the pod as well as new friend and their co-host Lindsey Jesch. Collectively along with Allen Orchard, they make the dynamic quartet now known as the Road Show podcast. On this episode we discuss the new concept behind the podcast, Lindsey's background as a high performance driver a...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! Let's get straight into it, on this week's episode I welcome the incomparable Matt Farah. Founder and host of the Smoking Tire YouTube channel and podcast, Editor at Large of Road and Track, the owner and founder of Westside Collector Car Storage in LA. The king of the one takes himself sits down with yours truly for 90 plus minutes of grea...

What is going everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, we have another awesome guest. I welcome Elisa Artioli on to Tormenting Tarmac. Elisa is the granddaughter of Romano Artioli, the former Chairman and owner of both Lotus and Bugatti back in the 90's. And even cooler as her name suggests, her grandfather named the all new then Lotus Elise after her. It is an awesome story. We chat about...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, I am joined by good buddy to the pod Brenden Cabano. He was previously the owner of the e-commerce store German Muscle and now owns Baja brothers off-road, which focuses on making your F-150 Raptor even more gnarly! On this episode, we have a great time chatting about getting pulled over by cops, why Brenden believes the F-150 Raptor is...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT. This week, I am honored to welcome back Zack Klapman of the Smoking Tire back to the show. As many of you know, Zack is the co-host and producer of the Smoking Tire YouTube channel and podcast as well works in a variety of different projects across automotive media. On this episode, we chat about the GT3RS vs the 911 ST, why people should really ap...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, we welcome back friend to the pod Jonny Lieberman. We discuss a variety of different things from some of the best looking ev trucks for sale, his recent press trips to Europe, what is going on at Mercedes and why they have both the SL and the GT63 available for purchase, updates on his GR Corolla and so much more. It is always a treat wh...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT. This week, I am joined by friend to the pod Nyla Kramer. She recently just purchased a new to her 991.1 GT3 and in this episode we take it around North Scottsdale to go car spotting on a Saturday morning. We discuss her reasonings as to why she went with a 991 GT3 over a 993 which was her original choice, why she really wants to upgrade to a .2 nex...

What is going on and welcome come back to TT! This week I welcome back my good buddy Kent. He's a car collector, amateur racing driver, and a huge Ford enthusiast. On this episode, we really dive deep into Ford and in particular why we believe the Mustang holds such an important place in car culture. In April of this past year, the Mustang celebrated 60 years. So it was only right to do an epi...

Hi everyone and welcome to the 100th installment of Tormenting Tarmac. I cannot believe we are here. This journey started all the way back in January 2022 and if you want to get really technical, it started in September of 2021 when I recorded the first ever episode with Ron. Fast forward to now and I think this podcast is the perfect representation of car culture in the Phoenix area and we have e...

What is going on everyone and welcome back to TT! This week, my good buddy and yours AJ Shipitofsky joins me for a great chat! AJ is one of the premier photographers in the PHX metro area and that boy can indeed cook. This week we discuss how fast cars have gotten in the past 20 years, Michael Bay ruining the 303 freeway after it barely opened, and as the title suggests, AJ bought a Cayenne Turbo...