

The Smoking Tire
Zack Klapman, Matt Farah
Matt Farah and Zack Klapman sit down with automotive icons, pro drivers, comedians and other friends to discuss automotive industry news, racing, projects and whatever else comes to mind.
Watch our car reviews at www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire
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Watch our car reviews at www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire
Follow us!
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IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman
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Dec 9, 2021 • 1h 39min
Everyday Driver's Todd Deeken and Paul Schmucker
Paul Schmucker and Todd Deeken are the creators of Everyday Driver, a YouTube channel, podcast, and Amazon show where they they test new and classic enthusiast cars. Their podcast, “The Car Debate”, focuses on answering viewer dilemmas in finding fun cars that also meet their budget and needs. Recorded 12/5/2021https://www.everydaydriver.com/(This show happened all a sudden while Zack was out of town, which is why it wasn't broadcast live.) Head to Policygenius.com/SMOKINGTIRE to get your free home & auto insurance quotes and see how much you could save. Sign up for your trial at Noom.com/TIRE Get your Decked Drawer System at Decked.com/SMOKINGTIRE and get free shipping. Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store.
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Dec 7, 2021 • 1h 36min
Thaddeus Brown (Creative Dir., DP, TST OG)
Thaddeus Brown is one of the OG members of TST. He joined in 2009, only a few months after it was founded, and served as a camera op, DP, and crazy-ideas person for many years. The All Cars go to Heaven idea was his. He has since gone on to shoot and direct for numerous media outlets and creative agencies. We talk about our new series (sponsored by @ebaymotors), the RAM TRX, a car problem we try to solve, rally school, supercars vs trucks, SEMA vehicles, and more! Recorded Nov 22, 2021 Head to Policygenius.com/SMOKINGTIRE to get your free home & auto insurance quotes and see how much you could save. Sign up for your trial at Noom.com/TIRE Get your Decked Drawer System at Decked.com/SMOKINGTIRE and get free shipping. Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store.
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Dec 2, 2021 • 1h 42min
Lotus' Big Wigs: Russell Carr, Gavan Kershaw, and Matt Windle!
These are some of the big brains that decide what a Lotus car should look like, feel like, and what the company should do next. Russell Carr has been working for Lotus since 1990 and was appointed head of design in 2014. His work can be seen in the Lotus Esprit facelift, Europa S, Evora, and upcoming Evija. Gavan Kershaw has been the Director of Attributes and Product Integrity since 2017. He sets the targets, benchmarks and evaluation sign-off on everything to do with the performance of Lotus cars. He's never worked anywhere else, so to say he cares about the brand would be an understatement. Matt Windle served as the Executive Director of Engineering until January of 2021 when he was named the Managing Director of Lotus Cars.Recorded on Nov. 22, 2021Head to the Luxury Driver Amazon page for 15% off your order of their incredible wipes. Just head on over to Stance.com and pick out some styles you think they might like.Start your free trial today at egnyte.com.Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store.For our listeners, they are offering 20% off your first purchase. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at vuori.com/TIRE
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 48min
Sonja Reid (OMGitsfirefoxx)
Sonja Reid does a lot of very cool things. She is a gamer, Twitch broadcaster, car enthusiast, and podcaster. She's in the Gamers Guinness World Records and she's on a YouTube show with Conan O'Brien. After meeting her at the Radford launch, we knew we had to get her on the show and she didn't disappoint. We talk about her love of cars, the hilarious successor to her first car, searching for her dad's dream car, track days, SEMA, and more. In 2017, Sonja was named "Most followed female videogames broadcaster on Twitch" in the 2017 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, and the fourth most influential gamer in the world by Forbes. Recorded on Nov. 15, 2021Check out her Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/omgitsfirefoxxTwitter: @OMGitsfirefoxxIG: @OMGitsfirefoxxHead to the Luxury Driver Amazon page for 15% off your order of their incredible wipes. Just head on over to Stance.com and pick out some styles you think they might like.Start your free trial today at egnyte.com.Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store.For our listeners, they are offering 20% off your first purchase. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at vuori.com/TIRE
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Nov 23, 2021 • 1h 49min
Tavarish Hernandez & and Jared Pink (Wrench Everyday)
It's the Real Tavarish and Jared Pink! Freddy is known for two things: 1. CarTrek and 2. buying used supercars - some in amazing states of disrepair - and rebuilding them to drivable, sell-able condition. He's done it with an Aston, a McLaren, various Mercedes, a Bentley, Ferrari, and more. He has lots of projects, lots of dreams, and has had some amazing mechanical adventures. Jared is Freddy's right-hand man and co-host on Wrench Everyday. He's helped Freddy repair all kinds of weird things and has barrels of mechanical wisdom.Visit talkspace.com and get $100 off your first month when you use promo code TIRE at sign-up. Go to blackvue.com/TST and use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off of any BlackVue dash cam. Free shipping for orders over $200. Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store. Sign up for your trial at Noom.com/TIRE.Want early access to this episode? To watch the live stream? Bonus shows, or ad-free shows? Join our Patreon! Go to https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast and check out the tiers. It all starts at just $3/month!
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Nov 18, 2021 • 1h 20min
GRIDLIFE's Chris Stewart & Shawn Fenton
From the Valvoline booth at SEMA, we have Chris Stewart and Shawn Fenton of GRIDLIFE. Chris is the Founder/ Director; Shawn is the Strategy Director. We met these guys years ago when Gridlife was just getting started and now it's HUGE. We talk about how it's grown, the pros and cons of size, best concerts, funny moments, beer pirates, what track they're excited to go to next, and their plans for 2022.https://www.grid.life/Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store. For our listeners, Vuori are offering 20% off your first purchase. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://www.vuori.com/TIREJust head on over to https://www.Stance.com and pick out some styles you think they might like. Head to https://www.Policygenius.com/SMOKINGTIRE to get started right now. Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast #cars #comedy #podcast Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Want shorter podcasts? Subscribe to our new CLIPS channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD4WGV-W5zD1MK4yHbNGwmw
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Nov 16, 2021 • 1h 23min
Rob Dahm!
It's Rob Dahm! He has a really interesting story, a thirst for knowledge, built some CRAZY cars, and raced Ken Block's Hoonicorn. We talk about everything: his cars, his Lamborghini, how he started, why he keeps building things, the Indy car he bought, which platform needs 900HP, the challenges he's faced, and what's next. Check out Rob's cars and builds! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChg9P8du8Ykqy6MbMK5jpzQ https://www.instagram.com/robdahm/?hl=en Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store. For our listeners, Vuori are offering 20% off your first purchase. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://www.vuori.com/TIRE Just head on over to https://www.Stance.com and pick out some styles you think they might like. Head to https://www.Policygenius.com/SMOKINGTIRE to get started right now. Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast #cars #comedy #podcast Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Want shorter podcasts? Subscribe to our new CLIPS channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD4WGV-W5zD1MK4yHbNGwmw
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Nov 11, 2021 • 58min
Kyle Tucker (CEO of Detroit Speed)
How do you make older cars turn, stop, handle, or have good steering feel? Luckily we have Kyle Tucker of Detroit Speed to explain it all. He talks about his time working for GM, testing the C5 prototype fresh out of college, how he started his own company, what they did differently, and why their cars perform with the best. It was a great discussion about modifying, thinking, engineering, and testing. Detroit speed makes subframes, sway bars, control arms, axles, springs, and more. It's hard to put into words how good their cars are, so you'll just have to watch one of Matt's One Takes to get his word. Recorded on Nov. 3, 2021 https://www.detroitspeed.com/ https://youtu.be/Pa-1_o44e68Head to Policygenius.com/SMOKINGTIRE to get started right now. For a limited time, my listeners get their first month free - AND, after you’ve been a member, CrowdHealth will include a Fitness Wearable. That’s 30 days to try risk-free plus the Fitness Wearable. Just go to JoinCrowdHealth.com/fit and enter code Tire at sign up. Worry less and feel happier. Sign up for your trial at Noom.com/TIRE. Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store. Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast #cars #comedy #podcast Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Nov 9, 2021 • 1h 57min
Abigail Bassett
Abigail Bassett is a freelance journalist, writer, podcast host, and television host. She's been published in Automobile magazine, Tech Crunch, Ars Technica, Fast Company, Forbes, and appeared on CNN. She just competed in the Rebelle Rally, driving a stock Porsche Cayenne S riding on 20" wheels and street tires. 1500 miles of offroad driving, sandstorms, crazy weather were just part of that 10-day event, and we hear all about it! Plus, old Volvos, off-road challenges, EV stuff, canoe building, and pets! Check out her content here: https://abigailbassett.com/ Recorded October 28, 2021 Head to Policygenius.com/SMOKINGTIRE to get started right now. For a limited time, my listeners get their first month free - AND, after you’ve been a member, CrowdHealth will include a Fitness Wearable. That’s 30 days to try risk-free plus the Fitness Wearable. Just go to JoinCrowdHealth.com/fit and enter code Tire at sign up. Worry less and feel happier. Sign up for your trial at Noom.com/TIRE. Find Valvoline now at your local auto parts store.Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast #cars #comedy #podcast Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

Nov 2, 2021 • 2h 1min
Tony Angelo & Jonny Lieberman
It’s a Motor Trend party! We have Jonny Lieberman and Tony Angelo in the house and what a show it was. Tony is a host on Hot Rod Garage, where they build, well, crazy shit. He talks about his interest in EV swaps, that incredible new 1000HP Chevy crate engine, explains how fast his twin-engine Impala is, and more. Jonny tells us about his Rivian drag race, a controversial tree, and driving aLamborghini LM002 on tires as cracked as dry lake bed. It's 2 hours so grab a beer or a coffee, or both, and enjoy. Tony Angelo is the host of Hot Rod Garage. You can check it out on the Motor Trend app, and check out his YouTube channel, Stay Tuned. https://www.youtube.com/c/StayTunedTAJonny is the Senior Features Editor at Motor Trend and a host on Spike’s Car Radio. Go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire14 and use code smokingtire14 for up to 14 free meals and 3 free gifts.Just visit https://www.talkspace.com and get $100 off your first month when you use promo code TIRE at sign-upStart your free trial today at https://www.egnyte.comFind Valvoline now at your local auto parts. This show was recorded on October 25th, 2021. Want early access to this episode? To watch the live stream? Bonus shows, or ad-free shows? Join our Patreon! Go to https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast and check out the tiers. It all starts at just $3/month!Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman
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 Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman


