The Smoking Tire

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Noah Alexander Sep 20, 2018

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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 Velocity. More info at https://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/speed-is-the-new-black/about

Get the video version of this show at: https://youtu.be/EXluY_CMhAI

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Sean Morris of Toprank Int. Veh. Importers Sep 18, 2018

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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.importavehicle.com/vehicles

This show is also a video, with visual assets paired to the conversation: https://youtu.be/-3VQA2N9gC4

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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.

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US Stig (Paul Gerrard) Sep 13, 2018

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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

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Check out our merch!

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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

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Comedian Ralph Guerra! Sep 11, 2018

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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

T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @RalphComedy

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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

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Aus. Rally Champion Molly Taylor Sep 06, 2018

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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.be/Jxq2XH7JLY8

Follow Molly's career here:

http://mollytaylor.com.au/rally/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/molly_rally/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/MollyRally/

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

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Eric Keller of Enthusiast Auto Group Sep 04, 2018

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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, full of pictures, videos, and other assets pertaining to the conversation. https://youtu.be/BMfev9JO174

T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman

IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman

Check out our merch!

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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!

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Sam Mitani - Journalist, Driver, and Author Aug 30, 2018

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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 program of all time, Best Motoring. He is in studio talking about his new novel, The Prototype, available on Amazon now!

Get the book on Amazon here! http://a.co/d/bwRHgrr

This episode is available as a video! Get it at: https://youtu.be/e6kIuTCj8U8

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

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Jake Auerbach of RM Auctions Aug 28, 2018

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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 market at the more affordable range, the best things to see and do in Pebble Beach for car week, and Matt gives a tour of the insane, $250M Bruce Mackowski house in Bel Air, featuring a bowling alley, candy store, a pre-curated car collection, and a replica of the Airwolf helicopter.

This podcast is available as a video! Get it at:

https://youtu.be/mTpmI7aAE6A

Follow Jake's Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/je_auerbach/

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

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Tony Quiroga - Car and Driver Aug 23, 2018

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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

Check out our merch!
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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

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Alois Ruf Jr. Aug 21, 2018

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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

Check out our merch!
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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!

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