{"podcast":{"title":"The Smoking Tire","slug":"the-smoking-tire-745200","podcast_index_feed_id":745200,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/c2RzTGta","website_url":"http://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtirepodcast","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bceb3f91-afbb-4f97-87f6-5f4387bbb382/e54a95a4-3e6f-4471-8e41-3684c52d2f2e/3000x3000/d6e900686dd88c35c643f0a1747f1912.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Zack Klapman, Matt Farah","episode_count":1000,"summary":"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 Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Rent or buy our movies!, where we find out if some bad CraigsList cars can cross an entire US State, off-road!https://vimeo.com/thesmokingtire","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:19:14.122384+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smoking-tire-745200"},"episode":{"title":"Vaughn Gittin Jr - Full of Surprises","slug":"vaughn-gittin-jr-full-of-surprises","published_at":"2026-04-14T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smoking-tire-745200/vaughn-gittin-jr-full-of-surprises","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smoking-tire-745200","url":"http://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtirepodcast","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/10/clrtpod.com/m/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/08e542fe-7675-4c90-abeb-0cff5f9a3d6d/bceb3f91-afbb-4f97-87f6-5f4387bbb382/episodes/audio/group/defe94ff-d00f-4405-ad7b-8ab40a1ebd56/group-item/b9dd392d-8400-4d77-bdd6-f7bd0989cc46/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=c2RzTGta","summary":"What was Vaughn Gittin Jr's first car? How about his favorite Mustang ever? His thoughts on EVs? The answers will surprise you as much as they did us. Vaughn Gittin Jr has climbed the automotive ranks to impressive heights. From humble beginnings, drifting for fun led to sponsors, wins, championships, and eventually partnering with one of the biggest OEMs on Earth: Ford. On this episode we learn about: his RTR Mustangs (available to order now); his first car (you aren't ready); his favorite Mustang; cars he loves outside those wearing the blue oval; the challenges of building cars at scale; what he said no to; his secret to winning; and so much more. Recorded April 8, 2026 His new book, \"Ready to Rock\" is available for pre-order now. https://www.carrarabooks.com/rtr-vehicles-book https://www.instagram.com/vaughngittinjr https://www.rtrvehicles.com/ Mac tools Go to https://mactools.org/tire to learn more and see if there’s an open route near you Butcherbox New listeners can get their choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to https://ButcherBox.com/tire DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/tire/and use promo code TIRE at checkout. TrueWerk Upgrade to the T2 WerkPant and stay comfortable no matter what the day brings. Get 15% off your first order at https://TRUEWERK.com with code: tire. Listen to Drive with Jim Farley Season 4 at https://lnk.to/drivewithjimfarleyPS!thesmokingtire Enter to WIN a 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S! Podcast Link: https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities. Use Podcast Promo Co…","meta_description":"What was Vaughn Gittin Jr's first car? How about his favorite Mustang ever? His thoughts on EVs? The answers will surprise you as much as they did us. Vau…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smoking-tire-745200/episodes/vaughn-gittin-jr-full-of-surprises/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smoking-tire-745200/vaughn-gittin-jr-full-of-surprises.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}