Nothing says nostalgia like a classic car and no one tells those stories better than the people who lived them. Each episode we ride shotgun through the backroads of our memories talking road trips, music, humor and what may lie ahead for the hobby. We'll meet new folks from across the country, industry insiders and celebrities with amazing tales to tell and a few secrets too! If you're all about horsepower, chrome, reliving the glory days or creating new automotive memories of your own, join award winning automotive journalist and storyteller JP Emerson as we explore the open road and discover what's just beyond the headlights.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 10 hours 53 minutes
episode 70: Hot Wings, Hot Cars & Hot Takes. No one is spared as Brian Lohnes Spills on His NHRA & Bangshift Friends
Brian Lohnes personifies the saying, “Eating and Sleeping cars”. From his formidable days with his dad watching drag racing, to his current position inside the NHRA on FOX racing booth, he’s as much of a staple of the sport as the sweet smell of Nitromethane.
When not rubbing shoulders and eating flaming wings, he can be found tending to one of the automotive world’s most popular online websites which he co owns, Bangshift...
episode 71: Cristy Lee Sets Her Sights and Talents on Much More Than What’s in Your Garage
Known for her expertise fixing cars, trucks, and bikes, Cristy Lee, one of the most recognizable television personalities in the industry, sets her sights on breathing life into much more than what’s in your garage.
Seeing renovation possibilities in the most unexpected, inexpensive properties, Cristy will prove to clients that it’s worth the risk to buy low and spend high, while staying within budget in her new television series “Steal this House”...
episode 72: A Firm Believer in Built Not Bought, Prison City Chopper’s Joe Zolper takes no prisoners, accepts no excuses and is the voice of auto builders everywhere
Joe Zolper is easily one of the most recognized builders in the industry. From his days as lead mechanic on televisions Garage Squad to owner and chief wrench of Prison City Choppers in Joliet, IL.
The quintessential Jack of All Trades: electrician, welder, fabricator, sheet metal guy and mechanic, all in one trash talking package. His own cars include an alcohol blown, pro modified 69 Daytona, an alcohol blown 68 GTX and an assortment of other scratch-built badass rides...
episode 73: Kevin Oeste Is The Host With The Most And One Of The Silkiest Sets Of Speaking Pipes In The Automotive Community
Kevin Oeste is an automotive industry professional with decades of experience in television production, on-camera hosting, and live event emceeing.
He is the owner of V8 Speed & Resto Shop, a highly regarded & successful restoration and performance shop where he also juggles his time as owner & executive producer of V8TV Productions...
episode 74: Three-time Funny car champion Matt Hagan keeps his eyes on the prize while never losing touch with his roots, his values and his desire to help others
He currently pilots The Dodge Power Brokers Funny Car for Tony Stewart Racing, is affectionately nicknamed “Hulk” by his many fans and when he’s not tending to his farm-to-table meat company, Hagan Cattle, or his TruHarvest Farms, there’s a good chance he’s putting finishing touches on what can only be described at his “world class mustache”...
episode 75: Larry Weiner, the project leader for GSS SUPERCARS, has been creating award winning show cars and race cars for over 40 years
The history of GSS SUPERCARS started as many companies in the automobile industry do; as a labor of love based on a passion for exciting automobiles.
After a successful career that spanned over 25 years, Larry hooked up with Mr...
episode 76: The Lake Mirror Classic returns for its 21st edition featuring the Lake Mirror Concours & Lake Mirror Car Show October 14-16, 2022
This amazing event exhibits hundreds of show vehicles on and surrounding the restored 1920’s art deco-inspired Lake Mirror promenade in picturesque Lakeland Florida...
episode 77: Defending NHRA Camping World Series Funny Car champion Ron Capps may be the epitome of the saying, “If you enjoy what you’re doing you never work a day in your life”
From Sweeping Indy; winning the Pole, All-Star call out, and The US Nats Trophy, this reigning and two-time world champion is having a lot of fun lately.
Beyond the spent racing fuel and ridiculous horsepower however is a family man on and off the track whose equally at home doing Tik Tok challenges, devouring chicken wings, and contemplating a possible second career in comedy...
episode 78: Racer Leticia Hughes and her Whipple Supercharged, TKM Performance built coyote Mustang GT stakes her claim as one of the fastest thoroughbreds in the state known for them
As the face of her racing family, driver Leticia Hughes measures quality time in fractions of seconds. With a passion for blue oval speed, she can regularly be found with husband and builder Rick, son Ashton & daughter Abbey, terrorizing the track and fueling their adrenaline rush behind the reigns of their potent ponies...
episode 79: They Say Big Things Come in Small Packages, and Ten-Year-Old Gearhead Giuseppe Iatarola is Going to Be Huge
When not building and customizing model cars, he's building the real thing in his dad's garage.
His YouTube channel regularly racks up thousands of views and has captured the attention of many of the industry’s biggest brands.
With a passion for vintage iron and an old soul to match, the future of the industry is in good hands...