Matt and Pat chat about smoke machines, Lemons at Hallett prep, and F1 driver contracts. Like and subscribe and rate and review

Tim tells us more than we need to know about brakes, and Dave reveals why Italian cars got him a restraining order. Mickey wants to impulse-buy a car, and Misty thinks he's over-thinking it. Should he buy an El Camino? We hope The Muppets don't sue us! We welcome your support via Patreon and your questions and feedback via our website. This podcast…

We get off to a depraved start with a quick discussion of non-automotive products from automotive companies, such as magic wands and earth-movers. We're also happy to announce that VW have brought back their currywurst! Mickey is planning to go car-shopping and the list of things to look at is getting crazy. Things devolve quickly as usual. We give…

We meet Susanne, who has recently competed in the 2023 Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles. This is an ISO 14001 certified rally raid in which all of the drivers and navigators are women. They compete to drive on or off-road to multiple way points each day in the shortest distance possible, without using GPS. We find out what vehicles are the most popular to…

Loxley Brown returns and almost makes Dave go straight! Some of the girls from Club Athena regales us with her experiences at Indy in the DHL-sponsored experience that Loxley announced a couple of episodes ago. Too many interesting moments to detail in a short description, so enjoy! We welcome your support via Patreon and your questions and feedbac…

Mick Opalak tells us about his experiences driving in the 24 Hours of Lemons, which is probably the mostest funnest racing series EVER! Misty enjoys a sausage-fest and Dave calls Human Resources about it. Tall tales abound, as does the spirit of camaraderie! Wanna be a race driver but don't have any motorsports connections? This is the race for you…

Misty isn't moist but Tim is damp. A chinese EV-prototype is built on the last remnants of Saab's engineering and we're OK with talking about unsprung mass. Misty updates us about what's going on in F1, including the latest indignity suffered by Phil the bollard, female progress in F3, and Danica Patrick's anti-progress comment. We discuss problems…

Matt and Pat chat about shaking down the E36 Lemons build at Eagles Canyon Raceway. Things went smoothly, Eagles Canyon is a lovely track, and we're on target for the big race at Hallett in May.

Dave is abnormally normal, Mickey and Misty have power washer issues, and Ben may have had a close encounter with an airbag. Loxley Brown joins us to share all the news about the big things happening with Athena Racing, but not without giving Dawn an awkward moment of silence. Loxley's big news is that her girls get to go to Indianapolis Motor Spee…

We welcome Bob Hall back to the show! Misty is knitting a gay blanket, and Tim gets us going with a very technical trivia question about a fictional car. Bob has lots of interesting perspectives about product planning and new vehicular technologies while Misty has a moment about her MX-5, Dave's car is DAMN WOKE!, and Mickey wants a pocket-nuclear …

Pat and Matt welcome special guest Roland to chat about all the ways TARP Racing is taking on the world in 2024. We won some races, we did okay at an HPDE, F1 happened. Like and subscribe and rate and review.

We speak with professional photographer and author Richard Prince about how he turned his love for cars into a career. His new book - Corvette 70 Years: The One and Only - covers all 8 generations of America's first sports car and he talks to us about how his passion for Corvettes started, his favorite cars and what's in his garage (not all of them…

Matt and Pat chat about the upcoming 2024 F1 Season. We make bold predictions. Apple juice is consumed. Need we say more?

Matt, Pat, Nate, and Todd recap TARP Racing’s valiant attempt at winning the heroic fix award in Birmingham.

Matt, Pat, and Nate chat about the upcoming 2024 racing season. We've got the 24 Hours of Daytona this weekend, along with the NASA TX season opener at MSR Houston. Racing is hard. Try to have a good time. See y'all at Barber. Here's that Lambo effort we chatted about. Very similar feels to our budget enduro efforts. https://youtu.be/gWQcRBv-3wI?si…

Matt and Nate chat with the 2023 NASA Texas ST6 champ, Jose Garcia Jr. He and his family have been doing a ton of driving over the last couple of decades, so he's got some great stories and lessons to share. We even took a deep dive into, his vast stable of miata, kmiatas, and ST5 rules. https://racershq.com https://www.instagram.com/racershq/ http…

!!! BIG SHOW ALERT !!! Matt and Pat chat with Jay Lamm, the inventor of budget endurance racing, about his journey through automotive journalism and the early days of the 24 Hours of Lemons. https://24hoursoflemons.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybAvaM3b90

Matt and Pat chat about the 2023 racing season. Overall the team had a hard time making it to the track, but we got to see Hunter and Todd excel at sprint racing in the NASA Texas region. Big congrats to Todd for winning the 2023 Racer of the Year award. He crushed it! https://racershq.square.site/s/shop…

Pat and Mat chat with Roland about his dominating victory over the RACERSHQ Podcast Battle FantasyGP league. Big shout out to everyone that participated. Better luck next year. https://fantasygp.com/

Matt, Pat, and Nate chat with Todd Spickard and Chris Moehring about the 2023 Stuntin' and Splodin' Soiree in Houston. This was Chris's first race with a new car and zero wheel to wheel experience. We learned a lot along the way and took home the Index of Effluency. Make sure you play along with our virtual bingo card. Send me a winner and we'll se…

Keis, Corvettes and Cappuccinos We discuss what it takes to bring in a car to the USA that is not already sold here by the manufacturer. What if you want to bring in that Lada, Nissan Skyline, Porsche 959, Honda Acty or Suzuki Cappuccino into the the USA? Is it better to order up a new one, get a used one or get an "antique" one? Can you do this yo…

Matt, Nate, and Pat chat with returning guest, Hunter Biederman about his visit to the Formula 1 race in Austin last week. We also catch up on our various projects, discuss spacial temporal continuity, review the 2024 24 Hours of Lemons schedule, and iRacing's AI racing. https://circuitoftheamericas.com/ https://racershq.square.site/s/shop https://…

Pat drove an old Ford in the Lemons race at Road America. It was exciting! Like and subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T55ogjOImBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw https://racershq.com/

Matt's got thoughts on the Gran Turismo movie. Pat has to hear about it, and talks about his trip to Road America. Hilarity ensues.

We take you through the emotionally exposing experience of having a toilet replaced through a man named Jako (with a k) while Tom has the interior decorators smashing his walls down, Berlin styles. After we’ve both purged enough trauma we eventually get to talk about Tom's new long termer, a Ford Mustang GT and how cool the mustang’s been in the mu…

We've got a very special guest tonight. Matt and Pat chat with Mario Korf from Occam's Racer, the best amateur racing blog in the known universe. He's got a new book out. Make sure you order a copy. Like and subscribe and rate and review! racershq.com https://occamsracers.com/aero-resources/

Cars from the 1950's and 60's that you've probably never heard of. Do you think you know about classic cars? What about rare cars? Some car buffs might recognize the brands Frazier or Devin but mention "Grantham" and they might think you are talking about Downton Abbey. What about Allied, Glasspar, Ferber, LaDawri or Voodoo? We speak with Geoff Hac…

In episode 006, we forget the timer on this one and shit talk longer than usual. One hour and 30 minutes of pure, unadulterated shit-talking. We reflect on life lately, including a drive in an original Mk1 GTI, the moral code surrounding mercy visits for classics and a deep dive into the 24 hours of Lemons Ilamuna Endurance Challenge where Tom reca…

Matt and Nate chat with Pat about his new V8 Volvo project, a new livery for the E36, and splitters. Check us out next week for a very special guest.

Dan Plan from the Midwest Racing Connection, an expert on short track racing, visits the gang on Dawn's birthday and sees us at our befuddled best. Dawn relives her 21st birthday. Misty's new nickname is "Racing Nugget." We start a conspiracy theory that JFK was killed by Mr. Bean. Phil the Bollard survives bollard carnage. And, we learn which car …

In this episode we've got JT Toon telling us all about instructing and coaching drivers. He's got a ton of experience, and it's always fun hanging out with him at Hallett. Enjoy.

We apologize in advance for our our kitchen apparel fashion tips. With a three of our crew missing, the remaining cast members try to channel our missing mates (seance not included.) We discuss the action and results of the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race, which leads to creating The Thing About Cars Drinking Game. A tip of the hat is give…

Ben's buddy Derek tells us about his road trips around the world. Namibia! West Africa! Kazakhstan! Connecticut! What do they have in common? You can find warm Coca-Cola everywhere in the world! We welcome your support via Patreon and your questions and feedback via our website. Support The Thing About Cars by contributing to their tip jar: https:/…

After a break in service, we touch on the emotional roller coaster ride that is owning special cars and saying goodbye to them before jumping on the press car of the week in the garage being the Toyota Vitz and why this should be made into a race series to bring back to life Group N racing. We then jump onto the topic of CVT Transmissions and why i…

On FI, Fuel Economy and Wafflehomes! Misty gets a surprise shipment from the states! The panel digs deep into the global socio-political implications on the "girlificiation of F1." Ben tees up a discussion on the closing of environmental loopholes for vehicles over 4,000 pounds. Ben teaches us how to hotwire a care through any exposed wire bus. And…

Matt and Pat chat with our ol' friend from Lemons, Ross Carmichael. He's been running his BMW e36 for over a decade and now he's crushing the ST5 class in NASA's Texas region. https://nasatx.com/ https://racershq.com/

Nobody here but us cheeckens with Micky away on the west coast. Misty is still moist, Dave drives the Grand Trivia Auto, and Ben pretends to know how to host a podcast. Tim staggers in late as we discuss how to get us all over to Paris for the big international hot-dang auto show next year. Those aren't pillows! Which of us speaks the worst French?…

Misty sets a new record for getting to moist, our guest is a no-show, and Dave sheds some light on J.D. Power. We explore our peanut-fetish before moving on to some listener questions, but the peanut-cheese just won't go away. We welcome your support via Patreon and your questions and feedback via our website. Support The Thing About Cars by contri…

Matt and Pat chat with Jill Swanson from Lemons of Love and F.A.S.T. Cooling. Jill has been around the motorsports paddocks for decades and has some great stories about introducing her company's technology to NASCAR, off-road, and sports car racing. After a battle with cancer, she started Lemons of Love, a non-profit providing care packages to canc…

Mickey is going to send Misty a mystery-box and also announces that he's purchased a house that will eventually have his dream-garage, and we're all waiting for the garage-warming party! Yelotus makes its first car-show appearance. Dawn wants to know if a fuel-additive that promises to make a car with a bad catalytic converter pass an emissions tes…

Loxley Browne of Club Athena makes a quick visit to talk about a special event in partnership with DHL and Andretti Autosport. Seven dedicated “Athenians” will be chosen to spend two days trackside with Andretti and DHL Express team members as they learn from industry experts and have fun with hands-on experiences. Girls interested in joining the p…

Our guest no-shows, so the panel goes on a corvette-conversational-out-of-body experience. Where did the GM "bow tie" logo come from? When was the first Corvette produced? What cities are home to Corvette assembly facilities? What city is the home to the most Corvettes? Mickey, Dawn, Misty, Ben and Dave longingly over Corvettes they have known and …

In Episode 004 we jump into the hot topic of car mods but not as hot as the sultry nudie pics we have in the Speed shop aka the single garage in town. Regular guest, Times live Journalist Tom Falkiner, reflects on his time he met Magnus Walker and then I reflect on the time I received hate mail from a Scirocco driver. In the garage this week we hav…

No interview tonight, just some good old fashioned garage chat with Pat and Matt. Pat's done a ton of work on the e36 Lemons Project, and Matt's ready to get back on track after a short stint in real estate jail. Like and subscribe and rate and review and check us out on threads.

Misty's in a mood; can she get a new MX-5 or upgrade her existing one before she "meets Sarah?" (Plus a secret message in Dutch.) What have cars been used for other than transportation and sport? If you were forced to drive a fast Ford for four hours in a traffic jam, which would it be? Some impromptu air travel advice. Importing vehicles and M.O.T…

We pay homage to our new Romanian listeners after Dacia decide to make their Dakar announcement at some pretty strange timing following last week's episode. There's an equally odd press release by Sebastien Loeb and Tom reflects on his first launch experience with a land speed record attempt in a BMW E92 M3. There's more discussion around the Ford …

Matt and Nate chat with Thomas Hawley about his wildly successful racing career in the COMMA series at Hallett and his new project, a Honda k24 turbo powered Porsche 997. Tune in to hear all about this wild project. I think you'll enjoy. Subscribe and rate and review and buy a t-shirt. https://racershq.square.site/s/shop Check out Thomas's progress…

It's episode two, and we're getting deep into things. "The politics of racing"…a topic that we shed light on beyond the fanfare of "Drive to survive". Anchor guest and TimesLIVE Motoring authority Tom Falkiner shares some deep insights, and I liken my attempt at building a carbon fibre dashboard for the race car to Ocean Gate. Both of which rendere…

Matt and Nate interview Pat about his recent visit to the 100 year anniversary of the 24 Hours of LeMans. He's got lots of travel tips and some awesome track side stories. Like and subscribe and rate and review! https://www.lemans.org/en

Welcome to 'The Catch Tank', a podcast where friends meet to talk cars, life and everything in between. I'm your anchor host, freelance motoring scribe, Brent v.d Schyff. *Insert assertive drumroll* Introducing our first guest and minority shareholder with voting rights, nationally acclaimed motoring journalist, Thomas Falkiner. *insert aggressive …