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The Smoking Tire

John Oates (Musician, racer, gearhead)

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

John Oates is best known as half of the rock and soul duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. He's also an absolute gear head. He got his racing license after training with Formula Fords at Brands hatch, attended a U.S. racing school with John Andretti, competed in IMSA, nearly died in a Fiero race car, has a 1960 Porsche 356 built by Rod Emory, and a growing collection of British cars. https://johnoates.com/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a36557397/john-oates-gearhead/ Recorded April 7, 2022 Check out Road & Track's Rally U here! https://experiences.roadandtrack.com/pay Go to blackvue.com/TST to learn more about the BlackVue DR750X-2CH LTE Plus dash cam and BlackVue SIM card. Use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off of any BlackVue dash cam. Free shipping for orders over $200. Evercoat Body Shop takes the guesswork out of body work. Available at Advance Auto Part stores. LMNT is so sure you will love their product and come back for more they are offering you a free LMNT Sample Pack. That’s 8 single serving packets FREE - Just cover the cost of shipping ($5 for US customers). Get yours at DrinkLMNT.com/TIRE Want your question answered? To listen to the episode the day it's recorded? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Google Music: Web player: #cars #comedy #podcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman 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

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0:00.0

Hey folks, today's episode is brought to you by my other employer,

0:04.2

Rodentrack and their new experience offering rally you.

0:09.4

I just did the Rodentrack route to Vine event.

0:12.1

I helped make the route and it was amazing.

0:14.8

The hotels were awesome.

0:16.2

The food was awesome.

0:17.2

The people were awesome and the cars were awesome.

0:20.2

And their next event is called rally you.

0:23.5

It's July 15th and 16th up in the Seattle area.

0:27.8

They've got first-class hotels, first-class dining.

0:31.3

The R&T staff will be there to talk cars with everyone who participates.

0:36.5

But most importantly, it's got a half-day driving school at Dirtfish,

0:42.6

the most premier rally school in North America.

0:47.4

This is going to be such an awesome event.

0:49.2

It's a little shorter than the route to Vine.

0:51.4

It's only two days.

0:52.2

July 15th and 16th, but there are beautiful Washington roads on the route.

0:58.1

You've got the rally school and the hotels and restaurants that they have booked are fantastic.

1:04.6

I helped make the driving route for this one as well.

1:07.4

It is going to be off the chain.

1:09.5

So to check it out for yourself, go to roadentrack.com slash experiences

1:15.8

and then just click on rally you.

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