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The Smoking Tire

Mike Spinelli! (The/DRIVE)

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Mike Spinelli is probably nearing auto journliast knighthood. He was a founding member of Jalopnik, a founding host of the /DRIVE Network, a host on NBC Sports, wrote the voiceover for two films, and is now the Executive Producer at The/DRIVE. He joins us from New York to talk about the state of the car market, racing teams turning bio tech, the Maserati , his agin Jaguar, recession-proof cars, Lamborghini valves, and a lot more. He's one of our favorite guests, and for good reason.

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0:00.0

What up everybody welcome to the smoking tire podcast this episode is brought to you by

0:05.2

Omey's check me out. I am working with Omey's along with my friend Rob Ferretti

0:10.9

To work on a giveaway for you guys where you can win a

0:15.3

Dream road trip across the Pacific Northwest from Seattle up into Canada

0:21.2

Across the Canadian National Parks which are just incredible and ending in Jackson Hole

0:26.4

I am going. It's a road trip with me. You're gonna be with a friend in a C8 Corvette brand new

0:32.4

I'm gonna be in a Lamborghini provided by Lamborghini. Yay

0:36.8

But we're gonna be there together

0:38.8

Go to Omey's dot com slash the smoking tire to enter and the contest goes until April 24th

0:46.0

This is gonna benefit a charity. I really like and respect called team Rubicon and team Rubicon helps take

0:53.6

Soldiers returning from service and put them into natural disaster and emergency response situations

1:00.6

So they can use those skills they've developed in the real world rather than getting you know boring everyday jobs

1:06.9

It is an awesome gig for these soldiers who come back from from battle and puts their skills to good use

1:12.1

And the trip is gonna be amazing go to Omey's dot com slash the smoking tire to enter and win a dream road trip in a C8 Corvette

1:20.4

Across the Pacific Northwest and I will be there to do it to do it with you

1:25.3

It's gonna rule. We're also brought to you by auto tempest dot com

1:28.8

Listen guys your time is worth money. It doesn't matter whether you make a million dollars a year or ten thousand dollars a year

1:36.0

You only have so much time and you don't want to give it away

1:39.1

And you don't want to spend it doing double work if you don't have to auto tempest takes all

1:46.0

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1:52.5

So you don't have to open a dozen tabs on your browser and type I'm looking for a

1:58.9

1987 Mustang GT five-liter with a stick in red and a convertible

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