Our Race Recap w/ Tommy Kendall and Mateo Siderman

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Matt Farah and Zack Klapman went racing and lived to tell the tale! It's a race recap with our teammates, Tommy Kendall (multi-time Trans-Am champ and overall legend) and Mateo Siderman (Super Trofeo pro with many podiums. Watch this space). We recap the ups and downs of our weekend; talk about our speed vs the competition; the importance of seats; Mateo's hospital visit; what it's like joining a team of this caliber; our "oh sh*t" moments; learn WHAT caused our mysterious engine problem; and more. Patreon questions include: Proudest racing moment You can take ANY road legal car on the track... Which series would you want to race, of any time period? Favorite corner? Why did we go faster when our car broke? Race cars that caught your childhood eye Is the new Porsche 911 race car mid-engine? What's happening with F1 drivers and taxes Recorded May 7, 2026 Aura Frames Exclusive $25-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/TIRE. Promo Code TIRE HimsFor simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://hims.com/TIRE. 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. Drive Podcast Listen to Drive with Jim Farley Season 4 at https://lnk.to/drivewithjimfarleyPS!thesmokingtire Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE Promo Code Offer: 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. Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE Your generous donation to Dream Giveaway goes directly to New Beginning Children's Homes, a 501(c)(3) organization (Federal ID# 27-5011514). Thanks to your donations, unrestricted grants are awarded to charities such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Honor Flight of West Central Florida, 4Kids, National Guard Educational Foundation, Victory Junction, Building Homes For Heroes, and Healing4Heroes⁠ ⁠To read more about Dream Giveaway and the charities our giveaways help benefit. https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/about.

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0:00.0	What up everybody? Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast. Today's episode is brought to you as always by Off the Record. We love Off the Record here at the Smoking Tire because they're looking out for us just like they're looking out for all of you. And how do I know they're looking out out for all of you? Because not a week goes by that I don't hear from two or three of you folks
0:22.0	that off the record saved your bums. What does that mean? It means you didn't plead guilty.
0:27.4	You got off the record at off the record.com slash tST. They fought the ticket for you and they
0:34.1	won and everyone else out there you can do it too. If you get a moving violation, don't plead guilty.
0:39.8	Get off the record.
0:41.0	That's off the record.com slash TST.
0:43.8	They will fight that ticket for you.
0:45.4	And the vast majority of times, they will win.
0:48.9	And then you'll be emailing me that screenshot of the dismissal that we are all looking for.
0:54.6	One more time, off the record.com slash t-s-T.
0:59.0	All right, on this episode, it's the race recap show.
1:02.9	Two weeks ago, Zach and I went racing with our friends at Road America in the WRL series.
1:09.8	And today, those friends, Mateo Siderman and the legend himself, Tommy Kendall, are in studio to recap.
1:17.3	The good, the bad, the stories, everything in between.
1:20.7	The boys are in town.
1:22.6	It's the Smogentire podcast.
1:24.1	Let's go.
1:25.4	Two things, and then all of a sudden, every one of Tommy Kendall's stories, he's like,
1:29.7	and then he found this other option that nobody saw.
1:33.0	And that's why you're the best.
1:34.8	That's why your career has peaked with racing with a kid and a loser.
1:42.0	All good.
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