Vaughn Gittin Jr and Dave Cole on the King of Hammers Stage
This show was recorded live on stage at the 2025 King of the Hammers off-road race. Our guests: - Vaughn Gittin Jr, a 2-time Formula Drift Champion who has turned his wheel towards off-road racing and been killing it in Ultra 4 Racing for Nitto Tire and Ford. - Dave Cole, the founder of the King of the Hammers event. This conversation covers a wide range of topics about the event itself, business lessons, and how technology is changing racing including: The WILD story about the very first KOH event How do you get people to sign up for something that's never been done? What is making cars go faster off-road? The creativity of spectator vehicles Building different mouse traps Why off-road racing might be the most exciting motorsport for a driver AND a spectator The nighttime antics you won't see at any road race Anti-EV? Hardly. And more! Recorded Feb 5, 2025 Get up to 10 FREE meals and a free high protein item for life at https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire10fm. Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://www.joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TSTPOD for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman
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Show Notes
This show was recorded live on stage at the 2025 King of the Hammers off-road race. Our guests:
- Vaughn Gittin Jr, a 2-time Formula Drift Champion who has turned his wheel towards off-road racing and been killing it in Ultra 4 Racing for Nitto Tire and Ford.
- Dave Cole, the founder of the King of the Hammers event.
This conversation covers a wide range of topics about the event itself, business lessons, and how technology is changing racing including:
- The WILD story about the very first KOH event
- How do you get people to sign up for something that's never been done?
- What is making cars go faster off-road?
- The creativity of spectator vehicles
- Building different mouse traps
- Why off-road racing might be the most exciting motorsport for a driver AND a spectator
- The nighttime antics you won't see at any road race
- Anti-EV? Hardly.
- And more!
Recorded Feb 5, 2025
Get up to 10 FREE meals and a free high protein item for life at https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire10fm
Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout.
New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/
Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TSTPOD for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST
Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast
Tweet at us!
https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire
https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman
Instagram:
https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire
https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman
Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast
Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST.
Watch our car reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire
Tweet at us!
https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire
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