Vaughn Gittin Jr and Dave Cole on the King of Hammers Stage

The Smoking Tire

Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 985

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Episode description

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

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