CarStories
215 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 83 ratingsCarStories is committed to bringing you the best interviews and automotive stories from celebrities, racers, enthusiasts and listeners around the globe with James McKeone.
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Mike Hallmark
March 22, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 21.3 MBMike Hallmark is a lifelong car enthusiast. In addition to his role at Hellwig Products, he is a hardcore gearhead. He is devoted to Volkswagen, and as an Englishman, I am proud that he owns a Land Rover. Mike was kind enough to turn up in "The Operator", which is the perfect vehicle for the four seasons. Mike also staked his claim for the longest podcast, so make sure you check it out
Donnie Callaway
March 01, 2018 08:00 - 32 minutes - 11.7 MBDonnie Callaway has spent over 30 years restoring collectible cars, most of these hail from Maranello. It all began with him growing up in Los Angeles, living and breathing sports cars before taking a job at Hollywood Sports Cars, and soon thereafter, spending time in Hawaii with an uncle learning to hand form aluminum bodies. He completes restorations to concours level. Donnie has worked on pretty much every Ferrari model made including 512 BBs, 365 2+2s, TDFs, James Coburn’s California Spy...
Cameron Weiss
February 15, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 10.5 MBCameron Weiss developed his affinity for timepieces back when he was a young child. In 2010, Cameron attended an apprentice-style program at the Nicholas G. Hayek Watchmaking School in Miami with a Swiss curriculum. The ten years of passion drove him to fine-tune his designs and goals before launching Weiss watches in June 2013. On this episode we feature a special guest Jules who was kind enough to let James sit in the front seat as the trio took to the road in Cameron's 1959 Volkswagen Bee...
Elana Scherr
February 08, 2018 08:00 - 47 minutes - 16.5 MBElana Scherr has a background in composite fabrication, is incredibly handy with an engine stand, and has a soft spot for Mopar muscle and one off vintage race cars. She was the former Staff Editor at Hot Rod Magazine and Executive Editor at Roadkill Magazine before stepping into the freelance world so she can write about cars, motorcycles, planes, boats, racing and dogs. Elana gave James the time of his life in her 1971 Opel GT. Hope you enjoy the talk as much as he did!
Michael Axon
February 02, 2018 08:00 - 47 minutes - 16.6 MBMichael Axon, a CF 200 Member, and originally from Manchester, has a passion for Jaguar. He ended up in California after he created LaZerCAD, a system to measure, draw and 360 photograph buildings. From there it was a hop and a skip to Malibu to dive deep into his "Mancave" which includes a collection of classic British motorcars both old and new that he regularly makes use of in the Canyons around him. Michael established The English Car Company to share his collection with organizations th...
Jeff Rodrigues
January 04, 2018 08:00 - 19 minutes - 7.2 MBOn this episode of CarStories, we meet Jeff Rodrigues, the Track Operations Manager at The Thermal Club - a private motorsports country club in Palm Desert, California. Jeff’s passion for cars and motorcycles started young and eventually led him to the desert to run one of the world’s most exclusive racetracks. In this episode, guest host, Brad Speers goes for a ride in Jeff’s 2004 Final Edition Lotus Esprit to find out more about how Jeff became the “jack of all trades and the master of mot...
Charles Fleming
December 28, 2017 15:00 - 26 minutes - 9.25 MBCharles Fleming writes about automobiles and motorcycles for the Los Angeles Times’ Business section. He also writes the urban hiking column LA Walks. A former staff writer for Newsweek, Variety and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, he is an author, a teacher, and a great raconteur. Charles turned up at the museum in a McLaren 720S and he and host James McKeone headed out to the Hollywood Hills to dig deep into his love of motorcycles and walking LA. We have a feeling that we are going to nee...
Twanna Rogers
December 21, 2017 08:00 - 21 minutes - 7.63 MBTwanna Rogers and her husband Tim Rogers are the owners of The Thermal Club, a private motorsports country club in Palm Desert, California. They are both Petersen Automotive Museum Checkered Flag 200 members and avid car enthusiasts. In this episode, guest host, Brad Speers goes for a tour around Twanna’s exclusive motorsports club in her 1932 Three Window Chop Top Ford- one of her favorite cars. They even make it on track. Be sure to buckle-up for this ride.
Pushkar Modi
December 07, 2017 08:00 - 31 minutes - 11.1 MBPushkar Modi is the Director of Engineering at Turo. If you haven't heard of Turo, it's an incredible Car Sharing service that can get you behind the wheels of all kinds of cars. It also allows private car owners to rent out their vehicles online to help grow their collection. Pushkar is a huge Porsche fan and when he booked his flight to Los Angeles he made sure when he landed he could get behind the wheel of something fun and the Porsche 911 GT3 was his car of choice enjoy!
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
November 23, 2017 08:00 - 54 minutes - 18.8 MBThis week, Vaughn Gittin Jr drifts into the studio to talk about his rise from getting his first car to finding a love for drifting to competing against the best of the world before becoming a two times Formula Drift champion. Kyle and James then talk about what is next for Vaughn and his Ultimate Funhaver, his partnership with Ford and the all new RTR Mustang.
Sara Price
November 16, 2017 08:00 - 55 minutes - 19.2 MBSara Price is a Hoonigan who loves to burn fuel be it on two wheels where she won medals at the X Games. 4 wheels where she has made cameos in movies for her skills behind the wheel, UTV's where she crushes it in the dirt or now on Hill Climbs, where she tackles "street". Kyle and James were glad to get the chance to stop by the museum to tell us all about her need for speed, enjoy!
Ryan Millen
November 09, 2017 15:07 - 41 minutes - 14.4 MBThis week on CarStories, Ryan Millen drops in to tell Kyle & James what it’s like to be a pro rally driver for Toyota Racing and what went into his incredible undefeated 2017 season in the mighty RAV4. We also talk about the land of the Long White Cloud and the Leadfoot Festival. Listen in!
Sam Smith
November 02, 2017 07:07 - 1 hour - 21.1 MBSam Smith is the superstar editor at large for Road & Track Magazine and former editor at Jalopnik. CarStories host Kyle peered into Sam's creative process as a globe-trotting automotive journalist and got him to recount some of his most memorable experiences from the driver’s seat.
Beau Boeckmann
October 26, 2017 14:00 - 44 minutes - 15.4 MBJames and Kyle made their way north to spend two days in the valley, and had a chance for a great conversation with Beau Boeckmann President and COO of Galpin Motors. Inc. Beau practically grew up on the showroom floor under the tutelage of his father, Bert Boeckmann, who is widely recognized as the most honored and successful automobile dealer in America. Topics include growing up at the dealership, navigating USC, working in the industry and of course the legendary Pimp My Ride. Enjoy!
Adam Carolla
October 19, 2017 14:00 - 44 minutes - 15.7 MBThis week James and Kyle somehow managed to trick Mr. Adam Carolla into letting them into his podcasting compound in the San Fernando Valley and sitting down for an episode of CarStories. You know Adam from his many fine podcasts and television appearances as well as from his exploits with Dr. Drew Pinsky and from his work as a documentarian. Adam is a serious automotive enthusiast and has the world's best collection of ex-Paul Newman race cars and Kyle and James had a blast sitting down wit...
2017 Monterey Car Week Special
October 12, 2017 14:00 - 34 minutes - 12.2 MBMonterey Car Week is legendary among auto enthusiasts for bringing out some of the rarest and most exciting cars from around the world. We set CarStories host James McKeone loose on the Monterey Peninsula and he managed to secure interviews with some incredible folks including Valentino Balboni, Marcel Massini, and Alan Galbraith. So sit down and prepare for an insider's look at the exclusive world of Monterey Car Week!
Will Roegge
October 05, 2017 14:00 - 56 minutes - 19.8 MBWill Roegge is an incredibly talented filmmaker/awesome human and you may know him has half of the team behind the documentary Keep Drifting Fun as well as being instrumental in capturing some of the craziest shots from Hoonigan's Gymkhana series and the newly released Climbkhana. Will stopped by the podcast to talk about his work with Hoonigan as well as with his mentor, Jeff Zwart. Kyle and Will also find time to nerd out over Russian Arm rigs and lots more. Don't miss this one.
Brian Scotto from Hoonigan Industries
September 28, 2017 14:00 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBBrian Scotto is the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer for Hoonigan Industries, best known for the crazy car exploits of their other founder, Ken Block. Brian is an incredible guy with a huge wealth of talent and knowledge when it comes to cars and car culture and he has helped turn Hoonigan into one of the world's biggest automotive lifestyle brands. Kyle and James were lucky enough to get Brian in the CarStories hot seat just days before the official launch of Climbkhana, the latest Hoonig...
Loren Healy
September 19, 2017 14:00 - 25 minutes - 8.96 MBLoren Healy is an incredibly accomplished rock crawler and off-road racer who competes in the mind-bending Ultra4 racing series. A frequent sight at events like King of the Hammers, Loren has built a loyal following and recently left his day job to race full-time. He and his wife were in town for Nitto's Auto Enthusiast Day and we somehow managed to convince them to drive to the Petersen from Orange County to sit and talk to James and Kyle.
Simon Kidston
September 12, 2017 14:00 - 47 minutes - 16.4 MBSimon Kidston is one of the most interesting people you've probably never met. He is the owner of Kidston, a classic automobile consultancy unlike any other. He comes from a family of racing enthusiasts and pioneers and he has built a career and a life around his love of automobiles. Kyle and James were lucky enough to convince him to take a few hours out of his Los Angeles vacation to visit the Petersen and tell his story, and let's face it, when someone parks their Mercedes 300SL Gullwing ...
Gard Hollinger from Arch Motorcycle
September 05, 2017 14:00 - 48 minutes - 17 MBGard Hollinger is the engineering and design genius behind Arch Motorcycle. He's been neck-deep in motorcycles since he was a kid and has gone on to found several businesses including the incredible ChopRod custom shop. Eventually, he hooked up with Keanu Reeves and built a bike out of Mr. Reeves' Harley Dyna and the rest, as they say, is history. Now Arch is a thriving "production custom" motorcycle company that designs, builds, and assembles its bikes here in Southern California. Gard and ...
Shane Tecklenburg aka Tuned By Shane T
August 29, 2017 07:00 - 56 minutes - 19.7 MBShane Tecklenburg is a master of MoTeC tuning and over the years he has built himself a reputation as being the guy to go to if you have a fuel-injected race car and you need to extract maximum power from your current set up. Shane is a mostly self-taught tuner, getting his start with a Briggs & Stratton engine for which he cobbled together a fuel injection setup out of junk he found in his dad's shop. Now he spends his days tuning land speed racing motorcycles, 2000hp drag Supras, and much ...
Taro Koki from GTChannel
August 21, 2017 14:00 - 36 minutes - 12.8 MBTaro Koki is the guy behind GTChannel, one of the most popular network of automotive channels on YouTube as well as the guy who convinced the producers of Japanese motoring video magazine, Best Motoring to let him do dubs and subtitles in English and bring the joy of their Tsukuba Battles to the world. Taro is an interesting guy with a lifelong love of automobiles and a willingness to jump headfirst into new technology before anyone else. James and Kyle were thrilled to sit down with Taro to...
Ari Henning and Zack Courts from Motorcyclist Magazine
August 15, 2017 14:00 - 49 minutes - 17.3 MBAri and Zack are lifelong friends who somehow, through the machinations of fate and the weirdness of the world, managed to end up as co-editors of the redesigned and rethought Motorcyclist Magazine. We were super excited to have them in the CarStories studio before they left for a trip up the coast on two tiny adventure motorcycles. In their conversation with James and Kyle, they talked about growing up with bikes and racing. They also went into what it's like to helm a modern, industry-lead...
Auto Club of Southern California
August 08, 2017 14:00 - 42 minutes - 14.8 MBThe Auto Club of Southern California is one of the oldest automotive groups in the world, with its inception dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The Auto Club has been instrumental in shaping the highways, byways and surface streets of Southern California through legislative efforts and even signing of roads! Morgan Yates and John McQueen stopped by the podcast to talk about the history of the Auto Club and its long-standing involvement with the Petersen. We hope to have these guys ...
Dan Greenawalt, Creative Director for Forza Motorsport
August 01, 2017 14:00 - 46 minutes - 16.2 MBForza Motorsport has been one of the world's best-loved and most popular racing simulator games since its introduction in 2005. Now, with the release of the 7th game in the franchise looming, Kyle and James managed to corner Dan Greenawalt, creative director of Turn 10 Studios while he was in town for E3 to talk about what makes Forza different and so special amongst racing games. They do a nerdy deep dive on some of the nuts and bolts of the games including tire physics, modeling, and more....
Bisi Ezerioha of Bisimoto
July 25, 2017 14:00 - 34 minutes - 11.9 MBBisi Ezerioha is best known as being a turbo obsessed horsepower freak who gets his kicks turning out 1000hp minivans and 850hp water-cooled turbocharged classic Porsches. A lot of people might not know that he is also a trained scientist and engineer and that he has more degrees than Phoenix in summer. Bisi got his start modifying cars soon after he got to the US to attend college. His first US car happened to be a Civic CRX and thus his love affair with Hondas was born. This led him down t...
Larry Chen
July 11, 2017 14:00 - 46 minutes - 16.2 MBLarry Chen is a man that seems to be everywhere at once. Luckily for us, he tapped the power of his omnipresence to appear at the Petersen in order to sit down and talk to Kyle. Larry is best known as being one of the busiest automotive photographers working today. He is an editor at Speedhunters, a contributor to Hot Rod Magazine, the premier photog for the Formula Drift series and the designated heavy hitter behind the camera for events such as the Gumball 3000 and Pikes Peak International...
Larry Chen
July 11, 2017 14:00 - 46 minutes - 16.2 MBLarry Chen is a man that seems to be everywhere at once. Luckily for us, he tapped the power of his omnipresence to appear at the Petersen in order to sit down and talk to Kyle. Larry is best known as being one of the busiest automotive photographers working today. He is an editor at Speedhunters, a contributor to Hot Rod Magazine, the premier photog for the Formula Drift series and the designated heavy hitter behind the camera for events such as the Gumball 3000 and Pikes Peak International...
Rick Mitchell of the Pyrate Ryderz MC
July 04, 2017 14:00 - 38 minutes - 13.4 MBToday is Independence Day and what could better symbolize freedom than a motorcycle? That's definitely what Kyle and James thought so this week we're pleased to present our interview with Rick Mitchell. Rick is a fascinating guy, a lifelong Californian and Chapter President of the Pyrate Ryderz Motorcycle Club here in Los Angeles. He sat down with the boys and talked about his love of bikes and how his club got their start. He also goes into great detail about an incredible bike-themed trip ...
Formula Drift with Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage
June 27, 2017 14:00 - 35 minutes - 12.5 MBThis week, Kyle and James sit down with Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage, the two men behind the incredible motorsport series known as Formula Drift. They get into what makes Formula D so appealing to a younger generation of car enthusiasts and why it's one of the last financially accessible high-level forms of racing plus a whole lot more. Jim and Ryan are great guys with a lot of unique insights into the sport that they helped popularize in America. This is a good one, strap in!
Toyota Special with Karen Ideno and Susan Sanborn
June 20, 2017 07:07 - 45 minutes - 15.8 MBJames and Kyle were invited to come down to Toyota HQ in Torrance, CA to judge the Toyota Dream Cars art contest along with several Toyota North America executives, Cheech Marin, Dave Kunz and more. They figured that since they were there, they'd sit down with a few Toyota folks and get a bit of a peek behind the curtain. Karen Ideno works in corporate social responsiblity, helping to administer programs like the Dream Cars contest. Susan Sanborn runs the incredible Toyota Museum and has...
Cheech Marin
June 13, 2017 07:00 - 19 minutes - 6.97 MBWe were lucky enough to be invited to judge the Toyota Dream Car kid's art contest with Cheech Marin a few months ago and Mr. Marin was nice enough to sit down with us to record a short (yet sweet) podcast where he talks about his involvement with the Cars franchise, his love of Chicano art, lowriders, and more. This is a fun one and making it was an amazing experience for both Kyle and James. Keep an eye out for the rest of the CarStories Toyota special coming up soon!
Greg Hancock
June 06, 2017 07:00 - 38 minutes - 13.4 MBGreg Hancock is one of America's greatest racers on two wheels. He is a four-time World Speedway champion, with his most recent championship coming in his mid-forties, almost unheard of in what is normally thought of as a young man's sport. Greg is also a fantastic human being with a ton of passion for racing and his family. James sat down with him at the museum to see what makes him tick.
Melanie Hellwig White and Mike Hallmark from Hellwig Products
May 30, 2017 07:00 - 41 minutes - 14.3 MBWe had Melanie Hellwig White on the podcast as part of our 2016 SEMA special and we had so much fun that we invited her back! Melanie is one of the titular Hellwig's of Hellwig Products fame and Hellwig has been making super high-quality suspension products for over 70 years in their factory in California. During her last conversation with Kyle and James, Melanie promised to deliver an epic off-roading shovel to Kyle to fuel his nascent dreams of overlanding and she definitely came through s...
Nadia Fugazza from Petrolicious
May 23, 2017 07:00 - 31 minutes - 10.9 MBNadia Fugazza is the editor and producer for Petrolicous. She is an extremely talented lady and she's behind many of your favorite Petrolicious films including the wonderful Derek Bell film that was shot in Sicily with the new 718 Boxster. Nadia grew up in Italy with an Alfa-obsessed father and eventually came to the US to study film at USC here in Los Angeles. She's a wonderful conversationalist and Kyle had a blast chatting with her.
Ralph Hudson
May 16, 2017 07:00 - 55 minutes - 19.1 MBRalph Hudson is a racer and a builder. He is a member of the 200mph Club at Bonneville and wears his red hat proudly. He's the fastest man on two wheels at El Mirage dry lake. He is also an accomplished road racer and generally an incredible guy to sit and listen to. He's got more racing stories than we have time for in one episode so we hope he'll come back sometime soon. Ralph is also something of a mentor to Stacie B. London, so she came in to help Ralph tell his story. This is a great ep...
Max Hazan
May 09, 2017 14:00 - 31 minutes - 10.8 MBMax Hazan is a LA-based builder of exquisite one-off motorcycles that continue to set the custom motorcycle community ablaze. His recent builds have included a turbocharged Ducati and a gorgeous Art Deco-inspired BSA 500. Max is a unique guy in that he avoids looking at other people's bikes and custom builds all of his fixtures and tooling for each project. Kyle and James were thrilled when he accepted their invitation to come check out the museum and talk about his work.
Alex Ross and Magnus Walker
May 02, 2017 14:00 - 1 hour - 22.8 MBAlex Ross is the founder of Sharkwerks, a company that is arguably the best tuner of GT-series Porsches in America right now. He is dedicated to taking Porsche's good work and cranking it past 11 without regard for cost or common sense. In that vein, Alex brought the exquisite Sharkwerks Cayman GT4 by the museum for Kyle and James to drool over. Magnus Walker is best known as the Urban Outlaw, a bearded and be-dreadlocked builder of air-cooled hot rod 911s. He has become an ambassador for ...
Julia LaPalme of Motorcyclist Magazine
April 25, 2017 14:00 - 46 minutes - 16 MBJulia LaPalme got her start in the automotive industry as a photographer for Road & Track magazine where she stayed for almost 10 years. She shot cars all over the world and took part in some fairly insane adventures including driving a Suzuki Kizashi the long way from Japan to LA. She is currently the photo editor for the newly redesigned Motorcyclist magazine where she also does bike reviews. She's a super talented lady and a fantastic person to chat with, we had a ton of fun with her. Enj...
Jenny Smith from Rider Magazine
April 18, 2017 07:00 - 36 minutes - 12.8 MBJenny Smith is the real deal. Not only did she ride a ridiculously powerful motorcycle in the rain from her home to the Petersen to record this episode, she rode it in the rain to her office Ventura County after we were done. She pretty much taught herself how to ride bikes and has since forged her way through the industry to get to where she is now, Managing Editor at Rider Magazine. She's a fantastic storyteller and we were thrilled to have her on the podcast.
Jacob Agajanian and James Kirkham of Donut Media
April 11, 2017 07:00 - 50 minutes - 17.5 MBDonut Media is one of the hottest new content companies in the automotive space right now. They've built a reputation for creating outrageous and dynamic content for a variety of brands including Nissan, Gumout, Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo and more. Two of the principals behind Donut are Jacob Agajanian and James Kirkham, long time friends with tons of industry experience who wanted to do things differently. James and Jacob stopped by the podcast to talk about the history behind Donut M...
David Steele
April 04, 2017 14:00 - 50 minutes - 17.5 MBDavid Steele is the director of the American Hot Rod Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving the history of early hot rodding through interviewing the hot rodders themselves as well as restoring and archiving all of their ephemera. David is also a professional musician who has toured with artists such as Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch. It was during his time touring with acts like these that he began his quest to document the stories of unsung local hot rodders a...
Stacie B. London
March 28, 2017 14:00 - 33 minutes - 11.8 MBStacie B London is best known as one of the founders of the amazing East Side Moto Babes motorcycle club in LA. She's an avid road racer on her incredible "Triple Nickel 555" Honda race bike and she's getting into land speed racing. All this and she's only been riding for 8 years. She sat down with Kyle to talk about being a woman who not only rides motorcycles in LA but someone who is making huge strides towards increasing female ridership in general. She's an incredible lady and we're psyc...
Rick Love of Vintage Air
March 21, 2017 14:00 - 33 minutes - 11.5 MBRick Love is the executive vice president of Vintage Air whom you may recognize as being the premier supplier of air conditioning systems for hot rods, street rods, classics and customs. Rick is a huge hot rod fan and a generally affable guy so it was Kyle and James' good fortune to run into him while he was in town for the Grand National Roadster Show. This was a fun interview and we think you guys will enjoy it.
Aaron Severson of AteUpWithMotor.com
March 14, 2017 14:00 - 50 minutes - 17.4 MBAaron Severson is the mind behind one of the most interesting and in-depth collections of automotive history available online, the exceptional AteUpWithMotor.com. His ability to research and describe the often esoteric and arcane technical knowledge as well as the convoluted histories behind the world's great cars is second to none. Kyle and James have been fans of his work for a long time and they were thrilled that he agreed to do the show.
Bryan Thompson
March 07, 2017 15:00 - 32 minutes - 26.6 MBBryan Thompson is a talented designer and long time veteran of the automotive industry. He got his start with Nissan working on vehicles like the NV-series of vans. He has also worked with non-automotive clients such as Airstream and Katy Perry. He's got his hands in just about every kind of design imaginable and as such has more than a few interesting stories to tell. He was a pleasure to talk to, and we hope you enjoy his conversation with Kyle and James.
John Roderick
February 28, 2017 15:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBJohn Roderick is a podcaster, a musician, a world traveler, raconteur, futurist, ethnobotanist, autodidact, almost civil servant, motorcyclist, ice racer and comic book character. Also, more of those are true than you'd believe. Anyway, John is an incredible guy and a big car lover but hasn't really had the opportunity to talk about this passion in his other podcasts before, so we're thrilled that he sat down in the basement at the Petersen to get really weird and granular with Kyle.
Dana Williamson, Collections Manager for the Petersen Museum
February 21, 2017 15:00 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBDana Williamson is one of those guys that kind of does - or has done - everything. He designed boat hulls at MIT, restored British cars and then Corvettes for a living, daily drives a vintage Land Rover. He's a bit of a renaissance man and he's one of the most interesting people at the Petersen. Kyle finally cornered him and bribed him with African currency featuring an engraving of a Land Rover and he agreed to sit down and tell us his story. Enjoy!
Richard Varner
February 14, 2017 15:00 - 58 minutes - 46.8 MBRichard Varner is fanatic about motorcycles. He's the proud benefactor of the motorcycle gallery on the second floor of the Petersen as well as a member of the Petersen's board. He's one of the principles behind MotoAmerica, an organization which has brought about the rebirth of American motorcycle road racing. He's a die-hard gearhead and likes to say that he'd buy a ticket to two moving parts. James and Kyle traveled to his offices in Orange County, CA which were positively littered with a...