Carstories

Overhaulin’ host Chris Jacobs joins A.J. on the CarStories Podcast to talk about the show’s final episodes, how he got his start in television and where he formed his love for Mopar.

Terry Karges is always seeking to entertain and help others, while Challengin himself.  The Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum join A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about his love of motosports, changing his career path and extent of the museum's $125 million capital campaign.

Racing legend Parnelli Jones joins A.J. on the CarStories.com podcast to talk about his incredible career in motorsports and his new documentary, Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones, which is about his son’s 20 year battle with a brain injury. 

Tom Madigan is an American automotive author.  He joins A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about his life in automotive journalism and writing books like, “Edelbrock: Made in U.S.A.”

Doug Breuninger is a concept artist and automotive designer for Galpin Auto Sports in Van Nuys.  He sits down to speak with A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast, to talk about his life in design and the 3-by-3-inch Post-it paintings he’s become famous for.

Lucas Oil Founder and CEO Forrest Lucas joins A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about how a small town boy from Indiana grew up to run an automotive empire.

In this special shortened episode, A.J. visits Willow Springs International Raceway, where he gets the ride of a lifetime in the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR.

The CarStories.com Podcast traveled to Long Beach, CA for the 11th Annual Japanese Classic Car Show.  A.J. spoke with auto-enthusiasts about why they have a love for nostalgic Japanese cars, auto manufactures about their heritage and car fans who showed up just to look at some cool stuff.

A.J. chats with Elio Motors founder and CEO Paul Elio about how he’s building a $6,800 eco-friendly form of transportation, which will achieve astonishing MPG and could revolutionize our daily commutes.

Cars and Coffee has officially returned home to Southern California.  The CarStories.com Podcast travels to the OC Fair Grounds to speak with Doug Cavanaugh, the man responsible for bringing it back, along with Car Crazy’s Barry Meguiar and more.

Gale Banks is known far and wide as the premier designer and manufacturer of power-enhancing products for diesel- and gas-powered light trucks, motorhomes, and sport-utility vehicles.  He joins A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about how since the 1960s, Gale's futuristic high-performance engines have broken new ground while shattering world records.

This week’s CarStories Podcast is moderated by Wade Kawasaki, COO and President of Coker Tire and features panel consisting of Barry Mequiar, Glen Jennings, Jonathan Klinger, and Wayne Carini live from the Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auction in Monterey California. Each member of the expert panel travels to different parts of the world-see how they view the passion for collector cars and its worldwide reach. 

CarStories.com takes a road trip up the coast for Monterey Car Week.  A.J. interviewed Jay Leno, Wayne Carini, Keanu Reeves, Bobby Rahal, Henry Ford III and many more at events like the Carmel Mission Classic, Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival, Concours d’LeMons, Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Uncle Joe Benson has been a radio icon in Los Angeles for the last three decades.  He joins A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about why a Renault Dauphine made a great first car, getting into auto racing and becoming how is voice has made its way into motorpsorts.

The CarStories.com Podcast traveled to Angel’s Stadium for Nitto Tire’s 3rd annual Auto Enthusiast Day.  Over 1000 show cars and 5000 fans showed up to watch Formula Drift champions, Ulta4 drivers and stunt bike riders kill as many tires as humanly possible.  We caught up with Vaughn Gittin Jr., Tanner Foust and many more auto enthusiasts to talk about the their love of cars and the culture that surrounds it.

Dan Edmunds is Director of Vehicle Testing and has been with Edmunds.com.  He joins A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about how he turned his engineering background reviewing cars for a living.

Nick Baggarly is known for his ability to organize ambitious team efforts to achieve meaningful objectives. A successful Silicon Valley software engineer, Nick took a sabbatical from McAfee Associates in 1997 to lead an expedition on an 8,000-mile drive through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.  Now, Nick is prepping two EV Hummers to drive to the South Pole

Hooniverse Co-Founder Jeff Glucker, joins A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about his late found love of cars, what goes into reviewing a new car and his own personal car projects.

Alexander Roy would have piloted his BMW M5 coast-to-coast in a Guinness World Record time of 31 hours, 4 minutes…if Guinness World Book officials recognized such a dangerous record attempt.  Roy joined A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about the years or preparation he and co-driver Dave Maher put into breaking the “unofficial” 1983 US Express record and the controversy it sparked.

Bobby Green & Meldon Stultz join A.J. on the CarStories.com Podcast to talk about how they got into hot rodding and going on to start The Race of Gentlemen.