Episode Details

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

Episode 985 Published 11 months ago

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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