Talbots Turn Fast Podcast

Tom and Debbie Farrington have traveled the country racing their Chevelle’s for over a decade in various series such as Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car, Good Guys Autocross, and UMI events. Tom’s 66 Chevelle started out as the typical pro touring appearance without the performance to back it up. It’s had a tremendous transformation over the years and now features a complete Ride Tech chassis, big LS HP, Bowler T-56 transmission and Forgeline wheels. While Debbie’s wagon runs a full compliment of UMI suspension components, LS power, and T56 transmission.

Josh Jones is the president of Operational Speed Supply, owner of Camaro Fest, and supporting sponsor of Optima Ultimate Streetcar. In his spare time, he races his budget-built 3rd Gen Camaro. If you are in the market for performance suspension components, Redline Fluids, Viking Shocks, or any other components for your hotrod, be sure to look up Operational Speed Supply and support the people that support our motorsport.

Sean Bubeck has taken the road less travelled by choosing a 95 Ford F150 to be his racecar. Sean shares details about his truck including the Mustang S550 rear IRS and custom front suspension. He also details some engine challenges and upcoming changes to the chassis.

The Lemons Team is back for a second episode to discuss car prep and some challenges we had along the way. We also introduce a new team member.

What started out as a would-be parts car in 2019, John Barnes and his brother William started building a 1969 Mustang coupe into a monster of a CAM-T car. After beating the snot out of the 289 for years, John decided it was time to go all in with a Coyote swap coupled to a BMW DCT to push the Meier front suspension and Cobra IRS to the limits.

In this episode, I’m joined by Jamie Elliot who started his racing journey early in life on motorcycles and eventually turned to autocross. While he’s raced several different cars, his current track weapons are a purpose built 900HP C5 Corvette and Nascar inspired 1968 Camaro complete with SB2 small block horsepower.

In this episode, Sean Aldinger shares how wrenching with his dad at a young age led to a dream of owning a 1969 Camaro. Sean eventually turned his dream into reality and built a badass pro-touring Camaro and uses it to compete in the Optima series, UMI events, SCCA Street Car Shootout, and LS Fest.

How many barn-find muscle cars are returned to driving status? I’d say not many. Ryan McPartlin’s 1967 Plymouth Valiant was rescued from a llama barn and revived but only for a short amount of time, then eventually put out in the field to die. Fortunately, Ryan was able to rescue the car from its previous owner to give it another life. This life would be much more exciting since Ryan’s plan was to use it as a cruiser and an occasional autocross.

In this bonus episode, I discuss some changes I made to the car over the summer leading up to Moparty 2025. I also share my experience at Moparty which ultimately led to me winning the vintage grand champion class.

In this episode, Peter Bruschi tells us about his Red Buffalo Brewing sponsored S550 EcoBoost Mustang known as the Banana Stallion and how being a crew member on a figure 8 race team led to his desire to be an amateur race car driver. He shared some great advice for pursuing an automotive career right out of college and how a retired school bus can be the ultimate car hauler/RV.

A straight axle, two-wheel drive Jeep XJ is the perfect autocross vehicle, right? For Grant Skidmore, it’s the perfect vehicle for collecting podium finishes in events such as Chryslers at Carlisle and Autocross Week. Grant tells us how he got started in autocross and what modifications were needed to get the #poorboysSRTJeep to go around a corner at speed. He also shares his latest engine modification details and Autocross Week experience.

In this episode I’m joined by Terry Fair who is the owner of Vorshlag Motorsports. We discuss the need for parity across racing organization class rules, particularly when it comes to wings in CAM-T. We also talk about Terry’s current CAM-T project, a 1988 Foxbody Mustang, which he’s touting as the 21st Century Fox.

In this episode I talk with Randy Johnson who is the owner of D&Z Customs who has built several high-end pro touring cars and trucks. Don’t be fooled by the show-car appearance of these hotrods, they were built to perform on the autocross and track at a high level. Randy brings us back to the beginning of D&Z Customs and we discuss several of his personal cars and customer cars.