What Moves You | Speedway Motors Podcast

Two generations of Taylor gearheads joined us to talk about everything from their origins in the automotive industry, to career successes, and discussing the Isky Tribute Roadster. Dennis is the owner of Hot Rods by Dennis Taylor, a custom shop that operates in Booneville, Arkansas. Growing up, Alex spent most of her time at her dad’s shop. At the age of 15, Alex and her parents began to build her car, and at 16 she became the youngest driver ever to compete in HOT ROD Drag Week, driving her...

Steve Strope had multiple magazine features, lots of media coverage, and a top 10 car all before he had a shop or even a garage. What started out as a humble operation with a Craftsman 3-drawer toolbox out of his apartment parking garage, lead him to unveiling his first car at SEMA with Chrysler. Steve Strope opened his shop, Pure Vision, in 2001 and has kept that same mentality from the early years. You don’t need a big shop to build award-winning cars. Strope credits his talented, hardworki...

David Newbern was always into cars, but he wasn’t always into cars on-camera. That is, until someone named Mike Finnegan moved nearby and needed shears and a finger brake. Growing up, David tagged along with his father to every car show possible, watching while his dad worked a kind of car guy magic to trade cars on the spot. They’d show up in one, and drive home in another, which happened as many as 20 times. His father’s habit of swapping cars on a moment’s notice gave a young ...

Kyle Kuhnhausen sweats the small stuff. Over the last seven years, Kyle has built a reputation for showstopper builds made up of incredible details tucked behind every corner. Even the parts you can’t see are cool. Take for instance the water pump he made for his upcoming LT4 Corvette project. It’s a D-cast water pump converted to clamshell hydroflow, beautiful in its own right. Kyle has carved out his name building cars where every component, down to each fastener, is cool to l...

Brian Limberg didn’t set out to become one of the most sought-after metal shapers and coach builders in the automotive industry. He just wanted to build cars. But since opening The Tin Man’s Garage, he has been recognized by many, including the Al Slonaker Memorial award in 2020, for mastery of his craft in metal shaping, coach building, and chassis engineering. Even the tools he’s built himself over the years are now in-demand across the world. He also takes a few students a ye...

Emily and Aaron Reeves have always known they wanted to run a business together. After Emily’s successful modeling and acting career, as well as a Aaron’s previous business becoming harder to run, they sat down to figure out a new plan. They both loved cars, Aaron has enough experience to build anything, and Emily had a ton of marketing and small business experience. A Youtube channel made sense. They could combine their passion for cars with their business skills and potentially...

Most people know Ian Roussel from MAVTV’s Full Custom Garage. He created of Space Junkie, Space Junkie 2.0, and so many custom hot rods it’s difficult to keep track. Ian grew up mashing together every Monogram kit he could dig out of the local garage sale. He graduated to tricking out his grandmother’s VW Bug with elbow grease and a J.C. Whitley catalog. Later, he hit the West Coast seeking glory. He found it in the form of a hot rod. After that, Ian’s cars got weirder. A lot weirder. ...

Steve Magnante joins us to talk altered wheelbase cars, drag racing history and so much more. If you don’t know Steve, he’s the writer of the definitive “How to Build Altered Wheelbase Cars," host of “Junkyard Gold” with David Freiburger and the Roadkill guys, one of the voices behind Barrett-Jackson auctions...among everything else. While Steve maintains a staggering knowledge of all things cars (he walked into the Week to Wicked garage and knew our Nova originally had a V8, based on...

Mark and Tony share all about the upcoming season of Car Masters: Rust to Riches. They’re funny, they’ve got a great show, and most of all, they’re lifelong hot rodders who have built some wild creations for decades. We talk building cars, managing a production schedule, and the importance of teaching the next generation how to turn a wrench.

Racers know the name Schnee Chassis, but not many know how Brian Schnee started, or how he grew Schnee Chassis into such a fabled racing brand. In this episode of What Moves You, we go way back with Brian Schnee to his first race, his first chassis, some incredibly good fortune, a terrible tragedy, and the secret to building anything well for decades. He'll be the first to tell you there’s no magic to his racecars, just attention to detail. Behind those details is someone who could listen to ...

Mary Pozzi shares stories and wisdom from 40+ years racing and winning autocross. From borrowing her boyfriend’s car without telling him she was racing, to winning 11.5 National Titles (we’ll let Mary explain), Mary has established herself as one of the best autocross drivers in the nation. And it all started in a Mercury Capri. We also talk meeting Kazunori Yamauchi and getting her Camaro into Gran Turismo, what it takes to fund and homebuild your own autocross racecar, how to get into autoc...

Discovery Channel’s Car Kings star and the man behind Galpin Speed Shop Dave Shuten, joins us to talk show rods, tracking down legendary Ed Roth builds, and how he makes so many cars, year after year. If it wasn’t clear from his builds like the Iron Orchid, Dave loves cars and loves bringing wild show car visions into reality. He’s also got a way of talking cars that makes us want to get back in the garage.

Brian Brennan, long time editor of Street Rodder Magazine, joins us to talk about his days in Anaheim with Bill Thomas and Hayden Profitt, and his lifetime in automotive publishing, hot rodding, and drag racing. He also shares his vision for Modern Rodding and his new venture In the Garage Media.