Never Stop Driving

This week on the podcast, Richard and Phillip Griot join Larry Webster to share their family's story, from the early days of Griot's Garage to their giant restoration business based in Tacoma, Washington. We discuss how the hobby has evolved over time and the future of automotive restoration. If you like to "have fun in your garage," this episode is for you! Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

In this episode of Never Stop Driving, Larry and Cam welcome motorsports commentator Shea Adams, who shares her unique journey into the world of racing commentary. Shea discusses her early experiences at the racetrack, the challenges of pit reporting, and the importance of thorough preparation for commentary. There's also discussion on the dynamics of multi-class racing, the financial aspects of running a racing team, and the increasing factory involvement in IMSA racing, as well as the upcoming Petit Le Mans race which is set to be a thrilling championship showdown. Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the podcast, Robert Patton joins the Larry Webster to chat all things diesel. Why does some exhaust smell bad? What is DEF? And what about the mysterious death of inventor Rudolf Diesel? Patton sets us straight and shares his expertise gained from years of running the Turbo Diesel Register magazine. Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the pod: Hagerty's Editor-at-Large, Aaron Robinson, joins the show for a chat (really a history lesson) about a wide range of topics including D-Day, how as you get older you begin to age in to a fascination with World War II (it also has a lot of parallels and is important to the auto industry) and so much more. Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the pod, Larry has David Borla, of Borla Exhaust, on the pod to talk all things exhaust systems. Want to make more power? You've probably considered an aftermarket exhaust. Want better sound? You've probably considered an aftermarket exhaust. But, you've probably also wondered about drone and other objectionable frequencies. So, if you have thought about any of these exhaust-related things, David's got the info and answers in this conversation. Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the pod: Larry and Cameron took a road trip down to the Smoky Mountains in Larry's new-to-him 2017 Corvette for a photoshoot. This triggers some memories for Larry from a decade back of some of his first adventures down and around that way (including Deals Gap/Tail of the Dragon), including the time that Larry met "the King," of the Dragon for an article he wrote for Road and Track published in 2014. If you love great stories about ridiculous driving ability this episode is for you! Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week, Larry Webster and cohost Cameron Neveu catch up after busy weeks in Monterey and Detroit. Larry bought a Corvette, then road tripped back from Wisconsin with his daughter. (Stay tuned to see what he plans to do with the car.) The two hosts also debate "worn in" versus "worn out" and discuss the DIY-themed Drivers Club magazine that hit mailboxes last month. Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the pod, Larry Webster interviews Taylor Ferns, a 28-year-old racer who hopes to one day qualify for the Indy 500. In addition to her long list of accomplishments in open-wheel race cars, Ferns has an MBA and a law degree. During her wide-ranging conversation with Larry, Taylor recounts her path through the grassroots racing ranks while pursuing higher education and discusses the challenges of being a woman in a sport dominated by men. Strap-in and get ready for a high-speed episode! Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the pod: Larry and Cameron discuss all of the joys associated with spending time at race tracks. From Larry recently racing at Road Atlanta in a Ford Mustang for the Mustang Challenge Race Series to Cam spending all of his free time at dirt tracks making incredible racing photography, the discussion is proof that there's more than one way to have fun at a track no matter your budget level. Also in this episode: discussions about the state of social media in 2024 and the challenges that exist in trying to reach the widest audience, Buc-ees love and more! Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the pod: Broad Arrow Group's VP of Sales, Ramsey Potts joins Larry to talk about what's coming up next week at the auctions in Monterey during Car Week 2024. The auctions during Car Week are effectively the Super Bowl of car auctions and they're taking place during what is basically the World Cup of car events. It's a big, BIG week in the world of collector cars! If you're at all curious about what's coming up for sale next week, the state of the market, big highlights and more, this episode is for you. Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on the pod, Dave Kinney swings by to join Larry and Cameron to talk about the state of the classic car marketplace, what's going on, what the overall market rating is (slightly down) and what the market index (slightly up) means. It's a wacky market, but Dave is able to make sense of it. Why? Because, besides buying and selling way, way too many cars in his career, he's also the publisher of the Hagerty Price Guide. So if anyone knows what's going on in the marketplace, it's Dave. If you're curious yourself, give this episode a listen. Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week writer, wrencher and car guy, Zach Bowman joins Larry and Cameron for a wide-ranging conversation about everything from rounding errors on map distance to Zach's most recent contributions to Hagerty Drivers Club magazine. Zach has extensive experience when it comes to busting his knuckles in the garage and he's also written for outlets such as The Drive, Road & Track and more. Currently he's the editor-in-chief of UTV Driver Magazine, so he knows a thing or two about driving on dirt as well. It's a fun listen, enjoy! Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week the author of "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work," Matt Crawford joins Larry on the pod. Crawford is a writer, philosopher, mechanic, tinkerer as well as most recently being a Hagerty Drivers Club Magazine contributor. He's also written other books including "Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road," which obviously aligns well with the title of this show! It's a wide-ranging conversation, including some discussion over the classic "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," enjoy! Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on Never Stop Driving Larry has Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez on the podcast. You may have heard of Freddy from his absolutely insane YouTube project where he acquired *the* hurricane soaked, salvage title McLaren P1 and is currently going down the long, long, long road of bringing it back to life and getting it back on the road. If you've ever looked at the Copart website late at night wondering "what if," rest assured, Freddy has done the same and then followed through on it. Freddy was also featured in the most recent issue of the Hagerty Drivers Club magazine and that article can also be found on the Hagerty Media website here: https://www.hagerty.com/media/people/how-freddy-tavarish-hernandez-built-a-youtube-exotic-repair-kingdom/ Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.

This week on Never Stop Driving British auto reviewer Henry Catchpole swings by for a conversation with Larry and Cameron Neveu. Henry's been in the car review game for a long time and has driven any and everything worth driving, including most recently for Hagerty's YouTube channel... the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 and the McLaren F1! Beyond that Henry writes, hosts videos, does photography, voraciously consumes WRC content, manages to run and cycle and also finds time to still be a husband/father! If you've ever been curious about getting to know one of the most notable automotive writers of the last two decades, this episode is for you! Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/ About the pod: the Never Stop Driving podcast is available on Itunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Like this newsletter, it's free to everyone because one of Hagerty's goals is to spread car passion. On the show, we’ll cover a wide range of automotive topics, including interviews with the people doing the most interesting work in the car world. I expect it to evolve over time so your feedback is welcome. Please give it a listen and help us spread the word with a positive rating and share it.