This week we talk with Amir Bentatou, owner of RS Future, and probably the nicest NSX on the road and on the track.
Paul Charsley is the Motorsports Manager for Heart of Racing and just won Daytona, but before going home he gave us a call.
We first met Felix at Avants Classics on the Green last summer and we’ve been excited to have him on the show ever since. Felix was instrumental in shaping our love of Hot Wheels and then went on to creating incredible art with people like Magnus Walker, all while still being a successful bass player.
We catch up with long time friend John Kleven, who is now the President of STEK USA. Long time listeners may remember John from all the way back on Episode 32, but a lot has changed since our first chat!
This week we talk with Arun Sharma, General Manager of Ferrari Newport Beach. More than selling cars, Arun has a long history in the motorcycle world when he ran Motorcorsa. Arun has some great insights on the past, present, and future of Ferrari as well as some really fun stories of his time in the business.
We welcome our long time friends STEK USA as an official sponsor of the Avants Podcast! 2022 was a great year for us and we had some amazing guests. 2023 will be even bigger/better!
You don’t have to be a photographer to really love this episode with Jamey Price, but if you are, you are in for a real treat! Jamey is one of the most successful, talented, awarded, and well known photographers in motorsports today.
Stefan Johansson is one of those people who just never stops amazing us. After a successful racing career in Formula 1 during the 80s & 90s, he has turned his focus to the world of art and has created some stunning pieces.
It’s almost Christmas and we hope you are enjoying the holidays! If you’re still looking for some last minute gifts, we’ve got a few ideas for any budget, but on this episode we have a chat about our Christmas lists and hopefully you’ll get a few ideas from us.
Thanks to Avants Chief Editor Karl Knoakes, we had the pleasure of interviewing the exceptionally talented Lyn Hiner. Lyn is a truly incredibly artist; her paintings would be as at home in a luxury garage as they would be in an executive office or your living roo
Michael Lencioni of Canyon Park Vehicle Licensing answers all of our many questions about the mystery of vehicle licensing.
This extra episode is all about our mistakes and of course our potential for more of them as we start our winter projects!
We partnered with our friends at LeMay - America’s Car Museum to do a live podcast with legendary designer Rick Dore.
This week we got a chance to talk with collector and racer Larry Vollum, who has been collecting rare and unusual cars for decades. Larry’s stories about how he acquired these unicorns are almost as cool as the cars themselves!
This special episode was recorded live in front of almost 100 of our Avants Charter Members at the incredible Rimmer family warehouse! We welcome Steve, James, and Josie Rimmer to the show as we get to know the family behind DirtFish Rally School.
This week we talk to Joe Potter, founder of Vintage Underground in Eugene, OR all about the fine art of converting vintage Jaguar E-Types into modern, electric masterpieces.
This week on the show we welcome Steve Bortolotti, General Manager of the IMSA winning team Pfaff Motorsports! You probably know the Pfaff livery even if you don’t follow IMSA racing.
Continuing our trend of long overdue interviews, this week we have Michelle Miller! When she’s not busy co-driving for Lucy Block at Hoonigan, Michelle is an instructor with our friends at Dirtfish.
In this interview that’s about 5 years overdue, we talk to Matt Bell, founder of The Shop Clubs.
We drive everything here at Avants, but a lot of us ride everything too! Dan’s been riding basically his whole life, and even worked in the industry for a while, and Nick’s done just about everything you can think of to his Monkey and CRF450RL, so on this episode we discuss some of our favorite and least favorite mods.