The Benchracing Network

The Benchracing Network

Step into the shop with host Jared Gant and his gearhead friends. We'll talk about vintage cars, motorcycles, airplanes, boats, steam power, and pretty much anything else with gears that moves.

Episodes

November 20, 2019 60 mins

TBRN takes a field trip to South Georgia to talk to Keith Rucker of www.vintagemachinery.org about his shop, restoring vintage metalworking machines, and his volunteer work at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture. The episode beings with the sounds of the 1917 Vulcan narrow-gauge steam locomotive that Keith helps keep on the rails at the museum.

Be sure to check out Keith's Youtube Channel to see what projects he's working on in the s...

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After a long hiatus, TBRN is back! In this episode, my longtime friend Derrick Wooten joins the show. We chat about our journey in the car world together, our various projects, and the binder for all of it, Turbobricks, THE Volvo performance community.

Derrick is a Charlotte-based Volvo service technician, photographer, blogger, and one hell of a driver. Check out his website at cltautospot.blogspot.com for more of what's going on ...

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June 21, 2019 73 mins

I join my good friend Josh Luckadoo to discuss our recent motorcycle trip from the extreme western point of North Carolina to the extreme eastern tip along the original route of US-64 as it ran in 1932. The trip took us through dozens of small towns that the highway bypasses have forgotten, 

Beginning at the tripoint of TN, GA, and NC, we wound our way though towns like Clay's Corner, Valdese, Conetoe, Williamston, and so many...

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The Greenhouse Moto Cafe in Mills River, NC, is a lot of things...a vintage motorcycle collection, a live music venue, a craft beer lover's paradise, but owner Jeff Herold sums it up as a "dive bar, and a damn good one". Now entering their fourth season The Greenhouse has become a destination for beer drinkers and motorcycle riders, and all manner of people that overlap those interests.

Join TBRN as we talk with Jeff about his moto...

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This week, TBRN takes a trip to the Tail of the Dragon, US-129, Deal's Gap, or to locals, simply "The Mountain" to talk with Darryl 'Killboy' Cannon, the original Tail of the Dragon photographer. We'll talk about big wheel racing, naked hitchhiking, and his journey to becoming the fixture on the mountain that he is today.  Be sure to check him out at  killboy.com, @killboydotcom on Instagram, and on Facebook. As always, thank you t...
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After a brief break due to scheduling conflicts and broken cars, TBRN is back! This week, we're talking with Eric Ziegler about his turbocharged Buell motorcycles, SPG Saabs, his next-level Audi RS4 forced induction build, and the wizardry of electric superchargers!

For more info on the turbo Buell XB12, check out his website  http://streetfighterperformance.com/ and be sure to follow along with the Audi project at  https...

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April 17, 2019 3 mins

Quick snapshot of what's new with TBRN and the guest we have coming up this week!

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Nick Bragg and his Audi CQ Quattro rally car join us to discuss rally addiction, vegan pizza, and me beating on vehicles I don't own.  Be sure and follow @s2_cq_rally on Instagram to keep up with Nick and his car as they prepare for the Southern Ohio Forest Rally here in just a few weeks! 

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Kyle Long and Travis McBride join the show to talk about their cross-country misadventuresin their vintage wagons. Kyle drove his '66 Volvo 122 Amazon with a 2.5 Volvo Whiteblock 5 cylinder with ITBs, a Ford T5 transmission, and air suspension, and Travis took his 1970 Toyota Corona Mk.2, with a Megasquirted 22RE and W56 (W58? We don't know) trans. 


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March 28, 2019 3 mins

This is getting real! I've got three amazing guests I'll be talking to in the near future. Play the episode to find out who they are!

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March 27, 2019 27 mins

In the first episode, you'll get an overview for what the podcast is going to be about, an introduction to your host, and more!

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