The Kibbe and Friends Show

The Ultimate Street Car Association is heading back to Barber Motorsports Park, and Rob Kibbe is joined by USCA co-founder Jimi Day to prepare competitors for an action-packed weekend at one of the most impressive racing facilities in the country.

Presented by Forgeline, this episode walks through the complete event schedule, including Friday registration, tech inspection, the road rally, course walks, and road-course practice. Rob...

Mike Finnegan sent us something that none of us had ever seen—or even heard of—before: a forgotten 1983 television adaptation of Six Pack. Intended as a pilot for a weekly series based on the Kenny Rogers movie, it starred a pre-Miami Vice Don Johnson as race car driver Brewster Baker. Markie Post, Jennifer Runyon, Billy Warlock, and a very young Joaquin Phoenix rounded out a surprisingly recognizable cast.

The real rea...

Finding racing sponsors can be one of the toughest parts of building a motorsports career. Drivers often rely on cold calls, emails, sponsorship decks, and personal connections—but what if there were a better way to connect racers with the brands looking to support them?

This week, Rob Kibbe talks with Heidi Bandish, founder of RacerShip, an online platform connecting racing athletes, mentors, and potential sponsors. Heidi ex...

Posting more content isn't always the answer. To grow an audience, racers, sponsors, and automotive brands must understand what stops the scroll—and why the "social" part of social media is just as important as the content itself.

This week, Jimi Day and Rob Kibbe are joined by Tom Bevins and Ana Anile, the team helpin...

Welcome back to Hazzard County! This week, we confirm that Days of Thunder 2 is officially moving forward and discuss whether Tom Cruise can convincingly put Cole Trickle back behind the wheel of a NASCAR Cup car. We also share an update on our uncertain Moparty plans, the people representing K&F at the event, and why my General Lee will probably remain safely at home.

Bernie brings us the latest automotive news, including Cali...

This week on Ask Rick, we're celebrating Labor Day with a collector-car challenge built around the old rule about putting away your white clothes. Rick has $35,000 to choose between three very different white performance cars: a 1975 Pontiac Trans Am, a five-speed 1994 Ford Taurus SHO, and a 1989 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z. He must drive his selection for one year and then sell it—so which car offers the best combination of enjo...

This week on the Kibbe and Friends Show, we remember two enormous pop-culture icons, Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Dolly's passing leads to stories about her music, movies, generosity, faith, and universal appeal—followed by an AI-generated Dolly Parton quiz that somehow results in a perfect score. We also look back at Tim Curry's unforgettable career, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Clue to Home...

This week on the Ultimate Streetcar Podcast, Jimi and I continue our Summer Interview Series with longtime Ultimate Streetcar competitor David Carroll of NorCal Garage. David is already qualified for this year's OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational in his twin-turbo Chevrolet Blazer, but he isn't slowing down. With a GTT class championship in his sights—and an even faster "Blazer 2.0" coming—...

Bridney Jordan returns to The Muscle Car Place to take us behind the scenes of the tire industry and answer some questions most of us have probably wondered while shopping for tires.

Why can a factory tire rated for 60,000 miles be worn out at 30,000? Are expensive name-brand tires really better? Why can two seemingly simila...

This week on the Kibbe and Friends Show, I have a new mission: save The Dukes of Hazzard! With Coyote vs. Acme finding new life after sitting on a shelf, could somebody do the same thing with the Dukes while John Schneider and Tom Wopat can still climb through the windows of a Charger? Bernie and Corndog naturally help turn my perfectly reasonable idea into something completely ridiculous.

We also talk racing after Dallas returned ...

This week on the Ultimate Streetcar Podcast, Jimi and I are back with an important mid-season update as the summer break winds down and the final stretch of the 2026 Ultimate Streetcar Association season comes into focus.

Following the cancellation of Road America, we wanted to clear up any confusion, explain what happened, and—most importantly—assure everyone that the r...

This week we lost a true member of the Dukes of Hazzard family. Ben Jones, forever known to millions of fans as Cooter Davenport, has passed away. In his memory, we're stepping away from our regular format to revisit something we're incredibly grateful to have in the Kibbe & Friends archives: our full 2019 conversation with Ben himself.

We originally spoke with Ben ahead of the ...

TMCP #656 hits the road with six interviews packed into one episode. Rob starts at US Car Tool with Ryan Renadette, where the big news is the creation of brand-new reproduction 1968–69 Dodge Charger bodies built from AMD sheet metal. From there, Scotty Stapp takes over from RoadKill Nights 2026 with Mike Finnegan, David Kruk and his yellow Super Bee, Dodge's Sam Barbeau, Jeff Turk from Blackbird Performance Products, and Chuc...

This week's Kibbe & Friends Show is dedicated to the memory of Ben Jones, the man who brought Cooter Davenport to life on The Dukes of Hazzard and spent decades helping keep the show and its fan community alive. Rob, Corndog, and Bernie look back at Ben's life, his career before and after the Dukes, his time in Congress, the creation of Cooter's Place, and the lasting impact he had on generations of Dukes fans.

For this we...

Every once in a while we take a break from Hazzard County and revisit another piece of automotive pop culture, and this week we're looking back at one of the most quotable comedy films ever made—Wayne's World. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey turned a popular Saturday Night Live sket...

This week on Ask Rick, we're looking at the future of today's specialty performance cars. Dealer-built legends like Yenko, Nickey, and Mr. Norm's Mopars became some of the most valuable muscle cars ever built—but will modern performance vehicles from Shelby, Roush, RTR, and Hennessey follow the same path? Rick sh...

This week on the Ultimate Streetcar Podcast, Jimmy and I continue our Summer Interview Series with one of the brightest young stars in the Ultimate Streetcar Association, Dayton de la Houssaye of GeauxMoto. At just 23 years old, Dayton has already become one of the fastest drivers in the series, consistently putting his EcoBoost-powered Miata at the very top ...

This week's episode has a little bit of everything I love.

First, I share why I'm heading back to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, a place that's become much more than the world's largest aviation gathering for me. It's where I spent countless summers with my dad, and every time I go back I fi...

Season 2 continues with "The Rustlers," as the Duke Boys team up with country music legend Mel Tillis to protect his prized racehorse from Boss Hogg, horse rustlers, and one crooked horse dealer. While the General Lee doesn't get as much screen time as usual, this episode deliver...