BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

In this episode of The Ferrari Marketplace Podcast, host William Ross interviews Chris Miele of Prancing Horse of Nashville (Ferrari of Nashville) about his lifelong passion for Ferraris, from attending Ferrari Club of America Nationals as a kid in New Jersey to serving as a Marine scout sniper in Hawaii while obsessively reading car magazines. Miele explains how he entered the auto business through Mercedes-Benz, gained early Ferrari dealership experience in Hawaii, helped launch a New Jersey Ferrari dealership in 2004, and witnessed key model eras, calling the 360 a major game changer. He discusses how Ferrari options and tailor-made evolved, the importance of deep product knowledge and Ferrari Academy training, and how Nashville was chosen to fill a regional market gap. He outlines the dealership’s ownership group, unique atelier features, Classiche work, restoration and concours projects, events, storage services, and the strategy behind sourcing rare inventory.

===== (Oo---x---oO) =====

00:00 Meet Chris Miele
01:06 Early Ferrari Spark
02:29 The Marine Corps Years
05:07 First Dealership Break
06:33 Building Ferrari NJ
09:42 Breaking Into Ferrari Sales
13:53 Options and Tailor Made Evolution
17:57 Classiche and Concours Projects
21:21 Chris' Detour to Rolls and Porsche
23:57 Launching Prancing Horse of Nashville
28:24 What's it like opening a Ferrari Dealer?
31:07 Ferrari Academy Training
32:24 Ownership Group Spotlight
33:33 Designing the Atelier Room
35:50 Sourcing Rare Inventory & Classiche Program Value
40:22 Italy Projects and Events
43:43 Collector Market Realities
48:07 Growth and Storage Business
50:23 Wrap Up and Sponsors

====================
The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net

More Information: Visit Our Website

Become a VIP at: Patreon

Online Magazine: Gran Touring

Follow us on Social: Instagram

On Ferrari Friday's, William Ross from the Exotic Car Marketplace will be discussing all things Ferrari and interviewing people that live and breathe the Ferrari brand. Topics range from road cars to racing; drivers to owners, as well as auctions, private sales and trends in the collector market. Copyright William Ross, Exotic Car Marketplace a division of Sixty5 Motorsports. This episode is part of our Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.

Motoring historian Jon Summers records a monologue from Highway 40 in New Mexico about long-haul trucking, sparked by a former FBI agent’s book claiming many truckers are serial killers; Jon argues the job’s transience and past lack of surveillance could enable predators, while stressing most truckers are not killers. He links truck-stop culture with prostitution/sex trafficking and discusses how CCTV and truck monitoring change risks today. He also describes the alienation of American rest stops, grueling hours, energy-drink dependence, dangerous speed differentials, and how trucking’s distances strain family life. Exploring his fascination with big rigs, especially Freightliner and Volvo dominance due to fleet support networks and aerodynamics, while Kenworth/Peterbilt serve owner-operators and Mack fills niches. Jon considers buying a truck, CDL requirements, owner-operator “indentured servitude,” pay claims, high turnover, and predicts autonomous trucks will end the era of piloted over-the-road hauling.

===== (Oo---x---oO) =====

00:00 Trucker Serial Killer Claim
03:00 Transience and Truck Stops
05:13 Sex Trafficking Connection
07:24 Love's and Driver Fatigue
11:01 Freightliner Obsession
17:47 Why Fleets Choose Volvo?
20:04 Autonomous Truck Future
22:21 Buying a Used Rig
26:19 Pay Rates and Turnover
29:34 The Owner/Operator Trap
32:11 City Driving, Wrap Up and Network Credits

====================

The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net

More Information: Visit Our Website

Become a VIP at: Patreon

Online Magazine: Gran Touring

Follow us on Social: Instagram

Jon Summers is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel. Copyright Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian. This content is also available via jonsummers.net. This episode is part of the Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.

This episode of The Logbook, our History of Motorsports Series features Arthur Carlson, Director of Archives and Research Operations at the Revs Institute, outlining a major expansion in automotive archival preservation and access. He describes Revs’ new, highly secure Archives and Research Center in Naples, Florida; the scale of its holdings (including the Revs Digital Library’s ~724,000 photos, plus extensive books, periodicals, film, audio, art, and automobilia); and plans for a high-end digitization lab and modular researcher workspace. Carlson explains partnerships using AI and machine learning for car and facial recognition to generate richer metadata across hundreds of thousands of images, plus an oral history initiative with the University of Kentucky leveraging transcription, translation, and linked data. He also details renewed digitization uploads, new acquisitions, returning internships, and a proposed consortium (“G.A.R.A.G.E.”) to create shared discovery and digitization standards across institutions.

===== (Oo---x---oO) =====

00:00 Arthur Carlson, Introduction
01:43 Revs Library Origins
02:49 New Archives Facility
04:24 Digitization and Access
05:23 AI Car Recognition
08:26 Face Recognition Finds
10:15 Oral History Initiative
13:17 New Collections
15:19 "G.A.R.A.G.E." Consortium Vision
18:07 Audience Q&A
25:02 Closing Thanks and Sponsors
====================

The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net

More Information: Visit Our Website

Become a VIP at: Patreon

Online Magazine: Gran Touring

Follow us on Social: Instagram

This episode is part of our HISTORY OF MOTORSPORTS SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Argetsinger Family - and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

Formula Fanatics #9 covers rumors that Mercedes’ onboard AI mislearned George Russell’s energy deployment, contributing to issues like his anti-stall start in Budapest. We discuss the 2026 calendar changes, including Barcelona potentially rotating with Spa while Madrid becomes the Spanish GP, and debate why classic venues like Germany and France aren’t prioritized; Hockenheim’s possible return is linked to a $250M rehab. We recap a pit-stop-heavy Hungarian GP where Lando Norris takes his first win of the year ahead of Verstappen, Antonelli, Leclerc, and Hamilton; Russell recovers to seventh, Audi scores points again, and Aston’s upgrades yield 13th/14th. After criticizing Lance Stroll, we question Audi and Cadillac’s long-term competitiveness, touch on wing/DRS-style activation, discuss benign silly-season notes (Alonso extension talk, multiple driver engagements/marriage, contract renewals), a Formula E viewing, and look ahead to Zandvoort and race-cancellation minimums.

===== (Oo---x---oO) =====

00:00 Mercedes AI troubles?
02:35 F1 Calendar Shakeups ... Spa Rotation Bombshell!
05:01 Budapest "The Race of many Pit Stops"
05:45 Why is Stroll still in F1?
07:35 Tech Talk: Active Wings
08:43 Lando Wins!
11:37 Audi's Points and Big Claims
14:34 Cadillac's future in F1
18:57 Audi Underperforming Debate
19:48 Driver Market Rumors
20:56 Trying Formula-E
23:45 More "Silly Season" Headlines & Rumors
24:21 F1 Pasta Salad
25:20 Engagements and Weddings
26:50 Contracts and Title Hopes
28:36 Dutch GP Foreshadowing
29:15 End of Season Schedule Uncertainty and FIA Rules
31:25 Wrap Up and Sponsors

====================

Formula Fanatics, is the high-octane sub-series of Break/Fix Podcast’s Drive Thru Motorsports News! This is your pit stop for all things Formula 1 — from breaking headlines and race recaps to insider analysis and paddock buzz.

The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net

More Information: https://www.motoringpodcast.net/

Become a VIP at: https://www.patreon.com/gtmotorsports

Online Magazine: https://www.gtmotorsports.org/

Break/Fix’s Drive Thru News #71 debates whether car culture is dying, citing fewer young drivers, cars becoming appliance-like (EVs, driver aids, subscriptions), the decline of manuals, and a “sweet spot” around 2008 for tech that didn’t interfere with driving; we also discuss parts scarcity for older cars and concerns about increasing regulation and tracking. Headlines include Ford’s rumored Mach-4 sedan and naming controversies, Honda pausing manual Civic Si/Integra for emissions certification, Ferrari’s polarizing "Luce" meeting sales targets via a $40M charity auction, a luxury/hypercar market slump, Volkswagen transmission reset quirks and rumored lineup cuts, Stellantis’ Charger Sixpack branding, Maserati wanting V8/manuals despite weak demand, GM’s CEO gets a dig on its oversized vehicles, a $64K limited GR Corolla, Subaru app-based remote start fees, and upcoming cars like the Rivian R3X and VW-owned Scout. Other segments cover lost-and-found car oddities, dealership misconduct, viral driving fails, and a trackside update: their endurance race car runs again, aiming for Summit Point and possibly Road Atlanta, while Brad faces upcoming surgery.

===== (Oo---x---oO) =====

00:00:00 Is Car Culture Dead?
00:04:11 The "Flip Phone" Epiphany and the Collector Market Wealth Shift
00:10:07 Low Tech Sweet Spot, 2008?
00:15:16 Mustang Mach-4 Debate
00:17:42 More Manuals On The Chopping Block
00:21:13 Ferrari Luce $40 million sale?
00:25:49 Luxury Market Confusion
00:27:49 What Is OEM Plus?
00:34:49 Oh Volkswagen...
00:39:14 Bugatti Bolide on Steroids, aka Destrier
00:41:16 Dodge Charger Sixpack?
00:46:02 Maserati Wants a V8 Back
00:51:33 GM vs Kei Cars
00:53:12 GR Corolla Price Shock
00:55:04 Subaru Remote Start Fees
00:59:21 2026-2030: The Cars Worth Waiting For?
01:02:43 Scout Skepticism
01:04:43 Lost And Found
01:10:05 Dealer Parts Cannibalism
01:12:29 Rear Wiper Delete Fail, Jawn
01:15:39 Hot Wheels Storage Racks
01:17:25 Lego Subaru Rally Car
01:18:23 Florida Man!
01:23:42 Days Of Thunder 2 Rumors
01:27:17 DC "American 250" Street Race Preview
01:29:05 Trackside Report: The Focus Fix!
01:33:01 Wrap Up, Sponsor Plugs and Post Outro Banter

====================

The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net

More Information: Visit Our Website

Become a VIP at: Patreon

Online Magazine: Gran Touring

Follow us on Social: Instagram