Talbots Turn Fast Podcast

48: John Barnes - 1969 Mustang

What started out as a would-be parts car in 2019, John Barnes and his brother William started building a 1969 Mustang coupe into a monster of a CAM-T car. After beating the snot out of the 289 for years, John decided it was time to go all in with a Coyote swap coupled to a BMW DCT to push the Meier front suspension and Cobra IRS to the limits.

47: Greg Huizenga - 1975 Jeep Cherokee

You aren’t likely to find Greg Huizenga’s Jeep Cherokee typical Jeep things. Instead, you will find it ripping around cones on an autocross, or blasting down the dragstrip printing sub 10 second time slips courtesy of the compound turbo Gen 3 Hemi under the hood. This isn’t a race Jeep, he’s racked up tens of thousands of street miles along the way.

46: Jamie Elliott - 68 Camaro & C5 Corvette

In this episode, I’m joined by Jamie Elliot who started his racing journey early in life on motorcycles and eventually turned to autocross. While he’s raced several different cars, his current track weapons are a purpose built 900HP C5 Corvette and Nascar inspired 1968 Camaro complete with SB2 small block horsepower.

45: Nick Barnett - 1972 Nova

Nick Barnett has built his 1972 Nova into the ultimate Swiss Army knife of a muscle car. He’s participated in the UMI autocross events, Autocross Week, Sick Week, and LS Fest. At LS Fest East 2025, Nick accomplished something no one has ever done in the Grand Champion Competition, he managed to run a 9 second drag pass in autocross trim. Find out more about Nick and his Nova in this episode.

44: Sean Aldinger - 1969 Camaro

In this episode, Sean Aldinger shares how wrenching with his dad at a young age led to a dream of owning a 1969 Camaro. Sean eventually turned his dream into reality and built a badass pro-touring Camaro and uses it to compete in the Optima series, UMI events, SCCA Street Car Shootout, and LS Fest.

43: 24 Hours of Lemons Team Introductions

In this episode, I introduce my teammates for a 24 Hours of Lemons race. We discuss the car’s repairs and upgrades, roles and driving experience of each teammate, the safety gear and roll cage requirements, tactical pit decisions, and what to expect in future episodes on this topic.

42: Ryan McPartlin - 1967 Plymouth Valiant

 
How many barn-find muscle cars are returned to driving status? I’d say not many. Ryan McPartlin’s 1967 Plymouth Valiant was rescued from a llama barn and revived but only for a short amount of time, then eventually put out in the field to die. Fortunately, Ryan was able to rescue the car from its previous owner to give it another life. This life would be much more exciting since Ryan’s plan was to use it as a cruiser and an occasional autocross.

41: JJ Mallrich - 1999 Camaro

JJ Mallrich Jr. wheeled his 1999 Camaro to win the 2025 SCCA CAM-T Championship in Lincoln, NE. JJ shares his racing background and the history of the Camaro. He also shares his plans for new, more race-focused, Camaro build.

40:Bonus Episode - I won Vintage Grand Champion at Moparty!

In this bonus episode, I discuss some changes I made to the car over the summer leading up to Moparty 2025. I also share my experience at Moparty which ultimately led to me winning the vintage grand champion class. 

39: Robert Byrd - Racing Byrds Autocross

Robert Byrd recounts how a love of cars and a Camaro community grew into racing and organizing the NMCA West autocross series which eventually morphed into the Racing Byrds events. Robert tells us how his course designs, class rules, great trophies, and family-friendly events keep people coming back every year. We also talked about his new square-body truck build.