Justin "The Juice" discusses smashing back roads in a minivan and gets high on starting fluid, Geno devours more glizzies and downs Kurt Russell's mullet, all of the guys talk barbecue and Caleb checks in from The Land that Stellantis Forgot.

Finally, the show wraps with Round 2 of Cars Against Humanity.

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This morning's episode of The International Race of Hammpions is sponsored by Antonio's Italian Car Specialists in Lutts, TN. Tell 'em The HAMM sent you.

In this episode, we reveal the new shop runner in the Brazilian studio, workshop the worst possible automotive engine swap, and discuss the greatest driving albums, in our not-so-humble opinions. As always, we have check-ins from The Reservoir Report and The Glizzy Gladiator of the Great Lakes. All of this and more, coming to you live from where you get your podcasts.

The International Race of Hammpions is a production of Hammpions Broadcast International.

Caleb's Picks

• Out Loud - Boom Boom Satellites
• Gran Turismo - The Cardigans
• Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Aqualung - Jethro Tull
• Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
• Candyass - Orgy
• Vapor Transmission - Orgy
• Bigger, Better, Faster, More! - 4 Non Blondes
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. - Yoko Kanno
• Exit - Tangerine Dream

Justin's Picks

• Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
• Honestly, Nevermind - Drake
• Skream! - Skream
• The Resistance - Muse
• The Wow! Signal - Muse
• Funeral Soundtrack #4 - Destroy Boys
• Reload - Metallica

• British Steel - Judas Priest

Geno's Picks

• The Legend of Blacktop Jesus - Andy Lipke / North Shore Trio
• The Animal Years - Josh Ritter
• Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
• Lohio - Ass Ponys
• Electric Rock Music - Ass Ponys
• Enema of the State - Blink-182
• Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus
• Die Welt gehört dir - Blümchen
• Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Collective Picks

• (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Nuthin’ Fancy - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Gimme Back My Bullets - Lynyrd Skynyrd

General Picks

From Caleb - Public Enemy, Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor in general.

From Justin - Initial D-style Eurobeat, Pendulum, early Three 6 Mafia

From Geno - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtrack and the GTA Vice City radio music

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Tactical Glizzies, Nissans, Hondas and more, brought to you by Caleb, Justin and Geno.

The International Race of Hammpions is a production of Hammpions Broadcast International.

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It’s Hammpions After Dark and the crew kicks things off with a toast for Father’s Day before diving into a new (read: stolen from a higher-budget podcast) game: Cars Against Humanity. (Credit: Collector Car Feed for the premise)

Then the show turns to the big assignment: inventing the dumbest possible current-production spec racing series, as well as our first Live on the Scene dispatch.

It's a good time, and if you want to drop us a line, or tell us what your experience was driving a VInFast, mailbag@irohpodcast.com or find us on Bluesky @ irohpodcast.com

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Got a sketchy driveway repair story with more RTV than skill? Want to pitch your own mind-numbingly stupid spec racing series for a future challenge?

We want to hear your absolute worst automotive takes.

Send us an email at mailbag@irohpodcast.com or find us on Bluesky. We'll read your takes live on the air, promise.

Caleb and Geno run the show this week, with deep discussion on both maligned cars that were actually great, as well as supposedly great cars that were actually terrible.

Questions, comments, hate mail? We read it all at mailbag [at] irohpodcast.com

Caleb, Geno and Justin sit around talking about rust repair, winter tires, the Ferrari Luce, going to see a giant cross and more in this week's exciting episode.

As always, find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/irohpodcast.com or send us an email at mailbag [at] irohpodcast.com if you want to leave us a comment, tell us your worst automotive decision or more.

Transcripts are now available at irohpodcast.com!

Justin takes a sabbatical, Caleb waxes eloquently on the first-gen Insight, German cars are discussed and the crew makes a political plea regarding the upcoming Tennessee gubernatorial campaign. (Don't vote for Marsha)

As always, questions, comments and hate mail are always welcome at mailbag [at] irohpodcast.com

You can find the transcript for this episode (and others) at https://irohpodcast.com/

Join Caleb, Geno, and Justin as they tell the tale of a road trip with Geno's brother's Volvo 940 as well as their thoughts on oil and more, all in this week's episode.

If you want to tell us why our choices of oil are wrong, sell us on the benefits of AMSOIL or other automotive snake oil, please write to us at mailbag [at] irohpodcast.com

Caleb talks about his old 740 Turbo wagon, then the crew sits around and determines the average Volvo for Geno and Caleb.

As always, send questions, comments and hate mail to mailbag [at] irohpodcast.com. We will read your emails live on the air at some point, we promise.

Justin, Geno and Caleb deep dive into Peugeot ownership in the US, specifically Justin's old Peugeot 505 diesel along with the hijinks and shenanigans that went along with it.

Caleb also goes into a quick anecdote about a rental Renault in the northeastern part of Brazil, while visiting some of his in-laws up there.

As always, questions, commentary and feedback are welcome in our Mail Bag. mailbag [at] irohpodcast.com

Caleb and Justin go on an ADHD-fueled wander about cars, from their own, to random car shopping stories and other side quests. Sit back and enjoy as we take our first dive into the world of casting pods.

Feel free to send any commentary to mailbag [at] irohpodcast.com