AVANTS PODCAST
A Grand Tour of Brendan Tonkin
The Tonkin name is definitely a northwest staple and Brendan Tonkin didn't fall far from the family tree. Brendan talks to us all about the new Ineos Grenadier, track time with dad, overlanding, and more, all while his dog became best friends with Nick while we recorded.
The Monkeys Finally Invade McCall
After 2 years of planning and multiple hiccups, we finally took our capable Honda Monkeys to McCall, ID to ride parts of the IDBDR and beyond.
The Shop Talk Series
We're starting a new series! In addition to our regularly weekly shows, every other week we're going to do Shop Talk! This series will cover news, events, project updates, tool reviews, feature our friends working on projects we think are interesting, and more!
Everything IMSA and Far Beyond with Mark Raffauf
This week we interviewed Mark Raffauf, Senior Director of Race Operations for IMSA, about all things racing from IMSA, to Isle of Man TT, to Formula 1, and everything else. Mark is truly an expert on basically everything racing related and as it turns out even more.
Motomods! An Episode for Our Friends on 2 Wheels!
We drive everything here at Avants, but a lot of us ride everything too! Dan’s been riding basically his whole life, and even worked in the industry for a while, and Nick’s done just about everything you can think of to his Monkey and CRF450RL, so on this episode we discuss some of our favorite and least favorite mods.
Episode 170 - Protecting Your Noggin With Some Helmet Knowledge
This episode is a deep dive in all things helmets! Dan is sort of an expert on them and Nick has a huge head so we thought we would make an episode about it.
Episode 139 - Ty Moore and the CRU
On this weeks episode we have Ty Moore of the Cafe Racers Union (CRU)! Ty is more than just a guy running an awesome philanthropy organization, he’s also a former professional race car driver and all around great guy with great stories. Listen and and check out Ty’s work at caferacersunion.com.
Episode 136 - Brian Nilsen and The Circuit of the Northwest
MORE TRACKS! That’s definitely what we need. More importantly we need more places for communities to be involved and bring in renewed interest in the car world and everything associated with it. In this episode get to know Brian Nilsen as he talks with us about his life in the motorsports world and the path to The Circuit of the Northwest.
To learn more about the Circuit of the Northwest, check out https://www.circuitofthenorthwest.com/