TMCP #517: Mike Finnegan Returns – Behind the Scenes Bristol 1000!

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This week marks the return of friend and listener favorite Mike Finnegan! Mike is an all around great dude, loved in the automotive entertainment industry, and was the original co-host of the Kibbe and Finnegan Podcast Show (which became Kibbe and Friends in 2019). This week marks the end of the second phase of our sister show “The Kibbe and Friends Show” where we reviewed the final episode of all 7 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard. Since Mike helped it all begin, I asked him on to celebrate hitting the big milestone. (Kibbe and Friends isn’t going away however, now we get to go back and hit all of the early episodes that Corndog loved most….and maybe build a few more Dukes stunt cars!)

Mike has been around the You Tube scene for a long time. His initial source of automotive fame came from the internet sensation show “Roadkill” where he and David Freiburger found salvageable cars around the country, bought them, fixed them, and drove them home (or raced them, or simply just avoided being killed by them.) Today Roadkill is a cultural automotive phenomenon, complete with live events like Roadkill Nights! Mike branched out into his own YouTube Channel Finnegan’s Garage several years ago, which became his official “second job.” That details his personal automotive adventures and car builds, and is also the place where the Kibbe and Finnegan show gained it’s initial traction. Mike now hosts a second Motor Trend Show called Faster with Finnegan (that’s his third job, if you’re counting), which he co-hosts with great friends David Newbern and Mike Cotton! It’s hilarious and incredibly fun, and gone on to become a huge success.

Mike just recently raced in the Cleetus McFarland 1000 at Bristol Motor Speedway, and it was a fantastic time for him….until he wrecked. Badly. This interview features the full inside scoop! This year everything worked out so that he could attend and race in the “Bristol 1000” against many other YouTube stars that you would know. In true Roadkill fashion he had issues during practice and warm ups with things like the trunk not opening and the hood not staying shut. In qualifying there was a huge learning curve of how to race on a high banked track with an underpowered Crown Vic that kept him from beating, well… anyone.