{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"I Flew 4,500 Miles for This Car Show","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/i-flew-4-500-miles-for-this-car-show","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/fce1fb0c/podcast/play/122603458/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-9%2F427653609-44100-2-e1373b15bee56.mp3","description":"Enjoy the podcast every Friday? Support it by getting your car mods at https://bit.ly/4vtk1kyLars traveled all the way to POLAND for one of the most insane car shows on the planet. Ultrace. Now if you've been around you might know we were just in Germany for Ultrace, but Poland is where the show originated. The boys talk about that and more on todays episode of the MartiniWorks podcast! #cars #podcast #automotivePick up our Coffee here! https://bit.ly/3PIFl6JA HUGE thank you to Continental, Motegi, and Fortune Auto for being the official tire, wheel, and suspension of the MartiniWorks Podcast! Let us know if you need a set of tires or coilovers.Shop Continental tires here https://bit.ly/4ecbfAKShop Motegi wheels here https://bit.ly/4vp7VcgShop Fortune Auto suspension here https://bit.ly/4fnfqM8Check out the main channel! @MartiniWorksOfficialWe also have an unboxing channel @MartiniWorksUnboxedFollow Lars @lars.martiniworksFollow Dakota @dakotastoneeFollow Gels @akagels\n"},"annotations":[{"id":478843,"startTime":118.1,"endTime":121.5,"type":"term","title":"drift cars","url":"/glossary/drift-cars","quote":"“[118.1s] But even like the quality of those drift cars was out of this world\n[121.5s] You know, there's some friends we've made before like the night ride guys were there”","canonicalId":"term:drift-cars","priority":0.35,"confidence":0.9,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Drift cars” are vehicles set up to perform sustained oversteer and controlled sideways slides. 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