Johnny G & Friends

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If you’ve spent some time in the tire industry, you’ve probably heard the name John Gamauf, aka Johnny g. In his 50-plus years of service to the industry, he’s busted tires, survived the largest tire recall in history and made a lot of friends along the way. Meet them in Johnny g & Friends, a monthly podcast in which Johnny g and his friends share the secrets to their success and the memories they’ve made along the way in our beloved tire industry.

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Bridgestone Golf CEO Dan Murphy shares what links tires to teeing up Tiger Woods – PART II

Apr 10 2024 21 mins

Tiger Woods, Jason Day and Freddie Couples are just a few of the names linked to the quality and precision behind Bridgestone Golf – but the man behind the scenes who helped create and catapult the Bridgestone Golf brand to PGA grounds is Dan Murphy, the company's current president and CEO.Dan has a long history in the golf business and is a golf fanatic himself. However, it wasn

Bridgestone Golf CEO Dan Murphy shares what links tires to teeing up Tiger Woods – PART I

Apr 09 2024 29 mins

The legacy lives on: Andrew Firestone's journey from reality TV star to entrepreneur

Mar 19 2024 32 mins

Andrew Firestone is the great-grandson of Harvey S. Firestone, the founder of Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. Andrew’s last name appears on signs in tire stores around the world, but it wasn’t until the early 2000s that Andrew began to delve into his Firestone roots after rising to fame on the series “The Bachelor.” Since then, Andrew has developed a love and appreciat

S3 Wrap-up: How Do you Work on the Business Instead of in the Business? Tire Dealers Sound Off

Dec 19 2023 13 mins

Welcome to Johnny g & Friends. Today, we have a special episode for you: The Greatness Round-Up of Season 3. In this episode, we take one question I asked all of our guests this year and compile their answers into one episode of never-before-heard audio.This year, I asked our guests, “How do you work on the business instead of in the business?” In this episode, you'll hear

A Deep Dive into Bridgestone Motorsports with Cara Krstolic

Nov 13 2023 24 mins

You know when someone loves what they do when they speak about it with passion and excitement. With an engineering background and a passion for racing, Cara Krstolic, executive director, race tire engineering and manufacturing and chief engineer, motorsports, at Bridgestone Americas, is one of those people. A native of Akron, Ohio, Cara started her career at Bridgestone as a vehicl

D&K's Dennis King: The Tire Industry’s Lucrative Future

Oct 17 2023 27 mins

Dennis King has deep roots in the tire industry at Dunlap & Kyle Tire Company. His dad, Denny started out at Dunlap & Kyle in Jackson, Mississippi, working in distribution for Hesselbein Tire. When Dennis finished his computer science degree at Ole Miss in 1990, he planned to work in IT for the federal court system, yet the universe had other plans. After a conversation wit

Faith, Community Drive TJ Beroth to Continue on Family Legacy at Beroth Tire Co.

Sep 12 2023 30 mins

TJ Beroth comes from a long line of proud independent tire dealers that have demonstrated passion for serving their community. And TJ is no exception. TJ’s grandfather, Tom, started Mock-Beroth Tire & Automotive in 1966 with the Mock brothers in the greater Winston-Salem area. It started as a recapping business and has evolved to 11 retail locations today. TJ’s dad, T, took

How Jensen Tire & Auto Gets Better Everyday with Matt, Mike and Nick Jensen

Aug 08 2023 38 mins

Matt Jensen grew up in the industry under the tutelage of his father, W.R., who founded Jensen Tire & Auto in 1973 with his wife. In the mid-90s, Matt bought out his father’s share of the business and focused on its growth in Omaha, Fremont and Lincoln, Nebraska. In 10 years’ time, he took Jensen Tire from 10 locations to 21. Throughout the years, Jensen Tire has stayed tru

From Humble Beginnings to a Tire Behemoth – The Sullivan Tire Story

Jul 11 2023 28 mins

Sullivan Tire is a name synonymous with the tire business. Yet when Bob Sullivan decided to take a risk and start the business in 1955, he was working out of a little red garage in Rockland, Massachusetts, that he rented for $150 per month. At that time, the Sullivan family had eight kids—eight mouths to feed—yet Bob was determined to go in business for himself and pursue the A

Beth Barron of Chabill’s Tire: Creating a People-Focused, Analytics-Driven Tire Business

Jun 13 2023 26 mins

Growing up, Beth Barron watched her father, Charley Gowland and his business partner, Billy Parker, open the first Chabill’s Tire & Auto Service in Morgan City, Louisiana. in the late ‘60s. For Charley, he looked at it as a huge business opportunity, which has blossomed into 19 stores over the past 55 years. Yet if you asked a college-aged Beth at the time if she’d take o

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