Speed Academy Conti Crew

Speed Academy

Speed Academy

Peter Tarach

1993 BMW M5

ExtremeContact Sport[02]

Dave Pratte

2002 Acura NSX-R

ExtremeContact Sport[02]

Speed Academy is a YouTube channel made up of Peter Tarach and Dave Pratte, whose careers started as Editors at Modified Magazine. With the print industry being rapidly replaced by digital media, Peter and Dave created Speed Academy in 2014 so they could continue to share their passion for repairing, restoring, and modifying cars with like-minded car enthusiasts around the world.

Speed Academy is a YouTube channel and social media content creation team made up of Peter Tarach and Dave Pratte, who have a deep and lifelong passion for all things automotive. Whether it’s lightly tuned road cars or fully built track cars, we’re all about finding ways to make the machines we love even more fun than the day they left the assembly line. So expect to find a high-performance focus to our content, where we install and test the latest go-fast and look-fast parts while building a wide range of project cars from Sport Compact to European to muscle cars and trucks.
We pride ourselves on building our cars to a high standard by using the best parts available, but we also try to build our projects in realistic and relatable ways with respect to budget and scope. Plus, we’re very open about sharing the struggles that inevitably happen when working on cars, from rusty bolts to spun rod bearings, you’ll see all of the ups and downs as we restore, repair, and modify our favorite cars. 

Follow your passion and you’ll never work a day in your life.

~ Speed Academy
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We started working with Continental Tire almost 20 years ago when we were Editors at Modified Magazine.

Earlier this year, we moved into a new shop space and built it out to be a very clean and functional workshop and studio.

We are track guys more than show car guys, but we've been having a lot of fun hosting a few Cars & Coffee events in the Greater Toronto Area the last few summers, where we get to share our latest project cars with our fans. We’ve had fans from as far away as Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida drive up to attend.

Peter bought another BMW (this is always a recent event at Speed Academy, because he can’t stop buying them!)