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July 17, 2023 Martin Truex Jr. dominates Monday race at New Hampshire
Martin Truex Jr. is NASCAR’s “Mr. Monday.” Truex won the rain-delayed race at New Hampshire on Monday in dominant fashion, winning the first two stages and leading more than 250 laps to beat Joey Logano to the finish line.
Rod Mullins joins the show to break down Truex’s win, and reset where things stand in the 2023 NASCAR season with six races left until the playoffs.
22 min
July 10, 2023 Does the world need a ’Days of Thunder 2’?
William Byron won the rain-shortened race at Atlanta on Sunday, but that’s not the big news of the week in NASCAR.
What is? There’s rumors that Tom Cruise, fresh off the success of the “Top Gun” reboot, is mulling over options for a second “Days of Thunder” movie.
Rod Mullins joins us to discuss all of the above, but pay attention for his rough outline of a plot for “Days of Thunder 2.”
28 min
July 05, 2023 NASCAR battles the raindrops, has successful street debut in Chicago
Shane van Gisbergen barely knows who he is himself, so you’re forgiven for not knowing who he was, or how to pronounce his name, before SVG went out and won the street race in Chicago on Sunday.
Rod Mullins joins the show to tell us more about van Gisbergen, and how NASCAR drivers and fans took to the debut of street racing in the Windy City.
33 min
June 27, 2023 The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to hit the mean streets of Chicago
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Chicago for a most unique street race on Sunday. Rod Mullins and Chris Graham talk about how the race will sorta, kinda take NASCAR back to its roots of guys in fast cars trying to outrun the cops.
Also on today's show:
Rod recaps last weekend's action in Nashville.
What can NASCAR do to make sure its drivers are safe?
The latest on the tragedy involving the in-laws of NASCAR great Jimmie Johnson.
Catching up with former NASCAR Cup Series driver Quin Houff
28 min
June 21, 2023 NASCAR heads to Nashville after mid-June week off
NASCAR took the weekend off, but the Cup Series returns to the track in Nashville this weekend, assuming the teams can dodge the raindrops on Sunday night.
Rod Mullins joins Chris Graham to talk some off-track news, focusing on:
Josh Berry replacing the retiring Kevin Harvick at Stewart-Haas next year.
Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment investing in Joe Gibbs Racing.
News involving Toyota and Jimmie Johnson.
19 min
June 13, 2023 NASCAR 2024 schedule leaks out, speculation about Amazon streaming heats up
NASCAR's 2024 race schedule is leaking out, and it's looking like the Bristol spring race is among the casualties.
Will you have to get an Amazon streaming subscription to be able to watch?
Rod Mullins and Chris Graham discuss the big off-track news.
30 min
June 06, 2023 Beware of Kyle Busch, who seems to be hitting a groove
Kyle Busch recorded his third win of the 2023 season in St. Louis, and his first on a short track, which means, watch out!
AFP's NASCAR Cup Series guy, Rod Mullins, talks up Busch's turnaround 2023 Cup season, and opines on all the critical comments lobbed Chase Elliott's way by our listeners.
20 min
May 30, 2023 Chase Elliott suspended for wrecking Denny Hamlin in Monday’s Coca-Cola 600
As expected, NASCAR suspended Chase Elliott for one race following his intentional wreck of Denny Hamlin in Monday's Coca-Cola 600.
Rod Mullins reports on the latest involving Elliott, and the mid-race red-flag dustup between Bubba Wallace and Aric Almirola.
24 min
May 22, 2023 NASCAR has itself another Bubba Wallace problem
Somebody, it's not known at the moment who, broke into Bubba Wallace's radio stream after the All-Star Race on Sunday in North Wilkesboro and slammed him with a racially derogatory comment.
Here we go again, right?
Wallace, who finished second to Kyle Larson, is the lone Black driver in the NASCAR Cup Series.
The outspoken Wallace gets booed relentlessly by fans, and is often advised by commentators to tone down what he has to say, which isn't something that is often said to White drivers who say what's on their mind.
Chris Graham and Rod Mullins talk through the issues, while also breaking down what happened on the track at the All-Star Race, which, honestly, wasn't that much, with Larson dominating the day.
The guys also talk through economic issues in NASCAR with the circuit and its teams and drivers posturing over collective bargaining.
56 min
May 15, 2023 What is NASCAR going to do about Ross Chastain wrecking everybody?
Ross Chastain wrecked Kyle Larson, again, but what else is new?
The late-race crash knocked the two leaders out of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington, and opened the door for William Byron to take the checkered flag.
Rod Mullins helps us break it all down.
17 min

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