Before the Green

Before the Green

By Evan Locke, Donnie Johnston, Korey MacArthur & Marilee LockeSports
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Before the Green episodes

  • S2:E16 Sonoma to Nashville

    The gang is back, and here is what you need to know:


    After the Checkers

    - Martin Truex, Jr. dominates in Sonoma, leading nearly half of the laps in the race and holding off a late charge

    - Chase Elliott and Alan Gustafson take a big swing during a late race caution that ultimately fails to get them the win they needed, but still secures a Top-5. We discuss whether it's too little too late or not.

    - HMS has seemed to be running a bit weak on the road courses as of late. Is it a bigger issue than it may appear?


    Before the Green

    - We are headed to Nashville Superspeedway, the 1.33 mile concrete tri-oval

    - HMS is currently undefeated here in the Cup Series (Larson '21, Elliott '22)


    The In Between

    - What could Marilee be bringing to the table this week? Guess you'll have to check and see if it's something fast or slow paced.


    We also answer Korey's Kwestion of the Week, make our picks for the upcoming week and select a standout of the race!

    55 min
  • S2:E15 Gateway to Sonoma

    Check it out, we're pretty close to halfway through the season, baby! Here's what we hit on this week.


    After the Checkers:

    Kyle Busch snags his third win on the season

    Multiple red flags lead to a lengthy race filled with brake failures

    Corey Lajoie's HMS debut

    Listener response to Donnie's opinion from S2:E14


    Before the Green

    We discuss Sonoma

    Talk picks for the upcoming week and who is going to excel


    The In-Between segment this week continues as Marilee takes a more in-depth look at the truck drivers of the sport.

    1 hr 3 min
  • S2:E14 Charlotte to Gateway

    Your favorite, new weekly NASCAR fan podcast is back...and we're back with some aggression. Things get heated this week over various topics, but it starts with something none of us anticipated.


    Here's the things we hit on in our After the Checkers segment:


    - Ryan Blaney wins the Coke 600, ending a 59-race winless streak

    - Aric Almirola and Bubba Wallace have a one-push shoving match

    - Denny Hamlin is hooked by Chase Elliott resulting in NASCAR suspending their most popular driver for one race


    We also look towards this weekend race in Gateway during our Before the Green portion before introducing our newest segment, The In-Between. Each week, Marilee is going to look at a different element of the NASCAR world that takes place during the week that we often don't think of our focus on during the race week. This week, for her first segment, she looks at a typical race teams schedule and breaks it down for all of us.


    We also answer Korey's Kwestion of the Week before wrapping things up for another great week on the podcast!


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    56 min
  • S2:E13 North Wilkesboro to Charlotte

    The gang's all here as we head back to normal and points racing! This week we have one of our hottest debated topics thus far as we attempt to place blame for the McDowell and Gibbs incident, discuss the shear dominance of Kyle Larson and touch on Bubba Wallace who finds himself in controversy yet again, even though the worst is far from his fault.


    Join us as we recap the All-Star race and get geared up for Charlotte and the Coca-Cola 600!

    48 min
  • S2:E12 Darlington to North Wilkesboro

    The crew is back in the studio this week with some slight adjustments to the recording situation that forced a bit of a delay in how the podcast is produced. On a more positive note, however, the gang was happy to be back!


    Some of what we cover this week:


    William Byron wins at Darlington without having the best car

    Ross Chastain finds himself in the news once again, this time with the eyes of team owners upon him

    North Wilkesboro returns to the circuit for the first time since 1996, this time in an All-Star format!

    46 min
  • S2:E11 Kansas to Darlington

    The trio is back in the studio as we head out of Kansas and head back to the East Coast to Darlington for the annual throwback weekend.


    We talk about all of the following, and more!


    - Ross Chastain punching Noah Gragson in the face, as well as the incident that led to it.

    - Denny Hamlin moving Kyle Larson on the final lap to claim the victory. Dirty or clean? We let you know our thoughts on it.

    - How our picks from last week panned out and our new ones for this week.


    Korey's Kwestion of the Week looks at how different tracks have such different racing.


    Poll of the week is back and this week is a tournament/bracket style poll that will pit Evan and Donnie's favorite throwback schemes against each other to determine a winner!

    52 min
  • S2:E8 Martinsville to Talladega
    As NASCAR leaves Virginia and heads south to Talladega we look back on a relatively tame race at Martinsville, which is likely the calm before the storm.
    We have a lengthy discussion about a Denny Hamlin quote that strays into the state of NASCAR as a whole, talk about Chase's return, a rookie's streak coming to an end and what we might see in Alabama.
    47 min
  • S2:E7 Bristol Dirt to Martinsville
    Join us in welcoming Marilee to our team of hosts as she comes to BTGAATC as our social media coordinator and a third host who's purpose is to guide the conversation and keep us more in line with our intended direction.
    This week we hit on the following topics:
    Would Tyler Reddick have wrecked Christopher Bell for the win given the chance?
    Did Ryan Preece intentionally get into Kyle Larson or was it a racing incident?
    Who fills in for the 51 car going forward?
    We also introduce a new segment called Korey's Kwestion of the Week and make our picks for Martinsville.
    41 min

About Before the Green

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A weekly preview (and review) of the weeks events in the sport of NASCAR. Covering the Cup series, your hosts, Donnie, Korey and Evan, will keep you in the know of all the information you need to be prepared for the upcoming race, while also looking back at what happened during the previous event and how that may affect what's happening going forward!