Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are in this week to recap the Texas race weekend for NASCAR's top three series, including Kyle Busch's dominant win in the Truck Series, Sam Mayer and Ryan Sieg being inches apart at the finish of the Xfinity Series race, and Chase Elliott getting his first win in over a year in the Cup Series. Plus comments from Denny Hamlin about the meeting NASCAR had with drivers on Saturday, and observations on why the intermediate track racing is so much better than short tracks with the NextGen car.

Next the guys share their Pop Up Showers, including a unique Talladega connection Dillon has, and an excellent night of local short track racing on Saturday night. In our race picks, things are tightening up in the real picks points standings, while Steve continues to dominate random picks.

As we wrapped up, Dillon gave a warning about a tough forecast for this coming weekend's race at Talladega.

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Dillon, Jake, Steve, and Braxton are back this week to talk about a lackluster Cup Series race at Martinsville, and they brainstorm some ideas on how NASCAR could try to help the short track product. They also debate the online beef between Denny Hamlin and Marcus Smith, and look ahead to Texas. Plus Pop Up Showers, and real and random race picks.

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Jake, Steve, and Braxton are joined by Ryan from ifantasyrace.com to recap a topsy-turvy Richmond race, where the first 30 laps featured the first use of wet tires in a Cup Series points race, and then back to the regularly-scheduled strategy race we've seen the last several years there. Ryan shares some insight on how the race went "chalk" with the favored drivers running up front. The guys also gave an honorable mention to journeyman driver Joey Gase and his bumper cover throw in Saturday's Xfinity Series race.

Looking ahead to Martinsville, the guys make their picks with some advice from Ryan, and debate a plot to wet down the paperclip while also getting plenty of hot dogs.

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The whole gang is back together as Dillon, Steve, Jake, and Braxton recap the full weekend of action at COTA, including Marco Andretti losing his whole rear end housing, Austin Hill dishing it out but can't take it, and Christopher Bell nearly tracking down William Byron in the closing laps. Plus the Pop Up Showers this week are wide-ranging, from moonshine to southern California, and all the way to Australia.

We review our real and random picks at COTA, and make some completely original real picks (sarcasm) and completely random picks for Richmond. Dillon mentions some betting odds for Richmond and his weather forecast for the weekend. All that and a ton more on this week's episode.

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Jake and Braxton are in this week to discuss the wildness that was the NASCAR race weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, more horsepower discussion, a relatively calm Truck series race, and look ahead to COTA.

Plus they review this past weekend's race picks, make their real and random picks for the first road course of the season, and share their Pop Up Showers for this week.

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Former NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on NBC reporter Krista Kelley (nee Voda) joins this week to share how she got her start, some stories from her 20 years in NASCAR media, and how the sport has changed since her last Cup Series race in 2020.

Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton also analyze Phoenix and its debut of the new short track package, how Chevrolet struggled all weekend, and how Toyota dominated. Plus Dillon briefly rants about the comparative quality of racing he saw last weekend between IndyCar, Formula 1, and NASCAR.

The guys also give their Pop Up Showers, recap their real and random picks from Phoenix, make their picks for Bristol, and Dillon gives this weekend's Bristol forecast.

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If you've been on the social network, X, in the last week and follow anything about NASCAR, you've probably heard of the most popular new fan the sport has picked up after Atlanta's wild three-wide finish. @IcyVert took the NASCAR world by storm in a span of just a few days, and now he joins Cloudy With a Chance of Racing to tell his story about how the last week has been for him, his upcoming plans to attend a NASCAR race, and much more.

Plus Dillon, Jake, and Braxton recap all the action at Las Vegas including Rajah Caruth's breakthrough win in the Truck Series, John Hunter Nemechek breaking the Chevrolet win streak to start 2024, and Kyle Larson's dominant Sunday afternoon in the desert. Dillon has an easy week of forecasting the race weather, and the guys give their Pop Up Showers for this week.

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Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are back after catching their breath from the exhilarating finish to Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The guys recap the entertainment from Sunday's race, bemoan the Truck and Xfinity Series races from Saturday, debate the penalties handed down this week after the Atlanta races, and discuss how a three-wide finish like Sunday is already attracting new fans. Plus, everyone has their real and random picks for Las Vegas, and the return of the Pop Up Showers segment.

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Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are to recap the opening weekend of the NASCAR season at Daytona International Speedway, and there was a lot to recap. Topics this week included Brad Keselowski's bumper, Harrison Burton's awful Daytona 500 luck, extreme fuel conservation, the Truck Series wreck-fest, a bad look in the ARCA race for Gus Dean, a thrilling Xfinity Race, and charter negotiation news.

Plus the guys review their real and random picks from Daytona and make their selections for Atlanta, and Dillon gives his forecast for Atlanta (spoiler: it might rain again).

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The guys are back! Dillon, Jake, Steve, and Braxton kick off Season 2 of Cloudy With a Chance of Racing by looking back at the NASCAR offseason, the hurried Clash at the Coliseum, and looking ahead to the upcoming Daytona 500 and 2024 season as a whole.

Real and Random picks were made, as well as Championship 4 and champion predictions. Plus over/under wins picks for 10 drivers.

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