Cloudy With a Chance of Racing

Steve and Braxton are here this week to recap the NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series at Sonoma Raceway with a surprise Aric Almirola win on Saturday and a dominant Martin Truex Jr. win on Sunday. Plus Steve unveils his ideas for a revamped NASCAR schedule. The guys also recap the Garage 56 effort and overall outstanding weekend at Le Mans for General Motors. Steve laments the poor finish of his race pick in Tyler Reddick, and it's a Ford sweep in the random picks for the next race at Nashville.

Cloudy With a Chance of Racing will be taking the week off along with the NASCAR National Series, and will return June 26 with an all new episode recapping the Nashville SuperSpeedway races.

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Dillon, Jake, and Braxton recap a full weekend of racing at both Gateway for the Trucks and Cup Series and Portland for the Xfinity Series. They discuss the hefty penalty handed down to Chase Briscoe's team, Corey LaJoie's fill-in performance in the 9 car, Carson Hocevar's Cup Series debut, a pit road scuffle in the Xfinity Series, a late crash in the Truck Series, and so much more from the whole weekend. In Pop Up Showers, Jake and Braxton are still alive in Denny Hamlin's bracket challenge with William Byron in the final against Brad Keselowski, Dillon points out how the Ohio Valley dominated Indy 500 ratings yet NASCAR has given up on Kentucky Speedway, and Braxton highlights the Garage 56 car's first practice laps at Le Mans. In real and random picks, Jake has gotten out of the cellar in the random pick standings, and Dillon has a tough day in real picks with Ross Chastain's lackluster run at Gateway. Finally, the guys preview the Sonoma race weekend coming up.

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Steve, Braxton, and Jake break down the Memorial Day weekend of racing in the US, including all three NASCAR races and Braxton's trip to the Indianapolis 500. The guys go in-depth on the Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin accident, Elliott's suspension, and Corey LaJoie's opportunity to substitute drive in the 9 car at Gateway. Plus some discussion on the development of Ty Gibbs, Carson Hocevar's recent success in the Xfinity Series with Spire Motorsports and his upcoming Cup Series debut with them, and who has the most DNFs in the NextGen cars. As always, the guys make their real and random picks for the Gateway race and preview the flat, egg-shaped oval in southwestern Illinois.

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Dillon and Steve return to join Jake and Braxton in recapping the return of NASCAR action at North Wilkesboro Speedway, including the Truck Series race, Cup Series pit crew competition, the All-Star Open and the All-Star Race. Plus news of a softer tire compound for the Cup Series debuting at New Hampshire this summer. In Pop Up Showers, the crew discusses rumors of the Xfinity Series broadcasts going exclusively to Amazon Prime, fights in the stands at the All-Star Race, grassroots racing in Kentucky, and a couple of notes from Indy 500 qualifying and the NHRA event at Route 66 Raceway. Attention turns to race picks, where Jake led the way for the third consecutive week in real picks, and Braxton continues to perform better with his random picks than his real picks. Dillon gives his Sunday forecast for both Indianapolis and Charlotte, which turns into a brief chat on the greatest day in motorsports here in the US.

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Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are back, recapping the race weekend at Kansas Speedway, that produced what could be the race of the year and maybe even the race of the NextGen car's first two seasons. The guys also give props to NASCAR for transparency with the Austin Dillon penalty appeal, go on a tangent about the F1 Miami race that started at nearly the same time as the Cup race, and analyze the Ross Chastain and Noah Gragson scuffle. Plus our real and random race picks, and our favorite throwback schemes for next weekend's Darlington race.

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It's hard to have a case of the Mondays when there's a NASCAR race, and today fans were treated to an action-packed day in Dover, DE. Dillon, Steve, Jake, and Braxton recap the weekend sweep by the Truex family, discuss some ideas thrown out by Denny Hamlin and Rodney Childers, plus address some rumors surrounding Xfinity Series standout Josh Berry. In our race picks, Jake was again bitten by the crash bug on his real pick, but earned his highest finish of the season - by far - in random picks. As always, the guys shared their Pop Up Showers for the week, and made their real and random picks for the upcoming race at Kansas Speedway.

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Ryan from ifantasyrace.com joins the crew as the very first guest on Cloudy With a Chance of Racing, as he Jake, Steve, and Braxton recap a busy week in NASCAR news and a couple of entertaining races at Talladega. Then attention shifts to Dover, where Ryan shares some insights on who could come away with a solid performance at the Monster Mile. Plus Pop Up Showers and Real and Random picks for this week.

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With Steve off for the night, Jake, Dillon, and Braxton break down the Martinsville triple-header weekend, including the first use of wet tires on an oval in the Truck Series, a solid Xfinity Series race, and another unfortunate lackluster Cup Series race. Then the guys go in depth on what is causing the frustrating racing on short tracks with the NextGen car and what could possibly be done to fix it. Jake leads the group through this week's pop up showers, then attention turns to real and random picks for the upcoming Talladega weekend. Dillon wraps the show with his Talladega weekend forecast, and the guys tease their first ever guest coming up on next week's episode.

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Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton break down the appeals outcomes for Denny Hamlin and Kaulig Racing, how NASCAR looks in the public eye after changing the rulebook following Hendrick Motorsports winning their points back through appeal, and new penalties levied against the 24 and 48 Cup Series cars. Plus, there were two races to take in from the weekend. The guys share their thoughts on the best dirt racing Bristol has produced to-date, whether it'll be enough to keep a dirt race happening there next year, and how their real and random picks fared. Looking ahead to Martinsville, Dillon gave his forecast, and controversy was abound in the real race picks for next week.

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Jake, Steve, and Braxton welcome Dillon back to the show and recap an entertaining weekend of racing with the Cup and Xfinity Series both at Richmond Raceway, and the Truck Series at Texas Motor Speedway. The guys discuss how the racing at Richmond was much better than in recent years, and how the Trucks and IndyCar had improved racing at Texas Motor Speedway as well. Then attention turned to race picks, where everyone struggled on the random side, and some late race events hurt Braxton and Jake. Looking forward to the Trucks and Cup taking on the Bristol Dirt, the guys discuss whether racing on dirt there has lost its luster and talk about what to expect this weekend. Plus Dillon gives his forecast, and everyone shares their surprises of last week in motorsports during "Pop Up Showers," including Josh Williams making a special pizza delivery to the NASCAR Xfinity Series hauler.

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