Episode 189 is on the scene and we review the Kenny Minter Classic SMART Modified Tour race from Franklin County Speedway. The Dark Knight came out on top in front of the huge crowd in Callaway, Virginia. Jake Crum passed Brandon Ward in the race's second half and ended up getting the win and grabbing the SMARTY trophy for the first time in his career. Hear from Crum and Ward themselves after the race as they give DLN exclusive comments. 

Connor Hall returned to his hometown track at Langley Speedway on Saturday for his first CARS Tour start of 2026. He made it a big one as he claimed the win on Saturday which was his third win in a tour race at the speedway. We discuss the event at Langley in full detail.

Landon Pembelton swept the Hitachi Late Model division races at South Boston on Saturday. He calls into the show this week fresh from his golf game. He reveals if he should stick to racing instead of chasing the little white ball. We also discuss the streak he is on and what has been the reason for the uptick in his program over the last three races. He also talks about him and Peyton Sellers budding rivalry and more.

We breakdown all the action from South Boston, Franklin County, Pulaski County Motorsports Park and the Whelen Modified Tour event from Riverhead.

You want Dubs? We got them as we discuss some of the other short track winners from around the region and get you geared up for what's coming up this weekend in short track spotlight.

Denny Hamlin jumped the initial start at Nashville on Sunday and would face a long night coming back from this if he were to win. He ended up winning a thriller over his teammates Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe to take his second win of the season. We discuss the weekend in full in Music City and get you geared up for Michigan.

All of this and much more on another episode of DLN

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Episode 188 is on the scene. The racing world was stunned by the unexpected passing of Kyle Busch last Thursday. We pay our respects to the two time Cup Series Champion this week and discuss his impact on the sport and our thoughts about what took place on Thursday.

Boo Carlisle joins us for the first hour and a half of the show as we preview this weekend's zMAX CARS Tour race from Langley Speedway and the SMART Modified Tour stop at Franklin County Speedway. We give you some insight as to who to watch out for, who has momentum coming into each and stats along the way.

Chase Burrow is the defending champion of the CARS Tour stop at Langley. He joins the show to talk about his season thus far driving for Hettinger Racing along with his busy racing schedule that has seen him race at multiple tracks this year. He tells us about what it will take to repeat this weekend and how the extra seat time has helped him maintain his consistency that sees him amongst the top five in points.

Ayden Millette won the 2025 Track Championship at Langley Speedway and is looking to parlay that into Late Model Stock success. The 17 year old will be running the biggest race of his career Saturday in the CARS Tour Late Model event at Langley and he joins us to talk about that, his career so far, making the transition from Limited cars to Late Models and more about this up and coming racer. 

We discuss Daniel Suarez win in the Coca Cola 600, a surprising stat from Spire Motorsports, caution clocks, the Indianapolis 500, ASA from Hickory, a short plate of dubs, short track spotlight and more this week on DLN

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Episode 187 is on the scene and we welcome veteran racer Dennis Holdren to the show. Dennis is coming off a Budweiser Limited Sportsman win at South Boston Speedway on Saturday and he tells us about his weekend and how he connected with Craig Moore this past off season to obtain this ride this season. He also talks to us about having someone ask to drive for him which he has never truly had in his career before, whether he still has his modified and late model, plans for racing his mod-4/mini stock and he discusses his dance moves.

Do we have a new rivalry on our hands with Peyton Sellers and Landon Pembelton? We discuss this following their eventful battle this past weekend at South Boston plus we discuss the rest of Feed Halifax Race Night featuring Landon Milam becoming the all time Dollar General Hornets division leader, Jay Hemenway's first Pure Stock win, Johnny Layne continuing his winning ways and Tristan Brunelli's first Limited win in over a year.

It was another eventful weekend at Bowman Gray Stadium. We discuss the impact of Slate Myers first modified win as he joined Uncle Jason as a fellow winner on Saturday, Zack Ore's attempt at a sweep in Sportsman, Jordan Atkins big first in in Street Stock and more from the Madhouse.

Landon Huffman and Ronnie Bassett Jr had the crowd on its feet at Tri County on Saturday which saw Huffman take the win. We discuss that as a part of our dubs segment. 

We talk about the All Star Race from Dover which saw Denny Hamlin take the win. We discuss the format, what we liked and didn't like and what we would like to see the format going forward and where it should be. 

We preview the big ASA STARS National Tour doubleheader from Hickory and Tri County, spotlight some of the other short tracks this weekend, and weigh in on how we think Katherine Legge will do in her attempt to run the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the same day.

We preview the Indy 500, the action from Charlotte, discuss the Whelen Modified Tour race from Seekonk, Jody's secret dancing lessons and much more on this week's episode of DLN!

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Episode 186 is on the scene! Brandon Carr is an 18 year old  racer from the UK who is looking to make his mark in the United States. He's won British Karting championships including the prestigious Kartmasters Championship. For the past couple of years, he has set his sights on becoming a NASCAR driver. His journey has taken him from the dirt tracks driving for Keith Kunz Motorsports to victory lane in the first IHRA Stock Car Series Pro Late Model event at Pulaski County Motorsports Park. Brandon joins us this week to talk about his unique journey from across the pond and the adjustments he had to make visiting some of the South's toughest short tracks for the first time. He also tells us how he hooked up with Setzer Development, which Daytona 500 winning Crew Chief has been his mentor and some advise he has received from Kaden Honeycutt. 

Speaking of Honeycutt, he made history over the weekend by not only winning his first ARCA Menards and Craftsman Truck Series events of his career at Watkins Glen on Friday but capturing a sweep of both the CARS Tour Pro and Late Model Stock events at Ace Speedway on Saturday. We spoke to Kaden about his unique accomplishment. We also review the entire weekend from Ace where you will hear comments from Pro Late Model runner up Jake Johnson, Late Model runner up Treyten Lapcevich, points leader Caden Kvapil and Doug Barnes Jr. Are we overplaying the Honeycutt sweep from the weekend? We will also discuss that topic and more. 

Just when you think Shane Van Gisbergen has amazed you enough on road courses, he does something even more amazing. He made up nearly 30 seconds on the track on Sunday on a long green flag run and ended up winning by nearly 8 seconds. Is he already the best of all time? We debate plus we discuss what happened with the Hendrick cars on Sunday, the Ryan Preece appeal from Texas, why the All Star race in Dover just doesn't feel right and other stories coming out of Watkins Glen.

We also discuss what happened at Pulaski County Motorsports which reminds us to give a shout out to Jesse King who was our guest contributor on Saturday. All of this plus short track spotlight, dubs and a whole lot more this week on DLN!!

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Episode 185 is on the scene and we ask Landen Lewis how he was able to go from the back to the front to win the last zMAX CARS Tour event at Caraway Speedway and the hard racing between him and his Truck Series teammate Conner Jones. He tells us about his busy schedule for the rest of the year, his experience street racing earlier this season at St. Petersburg & how he is preparing to go essentially full time in trucks for NIECE Motorsports. We also discuss big game hunting, his golf game and his work out regime. 

Chase Elliott picked up his second win of the season at Texas on Saturday. Does Hendrick and Spire have this car figured out after they had 4 cars in the top 8 on Sunday and answer the ever so asked question about putting respect on Alan Gustafson's name. We also discuss some great runs by Alex Bowman and the terrible luck that Christopher Bell is having lately.

We preview this weekend's CARS Tour stop at Ace Speedway. Landen Lewis and Connor Jones sit near the top of the points but with Lee Pulliam and Corey Heim making infrequent starts this weekend, it'll surely be an exciting night at Ace. 

We also talk about what happened at South Boston Speedway, Bowman Gray and Newport from the weekend, get you geared up for this weekend's racing action from Watkins Glen, around the Mid-Atlantic region, this weekend's dubs and we open up a pack of the new Donruss NASCAR 2026 trading cards and more this week on DLN

Episode 184 is on the scene and we welcome Budweiser Limited Sportsman competitor from South Boston Speedway Brian Rundstrom Jr to the show. We discuss capturing his first win recently at the speedway, his upbringing in the sport and much more!

Carson Hocevar captured his first Cup Series win of his career on Sunday at Talladega and his celebration afterwards will be talked about for years to come. We discuss how long it will be before it is banned, whether or not he has moved into the superstar category and the other storylines coming out of the event.

The CARS Tour event at Caraway took place a day later than scheduled because of rain but it certainly didn't lack excitement in either the Pro Late Model or Late Model divisions. Landen Lewis overcame an early penalty which sent him to the rear of the field to win the late model event but he wasn't the only one who had to charge to the front after early adversity. We break down the day at Caraway which saw us revisit the topic of the ownership group having cars compete in each race.

We also discuss the latest stop on the SMART Modified Tour which saw Danny Bohn pick up yet another win on tour. We break down the night from America's Favorite Bullring here on the show!

Pulaski County Motorsports Park held it's first weekly racing show since 2023 and DLN was on the scene for this event and we discuss what all went down this past Saturday.

Other topics include the Spring Sizzler, Corey Day's first O'Reilly Auto Parts win, Andy Jankowiak's ARCA win, Cleetus McFarland, what has Julian completely fired up, dubs, short track spotlight and much more this week on DLN!

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Episode 183 is on the scene and we welcome a couple of first time winners from Bojangles Race Day at South Boston Speedway on Saturday night. 

Cameron Moss started racing off of a bet with his family and on Saturday, it paid off as he won his first career Hornets Division race at the speedway. He tells us about his struggles to get to this point, his struggles on race day just to get the car on property after his truck wouldn't start, his off the radar hobbies and so much more!

Jarrett Johsonn picked up his first Southside Disposal Pure Stock win on Saturday and he tells about his road to get to where he is today. He discusses his race on Saturday, his background in the sport and much more.

We also hear from the other winners on Saturday Drew Dawson and Brian Rundstrom Jr in Budweiser Limited Sportsman and Trevor Ward in Late Models.

We breakdown the action from Kansas which saw Tyler Reddick join Dale Earnhardt as winner of 5 of the first 9 races in a season. 

We preview the upcoming CARS Tour event from Caraway and the SMART Modified Tour from Wake County Speedway this weekend by giving you some statistics, drivers to watch out for, who has momentum coming in and much more. 

Timed races? Running out of Gas? Bump & Runs? The second ever IHRA Stock Car Series event had a little bit of everything in Cordele on Saturday and we debated all of those topics and so much more this week on DLN!

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Episode 182 is on the scene and we welcome former NASCAR Cup Series Championship winning crew chief Paul Andrews to the show. Andrews talks to us about how the Kulwicki Driver Development Program got started, the decisions that go into coming up with the finalists and some stories including breaking into the business, stories about Alan Kulwicki, thoughts of the current product of racing and having his son's involved in the sport including one who was on a Daytona 500 winning team. 

Ty Gibbs is at long last a winner in the Cup Series. We discuss the youngster's first win in the Cup Series, debate if Gibbs is a bonafide title contender, whether or not the race at Bristol was a good race or a bad race. We discuss William Byron's bad day at Bristol, debate whether Blaney and Larson should've taken tires at the end and more from Bristol

We put our boots on and head to Nashville Fairgrounds to discuss the CARS Tour event on Saturday. We breakdown the event by discussing Caden Kvapil's second win of the season, the pace of the event, how lapped traffic played a part in and our opinion of how successful the weekend was coming off the heels of a race that saw plenty of carnage.

The SMART Modified Tour competed at Hickory Motor Speedway and Danny Bohn returned to the winners circle for the second time this season. We broke down the entire weekend at Hickory as the tour gears up for a weekend off before heading to Wake County in two weeks.

We also discuss Stephen Kopcik's second straight NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson in the Icebreaker on Saturday, Jody's trip to Oak Level Raceway on Friday, dubs, short track spotlight and more this week on DLN!

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Episode 181 is on the scene and we end our 2026 Kulwicki Driver Development Program Series with third generation star Penn Sauter. Penn who is the son of former Craftsman Truck Series Champion Johnny Sauter and grandson of the legendary Midwestern competitor Jim talks to us about his upcoming season growing up in a racing family and if he faces any pressure to live up to the Sauter name and reputation. 

Kristian Armstead grew up in Michigan but has settled in nicely in the South Boston area of Virginia racing in the Hornets Division. Last Saturday during Danville Toyota Race Night, him and his small team of three's hard work paid off with his first win ever at the speedway. Kristian joins us to discuss his career so far, what it means for him to win at a speedway that has seen so many legends do the same and overcoming some of the faster cars to claim his first win of what he hopes to be many. 

Julian was at SoBo on Saturday and the boys reviewed

 the other racing action from the Halifax County facility. From Trevor Ward picking up twin second place finishes to Peyton Sellers and Johnny Layne adding to their impressive career win totals in Late Models and Pure Stocks respectively to Jacob Derrick's late pass on Drew Dawson to win in Limiteds, it was quite the opening day for three of the track's four divisions. 

We spoke with Bobby McCarty following his win in the second race. For McCarty, it has been a struggle the last few seasons getting his new team up and going and yes, there were times he thought it was over for him. Saturday proved otherwise by returning to victory lane just like Lee Pulliam did two weeks ago. 

The SMART Modified Tour invaded Dominion Raceway on Saturday in a race absolutely dominated by Carson Loftin who grabbed his first win of 2026. We give our breakdown of the event which leads us to Hickory this weekend which we also preview.

The zMAX CARS Tour boogies on down to Nashville Fairgrounds this weekend and DLN gives you the scoop on what it means for the tour and who will take home the checkered in both the Pro Late Models and Late Model Stocks in our race preview!

We also discuss William Sawalich's first win in the O'Reilly Series, whether Corey Heim should be Chase Eligible while leading the points in the Truck Series despite missing two races (he's won two of the three he's been in) and whether Rockingham should always host an Easter Weekend O'Reilly/Craftsman Truck, ARCA triple header as we review the weekend from the Rock.

We also dive into some of the other winners from the Mid Atlantic Region, Ice Breaker talk from Thompson, a preview of the triple header from Bristol and more this week on DLN.

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Episode 180 is on the scene and we review our visits to the "Paper clip at Martinsville Speedway and the track known as America's Favorite Bullring at Wake County Speedway in North Carolina from over the weekend.

We discuss the Cookout 400 Cup Series event. Chase Elliott picked up his first win of the year and second at the paper clip while putting respect on his crew chief Alan Gustafson's name. We discuss Denny Hamlin's day which started out dominant but ended up with an on track confrontation with Ryan Blaney, a vibration and coming up second behind Elliott. We debate if Ty Gibbs is the hottest driver on the circuit with his fifth straight event finishing no worse than sixth, the Bubba Wallace vs Carson Hocevar incident and whether this race exceeded expectations. Plus you will get to hear from some of the top finishers of the event. 

Lee Pulliam made his O'Reilly Auto Parts debut Saturday and ended up in fifth place in what was an eventful debut for him. We discuss that, Justin Allgaier's win, Corey Day's rise to the front and the continued success of Viking Motorsports with comments from some of the top finishers including Pulliam.

Stephen Kopcik picked up his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win at Martinsville and you will hear from this young man following his battle with Ron Silk on Saturday night. Silk also talks with Jody about his run and we discuss Austin Beers continuation of history and the new points leader Tyler Rypkema,

The CARS Tour visited America's Favorite Bullring at Wake County Speedway. When the smoke and the fuel had settled, Conner Jones picked up a win after he ran out of gas late in the going. We spoke with Conner along with some of the other top finishers of the event as there was a lot to be said! We discuss what led to so many folks running out of gas, why there was so much carnage in the event, Clay Jones being black flagged, Mini vs Doug Barnes Jr round two & more.

In part four of our Kulwicki Driver Development Driver Program series, we welcome Ryley Music to the show. The grandson of Langley Speedway legend Phil Warren talks about his career so far, where he got his start in racing, representing Alan Kulwicki as an Underbird this year and so much more from the budding Virginia racing star.

We preview the upcoming SMART Modified Tour event at Dominion Raceway and talk about the parity on the tour thus far as only one driver on tour having a top five in every race and two having a top ten in each race. We break down all the stories heading into the race and give you our picks.

Other topics include should Max Reaves go full heel, the ARCA Menards East race at Hickory, a preview of the action from Rockingham this weekend, short track spotlight, dubs and how many hot dogs we added to the Martinsville total on another episode of DLN!

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