Deez Lug Nutz

It is the Season Finale of Deez Lug Nutz for 2023! Episode 67 is on the scene with Thad Moffitt. Moffitt is the grandson of King Richard Petty but he is wanting to carve his own name out of the royal halls he grew up in. We discussed him signing with Faction 46 to run full time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He reveals the struggles he has had to deal with living up to the family heritage and how he views his Grandfather. Plus you'll hear about his extensive racing background from late models to Trans Am cars and wanting to go skydiving? You do not want to miss the stories from Level Cross and this up and coming racer!

We reveal our most disappointing and overachievers in NASCAR's Top Tour Divisions for 2023.

Julian takes you behind the scenes of his Line dancing venture from over the weekend. Jody shares his current favorite Christmas tradition with his wife and daughters and reveals their favorite moment from 2023 on the show.

Santa Claus drops by from the North Pole to make special deliveries for some racing personalities and fill out a wishlist or two for 2024 plus hear the return of Short Track Spotlight and much more!

Thank you all for your incredible support. 2024 is going to be our best year yet! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Deez Lug Nutz!

Episode 66 is on the scene and we are breaking down the recent release of the 2024 SMART Modified Tour Powered by PaceOMatic schedule. We pick our highlights of the schedule and analyze how the schedule is put together and more.

Daryn and Brittany Cockram are this week's guests. The father daughter duo recently won races during The Leftover's Race at Franklin Speedway. Brittany reveals the first time she sat foot in the place, dealing with the boys on the racetrack, earning their respect and whether she can beat her dad. Daryn returns to discuss how he truly feels about her racing, winning and losing races from the tech shed, their plans for 2024 and much more. 

Who were you impressed and disappointed with on this year's CARS Tour and SMART Modified Tour? Listen to find out our points to view on this topic.

NASCAR Roots recently came out with their top ten power rankings among drivers who competed on the regional tours in 2023. We analyze their top ten power rankings. All lists are of course subjective so you will have to listen to see if there were any glaring omissions. 

We put up #ASKDLN on Social Media  where you can participate in the show by asking the hosts a question.

Also on the show, we discuss chicken sandwiches, Jody's love for malls and Julian debuts part of his version of A Christmas Song which certainly may end the show as we know it. 

Thank you as always for your unwavering support!

Episode 65 is on the scene with 2023 Late Model Stock Champion from Southern National Motorsports Park and Rookie of the Year from New River All American Speedway Michael OBrien. OBrien discusses his career running Chargers, his recent Chargers win during the Solid Rock Carriers Thanksgiving Classic, moving up to Late Model Stocks and the challenges of running both divisions on the same weekend among other topics from the Mount Olive North Carolina Native!

We review the 2023 Snowball Derby from 5 Flags which was won by Ty Majeski. Majeski's win is not to be overshadowed by what took place between Stephen Nasse and Bubba Pollard towards the end of the race? Pollard's fans will say the move from Nasse was foul. Nasse's camp will say otherwise. What we do know that this rivalry is great for Short Track Racing and that is what keeps people coming back for more. We also discuss the rainout from Saturday, Gio Ruggiero coming back from two laps down, Travis Braden avoiding the carnage to finish third and Hunter Robbins win in the Snowflake among other topics.

We break down some of the news of the week such as Chase Burrow leaving Top Gun Motorsports, the newest NASCAR TV deal and how cord cutting has affected old school racing fans and the guys debate what the final four Cup Series Drivers would've been if there was a Playoff Selection Committee for the championship race at Phoenix like there is in College Football.

All of this and more on this week's episode of DLN!

Episode 64 is on the scene from the zMAX CARS Tour Press Conference from Charlotte Motor Speedway! 

Co-owners Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr gave us some time to discuss their thoughts of the first year at the helm of the CARS Tour among other subjects. Dale Jr discusses if his limited schedule behind the wheel helps influence any decisions as an owner, if any awkward conversations take place after he is involved with any on track incidents and where he sees his driver Carson Kvapil's development with JRM. Jeff Burton tells us about promoting races at his home track at South Boston and how surprised he is to be involved with the racing game at this stage of his life.

We discuss the 2024 schedule, the impact of zMAX becoming the new sponsor and Flo Racing continuing to be the television partner for 2024.

We welcome the winner of the Legend's division race during the Thanksgiving Classic from Southern National Speedway Andrew Patterson. He shares having to avoid the preliminary races by finishing well in his heat race that propelled him to winning on Saturday, aspiring to be a late model racer and his opportunites with Sellers Burton Racing and his day job working for Jordan Anderson's NASCAR Xfinity Series team!

We break down the Late Model Portion of the Thanksgiving Classic from Kenly. The guys talk about the epic last 30 laps that everyone is still talking about between Brenden Queen, Kaden Honeycutt and Josh Berry. We discuss Deac McCaskill's hard crash, the hard racing up front, whether Kaden Honeycutt is justified for being upset for the way he was raced, frustration settling in for another podium finish in a big one, ignition wires being ripped out and much more!

We also review the Leftover's Event from Franklin County Speedway that saw the guy who was fourth on the final lap in turn three end up winning the Late Model Feature plus we give our picks for the upcoming Snowball Derby from Five Flags Speedway and the Snowflake 100 plus more this week on DLN!!

Episode 63 is on the scene with Thanksgiving on our minds and dreams of turkey, stuffing and cherry pie in our bellies!

We are joined once again by Brandon White of NASCAR Roots and he helps us dive into the South Carolina 400 from Florence. We discuss Kade Brown's win and the impact he is quickly making on the Late Model Stock world. We discuss the sportsmanship displayed by Brown and Kaden Honeycutt after the race and the bright futures the two racers have. We talk about Carson Kvapil being in contention yet again, Butterbean's strategy nearly paying off, Lanie Buice's breakthrough race, the what if scenario involving Matt Cox among other topics.

In another Track Champion spotlight, we head to Kingsport Tennessee where we find the 2023 Limited Late Model Champion and Division 1 Tennessee State Rookie of the Year Jacob York. He discusses his season at Kingsport, his start in racing, racing on Cobra Tires, what it's like running in the concrete jungle. getting to go to Nashville to the NASCAR Banquet and so much more!

We preview the upcoming Thanksgiving Classic from Southern National Speedway and discuss who the favorites from Kenly are going to be. 

We also discuss our favorite dishes for Thanksgiving, Jody's dislike of holidays and spotlight Caraway and Franklin County Speedway's Thanksgiving events.

Episode 62 is on the scene and we welcome one of the biggest names in all of racing. If there is a big modified race on the east coast, Matt Hirschman has either won it or the win went through the Northampton PA native. Matt just added the Islip 300 from Riverhead Speedway to his long list of accomplishments this past weekend and we break it down for you!  The son of the great Tony Hirschman shares insight on whether his famous father pushed him to start racing, when he knew he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and whether he entertains the thoughts of being one of the greatest to ever do it. We discuss his third straight win in the North South Shootout at Caraway, which track has eluded his stellar career so far, what he likes to do when he isn't racing, the difference between his team down south compared to the one up north and much more. 

Kade Brown dominated the Fall Brawl from Hickory Motor Speedway on Saturday. We discuss the event, the controversy stemming from his car and the tech shed and whether Kade is on the verge of becoming the next Late Model Stock Super Star. 

Katie Hettinger made history by becoming the first woman driver to win a Carolina Pro Late Model event. We discuss this moment, Tristan McKee's win in the Limited Late Model race and Cody DeMarmels winning another street stock event at Hickory.

Stephen Nasse and William Byron had a Super Late Model duel for the ages at New Smyrna Speedway racing for the Florida Governor's Cup. We discuss this event and Nasse finally adding this to his star studded career. 

We preview the South Carolina 400 Late Model event at Florence this Saturday. Can Butterbean make it back to back wins in this event? Can Sam Yarbrough parlay his great track position of winning the pole due to his Locked In 150 win from the summer? What about Doug Barnes? He won the Icebreaker in February and it would be a feather in his cap to add this event to his trophy case? We discuss this and give her picks for the winner, contenders and a dark horse!

This and so much more on another big time episode of DLN!!

Episode 61 is on the scene! We discuss the fallout from the final NASCAR weekend of the season from Phoenix. Jody is extremely happy about his boy Blaney winning the Cup Series championship but comes up really shy when he is asked which sports moment he enjoyed the most compared to his White Sox winning the World Series in 2005. We discuss Blaney's first ever championship and how fitting it is he is the champion in the 75th anniversary of NASCAR. Should Ross Chastain received more coverage for winning the actual race, Cole Custer's Xfinity Championship and much more! The Truck Series saw Ben Rhodes win a title but the guys debate Carson Hocevar vs Corey Heim. Did the truck series lose total control on Friday? The guys weigh in. We review the CARS Tour Season finale from Caraway which saw Carson and Caden Kvapil become the first set of brothers to win division championships in the same season. Brenden Queen did all he could do and came up just a little short. We discuss that, Cameron Bolin clinching the rookie title, Kaden Honeycutt's 24 hour journey from Phoenix to North Carolina and who impressed in the final weekend of the season.

We discuss Matt Hirschman's third straight North South Shootout win and the controversy that took place during it. Should the race had been stopped so they could re-group for scoring? The guys debate this and talk about the event.

We welcome the 2023 JEGS / CRA All-Stars Tour Presented By Chevrolet Performance champion Chase Burda fresh off running the All American 400 from Nashville. We learn more about his career, his thoughts on the controversy from Nashville, his recent disqualification, championship season in the CRA All Stars Tour, whether he prefers dirt or asphalt, some of his heroes growing up in Michigan, his recent CARS Tour debut from Tri-County and whether he considers himself boring or not. It's a great chat with another young up and coming star!

We begin our salute to some of the 2023 track champions from different short tracks across the country. This week it begins with the Mod-4 Division champion from Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park & Pulaski County Motorsports Park Kevin Canter. It was a fantastic chat from a driver who has dominated the tracks in Virginia and at Kingsport Speedway in Tennessee!

Episode 60 of DLN is on the scene fresh from the NASCAR weekend at Martinsville Speedway.  Ryan Blaney is racing for a championship and Jody can't stop talking about it. We discuss Ryan Blaney's hot streak that leads him to Phoenix and make our picks for the championships in all three national touring series. We discuss what Richard Childress said about Sheldon Creed, when being aggressive is too aggressive, does NASCAR paint the competitors in a no win situation with this win and our overall thoughts of the entire weekend at the paper clip.

Bayley Currey joins the show this week. Bayley is going full time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2024 with NIECE Motorsports. He discusses his big opportunity and the hard work he has put in to get to this point. How relieved he is to get a deal done before the next off season, how he got his start in racing, teaming up with Ross Chastain and Carson Hocevar, what the plan is for Phoenix this weekend if he is in first place and Carson is in second, what he has in common with Chase Elliott, his ode to Gene Simmons, how he spent his birthday and much more!!

Ashton Higgins calls in and tells us if he has spoken to Gavan Boschele after their incident during the CARS Tour race at Tri County. He speaks candidly about the incident. He talks about how frustrated he was after getting spun out on the last lap within feet of winning his first race He tells us  what he has learned from not only this incident but from this year as a whole. He also reveals if he will race the finale since his normal car is out of commission and more!

We review the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic season finale from Orange County that saw Burt Myers clinch the title and Bobby Labonte winning his second event in three races. We discuss Sadler Stanley's 1-2 Sweep from Saturday and the state of southern tour racing as a whole.

We cover Trevor Ward winning the Rodney Cook Classic from Ace. Chase Burrow winning the Shawn Balluzzo Memorial from Langley and give our analysis and predictions for the North South Shootout from Caraway which includes the season finale for the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour! 

All this and more this week on DLN!

Episode 58 is on the scene!


We are joined this week by NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Matt Mills. The Lynchburg VA native has been a journeyman for most of his NASCAR career. He has made 123 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving for some of the smaller teams such as for Johnny Davis, BJ Mcleod and Emerling Gase Motorsports just to name a few. In 2023, he made a bet on himself and got a two race deal for Kyle Busch Motorsports. It was immediately rewarded with a fifth place finish. This finish caught the eye of NIECE Motorsports and in 2024, Mills will drive full time for the organization. The same truck that Carson Hocevar is attempting a run at the championship this season. Matt tells us all about it in this exclusive conversation along with where he got his start and a fun fact about his golf game!

Marlin Yoder returns to the podcast to give his thoughts on the previous GXS Street Stock Series event, volunteering to go to the rear after on track content with Gary Ledbetter, his competitors reaction to it, future plans for 2024, if him and Ledbetter are on good terms and much more! Plus we preview the season finale event from Tri County which will see $5,000 go to the winner if more than 24 cars show up!

We preview this weekends Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour Pro Late Model and Late Model event from Tri County. Will we get a new winner this weekend as the season winds down?

We review this weekends SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic event from South Boston. Andy Jankowiak is your unofficial winner of the event as of press time. We hear from him after he came across the finish line first on Sunday and discuss Carson Loftin's dominant day that turned sour on the last restart. Plus we talk about this year's SMART3 for Orange County even though Burt Myers essentially has the championship clinched for this season. 

We also break down this past weekends NASCAR action from Las Vegas, the championship finale at Pulaski County Motorsports Park, the Orange Blossom Shootout from Orange County, who won the Grand National Super Series title and much more this week on DLN!

Episode 59 is on the scene! 

2023 Hickory Motor Speedway Late Model Stock Track Champion and 2023 Orange Blossom Shootout winner Kade Brown returns to the show. He discusses his win at Orange County, what he is doing with the winnings, earning respect of his peers and growing his graphic design business. Kade also breaks some news on the show by revealing that he will be running full time on the CARS Tour in 2024 and running for rookie of the year honors!

The inaugural GXS Street Stock Series season wrapped up Saturday at Tri County Speedway. Marlin Yoder went five for five this year with the poles and claimed his third straight series win of the season. Despite those efforts, Yoder was not able to claim the title. Gary Ledbetter opened the season with two wins and was able to win the overall points championship by 25 points. He joins us to talk about that, the future of the series, why he sold his treasured hot rod, if he would've taken himself to the rear for spinning a guy out, his thoughts on street stock racing as a whole and his plans for 2024.

The guys give their analysis of the wacky CARS Tour Pro Late Model event. They give their opinions on the incidents during the race and debate what type of punishment could be handed out and the lessons to be learned here.  How much fighting is too much fighting? Does it put a literal black eye on the sport? It's all discussed here including Caden Kvapil coming from the rear twice to win the race. 

Brenden Queen's redemption story is told by the hosts. The driver who ran out of gas during the August race had enough gas this time by dominating the Late Model Portion and chopping Carson Kvapil's point lead from 33 points to 19. We break down the event and give our analysis.

NASCAR returns to our backyard and we preview the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race from Martinsville and tell you who to look out for including the battle for the championship. Will Ron Silk claim his first title since 2011 or will Justin Bonsignore win his fourth title since 2018? The guys give their picks.

The SMART Modified Tour finishes their season in the Rumble at Rougemont on Saturday. Burt Myers has essentially won the title but who will walk away from the final race of the season a victor? What to expect from Orange County?

We also talk about Christopher Bell coming back from nearly a lap down to win at Homestead and the chaos that took place leading up to this. Who were our winners and losers from Homestead and who has the advantage for Martinsville in both the Xfinity and Cup Series? DLN has you covered with that and a lot more! Thank you as always for your support!