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Episode 57 is on the scene fresh from our trip to South Boston Speedway where we covered the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour event from South Boston. We gave our analysis of Deac McCaskill's return to victory lane and Nick Loden's first career CARS Tour Pro Late Model win. We discuss the patience Layne Riggs showed McCaskill at the end of the race, the quiet but productive night for points leader Carson Kvapil, the close battle in the Pro Late Model event between Loden, Cole Butcher and Caden Kvapil and exclusive comments from McCaskill, second place Riggs, third place Bobby McCarty and from some rookie named Kenny Wallace. 

We discuss the big news from the week involving Landon Huffman and the split from Nelson Auto Sport for 2024. 

We head to Tri County Speedway to talk about this weekend's SMART Modified Tour event powered by Pace-O-Matic. Bobby Labonte has endured a tough season but has turned the corner by getting a dominating win Saturday night. We break down the event by discussing the rookie phenom Carson Loftin's chances to make the SMART3, the struggles of Brandon Ward and Joey Coulter and the career night for Bobby Measmer Jr. Plus we preview this weekend's event at South Boston Speedway!

Speaking of Measmer, we welcome him to the show as one of our featured guests! We discuss his transition from full bodied cars to modifieds. The tough year he has had on the track this season, running at Bowman Gray Stadium, being with the same team for nearly two decades and his son getting the racing bug.  He also gives us an announcement about his future running full time touring schedules and much more!

Jimmy Mullins has been racing in Virginia and the Carolina's for nearly five decades. He joins us this week to discuss winning the 2023 Six Pack Championship for the Super Street Division at Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park, his thoughts on how racing has changed in over five decades of doing this, the respect he has for the Barnes family who he regularly competes with every weekend, how this championship at the Pine was nearly not meant to be if it wasn't for help from his fellow competitors and his candid thoughts on what it would mean to him to potentially be one of the last champions at Pulaski County Motorsports Park. 

We also talk the significance of AJ Allmedinger's win at the Roval was, who is a LOCK to make the Cup Series championship round plus we tell you where the Grand National Super Series is running their season finale, pick a winner for the Orange Blossom from Orange County Speedway in Rougemont and a lot more on another jam packed episode of DLN!

Episode 56 is on the scene fresh from another racing weekend.

We welcome CARS Tour rookie and Mechanicsburg Virginia native Logan Clark of R&S Race Cars to the podcast. We talk about the ups and downs of the racing business from being in contention for the Virginia Triple Crown after South Boston and Langley to not even making the feature at Martinsville. We ask him about his start in racing, his rookie year on the CARS Tour so far, how he feels about working with Timothy Peters, Daniel Silvestri and Bobby McCarty and how he became a Real Estate Agent at such a young age. 

We review the GXS Street Stock race from Tri-County which saw Marlin Yoder win for the second consecutive race. The race featured a controversial moment between him and Gary Ledbetter and we discussed what took place on Saturday and gave a points update leading into the season finale in a few weeks. We also break the news about a big pay day if there are more than 25 cars that show up for the next event! We also discuss the weekly support divisions that had some great racing over the weekend featuring Landon Huffman winning the Late Model Stock event. 

We discuss the latest event for the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic held at Pulaski County Motorsports Park which saw Sam Rameau become the first driver from Massachusetts to win a series event. The Northern contention came out in full force by sweeping the top three spots. We also spend time talking about the Nascar Whelen Modified Tour and Carolina Crate Modified Series event from North Wilkesboro won by Matt Hirschman and Josh Lowder respectively. 

We discuss the support divisions that ran at Pulaski County Motorsports Park which saw Jason Merriman sweep the Sportsman races, Tristen Barnes took home the Super Street race and Zach Sprouse winning the Virginia Mini Cup. Hear from Merriman and runner up in both Sportsman races Kyle Dudley give their comments and thoughts about the night and what's to come. 

We preview the upcoming weekend events in the region including the CARS Tour race from South Boston and SMART Modified event from Tri-County.

Does fighting put a black eye on the sport of racing? Stemming from the Nick Sanchez, Matt Crafton the two hosts have differing opinions on this. 

We discuss Ryan Blaney's Talladega win, who really won over the weekend in the playoff chase, illegal windshields, a Roval preview and much more!

Episode 55 is on the scene with analysis and reaction for the 2023 running of the Valley Star Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway. Hear from the biggest stars in Late Model Racing as they share their thoughts about racing for a Grandfather Clock. Brandon White with NASCAR Roots joins us to help break down the biggest and richest Late Model Stock Car race of the year. Trevor Ward not only got the biggest win of his career but also stamped his place in history by winning the Virginia Triple Crown. We discuss how big an impact this win is and dive into the duel that took place between himself and Landon Huffman. Speaking of Huffman, we reveal that this was his first LMSC race at the historic track, if he should've moved Ward out of the way to win and how happy team owner Barry Nelson is these days following very difficult times to start the season. We also break down the heat races,  how Bobby McCarty's dominant day turned into a smokeshow and much more including comments from the top five finishers on Sunday!

Justin Mincey of the SMART Modified Tour joins us to help us break down the upcoming Radford Race honoring legend Paul "The Ferrum Flash" Radford. He also helps us welcome the 2023 Brad's Golf Cars Modified Champion from Bowman Gray Stadium and most recent winner on the SMART Modified tour powered by Pace-O-Matic Brandon Ward. Ward tells us about the win at Carteret County, preparing for one of his favorite tracks at Pulaski County Motorsports and how he was able to win a championship without winning a single race this year at Bowman Gray along with many other topics. He also reveals a shocking fact about his career and how he's getting ready to run at the famed North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour the day before the SMART tour event at Pulaski County. 

We breakdown the Cup Series race at Texas and preview the shooting match that is Talladega for this weekend plus talk the next stop on the GXS Street stock Series at Tri-County, the Grand National Super Series at Dominion and much more!

Episode 54 is on the scene with two drivers who are hoping to be amongst the 40 competitors that will compete in the richest, and most prestigious Late Model Stock Car race in the country this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. The 2023 Valley Star 300 is the final race of the 2023 Virginia Triple Crown and will have a who's who of late model racing attempt to etch their name in the record books and win a grandfather clock.

2021 Valley Star 300 Pole winner and 2022 heat race winner Daniel Silvestri returns to the show. We discuss what he's been up to since the last time he visited with us last year, working with Logan Clark and R&S Racing on the CARS Tour as a spotter and a crew member and his preparations for his only race of 2023 this weekend. He discloses what he needs to do to close the deal after finishing in the top ten the last two seasons. He also tells us what it means to him if he were to win a clock and what he would give up.

Trevor Ward has competed at South Boston Speedway, won at ACE Speedway and sparingly on the CARS Tour in 2023. The driver from Winston Salem North Carolina is currently third in the 2023 Virginia Triple Crown Standings with an average finish of fifth. Trevor joins us this week to access his chances for winning the prestigious grandfather clock. He reveals how many folks he has working on his race team, how he almost didn't even make the trip to Langley in July, taking a step backward so he can focus on the big races and we also learn more about where he came from and where he got the racing bug! Trevor also reveals his future plans for the rest of the racing season, what he would or wouldn't give up for a win at Martinsville and where he would put the trophy. The answer may give you a chuckle!

We give an exclusive preview of the race by revealing who we think will be contenders and who will be dark horses. We also provide some fun facts about the history of the race and participate in our first ever Valley Star 300 Fantasy Draft.

We talk about Denny Hamlin being the heel that NASCAR desperately needs. Who needs to step up in the next round of the playoffs, what is going on at JR Motorsports, preview Texas and much more!

Thank you as always for your continued support!!

Episode 53 is on the scene with Part 2 of our salute to the track champions at South Boston Speedway for 2023. We are joined by the Sentara Late Model Stock Division Champion Carter Langley this week on the podcast! We discuss his 2023 campaign and he reveals the exact moment he knew he would be competing for a track championship. He tells us how much he has grown as a driver coming off a season where he ran the CARS Tour and the struggles he faced. He also tells us his future plans for this season and his long term plans may surprise you. You will have to listen to find out.

We break down another wild finish on the Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour. Brenden "Butterbean" Queen nabbed his second win of the season over the weekend at New River All American Speedway but everyone is talking about the finish of the event. We discuss Ronnie Bassett Jr's move to overtake Queen on the last lap that ultimately sent both sideways and Bassett to settle for a third place finish again on the tour. This led to a discussion about racing for the win vs racing for points which both hosts have differing opinions. We also talked about tire conservation, Logan Clark leading early hoping it would rain and much more!

The SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic had an unexpected week off due to the rain but we discussed the upcoming race at Lonesome Pine in Coeburn VA. Is this the weekend Caleb Heady breaks through for a win or will a veteran like Ryan Newman or Bobby Labonte break through. Plus we dive into the history book to discuss the last event there back in 1999.

Over in the NASCAR World, we discuss 23X1's continued dominance at Kansas Speedway with Tyler Reddick's second win of the 2023 season. Does Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott have legitimate beef? Is a crew chief change coming in the off season and Jody makes a shocking comparison you have to hear to believe. We give our winners and losers for the weekend, and make our pie bets for the final cut off race at Bristol.

All of this plus news from South Boston, a ticket giveaway for Martinsville, who's race car our podcast will be appearing on, Short Track Spotlight and much more this week on DLN!

Episode 52 is on the scene and we salute the track champions at South Boston Speedway for 2023!

In part 1, we welcome 18 year old Kendall Milam who won the track championship for the VSP HEAT Hornets Division at the speedway. He explains how it was completely a family affair and how his clean driving allowed him to get to the top of the division. He also explains why his Uncle literally flipped out in Victory Lane Carl Edwards style! The young driver also describes how much pressure he was under and how he can have fun the rest of the racing season. He also discloses his tentative plans for 2024!

The Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division at South Boston went to a familiar veteran of the speedway. Johnny Layne is now a three time champion at the speedway and he joins us to tell us all about his season which only saw him finish outside the top three only one time all year. The veteran driver tells us about difficulties of keeping the car counts up for the division, how it feels to put his name in the history books with so many other talented drivers before him and reveals his 2024 plans along with his daughters request for his racing and her budding softball career. It is a conversation you don't want to miss with both drivers.

The guys break down Carter Langley's first Sentara Late Model Division championship over Peyton Sellers and Jason Myers winning the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division title. They also break down the 150 lap late model race that took place. 

The boys give their thoughts on the Southern 500 from Darlington and give two drivers who came out a winner in the playoffs and two didn't come out to well. 

The boys break down the latest SMART Modified Tour event powered by Pace-O-Matic from Carteret County. Brandon Ward picked up the victory ending Burt Myer's three race win streak. There was a lot of action in this one so you will need to listen to hear all the analysis plus preview the next event this weekend from Dominion.

The guys give their take on the upcoming Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour event from New River All American Speedway. This leads to a debate about tire conservation races, Mason Diaz, will Carson Kvapil be as fast as Xfinity 10 G Internet next year and we make some picks for the race!

You will also hear this week's short track spotlight, jojo's jaw droppers, Marty Ward Locked In analysis, pie picks, Kansas preview and more!

Thank you as always for your continued support!

Episode 51 is on the scene and we have three big guests! Ronnie Bassett Jr has back to back third place finishes on the Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour. He joins us to tell us about the momentum wave his team is riding and what the rest of the season holds for himself along with his team. Plus we find out just what was said between him and Mason Diaz after the two of them waged battle over the last several laps on Saturday. It's always a good discussion with Ronnie and hope you will enjoy it. 

Jacob Bradley has competed in Bandoleros and Legends cars at Wake County Speedway, Kingsport Speedway among other places. He has recently made a step up to the heavier Challenger division and won both races over the weekend at Wake County in front of the big CARS Tour crowd. He joins the podcast this week to discuss that and much more! We also give our recap of the latest event that saw Carson Kvapil come from 18th to win the event. Has he placed his stamp on the championship officially? Seems like we just said that last week but the question is legitimate. Plus we talk about the survival and the carnage that the Quarter mile bullring had to offer!

For over 50 years, Franklin County Speedway in Callaway Virginia has provided a place for grass roots racers and the sports biggest starts a place to race. Langley Austin of Moonshine Capital Promotions is the Track Promoter and he joins the show to talk about the Cops racing around the track, the challenges of promoting in an area with limited amount of racers and money, how the summer has been for the race track and hyping up the upcoming Labor Day doubleheader. It is an eye opening conversation about promoting racing that you cannot miss.

Jody and Julian break down the SMART Modified event powered by Pace-O-Matic from Ace and preview the next event at Carteret County. Does anyone have anything for Burt Myers after winning three events in a row on the tour?

Julian gives you the Short Track Spotlight for this weekend and it is a busy one as Labor Day is traditionally a big weekend for racing as it spells the traditional end of summer and start of school for some.

The guys break down Daytona and debate the safety of the Next Gen car after two vicious crashes on Saturday. Is Chris Buescher a championship contender after winning three of the last five races? The guys debate this, make their picks for Darlington and explain who's a lock for the next round of the playoffs and who will be eliminated after Bristol. All this and more on another jam packed episode of DLN!

We are on the scene for our 50th episode! We sincerely thank each and every one of you who has supported us through 50 episodes. Jody decided he would lead the show off for once so let us know how he did!

We are joined this week by the winner of the biggest Budweiser Limited Sportsman race of the season at South Boston Speedway Kenny Forbes. Kenny describes his run on Saturday that paid $1,500 to win, working for Lee Pulliam Performance, his start in racing, why he hasn't raced much over the last several years and what this event meant to him personally and for the rest of the division that competes weekly.

Justin Mincey serves as a statistician for Bowman Gray Stadium, FloRacing and the SMART Modified Tour Powered by Pace-O-Matic. He joins the program to help us break down the final week of the season at Bowman Gray, the historic championships for Brandon Ward, Chase Robertson, Christian Joyce and how A.J. Sanders continues to add to his legacy. We also talk about a myriad of topics which include the mysterious second groove at the track and preview this weekend's SMART Modified Tour race from ACE Speedway and what to expect from the weekend. If you are hungry for great stats and content, Justin definitely brought that to the show. 

Jody and Julian give a full breakdown of the Old North State Nationals from Tri County Speedway. They discuss the return of Nelson Motorsports to a CARS Tour victory lane and Landon Huffman's impact to the team and how big his first win on the tour is. The boys discuss if this is Carson Kvapil's stamp of approval for the championship, contenders running out of gas, three wide racing through the field, tempers flaring between Layne Riggs and Mason Diaz, the comeback through the field by Diaz and pointed out some strong runs by Ronnie Bassett Jr and Cameron Bolin among others. We also touch on the Pro Late Model race won by Caden Kvapil.

The boys discuss the Sam Mayer Ty Gibbs rivalry in which Jody and Julian are on different sides. Also Watkins Glen is discussed and we preview the CARS Tour race from Wake County, Cup Series regular season cut off from Daytona, who is making the Cup Series playoffs, Short Track Spotlight and much more!

Yewwweee! Episode 49 is on the scene and we welcome the latest winner in the GXS Street Stock Series Marlin Yoder to the podcast. From humble beginnings on Amish Farms in Wisconsin, Yoder had to obtain a small AM/FM radio to listen NASCAR races in secret as this type of contraband was not allowed on the Amish Farm he lived on. At the age of 17, he left the farm and his family with nothing but the clothes on his back to enjoy a different type of lifestyle. Yoder eventually got to watch his first NASCAR race and that led to his first race in person at Wisconsin Dells where his passion for the sport was ignited. The hard work and limited resources from his Amish days led him to eventually working for Hendrick Motorsports serving on Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Larson's crew. While working in NASCAR country, he was able to get a street stock put together and that has led him to his current racing career at Tri County Speedway where he is leading the points. He also discusses how big his win was at Orange County in the GXS Street Stock Series and what he hopes the series will turn into.

Daryn Cockram is no stranger to Pulaski County Motorsports Park victory lane. The veteran driver has had to overcome a vicious crash earlier this season in the Collision Plus Sportsman Division that sidelined him for a while. Cockram was recently cleared to return to racing and ended up winning this past weekend in both of the twin events at the track. Cockram tells about his recovery and how hard it was not being at the track. We reflect on his start in Mini Stocks at Franklin County Speedway and how his family involved in racing which is ever growing. We also discuss the news about Pulaski County Motorsports Park and the impact the potential closing will have locally and what racers and tracks could better improve on to help promote the tracks and the race cars. 

The boys discuss Michael McDowell's win at Indy and how much of an impact it made on the playoff bubble. The guys also give their picks for Watkins Glen and more analysis from the weekend!

Bowman Gray Stadium wraps up their season and the points battles in several divisions are very close. The boys break down the championship scenarios. Big thanks to Justin Mincey for providing the break downs for us. 

The Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour is fresh off their latest event at Ace Speedway which saw Carson Kvapil return to victory lane. They discuss Kvapil's return to victory lane and preview this weekend's Old North State Nationals from Tri County. 

All of this and more this week on DLN! 

JoJo and Julian are on vacation this week but they made sure to be on the scene to for Episode 48! 

On this week"s show, we wanted to introduce you to two racers from two completely walks of life. 

First we are joined by Grand National Super Series driver Joe Wilder. Joe was victorious in the series at Franklin County Speedway earlier this season and he shares his thoughts about that, traveling the circuit from Marietta Georgia and the challenges that provides. He tells us how he hooked up with Jody Cash and the Mopar Mafia that shows up to nearly every event. We also discuss his drag racing background and much more!

Christopher Tate comes to us from Decatur Texas and describes how he cut his teeth on motocross and dirt bikes. He describes moving to North Carolina to pursue a racing career which eventually landed him to racing at the famed Myrtle Beach Speedway. His latest opportunity was running the Limited Late Model 250 during the 2022 South Carolina 400 at Florence Motor Speedway. When he isn't racing cars, he is also an active service member for the military. He describes how resiliency in the military helps his racing career in-between service tours. Last but not least, he describes what running at Daytona International Speedway was like during his ARCA test this year. 

We sincerely thank each and every one of you for your loyal support as we are on our way to our 50th episode!