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Julian and Jody are on the scene with episode 47 of DLN! This week, the boys are fresh from their trips to Pulaski County Motorsports Park in Virginia for the SRX race and Hickory Motor Speedway for the CARS Tour Throowback weekend. 

For each SRX race, a local division is chosen to have a race before the SRX series main event. At Pulaski County, the track's Sportsman Division was given the opportunity. Brad Foy was your winner of that event and he joins the show to discuss how big that win was for his career in front of the access crowd, We also discuss driving for Kyle Dudley, his brief foray in the Craftsman Truck Series as well as his start in the sport running go karts and if he got to rub any elbows with the SRX guys.

Hickory Motor Speedway was the location for the annual CARS Tour Throowback race. This year's theme was a tribute to the Hooters Pro Cup Series which served as the genesis of the current Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour. The boys pick their best schemes and break down the race. Mason Diaz has been a veteran of the tour for several years and finally bagged his first win. We discuss how big this is for his career and we have exclusive interviews with Mason Diaz, runner up and past guest Kade Brown and third place Brenden "Butterbean" Queen. The Pro Late Models were also represented which was dominated by Cole Butcher. We were able to catch up with second place Caden Kvapil and third place Austin MacDonald.

The SRX Series ran Thursday night at one of our hometown tracks Pulaski County Motorsports Park. The guys discuss Clint Bowyer using the old Lee Pulliam line near the apron to muscle his way to the front, Kyle Busch battling it out with Brad Keselowski to ultimately win the race and Paul Tracy's indefinite suspension. We also preview the next event from Berlin Raceway.

The NASCAR Cup Series was in Richmond Virginia which was won by Chris Buescher. Buescher has now won two points races in the RFK ford since coming to the operation before in 2022 and the boys discuss how underrated he was and a wild Xfinity Series race from Road America.

Julian gives you the Short Track Spotlight for this week!

Jody shares his JoJo Jaw Dropper of the week, we give our picks for Michigan and much more on a jam packed episode 47 of DLN!

Episode 46 is on the scene with Part 2 of our salute to the Hooters Pro Cup Series. Boo Carlisle returns to co-host the first segment. Boo tells us about his weekend at Tri-County running the Bobby Gill throwback and how the Bobby Gill appreciation tour came to a crashing end on Saturday. 

This week, Shane Huffman returns to the podcast to discuss how social media and the internet in it's current state would have came into play if it was around during the Hooters Cup days. He gives his advice to young racers on waiting to log into twitter, how he would've responded to drivers that confronted him. He also dives into the hottest he had ever been in a Hooters Cup car and tells a Marty Lindley story. We discuss what if Bobby Gill, Marty Lindley among others had twitter back then and potentially dodging the officials. 

Timmy Hutson has been around in racing for over 20 years. Timmy served as a flag man a race day official and a media relations assistant for the Hooters Cup Series. He discusses his favorite stories from the flag stand, using dial up to send out press relations and what he thinks the legacy of the Hooters Cup Series will be when the history of racing is written. He also tells us about having to buy his own flags and a wild easter bunny story from the flag stand. He also tells a story that literally had us nearly end the podcast right then and there! 

Hal Goodson is a two time NASCAR All Pro Series champion and an eight time winner in the Hooters Pro Cup Series. The South Carolina native explains his rise to the NASCAR All Pro level, moving to the Hooters Pro Cup Series midseason, winning in his fourth start, hooking up with Bill Plemmons, teaming up with Jason Sarvis and Ricky Benton narrowly missing out on a championship to his later career running at Myrtle Beach and Dillon before retiring to run his tire and auto place. He talks about his brief NASCAR Xfinity Career before 9/11 put a halt on his Xfinity opportunity. Hal also tells us what the legacy of the Hooters Cup Series should be and how he feels about the throwback Bryant Barnhill is running this weekend honoring him.

Julian and Jody give their thoughts of the legacy of the Hooters Cup Series.

The boys break down the 15th annual Hampton Heat featuring a victory lane interview with Brenden "Butterbean" Queen who won his second Hampton Heat on Saturday. The boys break down the different strategies and how the Triple Crown points will shape up before the next race in September at Martinsville.

The boys preview the Throowback 276 from Hickory for the Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour and make their picks and spotlight some of the Hooters Cup Throwback schemes.

Fair or Foul? Denny Hamlin won the Cup race from Pocono on Sunday. Jody and Julian debate if it was a fair racing deal or a foul one. They discuss the Toyota dominance, Austin Dillon vs Tyler Reddick, Josh Berry's tough ending on Saturday in Xfinity and their takes on the Truck Series finish.

The points chase at Bowman Gray changed dramatically over the weekend and the boys discuss the events from over the weekend and preview the upcoming weekend there, Richmond as well as Short Track Spotlight and some JoJo Jawbreaking stats. All on a jam packed edition of DLN!

Episode 45 is on the scene as Boo Carlisle joins Jody and Julian as a guest host for this special episode! This week features part one of our salute to the USAR Hooters Cup Series. The Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour was a product of the USAR Hooters Cup Series that ran from 1997-2014. This year, the CARS Tour's annual throwback race from Hickory pays tribute to its roots with throwback paint schemes along with drivers from that era making appearances. 

Shane Huffman was one of the pillars of the original USAR Hooters Cup Series. The two time series champion won 28 races and 24 pole positions among many accolades. He joins us this week on the podcast to talk about his early days racing at Hickory Motor Speedway, his early struggles on the Pro Cup tour, earning his first win at New River All-American Speedway and obtaining sponsorship from Johnsonville Sausage and how big that was at the time. He discusses his first million dollar deal, how he found out he was replacing his friend at JR Motorsports and how he attracted the attention of Dale Earnhardt Jr in the first place. He describes the championship in the Pro Cup Tour that got away, some of his toughest competitors and which bull ring was his favorite among other topics! Shane told so many stories that it was a lot to fit into one episode so there will be a part two coming up next week!

The guys break down the events from Bowman Gray from this past weekend and discuss Landon Huffman being disqualified at South Boston after being protested by Carter Langley's team. Should the local late model tracks and the CARS Tour work together to develop a rule book that benefits everyone? The boys discuss. 

This weekend is the Hampton Heat from Larry King Law's Langley Speedway. The second event of the Virginia Triple Crown is typically a hot one and the boys break down the event and give their picks!

We also talk Martin Truex Jr's dominant win at New Hampshire, Justin Bonsignore's exciting modified win and Luke Fenhaus overcoming losing the Slinger Nationals to win the ARCA race at Iowa plus a lot more!!

This week, episode 44 arrives on the scene with the owner of Larry King Law's Langley Speedway Bill Mullis. Mullis takes us behind the scenes of promoting events at Langley Speedway, the lean years, moments where Bill was ready to get out of the business to enjoying the fruits of him and his staff's labor with the track's current success. Bill talks about Connor Hall and Brenden "Butterbean" Queen's racing beginnings as kids at the track and how Flo Racing has impacted his business among other subjects!

Each week on the Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour, you may see Logan Jones and his father hard at work on his number 77 Pro Late Model. Their best finish on the tour had been a fifth place finish at Hickory last season. This week, the Fredericksburg VA native was going to settle to top that finish running third when the seas parted his way when Gio Ruggerio and Caden Kvapil collided while racing for the lead on the final lap. Jones took advantage and nabbed his breakthrough win. He joins the program to discuss this win, how a switch to Fury Chassis has helped performance and much more!

Jody and Julian break down a wild weekend at Bowman Gray Stadium. The Brad's Golf Cars Modified division has three drivers separated by four points with Chris Fleming's win on Saturday. Zack Staley crossed the start/finish line first in the Law Offices of John Barrow Street Stock Division but was not credited with the win. We discuss what took place to cause the officials to take the win away (he kept the trophy), Amber Lynn's win in the Sportsman event and the rest of this week's action from the Madhouse.

William Byron took advantage of pit strategy and mother nature to take his 4th Cup Series win of 2023. We break down this event including those who stood out from the weekend, the track conditions, overall racing and we got fired up at the end of the show about the weather, social media and cautions that took place during this event!

Julian and Jody preview the first SRX event of 2023 from Stafford, ASA Stars National Tour race from Anderson, NASCAR Cup and Xfinity from New Hampshire and we tell you a few short tracks you can support for #ShortTrackSpotlight.

You have a chance to win a pair of tickets to the 15th annual Hampton Heat from Larry King Law's Langley Speedway in Hampton VA. Follow us on social media to find out how!

Thank you all for your continued support!

Episode 43 comes at you like a firework. We are on the scene with an exclusive wrap up of the Thunder Road Harley Davidson 200 from South Boston Speedway on Saturday. The event featured the first and third place finishers Carson Kvapil & Landon Huffman being disqualified for separate infractions following post race tech. Bobby McCarty was awarded the win. We discuss the racing that took place, the updated points battle at the track, repercussions of the two disqualifications & much more from a hot night in South Boston.

This wasn't the only race to feature a different winner than the one that crossed the line first. The Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour event was won by Jared Fryar only after Layne Riggs was disqualified. Jody gives his opinion on the disqualification of Riggs.

Burt Myers ended one streak on the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic at Caraway on Saturday and started another by being the first repeat winner of the season by scoring his second straight win on the tour. We discuss the event and talk about the top finishers of the race. 

How many times can you say the name Shane van Gisbergen without messing it up? Well Jody cheated by saying SVG but the latest winner in the NASCAR Cup Series made a huge impact in his first career Cup race on Sunday on the streets of Chicago. The boys break down this event and how they thought the event went as a whole.

We welcome ARCA Menards Series West team owners Chris Lowden and Tony Jackson of Lowden Jackson Motorsports. They also brought their young driver Tyler Reif to the party as well and they discussed how the team got started, their 20 year friendship that led to this and more. Tyler describes his feelings about winning at Phoenix earlier this year and his career thus far!

JoJo brings his weekly Jaw Dropping trends as he gives his preview for the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour Pro Late Model event from Wake County Speedway on Saturday. 

Julian informs you where you can spend another hot weekend in July at a short track near you for Short Track Spotlight.

We preview the weekend from Atlanta, Bowman Gray, update everyone on Pie Bets and so much more!

Check out our Social Media pages where you can win a pair of tickets to the 15th annual Hampton Heat from Larry King Law's Hampton Speedway on July 22nd. It's the next event in this year's Virginia Triple Crown Late Model Stock Series. 

Episode 42 is on the scene with NASCAR Roots Brandon White. Brandon has written articles and contributed to RACE22.com & Short Track Scene. You can now find him writing articles for the NASCAR Roots page which spotlights regional touring series and short tracks including the ARCA Menards Series. He joins us for multiple topics. 

Austin Jones has had a breakout season at Bowman Gray Stadium in the Law Offices Of John Barrow Street Stock Series. He finally broke through and won his first career event at the Stadium and he joins us to discuss his big win from Saturday. The win puts him 10 points behind championship leader Christian Joyce as they approach the annual Fourth Of July break.

Speaking of winners from Bowman Gray Stadium, Zack Ore won Saturday's Market USA 100 lap McDowell Heating & Air Sportsman Series event. It isn't Zack's first win but it's his first in the 100 lapper! He joins us and answers questions about his contact with Michael Adams at the end of the race and the post race feelings that may or may not still linger. This win now puts him 12 points behind Chase Robertson for the championship lead.

Julian, JoJo and Brandon discuss Ross Chastain's win from Nashville. Whether or not Chastain has been influenced by his recent talk with Rick Hendrick. Does this win propel him to other wins and what this does for Team Trackhouse. Plus we dive into a wild Xfinity race and debate whether or not more races should be in the heat of the day or night. We also discuss Ryan Blaney's hard impact and advocate for Safer Barriers at all tracks a mile and above at any point of the track.

Brandon sticks around to help us analyze the upcoming Thunder Road Harley Davidson 200 at South Boston Speedway. Will this race go to the South Boston ringers or will the full time CARS Tour competitors take home the first Crown Jewel race of the Virginia Triple Crown? We also make our picks for the event.

Brandon has covered the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour long before we came onto the scene. He gives us some insight and helps us break down this weeks Late Model and Pro Late Model midweek showdown from Caraway. We give our picks for the event as well!

Julian takes you on a short track spotlight, JoJo drops knowledge in the JoJo Jaw Dropper for the SMART Modified event powered by Pace-O-Matic from Caraway on July 1st. The boys also make picks and get fired up over pie. It's another jam packed show! 

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Episode 41 is on the scene with full analysis of the CARS Tour event from Dominion Raceway. It was a duel for the ages between Brenden "Butterbean' Queen, Carson Kvapil and Bobby McCarty. Queen and Kvapil are no strangers to racing for the win and they waged war around Dominion Raceway until they opened up a lane for Bobby McCarty. McCarty got by both and edged out Queen by .0009 seconds to win his first tour race since 2021. We discuss the hard racing that took place, who took advantage of this with some good runs and discuss other happenings from the weekend including Mini Tyrell's "Burning Rubber to help Another."

Joey Coulter burst onto the national scene over a decade ago in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving for Richard Childress, Kyle Busch & notably GMS. He is a former winner on the circuit in 2012 in Pocono but was out of the NASCAR spotlight nearly as soon as he got there. He has recently found a home working alongside Harold Holly racing dirt and now full time on the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace O Matic. Coulter joins the show to discuss if he has any regrets about his NASCAR career and what drove him to run modifieds in the first place.

Kade Brown just turned 17 years old. The Texas native has been a force to be reckoned with at the famous Hickory Motor Speedway this season collecting multiple wins and poles in the Late Model Division including a win this past weekend. Kade drops by to tell us about his season so far, growing up in Texas, hooking up with Matt Piercy racing and drops a hint about possibly running at Bowman Gray Stadium this year plus more!

Jody and Julian break down the action from Bowman Gray Stadium and South Boston. Can anyone stop Peyton Sellers and Carter Langley this season in the Sentara Late Model Stock Division? It is looking like Tim Brown and Burt Myers are going to settle the Brad's Golf Cars Modified title again at Bowman Gray this season as both drivers won a race over the weekend at the Stadium.

The top three series of NASCAR had the week off and we get you prepared for this weekend's action from the Music City.

Need a short track to go to this weekend in the Carolinas' or Virginia? Julian has you covered once again in the #ShortTrackSpotlight.

Jody drops some more information on us previewing the SMART Modified Tour event powered by Pace-O-Matic at ACE Speedway. The Inaugural running of the Robert Jeffrey's memorial will have a stacked field and the boys give their preview and pick winners!

We also break down the ASA National Tour event from the Milwaukee Mile. 

Race fans, do not forget you can win a pair of tickets to the Thunder Road Harley Davidson 200 from South Boston Speedway on July 1st. Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter pages so you can get on this. This will be a tremendous Late Model Stock race and if it is anything like last year's duel, then hold on to your seats!

Thank you as always for your support!

Episode 40 is on the scene with the winner of the 2nd annual Jack Ingram Memorial from Hickory Motor Speedway Tyler Matthews. Tyler talks about holding off Kade Brown and Ronnie Bassett Jr in one of the track's Crown Jewel events. We discuss his season running at both Hickory and at Wake County and hooking up with Kres Van Dyke to run this season and more!

Bryant Barnhill is no stranger to late models or the Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour. After all, he attempted to run the first race at Southern National so it was only appropriate that he competed in the 100th at Larry King Law's Langley Speedway. The Florence Motor Speedway standout joins JoJo and Julian to discuss his season on the tour so far. From a solid tenth place finish at Florence to some lows including holding his breath to qualify at ACE and the disappointment of not qualifying at Hickory. The Conway South Carolina native tells us about his small team, his foray into the Craftsman Truck Series during Covid and a lot more!

Bowman Gray Stadium returned to action after two weeks off due to rain and Lee Jeffrey's picked up his second win of the season in the Brad's Golf Cars Modifieds. Jody and Julian break down the action and the other racing from the stadium which has extremely tight points battles in nearly every division.

The boys break down the action from Sonoma and argue about their Power Rankings heading into the off week. 

The Solid Rock Carriers CARS Pro Late Model Tour ran at Dillon Motor Speedway which featured Tristan Mckee becoming the youngest driver ever to win on the tour at just 12 years old. Jody drops a stat that will make most of our listeners feel very old. They also preview the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Late Model Tour race from Dominion this weekend and Jody tells us all about the trends.

Father's Day is this weekend. There is no other place you should take your father than to a short track near you. Julian tells you some of the tracks that are running this weekend in the Short Track Spotlight.

The first leg of the Virginia Triple Crown for Late Model racing will be run at South Boston Speedway on July 1st. You have an opportunity to join Jody and Julian at the race by winning a pair of tickets. All you have to do is like, share and comment on our social media posts mentioning the event. You do not want to miss this opportunity to experience one of Late Model racing's Crown Jewel events!

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Episode 39 is on the scene with an ARCA Menards theme. Fresh off a win at Portland International Raceway on Friday in the ARCA Menards West Series event, Landen Lewis returns to program to talk about his late race battle with Cole Custer and about his season so far. The Hornaday development driver talks about his impressive start to the season in all the ARCA divisions he has competed in and much more!

Charles Krall called the action on Friday on Flo Racing and the Director of Communications for ARCA joins us to break down the event on Friday, preview the upcoming ARCA Menards West race at Sonoma and the current state of all the divisions of ARCA. We also dive briefly into his history in racing, his start and some stories from his PR days with Thorsport and much more!

Kyle Busch won his third Cup Series event of 2023 and the boys discuss his early success at RCR plus the brake rotors causing havoc at World Wide Technology Raceway and the constant weather delays.

Kyle Larson had a tough start on Sunday but managed to charge his way to the front. The boys discuss how impressive this was.

  The Xfinity Series was in Portland and it produced a lot of chaotic racing up front. We discuss Cole Custer's win plus debate how aggressive or not aggressive Sheldon Creed is and has been.

 The Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour ran at Larry King Law Langley Speedway over the weekend. The boys break down Connor Hall's win, Kaden Honeycutt's dominance that didn't lead to a win and how the lights went off in Hampton plus give our power rankings and preview the Pro Late Model Tour race from Dillon.

Julian tells you where you can find some racing in Virginia and the Carolina's, Jody updates the listeners on their year long bet involving pie plus give picks for Sonoma, results from South Boston and much much more!

South Boston Speedway is hosting the first leg of the Virginia Triple Crown on July 1st and we are giving away a pair of tickets to the event. Stay tuned to the podcast for more details as the race gets closer!

Episode 38 is on the scene and the boys detail their split trip from Friday. Jody was at Franklin County Speedway in Callaway VA covering the SMART Modified Tour while Julian was at Tri County Speedway in Granite Falls NC covering the GXS Street Stock Series, CARS Tour Pro Late Model doubleheader. 

We break down the SMART Modified powered by Pace-O Matic event from Franklin County Speedway with our analysis of the event. We also break down the inaugural GXS Street Stock Series LeapFrog 75 from Tri County Speedway. We would like to recognize Kyle Lynch for receiving the first ever Deez Lug Nutz Podcast Hard Charger Award. Kyle qualified 10th and finished second giving him the award!

Gary Ledbetter is no stranger to the Street Stock Scene in the Carolinas and it was appropriate that he won the debut Street Stock race at Tri County. He joins us on the podcast to tell us all about that, what this series means to street stock drivers, how he got into racing and once winning a race where he would actually be banned for a whole year because of it plus a whole lot more!

Jeremy Gerstner is a veteran on the modified scene and has raged wars on tracks in Florida, the Carolinas among other places. He joins us to talk about his run at Franklin County in the SMART Modified race. He also details his journey to where he is now, driving his RV and dually 10-12 hours from Florida to run races, why he hasn't been running at Bowman Gray this year and much more. It is a fun conversation with someone who has been in racing for 44 years so you don't want to miss it. 

Jody and Julian debate if Chase Elliott should receive a playoff waiver following his suspension for his actions at Charlotte, talk about Corey Lajoie's big opportunity to replace him, Ryan Blaney finally breaking his long winless streak, Bubba and Aric Almirola's pit road tussle and more from the weekend in Charlotte.

Was Gio Ruggiero's last lap pass on William Byron fair or foul in the ASA Stars National Tour race from Hickory? Julian was at that race and he and Jody give their take on it.

The Solid Rock Carriers Late Model Stock race was rained out at Tri-County but that didn't stop Carson Kvapil from making more history in the Pro Late Model event. We will talk about that plus give a preview of the LMSC event from Larry King Law's Langley Speedway this Saturday night.

Julian closed in on Jody in their pie bet standings. Listen to whom they are picking this weekend plus race picks for World Wide Technology and Portland.

 Rain forced a lot of action to be canceled this past weekend but the tracks are making up for that this weekend. Julian gives you the scoop on where you can support your local short track this weekend plus a lot more!

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