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Episode 137 is on the scene and we welcome back Kyle Dudley back to the show. Kyle has had a lot of success over the last year. From becoming the 100th winner at South Boston Speedway to winning the pole for two of the three Virginia Triple Crown races last season to winning multiple races at Franklin County Raceway including this past Saturday night. The biggest win of his career came five weeks ago when his first child was born. We discuss what being a dad is like, when she's going to drink formula out of a funnel like her dad does and how many races she's already been to. It's always a fun conversation with Kyle so you don't want to miss it!

Gary Smith also joins us. Smith competes at Franklin County Raceway in both the Stock 4 and Legends Division and he secured a win on Saturday in the Legends division. He also races at Shenandoah & at Natural Bridge Speedway and explains how he got his start in racing during Covid and what he wants to accomplish in his career going forward. 

We preview the upcoming Kenny Minter Classic presented by Clarence's Steakhouse for the SMART Modified Tour this Friday at Franklin County Raceway and the upcoming ASA STARS National Tour events from Hickory and Newport this weekend. 

With the dominant win from Landen Lewis on Friday, we discuss if he is the new driver that everyone needs to be gunning to beat on tour now that he has back to back wins on the CARS Tour. We breakdown the event at North Wilkesboro that saw the tour race on national, traditional television and debate whether the Pro Late Model and Late Model Stock races should run on seperate days going forward. 

We review the All Star Race at North Wilkesboro which saw Christopher become "Million Dollar Bell." We discuss if the track should obtain a points race and where the All Star race should go and which co-host is leaning towards eliminating stage breaks after the random caution that came out on Sunday. 

We make our picks for Charlotte, Indy and more this week on DLN!

Episode 136 is on the scene with former NASCAR Cup Series and current Grand National Super Series Star Jeremy Mayfield. He tells his story of coming up through the ranks in Nashville to winning at the highest level of racing while rattling the cages of legends to his sudden exile from the sport. He reveals what happened that day in 2009 and the events that followed. Plus he gives his take on the current legal issues that involve 23XI and Front Row Motorsports and more. 

We debut our race of the week. Jody reviews the Late Model races from Langley Speedway which saw Matt Waltz sweep both features while Julian dives into the wild Limited Late Model Feature at Ace Speedway which saw Dalton Ledbetter come from the rear twice with a missing right side of his car to nip Chase Murphy at the line for one of the closest finishes you will see. We also take a deep dive into the Spring Fling held at Ace on Friday night. The boys review Viny's Restaurant & Italian Delight Family Restaurant Night from South Boston Speedway. Peyton Sellers swept the Late Model events and edges closer to Trevor Ward's points lead. Since this puts him 14 races behind all time leader Phillip Morris, we debate when Sellers can catch him. We also review first time winners from both the Budweiser Limited Sportsman and Southside Disposal Pure Stock events won by Tristan Brunelli and Dillon Davis respectively while Landon Milam returned to victory lane in the Hornets. Who can compete with Kyle Larson? Well no one did at Kansas so we debate on who is number two right now in the Cup Series to best challenge Larson. 

Bowman Gray Stadium is heating up and review this past weekend's action which saw Burt Myers win his 99th career event at the stadium. Is his bad luck behind him? Time will tell. We preview the action from North Wilkesboro for the CARS Tour, Whelen Modified Tour, Truck Series and Cup Series All Star race and Julian tells us about his recent DNF after his ACE trip that required a tow to the garage area this week on DLN!

Episode 135 is on the scene and while most of the Mid Atlantic did not race due to rain, the zMAX CARS Tour and Ace Speedway dodged the rain drops just enough to get the entire Late Model race in and over half the Pro Late Model show in to make that official. 

Landen Lewis picked up his second career win on tour on Saturday and he joins us this week from the shops of Kevin Harvick Incorporated. We discuss racing vs the rain, having legendary crew chief Rodney Childers in his pit stall, the continued support given to him by Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday and what has been the key to getting this team within five points of Connor Hall in the championship points race.

Speaking of which, we give exclusive breakdowns of both the Late Model and Pro Late model event from Ace, should penalties had been assessed to some teams who had flat tires that brought out yellows, and give a state of the Tour following the first third of the season with three drivers separated by five points in the title hunt. 

The Cup Series ran at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday and we review the roller coaster day that saw Joey Logano end up in victory lane from his 27th starting spot. Does Penske Racing seem to have gotten their groove back with two straight wins? How about this racing we see at Texas? Did the boys like what they saw? 

Nathan Byrd obtained his career best finish on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving for Young's Motorsports on Friday at Texas.  The Arizona turned Indiana native joins us to tell us about his career that started off as male cheerleader with racing not being on his radar. His radar eventually led him to karting and after running many disciplines of racing, he had dreams of running the Indy 500 which his family either sponsored entries or owned them. That dream did not come to pass but an entry into the fast speedways of NASCAR opened up and his story is one of the best we have ever told on this program!

We serve up a few dubs from the weekend, tell you who's racing in the Mid Atlantic this weekend while we preview the action from Kansas & much more fun this week on DLN!

Episode 134 is on the scene with former zMAX CARS Tour Champion Jared Fryar who picked up a win at Orange County Speedway on Saturday. He takes us behind the scenes of the weekend, what's changed the most about the CARS Tour since he was running full time, why this may have been his most emotional win on the tour and reveals when he will be returning to North Carolina to live.

Cameron Goble joins us fresh from his latest win in the Dollar General Hornets Division at South Boston Speedway. Goble tells us about his start in racing, his transition to Limited Sportsman, his honest assessment of his career and much more!

We give a full review of the CARS Tour event at Orange County that saw the two points leaders have trouble and how Kade Brown was the beneficiary, Luke Baldwin's first Pro Late Model win and a deep dive preview of the upcoming event at Ace. 

Talladega is in the rear view mirror. We discuss whether or not these types of races are still must-see events and what NASCAR can do to fix the current product on Super Speedways if it needs to be fixed at all.

We review the action from South Boston, Bowman Gray and preview the action from around the region, NASCAR's trip to Texas and more!

Episode 133 is on the scene and we review NASCAR's return to Rockingham with breakdown and analysis of the Craftsman Truck, ARCA Menards Series East and Xfinity Series events. Hear exclusive comments from Patrick Staropoli and Eloy Falcon who made his series debut on Saturday in the ARCA event.  Julian was on the scene and he details what his weekend was like at "The Rock" while also catching up with Layne Riggs who won the first two stages on Friday, Jake Garcia and Nathan Byrd who both obtained their career best finishes in the Truck Series. 

Parker Retzlaff got his career best finish in the Xfinity Series and Harrison Burton finished third which is a career best for his team AM Racing. We have comments from those drivers as well!

We welcome the winner of the Hayes Jewelers 200 Modified race at Bowman Gray Stadium Brandon Ward back to the show. Ward discusses his bump and run on Burt Myers at the end of the race, his own spin during the event and the overall racing at the Stadium and how the late model team is coming along.

We also welcome back to the show Cole Bruce. Bruce picked up a Late Model Stock win over the weekend at Langley Speedway marking his first win since 2021. He is armed with a new sponsor and with that, a new outlook on his racing. He discusses his thoughts about Southside Speedway returning and whether or not he wants try his hand at the CARS Tour and Virginia Triple Crown. 

We preview the upcoming weekend at Talladega for the Cup and Xfinity Series, give a deep dive on the CARS Tour next event at Orange County on Saturday and much more this week!

Episode 132 is on the scene and we welcome 14 year old Paulie Hartwig III to the podcast. Paulie became the youngest winner in the history of the SMART Modified Tour on Saturday at Hickory. We discuss the bump and run with Luke Baldwin, his pre-race phone call with Carson Loftin, last second spotters, what his fellow classmates think of his success and how much he cares about it and who some of his influences are. 

We go to Cordele and talk about the CARS Tour maiden voyage to the land of Watermelons. Connor Hall and Mini Tyrrell stole the show at the front of the field with Hall coming out victorious adding to his ridiculous season average of 1.3. We discuss the start times for some of the races and what we think the sweet spot is for getting the races up, running and over with barring issues.

We had a conversation with Peyton Sellers who won his 60th career LMSC event at South Boston on Saturday. Plus we break down Danville Toyota Race Day at the speedway on Saturday. 

Our Kulwicki Development Driver Spotlight Series comes to an end with our special guest Bryce Miller. Miller, who is a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Graduate, competes on the tough short tracks in the Midwest and is keeping the Wisconsin tradition alive by representing Kulwicki's home state in the program.

We break down the events at Bristol and weigh in on the continuing issues with the short tracks with the Gen 7 car while marveling at the dominance of Kyle Larson. 

We preview the Xfinity Series and Truck Series return to Rockingham, the upcoming season at Bowman Gray and much more this week on DLN!

Episode 131 is on the scene and we review our coverage that consisted of three different tracks in three different states in three days. 

Julian was on the scene Friday night to kick off the 69th season of racing at Ace Speedway in North Carolina. We review AJ Sanders and Dennis Holdren's epic mini stock race, Blake Stallings defending his late model championship by winning the opener and Cory Pack's dominating Limited Late Model win.

Both Lug Nutz were on the scene for the new era at Franklin County Raceway in Virginia. Kaleb Hall and Gary Smith got the crowd up off their feet in the first Stock 4 event in a photo finish. Hall grabbed the win after having to come from the back after a spin. Doodle Lang and Scott Foley dueled it out in the Mini Stock Division after Dennis Holdren fell out. Kyle Dudley and Jimmy Mullins dominated Limited and Supers while Gary Smith won in Legends, Wes Givens won the second Stock 4 race and the East Coast Flatheads went to Wayne Lawson.

Darlington Raceway in South Carolina concluded the weekend. We discussed William Byron's failed attempt at the perfect race, Denny Hamlin going back to back, Ryan Blaney multiple drives to the front, ill timed caution flags and other storylines from Throwback Weekend.

In our fourth installment of our Kulwicki Development Driver Program, we welcome Pro Late Model Racer Noah Eisenhower. Eisenhower is pursuing a motorsports engineering degree at Purdue University and is also the cousin of the nation’s 34th president. Get to know his story this week!

We also breakdown the SMART Modified Tour Rumble in Rougemont which saw Ryan Newman return to victory lane after a tough start to the season. We discuss the battle between Paulie Hartwig III and Mike Christopher Jr, Joey Coulter's charge through the field, Burt Myers struggles and get you prepared for Saturday's next stop the Hickory Hundred at Hickory Motor Speedway in NC. 

The zMAX CARS Tour season goes to a new venue this weekend at Cordele Motor Speedway in Georgia. We tell you who may have the upper hand in this event which is seemingly a huge wild card!

We also review some of the winners around the southeast short track scene, the ASA STARS event at Dominion, ARCA West in Tucson and we preview this weekend's short track action around the region in Short Track Spotlight along with our Xfinity, Truck and Cup Series mini preview and picks at Bristol for this weekend.

Episode 130 is on the scene and we are joined by the latest winner on zMAX CARS Tour Mini Tyrrell. Mini details his dominant weekend at Wake County which saw him win the pole, lead every lap and break a nearly 4 year winless streak dating back to 2021 at Tri-County. We ask Mini what the difference has been over the last year for his team and to speak about all the challenges he faced on Saturday including his incident with Doug Barnes Jr. He also shares the relief he feels about ending such a winless drought and talks about the clean slate him and his competitors have for Cordele in two weeks. 

Did the CARS Tour make the right decision on penalizing Landon Huffman after making contact with Ryan Millington? Well, it isn't for us to decide that but we talk about it while we break down the second race of the season. 

Our Kulwicki Development Driver Program Series continues with a conversation with second generation star Taylor Hoar, Hoar who is the daughter of Brian Hoar discusses her start in the sport, feeling pressure to live up to her dad who been as successful as anyone has been at the tough tracks in Vermont and how it feels to be chosen for this distinguished driver development program. 

The SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic rumbles to Orange County Speedway in North Carolina for the annual Rumble In Rougemont. We give you the details on who has the edge coming into the fourth stop of the season for SMART Tour and pick a winner!

Denny Hamlin returns to victory lane at Martinsville and we discuss all the big stories that took place at the Paper Clip. We discuss his us against the world mentality and whether Goodyear should stick with the same tire compound that was successful at Phoenix a few weeks ago. We touch on Daniel Hemric's first Truck Series win and all the mayhem that took place in the Xfinity Race on Saturday. Should NASCAR step in or should the drivers police themselves? The boys weigh in. 

The ASA STARS National Tour makes their first visit to Dominion Raceway this weekend and we preview the upcoming event. Can points leader Gavan Boschele continue his stellar start to the season? What about Cole Butcher? Can he make it two in a row or will Stephen Nasse figure out his qualifying woes and nab a win in the Commonwealth State? We discuss all the key storylines.

We review what happened in the Short Track World across the Carolina's this past weekend and preview a gigantic slate of short track racing in the region this weekend as many facilities are starting their seasons this week. Short Track Spotlight will have you covered. 

We also give our favorite throwback as the Cup and Xfinity Series roll into Throwback Weekend at Darlington which DLN will be on the scene for! All this and more on DLN!

Episode 129 is on the scene and we wrap up this year's King of the Modifieds part of URW Race Day at South Boston Speedway. We have a royal conversation with King Matt Hirschman following his win on Saturday.

We have a recap of the day's racing from South Boston. We discuss Jack Baldwin vs Jake Crum round two, interviews featuring the top five finishers,  if the race should move from South Boston, Jeff Melton dominating the Alliance Driveaway Solutions STAR Super Stock race, whether that series should implement competition cautions, the exciting Sentara Health Late Model Event that saw some tempers flare between multiple drivers and much more!

Jeff Melton returns to the program after winning this weekend's STAR Tour event. Melton nearly missed this race due to fixing his car following last weekend's non-tour stop at Hickory and he tells us how it almost didn't take place. 

Trevor Ward is now a late model winner at South Boston Speedway for the first time in his career. He joins the program to discuss that and what he expects in 2025 as he is running for a track championship this season and so much more from the 2023 Valley Star 300 winner.

We give you a preview of the second zMAX CARS Tour event of the season. from Wake County Speedway in North Carolina. We give you the scoop on who may have the edge at America's Favorite Bullring. 

Our Kulwicki Development Driver Program Series continues this week with a conversation with Derek Gluchacki. Derek who is a returning finalist and runner up for the 2024 Kulwicki Cup comes to us from Dartmouth Mass. He competes on the American Canadian Tour and already has the prestigious Oxford Plains 125 and Full Fender Throwdown at New London- Waterford Speedbowl in his debut. Find out more about this young man this week on the show!

We discuss Kyle Larson almost making history by winning all three series events from Homestead, if Alex Bowman is a legit contender for a championship, Bubba Wallace's strong run, What Brad Keselowski's abysmal start this season has in common with his championship season from 2012 and preview the big weekend from Martinsville Speedway!

As a part of Short Track Spotlight, Chris Lilly joins the show. Lilly is the new promoter at Shenandoah Speedway and he tells us all about what's going on at the speedway in 2025.

Episode 128 is on the scene with Tyler Tomassi who will be looking to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in two weeks at Martinsville Speedway. The Rhode Island native has also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and tells us about his journey to get to two of the top touring series of NASCAR

We introduce to you part one of our series highlighting this year's Kulwicki Driver Development Program Finalists. Founded in honor of the 1992 NASCAR Cup Series Champion and 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee, Alan Kulwicki, the program is the premier short track driver development program. The first finalist is seventeen year old Seth Christensen. Get to know this super late model racer that is taking the Southeast by storm.

We discuss how big Josh Berry's win for the Wood Brothers is for the sport and if it is too early to declare them a playoff contender after two straight top five finishes. We also talk about the increase in loose wheels and what that may be a result of and preview the action coming up at Homestead this weekend. 

We also set the stage for the SMART Modified Tour crowning a King of The Modifieds this weekend at South Boston by giving an extensive preview of not only that race but the Alliance Driveaway Solutions Super Stock Tour and the Sentara Health Late Models. 

We also talk Coyotes, Easter Bunnies, rattlers and review Jeremy Gerstner's big comeback win from injury at Caraway Speedway in their tour type modified event  plus a lot more this week on DLN!