Dirt Nerds Podcast

This week we sat down and talked to Ohio sprint car owner Jay Kiser. Jay has Cole Macedo tabbed to be behind the wheel of his number 23 machine in 2020, as soon as we get racing. Jay tells whats expected for 2020 and how this whole pandemic has altered his orginal plans. He tells us about his success as a car owner and what its like being a working man owning a sprint car team. We also start this episode talking about the Kyle Larson story that has developed from a racial slur used on iRacing.

This week we return with a regular episode. We bring back one of our old segments, the Top 5! We talk about the top 5 things we think are overrated in dirt racing. We also talk about our daily lives living through the COVID-19 crisis. Then we end the episode by answering fan questions!!

This week we are joined by World of Outlaws Late Model Series Director Casey Shuman! Casey talked to us before the 2019 season about his new position with the series so we wanted to follow up and see how his first year went! We talk about some of the hard calls he's had to make, some of the new rules he has put in place and we talk to him about the WAR sprint car series.

This week we welcome the other half of the Dinner With Racers podcast Sean Heckman! Sean is a PR  person in the sports industry as well as a former producer for the Lifetime Network, the History Channel and the Discovery Channel. He fills us in with DWR information and talks about how they got to make their Amazon Prime show!. Sean also tells us about working in the TV industry and what he loves about dirt racing!

This week we welcome back Devin Shiels and Ryan Missler! They joined us last year for an episode and both drivers are big Dirt Nerds supporters! Devin just won his 3rd straight Oakshade Raceway track championships, while Ryan had 3 victories in 2019 one of which was an American Ethanol win for $4000! We recap their 2019 seasons, answer some fan questions and even have an intervention with them to sort out an incident between the two of them from last season. Lots of laughs in this episode!!

This episode was recorded March 7th at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds during the Racing Family Pre Race Party! The fairgrounds is also home to Fremont Speedway. We have 410 sprint car drivers Brian Lay, John Ivy and Craig Mintz join us to discuss their plans for 2020. Then Rex from Attica joins us to tell us about what is in store for 2020!

This week we have one of the hosts from the Dinner With Racers Podcast, Ryan Eversley! Ryan sits down and talks to us about the successful podcast he and his partner in crime Sean Heckman started a handful of years ago. He weighs in on the Ryan Newman accident at Daytona, tells us about his dirt racing experiences and fills us in about sports car racing!

This week we return with a regular episode! We sit down and recap all of the action from Speedweeks in Florida. We talk about the racing at East Bay, Volusia and All Tech. We also give out some more details about our live podcast on March 7th and the Hoserville Ohio auction!

This week we sat down with veteran racer Jerry Bowersock. The Wapakoneta OH driver has won championships in UMP modifieds and late models. Jerry tells us about house sitting for Tyler Erb, winning the ALMS championship in 1999 and about his "Toyota" big block motor. He also explains how he got the nickname, "The Jedi".

This week we sat down with the owner/promoter of Fairbury American Legion Speedway, Matt Curl. He worked at FALS for years before joining the World of Outlaw Late Model Series as series director, only to come back to FALS in 2019 after purchasing the Illinois track. He has helped make the Prairie Dirt Classic one of the top late model events in the country, as well as paying $2500 to win for his weekly late model shows! Matt tells us all about what it takes to promote the facility and keep fans and drivers coming back every week. He also tells about working for the World of Outlaw Late Model Series and working as race director at other events!