Dirt Nerds Podcast

This week Elliott and Duane sit down to discuss all the happenings in the dirt racing world. We start by discussing the AFCS series and Attica Raceway Park's 2019 schedule. We also discuss the racing from Florida with the All Star Circuit of Champions and from Georgia and the Lucas Oil Late Model Series. This week we start a new segment for fan questions. You asked us questions on Facebook and we answered them!!!

This week we were able to sit down and talk to Dirt on Dirt CEO Michael Rigsby. Michael and his wife, along with Todd Turner launched Dirt on Dirt 12 years ago. Since that time it has become the leading authority in dirt late model racing. Dirt on Dirt does everything from Pay-Per-View broadcasts, to exclusive columns, to throwback photo galleries. Michael sits down with us to talk about the beginnings of DoD and the effort it took to grow the media site into what it is today.

This week Elliott and Duane sit down and recap the Chili Bowl Nationals from Tulsa OK. Duane was there for the whole week of the event. We talk about everything from JJ Yeley getting DQ'd, to the debut of Karsyn Elledge in a midget. We also talk about the Wild West Shootout from the Late Model class that took place a couple weeks ago. The guys also sit down and cover some of the silly season moves including Dale Blaney coming back to the All Stars and Kevin Thomas Jr's new full time ride for USAC.

In this episode Duane and Elliott sit down and talk to Paul McMahan. Paul was a regular on the All Star Circuit of Champions in 2018, finishing 4th in points with 2 wins. We talk to Paul about the outpouring of support from the racing community in response to his wife Jan's recent diagnosis of breast cancer. We also talk to Paul about his success in 2018 and having fun with the Buch Racing team. We also talk to Paul about his days in the World of Outlaws and the current state of safety in sprint car racing.

We enter 2019 with a huge episode! Casey Shuman calls in for an interview to tell us all about his new position with the World Of Outlaw Late Models as Series Director. Casey talks about how the new role came about and what this means for the WAR Sprints Series. We also talk about the flat track motorcycle racing in Fort Wayne. We also talk about the annual Rumble in Fort Wayne! Duane also updates with the newest information on the new AFCS series and we talk about more silly season ride swaps!!

This week Elliott and Duane sit and reflect on 2018. We take a moment to thank everyone who took time to be a guest on our show. Then we thank all the folks and tracks who helped us out. We also sit and cover the Jr Knepper 55 from Duqoin Illinois where we saw Thomas Meseraull. We especially take time to thank each and everyone of the listeners. We can't thank you enough for make this whole Dirt Nerds brand possible. We appreciate it more than you all know!

This week Duane is back! We sit down and talk a little about the dome out in St Louis and then we get into this weeks topics. The first topic on hand was the PRI Show in Indy this past weekend.  Elliott made the trek down to Indy for the Saturday portion and talks about who he visited. Then we sit down to talk about all of the schedules that came out at PRI. We cover the All Stars, the World of Outlaw Sprints and Late Models, as well as the USAC National series and the ASCS sprint cars.

This week we do a late model season wrap up with guest Cole Perkins. Cole has been traveling the country catching dirt late model races for a couple of years, while still in high school! Cole tells us about the racing scene down in the Carolina's and throughout the Southeast. We also talk about the VP Racing Fuels Gateway Nationals as Cole was fortunate enough to attend.

This week we sat down with Batesville Arkansas's, Billy Moyer Jr. Billy had an up and down season but finished his year off with a couple of big wins! In this interview Billy tells us what it takes to field a full time top tier late model team. He also tells about the break he had to take from racing this season due to the health of his daughter and what it was like growing up under the same roof as his legendary father.

This week we put a wrap on the 2018 season for the sprint car division and to help us out we invited Todd Buffenbarger from tjslideways.com. Todd sits down with us to discuss 2018 seasons from the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars, the All Star Circuit of Champions and the USAC National Sprint series. We also talk about the recent silly season news in the sprint car world. At the end we talk about the Canadian Nationals held at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada.