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Adam Cheek and Alex Gintz break down an uneventful race and Hendrick Motorsports milestone at Martinsville.

Placing some bets for Martinsville this weekend? Here are our thoughts.

Nadeau discusses his horrific Richmond wreck and his urge to return to the sport.

Special guest sports reporter Matt Schwartz joins the podcast.

Adam Cheek and Michael Massie discuss a historic milestone for NASCAR at Richmond.

Looking to place some bets for this weekend's Cup race at Richmond? Tino Pattigno has you covered.

The former Cup driver joins Bringing the Heat to talk his career and what came after it ended.

Should track limit penalties changes, and should NASCAR race on Easter?

Discord was the defining term to describe the motorsport communities reaction to the NTT IndyCar Series' inaugural $1 Million Challenge at the Thermal Club. By the end of Sunday's (March 25) race, X (née Twitter) was alight with frustration from many industry veterans, while drivers were much more receptive to the event, the first the series has held at the private, racing-themed community in Riverside County, California.

Frontstretch's own Jack Swansey just so happened to be on the ground for the weekend, and naturally made time to appear on The Pit Straight to reflect on his experience and ponder what implications the event, and its reception, may carry for INDYCAR moving forward. Whether the event will return in 2024 remains to be seen, but the opinions are anything but unclear in this week's episode.

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Adam Cheek and Vito Pugliese break down the NASCAR Cup Series' visit to Circuit of the Americas.