Grip Strip Podcast

Phil and Josh return for E181 of the GSP to cover Kyle Kirkwood and Christopher Buescher's second wins of the 2023 season.  For the IndyCars, Kirkwood used strategy and speed to hold off Scotty McLaughlin and championship leader Alex Palou.  This race was the debut for defending Indy NXT champion Linus Lundqvist for Meyer-Shank Racing, with a Fast 12 qualifying and solid race till it was not.  Compared to the previous two seasons, the race was relatively clean and multiple strategies were at play.

Michigan saw Buescher take his second consecutive victory on a Monday over Martin Truex, Jr. and bring the heritage trophy back to Ford.  Noah Gragson was indefinitely suspended for his social media antics and the NASCAR Hall of Fame nominated Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus and Donnie Allison for the 2024 class.  The guys get into their thoughts on all of these items plus the points with just three races remaining in the regular season.  John Hunter Nemechek continues his solid 2023 XFinity campaign, taking his fifth win of the season at MIS.  This was after having issues and argy bargy with teammates Gibbs and Smith. 

The GSP Roundup covers SRX, MotoGP/Moto2, IMSA, WRC, Indy NXT, and NHRA with Anthony Wayne Stewart taking a regional victory at Reading.  Phil and Josh briefly talk about football before previewing the Gallagher Grand Prix of Indy for the IndyCar Series along with picks plus the Cup/XFinity at IMS along with Trucks opening their playoffs at IRP.  Josh lets us know what's going in sim racing in his Sim Segment before show close.

After an interesting weekend of motorsports action, the GSP returns for E180.  With Josh on vacation, Phil brought back friend and contributor Joe Passero to co-host and discuss all things NASCAR.  Christopher Buescher locked himself and RFK into the Cup playoffs with a no nonsense performance at Richmond.  The guys discuss Buescher's effort and who could look back with regret.  XFinity raced at Road America and Justin Allgaier had things going his way...until they didn't and the door opened for teammate and Wisconsin's own Sam Mayer to take his first career XFinity victory. 

Carson Hocevar ate the slice of humble pie and has become a contender for the Truck Series title with a late race pass and victory at Richmond to end the regular season.  The typical result took place at Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix, with Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc rounding out the podium.  Phil provides a points recap as Formula 1 takes their summer break.

The GSP Roundup covers Formula E's season finale in London, Supercars at Eastern Creek, WSBK in the Czech Republic, F2/F3 in Belgium, F1 Academy at Paul Ricard, NHRA's Western Swing closer at Sonoma, SRX, MotoGP/Moto2 at Silverstone, IMSA at Road America, WRC Rally Finland and INDY NXT at Nashville.

Phil previews and makes his picks for the IndyCar Series event at Nashville on the heels of the event becoming the season finale in 2024 before Joe and Phil preview and make picks for the Cup and XFinity events at Michigan International Speedway. 

Phil and Josh continue the summer swing with E179 of the GSP, reviewing Josef Newgarden's double victory at Iowa Speedway along with Denny Hamlin's 50th career Cup Series victory at Pocono with a controversial move on Larson.  The guys talk about Penske's dominance on short ovals along with the points situation for JNew and Alex Palou.  In the Cup Series, plenty of argy bargy went on and both Phil and Josh let their feelings be known about the incidents. 

Phil went to Pocono Raceway on the Saturday, so he was able to see Kyle Busch win the 100th race for KBM in Trucks and listen to Austin Hill steal the XFinity win from Josh Berry and JRM before reviewing Lewis Hamilton winning pole at Hungary and getting used up at the start for a typical result. 

The GSP Roundup covers F2/F3, WRC, INDY NXT, IMSA, NHRA, Supercars, WSBK F1 Academy and Formula E before Josh tells us how he feels about Trevor Lawrence being ranked 96th in the Top 100 players in the NFL and a brief talk up on training camp. 

Phil and Josh keep their preview and picks short and sweet for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa before looking at Cup/Trucks at Richmond and XFinity at Road America.  Josh lets us know how his go-karting exploits went last week along with all things gaming in his Sim Segment before Show Close.

Phil and Josh return for E178 of the GSP to cover Christian Lundgaard's first career IndyCar victory at Toronto in an action packed event.  Alex Palou fades a broken wing to finish second after starting 15th and Colton Herta earned his first podium of 2023.  The guys go through the race and all the key players leading into the doubleheader at Iowa Speedway. 

NASCAR raced at New Hampshire and it was Joe Gibbs Racing domination, with Martin Truex, Jr. winning another Monday race but his first Cup victory at the Magic Mile along with John Hunter Nemechek getting two consecutive victories in XFinity. 

The GSP Roundup goes over the SRX opener at Stafford, Formula E in Rome, WSBK in Imola, NHRA in Denver, FIA F2/F3 in Hungary, WRC Rally Estonia, INDY NXT at Iowa and IMSA GTD Pro and Am at Lime Rock before briefly previewing the Hungarian Grand Prix for Formula 1 and who will finish behind Verstappen.

Phil and Josh preview and make picks for the doubleheader at Iowa Speedway for IndyCar along with the triple-header at Pocono Raceway for NASCAR's top three series before Josh's Sim Segment and Show Close.

Phil and Josh return for E177 of the GSP to cover the weekend in motorsports along with the announcement that Daniel Ricciardo would replace Nyck De Vries at AlphaTauri effective at the Hungarian Grand Prix.  The crew goes over the British Grand Prix which had the usual winner, but plenty of action behind and a weekend aided by power unit/driveline issues for Kevin Magnussen's Haas.  Phil follows this with a commentary/rant on Red Bull and the powers that be along with their vaunted driver development program. 

NASCAR Cup and XFinity raced at Atlanta while the Trucks raced at Mid-Ohio a week after the IndyCar Series was there.  William Byron's breakout 2023 continues with his second win at the reconfigured AMS and fourth of 2023 in a rain-shortened affair that started in prime time. XFinity saw John Hunter Nemechek benefit from an intra-team battle/screw up from Kaulig Racing which saw Daniel Hemric displeased with Justin Haley post-race for his third win of the season.  Corey Heim dominated from pole for his second win of 2023 at Mid-Ohio while most of the remaining drivers looked ridiculous out there.

The GSP Roundup covered IMSA, F2 & F3, Supercars, Extreme E, WEC, F1 Academy, SRX with their season opener at Stafford on the return of Thursday Night Thunder, Formula E and WSBK.  Phil and Josh then preview and make picks for the IndyCar race at Toronto along with XFinity and Cup at New Hampshire.  Josh lets us know all things going on in Sim Racing and gaming in the Sim Segment prior to Show Close.

Phil and Josh spend part of Independence Day to record E176 of the GSP aka "1776, We are the champs!"  The guys get into the amazing shock result of Shane Van Gisbergen making his Cup debut for Trackhouse and Project 91 and winning at the Chicago Street Course.  Phil and Josh provide their takes on the race, the spectacle and whether it is a good or bad thing that the three-time Supercars champion came to the States and won.  Also, what happened to those dominant Toyotas? The XFinity race was a mess the entire weekend and was called after multiple attempts to restart for Cole Custer. 

At Mid-Ohio, Alex Palou showed once again why he's the gold standard in the IndyCar Series with a masterful performance to earn his third consecutive victory.  Colton Herta and Graham Rahal started on the front row, but pit road played a huge part in their eventual finishing positions.  The biggest story outside of Palou was rookie Benjamin Pedersen doing his best King Hiro impression on multiple drivers, including Palou.  Formula 1 saw the usual winner at Austria, but the battle for second and behind was more interesting with Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez rounding out the podium.

The GSP Roundup goes over F2/F3 at Austria and previews for Great Britain this weekend, WSBK, Indy NXT, FIM World Supercross GP, IMSA, Supercars, Extreme E, WEC and F1 Academy before the Tate Fogleman Algorithm makes its triumphant return to make selections for all the NASCAR races this weekend.  Phil and Josh preview and make picks for the Trucks at Mid-Ohio and the XFinity/Cup doubleheader at the Atlanta slot car track.  Josh lets us know what is going on in the world of sim racing, gaming and go-karting in the Sim Segment before Show Close.

Phil and Josh return for E175 of the GSP to cover NASCAR's tripleheader at Nashville, with Ross Chastain getting a home win for TrackHouse in the Cup race, with AJ Allmendinger and Carson Hocevar winning in XFinity and Trucks respectively.  The crew goes over the key players in each race and the points along with NBC's return to cover the sport thankfully. 

The GSP Roundup went over MotoGP/Moto2 at Assen, IMSA Six Hours at The Glen, NHRA at Norwalk, WRC Rally Kenya, Formula E in Portland, F1 Academy in Zandvoort, WSBK at Donington, Indy NXT at Mid-Ohio, FIM World Supercross in Birmingham, UK and F2/F3 at Red Bull Ring. 

The guys get back to limit their F1 preview and picks behind Fish Lips for Austria before the previews of IndyCar at Mid-Ohio and the wild card Cup and XFinity races at the Chicago Street Course.  Josh lets us know what's going on in the world of iRacing in the Sim Segment before Show Close.

Phil and Josh come back for E174 of the GSP talking about Palou and Verstappen...a common theme so far in 2023.  Alex Palou took the lead late at Road America for his third victory of 2023 in IndyCar with title rivals Josef Newgarden, Pato O'Ward and teammate Scott Dixon behind.  Polesitter and dominant presence Colton Herta lost out on fuel mileage.  Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix but the real battle was behind with Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton bringing it back to 2007 with their tussle for 2nd and 3rd. 

Phil and Josh go through all three major NASCAR series to discuss who has been surprising and who has disappointed, with Phil going off on a rant about Stewart-Haas Racing and imploring the team to make a change for his favorite driver Chase Briscoe (after the show was done on Monday night, SHR announced Richard Boswell was moving over to the 14 car along with Josh Berry taking over the 4 car with Rodney Childers staying on). 

The GSP Roundup covers MotoGP/Moto2, Supercars, Indy NXT, IMSA Six Hours at Watkins Glen, WRC Rally Kenya, Formula E in Portland and F1 Academy in Zandvoort before the crew comes back to preview and make picks for all three races at Nashville Superspeedway on the return for NBC covering Cup and XFinity #slidejob.  Josh lets us know all things going on in the world of sim and gaming with his Sim Segment prior to show cose.

Phil and Josh return for E173 of the GSP with a special guest for 90 minutes of racing, inside stories, marriage advice and investing strategies from motorsports icon (and one of Phil's favorite drivers ever) in "Young" Tom Kendall (Bob Jenkins or any announcer voice from the late 80's/early 90's)! 

The original TK finally made it on after two years of work from the executive producer and played along going over his origins, Sports Cars, Trans Am, NASCAR, driving for all three major American manufacturers, Dan Binks, Caroline aka Pony (who was mortified that she made an appearance in the shot), announcing, flipping houses and more. 

After an awesome interview, Phil and Josh recapped the Cup and XFinity races at Sonoma where Martin Truex, Jr. and Aric Almirola won on Sunday and Saturday respectively.  The guys give their thoughts on road racing and more as NASCAR's top three series head into an off week for Father's Day weekend. 

The GSP Roundup gets into an amazing centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for WEC, MotoGP/Moto2, NHRA, Supercars and Indy NXT before Phil and Josh make their picks and preview the IndyCar event at Road America and the F1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.  Josh gives us updates in the world of iRacing and gaming in the Sim Segment prior to Show Close.

Phil and Josh return for E172 of the GSP with IndyCar, NASCAR and F1 coverage and more.  IndyCar raced on the streets of Detroit for the first time since 1991, with Alex Palou battling for his second win of 2022.  The guys get into who else stood out, the rough track and points leading into Road America. 

NASCAR Cup and Trucks went to Gateway with Kyle Busch getting his third win of 2023 while Grant Enfinger benefited from Ty Majeski and Zane Smith wrecking out of the top two places. XFinity had Cole Custer take his first win of 2023 after Parker Kligerman did a Swan Racing type of move in the Festival Chicane. Verstappen won by 25 seconds over both Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton leading George Russell in their first race with the new upgrade package.   

The GSP Roundup goes over F2/F3, NHRA, WRC, WSBK, Formula E, Indy NXT, MotoGP/Moto2 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for WEC before the crew comes back for previews and picks for Snoreoma Cup and XFinity.  Josh lets us know all things iRacing in his Sim Segment before Show Close.