Grip Strip Podcast

Phil and Josh come back for another episode of the GSP after Pierre Gasly wins his first F1 race over Carlos Sainz and Lance Stroll in one of the wildest Italian GP's ever!  They also discuss Logan Sargeant's missed opportunities at Monza in F3 along with the Ferrari junior driver battle in F2.  Kevin Harvick wins his 8th race of 2020 in the Southern 500 while Truex and Clyde end each other.  Phil and Josh discuss the good and bad from the playoff opener and non playoff standouts.  Bruckshot Jones in the Robert Huffman tribute benefits from Chastain and Wilbur running over each other to win along with the idiotic lack of a caution that cost Briscoe a chance at victory earlier.  Ben Rhodes uses track position and a late pass on Derek Kraus to get his first truck series win of 2020 with the playoff cutoff at Richmond looming.  US Nationals discussed along with the GSP Roundup consisting of Supercars, WSBK, DTM and IMSA doing the 6 Hours at the Glen at Road Atlanta.  Previews of F1/F2/F3 at Mugello, NASCAR at Richmond, IndyCar at Mid-Ohio, MotoGP at Misano, DTM at Nurburgring and Super GT at Motegi abound on a jam packed episode of the GSP!  Add some NFL talk at the end too!

F1 Italian GP 3:45-27:40

Phil and Josh deep dive into the history of the Southern 500 at Darlington, the US Nationals at Indianapolis and the Italian GP at Monza.  Why have these races and tracks stood the test of time and what is so unique about each of them?  They mention favorite moments and stats of those who have been fortunate to win and some who haven't at each palace of speed.  Also, Phil and Josh go into the throwbacks, who chose not to and why some got throwbacks in the first place.  Warning, that section has some ranting and colorful language.  Download, like and let us know what you think!  

Phil and Josh discuss Byron winning his first Cup race in the regular season ending Coke Zero 400 and other events including Bubba's opportunity late and the #consistentlyinconsistent caution calls.  They go over picks for who makes it out of R1 and the tracks they'll be racing in the remade first round.  XFinity saw Ross Chastain dump AJ Allmendinger allowing Justin Haley to finally get his XFinity win at Daytona after getting screwed out of one a couple years ago.  Sheldon Creed moves Todd Gilliland out of a likely win and takes his (regular driver) series leading third win of 2020 at Gateway.  

Lewis Hamilton takes win 89 at Spa in dominant fashion while the #RedToiletsOnWheels struggle mightily a year after Charl Eclair won his first race there.  Midfield battle is tightening up after a great Renault 4/5 last weekend.  IndyCar sees Dixon get his 50th win and Newgarden take another short oval win while Pato O'Ward continues to stand out with his performances.  

The Round-Up goes over Logan Sargeant's superb win on Sunday in F3 at Spa to take the points lead while Tsunoda and Schwartzman win in F2.  Whincup and McLauglin continue their domination of Supercars at Townsville Pt.1 while Ash Sutton and Rory Butcher win at Knockhill for BTCC.  Rea and Redding will be battling till the end to see if Johnny could win a sixth consecutive WSBK title after wins at Aragon.  

Phil and Josh preview the Southern 500 and all the NASCAR events at Darlington for Throwback weekend as a precursor to another episode coming out.  Also, F1/F2/F3 at Monza, the US Nationals for NHRA, IMSA at Road Atlanta for the 6 Hours at the Glen, Supercars at Townsville, WSBK at Aragon and DTM at Assen.  

Phil and Josh tackle NASCAR at Dover where Harvick and Hamlin continued their 2020 Cup Series domination, Allgaier and Briscoe win in XFinity and Zane Smith continues the GMS domination in Trucks.  The Round-Up covers Supercars at Hidden Valley, IMSA GTLM/GTD at VIR where Bill Auberlen passed Hi to My Family at Home for all-time wins, MotoGP at Austria where Miguel Olivera won his first GP, DTM at Lausitzring, BTCC at Oulton Park and Super GT at Suzuka.  

Phil and Josh preview the Belgian GP and whether there's any stopping the Hammer Time LH44 train.  IndyCar doubles up at Gateway while NASCAR Cup ends their regular season with the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona and who's in/out.  XFinity races the Wawa 250 (coffee...) while Trucks run at Gateway with WSBK at Aragon and BTCC at Knockhill.  Like, follow and let us know what you want on the GSP!  

Phil, Josh and indycar1909.com owner Spencer Neff break down Takuma Sato's second Indianapolis 500 victory over Scott Dixon.  The crew discusses what it meant for driver, team and the controversial end.  Should Dixon have won this race?  Honda dominated while Chevy languished for the exception of Newgarden and O'Ward.  Plenty of accidents and examples of why the aeroscreen is thankfully here.  We finish with talk about what to expect this weekend at Gateway and the remainder of this season.  Give us a listen, like and let us know what you think of the GSP!

Phil, Josh and indycar1909.com owner Spencer Neff break down the Indianapolis 500 from all angles on the GSP.  They discuss qualifying and whether it really is Marco's time to break the Andretti curse along with all of the fast nine drivers.  What can we expect from the Penske's and other Chevy's after an unusually poor qualifying weekend?  Can Fernando Alonso win and complete the Triple Crown?  Phil, Josh and Spencer discuss their favorite memories of the race.  Finally, all three pick a winner, ROTY and who will be a wild card.  Like, listen and follow us all on the socials.  

Phil and Josh go over Lewis Hamilton's comprehensive victory in the Spanish GP along with who his biggest challenger is for the WDC.  Also, they discussed Ferrari's issues and the midfield battle.  Phil and Josh gave a sneak preview of the Indy 500 preview show coming out later this week with Fast 9 talk and went over the Cup, XFinity and Truck races at Daytona's road course.  In the GSP Roundup, MotoGP, Supercars, WEC, Formula E and IMSA GT at VIR.  Finally, we go into Dover and make picks which Josh is usually really good at picking winners!  

F1 11:16, Indy at 32:18, Nascar at 40:20, round up at ~1:24:00 and then previews at 1:32:08.

Phil and Josh start the first of three episodes focused on The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500 with IndyCar and RTI writer Spencer Neff.  They break down the field for this year's race and consider the opening practice results along with going over who could win pole and the race.  Afterwards, Phil and Josh provide the GSP Roundup with talk about MotoGP, NHRA and previews of Supercars at Hidden Valley, WEC at Spa and MotoGP in Austria.

Phil and Josh welcome F1 Grid Talk host George Howson to discuss Max Verstappen slaying the Mercedes duo at Silverstone along with Logan Sargeant's first F3 win and his future prospects.  Talk about the field in detail along with silly-season as well plus some focus on F2 and F3 drivers who could eventually make that move.  After that, Phil and Josh had NASCAR young gun Dawson "DK" Cram who came off a 14th place finish in the Truck Series event at Michigan.  Cram is cool, calm and poised for an 18 year-old.  He's got a future and drove for a great cause.  Phil and Josh end with more discussion about Michigan and Road America too.

Phil and Josh discuss the British Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking his 7th win at home after a rare tire-explosion filled event.  Brad Keselowski takes his 33rd career Cup win at New Hampshire in dominant fashion and then signs a one-year extension to stay in the 2 car for Penske.  GSP Roundup is chock full of motorsports around the world as well before Phil loses it because of "Charters" and the business model that exists in NASCAR due to Bob Leavine selling to Spire after Rev. Gibbs and TuRD did what they do best.  Previews of the 70th Anniversary GP, NASCAR Cup/Trucks at Michigan, XFinity at Road America and Skype doing its part.