Mike, Nate, and Amanda break down why the caution was thrown when it was at the end of the Daytona race, the performance of the new superspeedway package, and behind the scenes of Chase media day and pulling back the curtain of last week's Carson Hocevar press release.

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Mike, Nate and Amanda sat down with Vice President of Market Development and Strategic Scheduling Julie Giese to discuss her process of putting the 2027 National Series schedule together. We'll see the return of the August Bristol night race, Richmond as the Chase opener, the Truck series at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and more! Mike, Nate and Amanda also discuss the wet weather tires at New Hampshire, the new rules package for Daytona and why there is no practice this weekend at Daytona.

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Mike, Nate and Amanda discuss the Toyota brake issue at Iowa and recount why the 11 team was not able to change their brake pads before the race, what would've allowed them to change parts and what would've happened if they had changed them without permission. They also preview the Richmond race weekend, and discuss the what qualifies someone as a rookie. Joining the show this week is Russell Wenrich the Senior Managing Director of Racing Insights. Racing Insights helps NASCAR, broadcast partners, and media members with statistical data to help through the week and during the race weekend.

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Mike, Nate and Amanda hold an emergency meeting to discuss NASCAR's announcement of the new caution flag procedure at the end of stages and answer fan questions from social media. The new caution procedure will start at Iowa Speedway and will continue through the end of the 2026 season.

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STAY OFF THE YARD OF BRICKS was the message that got sent to drivers before the race weekend but Carson Kvapil forgot after his first career O'Reilly Series win. Mike and Nate are without Amanda this week as they discuss the burnout on the bricks, the Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar rivalry Noah Gragson slamming Connor Zilisch under caution, the long yellow flags on Sunday and taking a look back at the In-Season Challenge.

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Mike, Nate, and Amanda recap the action from North Wilkesboro which held it's first points race in 30 years. They talk about Joey Logano's dominant win, Daniel Suárez avoiding a commitment box violation an increase in practice time and moving away from a regular season champion.

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Mike, Nate and Amanda have a lengthy discussion about Bubba Wallace's penalty after he passed below the double painted line on the last lap of Sunday night's (or Monday morning's) race at EchoPark Speedway causing him to go from second to 29th in the running order. Afterwards they talked about Zane Smith's wreck on the last lap, restarting the race after a 3 hour rain delay, and heading to North Wilkesboro for the first points race since 1996.

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Mike, Nate, and Amanda are back for another episode after NASCAR's return to Chicagoland Speedway. They talked about the Shane van Gisbergen vs Austin Hill incident, the Carson Hocevar and Zane Smith wreck, and the action NASCAR is going to take to address them. They also discusses the difference between Ryan Preece going on the DVP vs Kyle Larson being able to get pulled out of the grass. Finally they talked about Tyler Reddick's radiator getting damaged, a pot hole on pit road, and Ryan Preece's radio communication about his headrest.

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Mike, Nate and Amanda take the opportunity to talk to Competition Strategist Scott Miller about the role of Concord's remote race control during the race weekend. Scott gives us a look into what the remote race control helps out with, how many people are working during a race weekend, and what the capability of the building is. Afterwards Mike, Nate and Amanda preview this weekend's race as NASCAR returns to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2019.

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Mike, Nate and Amanda discuss the unprecedented race weekend at Naval Base Coronado. The weekend was met with challenges such as vent covers coming loose, cars moving the walls after hard hits, long cautions and a fan who climbed onto the race track during the red flag. Heading into Sonoma NASCAR announced a change to the bumpers for short tracks allowing it to crush more and reduce the impact drivers feel in the car.

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