Larry Mac: America's Crew Chief

Larry covers all the action that took place at Talladega Superspeedway, highlighting Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earning his first career Cup win in the Monster Energy "Geico 500," Roush Fenway Racing breaking a 101 race winless streak, and Larry previews the first Saturday night points race under the lights of the 2017 NASCAR season, the Monster Energy "Go Bowling 400" at Kansas Speedway.

Larry breaks down all the action at Richmond International Raceway, highlighting Joey Logano taking the checkered flag in the Monster Energy "Toyota Owners 400," he details his relationship with the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Larry previews the Monster Energy "Geico 500" at Talladega Superspeedway.

Larry breaks down the All-Star format that was announced for May 20th in Charlotte, the winless organizations thus far in the 2017 NASCAR season, drivers that continue to flirt with their first career win, Kyle Larson leading the Monster Energy points standings, and Larry previews The Monster Energy Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Vice President of Product Development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Dean Sicking, joins Larry to discuss what lead him to join the UAB School of Engineering as a Professor & Vice President of Product development, the work he did with Highway Safety research & guard rails, his first involvement with Motor Sports building a barrier for AMS, and Dr. Sicking explains how he had to prove steel was safer than plastic as the material that needed to be used when constructing the 'SAFER Barrier.' Dr. Dean Sicking also highlights Indy Motor Speedway as the first Motor Sports facility to incorporate the 'SAFER Barrier,' the 2002 Indy 500 as the first race to feature his 'SAFER Barrier,' how Dale Earnhardt's death impacted his work for NASCAR, and Dr. Dean Sicking talks about turning his attention to improving the safety of the NFL helmet.

Larry covers all the short track action that took place at Martinsville Speedway, highlighting Brad Keselowski taking the checkered flag in the NASCAR Cup Series STP 500 in a close battle with Kyle Busch, JTG Racing having a stellar day at Martinsville with AJ Allmendinger finishing 6th & Chris Buescher coming in 11th, and Larry previews the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Larry covers the final stop of the "NASCAR Goes West" tour at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, highlighting Kyle Larson taking the checkered flag in the NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 & Larson going to victory lane after overcoming a pit-road speeding penalty in the NASCAR Xfinity Service King 300. Larry also weighs in on rookie Daniel Suarez finishing 7th in consecutive weeks in NASCAR Cup Series races & Suarez leading the Rookie of the Year points standings. To cap off an eventful show, Larry shares his confidence in the new 'stages' format working out thus far for NASCAR and he takes some listener questions.

Larry breaks down all the action at Phoenix International Raceway, highlighting Ryan Newman going to victory lane to end his 127-race winless streak in the NASCAR Cup Series Camping World 500, Justin Allgaier taking the checkered flag for his first time in 80 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity DC Solar 200, and Larry previews the 5th race of 2017 & the final race of the "NASCAR Goes West" tour at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.

Larry is podcasting from Las Vegas & covering all the action that took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He covers Martin Truex Jr. winning both the early stages & taking the checkered flag in the NASCAR Cup Series Kobalt 400 and Kyle Busch getting into a fight with Joey Logano on pit-road. We also hear Larry catch up with Todd Gordon, Joey Logano's Crew Chief as they talk about the new NASCAR points system rewarding the body of work you do during the season & they discuss the impact of the ever evolving downforce arrow package rules. Larry also meets up with Billy Scott, Danica Patrick's 2nd year Crew Chief, as Scott highlights his views on the new stage racing format & what it would mean to take Danica to Victory Lane.

Larry discusses all the action at Atlanta Motor Speedway, highlighting a true doubleheader on Saturday with Christopher Bell dominating the Active Pest Control 200 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Kyle Busch capturing the checkered flag in the NASCAR Xfinity Series' Rinnai 250. Larry also talks about the new 'Stages' really making a difference with Kevin Harvick leading the NASCAR points standings as he has won 3 of the 4 stages in the first two races and Larry points out the awesome start to the 2017 NASCAR season for the Ford team who has won the first two races.

Larry recaps the entire Speedweeks at Daytona, highlighting Kurt Busch winning the 2017 Daytona 500, Ryan Reed claiming victory in the Powershares QQQ 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series in overtime at Daytona International Speedway, Kaz Grala taking the checkered flag in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Daytona, and Larry previews the NASCAR QuickTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.