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We pickup on the night of his first track championship

- How much does a champ drink before the Champion's speech?

- More Batmobile stories

- Who Chris thought hated him on the race track

- What did the car owner do with the winnings of one of Chris's biggest wins? 

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Scarborough Maine's Chris Smith was #1 at 16. He became a 5X champion....and he was back at it this week.

- The story behind the Batmobile

- How two Maine Motorsport Hall of Famers are tied to Chris's early days

- Championships...or trophy hunting

- Is a 'track favorite' really a thing?

We bring home season 3, episode 24 with one of the most recognizable voices in the Northeast. Always brutally honest, Marco breaks down his years with PASS, announcing races while legally blind, working Mainely Motorsports, his take on streaming, and a number of other great nuggets about music and concerts.

Thank you for your support in season 3! Season 4 in '24! I urge you to go back to earlier episodes and check out the archives. Even if it was only 5 months ago, Dave Coutermarsh episodes seem like forever ago!

However you celebrate, happy holidays!

Stage 1 of Marco was a solid heat race. The man is warmed up and brings heat including how he started the Racin' Paper, took over an announcing gig at Star without an audition, and a lot of random 90's nuggets. The ill fated Pro Truck tour, his take on the Tom Curley/Mike Liberty dispute, NEPSA tour and the day Ralph Nason and Dave St. Clair ran a race against the Oxford 250. Oh, and if he's had any death threats. 

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It's an episode years in the making. Buckle up for Mark 'Marco' Thomas.

One of the most distinctive voices and personalities in the Northeast unleashes his history.

- Childhood fascination with racing at  Thunder Road, and how the late Ken Squier played a role. 

- Hitchhiking to hundreds of races before he got a drivers license.

- The absolute machine that was Speedway Scene, and how he got there.

- How his budding friendship with Dave Dion ticked off an entire press booth

- Why it's important for the race fan to have someone 'tell it like it is.'

Mark has some great, funny stories, but it's also chalked full of history nuggets, He is a true student of the game. 

The SP Trilogy wraps up with Steve getting more real than he's ever been on record.

- How race teams can affect friendships

- How broken he was, and not just financially.

- How he was able to work through both and come out stronger than ever.

The man behind 'the show' stepped up to the plate on this one.

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Steve's back, and has a ton of life hacks. Like, how to bargain with your wife during race season

- How focused was a 20 year-old Kyle Busch?

- How he hooked up with Mike Rowe

- How he put Austin Theriault on the map

- Was Mainely Motorsports a mistake?

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Ready to roll with one of the most visible characters in Maine racing over the last two decades.

History:

Shocker. Steve was a class clown

Before ownership, Steve was a winning race car driver.

The little team goes to the Oxford 250...and outperformers their peers year after year

The one time Steve counted money before te pay window opened. 

This is a good listen, pretty humorous. Drop a 5 star review if we've earned it! Share, stream, and screenshot!

If you thought stage 1 was nuts, this episode is even deeper.

- Voted off the island

- The night of his NAACAR Championship

- The Bad Santa car

- Racing after a stroke

- Paying the tire bill before the electric bill

- Racing despite no electricity in the house. 

It's a wild ride, buckle up. 

Underdog, champion, court jester. Lewis Anderson has played all three. But was it fair?  This week's episode may change everything you've thought about the man, but also may reinforce it. That's up to you.

- We start by digging right into the infamous Wildcat 50

- What it's like to struggle and not qualify for races...for 20 years

- How he was given a fast car without instruction to finesse it. 

- Being on the wrong side of Beech Ridge tech

- Being on the wrong side of everyone.

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