This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Superlate Model hero, Steve Holzhausen. Steve recently retired from his full-time job and immediately had his third surgery on his ankle that sustained severe damage when the throttle stuck on his race car at Dells Raceway Park about a decade ago. He shares some fun and interesting stories from his racing career and life in the signature Holzhausen delivery.

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast with PJ and Dan, we catch up with Sportsmen racer, Dave Trute who is preparing to make the trek down to South Carolina again to run at Dillon Motor Speedway in South Carolina. Several other Sportsmen drivers from the Midwest will join the caravan to the southeast to run in the New Year's Bash event on January 6-8, 2023. Trute shares some fun backstories from his career, how he landed on his number (2), growing up racing at Tomah-Sparta Speedway when his parents owned that track, past trips down to South Carolina, his core group of guys, and some of his other adventures at other events, like Oktoberfest at La Crosse Speedway.

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast with PJ and Dan, we chat with superlate model driver, Jeff Storm from Waterford, WI. Jeff recently shared a rant on social media about the weight break for cars running the newly preferred ACE engines in the ASA Midwest Tour. We discuss this development along with some fun backstories from his career.

If you'd like to subscribe to Jeff's YouTube channel you can find it by searching "Jeff Storm" or by clicking HERE to link directly to the Deuce Nickle Diaries.

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast with PJ and Dan, we check in with Midwest Race Promoter, Gregg McKarns and all of the changes that have happened in his world over the past several months: Selling of the Midwest Tour, handing off the High School Racing Association, becoming more involved at La Crosse Speedway in 2023, and having two of his marquee races become part of the new "ASA STARS National Series," with all that it emcompasses. If you, a student, or a High School administrator are interested in exploring and learning more about the High School Racing Association (HSRA), please visit: https://highschoolracing.org/ or contact Jonathan Eckelberg at [email protected] or (608)769-3903.

For more information on the Midwest Motorsports Racer's Auction coming up January 6 & 7, 2023 in West Bend, please visit: https://midwestracersauction.com/

We check in with Nichole Fredrickson and her battle with breast cancer. We also discuss tattoos and the support from the extended racing family and just how important that is. We surprise her with additional guests--her brothers Danny and David and talk more about what it was like growing up in the racing community--specifically at Elko Speedway in Elko, MN where their family ran the track for years.