Tyler started his racing career racing ATVs at the age of 7 years old til he was 14
Tyler moved up to the UCAR division in 2012 at Coastal Plains now known as New River All American Speedway

Then jumped into a street stock for a couple years and then to a late model in 2014
In 2015 he clicked off a rookie of the year honor in Latemodels along with the following year 2016 getting a NC State Title
From there he had a some limited starts in Xfinity and Trucks in the big leagues of nascar 1 start coming at NHMS which we just found out last night and some other places aswell on the tour

Tyler is coming off a great season taking 2023 State Title honors in the state of North Carolina

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Andrew Martell and his family has been in racing forever
His grandparents owned a couple cars leading up to 2000 fielding drivers until his uncle was old enough to drive

Andrew started in 2004 at Sugar Hill Speedway to start his career
Did the kids youth division back in the day at Claremont Motorsports Park, Monadnock and Cannan

Went into a street stock for a couple races jumped into a latemodel in 2017 then moved up to where he is now as in the Tour Type Modifieds
Fielding a car locally at Claremont for some starts and then jumping on the MRS Tour

Open Trailer Mafia with a Tour Type Mod is the greatest thing to hear out of it all great kid that busts his ass (Somewhat) to be where he is with a ton of family in the racing world

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In this episode we sit down with track owner Charlie Hansen

Charlie is a 3rd generation driver from NY he moved to NC in 1985, in 1993 he had his first start in a racecar which was a economy class street stock he got from a friend named Talmadge Simpkins, with a little success til 1997

While going to college and racing Charlie was also helping out the race tracks from helping the clean up crew, flagging, track announcing, to GM, Race directing and running raceday operations all over NC, reopened Kings Speedway at one time too.


He stepped away from it briefly to start a family and to focus on family things in 2007 and came back in 2011 with sporadic starts in racing like dirt late models at Southern National.


Became the GM of Wake County in 2013 til 2019, and in 2020 became the sole owner/ promoter of Wake County to present day.


Wake County is a tight 1/4 mile that holds races throughout the year and even host CARS Tour races dating back to 2018 which they put on great shows there

Charlie is a hell of a guy really funny we talked about everything under the sun from what it's like running day to day operations at a track to making race day run as smoothly as it can but understands he's a owner and trusts the people he puts in charge from Race Director to Tech Guy to make the correct calls he's fair but understands he can please everyone.


The biggest thing I applaud Charlie for is that he understands there is politics in racing and does his best to be strictly business and not get in that webbed side of racing, his passion is something you would want in a track owner and he's actually man enough to call a racer and explain stuff to them on either a DQ or a missed call to either explain hey we messed up or to hey right here this is why you got tossed. I applaud that a lot.

We cover the CARS Tour coming back to Wake and the waves they are making in the racing world this past year under new ownership, to Cobra Tires cause I've been dying to ask about the question to a track owner to see the other side of the view of that situation, Bombers controversy but some safety precautions he would like to see happen but enjoys the show they put on every night.


Please enjoy this 2 1/2 hour episode where we cover everything under the sun in the track ownership side of racing to the racing itself and Charlies own passion for it













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This is why we love the shop tour

Casey Call not only is a hell of a wheel behind a SLM but he’s down to earth and a funny kid once you get to know him. He’s humble for what he has and what he’s accomplished from all the stepping stones of his racing career to where he is now. Grinds for everything he has and at the end of the day just like the rest of us that go through highs and lows of racing to where he said at one point in his career he wanted to give it up but stayed with it.


The one thing I absolutely love about Casey and his whole family is they go out and give it their best week in and week out at your local track. He’s not arrogant like some pre madonnas we have sitting in late models around the states he will take his time to say hi and conversate with everyone that he crossed paths with at the race track.

These races here (top photo)
Are won out of shops like here (bottom photo)

A single bay low ceiling work of sweat blood and tears that went into every car Casey climbed into from Go Karts to SLMs

This is why we do the shop tour to hear your story 🏁

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This week we have Carson from Carson Haislip Racing joining us for the podcast to tell us his story getting into racing and climbing the ranks from legend cars to late models along with his day at the Thanksgiving Classic at Southern National Motorsports Park

We will also be recapping all 3 days of the event along with the may lay in the limited late models, legend cars taking flight, Alby Ovitt and Ricky Locklair Jr battle along with Butterbean and Berry fighting for the last 30 - 40 laps to take home the Thanksgiving Classic win for the Late Model stocks and much more

Also will be recapping Turkey Derby from Wall which was a absolute circus by some drivers along with Star Speedway races that happened

SRL National Bill Bigley SR Memorial recap aswell that was put on at Freedom Factory with a barn burner of a race and some of our buddies having a decent day there and some not so much

And a lot more it’ll be an episode you don’t wanna miss and will be out tomorrow for all of you guys to enjoy !

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and loved ones we are happy to be back to bring you guys some entertainment for your drag of a work week back after the long vacation we had !

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Season 2 Episode 31 - Carson Loftin

This episode we interview 3rd Generation Driver Carson Loftin after putting on a remarkable rooking year in the SMART Modified Tour

Carson is 15 years old came from Outlaw Karts at Millbridge Speedway Speedway dabbled in Bandoleros for Winter Heat at Charlotte Motor Speedway to hopping in a 602 Mod at the age of 13 clicking off a couple wins and a championship at Caraway Speedway his rookie year

He hopped into a Smart Mod for 2023 having a great year finishing 3rd in the overall standings in his rookie year while having solid finishes and his almost win and clinic at South Boston Speedway.

Carson comes from a racing family, with his grandfather Bobby Loftin and father Brian Loftin distilling racing into him the grind of racing from late nights in the shop to the long days at the track teaching him how to work on Modifieds and maintaining them how to be smooth behind the wheel and to keep working on his craft to be the best he can be on and off the track.

Carson is a 50/50 guy on racing surfaces loves sliding around on the no grip tracks but loves the repaved tracks like South Boston and such other tracks that had grip all the way around. Carson competed in the reopen of North Wilkesboro Speedway putting on a show in the 602 mods with many other competitors that night for the 2 night event

Kid grinds in and out of the shop, has a work ethic you don't see in the younger generation now of days and puts his time in and then some into the sport we love of short track racing

Thank you Carson for coming on and sharing your story !

Taco Bells and Bowman Gray 🏁

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Phoenix Championship races
Banquets
Shitshows and more

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This past weekend with Star raining out Saturday we dropped into Northwood New Hampshire driver Daniel Sweeney's shop where he talks about starting from the kids division at Hudson Speedway to growing and progressing through the ranks to now running ACT Type Late Models

All started from his dad John that sits in with us here and there cause he was on call for work but all started when his father handed the keys to him from his enduro car and said lets go racing.

His first start was in a Toyota Camry that is still kicking around today that was owned at one time by Mikayla Duval who was a competitor of Dan's in the Thunder Lights as well. Progressed from there to a Acura Integra which he was known for for most of his FWD Career from Thunder Lights into Road Runners and progressing into full blown mini stocks at one point.

We also talk about his transition from that very same mini stock into a ACT Type Late Model and the growing pains and the very many learning moments it had along with it

We also talk about what he wants to do moving forward while racing how he got his number and also what his biggest goals and aspirations he has moving forward for the 2024 season

I cant thank Dan and his family for taking the time for myself and Kyra to drop in with the podcast equipment and camera to hear Dan's and family story on how they got started in circle track racing !

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This past weekend we were couch racing, We watched Claremont Fall Challenge and also little bit of Oxford 300

James headed off to SOBO for the Boone Tractor 199 for the Smart Tour

Andy J Picked up wins and pissed off tech, Jason and Burt ran great races but some controversy happened

Amber Lynn took a hard lick down the back stretch and much more happened

Claremont had 3 days of racing action with 10 to 12 different divisons running that weekend we cover finishes and some controversy there

ASA had a whole family reunion for the Nasse family after heated battle between him and Ruggerio happened at the Winchester 400 and much more !

We covered alot and we got put on parole for next year with 3 of the 4 tracks that we squashed our beef with which we look forward to working with next year !

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