Speed and Grease

By Colin ReffnerBusiness Leisure Automotive Careers

Speed and Grease episodes

October 09 031: Mark Martin - It Shaped The Racer That I Became
Mark Martin, born in Batesville, AK and a NASCAR Hall of Famer. Mark's talent and endless work ethic skyrocketed his racing career, that began in 1974, and in only seven years led to a five race NASCAR CUP Series schedule in 1981. Through that time, Mark had incredible success in ASA and at the short track level, collecting wins at some of the most prestigious races and winning championships against who he calls the "gods" of racing. We discuss the highs and lows of Mark's first journey to the CUP Series, how he reestablished himself in short track racing and an eventual return to NASCAR. Mark talks about "Never Lift", his book that he spent the past five years writing. "Never Lift" is now available for purchase.

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1 hr 49 min
August 13 030: Vic Getzloff - The Big Knight
Vic Getzloff, crew chief for the Winningest Stock Car Driver, Dick Trickle from 1981-1989. Vic talks about hitch hiking to Griffith Park Speedway, selling tires, driving a race car, and working for Dick Trickle.

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1 hr 54 min
July 09 029: Mike Miller - We Were A Band Of Brothers

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1 hr 28 min
June 18 028: Joe Krzykowski - The School of Hard Knocks
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2 hr 8 min
June 04 027: Terry Baldry - Decades of Adapting and Success
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1 hr 10 min
April 23 026: Andy Monday - Go All In And Really Work For It

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2 hr 21 min
March 03 025: Nick VanStrydonk - Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome
In this episode, we take a deep dive into going fast, faith in God, and farming. Nick VanStrydonk grew up the son of a powersports dealer. At his earliest years he could be found riding a dirtbike and racing kitty kat snowmobiles. The path of racing snowmobiles brought him through the ranks with much success along the way. Building a close-knit race team with drive and innovation led them to many wins at the Pro Champ 440 level and two World Championship titles at the Eagle River Derby track.

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#nickvanstrydonk #colinreffner #speedandgrease #eagleriverderby #prochamp #prochamp440 #eagleriverworldchampionship #worldchampion #polaris
3 hr 50 min
February 05 024: Cardell Potter - You Spend Your Whole Life Focused On One Thing
Being involved in any form of racing involves an immense amount of time if you want to succeed. Cardell Potter's journey into racing started at an early age on a kitty kat snowmobile. Kitty kat racing led to years of moving through the ranks of ice oval snowmobile racing. After reaching pro champ 440, the highest rank in ice oval snowmobile racing, continued work to optimize his training and race team performance led Cardell and his team to winning the most prestigious race, the Eagle River World Championship Derby and many other achievements. Even with the year round work that it takes to succeed, Cardell and his family also dove into asphalt stock car racing where they competed at the super late model level at some of the most prestigious race events and series. Racing was truly a family affair for Cardell and his family with their endeavors year round in both snowmobile and stock car racing.
1 hr 34 min
January 08 023: Alex Gilhart - You've Got To Take Care Of Everyone Involved
Alex Gilhart grew up spectating many races with his family at a very early age. At the age of 4 he got the opportunity to wave a flag in the flag stand one night at the former State Park Speedway. You could say that moment was the start of it all for Alex. Greg McKarns gave him his first real flagging opportunity at Madison International Speedway. Once he got started it didn't take long for Alex to fill his calendar and start working with more tracks and with other series that would total up to around 60 events a year. Flagging hasn't been his only role; Alex has been performed race director duties and also served as General Manager at Angell Park Speedway. At the end of 2025, Alex was names Series Director for the ASA Midwest Tour starting in the 2026 race season.

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#alexgilhart #colinreffner #speedandgrease #ASA #asamidwesttour #midwesttour #angellparkspeedway #madisoninternationalspeedway #ASASTARS
1 hr 4 min
January 01 365 Days of Speed and Grease
✨365 days of Speed and Grease ✨

Thank you to all of our guests that have traveled and taken the time to come record an episode. To all of you that have tuned in, followed, and shared the show on varies platforms, THANK YOU!

I wish you all a safe and Happy New Year!

#colinreffner #speedandgrease #MidwestRacingHistory
2 min

About Speed and Grease

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The "Speed and Grease" Podcast is hosted by Colin Reffner. Colin is most recognized from his deep roots in short track racing. Speed and Grease embodies more than just fast cars. It's about the time,…