The Backstretch

Denny Hamlin wins at Michigan in the midst of a lot going on off the track, now he will skip Mexico City. Dodge is returning to the truck series. Heather shares a recent conversation with Hall of Famer Donnie Allison. Here final thought is on the race in Mexico City.

On this week's edition of the Backstretch Heather talks about the breaking news surrounding the 23XI/Front Row vs NASCAR Lawsuit. Chris then joins her to talk about Ryan Blaney's win at Nashville, the continued run-ins for Carson Hocevar and they have a preview of Michigan. This week's guest is Ty Gibbs and we get to know about Ty the 22 year-old, not just Ty the race car driver.

Ross Chastain adds a crown jewel to his collection. Kyle Larson's double does not go well. The guest this week is Daniel Suarez and Heather's final thought it about Amazon Prime's first cup broadcast.

Heather and Chris talk about the Hall of Fame Class of 2026, did we finally crack the code on short track racing at the All-Star Race and look forward to the Coke 600.Austin Dillon is the guest and Heather's final thought is about the drama in IndyCar right now.

Kyle Larson runs away at Kansas, so is it a car problem or a Kyle problem. The debate continues on what to do with the NASCAR postseason and our guest this week is Christopher Bell.

Joey Logano finds a way to win, NASCAR is taking it's championship on the road and this week's guest is Shane Van Gisbergen

Was Talladega boring and how can we fix super speedway racing? Joey Logano and Chipper Jones now have beef and Chase Briscoe is this week's guest.

A big shocker as Spire Motorsports cuts ties with Rodney Childers. The All-Star race makes some interesting changes and NASCAR heads to Talladega. Zane Smith is the guest.

No off weeks on the Backstretch, though this a little less formal an episode. Heather and Chris talk about the race at Bristol and look forward to Rockingham. Plus a quick chat with Austin Dillon.

There were some technical issues on the Backstretch, so this podcast was from before the Bristol race, but we thought you might have a good time listening to how wrong we were about what might happen on Sunday, and the chat with John Hunter Nemechek is a good one