The Derek Pernesiglio Show

Actor and race car driver Kyle Whisner moved East after a stint racing on the shorts tracks of California. Now he’s trying to break into NASCAR’s top levels while racing with Hashimoto’s Disease. Whisner joins Derek to talk about the trials and tribulations of navigating through the sport while spreading awareness about his condition.

Former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver, Joey Coulter stops by the studio to talk about his early beginnings in go-karts and running on the Florida short tracks. He also tells the story of the up and down path that led him to winning truck series races with Richard Childress, a dream ride turning into a nightmare and going back to the short tracks to find his love for the sport again and his newly found love for driving tour-type modifieds.

Rogelio Lopez and Ruben Garcia Jr. are both champions of the NASCAR Mexico Series and two of the series’ winningest drivers. Both drivers came to the United States to move up the NASCAR ladder and both found victory lane in the ARCA Menards East Series. Now they have started RX2 Driver Development, helping and developing some of the newest crop of driving talent to come from Mexico and Latin America. They sit down with Derek to talk about their driver line up, continuing to race and win in the NASCAR Mexico Series and reminisce about the old days in the East Series on this episode of The Derek Pernesiglio Show.

NASCAR Cup Series spotter, Freddie Kraft has woven a style all his own. From the short tracks of Long Island, Freddie worked at every grassroots level before ascending to the highest form of American motorsports. Whether it is talking on the team radio or talking his mind on Dirty Mo Media’s wildly popular show, Door, Bumper, Clear you can be rest assured Freddie will tell you what he thinks. He sits down with Derek to talk about his legendary figure-eight driver father, Tommy, the state of the sport and that fateful night modified racing lost John Blewett III on this episode of The Derek Pernesiglio Show.

Ryan Flores took different steps to making it in racing. After cutting his teeth on the high banked, Jersey shore speedway of Wall Stadium, Flores went from being a short track racer to a mechanic to a championship winning tire changer for Penske. After solidifying a role in NASCAR, Flores went back to his short track roots winning huge open wheel events like the Gamblers Classic and the Rumble in the Dome. All this and more on this episode of the Derek Pernesiglio Show.

Johnny Benson came from the short tracks of Michigan and rose to NASCAR’s top levels, winning not only one but two championships in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He sits down with Derek to talk about his life in the sport, building racecars as a teenager and his new found love for Supermodified racing. All this and more on the latest episode of The Derek Pernesiglio Show.

MRN's Dave Moody has celebrated over thirty-five years in NASCAR Radio and twenty years as the host of SIRIUS XM's "Sirius Speedway." He and Derek try to solve the racing world's problems on this episode of The Derek Pernesiglio Show.

He’s the patriarch of one of the most well known Long Island, open-wheel racing families. NEMA Hall of Fame Inductee,“Mazda” Pete Pernesiglio has been staple in the Northeast midget racing scene for over four decades. In a very special episode, Derek sits down to share stories with his father about a lifetime in the sport, utilizing a Mazda engine and grooming the next generation of driver in the family. All this and more on this episode of The Derek Pernesiglio Show.

Longtime NASCAR crew chief, Clyde McLeod has been part of some of the most memorable moments in racing. He stops by The Derek Pernesiglio Show to share early racing memories in the modifieds, building a NASCAR shop from the ground up and what life is like with retirement just around the corner.

Doug Smith- I've Got Two Drivers Headed To Jail: He’s one of the figures in the sport who doesn’t have to wear a firesuit. From announcing races for over thirty years to operating Ace Speedway to his current position as race director for Caraway Speedway, Doug Smith has done it all from the other side of the windshield. Doug talks about his life in the sport and calling races alongside Derek for years in the booth at Concord Speedway in this episode of The Derek Pernesiglio Show.