Where Legends Are Made Podcast

"Where Legends Are Made" is back for Season 6...not 5, Steven can't count...and we kick off a new season with the defending Pepsi Big Block Modified track champion "Money Mat Williamson"! A championship, the Chili Bowl, future fatherhood and hear the story few have heard about the wrecked chassis from May 18, 2024.

After a massive win, his first at Land of Legends Raceway and first with the CRSA Sprints, 305 Sprint Car driver Matt Rotz stops by to talk about his biggest achievement in the sport. Matt talks about his win, his start in racing, his friendship with Alex Payne and his father's talent under the hood of the 77 machine. Great listen!!

It has been the buzz of the offseason for Land of Legends Raceway fans..."Money Mat" Williamson is going to call Canandaigua home in 2024. He stops by to chat with Steven Ovens about the move to go Big Block racing on Saturday nights, what his Big Block program looks like and previews some upcoming Super DIRTcar Series shows on his schedule.

"Hollywood" Brad Sawyer tells track announcer Steven Ovens all about his "why" when it comes to racing. Brad also shares his experience as a brand new driver rolling into the Canandaigua pit area and what it felt like in his first full season of competition. A great story that has many chapters to be written in the future, subscribe on YouTube, follow on Facebook and subscribe to Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

"The Cranker" Frank Guererri Jr. stops in to talk about his family's long career in racing, his own story in racing and how he feels heading into 2024. Frank looks forward to Open Practice which has been moved to Wednesday April 24th at 6PM.

Here's a name you may not be familiar with who is getting ready to tackle her first full season of competition at Land of Legends Raceway. Syd "The Kid" Wetherbee stops in to talk about her extensive kart racing career, her family's history in racing, the move to 305 Sprints and much much more!

We bring you bonus content this week as Alex Payne joins Steven Ovens, Clint Miller and Adam DelGrosso on a special "one-night-only" episode of Turn 5 Live. Alex recaps 2023, looks ahead to a hot start on the Super DIRTcar Series and talks engines, tires and much more!

Mike Welch drops into "Where Legends Are Made" to talk about the Empire Street Stock Series and his own racing efforts which are expanding in 2024 to not only Land of Legends Raceway but Ransomville Speedway as well. Good chat with the all-time leader in Street Stock feature wins at LOLR!

"Mr. Smooth" and 2023 LOLR Hobby Stock track champion Marc Minutolo joins "Where Legends Are Made" for an insightful and fun conversation. Marc talks all things full fenders, the racing career of "Big Mike" and what he thinks is important to keep the Hobby Stock class growing in our area.

Dalton Slack Racing will make Land of Legends Raceway his Saturday night home in 2024 to develop his Big Block program. He joins "Where Legends Are Made" podcast host and announcer Steven Ovens to outline Dalton's team decision on LOLR, his full-time work, the Slack family history in motorsports and much more!

Motorsports writer, podcaster and demo derby video producer Chris Marquart joins Steven Ovens to talk about his start in motorsports and his experience filling in as Land of Legends Raceway TV Producer in 2023. Chris helped our livestream immensely last season and shares stories of sitting in the "hot seat" as well as a new project he's heading up with students at the Midlakes school district.

The 2024 season at Land of Legends Raceway is right around the corner and Paul Cole helps us kick it off with his 2024 season preview. Paul chats with Steven Ovens about the 2024 schedule, the state of the raceway and they touch on the importance of supporting racers here at home with streaming video.

Steven Ovens and Clint Miller (5:30) strike up the Turn 5 Live band one more time to discuss Opening Night 2023 at the Land of Legends. Then Mia Mangino (49:30) from Albany-Saratoga Speedway gives insight on all things DIRTcar going on in the Capital District. Get out to a local DIRTcar Member track near you!

This week on Where Legends Are Made...we sit down with Adam Depuy and talk about his transition from Street Stocks to 305 Sprint Cars. We also check in with Stirling Lubricants Sportsman rookie Behr Grover as he sets out for the 2023 campaign.

You may know him from growing up at the Land of Legends, you may know his legendary father from Birosh Fabrication OR you might know him as an announcer...and NOW a Pepsi Big Block Modified driver. Greg Birosh joins Where Legends Are Made to talk all things Modifieds!

Welcome back for another episode of Where Legends Are Made! This week, Doug Elkins drops by to talk about DIRTcar Nationals for the Big Blocks as well as his reactions to the streaming product Land of Legends puts out as well as his reaction to the DIRTVision announcement. Have a guest suggestion- send us a private message.

Paul Cole and Tana Robinson join Steven Ovens to discuss the impact of the recent DIRTVision announcement. Paul shares a behind the scenes look at the grandstand replacement project set to kick off in March and why it took as long as it did. Tana also shares some great marketing opportunities that remain for 2023, don't delay!

Tune in to "Where Legends Are Made" the official podcast of Land of Legends Raceway as this week we catch up with Sportsman opening night winner Karl Comfort. Karl talks about growing up at the track, why he left, why he came back and how sweet it was to be back in Victory Lane.

Join us this week on Where Legends Are Made for a preview of the 2022 season opener at Land of Legends Raceway, our A-Main interview of the week with Eldon Payne Jr. and this week in Land of Legends history focusing on past Opening Night winners.

Tune in for "Where Legends Are Made" as we storm ahead to Opening Night 2022 on April 23rd. Episode 2 this features Art Rorick, Executive Producer of Land of Legends TV. Art talks about his history in the sport going back to the DIRT Motorsports days with "This Week on DIRT" and "Rush Hour on DIRT." He also shares his role on race day, what goes into making a good show, the Land of Legends App that he created and much more!

Tune in for "Where Legends Are Made" as we kick off Season 3 in the Podcast world! Episode 1 for 2022 features Paul Cole and Tana Robinson who will highlight many topics preparing for 2022 like their roles, what to look for this season and the recent hot topic of video streaming!

We kick off a whole new season of "Where Legends Are Made" with Nick Guererri who piloted the Land of Legends TV No. 25G to a victory in South Carolina before getting ready to start the season hopefully this week in New York.

The official podcast of Land of Legends Raceway is back for Season 2 and our first guest of the year is promoter Paul Cole! Paul stops in to discuss some breaking news for the 2021 season that was recently announced.

This week the veteran sprint car racer Bobby Parrow drops to talk about his return to racing and sweeping the night on August 8 to end a winless streak dating back to July 1999. Another big story from August 8 was a new face being in Pepsi Big Block Modified victory lane. Gil Tegg Jr. stopped by for an interview after what was a season-altering win for his team at a much needed time. We also are giving away some merch for this week's 'dash for cash'. Both interviews by request this week- have a driver you want to hear on the Pod? Drop us a message. Plus we have space for marketing partners if you want to get your business in front of our growing group of listeners. See Less

Jeff Trombley's racing career started in the mid-80's as a Dirt Modified crew member, later turned driver. But over three decades later, Trombley finds himself "having fun on the road" in a sprint car. An amazing A-Main interview you won't want to miss this week with the multi-time CRSA 305 Sprints series champion on Episode 4 of "Where Legends Are Made." Don't miss out on seeing Jeff wheel his bright yellow No. 3A Saturday night at 7PM, right here at Land of Legends Raceway!

This week on "Where Legends Are Made" Steven and Brad get paid a visit by not one, but TWO A-Main Interview guests. "The Rooster" Scott Hixson, Land of Legends Raceway's head flagger, tells race fans about his story in the sport and what it was like on his perch before and after fans returned. Then "Gibbz" Matt Guererri swings through to talk about his hot start to the 2020 season, changes he made in the offseason, Matt Sheppard's influence on his program and the question we've all wanted an answer to- why is he called Gibbz any way? Bob Miller helped us out with LOLR History and we have swag to give away in our final segment!

This week on Where Legends Are Made, Super DIRTcar Series and DIRTcar Northeast director Dean Reynolds stops in to talk about this weekend's visit by the DIRTcar Northeast Sportsman Series Central Region. We talk about how exciting it was for the Sportsman Series to kick off at Utica-Rome, what we expect this weekend. Reynolds also talked about the response by all the tracks under the DIRTcar banner as we shed light on how we are all #DIRTcarStrong through this COVID-19 response.

This week on "Where Legends Are Made" Steven & Brad Ovens recap the first 2 race events of the 2020 season at Land of Legends Raceway. Pat Ward & Larry Wight each took home $2,500 victories, while Matt Guererri and Kevin Root split the Sportsman features. Hear the Top 10 finishers, this week's Highlight of the Week, This Week in LOLR History and the A-Main Interview of the week with LOLR Promoter Paul Cole.

Steven Ovens and Brad Ovens introduce the new Podcast of Land of Legends Raceway. They discuss the format of the podcast, some added fan engagement features the track is offering in 2020 and much more!