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On this Thursday we'll talk a big $100,000 score for a young driver, some interesting entries and driver stuff around High Limit at Skagit, what to watch this weekend, and an important player in the sprint car free agency game who's name keeps coming up.
Jason Meyers sets All Star lineup to finish High Limit sprint car season, Spencer Bayston's schedule filling up, is Paul Silva bringing two cars to Calistoga? Plus a Hunt the Front update and more.
Josh Richards' return confirmed. Where was Spencer Bayston. What will Jason Meyers do. Those topics and more today.
Big time free agent drivers, open sprint car seats, and domino effects inbound. We'll talk through a bunch of sprint car silly season scenarios today, including who's looking, what I'm hearing, and what makes sense. Plus Donny Schatz's west coast ride, High Limit in Oregon, and more.
Corey Day in Steve Kinser territory, RTJ vs Chris Madden bubbles up again, Sheldon Haudenschild puts a red flag on his car to make sure he gets noticed, Josh Richards rumors, and much more today.
The Gold Cup is here, Cade Dillard apologizes and will be racing this weekend, even more Donny Schatz related news, what car will Cory Hedgecock be driving, and a whole lot more today.
Cole Denton, Echo Park Speedway, Thursday Thunder Champion; Kyle Bookmiller, Auburndale Speedway winner; and Jaylynn Montgomery, Sprint Car winner are this week's guests.
Today on the show, a bunch of sprint car odds and ends including the Outlaws at Mississippi Thunder, the Donny Schatz/TSR number situation, and notes on Kerry Madsen and Justin Sanders. We'll also talk Hunt the Front's future, and some interesting rumblings on where we could see them in 2026.
Lucas responds to the Cade Dillard, Garrett Alberson incident with a big suspension; we'll talk Donny Schatz's near future and why he's got a big incentive to find more rides; plus we'll talk World of Outlaws and Super DIRTcar Series.
Should crates and 360s be allowed to run with supers and 410s? We'll dive into that today. Plus Sunday racing, and news and notes on Max McLaughlin, the Heidbreder sprint car, Tye Wolfgang, Robert Ballou, and more.
It figures that the one week I take off, things go crazy. Today on the show we'll react to Ryan Timms' Knoxville Nationals score, Spencer Bayston and Jason Meyers splitting, more on Donny Schatz and Tony Stewart, Garrett Alberson versus Cade Dillard, late model silly season stuff, and a lot more.
Dirt late model driver and chassis builder Austin Kirkpatrick talks his AK Racecars business, designing and building dirt late models, competing in a crowded space, and more.
Emergency Daily show! Ten time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz has been released by Tony Stewart Racing!
It's Knoxville Nationals Saturday, and we'll talk who locked in from Friday, preview tonight's racing, and a possible reason why Donny Schatz looked pretty good last night. We'll also hit on the North South 100 and Friday race results.
Kyle Larson strikes again, Brian Brown injured, we'll talk who's locked in for Saturday, and a lot more from the Knoxville Nationals. Plus Thursday race results, and a bunch of dirt late model notes from the North South 100.
We'll go deep on night one of the Knoxville Nationals, including a breakthrough win, disasters, big comebacks, and more. We'll also preview night two, and get you ready for the North South 100.
It's Knoxville Nationals time, and today we'll talk format, the first prelim night, who to watch, who's got pressure on them, and more. Plus we'll react to some of the special Nationals paint schemes, there's news about injured driver Tyler Courtney, and a lot more.
Today on the show we'll talk Front Row Challenge and Kyle Larson's dominance. But then things will take a strange and winding turn. We're going down a rabbit hole today that involves a sprint car aerodynamics piece, Larson, Paul Silva, Rico Abreu and Ricky Warner.
A bunch of news and notes from around Knoxville today, including what some free agent crew chiefs are doing this week, should we take James McFadden seriously as a Nationals threat, who was absent last night from the Cappy, plus we'll talk Longhorn's new shocks and who might be using them. All that and more.
On this episode, everything you need to know about the big Saturday Kasey Kahne Racing news, including all the details, what's next, and what it means going forward.
We've got sprint car news, including crew chief and driver changes, plus we'll talk a lot of weekend dirt racing, and is this finally Rico Abreu's year at Knoxville?
Tom Ackerman talks with Chris Blair about Iowa's rise as a racing hub with the Sprint Car 360 Nationals and Knoxville Nationals. Blair also previews upcoming NASCAR events at WWT Raceway near St. Louis, including a Cup Series playoff race and XFINITY Series return. He highlights improved fan experience, strong community and corporate support, and a pre-race concert by Bill Murray's band.
Send us a textWes Irwin — a familiar face in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series for the past 8 years — joins the Dirty Right Rear Podcast ahead of one of the biggest weekends in Sprint Car racing: the Federated Auto Parts Ironman 55 at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Missouri.
Send us a textWorld of Outlaws sprint car driver Logan Schuchart joins the Dirty Right Rear podcast to talk all things racing, fitness, team building, and life on the road. From getting his start in go-karts at age 2 to winning major events like the Ironman 55, Logan takes us through his journey in the sprint car world—including the early days with his brother Jacob, building Shark Racing from the ground up, and what it takes to compete at the highest level.We also dive into:Â
Today we'll dive into the 360 Nationals field, including subs and some drivers returning after injuries. Plus we got a close up look at Tyler Courtney's crashed car from Eldora and we'll point out a few things there. Those things and a lot more today.
Robert Ballou is always good for a spicy quote, a World of Outlaws team is looking for a new crew chief, and an update on who's currently got Rocket XR2s, with more showing up soon.
USAC suspends a driver and team over a failed tire test, and we've got the details today. Also, the list of injured dirt racers grows with Stewart Friesen's ugly modified crash last night, Monday racing results and what's coming up.
More today on Justin Sanders replacing Aaron Reutzel, what this means for NARC, and Reutzel's timeline for return. Plus Rocket officially reveals new chassis name and starts shipping the new design, another sprint car driver hurt, a line of silly season dominoes stops falling, and more.
A late night, emotional win at Fairbury for Brian Shirley. Aaron Reutzel will be out for a while after that Eldora injury, and I've got some insight on who could fill in. We'll also talk weekend dirt racing results, and a wild scene at Farmington Empire as two B-Mod drivers throw hands for $50.
This sudden bad blood between Kyle Larson and David Gravel is adding just a little bit of unexpected spice to the biggest part of the sprint car season, and this story isn't going to go away. We'll talk about it, plus Danny Dietrich mad, the PDC is here, and a lot more.
High Limit's next in line can't capitalize on championship contender absences, and we'll touch on this medical provisional situation. KCP gets their guy to replace Gio Scelzi, and a lot more news and notes today.
A lot has happened in the last 24 hours, including race plans for injured drivers, there are silly season updates, a late model driver faces a lengthy ban, and more. We'll update you today on everything you need to know.
This week we're back with our wrap up from a huge week of sprint car racing in Ohio! We talk about the racing, the injuries and the drama from the week. We also talk about the Summer Nationals in our area and the Chase Johnson incident at Sonoma.
Rocket recently rolled out a new chassis design for Brandon Sheppard, but Mark Richards isn't too thrilled with all the comparisons that have been made. Plus we'll talk issues at Huset's, James McFadden's new engine, and more.
Friday night at Lernerville Speedway the full line up of Fab4 Racing took center stage with the return of the Late Models after a one-week hiatus. A tricky and technical surface awaited drivers as they made their way to the speedway as a good deal of cushion developed throughout the night, putting an emphasis on adjustments with the cars and preferred racing lines. AJ Flick visited Victory Lane for the first time in 2025 on Friday night in Sprint Car action with Garrett Krummert hitting pay dirt for the first time this season with his feature victory with the Block Modifieds. Michael Norris was the class of the field in the Late Model main event and Cody Koteles topped the 17 car Pro stock field for his second win in a row. Pittsburgh John Mollick RUSH Sprints, Steven Shelpman won the Willie White Memorial, Brandon Burgoon won in RUSH Late Models, Nick Timberlake 4 Cylinders,   Michaels Mercer raceway was able to get in 3/4 of the program as the final feature of the night for the mini stocks was rained out. Rex King Jr. picked up his 11th Mercer modified win in the BRP modified tour race capturing $3000; Vivian Jones her second RaceSaver 305 sprint feature of the year; veteran Billy Adams ended a long dry spell by picking up his first win in the DIRT 602 crate sportsman feature since 2021; the mini stock feature was rained out and will be run first next week. For more information go to rappinonracin.com Â
It's been a crazy last few days in dirt racing, and we'll begin to unravel all of it today. We're talking Anthony Macri's Kings Royal score, an ugly week at Eldora, David Gravel vs. Kyle Larson, and Bob Gardner completely losing his mind in a heat race at Farmer City.
Who's up for a little bonus Daily show action? Today we'll dive into the Gio Scelzi situation and what certainly looks like it could be the kickoff to a busy summer of musical sprint car chairs. We'll also talk High Limit at Eldora, Thursday winners, and more.
This week on the show we catch up with sprint car racer Brian Smith and we will find out how these farewell tour rumors got started. Brian also shares a very personal story that help shape his life. Plus all the latest racing news and results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It was a wild night at Eldora, with some big crashes and some wild racing, but a lot of the talk is centered on the High Limit disqualification of World of Outlaws championship leader David Gravel. We'll get into all of it today and more.
We find out about Sprint Car Bandits series that is racing at Worthington MN on Aug 6th. Very unique idea of running 305 and 360 together. We also talk to Ryan Hargan with Hawk Wings which is also a great story. Its a must listen!!!
Sometimes sprint car racing is great. Other times it can really suck. We'll talk about that today, plus a race that nobody seemed to want to win, heavyweights going at it with Lucas, and a lot more.
Cole Macedo steals some High Limit money, and then promptly crashed. Mike Marlar continues car swapping, McKay Wenger makes a change, Ricky Thornton Jr. races a lot, and more today.
An update today on the Kyle Beard DQ, Justin Peck and Mike Marlar make swaps, Clay Harris was moments away from falling off the Lucas tour, and more.
Hall of famer Billy Moyer was handed a late model win on Friday because of a DQ, but the series didn't tell us why. We'll dig in on that today and what I've been told about the situation, plus we'll talk weekend racing and more.
On this Thursday, we'll hurt some feelings and talk who the two best sprint car drivers in the country are. That's part of a five-pack of storylines we'll get into coming out of the summer break, which also includes a look at the High Limit title fight, and who do you think wins a race first, Tanner Thorson or Donny Schatz?
Hunt the Front announces penalties over the Michael Page-Cory Hedgecock kerfuffle, Pennsylvania tracks back Port Royal over the Taylor Farlling suspension, and also ban the driver, plus new for Jimmy Owens and Tuesday racing results.
Port Royal Speedway announces a big penalty against a late model competitor and sends a message in the process. We'll go through the details, plus the past history between the drivers involved that led into the incident. We'll also talk Tuesday racing and more.
Brandon Sheppard was fast this past weekend with Lucas, and he did it in a new Rocket design. We'll talk about at least a few of the updates, plus Austin Kirkpatrick's AK Racecars is open for business, Lucas Lee and Tyler Erb both win but were not happy, and a more today.
Nick Hoffman takes a beating, Jonathan Davenport DQ'd, Donny Schatz goes testing but not with Tony Stewart Racing, Cory Hedgecock vs. Michael Page, and a whole lot more today.
Today on the show, we'll talk about Port Royal, but more importantly, what I think is maybe the dumbest problem in sprint car racing.