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In a world full of egos and spotlight seekers, this driver stands out for all the right reasons. Raised in the heartbeat of a small-town repair shop owned by his mom and dad, his journey began not with flash, but with grit—turning wrenches, learning the craft, and building not just cars, but character. Cutting his teeth between oil changes and late nights in the garage, he quickly showed that the same hands tightening bolts could grip a steering wheel with unmatched precision. He jumped behind the wheel of a go-kart before most kids had lost their training wheels. From there, it was arena racing, where he made his name known with quiet determination and hard-nosed driving. By the age of 10, while most were still figuring out the basics, he was strapping into a late model stock car and taking on veterans twice his age. No shortcuts. No silver spoon. Just raw talent and a relentless work ethic forged in the family shop. And now—years of hard work, sacrifice, and staying humble—have paid off in a way dreams are made of. Under the lights at the legendary Hickory Motor Speedway for the 2025 Throwback Classic Weekend, he pulled off the biggest win of his young career, cashing in a $50,000 payday in a late model stock that he and his family wrenched on themselves. It wasn’t just a victory—it was a statement. One that proves you don’t need millions to make it. You just need heart, hustle, and a family who believes in you. And this humble wheelman? He’s just getting started.









Mini Tyrrell joins us to tell us his story from his humble beginnings from gokarts at a young age to where he hated getting bumped at first but one day in the backyard with him mother he learned to take a bump and to give a bump. Mini comes from a family of racing with his father running late model stocks back in the day and asking Mini if he wanted to try out this sport we love and cut our teeth doing. From there Mini went to Arena racing where he stacked up 8 wins and became the youngest to win in Youth and Pro divisions in Richmond VA 

From there Mini went into Late Model Stocks and Limited Late Models becoming the youngest driver in the world to race and win a LMSC race. Aquired 15 wins from 2013 to 2018 and also becoming back to back LMSC Championships in 2016 and 2017 

Jumping up to the CARS Tour in 2019 with the family team with Late Model Champion Brandon Butler he has been on a tear ever since, Finishing in the top 3 in points last year Mini grabbed and rode that wave into this year already aquiring 3 wins in the Cars Tour including the 2025 Throwback Classic where he walked away with 50k after not knowing if he was gonna finish out the season.

These are the stories that write themselves in the racing world we all been at a time where we are at hardship for the race season then we get some luck, skill and determination behind us and have a break out when we need it most.

Mini on the track is a great competitor but also a great person off the track too, humble, gritty, a guy that will go to no end to help his friends and family out. At the age of 6 years old hea fundraising campaign dedicated to raising awareness, funding research, and providing joy and support to children with cancer and other causes. Since launching his first fundraiser he has rasied over $650,000. Mini's Mission is now a 503(c)(3) non profit organization that is partnered with 
Children’s National Hospital
Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia
Alex’s Army Childhood
Cancer Foundation
Friends of Jaclyn Foundation (FOJ)
Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation (JGCF) 

It was awesome to hear his story to see what hes doing behind the scenes and how hes giving back to the community every day he suits up puts on a helmet and pulls those straps tight one more time!
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This weekend we headed off to White Mountain Motorsports park to enjoy some thunder in the mountains!
Mini Late Models had a big 1k to win event along with great racing through all other divisions of Late Models, Strictly Stocks, Flying Tigers and the kids division 

Had a couple friends podium and had a couple of our buddies get booted from tech as well (TATER) 

Watched long time late model competitor families battle it out under the lights, and BG00 go 3 for 3 for the year in the Tigers after a late race caution erased Logan Powers half a track lead.

Stictly Stocks had some fire works with Mckenna Merchant going tires up on the back stretch after contact between 2 other competitors along with late race effort by Patrick Switser sealing off the win over Jack Hayes and adding to his points lead 

Kids division had a great race 1 caution but Cooper Benoit-Cox leading it green to checkered for that race with Colby Stygles and Conner Charbonneau in tow for the race lead 

Mini Late Models had some fire works between Nick Anderson and Nick Miller early in the race resulting in some fuel cell shots after the yellow flew. Matt Leblanc had a stout car but fatigue got the best of him coming out of 4 almost collecting 2nd place runner at the time Chris Moulton. Chris ran a smooth race from there leading the race all the way to the checkered flag over Garrett Labounty and Matt Leblanc to end the night of racing for WMMP.


Sunday we headed off to the High Banks of Hudson Speedway for the Mighty Mike Lewis Memorial 

We had Six Shooters, Pure Stocks, NELCAR Legends and Bandoleros, and Super Streets all in competition that day 

Six Shooters Michael Yeaton took off from the green growing a half a track lead while Miller Jr and Sr tried to get around the 52 of Mike Comtois in the 25 lap feature, Patrick Joslin had a late race drive to put him into 3rd when the checker flag flew 

Pure Stocks had Kenzie Belisle leading most of the way of the race but with a couple cautions and 1 restart during the race Bobby Payne made a great move grabbing the lead and setting sail from there over Kenzie and Chris Quin at the end of the 25 lap feature 

NELCAR Legends had a eventful race with lap 1 Jacob Burns going for a spin into turn 3 collecting a couple competitors along the way. Later in the race the leader Cole Robie and Josh Parsons got together bringing out another caution in the legend race. Both Jacob Burns and Cole Robie made their way through the pack. Jacob Burns taking down the win over PJ Evans and Jase Mongeon and Cole came home 4th 

NELCAR Bandoleros went green to checkered with Bryson Robidoux setting pace and winning the race over Brody Wakefield and Grayson Day 

The Mighty Mike Lewis Memorial had 17 cars take their best shot at bringing home the win in the Summer Six Pack Super Street Series yesterday. Andrew Morin set the pace for the race growing his lead to almost a quarter of a straightaway at one point. A late race caution with 8 to go erased all that and the battle between Andrew Morin and Bill Helliwell was on. Andrew finally cleared Bill and went on to win the 26th Annual Mighty Mike Lewis Memorial with Justin Beecher rounding out the top 3.

It was a long hot weekend this weekend but we enjoyed all the action at both WMMP and Hudson Speedway we thank both tracks for having us and letting us enjoy their tracks this weekend from the infield ! 

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We are back after a hiatis we cover everything from upcoming races to bristol and much more 

Send James angry mail thanks ! 

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Matt Swanson is a honest man

Got his start in midget racing at the age of 8 years old just getting his feet wet in dirt racing.
Matt is a third generation driver his grand father did drag racing and his father got into running Busch North along with PASS

At the age of 9 he went from getting his feet wet to running 130 feature races in 1 year and having quarter midgets getting air freighted from Colorado after selling a car he was racing of a chassis deal he had

He then jumped up to Tour Mods where he got his first start at Star Speedway while Bobby Sr over looked the facility cause no other track would allow him out there at his age to run the Tour Type Mods became a Tour Type Mod Champion at Star in 2014 under car owner Marco Turcotte

He then jumped down to go SK Light racing at Stafford and absolutely hated it going from 600 HP to a crate car wasnt his cup of tea then jumped into VRMS along with the Nascar Whelen Modified Touring Series 2016 became Rookie of the year with his house car earning a couple top 10s along with top 5 finishes for the year along with running Nema Lites at Seekonk that year and making his first Pro Stock start at Seekonk aswell and came home 6th

As years went on he caught the attention of the owners of Old Blue #3 Boheler Racing Enterprises that got in contact with Matts family and started a 3 year journey for him in that prestigious car and team.

There he learned he can keep up with the best of them but also learned to start setting pace and to stay out of trouble with a car that can win a feature on the NWMTS, they parted ways and Matt just went back to running his house car starting out at 10 races with goal to win all 10 races and to keep his racing fun going.

He then linked up with Howie #97 NESS owner and started running big blocks first race being at Thunder Road the most technical track in all of New England running 9 second lap times. He shares the differences going into a modified or a 350 super into a big block and how you have to caress the steering wheel and not to run a big visor helmet cause the air will definitely try to rip it off and how big aerodynamics deal with one of those cars

Great episode with a great story and many laughs with Swanson !

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Chris has been a vocal racer for sometime
Hard nose but is a racers racer
Well acomplished and traveling all over the North East to down south for races
His dad ran some big races and was very stout from the drop of a hat with some run in's with his own son which you can pretty much call this a family racing gig

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Billy Meazell III is a third generation driver from his grandfather running in the big leagues of Nascar along with his father himself making some starts in ARCA as well back in the day aswell
Billy got his start at the age of 15 running go karts but got out of it cause of all the prepping just wasnt into it
He also has a great story with his younger brother while racing him one night aswell on the go kart track,
Billy moved to Mini stocks and caught fire picking up 17/22 race wins for the year and even said when people started booing a 16 year old kid he knew he was doing something right and that it was time to move up into Hot Stocks a suped up street stock out in Texas for a basic run down
Had horrible luck car just didnt handle right and pissed Billy off. He graduated high school and went to college for body work and paint, taking odd jobs by painting woman literally painting the woman herself for side gigs along with Radio DJ going through the years of college as side gigs.
Through those years he was helping his old man that was still racing and dabbling in go kart racing for the 8 year hiatis of racing then jumped full bore back in after his little brother got a full body car.

He touched on how he met Hot Karl along with why the infield tractor tire got its name
Billy is a great character who is very funny and made us laugh alot who has accomplished alot in social media and racing throughout his years doing it

From getting kicked outta the Dome to going after it with Tyler Carpenters wife along with sneaking into both Dome and Chili Bowl with beer in hand on the infield taking victory lane pictures with drivers that just won.

Billy has his sights set on Austrailia along with some other things hes doing this 2024 season

Have a listen share a laugh and definitely enjoy this podcast episode we enjoyed doing it and definitely follow THE INFIELD TRACTOR TIRE on Facebook and follow along his comical self through his life from memes to great videos

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Clay Jones has been runing everything from 4 cylinders to the snowball derby qualifying 3 out of the 4 Snowball Derby's he has attempted qualifying in on the time with many big named guys in all ranks for short track racing to even Nascar.

Clay is a 3rd Generation driver watching his dad race along with his Grandfather over the years growing up along with uncles and many family members even working at the track Wilson County Speedway.. Ran 4cylinders to late model stocks to supers to even Hooters series traveling all around the east coast with a small team of family and friends finishing respectable even 8th in 1 event

We dive into dirt guys having big money races and ideas on how to get asphalt to that caliber, Clay even purchased himself a dirt car 2 years ago just havent got to it yet.

2022 and 2023 Wake County champion in the late models battling amongst great drivers like Tyler Matthews which actually recommended Clay to come on for this episode in his !

We talk about alot james has alot of long pauses and I dont know where I am per usual but enjoy Season 2 Episode 38 Bustin Ours To Kick Yours w/ Clay Jones

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Danny Bohn a 3rd Generation driver watching his father race throughout the years and then got to hop in a seat himself

Danny Bohn started his racing career at Wall Stadium running bandoleros and started winning right away capturing 13 wins out of a 16 race season
He then moved up to a SK Light the following year where he continued his winning ways where he clicked off 6 wins and then the following year another 7 wins both resulting in championships along with a Turkey Derby win in 2006

Became good friends with long time chassis guru Ray Everham and moved his operation down south where he jumped into a dirt modified after making a deal with Ray when he got down there
Did that for a couple years which resulted in a championship at East Lincoln

Got his feet wet for the first time at Bowman Gray at 2011
Jumped into a Whelen Southern Modified and went racing full time in 2012 with his father where they started with a couple wins but 2013 was his kick in the nuts year which resulted him destroying a car not once but 2 times in about the span of a month but had a great season none the less the trouble finishing with in the top 10 of points of a heavily fledged field of modified racers down south.
2014 he double dutied running a car at Bowman Gray full time along with the Whelen Southern Modified Tour winning a handful of races at Bowman Gray and stamped his championship down that year at Bowman by winning the 150 lap season finale at Bowman. Etching his name in the record books at the mad house that is flooded by Burt Myers and Tim Brown.
Along with that has won every big modified race you possibly can at Bowman including the North South Shootout 199 2 times (2014/2015) before they got rid of the race.

Fast forward to 2018/2019 he got a call from a guy to run a modified down south at On Point Motorsports to where he glanced over at their team Nascar Truck sitting there and said "I really wanna drive that" After getting some funding from a close friend that knew Brantley Gilbert and made a deal come together at the end of the 2019 season Danny made his first Nascar Truck start at Martinsville Speedway. Even got to party backstage with Brantley himself after unveiling the truck.

Danny first race was a eye opener heavier chassis different gauges 27 people yelling at you over the radio but he stayed competitive throughout the whole race all the way to the checkered where a maylay ensued sandwiching Danny and popping both his right side tires as he crossed the finish line in 8th place, which was the best finish first start by a rookie in Nascar Trucks until most recently.
He went to finish out the year with On Point Motorsports racing at Phoenix and Homestead which was a big eye opener for a guy that was use to just running modifieds with nerf bars to being 2 feet off a fence at 160 mph plus at Homestead or running a hard dog leg at Phoenix.
2020 he came back to On Point Motorsports half way through the season where he got a little taste of a full season in what we claim the big leagues of stock car racing. Best finish that year was again Martinsville finishing 7th so you can say he had that tracks number but really opened his eyes to the bigger tracks like Talladega, Las Vegas, Kansas, Texas, Richmond, Darlington and a couple others.
2021 is when Covid affected all of the world and made a guy that barely got his feet wet make his practice time put into a climb in and start the race situation.
Daytona being his first start there that year was a big eye opener almost went full flight miles that race aswell but didnt get the FULL experience or seat time throughout that year which played dividends to his learning curve to it all.
2022 made his first start in a Xfinity Car at Daytona finishing 8th which is crazy and then ran one more race at Darlington before he went back to his roots of Modified racing. Dont get me wrong Danny was running a modified sometimes double duty while doing all this throughout 2019 to 2022

This guy spent 3 hours talking with us while trimming up body panels on his modified to sweeping his floor in the shop sharing his story I can say Danny got to experience some cool moments from running Bandos as a kid to running full blown modifieds around Charlotte Legends tracks to running a full season in trucks and slinging dirt at Eldora and almost taking flight at Daytona

It was awesome to talk to him and we hope you enjoy it as well !

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We will be dropping by Jack Hayes shop to hear his and Chris Moulton story on how they got started into racing Both compete at White Mountain in the Strictly Stocks and have been doing it for sometime now both late arrivals in the racing scene but that doesn’t discount what they have accomplished in the short time they have had doing it All started with going to check out the races at WMMP and realizing it had a campground attached to it for one and the other always been around loud noises and motors and was lettering up racecars as a business Jack Hayes got his start in 2019 after the passing of a friend and having the opportunity to buy his car all he knew about racing was turn left driving fast and taking balls on the dash chances but didn’t know the other side of it but learned from a buddy Tyler Thompson throughout the years picking up wins along the way with 2024 being his 6th year doing it. Red flags? We will let him tell that story. Chris Moulton on the other hand came onto the scene in 2020 started camping with Jack himself and immediately got the bug. From there Chris built a car and started learning the craft of racing. In 2021 Chris won the car show at WMMP with his newly built car not knowing anything about racecars which gave him his first ever trophy, and sparked his want for more trophies. Quickly he figured out that it wasn’t gonna be as easy as it thought and it takes a lot of trial and error in this sport to actually keep the same mindset and also critique’s to unload a stout car week in and week out 2022 he won his first race along with 3 others and the rest is history from there even cheating up heads Anyways this Friday we go and sit down with these 2 guys and learn about their upbringing their great times funny stories learning moments and everything that shaped them into the competitors they are today and even going into 2024 This will be live on Facebook for you all to see time will be announced Friday when I get all the odds and ends figured out but it will be live ! Shoutout to the sponsors of RFP Helger's South Coast Power Equipment Rich Helger Gendron Motorsports Shane Gendron R.d. MacRae Thomas Welding Glen Thomas Robinson Race Parts and Fab Cole Robinson

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This episode we cover everything on and off the track from the new year bash

• First Time Qualifiers
• Chunks Thrown Down The Highway
• Lap 5 Incidents
• Blown Motors and 11 hour hauls
• Motor Protests
• Mini Stock Madness
• Legend Car Doubled Up Wins

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This past Saturday we took the haul up to Waterbury Center VT to go and meet up with 2023 Thunder Road International Speedbowl Tiger Champion Kyle Streeter

Kyle started his career in racing after watching his uncles and father take a crack at it he started in 2012 with a street stock until 2015 collecting 4 wins. 2016 made limited starts in a Tiger and has been running them ever since grabbing a couple wins and also running WMMP part time throughout the year,

2022 ran White Mountain part time along with running Thunder Road limited which rolls into 2023 going into the season Streeter looked stout through the year leading a lot of races and then by his words “throwing 3 away” at Thunder Road
Picked up 1 win opening day but had battles with Brandon Gray and Joel Hodgdon for some race finishes that year literally felt like a 20-30 lap chess match side by side for one race with Brandon which will sell seats every time same with Joel

Thunder Road in my opinion is one of New Englands toughest tracks to tame tight bullring, turn 4 comes up quick and you gotta make sure you hit your marks to sit side by side for laps upon laps there




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We end the podcast calendar year with a bang with Kickn Asphalts youtube vlogger and Cars Tour/ STAR Super Stock Tour promoter and racer Boo Carlisle

Ive been watching Boo and his Youtube Vlog channel for years while he grew his audience and media footprint on social media,

Drunk Car Sales
Bittersweet Facebook Market Place
Faking Sickness
Cars Tour Hype
Quiktrip Slushie Safe Spots
New Year Bash
Mild Slim Jims
Meeting Dale Jr
"Fred Showing His Ass"
Pissing Myself To Get Warm
and much more we talked about

Boo is a great do that can sell a blind and reading glasses if he wanted, well poised and accomplished in the years of promotion to racing and much more we shared laugh and alot of insight on the Cars Tour, his street stock tour and alot about his racing career and upbringing !

Please enjoy this episode we definitely sure did check out his youtube/facebook/insta/twitter Kickn Asphalt

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Tyler started his racing career racing ATVs at the age of 7 years old til he was 14
Tyler moved up to the UCAR division in 2012 at Coastal Plains now known as New River All American Speedway

Then jumped into a street stock for a couple years and then to a late model in 2014
In 2015 he clicked off a rookie of the year honor in Latemodels along with the following year 2016 getting a NC State Title
From there he had a some limited starts in Xfinity and Trucks in the big leagues of nascar 1 start coming at NHMS which we just found out last night and some other places aswell on the tour

Tyler is coming off a great season taking 2023 State Title honors in the state of North Carolina

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Andrew Martell and his family has been in racing forever
His grandparents owned a couple cars leading up to 2000 fielding drivers until his uncle was old enough to drive

Andrew started in 2004 at Sugar Hill Speedway to start his career
Did the kids youth division back in the day at Claremont Motorsports Park, Monadnock and Cannan

Went into a street stock for a couple races jumped into a latemodel in 2017 then moved up to where he is now as in the Tour Type Modifieds
Fielding a car locally at Claremont for some starts and then jumping on the MRS Tour

Open Trailer Mafia with a Tour Type Mod is the greatest thing to hear out of it all great kid that busts his ass (Somewhat) to be where he is with a ton of family in the racing world

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In this episode we sit down with track owner Charlie Hansen

Charlie is a 3rd generation driver from NY he moved to NC in 1985, in 1993 he had his first start in a racecar which was a economy class street stock he got from a friend named Talmadge Simpkins, with a little success til 1997

While going to college and racing Charlie was also helping out the race tracks from helping the clean up crew, flagging, track announcing, to GM, Race directing and running raceday operations all over NC, reopened Kings Speedway at one time too.


He stepped away from it briefly to start a family and to focus on family things in 2007 and came back in 2011 with sporadic starts in racing like dirt late models at Southern National.


Became the GM of Wake County in 2013 til 2019, and in 2020 became the sole owner/ promoter of Wake County to present day.


Wake County is a tight 1/4 mile that holds races throughout the year and even host CARS Tour races dating back to 2018 which they put on great shows there

Charlie is a hell of a guy really funny we talked about everything under the sun from what it's like running day to day operations at a track to making race day run as smoothly as it can but understands he's a owner and trusts the people he puts in charge from Race Director to Tech Guy to make the correct calls he's fair but understands he can please everyone.


The biggest thing I applaud Charlie for is that he understands there is politics in racing and does his best to be strictly business and not get in that webbed side of racing, his passion is something you would want in a track owner and he's actually man enough to call a racer and explain stuff to them on either a DQ or a missed call to either explain hey we messed up or to hey right here this is why you got tossed. I applaud that a lot.

We cover the CARS Tour coming back to Wake and the waves they are making in the racing world this past year under new ownership, to Cobra Tires cause I've been dying to ask about the question to a track owner to see the other side of the view of that situation, Bombers controversy but some safety precautions he would like to see happen but enjoys the show they put on every night.


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This is why we love the shop tour

Casey Call not only is a hell of a wheel behind a SLM but he’s down to earth and a funny kid once you get to know him. He’s humble for what he has and what he’s accomplished from all the stepping stones of his racing career to where he is now. Grinds for everything he has and at the end of the day just like the rest of us that go through highs and lows of racing to where he said at one point in his career he wanted to give it up but stayed with it.


The one thing I absolutely love about Casey and his whole family is they go out and give it their best week in and week out at your local track. He’s not arrogant like some pre madonnas we have sitting in late models around the states he will take his time to say hi and conversate with everyone that he crossed paths with at the race track.

These races here (top photo)
Are won out of shops like here (bottom photo)

A single bay low ceiling work of sweat blood and tears that went into every car Casey climbed into from Go Karts to SLMs

This is why we do the shop tour to hear your story 🏁

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This week we have Carson from Carson Haislip Racing joining us for the podcast to tell us his story getting into racing and climbing the ranks from legend cars to late models along with his day at the Thanksgiving Classic at Southern National Motorsports Park

We will also be recapping all 3 days of the event along with the may lay in the limited late models, legend cars taking flight, Alby Ovitt and Ricky Locklair Jr battle along with Butterbean and Berry fighting for the last 30 - 40 laps to take home the Thanksgiving Classic win for the Late Model stocks and much more

Also will be recapping Turkey Derby from Wall which was a absolute circus by some drivers along with Star Speedway races that happened

SRL National Bill Bigley SR Memorial recap aswell that was put on at Freedom Factory with a barn burner of a race and some of our buddies having a decent day there and some not so much

And a lot more it’ll be an episode you don’t wanna miss and will be out tomorrow for all of you guys to enjoy !

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and loved ones we are happy to be back to bring you guys some entertainment for your drag of a work week back after the long vacation we had !

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Season 2 Episode 31 - Carson Loftin

This episode we interview 3rd Generation Driver Carson Loftin after putting on a remarkable rooking year in the SMART Modified Tour

Carson is 15 years old came from Outlaw Karts at Millbridge Speedway Speedway dabbled in Bandoleros for Winter Heat at Charlotte Motor Speedway to hopping in a 602 Mod at the age of 13 clicking off a couple wins and a championship at Caraway Speedway his rookie year

He hopped into a Smart Mod for 2023 having a great year finishing 3rd in the overall standings in his rookie year while having solid finishes and his almost win and clinic at South Boston Speedway.

Carson comes from a racing family, with his grandfather Bobby Loftin and father Brian Loftin distilling racing into him the grind of racing from late nights in the shop to the long days at the track teaching him how to work on Modifieds and maintaining them how to be smooth behind the wheel and to keep working on his craft to be the best he can be on and off the track.

Carson is a 50/50 guy on racing surfaces loves sliding around on the no grip tracks but loves the repaved tracks like South Boston and such other tracks that had grip all the way around. Carson competed in the reopen of North Wilkesboro Speedway putting on a show in the 602 mods with many other competitors that night for the 2 night event

Kid grinds in and out of the shop, has a work ethic you don't see in the younger generation now of days and puts his time in and then some into the sport we love of short track racing

Thank you Carson for coming on and sharing your story !

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Phoenix Championship races
Banquets
Shitshows and more

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This past weekend with Star raining out Saturday we dropped into Northwood New Hampshire driver Daniel Sweeney's shop where he talks about starting from the kids division at Hudson Speedway to growing and progressing through the ranks to now running ACT Type Late Models

All started from his dad John that sits in with us here and there cause he was on call for work but all started when his father handed the keys to him from his enduro car and said lets go racing.

His first start was in a Toyota Camry that is still kicking around today that was owned at one time by Mikayla Duval who was a competitor of Dan's in the Thunder Lights as well. Progressed from there to a Acura Integra which he was known for for most of his FWD Career from Thunder Lights into Road Runners and progressing into full blown mini stocks at one point.

We also talk about his transition from that very same mini stock into a ACT Type Late Model and the growing pains and the very many learning moments it had along with it

We also talk about what he wants to do moving forward while racing how he got his number and also what his biggest goals and aspirations he has moving forward for the 2024 season

I cant thank Dan and his family for taking the time for myself and Kyra to drop in with the podcast equipment and camera to hear Dan's and family story on how they got started in circle track racing !

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This past weekend we were couch racing, We watched Claremont Fall Challenge and also little bit of Oxford 300

James headed off to SOBO for the Boone Tractor 199 for the Smart Tour

Andy J Picked up wins and pissed off tech, Jason and Burt ran great races but some controversy happened

Amber Lynn took a hard lick down the back stretch and much more happened

Claremont had 3 days of racing action with 10 to 12 different divisons running that weekend we cover finishes and some controversy there

ASA had a whole family reunion for the Nasse family after heated battle between him and Ruggerio happened at the Winchester 400 and much more !

We covered alot and we got put on parole for next year with 3 of the 4 tracks that we squashed our beef with which we look forward to working with next year !

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This weekend we cover everything that had to deal with Thompson World Series at TMSP

From hard racing in the trucks to fights infield that got wayyyyy out of hand and everything in between, we cover Seekonk Championship night the WTF race that legends got to race along with Stafford wrap up for NAPA Championship Night. We talk about the beer and chili festival we went to along with TPM heading to Tri County with the Burt Brothers along with CARS tour recap and much more !

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Episode 26 : Hey Dudes Were Hey Dancing

Will be out tomorrow where all podcasts are found
We were gonna release it this morning but due to technical difficulties aka it erased the whole recording we have to do it over tonight

We cover both days of the 61st Annual Milk Bowl including camping section fun hard racing and big pile ups and a lot more of the whole experience

TPM covers his ride in a pace car at North Wilkesboro the racing that happened and everything else that place had to offer while Slate Myers had a awesome race for the 5th time ever being in a mod race

We have special guest Micheal Branch joining us via phone to talk about being the jackman for Dave Sapienza and not being able see the first pit stop and much more

Then their Sunday activities that happened at Motor Mile and more

I’ll make a announcement when I drop it tomorrow morning for you all the Milk Bowl was a awesome thing to be apart of and very humbling to be infield for it all big thanks to Thunder Road for having us along with the staff and workers for their hospitality both days

Shoutout to our weekend sponsors Bible Hill Racing Kris Russel and Joel Hodgdon for getting us there and thru the weekend

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We are sorry for the delay of release and hope y’all listen to some of our past episodes if yall haven’t heard them yet !

Thank you for everyone for their support and thank you to all for the laughs

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Tonight we sat down with 2023 2 time Walls Ford 100 Winner, 5 Time Feature winner and unofficially King Of The Mountain Kasey Beattie

Kasey started his career like all of us did in a 4 cylinder division with a little cavalier that could, ran that at Groveton, winning a couple features along with some bad breaks winning 2 championships in the kids division before getting booted to race against the adults in the 4 Cylinders

He progressed and took his shot at a Tiger Car, having his start at the world fastest Walmart parking lot Oxford and running full time at Thunder Road and White Mountain Motorsports park winning a couple features in that division along with some troubling times and finishing P3 Overall in season points at WMMP

Progressed from a Tiger Car to a ACT Late Model picking up his first win in a ACT car in 2022 along with a couple bunch of bridesmaid finishes P3s and even went back to Oxford to try his luck on a ACT Tour race. Along with trying other tracks such as Waterford and running the white line all the way around the place

2023 was by far Kasey biggest break out season of his Late Model career, dick stomping the field at the WMMP Walls Ford Opener this year and collect a few wins 5 to be exact and 1 being this past Saturdays feature winner for the 3rd and final Wall's Ford 100 putting on a clinic on the outside and clinching his championship at WMMP

Listen to his story and enjoy our laughs he even teaches us about how Late Model drivers ride, and whatever the f cutting center means along with other Late Model lingo

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In this episode we cover everything of this past weekend from run what you brung at T Road, Darlington antics, Bean bag tournaments, almost fit fights and more Saturday events including the local fair for Road Soda WMMP action for Daniel including and Legend Car flip and James not being able to find a charger all week at Darlington. We cover Bowman Night at Carteret Speedway along with the Smart Tour. We compare opinions of cost for a LM compared to a Mod on what is more expensive and such stuff like that. Lance Davis Memorial at Star and surprising laps lead by one young competitor

Sunday we cover the Labor Day Classic at Thunder Road full of DQ's and First Time winners and air acrobatics and controversy off the track and on. Bobby Therrien dick stomping along with Matt Ballard run away in the Tigers, Mighty Minis coming to town at T Road, Jason Gammon and Jaden Perry flips and ratings along with schedule conflictions between Riverside and Thunder Road Milk Bowl. Boss Hog 150 at Wiss aswell

We announce our upcoming event at WMMP for the R&R Street Stocks 5k to win and much much more

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This week we covered everything about the Oxford 250 from Live PD happening Thursday to the big show happening Sunday, We also cover last weeks fun that happened at Star, WMMP and Thunder Road, Cars Tour and Smart Tour action down south with TPM and much more


Including Eric's petting zoo ban, Labor Day Classic coming up, Championship Night at Bowman Gray and much more

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Tonight we called up RFD wheelman and setup guy Daniel Webster known for his killer throw backs to the Earnhardt’s and many accomplishments through out his career all around the southern states and most recently made a start in the CARS Tour at Tri County

Been trying to get this man on for MONTHS and finally will have the time to sit down before he’s off to race again this Saturday
We also covered all his years and how he put all his time learning his own craft to put some bad ass racecars together for others and himself along with winning Track Championships and meeting nascar talent and legends !

The episode will be out Saturday for you all to enjoy

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As the dust settled and the championships were crowned at Bowman we got to sit down with 2 competitors from the famous Bowman Gray Stadium Racing

Zack Staley and Team Ore Racing Zack Ore along with their spotter Ryan Putnam joined us to talk about how they got their start in racing, from the ins and out the good and bad of Bowman Gray Stadium from a racers and spotter point of view. Its not what you think you'd expect it to be from the outside looking in

How they help out their community and enjoy their friendship between the 3 along with jokes and mind games they have enjoyed throughout the years.

Man I haven't laughed this hard in years while talking racing please enjoy this episode like we did 3 great guys and 1 awesome ass episode to bring to you listeners

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