Aug. 12, 2025

Danny Willard & Bruce Crumbley

Danny Willard & Bruce Crumbley

Episode 149 is on the scene. We start the show by paying tribute to Robbie Brewer who passed away on Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium. JoJo isn't on the scene this week as he is on a cruise this week. Danny Willard of Ace Speedway, South Boston Speedway and the Race Director for the CARS Tour fills in for Jody this week as co-host! Danny and Julian discuss the recent Davenport Energy Race Night from South Boston. They discuss Eric Winslow and Johnny Layne's return to victory lane for the first time in 2025 in the Budweiser Limited Sportsman and Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division, Jordaine Penick's retirement from Hornets, Jason DeCarlo sweeping that same division this weekend and Darren Krantz Jr making history on Saturday night by grabbing his first win at the track. return to Anderson Speedway in South Carolina on Saturday and Danny was there back in 2017 when it was a Southern Super Series combo race. Josh Berry and Ty Gibbs finished first and second that day and we discussed the continuing platform the tour continues to showcase Saturday and Sunday stars in NASCAR which includes Connor Zilisch who made the news over the weekend for his injury. Julian explains who may have the advantage this week and makes a pick to win while Danny points out the locals may have an advantage here more so anywhere else due to the lack of notebook the tour regulars have. 

Bruce Crumbley has been running at Kingsport Speedway in Tennessee for most of the last decade in multiple divisions. He recently made the move to Late Model Stock racing and in what was a wild feature that saw several lead changes late in that event that brought him to victory lane Friday night. Crumbley joins us to discuss the action from the Concrete Jungle on Friday and how he waited till 33 years old to get his start in the racing game. 

We dive into the Oak Level Raceway news, this week's winners around the region, SVG's continued dominance of road courses, a preview of Richmond and much more!