Episodes

Episode 58 is on the scene! We are joined this week by NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Matt Mills. The Lynchburg VA native has been a journeyman for most of his NASCAR career. He has made 123 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving for some of the smaller teams such as for Johnny Davis, BJ Mcleod and Emerling Gase Motorsports just to name a few. In 2023, he made a bet on himself and got a two race deal for Kyle Busch Motorsports. It was immediately rewarded with a fifth place finish. T...

Episode 57 is on the scene fresh from our trip to South Boston Speedway where we covered the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour event from South Boston. We gave our analysis of Deac McCaskill's return to victory lane and Nick Loden's first career CARS Tour Pro Late Model win. We discuss the patience Layne Riggs showed McCaskill at the end of the race, the quiet but productive night for points leader Carson Kvapil, the close battle in the Pro Late Model event between Loden, Cole Butcher and Caden Kvap...

Episode 59 is on the scene! 2023 Hickory Motor Speedway Late Model Stock Track Champion and 2023 Orange Blossom Shootout winner Kade Brown returns to the show. He discusses his win at Orange County, what he is doing with the winnings, earning respect of his peers and growing his graphic design business. Kade also breaks some news on the show by revealing that he will be running full time on the CARS Tour in 2024 and running for rookie of the year honors! The inaugural GXS Street Stock Series s...

Episode 56 is on the scene fresh from another racing weekend. We welcome CARS Tour rookie and Mechanicsburg Virginia native Logan Clark of R&S Race Cars to the podcast. We talk about the ups and downs of the racing business from being in contention for the Virginia Triple Crown after South Boston and Langley to not even making the feature at Martinsville. We ask him about his start in racing, his rookie year on the CARS Tour so far, how he feels about working with Timothy Peters, Daniel Silvest...

Episode 55 is on the scene with analysis and reaction for the 2023 running of the Valley Star Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway. Hear from the biggest stars in Late Model Racing as they share their thoughts about racing for a Grandfather Clock. Brandon White with NASCAR Roots joins us to help break down the biggest and richest Late Model Stock Car race of the year. Trevor Ward not only got the biggest win of his career but also stamped his place in history by winning the Virginia Triple ...

Episode 54 is on the scene with two drivers who are hoping to be amongst the 40 competitors that will compete in the richest, and most prestigious Late Model Stock Car race in the country this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. The 2023 Valley Star 300 is the final race of the 2023 Virginia Triple Crown and will have a who's who of late model racing attempt to etch their name in the record books and win a grandfather clock. 2021 Valley Star 300 Pole winner and 2022 heat race winner Daniel Silves...

Episode 53 is on the scene with Part 2 of our salute to the track champions at South Boston Speedway for 2023. We are joined by the Sentara Late Model Stock Division Champion Carter Langley this week on the podcast! We discuss his 2023 campaign and he reveals the exact moment he knew he would be competing for a track championship. He tells us how much he has grown as a driver coming off a season where he ran the CARS Tour and the struggles he faced. He also tells us his future plans for this sea...

Episode 52 is on the scene and we salute the track champions at South Boston Speedway for 2023! In part 1, we welcome 18 year old Kendall Milam who won the track championship for the VSP HEAT Hornets Division at the speedway. He explains how it was completely a family affair and how his clean driving allowed him to get to the top of the division. He also explains why his Uncle literally flipped out in Victory Lane Carl Edwards style! The young driver also describes how much pressure he was unde...

Episode 51 is on the scene and we have three big guests! Ronnie Bassett Jr has back to back third place finishes on the Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour. He joins us to tell us about the momentum wave his team is riding and what the rest of the season holds for himself along with his team. Plus we find out just what was said between him and Mason Diaz after the two of them waged battle over the last several laps on Saturday. It's always a good discussion with Ronnie and hope you will enjoy it. Jac...

We are on the scene for our 50th episode! We sincerely thank each and every one of you who has supported us through 50 episodes. Jody decided he would lead the show off for once so let us know how he did! We are joined this week by the winner of the biggest Budweiser Limited Sportsman race of the season at South Boston Speedway Kenny Forbes. Kenny describes his run on Saturday that paid $1,500 to win, working for Lee Pulliam Performance, his start in racing, why he hasn't raced much over the la...

We are on the scene for our 50th episode! We sincerely thank each and every one of you who has supported us through 50 episodes. Jody decided he would lead the show off for once so let us know how he did! We are joined this week by the winner of the biggest Budweiser Limited Sportsman race of the season at South Boston Speedway Kenny Forbes. Kenny describes his run on Saturday that paid $1,500 to win, working for Lee Pulliam Performance, his start in racing, why he hasn't raced much over the la...

Yewwweee! Episode 49 is on the scene and we welcome the latest winner in the GXS Street Stock Series Marlin Yoder to the podcast. From humble beginnings on Amish Farms in Wisconsin, Yoder had to obtain a small AM/FM radio to listen NASCAR races in secret as this type of contraband was not allowed on the Amish Farm he lived on. At the age of 17, he left the farm and his family with nothing but the clothes on his back to enjoy a different type of lifestyle. Yoder eventually got to watch his first ...

JoJo and Julian are on vacation this week but they made sure to be on the scene to for Episode 48! On this week"s show, we wanted to introduce you to two racers from two completely walks of life. First we are joined by Grand National Super Series driver Joe Wilder. Joe was victorious in the series at Franklin County Speedway earlier this season and he shares his thoughts about that, traveling the circuit from Marietta Georgia and the challenges that provides. He tells us how he hooked up with ...

Julian and Jody are on the scene with episode 47 of DLN! This week, the boys are fresh from their trips to Pulaski County Motorsports Park in Virginia for the SRX race and Hickory Motor Speedway for the CARS Tour Throowback weekend. For each SRX race, a local division is chosen to have a race before the SRX series main event. At Pulaski County, the track's Sportsman Division was given the opportunity. Brad Foy was your winner of that event and he joins the show to discuss how big that win was f...

Episode 46 is on the scene with Part 2 of our salute to the Hooters Pro Cup Series. Boo Carlisle returns to co-host the first segment. Boo tells us about his weekend at Tri-County running the Bobby Gill throwback and how the Bobby Gill appreciation tour came to a crashing end on Saturday. This week, Shane Huffman returns to the podcast to discuss how social media and the internet in it's current state would have came into play if it was around during the Hooters Cup days. He gives his advice to...

Episode 45 is on the scene as Boo Carlisle joins Jody and Julian as a guest host for this special episode! This week features part one of our salute to the USAR Hooters Cup Series. The Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour was a product of the USAR Hooters Cup Series that ran from 1997-2014. This year, the CARS Tour's annual throwback race from Hickory pays tribute to its roots with throwback paint schemes along with drivers from that era making appearances. Shane Huffman was one of the pillars of the ...

This week, episode 44 arrives on the scene with the owner of Larry King Law's Langley Speedway Bill Mullis. Mullis takes us behind the scenes of promoting events at Langley Speedway, the lean years, moments where Bill was ready to get out of the business to enjoying the fruits of him and his staff's labor with the track's current success. Bill talks about Connor Hall and Brenden "Butterbean" Queen's racing beginnings as kids at the track and how Flo Racing has impacted his business among other s...

Episode 43 comes at you like a firework. We are on the scene with an exclusive wrap up of the Thunder Road Harley Davidson 200 from South Boston Speedway on Saturday. The event featured the first and third place finishers Carson Kvapil & Landon Huffman being disqualified for separate infractions following post race tech. Bobby McCarty was awarded the win. We discuss the racing that took place, the updated points battle at the track, repercussions of the two disqualifications & much more from a h...

Episode 42 is on the scene with NASCAR Roots Brandon White. Brandon has written articles and contributed to RACE22.com & Short Track Scene. You can now find him writing articles for the NASCAR Roots page which spotlights regional touring series and short tracks including the ARCA Menards Series. He joins us for multiple topics. Austin Jones has had a breakout season at Bowman Gray Stadium in the Law Offices Of John Barrow Street Stock Series. He finally broke through and won his first career ev...

Episode 41 is on the scene with full analysis of the CARS Tour event from Dominion Raceway. It was a duel for the ages between Brenden "Butterbean' Queen, Carson Kvapil and Bobby McCarty. Queen and Kvapil are no strangers to racing for the win and they waged war around Dominion Raceway until they opened up a lane for Bobby McCarty. McCarty got by both and edged out Queen by .0009 seconds to win his first tour race since 2021. We discuss the hard racing that took place, who took advantage of this...

Episode 40 is on the scene with the winner of the 2nd annual Jack Ingram Memorial from Hickory Motor Speedway Tyler Matthews. Tyler talks about holding off Kade Brown and Ronnie Bassett Jr in one of the track's Crown Jewel events. We discuss his season running at both Hickory and at Wake County and hooking up with Kres Van Dyke to run this season and more! Bryant Barnhill is no stranger to late models or the Solid Rock Carriers Cars Tour. After all, he attempted to run the first race at Souther...

Episode 39 is on the scene with an ARCA Menards theme. Fresh off a win at Portland International Raceway on Friday in the ARCA Menards West Series event, Landen Lewis returns to program to talk about his late race battle with Cole Custer and about his season so far. The Hornaday development driver talks about his impressive start to the season in all the ARCA divisions he has competed in and much more! Charles Krall called the action on Friday on Flo Racing and the Director of Communications fo...

Episode 38 is on the scene and the boys detail their split trip from Friday. Jody was at Franklin County Speedway in Callaway VA covering the SMART Modified Tour while Julian was at Tri County Speedway in Granite Falls NC covering the GXS Street Stock Series, CARS Tour Pro Late Model doubleheader. We break down the SMART Modified powered by Pace-O Matic event from Franklin County Speedway with our analysis of the event. We also break down the inaugural GXS Street Stock Series LeapFrog 75 from T...

Jody and Julian are back on the scene for Episode 37. The boys are joined by Kenny Minter Jr. The son of the late Modified star Kenny Minter tells us stories about his father, his start in racing, working with Brandon Ward with New Day Motorsports & Coulter Motorsports on the SMART Modified Tour. He describes what it means to him to have a race named after his father at one of Kenny's best race tracks. Julian and Jody also give their picks for the event! Boo Carlisle returns to the podcast with...