Stoking the Fire Sharon Speedway adds weekly racing in 2025. USAC Passing Master award decided. James McFadden headed back across the pond. Trophy Cup @ Tulare Thunderbowl is up next out west! Dirt Track World Championship is this weekend at Eldora Speedway. The championship for the Lucas Oil Late Models will be decided. Social media of the week "The Draft" (Ends around 20:00 mark) Feature Finish WoO sprint cars @ Lincoln Speedway for the Keystone Showdown High Limit Racing - Midweek money champ...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Fog, track champs, National Open, POWERi news, and more discussed in this episode! Stoking the Fire High Limit weekly money championship comes down to 4 drivers. All the marbles decided on Tuesday 10/8 Super Dirt Week is on deck at Oswego Speedway USAC National sprint cars announce Florida dates for 2025 Track and series champions are determined POWERi - Honest Abe Roofing 🤝 A little foggy in Pennsylvania Social media of the week "The Draft" (Ends around 23:00 mark) Feature Finish WoO sprint ca...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 4 min
We're back after an extended break, with plenty to talk about! Stoking the Fire Bloomington Speedway gets a new promotion group Cory Eliason will be hunting for a ride in 2025 Van "The Man" Gurley Jr. wraps up the Butler Speedway season, with a win, and the track championship! 4 Crown recap from us BC39 recap from the past weekend East Bay loses "The Grand Finale" due to weather. Jackson 💯 moved to that weekend. Big 4 set for LOLMS IRA, High Limit, Fremont Speedway champions crowned Daison Purs...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 36 min
This is a LIVE episode from the 42nd annual 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway in New Weston, Ohio! We were in lot 2 at Burch's camp (thanks) recording this one. Joe Baggott of Angry Duck Media is back for more. And we also had Brandon Mattox join the party. We haven't had him on since episode 33! We had a lot to discuss, and, we went off the rails at times 🚂😅 Some of the topics: Back at Eldora for Brandon. Is he ready? Boat motors 🧐 Karaoke 🎤 The first encounter with Charles Davis Jr. Ins...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 47 min
We're back from an extended break! We've been busy! But we are excited to get back in the studio to hammer out a new episode for you guys! This episode may contain the longest Stoking the Fire segment, to date. ⏱️ Stoking the Fire Hot Laps - quick winners recap from some national series during Labor Day weekend. And Labor Day Challenge results from Haubstadt WoO sprint cars - Stockton & Kings Speedway recap. Tuscarora 50 chatter A new USAC Hall of Fame class has been announced. What defines ...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Stoking the Fire Kokomo Smackdown XIII hits a record for money raised for the Riley's Childrens Foundation "Caleb's curious question" during the 360 sprint car race at Silver Dollar on Wednesday 8/21 Knoxville Raceway & Huset's Speedway season champions crowned Drake Troutman joins Big Frog Motorsports Huset's High Bank Nationals, Skagit Nationals, IMCA Racesaver Nationals, Hillbilly 100 on deck this week Will we see any Scott Bloomquist tribute schemes for the World 100? Social media of the...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 32 min
The guys are fresh off a visit to Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt for the 20th annual Hoosier Sprint Nationals. We discuss that, along with some news and results! Stoking the Fire Scott Bloomquist loses his life in a airplane accident Kokomo Smackdown on deck Chase Randall decides to leave TKS Motorsports. Where does he end up? New rides announced for USAC Kokomo Smackdown Beaver Dam Raceway (WI) to cease weekly racing after 2024. "The Draft" (Ends around 20:00 minute mark) Feature Finish Super ...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Up for this episode we are joined by Joe Baggott of Angry Duck Media! He's a busy guy that has hit a lot big events this year. We cover that, and more! Growing up in Arizona. Racing there and then making the move to Ohio. Picking up a camera in 2023 and what he has accomplished since then. What services does he offer? Photo & video packages. Focused on the drivers! Food: Favorites out in Arizona 🌮, bbq, and more! (Ends around 40:00 mark) Stoking the fire Front Row Challenge @ Osky & Kno...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 39 min
USAC Indiana Sprint Week is over! We do a recap of that. And also preview the upcoming 63rd annual Knoxville Nationals! Stoking the Fire ISW - Lawrenceburg, Circle City, Terre Haute Action Track, Tri-State Speedway, Bloomington Speedway. Rain, priceless interviews, crashes, and more! Knoxville Nationals paint scheme update. Our picks to win this year. 411 Speedway in Tennessee - promotors stepping down "The Draft" & private events (Ends around 30:00 mark) Feature Finish USAC ISW WoO sprint c...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min
The fellas are fresh off of a Indiana Sprint Week race at Kokomo Speedway this past weekend! Stoking the Fire Kokomo recap Rain postpones Wilmot for WoO late models We're ready for some Knoxville Nationals paint schemes Failed tire test at Knoxville's 360 Shootout "The Draft" & private contests (Ends around 26:00 minute mark) Feature Finish High Limit @ Lernerville for the Silver Cup USAC Indiana Sprint Week WoO sprint cars @ BAPS & Williams Grove WoO late models @ FALS for the Prairie D...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min
It's our birthweek! Our first episode was posted on July 24th 2021! We don't recommend listening to some of our older episodes though 😂 We sure have came a long way. Thanks everyone for joining along on this adventure! Stoking the fire Year 3 Tribute to Joe Sells - Rounders Too owner/friend/sponsor for us. Eldora / Kings Royal recap Border battle is on deck at Jackson, Knoxville, Husets Notable events this week A new driver in the Benic #2B for the rest of the season Our annual Indiana Sprint W...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Stoking the Fire Erb post-race interview / orange hat reference at Haubstadt SCCT Western Sprint Tour kicks off RTJ & Hudson O'Neal new rides announced Hell Tour 📗 A failed fuel sample in the ASCS series Fence scaling @ Ocean Speedway Flo price ⬆️ + commercial rant Social media of the week "The Draft" (ends around 38:00 minute mark) Feature Finish Late Model Summer Nationals / Hell Tour week 5 USAC National midgets - Mid America midget week WoO sprint cars @ Beaver Dam & Wilmot USAC/CRA...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 22 min
A brand new episode featuring Danny Sams III! He is the driver of the Anderson #24D winged sprint car out of North Port, Florida ☀ Climbing the rungs of the ladder to get where he's at now! Running as much National level stuff he can in 2024. What does the future hold? Recaps from: A successful Ohio Sprint Speedweek, Jacksonville banger, Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt. Seafood boil bags, bbq, wing sauce preference, and more food! Sponsors and people who make it possible for him to race. Dirtcro...
Jul 09, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 23
For this episode we are joined by Malyssa Perkins! She is the owner of the newly formed United Sprint Car Series out in California! Discussed: What lead to the start of her series? Background in racing and what it is like being on the "other" side of things now. Challenges so far this season- Ventura, Santa Maria. Restrictor plate for 410's and the reasoning for that. Most rewarding things so far, sponsors/people that have helped. What is sleep? What's cookin'? (Ends around 1:04:00 mark) Stoking...
Jul 02, 2024•2 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Up for this episode we are joined again by Alfred Galedrige of Rocketshark Motorsports. He and his brother, Bradley, pilot the #19 - Indiana Racesaver 305 sprint car! Alfred was a previous guest with us on episode #106. The Racesaver 305 series has sold since our last conversation He is focused on the racing side of things now! Recaps from the 4 races so far this season Driver highlights - young, up and coming guys, and being the "old guy" 😉 Winged sprint car racing in Indiana, Maverick Mayhem ...
Jun 25, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Oh boy, it's good to be back! We have plenty to talk about in this episode. Charlie is fresh off a vacation, he fills us in on that as well! ☀️ Stoking the Fire Chris "Smokey" Madden announces he will be stepping away from full-time racing in 2025. Ironman 55 purse increase across the board. NARC King of the West - Fastest Four Days in Motorsports, Late Model Summer Nationals/Hell Tour, ASCS National sprint speedweek, USAC Eastern Storm are on deck Maverick Mayhem week starts on June 20th @ Linc...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Stoking the Fire Sparks flying at Macon Speedway for FloRacing Night in America on 5/28 USAC IMW is on the horizon DIRTcar Nationals (Volusia) announces dates for 2025. Their biggest one yet Western PA Speedweek gets 3/5 races in and crowns a well known champion Stewart/Haas deal with Ford is up after this season. What does that mean for TSR? Social media of the week. Macon, Xtreme Midgets, t-shirts The Big Deal '25 announced Dirt Draft results (Ends around 33:00 mark) Feature Finish A handful o...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 19
After almost 1 month without an interview. We get back in the studio and are joined by Gauge Garcia via phone! He is the driver of the #2k Keller Motorsports & Bill Suoja #28 winged sprint cars, out of Lemoore, California! Discussed: Snagging a win at Ocean Speedway earlier this month Marysville recap from the 5/25 race at Marysville w/ SCCT Stockton reconfiguration Racing at smaller tracks in Cali and itching to branch out to bigger tracks B-dubs, Popeye's chicken, Me-n-Ed's and a few other...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Fresh off of the 54th Annual Tony Hulman Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track. We chat about that, and much more! Stoking the Fire Forgotten shout-outs... Tony Hulman Classic recap USAC National sprint cars announce a make-up date for the Tribute to Levi Jones @ Red Hill Raceway New dates for the Wild West Shootout at Vado. Without conflict 🤔 High Limit scale A highlight of some of our favorite social media posts of the week Dirt Draft results (Ends around 42:00 mark) Feature Finish WoO spri...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 14
The fellas are coming off a USAC double-header last weekend. We break that down, and more! Stoking the fire Larry Rice Classic @ Bloomington Speedway & Spring Showdown @ Haubstadt discussions Castrol Floracing Night in America rescheduled dates due to ☔ Two C Racing splits ways with Seth Bergman. Social media of the week. Kokomo, and a water heater at Oregon? Dirt Draft results (Ends around 28:00 mark) Feature Finish WoO Sprint Cars @ Lincoln Speedway (PA) for the Gettysburg Clash Short Trac...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 13
A quote from the movie: Gladiator - "Are you not entertained?!?!" That was Jacksonville Speedway on Wednesday, May 1st when the World of Outlaws sprint cars made a visit! Bunner & Charlie recap that event and also Terre Haute on Sunday 5/5 when the Maverick winged sprint cars made their season debut. Stoking the fire Jacksonville & Terre Haute reviews Illinois Speedweek is on deck (Late Models) Another Wednesday WoO sprint car show this week Chandler Speedway (IN) auction drama Dirt Draf...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Previous guest (ep. 95), Scott Daloisio, joins us for a follow up episode! He has been around motorsports for a long time! Starting by covering Speedway Motorcycles, track photography, and then starting at Perris Auto Speedway the year they opened in 1996 as the announcer. We catch up with him from our last chat in April of 2023. 5 winners in 5 races for the USAC/CRA sprint car series. AJ Bender claiming the win on April 27 @ Perris! Speedway GP 🏍️ Track music 🎶 Santa Maria Speedway re-opening...
Apr 30, 2024•2 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 14
The fellas recap their weekend at Haubstadt when the World of Outlaws visited! Stoking the Fire High Limit Racing in action at Riverside on Tuesday Night 2 of the Alabama Gang 100 moved to September The Ultimate Sprint Car Series makes their series & season debut at Bakersfield Paducah thoughts? Dirt Draft results (Ends around 25:00 minute mark) Feature Finish 4 races for High Limit WoO Sprint Cars @ Paducah & Tri-State Speedway WoO Late Models & USCS @ Talladega Short Track Indiana ...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 10 min
For this episode the guys are joined by Trey Mcgranahan! He is the driver of the Tyler Sturgeon Racing #77s winged sprint car, out of Avon, IN. Starting out in Quarter midgets and still lending a hand at that level. Winged sprint car racing, 2023 track champion at Butler Motor Speedway. How did he get hooked up with TSR and what is their plan for 2024? It turns out, he knows a good bar-b-que guy 🤔 Greeks Pizzeria and other favorites 🍕 (Ends around 48:00 mark) Stoking the Fire Weather cancellin...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 39 min
Troy Morris 3 is back for more in episode 135! Previously on episode 49 with us, we had some catching up to do! Arizona tracks have been good to him! Rattling off some wins the past couple years. He discusses different style of clays & dirts at tracks he has been to across the country. Track scheduling 🧐 Will we see him in the Midwest at all in the future? 🚚 Fast food favorites, Applebees, since that is all time allows 🌮 (Ends around 1:17:00 mark) Stoking the Fire High winds at Thunderbir...
Apr 02, 2024•2 hr 4 min
We had a last minute change of plans for this episode. Our phone call didn't happen, so it's just us again! We'd like to announce that K&K Excavating has joined us as a sponsor! Located in Haubstadt, IN. They've been hurtin' dirt since 1978! Get ahold of them for any dirt work, material hauling, land clearing you may need! Check them out at: kandkexcavating.com Stoking the Fire Ocean Speedway is still looking to make their 2024 racing debut USAC East Coast sprint cars moving to a 410ci. engi...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 5 min
For this episode we have a father/son duo join the show! Bryan & Cruz Stanfill of Brownsburg, Indiana! A Chili Bowl to forget for Bryan in '24. Cruz taking the year off from the Tulsa Shootout, he's hoping for a return this year. Growing up in California for Bryan, and some of his success there. Then making the move to Brownsburg. Big wins for each of them. And a special night with both of them at the same track. Big plans for both of them in 2024? Tacos 54, Rusted Silo, Boulder Creek. Adjus...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 36 min
For this episode the guys are watching as the hourglass sands continue to fall. We're closer to Spring and more racing! Stoking the Fire Mother Nature interferes the past 2 weeks Briggs Danner & Aric Gentry announce USAC Silver Crown rides Stockton Dirt Track (CA) reconfiguration & Asparagus Cup Looking ahead to the No Way Out 40 @ Paragon Wicker bill rules (Ends around 23:00 mark) Feature Finish WoO Sprint Cars - Bike Week Jamboree @ Volusia Midwest Winter Nationals @ Du Quoin Bakersfie...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Charlie & Bunner are joined by (4) guests for this one. As discussed on episode 113 with Chuck Reed, he got some of his photographer buddies together, and we knocked out the round-table episode! Chuck, Jack Reitz, Mat Gerdenich, and Chris Pederson come down to the Kron Farms Inc. office. What has Chuck been up to since episode 113? Jack, Mat, and Chris' background in racing and photography. Recap from 2023. Race counts for 2024. USAC champion picks from all 6 of us Some of their favorite pho...
Mar 04, 2024•2 hr 17 min
The fellas jump into some topics as Florida speedweeks finish up. Stoking the Fire Weather interferes with the finales at Volusia and Ocala Late model tires soaked... kiddie pools and more! Sage Fruit joins the National Open @ Williams Grove as the title sponsor and added purse through the field. Bryan Hulbert names full time USAC annoucer ASCS series for sale? USAC West Coast 360 sprint series folds Social media of the week (Ends around 25:00 minute mark) Feature Finish USAC @ Ocala WoO Late mo...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min
