The NASCAR on NBC analyst and accomplished iRacer on how his life has revolved around his sim (2:00); the story of girlfriend Shanny’s Emmy (3:00); can NASCAR bring Twitch into real-world racing? (5:00); what the infrastructure challenges are (7:30); the technology of making it happen (9:30); foreseeing the controversies with Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson and safeguarding against the next one (11:30); Parker’s mom is listening to his Twitch stream and also is a big Conor Daly fan (14:00); will t...
Apr 22, 2020•32 min
The NASCAR on NBC analyst, who co-owns a team with Jeff Burton in NASCAR's top iRacing series, on what’s happening for iRacing and Burton Kligerman Esports in its second season (1:15); “the viewership has been insane” (3:00); why he wants to get away from the term “eSports (4:45); number origins (5:30); the pitch to Valvoline for sponsorship (6:30); the professionalism of eSports (8:30); Bringing in owners such as Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson and William Byron (9:30); Venn diagram of real world and...
Mar 17, 2020•34 min
The NASCAR on NBC analyst on why Joey Logano is the best restarter in NASCAR (1:00); how he did it unconventionally at Phoenix (2:00); lessons learned for November when the championship is on the line (3:00); where are the Toyotas, the surprise of Joe Gibbs Racing’s start and can the team improve for Atlanta? (4:30); how will teams decide on focusing on the 2021 changeover vs. the 2020 season? (6:30); can a team change something that’s good by overthinking it? (8:30); is Hendrick better because ...
Mar 11, 2020•28 min
NASCAR on NBC analyst Kyle Petty on the visceral emotions and dark personal memories that came from watching the response to Ryan Newman’s terrifying crash (1:00); how drivers move past those incidents (2:00); is there a necessary selective memory that needs to be embraced (4:00); the disconnect between today’s younger drivers and death at the track (5:30); “the sport is never going to be foolproof safe” (7:00); how the attitudes of younger drivers might be different in the iRacing age (8:30); s...
Feb 21, 2020•30 min
Denny Hamlin, the defending Daytona 500 winner and driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, on the pro-am golf tournament he just played that tested his surgically repaired shoulder (1:00) and put him up against some famous competition (2:00); recalling the end of his victory in last year’s Daytona 500 (3:30); the quasi-deal he had with teammate Kyle Busch for restarts in the final 10 laps (5:30); outrunning Busch for much of the 2019 season (6:30); reflecting on how the champions...
Feb 03, 2020•40 min
In a preview of the 2020 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, Team Penske's Dane Cameron on how it feels to roll into Daytona as defending series champion (1:00); recapping the disappointments of the 2019 Rolex (2:00); trying a 12th time to win an iconic event that is so difficult to conquer (3:00); “it’s like running qualifying laps for 24 hours” (4:30); how talent and technology have increased the competition level (5:45); on how the Rolex 24 is unique on the schedule (7:00); another way to look at the ...
Jan 20, 2020•38 min
The former longtime NASCAR race director on the projects he is working on now consulting with series on helping reshape rulebooks (2:00); where racing series sometimes get in trouble with rulebook language (4:00); his expertise in race procedures and studying how the NASCAR rulebook evolved over the decades (6:00); how it can help teams and competitors in many ways to have a better grasp of the rules (8:00); the difference of officiating a race from other professional sports (10:00); what does h...
Dec 25, 2019•59 min
In our final 2019 Cup playoffs edition of the podcast, the NASCAR on NBC analysts discuss the greatness of Kyle Busch and how he overcame his dislike of this season's rules package (1:00); did being a self-proclaimed “underdog” help, or was it all just part of drivers downplaying the pressure? (4:00); is making the championship round now the same as winning a championship? (6:15); why Kyle Busch seemed subdued in celebration (8:30); his sensitivity to pondering being a multi-time champion and wi...
Nov 19, 2019•36 min
In our weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Steve Letarte discusses the Chris Gabehart-Denny Hamlin dynamic (1:00); reinstilling Denny Hamlin’s confidence (2:00); installing structure but letting Denny be himself (4:25); on that Mark Martin comparison (6:15); quantifying what the Phoenix win meant to Hamlin’s reputation (8:00); analyzing the controversial call for two tires (10:00); what happened to Joe Logano’s team? (12:00); a lauded performance by the playoff con...
Nov 12, 2019•27 min
In our weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Kyle Petty discusses the surprising gambit by Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 team (1:00); did he rope a dope the JGR cars? (2:30); why so many drivers struggled with traction compound in the first half at Texas (4:00); Denny’s mistake and what it says about his championship makeup (6:00); why Phoenix offers so many layers of redemption for Hamlin (8:30); why Denny needs to be Michael Jordan in Phoenix (10:00); KP’s theory on ...
Nov 05, 2019•40 min
In our weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Dale Jarrett discusses how does Martin Truex Jr. handle the next two races? (2:00); did the No. 19’s playoff surge catch us off guard (4:30); why Truex already is DJ’s championship favorite regardless of the next two races (6:00); on how teams find another level in the final 10 races (7:15); behold the greatness of Lord Byron (8:45); what’s up with Kyle Busch’s slump (11:00); getting No. 18 back on track (14:30); should te...
Oct 29, 2019•34 min
In our weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Steve Letarte discusses did Brad Keselowski make the right moves on the last restart (1:00); was it the biggest collapse yet for a playoff driver in a cutoff race (2:30); why the recent carelessness for Team Penske and how a loose wheel happens to start a race (4:00); who gets held accountable for the mistakes (5:30) are Keselowski and Paul Wolfe still right for each other? (7:30); Chase Elliott’s performance and why he pu...
Oct 22, 2019•28 min
In our weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Dale Jarrett discusses Kyle Larson’s development into being a winning driver Sunday at Dover and what DJ saw change for the No. 42 in the regular season (1:00); did Larson finally arrived at some realizations on how to race because the time simply arrived, or were there discussions within Chip Ganassi Racing? (4:00); the weight of expectations for Larson in his sixth season (6:00); can Larson reach the championship round a...
Oct 08, 2019•30 min
In our new weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Jeff Burton discusses the difficulty of Turn 1 on restarts at Charlotte Motor Speedway's Roval and how it led to Chase Elliott stuffing it in the barrier before coming back to win (1:00); measuring does Elliott's incredible comeback against the amazing rally by his father, Bill, from two laps down at Talladega Superspeedway (2:30); Chase Elliott's emergence as one of the best road course racers in NASCAR (4:00); what m...
Oct 01, 2019•29 min
In our new weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Steve Letarte discusses the middle race of Round 1 at Richmond Raceway, including why Martin Truex Jr. and crew chief Cole Pearn have been so good together this season (1:00); how Kyle Busch is handling being outrun by a Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and what was telling in his postrace interview (2:00); does Busch resepct Truex's ability more as a driver than before when he wasn't as sure of what he was doing to his cars?...
Sep 25, 2019•27 min
In our new weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Steve Letarte discusses the eventful Round 1 opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including whether Kyle Busch had a point about backmarkers and their worthiness (1:00); why Kyle Busch is making mistakes lately and is he lacking focus? (3:00); what the Las Vegas victory says about the championship worthiness of Martin Truex Jr. and crew chief Cole Pearn (5:30): why Truex's success might irritate Busch (8:00); the signif...
Sep 17, 2019•28 min
In the debut of a new weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Jeff Burton discusses the aftermath of the Brickyard 400 regular season finale and what's ahead for the 16 drivers in the 2019 playoffs, including: why he believes this is the wide open field in Cup history (1:00); could Ryan Newman escape the first round after eking his way into the playoffs (2:00); why avoiding mistakes will be the key to the first round (3:30); why execution has been a struggle for many (...
Sep 10, 2019•25 min
Two NASCAR on NBC analysts who also are iRacing team owners discuss the simulation racing phenomenon, beginning with Parker Kligerman on the differences between iRacing and the eNASCAR leagues (3:00); the reasons for this year's formation of teams (5:00); how virtual racing could lower the barrier of entry to motorsports (7:00); making the transition from the virtual world to a real-world track (8:00); how the 10,000-hour theory applies to iRacing (9:00); an explanation of the iRacing league str...
Aug 28, 2019•45 min
Ryan Hines, a coordinator of Xfinity brand content at Stewart-Haas Racing, is an openly gay man working in auto racing, which he once thought impossible because of prejudice. But since joining a team directly out of college last year, Hines has found NASCAR to be a welcoming community. We hear about his personal experiences and thoughts on how his perceptions have changed; his perspective on whether NASCAR can be more inclusive for the LGBTQ community; whether it would be more difficult for a hi...
Aug 22, 2019•29 min
Reflecting on one of the most controversial and thrilling finishes in NASCAR history, this narrative episode recounts the viewpoints from several main characters on the track and the behind-the-scenes players in the pits, the scoring tower, the announcer’s booth and victory lane ... taking a look at everything that happened around the moment that Dale Earnhardt spun Terry Labonte to win at Bristol Motor Speedway … and the many unbelievable memories and questions it prompted, such as: --Why were ...
Aug 14, 2019•55 min
Through the eyes of its founder and several prominent drivers, how a computer programming class project mushroomed into one of the must influential media outlets in NASCAR and the most heavily trafficked clearinghouse for racing information on the Internet. Visit www.nbcsports.com/nascar and www.nbcsports.com/motors for more NASCAR and motorsports coverage from NBC Sports.
Aug 01, 2019•34 min
The driver whose roller-coaster ride has captivated NASCAR over the past year on what the mood was like at the Niece Motorsports shop after the Iowa disqualification (2:30); why a $50,000 loss led to a lot of “very bone-jarring words” (4:30); the case for the punishment exceeding the crime (6:00); a plea for NASCAR to “quit listening to everybody” (7:30); trying to encapsulate the “stranger than fiction” nature of the past year for Ross Chastain (9:30); on whether he leans on his experience in o...
Jun 26, 2019•41 min
The NASCAR Hall of Famer and Fox Sports analyst reflects on what he has seen change the most in NASCAR over the past 19 seasons as a broadcaster (2:30); whether he thought NASCAR’s popularity ever would wane from its high-water mark and the reasons why he believes some longtime fans “felt abandoned” (5:00); the encouraging signs he sees for attracting the next generation of fans (6:45); on the impact of the playoffs and stage racing (9:00); what he has seen change in how races are broadcast over...
Jun 19, 2019•43 min
Chris Nicholson is a NASCAR fan and long-haul truck driver who combined his passion and profession this year in taking a new job within racing. From piloting 18-wheelers down the concrete banking of Bristol and Dover to turning laps in Air Titans, here are a few of his stories from the road and how he has rekindled his racing passion. Visit www.nbcsports.com/nascar and www.nbcsports.com/motors for more NASCAR and motorsports coverage from NBC Sports.
Jun 12, 2019•20 min
The multifaceted NASCAR on NBC analyst/pit reporter and part-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver on how his 2019 season has unfolded with Gaunt Brothers Racing and what’s ahead (1:30); on his impressive performance in the Coca-Cola 300 and beating $100 million in competition (3:30); on the plight of the underfunded and the small team that is hailed for having a sound business model (6:00); how a small team exploits the inefficiencies of competing in NASCAR’s premier series (7:30); “raci...
Jun 05, 2019•48 min
The IndyCar driver on how Rahal Letterman Lanigan celebrated the start of a successful season (1:00); how Rahal’s luck has been tough so far this season (2:00); on David Letterman being at teammate Takuma Sato’s victory and how Rahal played a role in perhaps getting him there (3:00); a week of handling many family requests for a “home” weekend in Southern California (5:00); on how he is spending time with his wife, Courtney, as she takes a hiatus form racing, including killing some monster snake...
May 23, 2019•23 min
The IndyCar veteran and 11-time starter in the Indianapolis 500 reflecting on his career (1:30); another way to look at Servia’s struggles with keeping a full-time ride and sponsor in recent seasons (3:30); the record that he holds in IndyCar for number of teams (5:00); did you know cats in Spain actually have fewer lives? (6:00); some similarities between racing and the movie industry (7:00); how it feels for Servia to jump into the IndyCar Series once annually (9:00); the very cool Salvador Da...
May 22, 2019•38 min
The NASCAR on NBC Podcast travels to FedEx's home base in Memphis, Tenn., with driver Denny Hamlin to learn about what makes this long-running driver-sponsor relationship work, starting with a tour of FedEx's largest hub (3:00); the No. 11 pilot meeting one of the FedEx pilots (4:00); Hamlin meets with employees for a Q&A (5:30); he explains the choice that won him the 2019 Daytona 500 (6:30); what Hamlin wants his legacy to be (7:30); why he chose racing and what keeps him going (8:00); mee...
May 15, 2019•28 min
The NASCAR and IndyCar team owner on a famous scooter ride at Long Beach with Roger Penske and his longtime rivalry with the fellow auto racing titan (1:15), Ganassi’s approach to Twitter and his reasons for promoting American skier Mikaela Shiffrin (4:30); his longtime love of newspapers and journalism and how it was sparked (6:30); the Chip Ganassi method for reading a newspaper and why he believes words are powerful and should be chosen carefully (8:30); reflecting on three decades of success...
May 08, 2019•30 min
On the eve of his annual charity ride, the NASCAR on NBC analyst discusses how his dry run went for the longest route in the ride's history (1:30); why you can’t just Google a map for the ride (2:30); why this year's ride feels a lot like the first year (5:00); reflecting on last year’s scenic route through the Northeast (6:00); the necessity for more highways and fewer two-lane roads (8:00); what became of Kyle’s Fairbanks, Alaska, idea (10:00); how his young son, Overton, experienced cross-cou...
Apr 30, 2019•46 min
