Before the Green

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. The greatest NASCAR race of all-time is a title that is highly disputed and highly regarded, but is it possible we just saw it? That depends, but the guys spend a lot of time discussing the race in its entirety, including the closest finish in NASCAR history.  The Caution Break Segment follows up with a look at many of the Cup Seri...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. Dover was all over the place…literally. We had high groove, low groove and middle, yet the cream, as almost always, rose to the top. We had a great battle at the end for the win between two giants of the sport, some late race strategy interrupted by calamity and more. Hang out with us while we prepare to head to Kansas! Links: iRac...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. Talladega was kind of like Tallasnooza until Stage 3, but what do our hosts think about the race overall? Was the end redeeming enough for the whole race?  With Dover just around the corner, who do our hosts think is the driver to watch? Links: iRacing Setups Discount with Premier Racing Setups: https://www.premierracingsetups.com/...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. Texas has brought about a substantial change in stature going from worst track on the circuit to what many consider to be somewhat decent racing. As we look back over Texas, we get optimistic about the upcoming race at Talladega! Links: iRacing Setups Discount with Premier Racing Setups: https://www.premierracingsetups.com/?ref=Bef...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. After a crazy good start to the season, 3 consecutive weeks of less-than-stellar racing has our hosts pondering the same questions as everyone else. When is NASCAR going to fix this? In positive news, we’re heading to Texas, a 1.5 miler; the type of track the NextGen has really shone quite brightly at. Who do our hosts think is goi...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. Richmond was a rather non-dramatic affair bookended by the highest levels of drama on behalf of drivers and NASCAR sanctioning body themselves. As we head to Martinsville, we’re hoping to recapture the magic of the early season and continue to build excitement and anticipation for weeks to come. We also have Brayton Laster, part-ti...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. Au Revoir to Austin, TX, let’s head back to the short tracks and Richmond, VA. As the season rolls on things are heating up on the track with new rivalries forming and summer approaching. While the regular season is far from over, we’re beginning to get a picture of how it’s going to play out moving forward, and it’s looking like w...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. Bristol has come and gone, but these guys will likely never get “tired” of talking about it. As we head to Austin, TX for the first road course racing action of the season at COTA, we make some bold picks for the weekend ahead and express all of our opinions about the week that just past! Links: iRacing Setups Discount with Premier...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. As we say goodbye to Phoenix until the Championship weekend, we say hello to Bristol, and more importantly, guest of the week, Cole Butcher! Links: iRacing Setups Discount with Premier Racing Setups: https://www.premierracingsetups.com/?ref=BeforeTheGreen Social Media Accounts: Facebook: Before the Green Podcast Instagram: beforeth...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. On Sunday we ended up rolling the dice at the first 1.5 mile track on the Cup Series schedule, and it wasn’t all bad, just ask Evan. As we get geared up for Phoenix, the precursor to the 2024 season finale, what do the guys think we can expect? Links: iRacing Setups Discount with Premier Racing Setups: https://www.premierracingsetu...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. What can only be described as one of the greatest races of the NextGen era (perhaps the best?) leads us back to the track that Donnie describes as having the worst race of the same era. Can the momentum continue? We talk about these topics and much more! Links: iRacing Setups Discount with Premier Racing Setups: https://www.premier...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. With the Daytona 500 in the proverbial rearview mirror, we’ve got a ton of fun topics to cover, partially due to the fact that the qualifying procedure for Daytona provides an increased amount of on-track activity. Donnie has also returned (hence the delay in recording) and we have a rather lengthy discussion with him in regards to...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. As NASCAR leaves LA in a rush to escape the monumental rain that was forecast, we start heading towards to Daytona for Speedweek and the Daytona 500. The weather may have affected the Clash and tempered the drama a bit, but we’ve still got a lot to talk about, and way more to look forward to. We play our first “pick-3” game of the...

Welcome to your favourite weekly NASCAR podcast, Before the Green. This is our season preview episode, the first of season 3 and we’ve got a ton of topics to discuss including some off-season news, like Noah Gragson officially ending up in the #10 SHR car, some 2024 preseason preview items, like our picks for the championship winner, and even some shorter scope preview items like our preview of th...

Could it ever have been anyone else? We finally get to Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

The Intimidator himself, Dale Earnhardt.

The Rainbow Warrior and the dominant force of the 1990s, Jeff Gordon.

The patriarch of SMI and the Smith family of NASCAR track ownership, Bruton Smith.

The embodiment of the early image of NASCAR drivers, Junior Johnson.

One of the few to ever be in the conversation of "Greatest of All-Time," this week we discuss Jimmie Johnson, 7-time Cup Series Champion.

The greatest example of an innovator in NASCAR, Smokey Yunick is a legend of the sport. Check out this episode to fully understand why.

How does one change the entire idea of how a racing team should operate? Take a listen to the Rick Hendrick story and you'll find out!

This week we discuss the winningest driver in NASCAR history, in terms of both wins and championships.

Bill France Jr. was instrumental in taking NASCAR from the regional scene to a national sport. His leadership guided NASCAR through it's greatest rise in popularity and is synonymous with the Winston era of the sport. Join us as we dive into who Bill France Jr. was and why he was so influential upon our sport.

Here it is, folks. The final episode of the regular season content!