Braking Balls

Chase Briscoe books his spot in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with a dramatic win at Darlington in the Cookout Southern 500! Late battles with Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch find Stewart-Haas Racing in Victory Lane one more time. Bob and Adam look at the race overall, and look ahead to the playoff grid as well. Plus, should Chris Buescher get suspended for his move on Todd Gilliland? Make sure to sub...

NASCAR put on a SHOW at Daytona that included flips, fires, and Harrison Burton (No, seriously HARRISON BURTON) crossing the finish line first and punching his ticket to the playoffs. Your favorite co-hosts are here to brake down all the action that led to just six cars finishing on the lead lap including Michael McDowell and Josh Berry flipping, Daniel Suarez catching fire, and Brad Keselowski ev...

Well, we anticipated typing a lot of different names as the winner from NASCAR's trip to the historic short track at Richmond, but Austin Dillon was simply not on our list. Nevertheless, the driver of the 3 car did his best Leroy Jenkins impression entering turn three to spin Joey Logano, right rear hook Denny Hamlin, and put himself in victory lane, making Pop Pop (Richard Childress) proud. T...

Well the good news is NASCAR returned to Indy and is FINALLY running the Oval again. The bad news is Kyle Busch hit the wall so hard with 3 to go he sent the remainder of the race to the USA Network, much to the chagrin of NASCAR and Law and Order fans alike. Nevertheless, Kyle Larson is your winner, as he kisses the bricks and gives us hope he’ll take another crack at the Memorial Day double. Fro...

All eyes were on Pennsylvania as NASCAR’s best took on The Tricky Triangle at Pocono. In a race filled with strategy and a little bit of chocolate milk, Ryan Blaney comes out victorious as the driver of the 12 gets win number 12 of his NASCAR career and your favorite cohosts are here to brake it all down. The fellas brake down all of the strategy calls made, the Top 10 finishers not surprisingly c...

As the playoff push heats up, NASCAR brought the Xfinity Series, the Cup Series, and rain storms to the streets of Chicago for a wet and wild weekend, and your favorite cohosts are here to brake it all down. A Hendrick Motorsports driver and a road course ringer put on a show, just like we expected… That’s right folks, Alex Bowman and Joey Hand dueled it out in Stage 3 with Bowman punching his tic...

(Edit: We had to dig deep in the Internet to find the video file for this episode from Sunday Night..) Braking Balls is BACK with all the coverage from Bob’s home track in Nashville. Speaking of back, Joey Logano returns to victory lane after outlasting the field in a FIVE overtime marathon. Your favorite cohosts brake down all the on track action including self spinners, Christopher Bell’s good d...

Break out the brooms and jet dryers because Christopher Bell survived a wet Sunday in New Hampshire to sweep the weekend and claim his third victory of the season. Adam tries his hand at a solo podcast in honor of the Dale Jr. Episode of the Braking Balls Podcast. Adam praises NASCAR's decision to run the rain tires, discusses Tyler Reddick's almost wonderful strategy to take the lead at t...

After years of dads around the country pleading with NASCAR, the fans got what they wanted, a Cup Series race @ Iowa Speedway. However, even if dads got what they wanted, the moms left happy, as Ryan Blaney wins his first race of the year and your favorite cohosts are here to brake down all the action. The fellas discuss the race overall including skepticism surrounding the tires and partial repav...

NASCAR raced its way through the hills of wine country in Sonoma with Kyle Larson emerging victorious! Your favorite cohosts brake down all the action in this week’s pod, from the caution filled Stages 1 & 2, to the tense finish between Martin Truex Jr., Chris Buescher, and Kyle Larson. Also, Ross Chastain is BACK with a new, but unlikely, victim in Kyle Busch as we discuss the last lap drama...

NASCAR brought the show to St. Louis where Austin Cindric (no really, we’re serious) is your winner after Ryan Blaney ran out of fuel and Christopher Bell’s Engine blew up. Were a day late, but for good reason, because Bob was at the track to witness this calamity of a finish. Your favorite cohosts discuss the finish, the meeting of the Kyle’s, and the playoff picture now that Austin Cindric (seri...

This is Ep. 84 of The Braking Balls podcast and your favorite cohosts are BROKEN. All we wanted was to see the greatest weekend in North American Motorsports play out, but Mother Nature told us that we will get nothing but rain and like it. Christopher Bell won the rain shortened Coca Cola 373.5, and we speculate about what could’ve been if weather would’ve allowed to whole race to be run. Kyle La...

It was All Star Weekend for NASCAR at North Wilkesboro and Joey Logano led 199 of the 200 laps on his way to a $1 Million dollar pay day, but that’s not the real story because Ricky Stenhouse threw a right hand 198 laps in the making after Kyle Busch dumped him on lap two. Oddly enough, it was Ricky Stenhouse Sr. (Seriously, Ricky’s Dad) that took a three piece combo from Busch in the dust up. You...

DING DONG, the witch is DEAD, as Brad Keselowski and Ford snap their winless streaks this week at Darlington. The Lady in Black made sure fans had a great Mother’s Day as NASCAR followed up a great show at Kansas with another AWESOME showing this week. We cover a lot in this pod including what it took for Brad Keselowski to finally break into victory lane, Buescher and Reddick’s on track/post-race...

WE DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT WE JUST SAW!!!! NASCAR took their rain makers to Kansas, but when the clouds cleared and the track dried, race fans were treated to the best day of racing this season, and the closest finish in NASCAR history. Your favorite co-hosts are here to brake down this BANGER of a race from the door to door racing in Stages 1 and 2, a myriad of pit road issues, and the absolute CALAM...

NASCAR’s best turned laps around the Monster Mile @ Dover this week, and your favorite cohosts are here to brake it all down. This race was the 2024 NASCAR experience in a nutshell. There were consequential green flag stops, battles between HMS & JGR, and Ford remained futile in their attempt to win a race this season. A lot of basketball references in this pod, but try to keep your feet plant...

Talladega was pretty uneventful, until it wasn’t, as the big one came and turned things upside down, literally and figuratively. Your favorite cohosts (no really, both of us this week) are back to explain all things on track at Talladega including the crash on the final lap, Ford fumbling the race, the Toyota death march, green flag stops, and Kyle Larson’s rail penalty. Plus, stick around until t...

Chase Elliott finally breaks his 42 race winless streak and Bob is here SOLO to break down all the hectic on track action down in Texas. Has the once hated track among NASCAR fans finally turned the corner?

There’s not a whole lot to say about this race except the fact it happened, but nevertheless, your favorite co-hosts are here to brake it all down. William Byron gets his third win of the year, giving Hendrick Motorsports a win on the 40th anniversary of the team’s first win, Hendrick Motorsports, who first won on the NASCAR circuit 40 years ago today, finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and did we mentio...

Virginia is for Lovers, but there was no love lost between Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. as Denny STEALS his 2nd win of the year at Richmond. Your favorite cohosts brake down the wild finish, ask what warrants a caution after Kyle Busch ruined Alex Bowman's day, and ask: Is NASCAR going to take over the Long Beach? Be a friend, tell a friend.

NASCAR’s trip to the Circuit of the Americas stayed true to Austin because things were WEIRD, and it was topped off by the Lego Man, William Byron, hanging on for his second win of the young NASCAR season. As always, we cover the (limited) on track action, the finishing order, and even have a WAY too early discussion of playoff favorites. This race left us with more questions than answers, includi...

IT’S BRISTOL BABY!!!! Unlike the tires today, your favorite cohosts NEVER fall off and are here to cover an action packed day at the concrete coliseum.  The boys cover the tire fall off, varying strategy, Denny’s big win, and Rick Allen leaving NBC. We cover everything from up and down the leaderboard, and don’t look now, but Rick Ware Racing may be building something???? Be a friend, tell a frien...

Ep. 73 is LIVE and the boys are here to brake down Toyota’s DOMINANT day in the desert. We cover everything Fox did on the broadcast,and even some things they didn’t, including CBell’s 7th career win on his 7th different track, Denny’s self spin, and the hierarchy at SHR, JGR, and SPIRE. Is there such a thing as Siamese teammates? We’re asking for some friends (RFK). 

VIVA LAS VEGAS! Hopefully you bet on the #5 this weekend in Vegas because Kyle Larson was DOMINANT in the the desert, and your favorite co-hosts are here to brake it all down. The boys discuss the tense final laps of the race between Larson and Reddick, Honda potentially becoming the 4th OEM in NASCAR, and Adam is UPSET that no one told him Ryan Blaney was on the YAK. Three races in, the first tri...

It’s not how you start it’s how you finish, and we got a DOOZY today in Atlanta. Seven thousandths of a second between first and third saved a snoozer of a race and your favorite cohosts are here to brake it all down. From 11 cautions, one notable incident that wasn’t a caution, and Front Row Motorsports having a great day at the track, the boys cover it all. Turns out Joey Logano’s going to have...