Cloudy With a Chance of Racing

Jake, Steve, and Braxton are joined by Ryan from @ifantasyrace to discuss the tame Talladega finish and subsequent penalties, news of Rodney Childers and Spire Motorsports splitting up, and more. Plus, a look at the teams who are off to surprising starts to 2025 - both good and bad. The guys share their Pop Up Showers from all across the world of motorsports, and catch up on pick standings through...

Cloudy With a Chance of Racing is back for Season 3 with some big changes ahead! Jake, Steve, Dillon, and Braxton share their thoughts on the surprises through the first few races of the NASCAR season, which teams have dug themselves deep holes already, storylines to follow throughout 2025, and much more. What's not changing are our Real and Random Picks, which will be taking place on our soci...

The whole gang is together for the Season 2 finale, as Steve, Jake, Dillon, and Braxton discuss the NASCAR Championship Weekend at Phoenix. They share their thoughts on the three champions, Ty Majeski, Justin Allgaier, and Joey Logano, including how all of them seem to excel at tracks like Phoenix. They also debate what changes could be made to the playoff format, after several drivers with great...

Dillon, Jake, and Braxton are in to discuss all the wildness at Martinsville this weekend, including all the drama with Christopher Bell and William Byron, Ryan Blaney’s strong win, better NextGen tires, an unsettled Xfinity race, and a bull in a China shop in Friday’s Truck Series race. That’s not to mention Jake’s experience at Martinsville this weekend where he met The King and most certainly a...

The whole gang is back together as Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton discuss a wildly entertaining weekend of racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway, including Tyler Reddick’s daring 3rd-to-1st move on the final lap to punch his ticket to Phoenix. They also discuss how Homestead should be the Championship Race once more, Grant Enfinger’s big Truck Series win, and Austin Hill’s Xfinity win. In Pop Up Sh...

Dillon, Jake, and Braxton are in this week to discuss a couple of rather surprising winners at Las Vegas, in AJ Allmendinger and Joey Logano. They also talk about the strong finish by Ryan Sieg and disappointing calamity for Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, and Tyler Reddick. Plus plenty of driver news including Ty Gibbs, William Sawalich, Taylor Gray, and Hallie Deegan. They also share their Pop Up Sh...

Steve, Jake, and Braxton are in this week discussing NASCAR officiating yet again, after the Xfinity and Cup Series took on the Charlotte Roval. They talk about the extended time before calling a caution in the waning moments of the Xfinity Series race, costing Parker Kligerman a potential career-defining victory, and the hair-splitting call/non-call to penalize Bubba Wallace but not William Byron...

Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are in this week to discuss the monumental news from last week with 23XI and Front Row Motorsports filing a federal anti-trust lawsuit against NASCAR, plus the season’s final superspeedway race at Talladega. They break down a big win for Grant Enfinger in the Truck Series, Sammy Smith’s first career Xfinity Series win, and the messy finish to Sunday’s Cup Series race. The...

Steve, Jake, and Braxton are in to discuss the fall Kansas playoff weekend, including wins by Corey Heim, Aric Almirola, and Ross Chastain, and unfortunate breaks for Ty Majeski, Ben Rhodes, Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, Kyle Larson, and Tyler Reddick amongst others. They debate if anything should be changed to the damaged vehicle policy in light of Josh Berry's wreck, and what might have led to th...

In perhaps our nicest episode to date, Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are in this week to chat about all the playoff and cutoff action across all three series at Bristol, including Connor Zilisch coming back down to earth, yet another runner-up finish for Sheldon Creed, and a dominant performance from Kyle Larson. Pop Up Showers includes some interesting social media banter between Cliff Daniels and Ch...

The whole gang is here, as Steve, Dillon, Jake, and Braxton discuss the Watkins Glen race weekend, where Connor Zilisch put on a veteran-like performance on Saturday, and Chris Buescher got the best of road course ace Shane Van Gisbergen on Sunday. The guys gush over Zilisch's Xfinity Series debut and what could lie ahead for the 18-year-old, and how topsy-turvy the Cup Series finishing order...

Jake and Braxton are in this week to recap the start of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at Atlanta, and the big charter news of last weekend. They also discuss Saturday's Xfinity Series race and the controversial move by Corey Heim to push Austin Hill to the win. Plus they share their Pop Up Showers, recap their Atlanta picks, and make their real and random picks for what should be an exciting...

Steve, Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are all in this week to recap the thrilling regular season finale in the NASCAR Cup Series and heartbreak for Sheldon Creed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Darlington last weekend. They discuss the valiant performance by Tyler Reddick to capture the regular season championship, yet another uncharacteristic result for Martin Truex Jr, and an entertaining battle for...

Jake and Erin Flatley join Dillon and Braxton on this week's episode to share their experience as VIP guests of Busch Beer at Daytona. They also share their viewpoints on the strange crashes and the close finish. Then the crew highlights some notables from the 2025 NASCAR schedule that was released this week, and looks ahead to the regular season finale at Darlington. If you like the show, be...

Steve, Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are in this week to recap a wet and windy weekend at Michigan, including big wins by Justin Allgaier and Tyler Reddick. They also discuss the moves that did and didn't work for the likes of Riley Herbst, Bubba Wallace, and Kyle Larson. In Pop Up Showers, Jake shares news of winning a trip to this weekend's Daytona races, Steve brings up the Max Verstappen v...

Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are in this week to welcome everyone back from the Olympic break, and to break down the craziness that was the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond. They analyze the drama at the end of the race involving Austin Dillon, Joey Logano, and Denny Hamlin, the penalties handed down following the race, and many of the arguments made online about whether or not penalties should hav...

Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are all in to recap the return of NASCAR to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, complete with discussion of the fuel strategies at play, passing or lack thereof, questionable moves three-wide, and much more. Plus we discuss some news from Haas Factory Team from this week, share our Pop Up Showers, look back at our race picks from Indy, make our picks for the next...

It's geometry time, as NASCAR leaves the Tricky Triangle of Pocono Raceway and heads to the famed rectangle of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jake, Steve, and Braxton recap the triple-header of action in Pennsylvania, including a miserable weekend for Kyle Busch, discuss some more team closure news from the Xfinity Series, and thoughts on Corey LaJoie. Plus Pop Up Showers and our race picks...

Northwestern University journalism student Noah Poser joins Jake and Braxton this week to help recap the 2024 Chicago Street Race from a boots-on-the-ground perspective, including comments he gathered from around the garage area and city while covering the race weekend. The guys talk about the epic battle between Kyle Larson and Shane Van Gisbergen in Saturday's Xfinity Series race, a wildly e...

Dillon and Braxton are in this week to recap a topsy-turvy weekend of NASCAR racing at Nashville, where the Cup Series race was more Truck Series than the Truck Series race, thanks to 5 overtimes and Joey Logano going 110 laps on fuel. They also discuss the controversies with Layne Riggs and Carson Hocevar, the Denny Hamlin vs. Kyle Larson rivalry, and a deep dive into what to expect at Chicago th...

Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are in this week to recap the New Hampshire race weekend, where both the Xfinity and Cup Series used wet weather tires, and where Christopher Bell won both races. The guys also discuss some potential improvements for the wet weather race administration, potential tire upgrades, and how the option of wet tires impacted strategy. Plus, Christopher Bell was hilariously in t...

Steve, Jake, and Braxton recap the NASCAR Cup Series first visit to Iowa Speedway with plenty of talk about tire wear, multiple grooves, surprisingly bad runs, and NBC's season debut on the broadcast. Plus, some discussion on a ramping-up Silly Season, an ode to Martin Truex Jr, our Pop Up Showers, race picks, and more! If you like what you've heard, be sure to tell a friend and subscribe...

Dillon, Jake, and Braxton are in this week to recap the Sonoma race weekend, including Shane van Gisbergen's battle with Austin Hill on the way to his second consecutive win, SVG's celebration, the end of an era of NASCAR on Fox, the exciting Cup Series finish, and looking ahead to Iowa. The guys make their real and random race picks, Dillon gives his weather report, and fills us in on the...

Steve, Dillon, and Braxton are in this week to breakdown the news that NASCAR has approved a playoff waiver for Kyle Larson, recap the weekend of racing at Gateway and Portland, and look ahead to Sonoma. Plus, Dillon and Braxton get a little off the rails with a hodgepodge of other racing topics toward the end of the show. As always, the guys make their picks for next week and share their Pop Up S...

Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are in to talk about a very damp Indy 500 and Coke 600 double that didn't happen for Kyle Larson, plus the confirmed news that Stewart-Haas Racing is shutting down at the end of the 2024 NASCAR season, and much more! The guys also review their real and random picks from Charlotte and Indy, and make their real and random picks for Gateway. If you like what you hear, be...