Cloudy With a Chance of Racing

Jake, Steve, and Braxton are in this week to talk a little about the racing at North Wilkesboro, and a lot about Ricky Stenhouse Jr. vs. Kyle Busch afterwards. Plus the guys talk about Kyle Larson's incredible feat of qualifying 5th for the 108th Indianapolis 500 as a stone cold rookie. In Pop Up Showers, Jake gives a shoutout to the NASCAR Hall of Fame class of 2025, Steve mentions a blast fr...

Jake, Steve, and Braxton are in this week to discuss all the happenings of a wild weekend at Darlington, including Brad Keselowski breaking his personal winless drought and Ford's as well, heartbreak for Chris Buescher after his run-in with Tyler Reddick, the Blaney-Byron feud, and some news to us about William Byron. Plus Jake and Braxton talk about Michael McDowell's move to Spire, new i...

Jake and Steve are back with Braxton to recap a wildly entertaining race at Kansas Speedway. They discuss the fuel strategy, tire wear, the photo finish, line painting 101, and more. Plus some discussion on Formula 1 vs. NASCAR television ratings, more Supercars drivers coming to the US, and Braxton's alternative stock car racing plan should some teams want to leave NASCAR and do their own thi...

Dillon and Braxton are aboard this week to break down the NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series races at Dover! They discuss strong runs from Carson Kvapil, Ryan Truex, and Anthony Alfredo, as well as some controversy with Alfredo's interview following his $100,000 Dash 4 Cash win. Cup Series analysis includes tire wear, Alex Bowman's aggressiveness (or lack of), and aero blocking. Plus Pop Up Sho...

Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are joined this week by WCHS-TV meteorologist Brandon Lawson to tell us about his life as a NASCAR fan, his experience at the NASCAR Racing Experience in Charlotte, and this weekend's action at Talladega. Brandon also shares his picks for Dover, and then the guys debate some news topics from this week in the world of NASCAR. Dillon wraps the show with his weather for...

Jake, Dillon, and Braxton are in this week to recap the Texas race weekend for NASCAR's top three series, including Kyle Busch's dominant win in the Truck Series, Sam Mayer and Ryan Sieg being inches apart at the finish of the Xfinity Series race, and Chase Elliott getting his first win in over a year in the Cup Series. Plus comments from Denny Hamlin about the meeting NASCAR had with driv...

Dillon, Jake, Steve, and Braxton are back this week to talk about a lackluster Cup Series race at Martinsville, and they brainstorm some ideas on how NASCAR could try to help the short track product. They also debate the online beef between Denny Hamlin and Marcus Smith, and look ahead to Texas. Plus Pop Up Showers, and real and random race picks. If you like what you hear, the best way to support...

Jake, Steve, and Braxton are joined by Ryan from ifantasyrace.com to recap a topsy-turvy Richmond race, where the first 30 laps featured the first use of wet tires in a Cup Series points race, and then back to the regularly-scheduled strategy race we've seen the last several years there. Ryan shares some insight on how the race went "chalk" with the favored drivers running up front....

The whole gang is back together as Dillon, Steve, Jake, and Braxton recap the full weekend of action at COTA, including Marco Andretti losing his whole rear end housing, Austin Hill dishing it out but can't take it, and Christopher Bell nearly tracking down William Byron in the closing laps. Plus the Pop Up Showers this week are wide-ranging, from moonshine to southern California, and all the...

Jake and Braxton are in this week to discuss the wildness that was the NASCAR race weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, more horsepower discussion, a relatively calm Truck series race, and look ahead to COTA. Plus they review this past weekend's race picks, make their real and random picks for the first road course of the season, and share their Pop Up Showers for this week. Follow along on soci...

Former NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on NBC reporter Krista Kelley (nee Voda) joins this week to share how she got her start, some stories from her 20 years in NASCAR media, and how the sport has changed since her last Cup Series race in 2020. Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton also analyze Phoenix and its debut of the new short track package, how Chevrolet struggled all weekend, and how Toyota dominated...

If you've been on the social network, X, in the last week and follow anything about NASCAR, you've probably heard of the most popular new fan the sport has picked up after Atlanta's wild three-wide finish. @IcyVert took the NASCAR world by storm in a span of just a few days, and now he joins Cloudy With a Chance of Racing to tell his story about how the last week has been for him, his...

Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are back after catching their breath from the exhilarating finish to Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The guys recap the entertainment from Sunday's race, bemoan the Truck and Xfinity Series races from Saturday, debate the penalties handed down this week after the Atlanta races, and discuss how a three-wide finish like Sunday is al...

Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton are to recap the opening weekend of the NASCAR season at Daytona International Speedway, and there was a lot to recap. Topics this week included Brad Keselowski's bumper, Harrison Burton's awful Daytona 500 luck, extreme fuel conservation, the Truck Series wreck-fest, a bad look in the ARCA race for Gus Dean, a thrilling Xfinity Race, and charter negotiatio...

The guys are back! Dillon, Jake, Steve, and Braxton kick off Season 2 of Cloudy With a Chance of Racing by looking back at the NASCAR offseason, the hurried Clash at the Coliseum, and looking ahead to the upcoming Daytona 500 and 2024 season as a whole. Real and Random picks were made, as well as Championship 4 and champion predictions. Plus over/under wins picks for 10 drivers. Be sure to follow...

The season finale of Cloudy With a Chance of Racing is here, with the whole gang together to discuss the championship weekend at Phoenix. Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton recap Ben Rhodes, Cole Custer, and Ryan Blaney winning championships, as well as the wrecks with Carson Hocevar and Corey Heim, Justin Allgaier coming up just short again, and Ross Chastain's surprising win. Pop Up Showers featur...

Your full-season final four are back with you, as Jake reports on his experience at Martinsville on Sunday and Steve, Dillon, and Braxton join in to break down the Xfinity and Cup Series races at the paperclip. Discussion includes the RCR controversy between Sheldon Creed and Austin Hill in Saturday's Xfinity Series race, Ryan Blaney's dominant performance Sunday, and the record temperatures at Ma...

The whole gang is together, as Jake, Steve, Dillon, and Braxton recap a fantastic weekend of racing for all three NASCAR national series at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In what might be the most off-the-rails fun episode of the season, the guys break down the playoff ramifications from all three races, and look ahead at Martinsville for the Xfinity and Cup Series. Plus, a very dirt-themed Pop Up Show...

Steve, Jake, and Braxton are in this week to break down the NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including a first career win for hometown driver Riley Herbst, and the successful end of a jam-packed week for Kyle Larson. The guys also discuss Sheldon Creed's announced departure from RCR in the Xfinity Series, James Small's bad gamble for Martin Truex Jr., and what Chris...

Jake is back from getting married and joins Dillon and Braxton on this week's episode to talk about the news of the week, the 2024 NASCAR schedules, and cutoff races in the Xfinity and Cup Series at the Charlotte Roval. With Braxton being at the Cup race on Sunday, the guys got to share how seeing the race in person varied from watching on TV, and how perhaps some of that is the nature of the trac...

Steve, Dillon, and Braxton discuss all the news of the week and recap the fall Talladega race weekend for the NASCAR Cup and Truck Series, including Kyle Busch Motorsports being bought by Spire Motorsports, Harrison Burton returning to the Wood Brothers in 2024, and 2024 schedule tidbits about North Wilkesboro, Indianapolis, and Iowa. On the track, the guys debate the post-race altercation between...

Jake, Steve, and Braxton are in this week to talk about the wild Xfinity and Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway, including the numerous cautions in Saturday's Xfinity Series race, surprisingly good runs by a couple of teams in Sunday's Cup Series race, and deeper dives on Parker Kligerman, Josh Berry, and Bubba Wallace. They also discuss how Texas should still be improved, despite the slight...

The whole gang is here this week, as Steve, Dillon, Jake, and Braxton review the news of last week and break down the playoff races for all three NASCAR national series at Bristol Motor Speedway. In news, the guys discuss Kaulig Racing's "Arm-Gate" that culminated in Daniel Hemric being announced as the driver for the No. 31 Cup car in 2024, the blockbuster deal with Spire buying Live Fast's chart...

Jake and Steve are back with Braxton after all three NASCAR National Series took on Kansas Speedway this weekend. They breakdown the news of the week with John Hunter Nemechek announced as the driver of the Legacy Motor Club No. 42 for next season, discuss how Carson Hocevar has done filling in for Legacy through two races, and revisit the news of Denny Hamlin finishing his contract with Joe Gibbs...

Dillon and Braxton break down the Darlington weekend, including Denny Hamlin winning the Xfinity race, Kyle Larson winning the Southern 500, Carson Hocevar's impressive fill-in effort, and tough luck for Martin Truex Jr. Plus, they go off the rails a little with some local track discussion, taking Dillon to Vegas for the first time, and the convenience store chain Buc-ee's. Looking ahead, they mak...