F-R Racing's Garage Talk

When we race at Texas, D.J.'s cowboy hat comes out. Erik decided to pull out the sloth drinking a beer and eating a taco Hawaiian shirt to fit in with the ridiculous theme of today's show. We start off by recapping the fact we went to Texas Motor Speedway for Wednesday Night Dash, how it went, and how a penalty hosed Erik's race. We also get into the first iRacing Indy Racing World Ser...

On today's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we've been largely ignoring the simulated part of motorsports the last several episodes, so we take time today to go through the latest updates during the iRacing 2025 Season 3 update package! New cars, new tracks, updated artwork, and a gigantic file size! On the second half of the show, we discuss the NASCAR race at Gateway with Denny Hamlin winnin...

The IndyCar season wrapped up last weekend at Nashville with Josef Newgarden salvaging a bad season with a win. It was his 11th straight season with a win in the IndyCar season. We look back at how the season went, the good, the bad, and how to improve on story telling. What can IndyCar learn from the WWE (no not scripted results). Next, we move on and discuss the NASCAR weekend from Connor Zilisc...

Hello to our friends at IndyCar! We really appreciate the listen! (We're kidding, I think). With the breaking news this week that IndyCar is likely returning to Phoenix Raceway for the first time in years, D.J. shares his excitement about having another reason to go to the track. First though, we kick off the show talking about the breaking news that wasn't, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pere...

On this week's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk we discuss the release of the NASCAR schedule including interesting choices like the Dover All Star Race, Watkins Glen in May, and Phoenix fall in mid-October. We also look at the return of Chicagoland Speedway and the surprise announcement of the Craftsman Truck Series heading to St Petersburg for a weekend race with IndyCar! Next, we get...

Connor Zilisch's fall in victory lane was unfortunately the most talked about part of Watkins Glen weekend at NASCAR. In this week's Garage Talk we look at the fall and ideally how long will it take to recover and drive again with that broken collarbone? But first, we talk about the return of Wednesday Night Dash and the shocking situation where on a hot and slick track that eats tires lik...

After a week off, we're back with an all new Garage Talk! Erik fills us in on life with a 2nd child and how that adjustment has gone. Next, we jump into the big news of the week with FOX buying into Penske Entertainment (and ultimately IndyCar). Is it a good move for the series? What needs to happen to take advantage of this move? Next we jump in and discuss the racing at Iowa from ARCA all th...

If you watched the Bottom Split Racing Series on  @Stadiumscene  on Monday night you noticed D.J. was logged in, but did not grid or race. He ran into technical troubles with the Meta Quest 3S and trying to race in VR. In this week's Garage Talk he kicks off the show talking about the major software bug that some users are struggling with in the Meta Quest 3 and 3S and why until that gets fixe...

Why is D.J. covering his face in the preview? Something involving a parody of a ear worm pop song, hot dogs, and COTA. Watch on and find out why! We had a time crunch this week, so a shorter on script show for once! On this episode of Garage Talk we look into SVG's continued road course dominance in NASCAR, is Connor Zilisch a future superstar for the sport, some iRacing discussion, and the po...

Buckle up! It’s a wild week in motorsports, and we’re breaking it all down on this episode of Garage Talk! First up: McLaren go 1-2, but all eyes are on Oscar Piastri, who’s not thrilled about his penalty. Just when it looked like that would dominate the headlines, Nico Hulkenberg storms onto the podium for the first time ever in his long career, a feel-good moment dominating the news cycle… until...

We are finally back from our summer break! Erik is (mostly) moved in to his new place in Florida and we catch up on what we missed the last few weeks. We also introduce a new segment, Florida Man vs Arizona Man. First, we check in with Erik and see how his move to Florida is going and discuss when we'll see his return back to league racing. As a result of Erik being in Florida and D.J. in Ariz...

This week's episode is kind of short because if you can't tell from the box behind him, Erik is moving from Michigan to Florida! He goes over what brought that up. We're also taking next week off since D.J. will be out of town and Erik is moving so its our "Summer Break". The bulk of the show today is dedicated to looking over the 2026 Formula 1 schedule and the big item of n...

"Two Idiots Talking Racing... and Stuff" sounds like a fitting tagline for this show, isn't it? Today on F-R Racing's Garage Talk we officially adopt that as the tagline for the show. What started as a quick and serious show evolved into what you see and listen to on a weekly basis so we felt it was time to start updating the branding to match the show. We kick off the show this...

On this week's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we give a brief mention to the F1 Monaco "race", because that's all it deserves, one of the weirder Indy 500's we've ever seen, and the first NASCAR race on Amazon Prime Video. First up, we talk about the F1 Monaco Grand Prix and as expected it was a parade with no on track passing, and the required two pit stop stra...

On this week's episode of Garage Talk, we're joined by the very talented Jackson Lambros, co-founder of Outlap Media and reporter for Dive Bomb about the latest Team Penske scandal at the Indianapolis 500, the fall out, D.J. apologizes to Robert Shwartzman, and more! At the start of the show, we introduce you to Jackson Lambros, co-founder of Outlap Media, a reporter for Dive Bomb, and the...

On this week's episode of Garage Talk, we recap the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, recap the Kansas NASCAR weekend including Carson Hocevar's "gesture" to Layne Riggs, ideas for iRacing to improve the restart procedure, and more! D.J.'s kids got him sick yet again, but the show must go on! For the first half of the show we largely stick to on topic motorspo...

As you know, we record on Wednesday evening after Wednesday Night Dash (on  ⁨@Stadiumscene⁩  ) and this week has been an absolute struggle. You've noticed the broadcast did not happen live as scheduled Tuesday night and we ran into some scoring problems (maybe) at the end of Wednesday Night Dash. We get into those struggles on today's Garage Talk. First up, we go into the details of how th...

On this week's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we unveil the 2025 F-R Racing Anniversary giveaway! You'll want to stick around after the open to see what could be yours! After that, Erik opens a pack of trading cards from Parkside Cards. Parkside is a smaller trading card producer who is the exclusive supplier for IndyCar and the NWSL. Erik has gotten lucky in the past and ended u...

Erik has officially crossed over the hill and reached 40 years old! On today's episode officially dubbed as Erik's Birthday Spectacular, we bring out our old friend Jeppson's Malört, discuss the IndyCar testing Internet issues, and somehow finish off the show talking about Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons. First, We kick off the show with our old friend Jeppson's Malör...

If you watched the racing over the weekend you were left pretty bummed out. Bristol was a bust, Long Beach IndyCar was pretty boring, and Oscar Piastri ran away with the F1 race in Bahrain. The IMSA race at Long Beach was arguably the most compelling. Yet somehow we go way off course and spend probably more than half of our first ever marathon episode discussing everything else. If you decide to s...

We're back with another episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk. In this week's episode we go over how BORING the F1 Japanese Grand Prix was, throwback weekend at Darlington, and D.J. broke his foot. To kick off the show, we announce our brand new partner, Nixon Watch Company. We're excited to become part of the Nixon family and proud to call Nixon the official watch of F-R Racing. To...

Erik and D.J. are joined this week by Jorge Anzaldo, Founder of the Sim Gaming Expo. Jorge joins the show this week to talk about the inaugural Sim Gaming Expo, why it was put together, and how you as a creator can benefit from attending the show in Schaumburg, IL (Chicago Suburbs) from September 5th to the 7th. As we dig into the details, we learn about the effort that went into booking the venue...

On this episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk we kick off discussing the big news out of Red Bull that Liam Lawson is being demoted to Racing Bulls and replaced with Yuki Tsunoda after only two races. How bad of a PR move is this for Red Bull? Next, we discuss D.J.'s least favorite race on the IndyCar calendar, The Thermal Club. From the boring race to the power outage knocking the FOX broadcast off...

On this week's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, Erik and D.J. start off going off topic looking at concerts and a surprise throwback name on the 2025 Lollapalooza schedule. Once they get back on topic, it was time to recap the NASCAR weekend in Las Vegas and the rainy chaos of the Formula 1 opening round in Australia. Is Kimi Antonelli the real deal? Next, we discuss our week in iRacing includ...

On this week's episode of Garage Talk, D.J. talks about his trip to Phoenix Raceway for the Shriners Children's 500 Cup Series race. How was the Kids VIP experience and was he successful in getting his kid a chance to finally meet Kyle Larson? We also discuss Katherine Legge's debut and criticism of NASCAR for not allowing more testing/practice time. Next, we discuss the quarterly upda...