F-R Racing's Garage Talk

On this week's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we recap our bad and good week of iRacing including the unexpected challenges of IndyCar at New Hampshire, and surprising results at Martinsville. Next, we discuss the first week of the IndyCar season at St Petersburg. How was the FOX broadcast? Was it better than the NASCAR broadcast? How was the race itself? What does IndyCar do now mov...

We're back with another episode of Garage Talk! On this week's episode, we kick it off discussing NASCAR continuing to be inconsistent with those last lap yellows, Carson Hocevar having a line of drivers wanting to talk to him post-race, and the upcoming IndyCar Season. First off, we have to lead right into the show talking about the upcoming IndyCar season, FOX announcing the pit reporter...

Did any of you actually enjoy the F1 75 Live unveiling show this week? D.J. thought it was pure cringe and embarrassing and he has a lot more to say about that on this week's F-R Racing's Garage Talk. First off, as we kick off the show, we jump right into the F1 75 live show. For those who missed it, they brought all 10 teams together at the O2 Arena in London to unveil all new liveries an...

Erik and D.J. are joined this week by their Wednesday Night Dash teammate, Nick Warboy. Nick has been on the iRacing platform for a couple of years armed with his Thurstmaster T150 racing wheel and he shares his story along with some NASCAR Championship 4 predictions. First up, we introduce Nick Warboy to the audience and how he's had success on the iRacing platform still using his introductory Th...

On this week's Garage Talk, we hang out with John Miles. John owns JM Motorsports, races with us on Wednesday Night Dash and other events. We talk to him about the process of building a sim racing team. First up, John is a college student at the University of Missouri so we discuss how does he balance iRacing with college and other activities. Side note: if Erik and D.J. had iRacing back in co...

We're back with our second episode of 2025 and we have a lot to talk about regarding the drama at the Rolex 24, some iRacing league previews, and D.J. pulls out his 90s NASCAR diecast collection. First up, there is a lot to digest from the weekend including a post-race disqualification for one of the class winners, Tommy Milner's "iconic" reaction to a BMW driver, a big wreck dur...

We are excited to be back for our season premiere of F-R Racing's Garage Talk here in 2025. While the racing hasn't kicked off, there's a lot of news in the world of motorsports to discuss. We kick off the season discussing news in the world of IndyCar including driver changes, the Josef Newgarden commercial that's the talk of the town, and Andy Amendola's Red Racer Books cameo...

Since we missed last week due to illness, we consolidated two shows into one big one as our 2024 season finale! We wrap up the Formula 1 season, discuss some random NASCAR and IndyCar news, and recap the 2024 F-R Racing season. First up, we close out by discussing the last two races of the 2024 Formula 1 season including Max vs George getting very ugly, McLaren winning the Constructors Championshi...

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is complete! Was it a good race? What are the thoughts of Max Verstappen winning his 4th straight title? Cadillac joining F1 and Black Friday shopping on this episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! We kick off the show this week recapping Formula 1's week in Las Vegas including Charles LeClerc upset at Carlos Sainz and his team, another wreck for Williams, and would Lewis Ha...

Returning to the show for the fifth time (4 recorded episodes, 1 live show) is our old friend, Andy Amendola of Red Racer Books . Andy is here today to talk about his new book, "Josef's Big Dream" that he wrote in partnership with two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, Josef Newgarden and his wife Ashley. We talk to Andy about how he was introduced to the Newgarden's for the first time and his process...

Erik and D.J. are joined this week by Sarah Offenbach ( @offey_on_track ) on Instagram. Sarah is a motorsports content creator and influencer who has focused primarily on the IndyCar Series the last few years. As we've long promised, we finally sit down and look at the state of the IndyCar series. Why are they struggling with TV ratings? Why are a lot of general fans not familiar with the series d...

On this week's Garage Talk, we recap our iRacing Bristol Motor Speedway Multi Class race, Max Verstappen's legendary drive in the rains of Brazil, and OEM controversy plus a wall ride at Martinsville! The Wednesday Night Dash season came to a close this week with our annual end-of-season multi-class fun race. Mini Stocks, Legends, and Tour Modifieds on the same track led to a lot of chaos, but a l...

On this week's episode of Garage Talk, we wrap up the 2024 Wednesday Night Dash iRacing season with a discussion of what went well and what we're looking to update next year. The new season kicks off on January 8th and registration will be open soon. We also unveil the Wednesday Night Dash Season 11 Next Gen schedule and iRacing Indy Racing World Series Season 5 schedule. Erik's controversial take...

Joey Logano is the luckiest man in NASCAR. One minute he's out of the playoffs, the next he's back in due to a disqualification. The following week he punches his ticket to The Championship 4 in Phoenix. D.J. took a +1200 odds from his sports betting app and has gone all in on Logano winning the championship. As we discuss the rumors of NASCAR renovating Homestead Miami Speedway with the possibili...

In this week's episode, Erik brings out the bottle of Jeppson's Malört as he deals with that notorious aftertaste after a bad performance during the iRacing Indy Racing World Series season finale from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Next up, we get right into the recap of NASCAR's visit to the newly redesigned Charlotte Roval. We discussed the design changes, whether the racing was any good, Parker K...

We kick off the show this week unfortunately having to talk about another hurricane. We've had hurricanes hit two weeks in a row and cause major damage to the US directly impacting friends in our racing community. If you're interested in donating to the relief efforts of Hurricane Helene or Hurricane Milton, please see our links below. We'll also be posting these links during our weekly racing bro...

As we kick off this week's episode, we want to share our thoughts on the horrific tragedy of Hurricane Helene, especially how hard it hit western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. These communities were not expecting this and the damage has been devastating. In fact, two drivers we race with were directly impacted by the storm and heavy flooding. If you're interested in donating to one of the...

We recap the NASCAR weekend at Kansas Speedway including a good run and win from Ross "Melon Man" Chastain and fans still can't believe Trackhouse brings a watermelon to every race just in case Ross wins. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

On this edition of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, our old friend, Jeppson's Malört returns to cap off a bad week of racing on the iRacing platform. We talk about our iRacing IndyCar series with D.J. doing play-by-play for the first time and Erik getting a black flag exiting the pits, ruining his night. We move on to the Wednesday Night Dash Xfinity Series and D.J. discusses his lap 1 wreck that...

We discuss the relatively boring F1 race at Singapore this weekend and the potential bigger story of Daniel Ricciardo being out at VCARB in favor of Liam Lawson. We also talk Bristol weekend, Hendrick dominance, tire wear, and Sheldon Creed finishing in 2nd place yet again in the Xfinity race. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races,...

On this episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, D.J. discloses that last week's Weekend Recap show was his "Flu game" as he did it while having a 102-degree fever. In addition, we discuss fast food and Erik's surprising dislike for fast food in general, but we do get him to admit that there are certain foods he does enjoy. We do a quick recap of our iRacing league races (Long Be...

Erik and D.J. look back at the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen, the IndyCar finale at Nashville, and the last-lap chaos of the F1 Race in Baku. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  is back! Tune in Wednesday at 10 pm ET for the Xfinity Ser...

On this week's Garage Talk, we spend a lot of time deep-diving into IndyCar's continued problems with marketing. A story broke recently about CEO Mark Miles' comments about Mexico City as a viable race location and wanting to visit "somewhere new". If you look at the list of tracks that IndyCar has visited but currently doesn't, that list is rather small. We look into som...

Only NASCAR on the schedule this weekend and the big highlight was the Walmart sign falling on the track and causing a caution late in the Cup Series Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ok, there was more than that and we get into it in our Weekend Recap. ⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️: 00:00:00 - Weekend Recap: NASCAR Atlanta Highlights and Surprises 00:02:01 - Unexpected Moments: Walmart Sign Incident and B...

The NASCAR Playoffs are here whether you like it or not! We look at the 16 drivers in the Cup Series playoffs and discuss can any of the long shots make it beyond the first cut? The 2025 NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series schedules have been released including a return to a classic North Carolina track and a surprising but welcome new addition to the Craftsman Truck Series schedule. We touch on...