F-R Racing's Garage Talk

Too much racing to cover in a 10-minute show, but we try! This week, we kick off the show talking about the exciting Southern 500 and the battle at the end featuring Kyle Busch and race winner, Chase Briscoe. We also touch on the IndyCar at Milwaukee weekend and a great weekend for Ferrari at Monza. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races,...

In this week's episode of Garage Talk, we start by discussing the iRacing Wednesday Night Dash Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Rule changes were put in place. How did the changes hold up? Do we keep them moving forward? Erik also discusses his dramatic second-place finish during this week's iRacing Indy Racing World Series race from Michigan International Speedway. Moving o...

Harrison Burton is the surprise winner in an exciting NASCAR race at Daytona. We break down the race, Leigh Diffey's 2024 NASCAR broadcasting debut, and we touch a bit on the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix and IndyCar at Portland. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

As we are coming up on the three-year anniversary of the first time D.J. and Erik live-streamed racing on Wednesday Night, we go back and discuss the history of Wednesday Night Dash and how a goofy one-on-one race turned into a 22-car broadcasted league in its 10th season with hundreds of people tuning in to watch each week. Wednesday Night Dash also was responsible for our second league, the Indy...

On the 101st episode of F-R Racing’s Garage Talk, we recap the week in iRacing, first with Erik’s technical troubles during the Indy Racing World Series race and D.J.’s shock second-place finish. During the season premiere of Wednesday Night Dash Erik and D.J., both were involved in wrecks and poor finishes. We break that down and look ahead to the rest of the schedule. NASCAR penalized Austin Dil...

Erik and D.J. weren't planning on recording tonight, but we had to talk about Austin Dillon and controversial win at Richmond Raceway. ⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️: 00:00:00 - Weekend Recap: Austin Dillon, Joey Logano, and Denny Hamlin's Wild Finish 00:02:39 - Playoff System Complaints and NASCAR Rules Discussion 00:04:50 - Penalties and Suspensions: What to Expect for Dillon's Team 00:07:15...

We have officially made it to episode 100 of F-R Racing's Garage Talk and we are very excited today to spend episode 100 sitting down with one of the young talents in motorsport. Mazda MX-5 Cup driver, Heather Hadley joins D.J. and Erik (on the phone) to talk about her career so far and the steps her and her family took to get her where she is today. We talk about her beginnings with indoor kartin...

On the 99th episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we discuss the latest drama in Formula 1 (again). It's funny how the soap opera that is Drive to Survive has really spilled over onto the track. Max is upset at his team, Lando is mad at his team, Carlos Sainz still doesn't have a job next year, you name it. We briefly discuss the Toronto IndyCar race exclusively on Peacock and how they...

On this week's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we discuss D.J.'s travel issues that prevented the show from being made last week and some off-topic college stories. We break down the debut of the IndyCar hybrid engine now that we've seen it on both a road course and an oval for the first time and show off some Brickyard 400 memorabilia as we preview the upcoming return to the...

Erik and D.J. are back and recap the Penske sweep. First with two wins at Iowa for IndyCar and Blaney at Pocono for NASCAR. --------- 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 Truck Series during spring and summer! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

On this 4th of July week episode, Erik and D.J. take a look at the season-long F1 silly season the NASCAR Overtime process at Nashville, Joey Logano's fuel-saving masterclass, and Carson Hocevar's fine. We also talk about IndyCar's dismal ratings on Peacock and the continuing struggles of the oversaturated streaming market, and we close up talking about Max vs Lando. ⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS...

On the Weekend Recap we look at George Russell's surprising win after the Lando and Max drama at the Red Bull Ring and what seemed like endless overtime during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  is back! Tune in...

Erik and D.J. are back from summer vacation and have a lot to catch up on! We open the show discussing what's been going on in the world of NASCAR including Kyle Larson vs his spotter, Denny Hamlin being Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch's struggles in the Cup Series. We also talk about some of our new sponsors (such as Frost Buddy) and going back to work with some of our older ones (Philips Hue an...

We're back after a week off! We talk about Christopher Bell sweeping the weekend and accidentally announcing his new teammate for 2025, Alex Palou's win at Laguna Seca, and the F1 Spanish Grand Prix. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  is back! Tune in W...

We're back with an all-new episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! In this episode, we break down the fun and exciting Formula 1 race at Montreal, IndyCar's reported new TV deal on FOX (which has since been confirmed), NASCAR's trip to Sonoma which includes an epic celebration from SVG. ⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️: 00:00:00 - Introduction & Welcoming our new partner, FrostBuddy 00:07:3...

Erik and D.J. briefly recap the rainy F1 race at Montreal, a caution filled IndyCar race at Road America, and early cautions at Sonoma for NASCAR. --------- 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 Truck Series during spring and summe...

On this week's episode we talk quite extensively about the evolution of TV deals, the NASCAR Charter system and what can NASCAR do to fill seats at tracks with poor attendance (Besides fixing the Next Gen car)? In the second half of the show, we discuss the latest updates from iRacing including some new tracks, the Corvette GT3, and Mustang GT3, and major changes to how the Craftsman Truck Series...

Erik and D.J. are back and discussing the chaos of the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix and NASCAR's visit to St Louis. --------- 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 Truck Series during spring and summer! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠...

Erik is back from the Indianapolis 500 and he has a lot to share with us! From the rain delay, to the race itself, and meeting up with Red Racer Books own Andy Amendola. Erik also ended up running into a famous IndyCar reporter and a driver who participated in the 500 just by walking down the street. Who was it? Listen and find out. We also spend time recapping that something of an event in Monaco...

On this week's edition of Wednesday Night Dash, D.J. stepped out of the truck for the New Hampshire race and stepped into the broadcast booth for the first time. D.J. talks about how it was getting to live a childhood dream of being a sports play-by-play broadcaster, his inspiration from childhood, and why it's so darn hard to break into the business. The rest of the show is focused on thi...

Erik and D.J. record a late night episode to give you a quick recap of Indy 500 qualifying and the fireworks after the NASCAR Cup Series All Star Race. Be sure to enter our free giveaway for Tyler Reddick's 2023 Bristol Dirt right front fender! Visit https://frracingonline.com/contest for more info and to register. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community rac...

May means Indianapolis 500 month and the announcement of the F-R Racing anniversary giveaway! From now until June 30, 2024 you can enter our contest at frracingonline.com/contest to win a piece of Tyler Reddick's #45 SiriusXM right front fender used in the 2023 Bristol Dirt race. Get bonus entries by clicking the links on the entry form and follow us on various social media, streaming platform...

On this week's Weekend Recap, Erik talks about his visit to the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Santino Ferrucci vs Romain Grosjean, and Ford's first Cup Series win of the year at Darlington with Brad Keselowski snapping his three year winless streak. --------- Join our ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wedne...

On this week's F-R Racing's Garage Talk, NASCAR Silly Season has started now. We break down Michael McDowell's surprise announcement that he's leaving FRM for Spire and is Stewart-Haas Racing for sale? We know they've been looking at selling a charter or two, but is the entire team going to fold? Next, we get into a discussion about the challenges of managing an iRacing league....

Erik and D.J. (featuring cameos from D.J.'s daughters Heidi and Addison) discuss Lando Norris' big first win at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix and the closest finish in NASCAR history at Kansas. --------- 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...