Grip Strip Podcast

Phil and Josh tackle NASCAR at Dover where Harvick and Hamlin continued their 2020 Cup Series domination, Allgaier and Briscoe win in XFinity and Zane Smith continues the GMS domination in Trucks.  The Round-Up covers Supercars at Hidden Valley, IMSA GTLM/GTD at VIR where Bill Auberlen passed Hi to My Family at Home for all-time wins, MotoGP at Austria where Miguel Olivera won his first GP, DTM at...

Phil, Josh and indycar1909.com owner Spencer Neff break down Takuma Sato's second Indianapolis 500 victory over Scott Dixon.  The crew discusses what it meant for driver, team and the controversial end.  Should Dixon have won this race?  Honda dominated while Chevy languished for the exception of Newgarden and O'Ward.  Plenty of accidents and examples of why the aeroscreen is thankfully here.  We...

Phil, Josh and indycar1909.com owner Spencer Neff break down the Indianapolis 500 from all angles on the GSP.  They discuss qualifying and whether it really is Marco's time to break the Andretti curse along with all of the fast nine drivers.  What can we expect from the Penske's and other Chevy's after an unusually poor qualifying weekend?  Can Fernando Alonso win and complete the Triple Crown?  P...

Phil and Josh go over Lewis Hamilton's comprehensive victory in the Spanish GP along with who his biggest challenger is for the WDC.  Also, they discussed Ferrari's issues and the midfield battle.  Phil and Josh gave a sneak preview of the Indy 500 preview show coming out later this week with Fast 9 talk and went over the Cup, XFinity and Truck races at Daytona's road course.  In the GSP Roundup,...

Phil and Josh start the first of three episodes focused on The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500 with IndyCar and RTI writer Spencer Neff.  They break down the field for this year's race and consider the opening practice results along with going over who could win pole and the race.  Afterwards, Phil and Josh provide the GSP Roundup with talk about MotoGP, NHRA and previews of Sup...

Phil and Josh welcome F1 Grid Talk host George Howson to discuss Max Verstappen slaying the Mercedes duo at Silverstone along with Logan Sargeant's first F3 win and his future prospects.  Talk about the field in detail along with silly-season as well plus some focus on F2 and F3 drivers who could eventually make that move.  After that, Phil and Josh had NASCAR young gun Dawson "DK" Cram who came o...

Phil and Josh discuss the British Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking his 7th win at home after a rare tire-explosion filled event.  Brad Keselowski takes his 33rd career Cup win at New Hampshire in dominant fashion and then signs a one-year extension to stay in the 2 car for Penske.  GSP Roundup is chock full of motorsports around the world as well before Phil loses it because of "Charters" and...

Phil and Josh go over all the NASCAR events at Kansas last week with Hamlin, Bruckshot, Hill and Crafton winning.  They also discuss Fabio Quartararo's second consecutive MotoGP win at Jerez along with IndyCar schedule changes and DTM in the GSP Roundup.  Later, Phil and Josh preview the British GP, Cup at New Hampshire and IMSA at Road America.  Give it a listen, like and let us know what you wan...

Phil and Josh discuss the IndyCar doubleheader at Iowa, Lewis Hamilton's 8th win at the Hungarian GP, NASCAR at one of the worst tracks on Planet Earth and the debut of the GSP Round-Up discussing key news in other series.  

GSP Episode 12 reviews the happenings at the NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol where Chase Elliott took his first win in the race similar to his father at Atlanta in 1986.  Phil and Josh also preview events for the weekend in other series.  

Phil and Josh discuss the weekend in motorsports which saw many firsts: Felix Rosenqvist and Sheldon Creed winning their first races in IndyCar and Trucks respectively while Austin Cindric won his first two oval races in NASCAR along with Cole Custer's upset win in the Cup Quaker State 400.  On the flip side, Scott Dixon extended his win streak to three races in IndyCar prior to his teammate's win...

Phil and Josh discuss the F1 season opener at Austria and what stood out from the race as the series comes back this week for a second race at Red Bull Ring.  They also go over the GMR Grand Prix at Indy for the NTT IndyCar Series and what Scott Dixon's win means for fellow title rivals like Power and Rossi before previewing the doubleheader at Road America.  NASCAR had the BadYear 400 on Sunday a...

Phil and Josh finish their F1 preview with Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes while discussing the season-opening Austrian GP.  They continue with IndyCar's return to Indianapolis and the GMR Grand Prix for their second race and first on a road course.  Discussion of Pocono NASCAR and previews of Indy races and finish with the Weathertech 240 at Daytona discussion for IMSA.  Plenty of stuff but worth...

Phil and Josh invite Save Stock Car Racing owner "PrimeTime" Chuck Ellison on the show to discuss the events of recent weeks in NASCAR with the banning of the Rebel flag and events that took place at Talladega prior to the Geico 500.  All three speak about what they've experienced and what they think is truly up at the moment.  In the second half, Phil and Josh start Part 2 of the 2020 F1 Preview...

Phil and Josh start previewing the upcoming 2020 Formula 1 World Championship this week by going over Williams, Haas, Alfa Romeo and Racing Point.  They discuss prospects for those teams and the rules changes that are coming along in this interesting year.  Also, Phil and Josh go over the events at Homestead, the announcement of Bristol holding the All-Star Race (plus other adjustments) along with...

Phil and Josh discuss Scott Dixon winning the IndyCar season-opening Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway along with some of the keys issues and events that took place for the one-day show.  Also, Phil and Josh go over the Atlanta triple-header weekend which saw Kevin Harvick win his second race of 2020 along with victories by AJ Allmendinger and Grant Enfinger in Xfinity and Trucks.  Recent events...

Phil and Josh bring on Talking in Circles Host and Frontstretch writer Clayton Caldwell and Phil's buddy Josh Billiter (aka Pork Roll...you'll get the reference once you listen) to discuss Nashville Superspeedway being reintroduced after a 10-year absence and getting a Cup date from Dover in the process.  The four provide their thoughts on this development relative to the racing product in the pas...

Phil and Josh invite Open-Wheels.com owner and noted sim racer Tanner Watkins on the GSP to deep dive into the start of the 2020 NTT Data IndyCar Series.  They go over the transition to Roger Penske owning Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar series, key driver changes and the rookie battle.  Phil, Josh and Tanner also discuss sim racing and the iRacing Invitational in detail.    Give it a...

Josh and Phil discuss Sunday's The Real Heroes 400 which saw Kevin Harvick win his 50th Cup race in the first NASCAR race in 10 weeks.  They go over key players during the day including Hendrick Motorsports and what was going on with Gibbs and Penske.  Standout performances by rookies and returning veterans alike along with a discussion on back-marker teams.  Josh and Phil also preview the XFinity...

Phil comes back from the Easter break to discuss sim racing with fellow Motorsports fan Josh Huffine who has experience with iRacing. Phil and Josh discuss the racing so far and some of the controversies that have transpired: Most notably, Kyle Larson ending himself and Bubba Wallace and what it truly means about the product and how it's being handled. Afterwards, Phil and Josh do evals on their f...

Josh and Phil come back this week on the GSP to discuss NASCAR's return to real racing at Darlington.  They go over what took place prior to the Covid-19 stoppage and what to expect at Darlington itself.  Also, Josh and Phil went over the new teams that have been established and charters that have changed hands at the back end of the field.  Discussion on XFinity and Trucks along with what concern...

The newly re-branded Grip Strip Podcast with Philip Mathew and Josh Huffine discusses the good and bad that has taken place with the sim racing invitationals during the COVID-19 pandemic.  They also discuss the return of NASCAR and other series and the concerns that come with that return.