RACER Weekly Audio Podcast

When NHRA Funny Car legend Ron Capps chose Maddi Gordon to drive his team’s all-new Top Fuel dragster, he knew it would be only a matter of time before she started delivering on her potential. Two semi-final appearances in her first two NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events hinted at what was to come, but a win at Norwalk in just her 10th start has taken “Maddi Mania” to a whole new level a...

After a race-winning career as an Indy car driver, Bryan Herta’s not letting up outside of the cockpit. He’s calling strategy in the NTT IndyCar Series for Andretti Global ace Kyle Kirkwood, building a powerhouse race team in Bryan Herta Autosport, and enjoying being a proud racing dad as his son, Colton, takes on the challenge of Formula 2 in pursuit of a Cadillac F1 race seat. Bryan joins RACER...

With the dust still settling on the 94th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Jonny Edgar joined RACER Weekly to look back on an epic LMGT3 class win for TF Sport’s No. 33 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Along with teammates Ben Keating and Nicky Catsburg, Edgar put in a flawless performance to take the ’Vette from a 17th-in-class starting spot to a lead they’d never lose. From Keating’s “ironman” op...

JR Hildebrand’s 12 starts at the Indianapolis 500 including a second-place finish in 2011. But now the open-wheel racing ace is taking on a different mission and setting his sights on the production car record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. JR joins RACER Weekly to talk about the weapon of choice for his “Race to the Clouds” attempt, a 1,250hp Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X hybrid hypercar,...

Like so many who experience the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for the first time, Robin Shute came, saw and was hooked for life. He’s now a four-time King of the Mountain on the 12.42 miles and 156 turns that make up one of America’s most iconic and daunting motorsports challenges. This year, the U.S.-based Brit brings an all-new car, the wild and winged SendyCar V1, in his quest for a fifth...

The sudden passing of Kyle Busch left the world of NASCAR stock car racing reeling. On track, he was one of the giants of the sport. A multi-time champion, record-setting race winner and guaranteed future Hall of Famer. Off the track, the brash kid from Las Vegas had grown into a loyal and loving family man and a mentor and role model for his son and next-gen driver, Brexton. RACER’s NASCAR editor...

When Italian teenager Kimi Antonelli was handed the Mercedes seat vacated by Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton, the expectation and the pressure was sky high. How do you follow the G.O.A.T.? Now, just a handful of races into his second season of F1, the 19-year-old phenom is delivering on the hype, winning grands prix for fun, and stretching his lead in the world championship points. RACER’s F1 expe...

The fastest guy in motorsports? That would be Top Fuel racer Shawn Langdon, who hit a record-shattering 345.00mph top speed as he rocketed his Kalitta Air dragster to a 3.724sec ET pass in Southern Nationals qualifying, May 1. The former Top Fuel champ and current points leader joins RACER Weekly to talk about the art, science and brute force of taking a nitro-burning, 12,000hp dragster to record...

Ryan Hunter-Reay won the 2014 Indianapolis 500, and he can reel off the times he came oh so close again. It’s a race that rewards or frustrates on a whim, but Hunter-Reay is still in thrall to its challenge, and still fast and motivated as he seeks that second win. Last year, driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, he was a factor once again and led 48 laps – that’s a quarter of the race distanc...

It’s a big season for off-road racing ace Seth Quintero. Already making his mark in the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship, he’s added a whole new challenge in the ARA National Rally Championship. From Saudi Arabia and Portugal aboard a T1+ Toyota Hilux GR, to the woods of Missouri and Washington at the wheel of the all-new GR Corolla RC2, it’s been a whirlwind few months for the 23-year-old Califo...

It’s early days in the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series, yet the story reads a little familiar in the race for the championship, with four-time and reigning champion Alex Palou sitting top of the points after taking three wins from the first five races. Déjà vu all over again? Maybe not, says RACER Weekly guest Oriol Servia. As the 11-time Indy 500 starter explains, the chasing pack – headed by Andretti Gl...

Formula DRIFT brings the sideways spectacle, the tire smoke and the noise. Visually, it’s unlike any other motorsports – short, sharp, intense action where speed, power and precision meet showmanship and style. Three-time Formula DRIFT champion Fredric Aasbø joins RACER Weekly to explain the intricacies of sitting inches off an opponent’s fender – and the wall – at the craziest of angles while dan...

Robert Wickens’ inspiring return to top-level racing after suffering paralyzing injuries in a 2018 IndyCar crash continues with a second campaign in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship’s ultra-competitive GTD class. He’ll get behind the wheel of DXDT Racing’s specially-modified Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R for five races in 2026, sharing with friend and long-time teammate Mason Filippi. Ro...

Four races in the books in the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series, and four-time and reigning champ Alex Palou…isn’t leading the points! RACER Weekly checks in with the guy who is, Kyle Kirkwood, to get his take on the season so far and the momentum he’s carrying into some of the season’s biggest races. After winning on the streets of Arlington, Texas, the Andretti Global driver is the guy to beat as IndyCar...

What’s your take on F1 2026? Have Formula 1’s latest power unit regulations broken the world’s most popular motorsports series? Or are we at the start of a new era of competitiveness, unpredictability and thrilling racing? Chris Medland joins RACER Weekly and leans into the upsides and downsides of what we’ve seen so far and how things may evolve over the coming races. Plus, is Max Verstappen’s ta...

The NASCAR Cup Series season has barely started, but already Tyler Reddick and 23XI Racing are putting up record-breaking numbers. Four wins in the first six races for the No. 45 Toyota, including a record-breaking three in a row to start the year, have put the team co-owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan in rarefied air. Add in that the first victory came in NASCAR’s biggest race,...

Daytona’s twice-around-the-clock Rolex 24 is the longest race on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar, but the toughest – no argument – is the Twelve Hours of Sebring. It might be only half the length of Daytona, but Sebring International Raceway’s bumpy concrete runways and the central Florida heat make this a real survival test for cars and drivers. Five-time IMSA champion Dane C...

When three-time NHRA Funny Car champ Ron Capps wanted to add a second dragster for 2026, there was only one driver on his radar: rising star Maddi Gordon. Gordon made her NHRA Top Fuel Dragster debut at the season-opening Gatornationals, putting in a sensational run of results that saw her beating two former Top Fuel champs before meeting reigning champ Doug Kalitta in her first ever TF semi-final...

It’s time for the speculation to end and the racing to get real. The 2026 Formula 1 World Championship begins March 8 with the Australian Grand Prix. With massive rules changes, shifts in the pecking order, new teams and combos and – a huge pre-season talking point – questions over how the 2026 cars will race and pass, RACER F1 expert Chris Medland joined the RACER Weekly to set the scene, run thr...

The 2026 NTT IndyCar Series roars into life on the streets of St. Petersburg this Sunday, March 1. Can lightning strike twice and Alex Palou dominate again for Chip Ganassi Racing? Will Arrow McLaren, Team Penske and Andretti Global take the fight to the champs? And who could be the surprise package in an 18-race campaign that’s primed to be more intense and unpredictable than ever. Meyer Shank Ra...

If you wanted late drama, the Sno*Drift Rally delivered it. Fast, frenetic and unpredictable, the opening round of the 2026 ARA National Championship played out in a Michigan deep freeze and showed why American rallying is heading for boom times. ARA series manager Preston Osborn joins the RACER Weekly podcast to talk Sno*Drift Rally plot twists, a breakout weekend for rising star Lia Block, a wav...

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series gets underway with its biggest, most unpredictable race, the Daytona 500. William Byron is aiming for something that’s never been achieved before – a third straight trip to victory lane in “The Great American Race.” But as RACER’s NASCAR expert Kelly Crandall explains, the odds are against him. Working the draft, dodging the wrecks, and being in exactly the right place f...

Formula 1 went behind closed doors to put shakedown miles on its new-for-2026 rules package. So how did one of the biggest shakeups in the history of grand prix racing shake out? Despite the veil of secrecy over five days of running in Barcelona, RACER’s F1 insider, Chris Medland, still got to the bottom of it all and tells us who’s looking hot and who’ll be playing catchup as we countdown to the...

It’s one of the biggest weeks in off-road racing – the King of the Hammers. It’s where the stars of desert racing and rock crawling come together to battle on the boulders, ravines and dry lake beds of California’s Johnson Valley. There are five four-wheeled races up for grabs, including the famed Race of Kings, and off-road Hall of Famer Cameron Steele is taking on every one of them – again. He j...

Jordan Taylor checks in with RACER Weekly to set the scene on one of sports car racing’s biggest weekend, the Rolex 24 At Daytona. As a two-time winner of the twice-around-the-clock classic, the Wayne Taylor Racing ace tells us what it takes to get it done, both physically and mentally, and what it’s like to race a high-tech, hybrid Cadillac V-Series. R GTP rocket ship. Plus, Jordan talks triathlo...