RACESPACE

Chicagoland is back, and NASCAR got the kind of intermediate-track weekend fans have been asking for. Chase Briscoe wins the Cup race, Brandon Jones beats Chase Elliott in a late-night Fourth of July O’Reilly thriller, SVG vs Austin Hill turns into a real rivalry, and Garrett Smithley brings home a top-20 finish in the No. 42.Chase Holden and NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley are back for RACESPACE E...

Shane Van Gisbergen swept Sonoma, the NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket is already busted, and now the Cup Series heads back to Chicagoland for the first time since 2019. Chase Holden and NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley are back for RACESPACE Episode 15, recapping the full Sonoma weekend and looking ahead to a huge NASCAR return at Chicagoland Speedway. The guys break down Shane van Gisbergen winn...

NASCAR’s first San Diego street race at Naval Base Coronado got chaotic fast: Corey Heim scored his first Cup Series win, SVG got taken out, the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series had a massive crash, a manhole cover changed the weekend, and the whole sport is already debating whether this event should return. Chase Holden and NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley are back for RACESPACE Episode 14. The guys brea...

Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley are back for RACESPACE Episode 13, recapping Denny Hamlin’s Pocono win and previewing NASCAR’s historic San Diego street race at Naval Base Coronado. San Diego is here, and the big question is whether anyone can stop Shane van Gisbergen on NASCAR’s newest street course. The guys break down why this weekend feels like a once-in-a-lifetime NASCAR event, why SVG look...

Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley are back for RaceSpace Episode 12, recapping a packed weekend across NASCAR, IndyCar, and Formula 1.The guys break down NASCAR’s weekend at Michigan, where Denny Hamlin dominated the Cup Series race, tied Kyle Busch on the all-time wins list, and honored KB with a special tribute after the checkered flag. They also cover the wild Michigan chaos, Christopher Bell a...

Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley recap the full NASCAR Nashville Superspeedway weekend, including Denny Hamlin’s 62nd Cup Series win, Joe Gibbs Racing’s huge night, Shane van Gisbergen’s eye-opening top-five run on a concrete oval, and why NASCAR on Prime feels like a major step forward for the sport. Garrett also takes us inside his NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series weekend in the No. 0 Chevrole...

RaceSpace remembers Kyle Busch as Garrett Smithley shares what it was like racing around him and why Rowdy raised the standard across NASCAR. Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley then recap a wild Memorial Day weekend, including Daniel Suarez’s rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 win, Felix Rosenqvist’s historic Indy 500 finish, Ross Chastain’s fog-shortened O’Reilly Series race, Layne Riggs in the Truck Se...

It is officially the greatest week in motorsports. Welcome back to RaceSpace Podcast with Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley. This week, we break down NASCAR All-Star weekend at Dover, Garrett’s 300th career start, Denny Hamlin’s All-Star win, Corey Day’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory, Kyle Busch’s 69th Truck Series win, and why Dover still feels like pure NASCAR. The guys also debate whether...

Shane van Gisbergen dominated the NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen with another wild road-course masterclass, Connor Zilisch stole the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series win from Jesse Love, and Kaden Honeycutt scored his first career NASCAR Truck Series victory. Welcome back to RaceSpace Podcast with Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley . This week, we break down the full NASCAR weekend at Watkins Glen, in...

This week on Racespace Podcast, Garrett Smithley and Chase Holden recap the NASCAR weekend in Texas where we saw Chase Elliott get his second NASCAR Cup Series win in 2026, Carson Hocevar best Kyle Busch in Trucks, and Kyle Larson hold on for a win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Garrett walks us through his race in Texas where his car was damaged early on and how the team worked to gether...

NASCAR Talladega gave us Carson Hocevar’s first Cup Series win, Corey Day’s first O’Reilly Series win, a massive late-race crash, and a full debate over whether NASCAR drivers are athletes after Stephen A. Smith’s comments. In Episode 6 of RaceSpace, Chase Holden and NASCAR O’Reilly Series driver Garrett Smithley break down Talladega weekend from the fan side and the driver side. Garrett explains...

Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley break down Tyler Reddick’s Kansas win, Michael Jordan getting the last word on Denny Hamlin, and how Cole Custer drove the No. 0 from 37th to 7th after the early flip. They also get into Taylor Gray’s O’Reilly win, Cleetus McFarland returning at Nashville, the debate over NASCAR’s EV future for the series, Alex Palou winning Long Beach again, and why Garrett is ca...

Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley break down a huge Bristol weekend across Cup, Trucks, and the NASCAR O’Reilly Series. They get into Ty Gibbs’ first Cup win, Christopher Bell’s Truck victory after the Corey Heim–Christian Eckes flashpoint, Connor Zilisch beating Kyle Larson, Garrett’s rough race in the No. 0, and why Larson somehow left Bristol without a win after dominating two races. They also...

Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley break down a wild NASCAR weekend at Rockingham, including Garrett’s own rough-but-important race, William Sawalich’s breakthrough win, Corey Day letting one get away, and why Cleetus McFarland’s debut told us more than people think. They also get into the approval process, Downforce Danny becoming a character, Corey Heim dominating in Trucks, and why Bristol could...

Chase Elliott wins at Martinsville, Garrett Smithley breaks down his own O’Reilly race weekend, and the Clippy paperclip car becomes one of the biggest stories of the weekend. In this episode of RaceSpace, hosts Chase Holden and Garrett Smithley recap Martinsville across NASCAR Cup and the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, including Denny Hamlin leading 292 laps and still losing, Alan Gustafson’s...

In Episode 1 of RaceSpace, Chase Holden and NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley break down everything from Darlington across the NASCAR Cup Series, Truck Series, and O’Reilly Series. We dive into Tyler Reddick’s dominant run and what it means for 23XI Racing, Carson Hocevar’s breakout performance in the Cup Series, and why Darlington continues to challenge even the best drivers in the sport. Garrett sh...