Racing Nuggets

This week on the Racing Nuggets podcast, PJ and Dan catch up with the multi-talented Dan Margetta of videography fame at Slinger Super Speedway, co-host on the LTN Radio Network, journalist, and so much more. He's a super fan of racing, which comes through in all he does in the racing community. Enjoy this chat with one of the colorful characters and the most interesting man in short-track racing....

In this episode, PJ and Dan catch up with dirt and asphalt racer Nick Panitzke from Lonsdale, Minnesota on the Racing Nuggets Podcast. He chats about their racing family--including his wife Morgan, a tire specialist for both him and their young son, Cam, who also races now. Good stuff from a good guy. Enjoy this episode!

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Susan Deery from the Rockford Speedway. She, her brother David, and the entire team at Rockford Speedway are preparing for their final season opener--The Spring Classic--this Saturday (4/22/2023). Susan shares some awesome memories from her years at the track and how important the extended racing family is to her. Be sure to make it a p...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with a third-generation driver from Bangor, WI--Skylar Holzhausen. After having several seasons of not racing much and last year not racing at all, the young buck will be making a return to run the full season at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in a car built by Toby Nuttleman, Chris Johnson, and his brother, Craig. With support from Johnny G...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Dells Raceway Park Promoter Jerry Auby. A formidable racer in his own right back in the day--these days, he is flexing his prowess as a promoter. He has many of the same challenges as other promoters. Still, Jerry definitely brings a racer's mentality to his problem-solving approach, making his track a favorite destination for many race...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan catch up with Alex Papini--former Midwest racer who has moved to Florida. Alex is a very colorful character with a rich and deep history in his own family of racers--and quite a lot in his own right too. We cover plenty--from what it was like to witness his father's fatal accident at Rockford Speedway when he was just 11 years old to his infamous...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Ryan Farrell from Big Bend, WI. He's a mechanical engineer who is a mighty stout racer--and he has an interesting claim to fame with NASCAR Fantasy gambling too!

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Minnesota's Jacob Goede who has many accolades on his resume and still striving for more. Goede's wife, Erica is a former racer herself and together they are raising three little girls who have also been bit by the racing bug.   

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Ricky Brooks, the well-known tech official in auto racing--who is also involved in the Trans-Am Racing Series and is a promoter in the SRL National Tour and SRL Sportsmen Tour.   

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan sit down with Jack Deery to chat about this season being the "Final Lap" at Rockford Speedway, the track where he and his siblings grew up learning all about promoting and putting on a race program from their parents, Hugh and Jody Deery. Jack shares some excellent insights, family stories, and racing memories from over the years at the famous no...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Edgerton, Wisconsin hot-shoe, Casey Johnson to learn about his racing plans for 2023. He has a big one on his schedule for the first one out of the gate! We also learn about a new teammate he will have in 2023 and hear a memorable story about his first-ever race in a late model at 16 years old. Plus, other nuggets from his family life. ...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan sit down with Wisconsin Legend--Scott Hansen. Scott has had an incredible racing career and made incredible connections and friendships with so many key people. We catch up with him in his winter "home" in Arizona and find out what he's been up to lately and reminisce about his past adventures in racing. 

In this week's episode of the Racing Nuggets Podcast, Dan and PJ chat with the 2022 Midwest Tour Rookie of the Year, Harley Jankowski. As part of his prize for being the ROY, he had the opportunity to go down to Daytona International Speedway and test drive an ARCA car. We catch up with him on how that went and review his season, as well as look forward to what is on the horizon for 2023 for him....

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with former La Crosse Speedway and Tomah-Sparta Speedway announcer, Dan Deicher. He's technically announced at A LOT of tracks and he shares plenty of colorful stories here. He is also preparing to announce in his new home state of Florida at the Freedom Factory for their Winter Warm-Up on February 3rd and 4th in Bradenton. There will be ple...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with the father-son duo of Steve and Nick Murgic from Rosemount, MN. Steve shares some stories from his racing days and we get a glimpse of what it was like for Nick to grow up immersed in motorsports.

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with James Swan, driver and champion of so many different series'. You've watched him behind the wheel of the Midwest Truck Series, the Mid-American Stock Car Series, Sportsmen, Superlate Models, and more! He shares some great stories of his early days in racing, stories of his family, and how he ended up with the iconic Alan Kulwicki look o...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast, PJ and Dan chat with Superlate Model hero, Steve Holzhausen. Steve recently retired from his full-time job and immediately had his third surgery on his ankle that sustained severe damage when the throttle stuck on his race car at Dells Raceway Park about a decade ago. He shares some fun and interesting stories from his racing career and life in the signatur...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast with PJ and Dan, we catch up with Sportsmen racer, Dave Trute who is preparing to make the trek down to South Carolina again to run at Dillon Motor Speedway in South Carolina. Several other Sportsmen drivers from the Midwest will join the caravan to the southeast to run in the New Year's Bash event on January 6-8, 2023. Trute shares some fun backstories from...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast with PJ and Dan, we chat with superlate model driver, Jeff Storm from Waterford, WI. Jeff recently shared a rant on social media about the weight break for cars running the newly preferred ACE engines in the ASA Midwest Tour. We discuss this development along with some fun backstories from his career. If you'd like to subscribe to Jeff's YouTube channel you...

This week on the Racing Nuggets Podcast with PJ and Dan, we check in with Midwest Race Promoter, Gregg McKarns and all of the changes that have happened in his world over the past several months: Selling of the Midwest Tour, handing off the High School Racing Association, becoming more involved at La Crosse Speedway in 2023, and having two of his marquee races become part of the new "ASA STARS Nat...

We check in with Nichole Fredrickson and her battle with breast cancer. We also discuss tattoos and the support from the extended racing family and just how important that is. We surprise her with additional guests--her brothers Danny and David and talk more about what it was like growing up in the racing community--specifically at Elko Speedway in Elko, MN where their family ran the track for yea...