The Sportsman Drag Racing Podcast w/ Luke & Jed

Luke gets the chance to sit down with Henry Roberson. Henry has made a name for himself with his Facebook Live videos racing on the west coast! Tune in for an awesome interview! 

Luke opens this week’s episode with a brief, heartfelt monologue on the sad and troubling times in our country… Then he and Jed completely flip the script for one of the more humorous and enjoyable episodes we’ve had in a while.  On the docket: some (gasp) actual race coverage from the SFG event in Iowa! Also, big news from NHRA and Summit Raceway Park. Then, the good stuff…  The guys dive deep in...

Today, Luke & Kevin dial the (not so) Way Back Machine to 2010: Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress, the final season of Oprah, Don Prudhomme’s retirement, and bracket domination from John Labbous, Jr. and Gary Williams.

Luke gets to sit down with Kris Whitfield in this weeks storytime. 

We have a HUGE episode for your listening pleasure! Luke and Jed, discuss current moves to open areas of the country, are we headed for some normalcy? They discuss the Michael Jordan documentary, and finish up with an ever popular Top 5 segment about favorite famous track employees, that we all have run across around the country! 

Luke is back with Kevin McKenna for Way Back Wednesday.  This week, the duo looks back on the year of the Michael Phelps Olympics, David Tyree's helmet catch, Dan Fletcher's Competition Eliminator domination, Alan Johnson's split with DSR, and Scotty Richardson's WFC repeat: it's 2008 in the world of drag racing.

Jed has the opportunity to finish out our 2019 Championship Interview Series with NHRA Sportsman Motorcycle Champion Jim Werre and NHRA Super Comp Champion Ray Ray Miller. Two great interviews with some really interesting guys. Both take us through their racing history and where they came from all the way up to outlining their championship runs! 

Justin Lamb, co-instructor on This is Bracket Racing Elite, gets to catch up with Dan Fletcher, in a pretty cool discussion/story time. There are some sketchy audio sections, due to a bad internet/zoom connection, I tried to edit most of it out. Enjoy!

Luke goes down memory lane this week, he and Kevin McKenna talk about 2007. Tune in to hear this weeks throw back Thursday!

This week, he welcomed NHRA Lead Announcer Brian Lohnes to tell Luke why he's wrong about his prediction that there wouldn't be a traditional NHRA national in 2020.  In addition to providing some optimism for the proposed NHRA season, Brian weighed in with thoughts about some on-track activity as tracks in some areas of the country begin to open up.  The duo closed with both grease monkey and nerd...

On this week's Throwback Thursday, Luke and K-Mac take us back to the time of Kid Rock & Pamela Anderson, Talladega Nights, and "The Run" (Tony Schumacher).  That's right it's 2006 in the world of Sportsman Drag Racing!    

Luke and Jed are back together this week. Discussing topics ranging from what races are happening, what races are postponed, when are they happening? Then they moved into a fun topic, with all of the Netflix documentary watching going on during these times, the guys discuss which racers they'd love to see a documentary on. They even called in producer Mark to weigh in! 

We're trying something new during this social distancing/shelter in place/quarantine period, in addition to our regular weekly episodes.  We're calling it Throwback Thursday!  The premise is simple: each week we'll select a year from at least a decade ago; and discuss the sportsman drag racing events, stories, and standout performers... As if it happened yesterday.  This episode's feature: 2005! ...

On this weeks edition of Story Time, Luke gets to go down memory lane with Jeggy. 

5x NHRA World Champion interviews 7x NHRA World Champion Peter Biondo for a fun-filled story time segment.  In it, Peter recalls some entertaining times from throughout his career (and youth), and ties in some of the most recognizable names in all of racing!

Continuing our 2019 Championship Interview Series, Jed gets the chance to catch up with 2019 NHRA Top Sportsman Champion Sandy Wilkins and 2019 IHRA Sportsman Champion Dustin Carrol. Two great interviews with a couple of guys with race cars at different ends of the E.T. spectrum! 

Really fun story time with Steve Sisko, tune in for some quarantine entertainment!  

This week, Luke and Jed are joined by Kevin McKenna, Editor of NHRA National Dragster. They are going to hash out who THEY believe have had the best seasons of essentially the last 30 years. Did they pick them all? Do you agree? Tune in to find out! 

In this weeks special story time episode, Luke catches up with Shawn Langdon.

Luke gets to catch up with both Frank Aragona and Kaden Harrill in our continuation of 2019 champion interviews. Frank, the 2019 NHRA Comp Eliminator back to back champion outlines his second championship in a row and discusses his future plans. Kaden, the 2019 IHRA Jr. Dragster champion, discusses his start in the sport, and how his season lead to the championship. 

Luke sits down with Troy Williams Jr. for a cool story time episode. 

Luke and Jed do their bet to give their take on the current state of the world, and more in line with most of our listeners interests, the racing world. The real fun in this episode comes with an incredible story from our own co-host, Jed. You will NOT want to miss this one! 

This sound came from a live interview Luke did on This is Bracket Racing's Facebook page, we bring it to you, podcast listeners, as a direct recording, no ads, no drops, or cuts, just a really cool sit down story with Luke and Tommy. Enjoy! 

Luke gets the opportunity to sit down with Danny Nelson, in our continuation of the World Champion interview series. Tune in to hear about Danny's 2019 season! 

Luke and Jed, delve into the world of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) and its effects on racing and the rest of our lives. They of course recap some of the big stories from the little bit of racing that we have had so far this season. The most exciting part of this episode is our March Madness replacement bracket. Stay tuned for a few polls, for a more interactive experience with this segment.