RACER Weekly Audio Podcast

Connor De Phillippi joins Racer Weekly fresh off back-to-back podiums and sitting atop the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD Pro standings with BMW. He breaks down the crucial driver-role split with teammate Neil Verhagen, previews the new-for-2026 six-hour race at Road America, and reflects on a career that took him from sleeping in a tent at Monaco to winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Plus: the story behind BMW's wild M3 Touring Nürburgring 24H program, and the one race still on his bucket list.
#IMSA #ConnorDePhillippi #BMWM #BMWM4GT3 #GTDPRO #Rolex24 #SportsCarRacing #RoadAmerica #RACERWeekly #Motorsport

Laurence Foster is joined by RACER's Formula 1 expert Chris Medland for the latest episode of RACER Weekly, digging into the storylines defining F1’s summer. Kimi Antonelli and George Russell's intra-team battle at Mercedes has tightened up over the last three races, but has George really closed the gap, or is he starting to psych himself out? Chris breaks down why he's now leaning toward Antonelli as championship favorite, despite some recent bumps in the road for the teen phenom. 
Plus: Is Lewis Hamilton a genuine title contender at Ferrari? The seven-time champ is now just 32 points back from Kimi, but what actually happened in the final laps at Silverstone that cost him a shot at a Ferrari 1-2 with teammate Charles Leclerc? And why did Max Verstappen go from praising Red Bull's progress to fuming about his car within a single week? 
Chris also gives his read on Isack Hadjar's breakout season as Max’s teammate, Red Bull’s tech team exits, including Paul Monaghan's impending move to Cadillac, and the latest "Cadillac Watch" as F1’s newest team hits its first real growing pains nine races into its debut season.
#F1#Formula1#GeorgeRussell#KimiAntonelli#MercedesF1#LewisHamilton#MaxVerstappen#FerrariF1#RedBullRacing#RACERWeekly

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 and confirmed that drag racing has a new star. With the victory still sinking in, Maddi joined RACER Weekly to talk about her stellar rookie season so far, some “Top Gun” moments at the wheel of her 12,000hp, 330mph-plus racecar and, of course, that winning run in Ohio.                                                               
#NHRA #MaddiGordon #RonCapps #TopFuel #TopGun #dragracing #racing #motorsports #Wally #RACERpodcast #RACER

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 Weekly to talk IndyCar ambitions, the rise and rise of BHA…and setting the alarm clock to follow Colton’s F2 adventures.                                                             
 
#IndyCar #F1 #Formula1 #Formula2 #BryanHerta #KyleKirkwood #ColtonHerta #racing #racer #motorsports #CadillacF1 #BryanHertaAutosport #AndrettiGlobal

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” opening stint to Edgar sealing the win with a four-hour charge to the checkered flag, it was a masterclass in perfect planning, pace and performance. Jonny gives us the inside story on the victory that puts TF Sport on top of the WEC standing, recalls his racing journey so far and – no time to rest – sets the scene on his next IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship start at the Six Hours of the Glen with LMP2 powerhouse AO racing.
 
#teamchevy #JohnnyEdgar #LeMans24 #LeMansWinner #TFSport #CorvetteRacing #WEC #IMSA #SportsCarRacing #EnduranceRacing #RacerWeekly #motorsport #racing

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, and the unique challenge of ascending through 4,720ft, 12.42 miles and 156 turns to Pikes Peak’s 14,115ft summit.                                                           
#JRHildebrand #TeamChevy #Corvette #CorvetteRacing #PikePeak #PikesPeakInternationalHillClimb #IndyCar #Indy500 #RACER #racing #motorsports

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 overall win on the 14,115ft Colorado mountain. Robin joins RACER Weekly to talk about the magic of the mountain, his singular pursuit of Pikes Peak glory, and the keys to finding ultimate speed in the rarefied air of the Rockies’ most famous summit.      
#PikePeak #HillClimb #F1 #Formula1 #RobinShute #SendyCar #KingoftheMountain #RACERpodcast #RACER #motorsports #PikesPeakInternationalHillClimb                                                 

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, Kelly Crandall, joins RACER Weekly to remember a racer whose talent and inner drive didn’t just make his competitors raise their game, but the media who covered him, too. Plus, we look back with Kelly at an emotional win in Charlotte’s Coke 600 for a guy who learned so much from Kyle, Daniel Suarez, put the spotlight on rising Cup Series force Spire Motorsports, and marvel at the season 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick has enjoyed so far.     
#KyleBusch #RowdyNation #NASCAR #KellyCrandall #Coke600 #DanielSuarez #SpireMotorsports #TylerReddick                                               

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 expert Chris Medland joins RACER Weekly to talk about the rise and rise of Kimi, how teammate George Russell can put his faltering title challenge back on track, and who can close the gap to Mercedes’ gold-standard silver machines. Plus, we look at Max Verstappen’s 24-hour reset and run the rule over some of F1 2026’s over- and underachievers.                                                  
 
#F1 #Formula1 #KimiAntonelli #GeorgeRussell #MercedesF1 #LewisHamilton #MaxVerstappen #Nurburgring24

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 speeds, what it’s like behind the wheel as he accelerates through 1,000ft in 3.6 seconds, and how crew chief Brian Husen and his Kalitta Motorsports crew are making the magic happen. And if 20 weekends of Top Fuel action aren’t enough, Shawn tells us about the fun, satisfaction and lack of sleep that trailering his sportsman dragster around the country brings.  
#ShawnLangdon @KalittaMotorsports #NHRA #DragRacing #nitro #topfuel #Racing #RACERpodcast