RACER Weekly Audio Podcast

It’s crunch time in Las Vegas for F1’s title battle | RACER Debrief

Saturday night on the Las Vegas Strip will be crunch time in the battle for the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship drivers’ title. Lando Norris leads the points, but can his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri or resurgent Red Bull Racing ace Max Verstappen narrow the gap in Sin City? With just three grands prix and one sprint race remaining, the Las Vegas Grand Prix could make or break a season for the three contenders and RACER’s F1 expert Chris Medland joins us to set the scene. Plus we get Chris’s take on F1’s latest stewarding controversy, prospects for 2026’s major F1 rules revamp and IndyCar ace Colton Herta’s potential path to grand prix racing. Throw in some very dodgy Las Vegas weather forecasting from the Debrief crew and it’s a packed episode.
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#racerdebrief #podcast #chrismedland #formula1 #lasvegasgp

Countdown to the 2025 Baja 1000 with “Mr. Versatile” Rhys Millen | RACER Debrief

Rhys Millen has raced the Baja 1000 in the Pro UTV classes and no-holds barred Class 1 buggies, and he’s a class winner in the Class 7 truck class. For 2025, he’s back with a Rhys Millen Racing-built, Toyota-powered Class 7 entry and hoping to emulate his class win on this year’s Baja 500. Rhys joined the RACER Debrief to talk about the challenge of taking on the world’s greatest off-road race and an ever-versatile career beyond the desert that’s taken in everything from the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, to drifting, to stunt driving in multiple Hollywood blockbusters. If you caught “F1: The Movie” this summer, you’ll have seen him in action – but let Rhys tell the story…       
#RhysMillen #Baja1000 #Toyota #Baja500 #DesertRacing #OffRoad #PikesPeak #StuntDriving #F1movie #Racing #Motorsport #RACERDebrief #RACER

Countdown to the 2025 Baja 1000 with Trophy Truck rising star Christopher Polvoorde | RACER Debrief

Christopher Polvoorde is one of the rising stars of SCORE desert racing’s headlining Trophy Truck class. This year, the 25-year-old Californian once again teams up with Baja legend Bryce Menzies to take on the 58th Baja 1000. After an early exit from the race in 2024, the duo have unfinished business and, as Polvoorde tells the RACER Debrief, they’re going all-out for victory this time around. What’s the game plan for hustling a 1,200hp off-road rocket ship across 854 miles of crazy jumps, hidden boulders and truck-swallowing silt? Let Christopher tell you…  
#baja1000
#SCORE
#offroad
#ChristopherPolvoorde
#BryceMenzies
#TrophyTruck
#RACERdebrief
#motorsports
#risingstar

Countdown to the 2025 Baja 1000 with “Iron Woman” Kristen Matlock | RACER Debrief

Baja 1000 “Iron Woman” Kristen Matlock joins the RACER Debrief as we get set for the 58th SCORE Baja 1000. The Pro UTV Open class ace talks about driving solo for every grueling mile, her 2019 class win, her journey to off-road racing, and the continuing pull of Baja and the world’s most famous off-road race.
 
#baja1000
#score
#offroad
#KristenMatlock
#RACERdebrief
#motorsports
#ironwoman

It’s winner-takes-all time in the NASCAR Cup Series | RACER Debrief

It’s the final race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series and a champion will be crowned Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway. Will it be Chase Briscoe, William Byron, Denny Hamlin or Kyle Larson lifting the trophy on Sunday?  Kelly Crandall joins the RACER Debrief to run the rule over the Championship 4 contenders and set the scene for a desert shootout.
#NASCAR #Playoffs #FinalFour #Champion #racing #motorsport #RACERdebrief #RACERpodcasts #ChaseBrisco #DennyHamlin #WilliamByron #KyleLarson

It’s “go or go home” time in the NASCAR Playoffs | RACER Debrief

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs are into crunch time with the Round of 8. Eight drivers are still in the hunt, with just three races to decide who makes it into the winner-takes-all Championship 4 finale.  RACER’s NASCAR expert, Kelly Crandall, joins the Debrief to rate the contenders, lay out the potential curveballs ahead (Talladega’s high-speed lottery included!), and mark your cards for the pressure-packed weekends ahead.    
#NASCAR#NASCARplayoffs#KellyCrandall#NASCARchampion#NASCARtop8#goorgohome#LasVegas#Talladega#RACERpodcasts #RACERdebrief #racing #motorsport

RACER Debrief: The racecar reimagined, with JR Hildebrand

As a professional racecar driver and a life-long motorsports fan, JR Hildebrand sees racing from all sides. The 12-time Indy 500 starter joins the RACER Debrief to talk about bringing back the awesome to open-wheel racing – for drivers and for fans – and gives us his take on a potential solution for resetting the spectacle and the challenge: the Blackbird 66 Mk.1.   
#JRHildebrand#IndyCar#indy500#racing #motorsport #RACERpodcasts#RACERdebrief
#Blackbird66#Blackbird66mk1#openwheelracing

RACER Debrief: Oriol Servia on Alex Palou’s 2025 IndyCar domination

We get the lowdown from 11-time Indianapolis 500 starter Oriol Servia on what made Alex Palou a force of nature in the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series. And as the Chip Ganassi Racing ace racked up the wins – eight in total, including the Indy 500 – and a fourth IndyCar title, why couldn’t a stacked field put up a fight against the rampant Spaniard? Plus, Oriol and the RACER editors give us their take on the surprise packages and the biggest disappointments of the season. 
 
#IndyCar
#OriolServia
#AlexPalou
#CGR
#ChipGanassiRacing
#Indy500
#racing
#motorsport
#RACERdebrief
#RACERpodcasts

RACER Debrief: Drift legend Vaughan Gittin Jr. and off-road ace Loren Healy ride their Broncos into Crandon

Next stop for professional Fun-Haver Vaughn Gittin Jr. and off-road and rock-crawling master Loren Healy are the 56th annual Polaris Crandon World Championships. The duo are bringing their spectacular Ultra4 4400-class Ford Broncos to Wisconsin’s legendary Crandon International Raceway, and they’re giving the RACER Debrief a masterclass on how to chase wins and put on a show. Plus, we look back on a first  Baja 500 for the duo and get the lowdown from drifting legend Gittin on why his RTR Mustangs are tearing up in Formula DRIFT.
#VaughnGittinJr#LorenHealy#Offroad#Crandon#Shortcourseoffroadracing #baja500 #Motorsports#RACERPodcast #Ultra4#offroadracing#desertracing#Ford#Bronco#Mustang#FormulaDrift#RACERdebrief

RACER Debrief: Short-course off-road racing’s first family, Johnny and C.J. Greaves, get set for Crandon

Off-road racing Hall of Famer Johnny Greaves and his multi-title-winning son, C.J., set the scene for short-course off-road racing’s biggest weekend of the year, the 56th annual Polaris Crandon World Championships.  It’s the event everybody wants  to win, and while Pro 4 points leader C.J. is the man to beat in 2025, Johnny’s ready to pull out all the stops to add to his haul of Crandon wins, too. Father and son unlock some of the secrets of the storied Wisconsin track and tell us why Crandon’s cathedral of speed should be on every race fan’s bucket list.
#JohnnyGreaves#CJGreaves#Offroad#Crandon#Shortcourseoffroadracing #baja1000 #Motorsports#RACERPodcast #Pro4#offroadracing#desertracing#MonsterEnergy#RACERdebrief