RACER Weekly Audio Podcast

NASCAR heats up, but can anyone stop Tyler Reddick and 23XI? | RACER Weekly

The NASCAR Cup Series season has barely started, but already Tyler Reddick and 23XI Racing are putting up record-breaking numbers. Four wins in the first six races for the No. 45 Toyota, including a record-breaking three in a row to start the year, have put the team co-owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan in rarefied air. Add in that the first victory came in NASCAR’s biggest race, the Daytona 500, and it feels like it’s Reddick’s world and we just live in it. RACER’s NASCAR expert Kelly Crandall joined the RACER Weekly to talk 23XI dominance, the return of its boss Hamlin to winning ways at his JGR “day job,” and to take a look at who could take the fight to Reddick as the Cup Series heads into short-track mode.            
                                      
#NASCAR #TylerReddick #DennyHamlin #MichaelJordan #KellyCrandall #RACERpodcast #racing #motorsports #Daytona500

The 12 toughest hours in sports car racing? Dane Cameron talks Sebring | RACER Weekly

Daytona’s twice-around-the-clock Rolex 24 is the longest race on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar, but the toughest – no argument – is the Twelve Hours of Sebring. It might be only half the length of Daytona, but Sebring International Raceway’s bumpy concrete runways and the central Florida heat make this a real survival test for cars and drivers. Five-time IMSA champion Dane Cameron joins RACER Weekly to talk about Sebring’s unique challenge and the gloves-off intensity that takes hold when the sun goes down. Plus, as the defending IMSA P2 class champ targets another title, Dane talks teammates, traffic and future goals.                                             
#Rolex24atDaytona #IMSA # WeatherTechSportsCarChampionship #TwelveHoursofSebring #Sportscars #racing #motorsports #endurance

12,000hp? 330mph? No problem… Maddi Gordon, Ron Capps on a dream NHRA debut | RACER Weekly

When three-time NHRA Funny Car champ Ron Capps wanted to add a second dragster for 2026, there was only one driver on his radar: rising star Maddi Gordon. Gordon made her NHRA Top Fuel Dragster debut at the season-opening Gatornationals, putting in a sensational run of results that saw her beating two former Top Fuel champs before meeting reigning champ Doug Kalitta in her first ever TF semi-final. Capps showed that his side of the Ron Capps Motorsports awning will be up there, too, posting the fastest Funny Car pass of the weekend. Both drivers join RACER Weekly to talk about that memorable weekend in Gainesville, taking their 330mph momentum into the rest of the season, and what it’s like to race a 12,000hp, nitro-burning dragster.                                            
#RonCapps #MaddiGordon #NHRA #FunnyCar #TopFuelDragster #Nitro

F1 2026: Who’s hot, who’s not…and will the actual racing be decent? | RACER Weekly

It’s time for the speculation to end and the racing to get real. The 2026 Formula 1 World Championship begins March 8 with the Australian Grand Prix. With massive rules changes, shifts in the pecking order, new teams and combos and – a huge pre-season talking point – questions over how the 2026 cars will race and pass, RACER F1 expert Chris Medland joined the RACER Weekly to set the scene, run through the field and, fingers crossed, put our minds at rest on what sort of a show we could get. Are Mercedes and George Russell the favorites coming in? Can Ferrari pull off a surprise? How much of a mess are Aston Martin and power unit partner Honda in? And what to expect from the new teams? We put Chris on the spot and got some interesting takes from our man on the ground.                      
#F1 #Formula1 #AustralianGrandPrix #ChrisMedland                  

IndyCar 2026 is go and Felix Rosenqvist is hungry for a win | RACER Weekly

The 2026 NTT IndyCar Series roars into life on the streets of St. Petersburg this Sunday, March 1. Can lightning strike twice and Alex Palou dominate again for Chip Ganassi Racing? Will Arrow McLaren, Team Penske and Andretti Global take the fight to the champs? And who could be the surprise package in an 18-race campaign that’s primed to be more intense and unpredictable than ever. Meyer Shank Racing ace Felix Rosenqvist joins RACER Weekly to set the scene on 2026 and give us his goals for the season ahead – starting with putting MSR in the win column. Plus, RACER editor David Malsher rates the title contenders and talks rookie class star power.        
 
#IndyCar #FelixRosenqvist #StPete #MeyerShankRacing #RACERpodcast
                                

Boom times for American rallying | RACER Weekly

If you wanted late drama, the Sno*Drift Rally delivered it. Fast, frenetic and unpredictable, the opening round of the 2026 ARA National Championship played out in a Michigan deep freeze and showed why American rallying is heading for boom times. ARA series manager Preston Osborn joins the RACER Weekly podcast to talk Sno*Drift Rally plot twists, a breakout weekend for rising star Lia Block, a wave of high-profile new entries in the series, and how American rallying can work with the WRC to elevate the sport even more in the USA. Plus, if you want to watch, help out or even get in a rally car and compete, Preston lays out the road map.                                     
#AmericanRally #LiaBlock #PrestonOsborn #WRC #WorldRallyCross #Sno*DriftRally #RACERpodcast #racing #motorsport
photo credit: Paul Abel 

How to beat the odds, dodge the wrecks and win a Daytona 500 | RACER Weekly

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series gets underway with its biggest, most unpredictable race, the Daytona 500. William Byron is aiming for something that’s never been achieved before – a third straight trip to victory lane in “The Great American Race.” But as RACER’s NASCAR expert Kelly Crandall explains, the odds are against him. Working the draft, dodging the wrecks, and being in exactly the right place for that final frenetic dash to the checkers comes down to skill, luck and teamwork, and Kelly gives us her take on who she’d put her money on for that. Plus, we look at how NASCAR’s regular- and post-season changes will reshape how teams go racing and get some early leads on who’ll be in the championship frame come November in Homestead.
 
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Who’s hot, who’s not after Formula 1’s tech shakeup shakedown | RACER Weekly

Formula 1 went behind closed doors to put shakedown miles on its new-for-2026 rules package. So how did one of the biggest shakeups in the history of grand prix racing shake out? Despite the veil of secrecy over five days of running in Barcelona, RACER’s F1 insider, Chris Medland, still got to the bottom of it all and tells us who’s looking hot and who’ll be playing catchup as we countdown to the new season. Will Mercedes be the team to beat? Has Ferrari put itself back in the frame? What’s the lowdown on Red Bull Racing and defending champ McLaren? And how are F1 newbies Audi and Cadillac shaking up? Join RACER Weekly as Medland starts to crack the code.                     
 
#ChrisMedland #formula1 #f1 #RedBullRacing #McLaren #Cadillac #Audi #RACERpodcast #racing #motorsport

It’s Hammers time! Cameron Steele guns for King of the Hammers glory | RACER Weekly

It’s one of the biggest weeks in off-road racing – the King of the Hammers. It’s where the stars of desert racing and rock crawling come together to battle on the boulders, ravines and dry lake beds of California’s Johnson Valley. There are five four-wheeled races up for grabs, including the famed Race of Kings, and off-road Hall of Famer Cameron Steele is taking on every one of them – again. He joins the RACER Weekly to talk about why the event is so huge, how he gears up for this high-intensity off-road fest, and the art of racing over the rocks. Plus, the Baja legend recalls his 2018 Baja 1000 win and looks ahead to the 2026 SCORE season, too.                   
#CameronSteele #desertassassins #kingofthehammers #baja1000 #offroad #RACERpodcast 

How to win the Rolex 24 At Daytona, with WTR Cadillac’s Jordan Taylor | RACER Weekly

Jordan Taylor checks in with RACER Weekly to set the scene on one of sports car racing’s biggest weekend, the Rolex 24 At Daytona. As a two-time winner of the twice-around-the-clock classic, the Wayne Taylor Racing ace tells us what it takes to get it done, both physically and mentally, and what it’s like to race a high-tech, hybrid Cadillac V-Series.R GTP rocket ship. Plus, Jordan talks triathlons and the challenge and satisfaction of dipping into the world of NASCAR.                 
 
#JordanTaylor #WayneTaylorRacing #IMSA #Rolex24atDaytona #sportcars #GTP