Erik and D.J. are joined this week by Sarah Offenbach (@offey_on_track) on Instagram. Sarah is a motorsports content creator and influencer who has focused primarily on the IndyCar Series the last few years. As we've long promised, we finally sit down and look at the state of the IndyCar series. Why are they struggling with TV ratings? Why are a lot of general fans not familiar with the series drivers? How has the Roger Penske era of IndyCar really gone? Which current IndyCar driver sent...

On this week's Garage Talk, we recap our iRacing Bristol Motor Speedway Multi Class race, Max Verstappen's legendary drive in the rains of Brazil, and OEM controversy plus a wall ride at Martinsville!The Wednesday Night Dash season came to a close this week with our annual end-of-season multi-class fun race. Mini Stocks, Legends, and Tour Modifieds on the same track led to a lot of chaos, but a lot of fun! We discuss.Next up with Formula 1, Max Verstappen had a drive for the ages in Sao Paulo...

On this week's episode of Garage Talk, we wrap up the 2024 Wednesday Night Dash iRacing season with a discussion of what went well and what we're looking to update next year. The new season kicks off on January 8th and registration will be open soon. We also unveil the Wednesday Night Dash Season 11 Next Gen schedule and iRacing Indy Racing World Series Season 5 schedule. Erik's controversial take on stage racing gets called out as we debut our first-ever mailbag section of the show. After...

Joey Logano is the luckiest man in NASCAR. One minute he's out of the playoffs, the next he's back in due to a disqualification. The following week he punches his ticket to The Championship 4 in Phoenix. D.J. took a +1200 odds from his sports betting app and has gone all in on Logano winning the championship. As we discuss the rumors of NASCAR renovating Homestead Miami Speedway with the possibility of shifting the championship race back there, we look at the costs of renovation, why...

In this week's episode, Erik brings out the bottle of Jeppson's Malört as he deals with that notorious aftertaste after a bad performance during the iRacing Indy Racing World Series season finale from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Next up, we get right into the recap of NASCAR's visit to the newly redesigned Charlotte Roval. We discussed the design changes, whether the racing was any good, Parker Kligerman's almost win, and the brutal way he missed out on his first career Xfinity Series win...

We kick off the show this week unfortunately having to talk about another hurricane. We've had hurricanes hit two weeks in a row and cause major damage to the US directly impacting friends in our racing community. If you're interested in donating to the relief efforts of Hurricane Helene or Hurricane Milton, please see our links below. We'll also be posting these links during our weekly racing broadcasts for the rest of the 2024 season. Moving on to racing business, there was a lot to...

As we kick off this week's episode, we want to share our thoughts on the horrific tragedy of Hurricane Helene, especially how hard it hit western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. These communities were not expecting this and the damage has been devastating. In fact, two drivers we race with were directly impacted by the storm and heavy flooding. If you're interested in donating to one of the many wonderful relief charities working on the long road to recovery, see the links below. We...

We recap the NASCAR weekend at Kansas Speedway including a good run and win from Ross "Melon Man" Chastain and fans still can't believe Trackhouse brings a watermelon to every race just in case Ross wins. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is back! Tune in Wednesday at 10 pm ET for the Xfinity Series this summer and...

On this edition of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, our old friend, Jeppson's Malört returns to cap off a bad week of racing on the iRacing platform. We talk about our iRacing IndyCar series with D.J. doing play-by-play for the first time and Erik getting a black flag exiting the pits, ruining his night. We move on to the Wednesday Night Dash Xfinity Series and D.J. discusses his lap 1 wreck that ruined his night and Erik's struggles with iRacing blinking and other wrecks. We move on and discuss...

We discuss the relatively boring F1 race at Singapore this weekend and the potential bigger story of Daniel Ricciardo being out at VCARB in favor of Liam Lawson. We also talk Bristol weekend, Hendrick dominance, tire wear, and Sheldon Creed finishing in 2nd place yet again in the Xfinity race. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night...

On this episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, D.J. discloses that last week's Weekend Recap show was his "Flu game" as he did it while having a 102-degree fever. In addition, we discuss fast food and Erik's surprising dislike for fast food in general, but we do get him to admit that there are certain foods he does enjoy.We do a quick recap of our iRacing league races (Long Beach on Tuesday, Indianapolis on Wednesday) and Erik gives his comments on the Indy 6-hour race from last Friday night...

Erik and D.J. look back at the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen, the IndyCar finale at Nashville, and the last-lap chaos of the F1 Race in Baku. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is back! Tune in Wednesday at 10 pm ET for the Xfinity Series this summer and fall! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World...

On this week's Garage Talk, we spend a lot of time deep-diving into IndyCar's continued problems with marketing. A story broke recently about CEO Mark Miles' comments about Mexico City as a viable race location and wanting to visit "somewhere new". If you look at the list of tracks that IndyCar has visited but currently doesn't, that list is rather small. We look into some of the tracks they've visited previously and why they don't visit there anymore. Everything from attendance/marketing...

Only NASCAR on the schedule this weekend and the big highlight was the Walmart sign falling on the track and causing a caution late in the Cup Series Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ok, there was more than that and we get into it in our Weekend Recap. ⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️: 00:00:00 - Weekend Recap: NASCAR Atlanta Highlights and Surprises 00:02:01 - Unexpected Moments: Walmart Sign Incident and Big Wrecks 00:03:44 - Race Strategies: Drafting, Position Changes, and Key Players 00:05:20...

The NASCAR Playoffs are here whether you like it or not! We look at the 16 drivers in the Cup Series playoffs and discuss can any of the long shots make it beyond the first cut? The 2025 NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series schedules have been released including a return to a classic North Carolina track and a surprising but welcome new addition to the Craftsman Truck Series schedule. We touch on the Milwaukee double race for IndyCar and if the races were good or not. We talk Josef...

Too much racing to cover in a 10-minute show, but we try! This week, we kick off the show talking about the exciting Southern 500 and the battle at the end featuring Kyle Busch and race winner, Chase Briscoe. We also touch on the IndyCar at Milwaukee weekend and a great weekend for Ferrari at Monza. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night...

In this week's episode of Garage Talk, we start by discussing the iRacing Wednesday Night Dash Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Rule changes were put in place. How did the changes hold up? Do we keep them moving forward? Erik also discusses his dramatic second-place finish during this week's iRacing Indy Racing World Series race from Michigan International Speedway.Moving onto the real racing side, we talk more about the NASCAR Playoff system, Harrison Burton's win, and...

Harrison Burton is the surprise winner in an exciting NASCAR race at Daytona. We break down the race, Leigh Diffey's 2024 NASCAR broadcasting debut, and we touch a bit on the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix and IndyCar at Portland. --------- Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get involved in our leagues, community races, and other events. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is back! Tune in Wednesday at 10 pm ET for the Xfinity Series this summer and...

As we are coming up on the three-year anniversary of the first time D.J. and Erik live-streamed racing on Wednesday Night, we go back and discuss the history of Wednesday Night Dash and how a goofy one-on-one race turned into a 22-car broadcasted league in its 10th season with hundreds of people tuning in to watch each week. Wednesday Night Dash also was responsible for our second league, the Indy Racing World Series. We talk about how Wednesday Night Dash and the iRacing agreement with...

On the 101st episode of F-R Racing’s Garage Talk, we recap the week in iRacing, first with Erik’s technical troubles during the Indy Racing World Series race and D.J.’s shock second-place finish. During the season premiere of Wednesday Night Dash Erik and D.J., both were involved in wrecks and poor finishes. We break that down and look ahead to the rest of the schedule. NASCAR penalized Austin Dillon and the team for their antics at the end of the Richmond race. We discuss the penalties and...

Erik and D.J. weren't planning on recording tonight, but we had to talk about Austin Dillon and controversial win at Richmond Raceway. ⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️: 00:00:00 - Weekend Recap: Austin Dillon, Joey Logano, and Denny Hamlin's Wild Finish 00:02:39 - Playoff System Complaints and NASCAR Rules Discussion 00:04:50 - Penalties and Suspensions: What to Expect for Dillon's Team 00:07:15 - Upcoming Races: iRacing Indy Racing World Series and Wednesday Night Dash Xfinity...

We have officially made it to episode 100 of F-R Racing's Garage Talk and we are very excited today to spend episode 100 sitting down with one of the young talents in motorsport. Mazda MX-5 Cup driver, Heather Hadley joins D.J. and Erik (on the phone) to talk about her career so far and the steps her and her family took to get her where she is today. We talk about her beginnings with indoor karting, moving outdoors, and then to the US Legends Cars series. When she uprooted her life to go to...

On the 99th episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we discuss the latest drama in Formula 1 (again). It's funny how the soap opera that is Drive to Survive has really spilled over onto the track. Max is upset at his team, Lando is mad at his team, Carlos Sainz still doesn't have a job next year, you name it. We briefly discuss the Toronto IndyCar race exclusively on Peacock and how they aren't publishing numbers for viewers because it's likely very low. We touch on a few highlights from the...

On this week's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk, we discuss D.J.'s travel issues that prevented the show from being made last week and some off-topic college stories. We break down the debut of the IndyCar hybrid engine now that we've seen it on both a road course and an oval for the first time and show off some Brickyard 400 memorabilia as we preview the upcoming return to the oval for both the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. ⏱️⏱️EPISODE CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️: 00:00:00 - Introduction...