Episode 182 is on the scene and we welcome former NASCAR Cup Series Championship winning crew chief Paul Andrews to the show. Andrews talks to us about how the Kulwicki Driver Development Program got started, the decisions that go into coming up with the finalists and some stories including breaking into the business, stories about Alan Kulwicki, thoughts of the current product of racing and having his son's involved in the sport including one who was on a Daytona 500 winning team.

Ty Gibbs is at long last a winner in the Cup Series. We discuss the youngster's first win in the Cup Series, debate if Gibbs is a bonafide title contender, whether or not the race at Bristol was a good race or a bad race. We discuss William Byron's bad day at Bristol, debate whether Blaney and Larson should've taken tires at the end and more from Bristol

We put our boots on and head to Nashville Fairgrounds to discuss the CARS Tour event on Saturday. We breakdown the event by discussing Caden Kvapil's second win of the season, the pace of the event, how lapped traffic played a part in and our opinion of how successful the weekend was coming off the heels of a race that saw plenty of carnage.

The SMART Modified Tour competed at Hickory Motor Speedway and Danny Bohn returned to the winners circle for the second time this season. We broke down the entire weekend at Hickory as the tour gears up for a weekend off before heading to Wake County in two weeks.

We also discuss Stephen Kopcik's second straight NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson in the Icebreaker on Saturday, Jody's trip to Oak Level Raceway on Friday, dubs, short track spotlight and more this week on DLN!

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Episode 181 is on the scene and we end our 2026 Kulwicki Driver Development Program Series with third generation star Penn Sauter. Penn who is the son of former Craftsman Truck Series Champion Johnny Sauter and grandson of the legendary Midwestern competitor Jim talks to us about his upcoming season growing up in a racing family and if he faces any pressure to live up to the Sauter name and reputation.

Kristian Armstead grew up in Michigan but has settled in nicely in the South Boston area of Virginia racing in the Hornets Division. Last Saturday during Danville Toyota Race Night, him and his small team of three's hard work paid off with his first win ever at the speedway. Kristian joins us to discuss his career so far, what it means for him to win at a speedway that has seen so many legends do the same and overcoming some of the faster cars to claim his first win of what he hopes to be many.

Julian was at SoBo on Saturday and the boys reviewed

the other racing action from the Halifax County facility. From Trevor Ward picking up twin second place finishes to Peyton Sellers and Johnny Layne adding to their impressive career win totals in Late Models and Pure Stocks respectively to Jacob Derrick's late pass on Drew Dawson to win in Limiteds, it was quite the opening day for three of the track's four divisions.

We spoke with Bobby McCarty following his win in the second race. For McCarty, it has been a struggle the last few seasons getting his new team up and going and yes, there were times he thought it was over for him. Saturday proved otherwise by returning to victory lane just like Lee Pulliam did two weeks ago.

The SMART Modified Tour invaded Dominion Raceway on Saturday in a race absolutely dominated by Carson Loftin who grabbed his first win of 2026. We give our breakdown of the event which leads us to Hickory this weekend which we also preview.

The zMAX CARS Tour boogies on down to Nashville Fairgrounds this weekend and DLN gives you the scoop on what it means for the tour and who will take home the checkered in both the Pro Late Models and Late Model Stocks in our race preview!

We also discuss William Sawalich's first win in the O'Reilly Series, whether Corey Heim should be Chase Eligible while leading the points in the Truck Series despite missing two races (he's won two of the three he's been in) and whether Rockingham should always host an Easter Weekend O'Reilly/Craftsman Truck, ARCA triple header as we review the weekend from the Rock.

We also dive into some of the other winners from the Mid Atlantic Region, Ice Breaker talk from Thompson, a preview of the triple header from Bristol and more this week on DLN.

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Episode 180 is on the scene and we review our visits to the "Paper clip at Martinsville Speedway and the track known as America's Favorite Bullring at Wake County Speedway in North Carolina from over the weekend.

We discuss the Cookout 400 Cup Series event. Chase Elliott picked up his first win of the year and second at the paper clip while putting respect on his crew chief Alan Gustafson's name. We discuss Denny Hamlin's day which started out dominant but ended up with an on track confrontation with Ryan Blaney, a vibration and coming up second behind Elliott. We debate if Ty Gibbs is the hottest driver on the circuit with his fifth straight event finishing no worse than sixth, the Bubba Wallace vs Carson Hocevar incident and whether this race exceeded expectations. Plus you will get to hear from some of the top finishers of the event.

Lee Pulliam made his O'Reilly Auto Parts debut Saturday and ended up in fifth place in what was an eventful debut for him. We discuss that, Justin Allgaier's win, Corey Day's rise to the front and the continued success of Viking Motorsports with comments from some of the top finishers including Pulliam.

Stephen Kopcik picked up his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win at Martinsville and you will hear from this young man following his battle with Ron Silk on Saturday night. Silk also talks with Jody about his run and we discuss Austin Beers continuation of history and the new points leader Tyler Rypkema,

The CARS Tour visited America's Favorite Bullring at Wake County Speedway. When the smoke and the fuel had settled, Conner Jones picked up a win after he ran out of gas late in the going. We spoke with Conner along with some of the other top finishers of the event as there was a lot to be said! We discuss what led to so many folks running out of gas, why there was so much carnage in the event, Clay Jones being black flagged, Mini vs Doug Barnes Jr round two & more.

In part four of our Kulwicki Driver Development Driver Program series, we welcome Ryley Music to the show. The grandson of Langley Speedway legend Phil Warren talks about his career so far, where he got his start in racing, representing Alan Kulwicki as an Underbird this year and so much more from the budding Virginia racing star.

We preview the upcoming SMART Modified Tour event at Dominion Raceway and talk about the parity on the tour thus far as only one driver on tour having a top five in every race and two having a top ten in each race. We break down all the stories heading into the race and give you our picks.

Other topics include should Max Reaves go full heel, the ARCA Menards East race at Hickory, a preview of the action from Rockingham this weekend, short track spotlight, dubs and how many hot dogs we added to the Martinsville total on another episode of DLN!

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