For this episode we are joined by Nate Spieth. Photographer/media guy from North Adams, Michigan. He operates INSZN Media.

Discussed:

• Notable races attended in 2025!
• When did he pick up the camera. Reasoning behind it and also where INSZN came from
• A trip to Port Royal Speedway ⚡
• A couple "Oh Shit" moments. Bumps and bruises to get that good shot!
• Sprint cars or Late Models?
• Watermarks
• Food: Albion Malleable Brewing Company, Boohers Fresh Market, Finish Line.
• Sweet tooth ✅ Ice cream favorites and other sweets.
• Chicken wings. Go-to spots: Sweetwater Tavern, Saucy Dogs, Rocky Top

(Ends around 1:33:00 minute mark)

Stoking the Fire

• Our weekend Gateway Dirt Nationals / Dome recap. Tempers flare, message board, Chet is back, driver intro's , and more
• Tulsa Shootout entries hit 1,563
• Chili Bowl Nationals entries surpass 300
• POWRi 410 Outlaws, POWRi National midget, World of Outlaw sprint car schedules are out!
• Donny Schatz secures a full time World of Outlaw ride for 2026.
• ASCS adds 2 new regional series for sprint car racing.
• Social media of the week: Hot Karl has a question. Devon Borden is fired up on a Sunday!
• The Draft

(Ends around 1:50:00 minute mark)

Feature Finish

• 9th Annual Gateway Dirt Nationals in St. Louis at the Dome at America's Center

The Smoke

• Charlie has some pork chops, Wasabi hibachi, and a visit to Darmstadt Inn that lingered all weekend...
• Bunner returns to Hornville Tavern after they have been closed for 2+ years.
• Garlic bread smash burgers
• Jordy's Mexican buffet for lunch in Owensboro
• Rigazzi's on The Hill in St. Louis
• Tin Roof drunk food
• Making a run for frozen pizzas 🤔
• Lions Choice

Up for this episode we are joined by Johnson Ginder! He is the driver of the #38 MMSA mini sprint car out of Olney, Illinois. He secured the 2025 MMSA championship 🏆

• BMX racing ➡️ circle track racing
• Getting a mini sprint in 2023. Up's and downs.
• Building off of that for the 2024 season. Standing on top in 2025!
• Non-wing sprint car racing, Daytona, and other goals
• Popcorn chicken, and other eats at home!

(Ends around (36:00 minute mark)

Stoking the Fire

• 2 week recap: USAC western swing including Turkey Night.

• It is Dome week! We break it down and also discuss some wraps!
• Cannon McIntosh wins the USAC midget championship
• Turkey Bowl results
• Icebreaker dates at Lincoln announced for 2025
• Western PA Speedweek dates for 2026
• A new series is formed in PA!
• $uper $eries locations/dates announced for POWRi / NOW600
• Social media of the week
• The Draft

(Ends around 58:00 minute mark)

Feature Finish

• USAC National midgets at Merced, Bakersfield, Ventura

(Ends around 1:02:00 minute mark)

The Smoke

• Pizza puff
• Charlie gets his all-time favorite meal!
• A Melting Pot is sniffed out in Kansas City
• Charlie tries some BBQ in Kansas City and reunites with Steak n Shake
• Sonic pretzel pub burger
• Deerhead Tavern
• Nostalgia at Ponderosa Steakhouse
• Pizza from the Old Fox Inn
• Thanksgiving
• Lennie's Brew Pub
• 2 fisted bacon burger at Sportsman's
• Procopios Pizza & Pasta

For this episode we are joined by fellow Hoosier, Bob Shutt! Bob is from Indianapolis, Indiana and is the driver of the #12 RaceSaver sprint car. He is a huge race fan and as passionate as they come. We chat about dirt racing, a little pavement racing, grub, and everything in between.

• A winter project - a piece of Sheldon Kinser's racing history.
• Getting back in the saddle after an 8 year hiatus. Throwing a deal together to get back on the track this season.
• Rocking an open trailer. Where did the car # come from? And also the meaning behind his paint scheme.
• Crewing gigs - "The Modern Day Cowboy" Daron Clayton and other notable ones. Including some involving USF2000, Indy Lights, F1 and F3/F4 Regional series.
• 2025 results: Circle City 🧨, Jacksonville fun, Tri-State, and a flipped wing.
• 2026 racing plans
• Indiana tracks of the past: Jungle Park, North Vernon, Gas City
• Food: Trax BBQ, La Margarita, Don Juan Taqueria, King Dough, Shipley's Tavern. Firing up the grills at the house! What's cookin'? Burger talk

(Ends around 1:54:00 minute mark)

Stoking the Fire

• Weekend recap: Things get spicy at Placerville and Senoia
• Vermeer Motorsports goes to a 1 car team for 2026
• Barry Braun is in hot water
• MLRA (Midwest LateModel Racing Association) starts back up.
• Sheldon Haudenschild announces the Buckeye Brawl for WoO in Ohio next season.
• DuQuoin will have a bigger slate of indoor races in 2026!
• ASCS champ, RoY, and FloRacing Night in America champ
• Social media of the week: an Urn is left at Cherokee, Joe Duvall, Blake Lirette, and J. Tid twitter posts
• The Draft

(Ends around 2:05:00 minute mark)

Feature Finish

• USAC National midgets @ Placerville Speedway for the Hangtown 100
• ASCS National sprint cars - Fuzzy's Fall Fling
• Peach State Classic @ Senoia Raceway
• Duel at Mohave
• BAPS Motor Speedway - Heavy Equipment Loaders sprint showdown
• Vado Speedway Park - Season Finale

(Ends around 2:12:00 minute mark)

The Smoke

• Pizza Hut sounded good
• Rotisserie chicken tortellini
• Charlie gets disappointed at TX Roadhouse, again.
• Red Robin burger
• Buffalo chicken mac bowls
• Merry-Go-Round lunch
• Qdoba
• Bunner checks out Jimbo's pizza and wings
• Buffalouie's chicken wings and Outback Steakhouse on Sunday Funday

Returning for episode #204 is Trey McGranahan! He is the driver of the Tyler Sturgeon Racing | Engine Ice #77s non-winged sprint car. Racing out of Avon, Indiana. He rejoins us for round 2, previously he was on in April of 2024 for episode #136. We have some catching up to do! 😎

🔸Winged racing in 2024 ➡️ non-wing

🔸Midwest Thunder 410 sprint car series in 2025. Securing the Rookie of the Year award and a good finish in points.

🔸Highlights and lowlights of the season

🔸2026 and beyond. What is on the radar?

🔸Paint scheme chatter. Some of the best!

🔸Catching up on food: new discoveries in Bloomington, Super Tacos, DaVinci

(Ends around 41:00 minute mark)

Stoking the Fire

• Weekend recaps
• 80 days out from the DIRTcar Nationals
• Road to the Hockett announced at Lucas Oil Speedway
• A handful of champions are crowned for the 2025 season.
• WoO Rookie of the Year. And revisiting out picks!
• Steve Smith Sr. Tribute race at Lincoln Speedway (PA) gets a major purse boost for PA Speedweek in 2026.
• High Limit schedule
• Team AZ Racing is scaling back
• An announcing flub in Charlotte
• Social media of the week: Mark M. And someone is not a Nick Hoffman fan.
• The Draft

(Ends around 1:10:00 minute mark)

Feature Finish

Week of 10/31:

• Tribute to Gary Patterson @ Stockton Dirt Track
• 38th Annual Short Track Nationals
• USAC/CRA sprint cars @ Perris Auto Speedway
• Ventura Raceway - Ultimate Sprint Car Series
• National 100
• World Short Track Championship @ Charlotte
• Red Hill Raceway - MW410 sprint cars finale
• Dirty Jersey Finale @ Bridgeport

Week of 11/3

• Xtreme Outlaw Midgets World Championship @ Millbridge Speedway
• World of Outlaws World Finals @ Charlotte
• POWRi Deuces Wild @ Texas Motor Speedway
• Red Hill Raceway - Free Admission Night
• Rescheduled Paul Hawes Memorial @ Marysville Raceway
• Perris Auto Speedway sprint car finale

(Ends around 1:19:00 minute mark)

The Smoke

• Country fried steak
• Jimbo's Pizza & Wings
• A return to IHOP
• Tasty Freez delivery
• Hunt Brothers Pizza
• Panda Express
• Steak 'n Shake!
• Lin's Asian Garden
• Nisbet snack
• Trick or Treat shake and a smashburger
• Buddy's pizza
• White Russian Party

Round 3 with Troy Morris III! This time he is in the same time zone as us, finally! Troy is the driver of the #07x late model and modified currently racing out of Waterloo, Iowa. Originally from Bakersfield, California.

Discussed:

• Lazer Chassis and getting behind the wheel of a late model
• Change of plans in Missouri. Making the move to Iowa and its reasons.
• Race results from 2025
• His 2024 "Gateway Dirt Nationals" debut at the Dome!!
• Snagging one of the last invites this year at the Gateway Dirt Nationals. He's looking to capitalize on last years showing.
• Trying to get a NOS Energy sponsorship. 🧐
• Food update in Iowa?
• Applebee's punch card
• Troy's Sandwich Shop and what they have to offer. "Pasterami" 🤣
• Duel at Mohave is coming up!
• The Dome merch - on the way!

(Ends around 53:00 minute mark)

Stoking the Fire

• A weekend recap & Western World. The #4 car hits everything besides the pace truck... yet again!
• WoO cancels 81 Speedway and Arrowhead Speedway due to weather.
• NARC King of the West cancel at Kern
• WoO late models will be making their debut at a Florida track in February.
• On deck for the weekend
• Social media of the week: Flea and a chainsaw...
• "The Draft"

(Ends around 1:08:00 minute mark)

Feature Finish

• USAC nationals sprint cars at Central Arizona Raceway for the 58th Annual Western World
• USAC western states midgets @ Ventura Raceway
• Atomic Speedway - The Night the Stars Come out
• Montpelier Motor Speedway - Monster Mash
• Antioch Speedway
• BAPS Motor Speedway

(Ends around 1:12:00 minute mark)

The Smoke

• Korean beef & noodles
• Charlie gambles at Hardees... and loses
• 1 Taco
• A weekend at Holiday World! Located a good meal there!
• Hot wings
• Carriage Inn hot ham & cheese 🔥
• A return to Silver Bell
• Buffalouie's - changing it up...
• Bruce Li to end the season
• Pastrami sandwiches

For this episode we are joined by Adrian Tetreault. Driver of the Baker River Racing #52x open 305 winged sprint car in the Memphis area!

Discussed:

• Early days in Connecticut and some 24 hour endurance racing.
• East coast to Memphis. Snow ❄️
• Lebanon Valley Speedway racing and concessions 🔥
• Some race results from this season. Having fun 🥳
• Ideas for the future of Baker River Racing
• Flying Saucer Pizza in Salem, Pepe's Pizza
• Donuts and tamales??
• Memphis BBQ
• A stop at a Italian Grinder (sandwich) house out east

(Ends around 1:16:00 mark)

Stoking the Fire

• Weekend recap and a headline at Lincoln Park Speedway
• Champions are starting to be named
• Shawn McCoy "The Ironman" loses his life at Marysville during the Taxi Cab Challenge.
• High Limit taking over the Hockett Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway. What does that mean for a 4 Crown Nationals date?
• West Virginia Motor Speedway announces some dates for 2026
• Stenhouse Jr. /Marshall Racing names a driver for the #17 car in 2026
• SCCT season finale at Stockton Dirt Track on Halloween Night
• Social media of the week: Shawn Wood and Dustin Selvage twitter posts. And a Eldora girls post gets the late model crowd fired up 🔥
• "The Draft"

(Ends around 1:33:00 minute mark)

Feature Finish

• WoO sprint cars @ LPS and Angell Park Speedway
• High Limit Mid-Week finale and Championship Weekend at Texas
• 45th Annual Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway
• USAC National sprint cars @ Dodge City & Route 66
• Trophy Cup #31
• USAC/CRA @ Perris Auto Speedway
• Coles County Speedway
• ASCS National sprint cars @ Tulsa Speedway
• Final 50 @ Lincoln Speedway (PA)
• Vado Speedway Park - Fall Nationals

(Ends around 1:24:00 minute mark)

The Smoke

• Boxed Grippo chip discussion
• Soup season
• A trip to Louisville for Charlie. Breakfast AF, Brazilian Steakhouse, Cheesecake Factory fail.
• Cracker Barrel and Prime Time
• Chicken pot pie x2
• Turoni's steak sandwich for lunch.
• A forgettable meal at the Odon Tavern.
• A rare Sunday breakfast at the house!
• Shaved sirloin sandwiches 🤩

For this episode we are joined by Nolan Kiefer. He is the driver of the #97 Mini- Sprint and 305 IMCA RaceSaver sprint car out of Jasper, Indiana.

Discussed:

• Crown Vic's, D2 Midgets to start.
• Recently acquiring a 305 RaceSaver sprint car. His plans for that?
• How has the 2025 season gone for him?
• Getting a handle on Tri-State Speedway.
• Success in MMSA
• A couple of his favorite establishments in Dubois County - Snaps and Slammers
• Chicken gizzards, hearts, or livers?
• What are some of his beverages of choice?
• Kool-aid mouth guard?
• His sponsors who make it all possible.

(Ends around 40:00 minute mark)

Stoking the Fire

• Weekend recap from the fellas!
• Ripper let go as crew chief at SMR
• RIP - Bobby Allen and Steve Phillips
• West Virginia Motor Speedway reconfiguration and a successful turnout on Saturday 10/11.
• Western World entry list for USAC hits 41
• On deck for the week: WoO @ LPS, LaSalle, High Limit @ Texas Motor Speedway for their finale, DTWC at Eldora, USAC @ Dodge City & Route 66, Trophy Cup @ Tulare (On Flo this year!)
• Social media of the week: A pot get stirred, Justyn Cox takes an airplane ride, another XR event cancelled
• "THE DRAFT"

(Ends around 1:00:00 mark)

Feature Finish

• WoO sprint cars @ New Egypt and Lincoln (PA)
• WoO @ Boot Hill for the Bayou Classic
• High Limit @ Lakeside for the Heartland of America Showdown
• USAC National sprint cars @ Lawrenceburg Speedway for the Fall Nationals
• Super Dirt Week 53
• Blue/Gray 100
• Kokomo Klash 19
• Antioch Speedway - Open Wheel Octoberfest | NARC & BRCA midgets
• Budweiser Nationals @ Bakersfield/Kern
• Kramer Cup @ Selinsgrove Speedway
• Ron Milton Race of Champions @ Jacksonville Speedway
• WVMS
• Atomic Speedway - Night of Champions

(Ends around 1:09:00 minute mark)

The Smoke

• RJ's bar chicken wings
• Krispy Kreme donuts!
• Birria Ramen
• Penne Pasta
• 5 Guys Burgers
• Red Lobster b-day meal
• Bunner's hospital food review
• Una Pizza - Chicago loaded meat pizza
• A reunion at LJS for us both
• Diamonds Diner
• Chuck-eye steaks
• IHOP for the first time in 15+ years
• Triple smash 🍔@ Sonic

Another 100 episodes has passed for us. So that means we head back to the Eli Holden Racing shop to catch up with him! This is episode #200. Thanks everyone for sticking with us through 4+ years and 200 episodes!

Discussed:

• Selling one of his cars and moving into a new class.
• Joining KDH Motorsports
• A recent injury in another sport. Recovery from that and challenges while racing
• Where does the win count stand this season. And his career win count.
• Tulsa Shootout 2025 recap. Indiana Micro Week success.
• What is left on the slate for 2026?
• Thoughts on current day midget racing. Could he see himself in a seat of one?
• Food favorites list. Adding a new one 🤔
• Music choices and a tie to Bailey Zimmerman.
• Who are some of his sponsors that make it all possible for his family ran team?

• Out-timing who at DuQuoin??

(Ends around 51:00 minute mark)

A brief Stoking the Fire segment:

• NARC King of the West series sold
• 57 Special - World of Outlaw Late Model race announced at Mansfield Speedway in 2026.
• Notable winners from the past 2 weeks.
• The Draft