The Dirt Podcast

Send us Fan MailThe guys come out of the chute discussing the scuffle at Senoia after the feature race and reminisce on the good ol days when that was a regular occurrence. WISSOTA stirs the pot once again with the recent rules announced for the street stock class. Dan predicts WISSOTA will a thing of the past in the near future, with their lack of being able to do smart things, even admitting that IMCA’s model is looking better and better as WISSOTA continues to stoke their dumpster fire. Conversation moves to conflicting WISSOTA events that are setting up for disaster for the hosting tracks, similar to last year’s shenanigans. We wrap up episode 3 of season 4 with upcoming events, as Dan heads to Eldora, the guys predict who will be there, and who will take the crown in their draft. 

Send us Fan MailIt would be a sin not to open the show discussing the Wolves and their playoff run so far and what their future match ups could look like. The first weekend of local racing kicked off, along with the WISSOTA Structural Building Late Model series, which is turning out to be a Minnesota series with the lack of drivers from surrounding areas. The guys give their thoughts on changes that need to be made to increase car counts for the series, including restricting the class for competing tracks when the series runs.  Debatable calls at Donnyland for the first night of the Late Model series are hashed over, with the question raised of whether anyone would make a call against him on his own playground. We round out this episode looking ahead to this weekend’s events, or lack therof, given the grim Minnesota weather forecast.

Send us Fan MailWe made it to season 4! It’s been a while, but the guys are fresh off their hiatus and don’t skip a beat. We start with some Minnesota sports updates before a quick recap on the national scene. Local tracks are opening up around WISSOTA land, with concerning car counts. Dan expresses his strong opinions on the damage WISSOTA continues to do to the Hornet entry class. The cost of running tracks, combined with fan and car counts down, has the guys concerned about the future of local dirt track racing.

Send us Fan MailThe guys kick off the episode with a review of the Wissota national champions and a recap of the big fall specials. Dan gets fired up about the Hoosier tire increases before sharing his insight on combatting the increasing cost for drivers and the losing game for tracks and promoters. The Lucas Oil Late Model series championship and banter about the Vikings and Twins round out this episode.

Send us Fan MailSince producer Brandon slacked and was producing racing all weekend, you get a Monday episode to kick off the week. The guys start by recapping the Silver 1000 along with Ryan Mikkelson cleaning house in Jamestown. Dan asks questions about the Hoosier tire updates for WISSOTA before talk turns to the dumpster fire known as the Twins along with the Vikings winning streak.

Send us Fan MailBuckle up as the guys take you through WISSOKYA week and provide their postmortem report. Dan sets a new single episode record for the usage of “dumpster fire” as car counts, track prep/conditions, and overall spectator experience are discussed. The new point structure and its effect on the pole position for heats, the seemingly random chalk line start and the Gestapo’s handing out of DQs round out this doozy of an episode!

Send us Fan MailIts Dan’s favorite week of the summer, the WISSOKYA 100! The guys preview the event, including point standings and how things might shake up. As always, big national events are recapped as well with plenty of other banter this week.

Send us Fan MailWe’re back at it for a 2nd week in a row, although it was published late in the week! There is a lot that happened the last week, so buckle up! An injury to Shane Sabraski shuffles the cards for the rest of his season and the national point standings in that class. A recap of current national point standings in WISSOTA are discussed before moving into Dan’s favorite subject, unwritten rules. The Hoosier tire contract extension is announced mid-eposide, and some national events are discussed to round out this episode.

Send us Fan MailWe’re back at it and there is a lot to catch up on! The guys start by recapping some of the big national events. The shakeup at the Little Dream and whether it is a driver or builder that is ultimately responsible when it comes to illegal setups is debated. More balminating of Hoosier tires leads into quality issues with the upcoming contract. We round out this episode with talk on the format changes to the WISSOTA 100 and mathematician Dan crunches some numbers on car counts in WISSOTA country.

Send us Fan MailAfter another couple week hiatus, the guys have plenty to catch up on. Recent World of Outlaw late model shakeups and WISSOTA DQ shenanigans get the guys fired up. As the cost of racing continues to climb, the guys play devil’s advocate in that drivers need support with bigger purses, but grandstand and back gate tickets need to support it. This episode wraps up with point battle updates in WISSOTA.