Hauler Talk

Mike, Nate and Amanda discuss the 700 mile doubleheader at Charlotte with the Cup series running the Bank of America 400 and the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series running the Blue Cross NC 300 after rain cancelled Saturday's on-track activities. They explained the logistics of running two races in one day while keeping the staff and officials fresh for both races. Other hot topics include the postrace dustup with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Michael McDowell and the hard crash involving Alex Bowman, Bubba Wallace and William Byron.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A big fight at Martinsville Speedway following the end of the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 late model race resulted in multiple suspensions and fines for those involved. Mike and Nate discuss the thinking and process behind these penalties after a light week in Kansas. Then joining Mike and Nate is Managing Director of Powertrain Carl Goodman to talk about what happens when cars get taken back to the R&D center for dyno.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Mike, Nate and Amanda discuss the newly announced changes to the wet weather tire procedure that goes into effect this weekend at Bristol. They also discuss the multiple brake failures at Gateway, the ongoing feud between William Sawalich and Corey Day, and then is joined by the Vice President and Senior Producer for NASCAR 26 Matt Lewis to discuss the game's release.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike, Nate, and Amanda break down why the caution was thrown when it was at the end of the Daytona race, the performance of the new superspeedway package, and behind the scenes of Chase media day and pulling back the curtain of last week's Carson Hocevar press release.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike, Nate and Amanda discuss the Toyota brake issue at Iowa and recount why the 11 team was not able to change their brake pads before the race, what would've allowed them to change parts and what would've happened if they had changed them without permission. They also preview the Richmond race weekend, and discuss the what qualifies someone as a rookie. Joining the show this week is Russell Wenrich the Senior Managing Director of Racing Insights. Racing Insights helps NASCAR, broadcast partners, and media members with statistical data to help through the week and during the race weekend.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

STAY OFF THE YARD OF BRICKS was the message that got sent to drivers before the race weekend but Carson Kvapil forgot after his first career O'Reilly Series win. Mike and Nate are without Amanda this week as they discuss the burnout on the bricks, the Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar rivalry Noah Gragson slamming Connor Zilisch under caution, the long yellow flags on Sunday and taking a look back at the In-Season Challenge.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike, Nate and Amanda have a lengthy discussion about Bubba Wallace's penalty after he passed below the double painted line on the last lap of Sunday night's (or Monday morning's) race at EchoPark Speedway causing him to go from second to 29th in the running order. Afterwards they talked about Zane Smith's wreck on the last lap, restarting the race after a 3 hour rain delay, and heading to North Wilkesboro for the first points race since 1996.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike, Nate and Amanda take the opportunity to talk to Competition Strategist Scott Miller about the role of Concord's remote race control during the race weekend. Scott gives us a look into what the remote race control helps out with, how many people are working during a race weekend, and what the capability of the building is. Afterwards Mike, Nate and Amanda preview this weekend's race as NASCAR returns to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2019.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike, Nate and Amanda recap the weekend in Pocono starting with the race moving up two hours early with a threat of rain present in the afternoon. They also discussed six cars taken by NASCAR for wind tunnel testing, Larson going last after his qualifying warm up lap was disrupted, and everything you need to know heading into San Diego.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike, Nate and Amanda discuss all the action in Nashville including the exciting finish, the brake issues, Kyle Larson's spin at the end, Denny Hamlin's start violation, and the contact between Austin Dillon and Brad Keselowski.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike and Amanda flip the script and asks Nate about this years NASCAR Hall of Fame voting, his thought process behind it and what happens behind closed doors. They also talk about the huge Preece wreck at Dover, review the All-Star Race weekend, and look forward to the longest race of the year the Coca-Cola 600.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

NASCAR's Mike Forde, Amanda Ellis and Nate Ryan have the latest news & updates following the race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Plus, an update on new track limits and stage lengths this weekend at Watkins Glen.Rundown:Ryan Preece fined for intentionally wrecking Ty Gibbs at TexasKyle Busch not fined for contact with John Hunter Nemechek on the final lap at Texas Inside the officiating decision of holding the final caution when Busch & Nemechek made contact Pit road issues at Texas. Would NASCAR consider speed limiters used in other racing series?Watkins Glen track limits and the 2026 date change See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike, Amanda and Nate kick off this week's episode of Hauler Talk talking about John Probst's quote about the possibility of a new crossover utility vehicle body for the O'Riley Auto Part Series. Then they talked about Carson Kvapil's wreck in the NOAPS race, the thrilling ending to the Cup race at Kansas, Cody Ware's caution and the contact between Ryna Blaney and AJ Allmendinger on pit road. Wrapping up the show the topic of Talladega stage lengths was discussed and the Chicagoland testing for the July race weekend is underway.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.