From Karting to Goodyear Racing: Jay Chapman on Career, Tires & Grassroots Motorsports

About this episode

Bill Snow interviews Jay Chapman about his journey from karting to professional motorsports and his work with racing tires.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Late To Grid, Bill sits down with Jay Chapman of Goodyear Racing to unpack a motorsports career built from karting roots, NASCAR weekends, Grand-Am adventures, MX-5 Cup development, and now supporting racers across vintage and grassroots programs. Jay shares stories of growing up in a karting family, wrenching and volunteering his way into professional motorsports, and eventually designing and supporting racing tires used across SCCA, NASA, vintage series, ...

People in this episode

Host: Bill Snow

Guest: Jay Chapman

Topics covered

• motorsports
• karting
• racing tires
• NASCAR
• grassroots racing

Keywords

• karting
• Goodyear Racing
• NASCAR
• vintage racing
• grassroots motorsports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goodyear Racing, SCCA, NASA, MX-5 Cup, Grand-Am

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