Grip Strip Podcast

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 30 - Mount O'Donnell, Mount Panorama and Title Time

Phil and Josh return for another episode of the GSP talking about the atrocious Kansas Cup race which saw Joey Logano win over Kevin Harvick and lock himself into the final four.  The "BAS" was emphasized along with other keys for why a faster car couldn't pass for 42 laps. 
Chase Briscoe wins his 9th XFinity race of 2020 and also gets announced as the driver of the 14 Cup car, bringing relief to one of of the hosts.  Brett Moffitt battles teammate Zane Smith late to get his first Truck Series win of 2020 and lock himself into Phoenix. 
 
In the GSP Roundup, Phil talks about SVG and Tander taking down the Bathurst 1000 in Holden's last official run on the mountain.  NHRA at Dallas sees points tighten in some of the pro categories while Petit Le Mans had argy bargy at the end.  Garrett Gerloff shines (for the most part) at Estoril in WSBK while Joe Roberts scores points at Aragon. 
 
Phil and Josh preview the IndyCar championship decider at St. Petersburg and whether Scott Dixon or Josef Newgarden will add to their championship tallies.  Keys for both are discussed along with other people who could stand in the way.  Formula 1 goes to Portugal for the first time since Jacques Villeneuve won in 1996 at Estoril with Lewis Hamilton trying to get win 92 and stand alone at the winningest F1 driver ever.  NASCAR races at Texas and its not going to be good...but we made picks anyway.   

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 29 - Records and Rain

Phil and Josh discuss Lewis Hamilton tying Michael Schumacher's win record at the Eifel GP along with other standout performances.  On the other hand, rain at Charlotte made the ROVAL Cup and XFinity races pretty shambolic.  William Clyde Elliott II won his 4th consecutive Cup road race while AJ Allmendinger benefitted from a late race mistake by Chase Briscoe to win the XFinity race.  
The GSP Roundup discussed IMSA GT at Charlotte, DTM at Zolder and Moto GP/Moto 2 at Aragon coming off the French GP at Le Mans.  Previews of the Bathurst 1000, Petit Le Mans, NHRA at Dallas, WSBK at Estoril, DTM at Zolder and NASCAR at Kansas with picks.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 28 - Demo Derbies, Penske Domination and Much More

E28 of the GSP has Phil and Josh deep dive in the totally farcical (Al Michaels voice) exercise that is racing at Talladega which saw Denny Hamlin win even though he advanced his position under the yellow line.  NASCAR's typical #consistentlyinconsistent #selectiveenforcement showed up all weekend as dozens of vehicles were wrecked which left both host displeased.  
Justin Haley and Raphael Lessard took wins in XFinity and Trucks at Talladega as the undercard to the stupidity while Team Penske dominated at their bosses house with Josef Newgarden making the season finale at St. Petersburg dramatic with a Race 1 win at IMS Friday afternoon.  Power takes Race 2 but it's only 32 points.  Could Scott Dixon spit the bit and lose this title?
GSP Roundup includes NHRA at Gateway, WSBK at Magny Cours and previews of MotoGP/Moto 2 at Le Mans, DTM at Zolder and IMSA racing at Charlotte for the first time in 20 years this weekend.  Josh and Phil preview the Cup and XFinity cut-off races at the Roval in Charlotte along with the Eiffel GP at the Nurburgring (Milt Fitzwater voice). 
 
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Grip Strip Podcast Episode 27 - Schedule Madness For NASCAR Cup and IndyCar

Episode 27 of the GSP has Phil and Josh deep dive on the 2021 NASCAR Cup and what was the rumored 2021 IndyCar slate with the good, bad and ugly.  Many changes were announced so Phil and Josh brought their perspectives to these changes. 
NASCAR at Vegas and F1 at Sochi recapped along with F2 at Russia, Supercars at The Bend II, NHRA Gatornationals, IMSA at Mid-Ohio and Moto GP/Moto 2 at Catalunya in the GSP Roundup.  Previews of the Harvest GP IndyCar, Gateway NHRA, NASCAR at Talladega and WSBK at Magny-Cours previewed.  
Phil and Josh end the National Podcast Day episode with talk about the FallBrawl Fantasy Football league matchup along with other fellow podcasters who have appeared and work with us.  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 26 - Air Jordan Lands in NASCAR and Much More!

Phil and Josh come back for another episode of the GSP to discuss His Airness coming to NASCAR as a team owner with Denny Hamlin and hiring Darrell "Bubba" Wallace as his driver.  What should we expect from this team and what does this mean for Hamlin and Wallace long-term?  Ross Chastain gets the 42 ride for 2021 and is it the start of a transition within CGR's NASCAR program?  Can Ross's style (similar to Ernie Irvan in his early days) sustain in Cup?  Finally Texas Motor Speedway loses a points race to Circuit of the Americas but somehow gets the All-Star Race.  Phil loses it on TMS and Josh provides perspective on what to expect for that particular race.  
 
Kevin Harvick defeats Kyle Busch for his 9th win of 2020 at the Bristol Night Race and continues a season that brings comparisons to Jeff Gordon's 1998 campaign.  Phil and Josh discuss the post-race comments by Busch as well as who advanced/got eliminated after round one.  Chase Briscoe gets his 7th win of 2020 in XFinity and ties Austin Cindric in points as they start their playoff battle at LV.  Sam Mayer gets an "upset" win at Bristol for his first Truck win and promptly jumps in an ARCA car and wins after that.  Phil and Josh go over the good, bad and ugly on the Truck playoff opener.
 
In the GSP Roundup, 24 Hours of Le Mans recap, Supercars at The Bend Pt.1, MotoGP at Misano, DTM at Hockenheim Sprint and Garrett Gerloff breaks out in WSBK round at Catalunya.  Phil and Josh preview the Russian GP weekend and whether Lewis Hamilton will tie Michael Schumacher with 91 wins at Putindrome along with what to expect from the title combatants and the midfield and F2 talk. 
 
NASCAR tripleheader at Vegas this weekend with different tiers of the playoffs (since its NASCAR).  NHRA runs the Gatornationals this weekend for their first non-Indy race since February.  Supercars at The Bend Pt.2, Moto GP/Moto 2/Moto 3 at Catalunya and IMSA at Mid-Ohio with some notable absences due to COVID-19.  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 25 - Too Much and Never Enough

Phil and Josh return for Episode 25 of the GSP talking about NASCAR at Richmond where Brad Keselowski took his 4th win of 2020 in dominant fashion.  We discuss who stood out both good and bad and whose in trouble at Bristol based on points.  Justin Allgaier takes two wins in less than 24 hours in XFinity and inserts his name into the title battle with a scuffling Briscoe and Cindric.  Grant Enfinger leads a ThorSport 1-2-3 as the truck series has become two superteams and Austin Hill going into the playoffs.
 
IndyCar saw Will Power and Colton Herta split wins at Mid-Ohio with an uncharacteristicly poor performance for six-time Mid-Ohio winner Scott Dixon all weekend.  We discuss all of that and what to expect with three races left in the season.  F1 had Lewis Hamilton win his 90th race but it was definitely more interesting than the usual at Mugello.  Dalton Sargeant's close call in F3 leads the Round-Up with the F2, DTM at Nurburgring, WTCR at Zolder, MotoGP/Moto 2 at Misano and Super GT at Twin Ring Motegi. 
 
Previews are a deep dive into this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans and American participation both drivers/teams and can an LMP2 make the overall podium again?  GT PRO and AM are tough as usual along with the LMP2 battle going the entire distance.  NASCAR races at Bristol for all three series so we make picks as well.  Listen, like, share and follow us @GripStripPod @philipgmathew @jphuffine 

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 24 - Status Whoa!

Phil and Josh come back for another episode of the GSP after Pierre Gasly wins his first F1 race over Carlos Sainz and Lance Stroll in one of the wildest Italian GP's ever!  They also discuss Logan Sargeant's missed opportunities at Monza in F3 along with the Ferrari junior driver battle in F2.  Kevin Harvick wins his 8th race of 2020 in the Southern 500 while Truex and Clyde end each other.  Phil and Josh discuss the good and bad from the playoff opener and non playoff standouts.  Bruckshot Jones in the Robert Huffman tribute benefits from Chastain and Wilbur running over each other to win along with the idiotic lack of a caution that cost Briscoe a chance at victory earlier.  Ben Rhodes uses track position and a late pass on Derek Kraus to get his first truck series win of 2020 with the playoff cutoff at Richmond looming.  US Nationals discussed along with the GSP Roundup consisting of Supercars, WSBK, DTM and IMSA doing the 6 Hours at the Glen at Road Atlanta.  Previews of F1/F2/F3 at Mugello, NASCAR at Richmond, IndyCar at Mid-Ohio, MotoGP at Misano, DTM at Nurburgring and Super GT at Motegi abound on a jam packed episode of the GSP!  Add some NFL talk at the end too!
 
F1 Italian GP 3:45-27:40Cup Southern 500 27:42-48:59Xfinity Darlington 200 49:00-56:55Trucks Darlington 200 57:00-1:04:55US Nats/Round up around 1:04:55-1:09:18F1 Magello GP preview 1:09:20-1:14:00MotoGp/DTM/Super GT 1:14:01-1:15:40NASCAR Cup/Xfinity/Trucks Richmond Preview 1:15:42-1:21:13Indy Car Mid Ohio GPx2 preview 1:21:20-1:24:32NFL discussion 1:24:50-1:28:27

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 23 - Southern 500/US Nationals/Italian GP aka The Classics

Phil and Josh deep dive into the history of the Southern 500 at Darlington, the US Nationals at Indianapolis and the Italian GP at Monza.  Why have these races and tracks stood the test of time and what is so unique about each of them?  They mention favorite moments and stats of those who have been fortunate to win and some who haven't at each palace of speed.  Also, Phil and Josh go into the throwbacks, who chose not to and why some got throwbacks in the first place.  Warning, that section has some ranting and colorful language.  Download, like and let us know what you think!  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 22: Watch and Learn

Phil and Josh discuss Byron winning his first Cup race in the regular season ending Coke Zero 400 and other events including Bubba's opportunity late and the #consistentlyinconsistent caution calls.  They go over picks for who makes it out of R1 and the tracks they'll be racing in the remade first round.  XFinity saw Ross Chastain dump AJ Allmendinger allowing Justin Haley to finally get his XFinity win at Daytona after getting screwed out of one a couple years ago.  Sheldon Creed moves Todd Gilliland out of a likely win and takes his (regular driver) series leading third win of 2020 at Gateway.  
Lewis Hamilton takes win 89 at Spa in dominant fashion while the #RedToiletsOnWheels struggle mightily a year after Charl Eclair won his first race there.  Midfield battle is tightening up after a great Renault 4/5 last weekend.  IndyCar sees Dixon get his 50th win and Newgarden take another short oval win while Pato O'Ward continues to stand out with his performances.  
The Round-Up goes over Logan Sargeant's superb win on Sunday in F3 at Spa to take the points lead while Tsunoda and Schwartzman win in F2.  Whincup and McLauglin continue their domination of Supercars at Townsville Pt.1 while Ash Sutton and Rory Butcher win at Knockhill for BTCC.  Rea and Redding will be battling till the end to see if Johnny could win a sixth consecutive WSBK title after wins at Aragon.  
Phil and Josh preview the Southern 500 and all the NASCAR events at Darlington for Throwback weekend as a precursor to another episode coming out.  Also, F1/F2/F3 at Monza, the US Nationals for NHRA, IMSA at Road Atlanta for the 6 Hours at the Glen, Supercars at Townsville, WSBK at Aragon and DTM at Assen.  
 
 
 

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 21 - Repetition Is The Mother of All Learning

Phil and Josh tackle NASCAR at Dover where Harvick and Hamlin continued their 2020 Cup Series domination, Allgaier and Briscoe win in XFinity and Zane Smith continues the GMS domination in Trucks.  The Round-Up covers Supercars at Hidden Valley, IMSA GTLM/GTD at VIR where Bill Auberlen passed Hi to My Family at Home for all-time wins, MotoGP at Austria where Miguel Olivera won his first GP, DTM at Lausitzring, BTCC at Oulton Park and Super GT at Suzuka.  
Phil and Josh preview the Belgian GP and whether there's any stopping the Hammer Time LH44 train.  IndyCar doubles up at Gateway while NASCAR Cup ends their regular season with the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona and who's in/out.  XFinity races the Wawa 250 (coffee...) while Trucks run at Gateway with WSBK at Aragon and BTCC at Knockhill.  Like, follow and let us know what you want on the GSP!  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 20 - Sato San Slays The Iceman...and more Indy 500/IndyCar Series Talk

Phil, Josh and indycar1909.com owner Spencer Neff break down Takuma Sato's second Indianapolis 500 victory over Scott Dixon.  The crew discusses what it meant for driver, team and the controversial end.  Should Dixon have won this race?  Honda dominated while Chevy languished for the exception of Newgarden and O'Ward.  Plenty of accidents and examples of why the aeroscreen is thankfully here.  We finish with talk about what to expect this weekend at Gateway and the remainder of this season.  Give us a listen, like and let us know what you think of the GSP!

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 19 - The Indianapolis 500 Preview You Want

Phil, Josh and indycar1909.com owner Spencer Neff break down the Indianapolis 500 from all angles on the GSP.  They discuss qualifying and whether it really is Marco's time to break the Andretti curse along with all of the fast nine drivers.  What can we expect from the Penske's and other Chevy's after an unusually poor qualifying weekend?  Can Fernando Alonso win and complete the Triple Crown?  Phil, Josh and Spencer discuss their favorite memories of the race.  Finally, all three pick a winner, ROTY and who will be a wild card.  Like, listen and follow us all on the socials.  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 18 - Domination and Family Ties

Phil and Josh go over Lewis Hamilton's comprehensive victory in the Spanish GP along with who his biggest challenger is for the WDC.  Also, they discussed Ferrari's issues and the midfield battle.  Phil and Josh gave a sneak preview of the Indy 500 preview show coming out later this week with Fast 9 talk and went over the Cup, XFinity and Truck races at Daytona's road course.  In the GSP Roundup, MotoGP, Supercars, WEC, Formula E and IMSA GT at VIR.  Finally, we go into Dover and make picks which Josh is usually really good at picking winners!  
 
F1 11:16, Indy at 32:18, Nascar at 40:20, round up at ~1:24:00 and then previews at 1:32:08.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 17 - Indy 500 Time and GSP Roundup

Phil and Josh start the first of three episodes focused on The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500 with IndyCar and RTI writer Spencer Neff.  They break down the field for this year's race and consider the opening practice results along with going over who could win pole and the race.  Afterwards, Phil and Josh provide the GSP Roundup with talk about MotoGP, NHRA and previews of Supercars at Hidden Valley, WEC at Spa and MotoGP in Austria.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 16 - Guests Galore With F1 and NASCAR Talk

Phil and Josh welcome F1 Grid Talk host George Howson to discuss Max Verstappen slaying the Mercedes duo at Silverstone along with Logan Sargeant's first F3 win and his future prospects.  Talk about the field in detail along with silly-season as well plus some focus on F2 and F3 drivers who could eventually make that move.  After that, Phil and Josh had NASCAR young gun Dawson "DK" Cram who came off a 14th place finish in the Truck Series event at Michigan.  Cram is cool, calm and poised for an 18 year-old.  He's got a future and drove for a great cause.  Phil and Josh end with more discussion about Michigan and Road America too.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 15 - The Good, The Bad and The Ranting

Phil and Josh discuss the British Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking his 7th win at home after a rare tire-explosion filled event.  Brad Keselowski takes his 33rd career Cup win at New Hampshire in dominant fashion and then signs a one-year extension to stay in the 2 car for Penske.  GSP Roundup is chock full of motorsports around the world as well before Phil loses it because of "Charters" and the business model that exists in NASCAR due to Bob Leavine selling to Spire after Rev. Gibbs and TuRD did what they do best.  Previews of the 70th Anniversary GP, NASCAR Cup/Trucks at Michigan, XFinity at Road America and Skype doing its part.  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 14 - Winning Never Gets Old

Phil and Josh go over all the NASCAR events at Kansas last week with Hamlin, Bruckshot, Hill and Crafton winning.  They also discuss Fabio Quartararo's second consecutive MotoGP win at Jerez along with IndyCar schedule changes and DTM in the GSP Roundup.  Later, Phil and Josh preview the British GP, Cup at New Hampshire and IMSA at Road America.  Give it a listen, like and let us know what you want to hear in future episodes!

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 13 - Penske Resurgence, Hamilton Domination and Texas BS

Phil and Josh discuss the IndyCar doubleheader at Iowa, Lewis Hamilton's 8th win at the Hungarian GP, NASCAR at one of the worst tracks on Planet Earth and the debut of the GSP Round-Up discussing key news in other series.  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 12 - Clyde Takes The All-Star Race and Much More

GSP Episode 12 reviews the happenings at the NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol where Chase Elliott took his first win in the race similar to his father at Atlanta in 1986.  Phil and Josh also preview events for the weekend in other series.  

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 11 - New Winners and Usual Suspects

Phil and Josh discuss the weekend in motorsports which saw many firsts: Felix Rosenqvist and Sheldon Creed winning their first races in IndyCar and Trucks respectively while Austin Cindric won his first two oval races in NASCAR along with Cole Custer's upset win in the Cup Quaker State 400.  On the flip side, Scott Dixon extended his win streak to three races in IndyCar prior to his teammate's win the next day and Lewis Hamilton took his first win of 2020.  Phil and Josh deep dive on all the events at Road America, Austria and Kentucky before previewing the NASCAR Cup All-Star Race at Bristol and some of the new details being introduced into the event along with a brief preview of the race to COVID triple-header at Texas this weekend.