Grip Strip Podcast
The Grip Strip Podcast created by Philip Mathew and co-host Josh Huffine looks at all types of motorsports and sports with an unfiltered perspective. Phil and Josh invite other passionate media and fans to speak about the current and past stories that are interesting and thought-provoking.
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Episodes
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
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
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
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
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
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!
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
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.
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
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!
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
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!
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
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.
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
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.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
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.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
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.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
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.
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
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!
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
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.
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
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.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
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.
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Phil and Josh discuss the F1 season opener at Austria and what stood out from the race as the series comes back this week for a second race at Red Bull Ring. They also go over the GMR Grand Prix at Indy for the NTT IndyCar Series and what Scott Dixon's win means for fellow title rivals like Power and Rossi before previewing the doubleheader at Road America. NASCAR had the BadYear 400 on Sunday and the issues that came up from that race put Phil over the edge. Who can compete with Harvick and Hamlin? Phil and Josh go over contenders and also review Chase Briscoe's home win at Indy in the Pennzoil 150. NASCAR has a quadruple header weekend at Kentucky with two XFinity events. Listen, like and let us know what you think about the GSP!
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Phil and Josh finish their F1 preview with Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes while discussing the season-opening Austrian GP. They continue with IndyCar's return to Indianapolis and the GMR Grand Prix for their second race and first on a road course. Discussion of Pocono NASCAR and previews of Indy races and finish with the Weathertech 240 at Daytona discussion for IMSA. Plenty of stuff but worth the time on the GSP!
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Phil and Josh invite Save Stock Car Racing owner "PrimeTime" Chuck Ellison on the show to discuss the events of recent weeks in NASCAR with the banning of the Rebel flag and events that took place at Talladega prior to the Geico 500. All three speak about what they've experienced and what they think is truly up at the moment. In the second half, Phil and Josh start Part 2 of the 2020 F1 Preview going over Alpha Tauri, Renault and McLaren. Recaps of Talladega and picks for Pocono finish this episode.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Phil and Josh start previewing the upcoming 2020 Formula 1 World Championship this week by going over Williams, Haas, Alfa Romeo and Racing Point. They discuss prospects for those teams and the rules changes that are coming along in this interesting year. Also, Phil and Josh go over the events at Homestead, the announcement of Bristol holding the All-Star Race (plus other adjustments) along with possible schedule changes as well.
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Phil and Josh discuss Scott Dixon winning the IndyCar season-opening Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway along with some of the keys issues and events that took place for the one-day show. Also, Phil and Josh go over the Atlanta triple-header weekend which saw Kevin Harvick win his second race of 2020 along with victories by AJ Allmendinger and Grant Enfinger in Xfinity and Trucks. Recent events brought up issues with police brutality and protesting which Phil and Josh took time on that before previewing the Martinsville Cup and Homestead races this weekend.