Grip Strip Podcast

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 190 - Winning Is Everything

Phil and Josh return for E190 of the GSP for Charlotte Roval, Qatar GP, NFL talk and more.  AJ Allmendinger earned his first Cup victory in 50 starts last weekend along with his first win as a father.  The guys look at how The Dinger held the field off along with who advanced into the Round of 8. 
On the XFinity side, Sam Mayer took a Hail Mary win to advance while the likes of teammate Josh Berry fell out of championship contention.  Points are reviewed as the series head to Las Vegas.  The crew discusses the 2024 schedules and what they like, don't like and more plus Deegan's move up to XFinity in 2024. 
The usual person won at Qatar in the main race but rookie Oscar Piastri scored his first pole and win during the Sprint.  McLaren continues to emphasize their strength since Silverstone in the process while Mercedes had an teammate confrontation in turn one after Lewis started on soft tires and George played dumb. Points are reviewed heading to CoTA in a couple of weeks.
In the NFL, Josh's Jaguars take down two consecutive victories in London while Phil's 49ers opened a can on the Cowboys on SNF. Fantasy football updates are discussed as well before the GSP Roundup looking at the Bathurst 1000 for Supercars, MotoGP/Moto2 in Indonesia, NHRA in Dallas and IMSA Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
The guys combine to preview and make picks for the Las Vegas Cup and XFinity races before Josh looks at iRacing making a deal to make a NASCAR console game plus IndyCar putting out content regarding their release from Motorsports Games during the Sim Segment. 

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 189 - Survival Time

Phil and Josh return for another episode of the GSP to cover the carnage that is Talladega with Young Ryan Blaney earning a third photo finish victory over Kevin Harvick (prior to his DQ).  The guys get into the race which saw plenty of Ford's lead with Joey Logano leading the most laps and Blaney and Keselowski winning the stages.  The fans saw 70 lead changes among 24 drivers plus the usual wrecking with Keselowski causing the big one.  Brad and Ross are among the drivers stressed going into the Roval at Charlotte with the points cutoff. 
For the Trucks, Brett Moffitt in a one-off won for Front Row Motorsports but the defending series champion Zane Smith will be in a must-win situation heading to Homestead. Nick Sanchez and Parker Kligerman won the stages but Sanchez ended up in the news after a big wreck with Matt Crafton, after the three-time series champion sucker punched the rookie post race.  The crew goes over the points heading to Homestead and the story of KBM being sold to Spire Motorsports.  
In the NFL, Phil and Josh have mixed fortunes with their actual teams while the fantasy football side is providing varying results.  The guys discuss their favorites and the players that are good/bad for them in real and fantasy sports.  The GSP Roundup looks at MotoGP/Moto2, WSBK, NHRA, Supercars at the Bathurst 1000 and Andretti Global being approved as the 11th team for Formula 1.  Speaking of F1, Phil and Josh preview who will finish behind Fish Lips at the Qatar Grand Prix after he gets a second title, along with previews and picks for the Charlotte Roval and who advances before Josh's Sim Segment and Show Close. 

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 188 - Expect Anything Different?

Phil and Josh return for E188 of the GSP to discuss Big Hat Byron sneaking through for his sixth win of the 2023 Cup season at the Texas dump.  Darrell Wallace, Jr. led the most laps after qualifying on pole but was brutal on himself after a late race restart ended up working against him.  The guys talk about Bubba, Byron and the stage winners (Yung Money & Reddick).
Numerous yellows and wrecked race cars made up the majority of the day.  This would also be the case for the XFinity Series, where John Hunter Nemechek won for the seventh time in 2023.  Justin Allgaier won both stages and Custer continues his consistency.  Josh Berry, Sam Mayer and Jeb Burton are in trouble leading into the Roval.
Formula 1 raced at Suzuka with the usual result up front, but the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri taking a double podium finish.  The Australian rookie became the first rookie to score a podium since 2017, but the inter team battles for Ferrari, Mercedes and Alpine provided the drama. 
IndyCar announced their 2024 schedule, so Phil and Josh give their thoughts on the Milwaukee Mile's return with a Labor Day weekend doubleheader and the other changes coming along for the 17-race slate.  The guys also speak about the demise of TMS after 26 years hosting American Open Wheel Racing. 
Phil and Josh talk about their actual teams and fantasy football for Week 3 before the GSP Roundup looks at MotoGP/Moto2, WSBK and WRC.  The Tate Fogleman Algorithm comes out of hibernation for the last time in 2023 as Phil and Josh preview and make their picks for Talladega Cup and Trucks before Josh's Sim Segment and Show Close.
 

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 187 - I Beat Your Favorite Driver!

Phil and Josh return for E187 of the GSP to discuss the NASCAR triple-header at Bristol, where Dennis Hamlin trolled the crowd and finally closed the deal to advance into the Round of 12 after his third Bristol night race win.  The crew goes over all the action and who ended up on the wrong side of the cut line after 500 laps. 
Justin Allgaier held off Daniel Hemric to start his XFinity playoff with a win while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. returned and led before catching fire!  Outside of those two, the rest of JR Motorsports had a rough evening and other teammates definitely left Bristol in a bad mood.  Corey Heim advanced to Phoenix with his victory at Bristol for the Truck Series while Christian Eckes and Zane Smith also featured as the series goes to Talladega.  
The guys spend time to acknowledge Sherry Pollex and her untimely passing after a long battle with ovarian cancer and the input from someone who has been a virus in motorsports with Miss hUMMer.  Zane Smith announced he will be driving for Trackhouse Racing in the Cup Series starting in 2024 through a partnership with Spire Motorsports after the team principles bought Live Fast Racing's charter for $40 million.   
On a rare weekend where Formula 1 fans were spared from seeing and hearing Fish Lips dominate (even when he did break rules and not pay for those transgressions), Carlos Sainz proved why he's a smooth operator with a pole and a second career F1 victory at Singapore.  Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton rounded out the podium after George Russell bungled the finish taking a possible win and ending up in the wall.  The guys go over other key battles and points before the series moves to Suzuka in Japan.
Phil and Josh go over all things NFL after a chaotic Week 2, which included a live discussion of Nick Chubb's season ending injury for the Browns during MNF.  Josh has his thoughts on the play-calling after Jacksonville ends up losing to Kermit The Frog along with his fantasy team.  Phil looks at San Francisco's tight victory against the Rams and their TNF home opener versus the Giants. 
The GSP Roundup reviews SuperMotoCross Playoffs, NHRA, Extreme E, IMSA, Supercars, MotoGP/Moto2 in India and WSBK at Aragon before Phil and Josh preview and make picks behind Fish Lips for the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.  The guys preview and make picks for the worst active track on Planet Earth (Cup and XFinity at Texas Motor Speedway) before Josh's Sim Segment and Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 186 - Timing Is Everything

Phil and Josh return for a jam packed E186 of the GSP to discuss the IndyCar Series finale at Laguna Seca, which saw Scott Dixon close his 2023 season with his first win at the track while Alex Palou officially received his second series title in three years.  The guys talk about the carnage filled race, restart issues, the pace car running out of gas and Silly Season updates leading to the longest off-season in motorsports.
NASCAR continues their 2023 playoff with a triple-header at Kansas Speedway, where Tyler Reddick continued the 23XI domination of the track with his second win of the season along with advancing to the Round of 12.  Phil and Josh go over the atrocious restart Reddick's team co-owner Denny Hamlin had along with other key players in the race leading into the cutoff at Bristol. 
The XFinity Series finished their regular season at Kansas with the status quo of John Hunter Nemechek winning for the sixth time in 2023 while Austin Hill won the regular season title.  Parker Kligerman overtook Riley Herbst to get the last playoff spot while Bruckshot Jones tried to save his season but fell one spot short. Christian Eckes used a last lap three-wide pass on Corey Heim and Zane Smith to advance into the Round of 8, while Nick Sanchez and Carson Hocevar took the stage wins.  DiBenedetto and Matt Crafton saw their 2023 championship chances end, even with Matty D finishing third in the race.
Phil and Josh get into all things NFL with a Week 1 recap for their teams along with a fantasy team review before the GSP Roundup.  Phil reviews MotoGP/Moto2, WEC, Indy NXT, WSBK (where Garrett Gerloff had a breakthrough round), WRC, SuperMotocross, NHRA, Extreme E, IMSA and Supercars. 
The crew comes back together to preview the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix and who will finish behind Fish Lips, before looking at the triple-header at Bristol and who will advance to the Round of 12 in Cup, start the XFinity playoff on a high and who will start the Round of 8 in Trucks with a win.  Josh lets us know all things going on in the world of gaming in his Sim Segment prior to Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 185 - History Makers

Coming off a holiday weekend, Phil and Josh were ready to go with E185 of the GSP.  Kyle Larson utilized a great pit stop late in the Southern 500 to take his first Cup victory at Darlington.  The guys look at Toyota's domination (specifically Dennis Hamlin), Christopher Bell's pit road issues and Kevin Harvick's missed opportunity to advance.  A review of the playoff drivers and their points standings heading to Kansas led into Dennis Hamlin winning at Darlington for the sixth time in the XFinity Series.  Austin Hill and John Hunter Nemechek were his closest pursuers but Hamlin's one XFinity race provided another trophy.  With one regular season race remaining, Riley Herbst and Parker Kligerman are separated by one point heading to Kansas. 
Alex Palou proved yet again why he was the dominant figure in the NTT IndyCar Series for 2023, using primary tires on the first stint to overcut the alternate runners and win his fifth race of the season at Portland.  Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing earn the series title along with a double podium with Dixon finishing third.  Felix Rosenqvist was sandwiched between the CGR duo, on the weekend he announced his move to Meyer-Shank Racing for 2024.  A newly repaved Laguna Seca welcomes the drivers and teams to end the 2023 season, plus more silly season news.
Carlos Sainz proved he is a Smooth Operator by actually making an F1 race interesting in 2023, for 15 laps.  The usual result took place and Checo eventually advanced to second, but Sainz and teammate Charles Leclerc battled for the last podium place.  Drivers and Constructors points get reviewed before Phil and Josh preview their NFL teams and discuss their fantasy football prospects for 2023. 
This weeks GSP Roundup has MotoGP/Moto2, Indy NXT, NHRA at the U.S. Nationals, F2/F3, WSBK returning from their summer break with huge rider news and WEC at Fuji before previews and picks for IndyCar at Laguna Seca and the triple-header for NASCAR at Kansas.  Josh lets us know all things going in iRacing and gaming during his Sim Segment prior to Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 184 - Hard Work Pays Off

Phil and Josh return for E184 of the GSP to lead into a busy Labor Day weekend of motorsports.  Phil returns from spending the majority of his cruise trip in an F1 simulator, wishing he could race instead of having to watch the current F1 product.  Josh was able to attend the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona and see the destruction and horrendous incidents for Ryan Blaney and Ryan Preece. Both Josh and friend of the show Joe Passero watched Christopher Buescher take his third win of 2023 in an RFK 1-2 finish. 
The guys cover the issues and the playoff grid leading into Darlington.  Phil and Josh provide their thoughts on Kurt Busch officially announcing his retirement from racing. Justin Allgaier held off Sheldon Creed in a photo finish for his first Daytona XFinity win along with an opportunity to sneak in and get the regular season title.  Grant Enfinger utilized his experience and a great setup to earn the Truck Series win at the Milwaukee Mile, their first appearance since 2009 along with a spot in the round of eight. 
Scott Dixon continues to show why he is a GOAT with an epic pit strategy in going back to back at Gateway to keep his slim title hopes alive against his teammate Alex Palou.  Phil and Josh discuss the introduction of red alternate tires on an oval for the first time ever and other key players heading to Portland. 
Fish Lips continues his singular demolition of F1 with his third consecutive Dutch GP victory.  Due to the mixed weather conditions, Pierre Gasly benefited to earn Alpine their first podium of 2023.  Drivers and constructors points are reviewed leading into the Italian Grand Prix.  The guys talk about their respective NFL and Fantasy Football teams with the end of the preseason, along with their prognostications for 2023.
This week's GSP Roundup saw Phil discuss Indy NXT, IMSA GT, F2/F3, MotoGP/Moto2 and NHRA at the U.S. Nationals.  Previews and picks for F1 at Monza, IndyCar at Portland plus Cup/XFinity at Darlington led into Josh's Sim Segment before Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 183 - Decision Time & Interview With Austin Theriault

Phil and Josh come back for E183 of the GSP interviewing the 2017 ARCA Series Champion and Maine House of Representative Member Austin Theriault.  The guys talk to Austin about his racing return at the Oxford 250 super late model race and his results at Oxford Plains and his involvement with the Travis Mills Foundation and how this race will assist in fund raising. 
Phil and Josh also ask Austin about his driver development program and connection with Team Hornaday, his NASCAR career in all three major series and his thoughts on the differences in how drivers behave in and out of the race car today relative to when Austin was a prospect himself.  Josh asks Austin about his other role as a House Member for his local district and what how the responsibilities there coordinate with racing.
Phil and Josh then get into the Cup and XFinity events at Watkins Glen, which saw dominant performances for William Byron and Ty Gibbs respectively.  However, the XFinity event had an interesting finish due to the ongoing rivalry between Gibbs and eventual race winner Sam Mayer.  The guys get into the issues with the Next Gen Car and how it has affected the product, the pace of the race itself and what they saw between the two young guns.  Other key players and points are discussed heading to Daytona.
The crew gets into their drafts for the FallBrawl fantasy football league and how they both got the worst grades based on analytics but definitely aren't out of the mix.  Josh discusses injuries and key battles for the Jaguars while Phil laments the continued QB saga behind Brock Purdy for San Francisco.  
A leaner GSP Roundup covers the SRX season finale at Lucas Oil Raceway, NHRA at Brainerd, MotoGP/Moto2 at Austria, Supercars at The Bend, Indy NXT at Gateway, F2 at Zandvoort and IMSA GT at Virginia International Raceway.  Formula 1 returns from their summer break for the Dutch Grand Prix, with Phil and Josh previewing and picking whoever will finish behind FL. 
IndyCar has their last oval race of 2023 at Gateway, so the guys pick whether they believe Josef Newgarden will sweep all of them or not along with wild cards.  NASCAR Cup and XFinity race at Daytona, which means the Tate Fogleman Algorithm makes a return.  The crew make their picks and wild cards while Josh lets us know who TF believes could win at the World's Center of Racing. 
The Craftsman Truck Series returns to the Milwaukee Mile for their second playoff race, so can Ty Majeski make it 2-2 or will one of the other contenders advance? Josh lets us know about all things gaming and iRacing in the Sim Segment before Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 182 - Something About Indy

Phil and Josh return for E182 of the GSP to discuss all the racing at one of the motorsports capitals of the world: Indianapolis.  Scott Dixon does his best Danny Sullivan by spinning and winning the Gallagher Grand Prix over pole-sitter Graham Rahal and Christian Lundgaard amongst others.  Dixon takes the Ironman title over former teammate Antoine Kanaan and extends his streak to 19 consecutive seasons with a win.  While Dixon celebrated, teammate Alex Palou was in the news stating he will not honor his contract with McLaren and that he is likely to return and race for Ganassi.  The crew goes over all the craziness that has existed with Palou's contract situation and management while he races towards a second IndyCar title.
For the Cup event, Michael McDowell put a whooping on the field and held off William Clyde Elliott II for his second career victory and a spot in the 2023 playoffs.  Daniel Suarez won pole but a bad pit stop cost the Trackhouse driver and the same issue plagued defending race winner Tyler Reddick and his 23XI team.  Keebler Gibbs dominated the XFinity race on Saturday evening after weather affected the early part of the event while Ty Majeski opened the Truck playoffs with a comprehensive victory.
The GSP Roundup looks at Smoke's domination at his house (Eldora) in SRX while an early crash in Heat One eliminated three drivers and the points contenders were rendered to backup cars.  NHRA raced at Topeka for the last time and they move to Brainerd, Indy NXT at IMS saw argy bargy between teammates, Larson destroys the field for his second Knoxville Nationals victory over his buddy Rico Abreu, 11-time winner Donny Schatz and the stout A-Main lineup.  Kenny Schrader won a Pinty's Series event on dirt at 68 years of age!  MotoGP/Moto2 will be back at Austria along with Supercars at The Bend Motorsports Park.
Phil and Josh talk preseason NFL and preview the FallBrawl league before leading into previews of the Cup and XFinity races at Watkins Glen.  Josh talks iRacing and more in his Sim Segment before Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 181 - Repeat Time

Phil and Josh return for E181 of the GSP to cover Kyle Kirkwood and Christopher Buescher's second wins of the 2023 season.  For the IndyCars, Kirkwood used strategy and speed to hold off Scotty McLaughlin and championship leader Alex Palou.  This race was the debut for defending Indy NXT champion Linus Lundqvist for Meyer-Shank Racing, with a Fast 12 qualifying and solid race till it was not.  Compared to the previous two seasons, the race was relatively clean and multiple strategies were at play.
Michigan saw Buescher take his second consecutive victory on a Monday over Martin Truex, Jr. and bring the heritage trophy back to Ford.  Noah Gragson was indefinitely suspended for his social media antics and the NASCAR Hall of Fame nominated Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus and Donnie Allison for the 2024 class.  The guys get into their thoughts on all of these items plus the points with just three races remaining in the regular season.  John Hunter Nemechek continues his solid 2023 XFinity campaign, taking his fifth win of the season at MIS.  This was after having issues and argy bargy with teammates Gibbs and Smith. 
The GSP Roundup covers SRX, MotoGP/Moto2, IMSA, WRC, Indy NXT, and NHRA with Anthony Wayne Stewart taking a regional victory at Reading.  Phil and Josh briefly talk about football before previewing the Gallagher Grand Prix of Indy for the IndyCar Series along with picks plus the Cup/XFinity at IMS along with Trucks opening their playoffs at IRP.  Josh lets us know what's going in sim racing in his Sim Segment before show close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 180 - Cashing In

After an interesting weekend of motorsports action, the GSP returns for E180.  With Josh on vacation, Phil brought back friend and contributor Joe Passero to co-host and discuss all things NASCAR.  Christopher Buescher locked himself and RFK into the Cup playoffs with a no nonsense performance at Richmond.  The guys discuss Buescher's effort and who could look back with regret.  XFinity raced at Road America and Justin Allgaier had things going his way...until they didn't and the door opened for teammate and Wisconsin's own Sam Mayer to take his first career XFinity victory. 
Carson Hocevar ate the slice of humble pie and has become a contender for the Truck Series title with a late race pass and victory at Richmond to end the regular season.  The typical result took place at Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix, with Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc rounding out the podium.  Phil provides a points recap as Formula 1 takes their summer break.
The GSP Roundup covers Formula E's season finale in London, Supercars at Eastern Creek, WSBK in the Czech Republic, F2/F3 in Belgium, F1 Academy at Paul Ricard, NHRA's Western Swing closer at Sonoma, SRX, MotoGP/Moto2 at Silverstone, IMSA at Road America, WRC Rally Finland and INDY NXT at Nashville.
Phil previews and makes his picks for the IndyCar Series event at Nashville on the heels of the event becoming the season finale in 2024 before Joe and Phil preview and make picks for the Cup and XFinity events at Michigan International Speedway. 

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 179 - Repeat

Phil and Josh continue the summer swing with E179 of the GSP, reviewing Josef Newgarden's double victory at Iowa Speedway along with Denny Hamlin's 50th career Cup Series victory at Pocono with a controversial move on Larson.  The guys talk about Penske's dominance on short ovals along with the points situation for JNew and Alex Palou.  In the Cup Series, plenty of argy bargy went on and both Phil and Josh let their feelings be known about the incidents. 
Phil went to Pocono Raceway on the Saturday, so he was able to see Kyle Busch win the 100th race for KBM in Trucks and listen to Austin Hill steal the XFinity win from Josh Berry and JRM before reviewing Lewis Hamilton winning pole at Hungary and getting used up at the start for a typical result. 
The GSP Roundup covers F2/F3, WRC, INDY NXT, IMSA, NHRA, Supercars, WSBK F1 Academy and Formula E before Josh tells us how he feels about Trevor Lawrence being ranked 96th in the Top 100 players in the NFL and a brief talk up on training camp. 
Phil and Josh keep their preview and picks short and sweet for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa before looking at Cup/Trucks at Richmond and XFinity at Road America.  Josh lets us know how his go-karting exploits went last week along with all things gaming in his Sim Segment before Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 178 - Front Runners

Phil and Josh return for E178 of the GSP to cover Christian Lundgaard's first career IndyCar victory at Toronto in an action packed event.  Alex Palou fades a broken wing to finish second after starting 15th and Colton Herta earned his first podium of 2023.  The guys go through the race and all the key players leading into the doubleheader at Iowa Speedway. 
NASCAR raced at New Hampshire and it was Joe Gibbs Racing domination, with Martin Truex, Jr. winning another Monday race but his first Cup victory at the Magic Mile along with John Hunter Nemechek getting two consecutive victories in XFinity. 
The GSP Roundup goes over the SRX opener at Stafford, Formula E in Rome, WSBK in Imola, NHRA in Denver, FIA F2/F3 in Hungary, WRC Rally Estonia, INDY NXT at Iowa and IMSA GTD Pro and Am at Lime Rock before briefly previewing the Hungarian Grand Prix for Formula 1 and who will finish behind Verstappen.
Phil and Josh preview and make picks for the doubleheader at Iowa Speedway for IndyCar along with the triple-header at Pocono Raceway for NASCAR's top three series before Josh's Sim Segment and Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 177 - Repeatability

Phil and Josh return for E177 of the GSP to cover the weekend in motorsports along with the announcement that Daniel Ricciardo would replace Nyck De Vries at AlphaTauri effective at the Hungarian Grand Prix.  The crew goes over the British Grand Prix which had the usual winner, but plenty of action behind and a weekend aided by power unit/driveline issues for Kevin Magnussen's Haas.  Phil follows this with a commentary/rant on Red Bull and the powers that be along with their vaunted driver development program. 
NASCAR Cup and XFinity raced at Atlanta while the Trucks raced at Mid-Ohio a week after the IndyCar Series was there.  William Byron's breakout 2023 continues with his second win at the reconfigured AMS and fourth of 2023 in a rain-shortened affair that started in prime time. XFinity saw John Hunter Nemechek benefit from an intra-team battle/screw up from Kaulig Racing which saw Daniel Hemric displeased with Justin Haley post-race for his third win of the season.  Corey Heim dominated from pole for his second win of 2023 at Mid-Ohio while most of the remaining drivers looked ridiculous out there.
The GSP Roundup covered IMSA, F2 & F3, Supercars, Extreme E, WEC, F1 Academy, SRX with their season opener at Stafford on the return of Thursday Night Thunder, Formula E and WSBK.  Phil and Josh then preview and make picks for the IndyCar race at Toronto along with XFinity and Cup at New Hampshire.  Josh lets us know all things going on in Sim Racing and gaming in the Sim Segment prior to Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 176 - ’Merica

Phil and Josh spend part of Independence Day to record E176 of the GSP aka "1776, We are the champs!"  The guys get into the amazing shock result of Shane Van Gisbergen making his Cup debut for Trackhouse and Project 91 and winning at the Chicago Street Course.  Phil and Josh provide their takes on the race, the spectacle and whether it is a good or bad thing that the three-time Supercars champion came to the States and won.  Also, what happened to those dominant Toyotas? The XFinity race was a mess the entire weekend and was called after multiple attempts to restart for Cole Custer. 
At Mid-Ohio, Alex Palou showed once again why he's the gold standard in the IndyCar Series with a masterful performance to earn his third consecutive victory.  Colton Herta and Graham Rahal started on the front row, but pit road played a huge part in their eventual finishing positions.  The biggest story outside of Palou was rookie Benjamin Pedersen doing his best King Hiro impression on multiple drivers, including Palou.  Formula 1 saw the usual winner at Austria, but the battle for second and behind was more interesting with Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez rounding out the podium.
The GSP Roundup goes over F2/F3 at Austria and previews for Great Britain this weekend, WSBK, Indy NXT, FIM World Supercross GP, IMSA, Supercars, Extreme E, WEC and F1 Academy before the Tate Fogleman Algorithm makes its triumphant return to make selections for all the NASCAR races this weekend.  Phil and Josh preview and make picks for the Trucks at Mid-Ohio and the XFinity/Cup doubleheader at the Atlanta slot car track.  Josh lets us know what is going on in the world of sim racing, gaming and go-karting in the Sim Segment before Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 175 - Fireworks or Not

Phil and Josh return for E175 of the GSP to cover NASCAR's tripleheader at Nashville, with Ross Chastain getting a home win for TrackHouse in the Cup race, with AJ Allmendinger and Carson Hocevar winning in XFinity and Trucks respectively.  The crew goes over the key players in each race and the points along with NBC's return to cover the sport thankfully. 
The GSP Roundup went over MotoGP/Moto2 at Assen, IMSA Six Hours at The Glen, NHRA at Norwalk, WRC Rally Kenya, Formula E in Portland, F1 Academy in Zandvoort, WSBK at Donington, Indy NXT at Mid-Ohio, FIM World Supercross in Birmingham, UK and F2/F3 at Red Bull Ring. 
The guys get back to limit their F1 preview and picks behind Fish Lips for Austria before the previews of IndyCar at Mid-Ohio and the wild card Cup and XFinity races at the Chicago Street Course.  Josh lets us know what's going on in the world of iRacing in the Sim Segment before Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 174 - Dog Days of Summer

Phil and Josh come back for E174 of the GSP talking about Palou and Verstappen...a common theme so far in 2023.  Alex Palou took the lead late at Road America for his third victory of 2023 in IndyCar with title rivals Josef Newgarden, Pato O'Ward and teammate Scott Dixon behind.  Polesitter and dominant presence Colton Herta lost out on fuel mileage.  Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix but the real battle was behind with Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton bringing it back to 2007 with their tussle for 2nd and 3rd. 
Phil and Josh go through all three major NASCAR series to discuss who has been surprising and who has disappointed, with Phil going off on a rant about Stewart-Haas Racing and imploring the team to make a change for his favorite driver Chase Briscoe (after the show was done on Monday night, SHR announced Richard Boswell was moving over to the 14 car along with Josh Berry taking over the 4 car with Rodney Childers staying on). 
The GSP Roundup covers MotoGP/Moto2, Supercars, Indy NXT, IMSA Six Hours at Watkins Glen, WRC Rally Kenya, Formula E in Portland and F1 Academy in Zandvoort before the crew comes back to preview and make picks for all three races at Nashville Superspeedway on the return for NBC covering Cup and XFinity #slidejob.  Josh lets us know all things going on in the world of sim and gaming with his Sim Segment prior to show cose.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 173 - ”Young” Motorsports Icons

Phil and Josh return for E173 of the GSP with a special guest for 90 minutes of racing, inside stories, marriage advice and investing strategies from motorsports icon (and one of Phil's favorite drivers ever) in "Young" Tom Kendall (Bob Jenkins or any announcer voice from the late 80's/early 90's)! 
The original TK finally made it on after two years of work from the executive producer and played along going over his origins, Sports Cars, Trans Am, NASCAR, driving for all three major American manufacturers, Dan Binks, Caroline aka Pony (who was mortified that she made an appearance in the shot), announcing, flipping houses and more. 
After an awesome interview, Phil and Josh recapped the Cup and XFinity races at Sonoma where Martin Truex, Jr. and Aric Almirola won on Sunday and Saturday respectively.  The guys give their thoughts on road racing and more as NASCAR's top three series head into an off week for Father's Day weekend. 
The GSP Roundup gets into an amazing centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for WEC, MotoGP/Moto2, NHRA, Supercars and Indy NXT before Phil and Josh make their picks and preview the IndyCar event at Road America and the F1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.  Josh gives us updates in the world of iRacing and gaming in the Sim Segment prior to Show Close.
 

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 172 - Pole Position

Phil and Josh return for E172 of the GSP with IndyCar, NASCAR and F1 coverage and more.  IndyCar raced on the streets of Detroit for the first time since 1991, with Alex Palou battling for his second win of 2022.  The guys get into who else stood out, the rough track and points leading into Road America. 
NASCAR Cup and Trucks went to Gateway with Kyle Busch getting his third win of 2023 while Grant Enfinger benefited from Ty Majeski and Zane Smith wrecking out of the top two places. XFinity had Cole Custer take his first win of 2023 after Parker Kligerman did a Swan Racing type of move in the Festival Chicane. Verstappen won by 25 seconds over both Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton leading George Russell in their first race with the new upgrade package.   
The GSP Roundup goes over F2/F3, NHRA, WRC, WSBK, Formula E, Indy NXT, MotoGP/Moto2 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for WEC before the crew comes back for previews and picks for Snoreoma Cup and XFinity.  Josh lets us know all things iRacing in his Sim Segment before Show Close.

Grip Strip Podcast Episode 171 - The Greatest Day In Motorsports IV Recap

Phil and Josh come back on from a long weekend to recap the Greatest Day in Motorsports.  Combining the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, race fans had over 1,260 miles of action without including all the preliminaries. 
Josef Newgarden took advantage of a Green-White-Checkered in the 107th Indy 500 to deny Marcus Ericsson a repeat and the Borg-Warner bonus over $420,000.  This was off three red flags in the last 20 laps of the event, after a generally clean day prior to that. The guys go over all the key players (McLaren, Ganassi and Ferrucci), the incidents that led to the finish and if that is how the biggest race of the IndyCar season should end plus a points review leading to Detroit.
Verstappen won a mixed weather Monaco Grand Prix over Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.  The only real drama was during the changeable conditions and issues for the drivers during that time.  Many drivers had issues during the day and weekend, which affected the points leading to Barcelona.
Phil and Josh provided live commentary on Ryan Blaney's first points win in 59 races at the rain-delayed Coca-Cola 600. Continuing the 2023 trend, Hendrick and Gibbs had the measure over the majority.  However, the actual most popular driver in NASCAR had a great car and overcame numerous restarts to capture the major. 
The guys also talked about the XFinity race that had been rescheduled five or six times since the original start time, with Justin Allgaier using fuel mileage to get JR Motorsports their first win of 2023.  Trucks actually ran on Friday and saw Ben Rhodes take his first win of 2023 on strategy, and promptly loses his crew chief to Matt Crafton.
The GSP Roundup covers F2/F3, NHRA, WRC, Formula E, WSBK and Indy NXT before Phil and Josh preview and make picks for the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix returning to the streets of Detroit for the first time since 1991. 
The guys also preview and make picks for the F1 Spanish Grand Prix along with the split NASCAR weekend between Gateway and Portland.  Josh provides his exploits in the iRacing Coca-Cola 600 and other races in the Sim Segment prior to show close.