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Karl Budzevski & Alex Meggs

Episode 190 is on the scene. Karl Budzevski won the last Limited Late Model event nearly two weeks ago at Pulaski County Motorsports Park. He is one of two guests this week. He discusses his feelings on racing returning to Pulaski, what the IHRA is bringing to the table, his career in the sport and the score he gave Julian on his name pronunciation among other topics. Alex Meggs thrilled the crowd at Tri-County Speedway on Saturday night in a photo finish in the Late Model Stock Division over Arthur Gamma who was making his first start on an oval. The seventeen year old joins us as he reflects on the weekend that was, driving for Lee McCall, enjoying the outdoors and much more. Julian spent his Friday night at Kingsport Speedway and caught up with Late Model winner Alex Miller following his second win in a matter of two weeks. We also discuss the action from Kingsport, Slate Myers Late Model debut at Ace plus happenings at Bowman Gray, Langley and much more! The zMAX CARS Tour returns to action on Saturday in the Mini's Mission 125 at Dominion Raceway and we give you a preview of the event in full. From the return of Butterbean and Mini Tyrrell to Connor Hall and Jared Fryar driving for Barry Nelson to the other regular hit makers on the tour, it promises to be another exciting event just off of I-95. We also discuss the recent news involving Carson Loftin and debate why it didn't work out for him at Nelson Motorsports.  Are we getting ready to ride the tidal wave that would be the Summer of Denny? Denny Hamlin made it back to back wins Sunday at Michigan but also made it back to back weekends where he had to come from last position after starting on the pole. Confused? We break it down and much more in our Cup Series review from Michigan. All of this plus we discuss the Heim and Honeycutt post race talk from Michigan, billboards in Winston Salem, bras and more on another jam packed DLN!

Landon Pembelton Sweeps, Jake Crum Rises & Connor Hall Wins at Langley

Episode 189 is on the scene and we review the Kenny Minter Classic SMART Modified Tour race from Franklin County Speedway. The Dark Knight came out on top in front of the huge crowd in Callaway, Virginia. Jake Crum passed Brandon Ward in the race's second half and ended up getting the win and grabbing the SMARTY trophy for the first time in his career. Hear from Crum and Ward themselves after the race as they give DLN exclusive comments.  Connor Hall returned to his hometown track at Langley Speedway on Saturday for his first CARS Tour start of 2026. He made it a big one as he claimed the win on Saturday which was his third win in a tour race at the speedway. We discuss the event at Langley in full detail. Landon Pembelton swept the Hitachi Late Model division races at South Boston on Saturday. He calls into the show this week fresh from his golf game. He reveals if he should stick to racing instead of chasing the little white ball. We also discuss the streak he is on and what has been the reason for the uptick in his program over the last three races. He also talks about him and Peyton Sellers budding rivalry and more. We breakdown all the action from South Boston, Franklin County, Pulaski County Motorsports Park and the Whelen Modified Tour event from Riverhead. You want Dubs? We got them as we discuss some of the other short track winners from around the region and get you geared up for what's coming up this weekend in short track spotlight. Denny Hamlin jumped the initial start at Nashville on Sunday and would face a long night coming back from this if he were to win. He ended up winning a thriller over his teammates Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe to take his second win of the season. We discuss the weekend in full in Music City and get you geared up for Michigan. All of this and much more on another episode of DLN Special Thanks to our sponsors ALARS Inc.  Agent Tyler Hash: Virginia Farm Bureau

Chase Burrow and Ayden Millette

Episode 188 is on the scene. The racing world was stunned by the unexpected passing of Kyle Busch last Thursday. We pay our respects to the two time Cup Series Champion this week and discuss his impact on the sport and our thoughts about what took place on Thursday. Boo Carlisle joins us for the first hour and a half of the show as we preview this weekend's zMAX CARS Tour race from Langley Speedway and the SMART Modified Tour stop at Franklin County Speedway. We give you some insight as to who to watch out for, who has momentum coming into each and stats along the way. Chase Burrow is the defending champion of the CARS Tour stop at Langley. He joins the show to talk about his season thus far driving for Hettinger Racing along with his busy racing schedule that has seen him race at multiple tracks this year. He tells us about what it will take to repeat this weekend and how the extra seat time has helped him maintain his consistency that sees him amongst the top five in points. Ayden Millette won the 2025 Track Championship at Langley Speedway and is looking to parlay that into Late Model Stock success. The 17 year old will be running the biggest race of his career Saturday in the CARS Tour Late Model event at Langley and he joins us to talk about that, his career so far, making the transition from Limited cars to Late Models and more about this up and coming racer.  We discuss Daniel Suarez win in the Coca Cola 600, a surprising stat from Spire Motorsports, caution clocks, the Indianapolis 500, ASA from Hickory, a short plate of dubs, short track spotlight and more this week on DLN Special Thanks to our sponsors ALARS Inc. Tyler Hash of Virginia Farm Bureau

Dennis Holdren

Episode 187 is on the scene and we welcome veteran racer Dennis Holdren to the show. Dennis is coming off a Budweiser Limited Sportsman win at South Boston Speedway on Saturday and he tells us about his weekend and how he connected with Craig Moore this past off season to obtain this ride this season. He also talks to us about having someone ask to drive for him which he has never truly had in his career before, whether he still has his modified and late model, plans for racing his mod-4/mini stock and he discusses his dance moves. Do we have a new rivalry on our hands with Peyton Sellers and Landon Pembelton? We discuss this following their eventful battle this past weekend at South Boston plus we discuss the rest of Feed Halifax Race Night featuring Landon Milam becoming the all time Dollar General Hornets division leader, Jay Hemenway's first Pure Stock win, Johnny Layne continuing his winning ways and Tristan Brunelli's first Limited win in over a year. It was another eventful weekend at Bowman Gray Stadium. We discuss the impact of Slate Myers first modified win as he joined Uncle Jason as a fellow winner on Saturday, Zack Ore's attempt at a sweep in Sportsman, Jordan Atkins big first in in Street Stock and more from the Madhouse. Landon Huffman and Ronnie Bassett Jr had the crowd on its feet at Tri County on Saturday which saw Huffman take the win. We discuss that as a part of our dubs segment.  We talk about the All Star Race from Dover which saw Denny Hamlin take the win. We discuss the format, what we liked and didn't like and what we would like to see the format going forward and where it should be.  We preview the big ASA STARS National Tour doubleheader from Hickory and Tri County, spotlight some of the other short tracks this weekend, and weigh in on how we think Katherine Legge will do in her attempt to run the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the same day. We preview the Indy 500, the action from Charlotte, discuss the Whelen Modified Tour race from Seekonk, Jody's secret dancing lessons and much more on this week's episode of DLN! Special thanks to our sponsors ALARS Inc. Agent Tyler Hash: Virginia Farm Bureau.

Brandon Carr

Episode 186 is on the scene! Brandon Carr is an 18 year old  racer from the UK who is looking to make his mark in the United States. He's won British Karting championships including the prestigious Kartmasters Championship. For the past couple of years, he has set his sights on becoming a NASCAR driver. His journey has taken him from the dirt tracks driving for Keith Kunz Motorsports to victory lane in the first IHRA Stock Car Series Pro Late Model event at Pulaski County Motorsports Park. Brandon joins us this week to talk about his unique journey from across the pond and the adjustments he had to make visiting some of the South's toughest short tracks for the first time. He also tells us how he hooked up with Setzer Development, which Daytona 500 winning Crew Chief has been his mentor and some advise he has received from Kaden Honeycutt.  Speaking of Honeycutt, he made history over the weekend by not only winning his first ARCA Menards and Craftsman Truck Series events of his career at Watkins Glen on Friday but capturing a sweep of both the CARS Tour Pro and Late Model Stock events at Ace Speedway on Saturday. We spoke to Kaden about his unique accomplishment. We also review the entire weekend from Ace where you will hear comments from Pro Late Model runner up Jake Johnson, Late Model runner up Treyten Lapcevich, points leader Caden Kvapil and Doug Barnes Jr. Are we overplaying the Honeycutt sweep from the weekend? We will also discuss that topic and more.  Just when you think Shane Van Gisbergen has amazed you enough on road courses, he does something even more amazing. He made up nearly 30 seconds on the track on Sunday on a long green flag run and ended up winning by nearly 8 seconds. Is he already the best of all time? We debate plus we discuss what happened with the Hendrick cars on Sunday, the Ryan Preece appeal from Texas, why the All Star race in Dover just doesn't feel right and other stories coming out of Watkins Glen. We also discuss what happened at Pulaski County Motorsports which reminds us to give a shout out to Jesse King who was our guest contributor on Saturday. All of this plus short track spotlight, dubs and a whole lot more this week on DLN!! Special thanks to our sponsors ALARS Inc www.alars.net [http://www.alars.net/] Tyler Hash Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance 276-773-3091 tyler.hash@vafb.com [tyler.hash@vafb.com]