BrakeHard Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Denny Hamlin wins another one this time at Dover. Let's talk about mirror driving. NASCAR Xfinity Series put on a banger once again.

Team Penske got redemption at Barber Motorsports Park after IndyCar cheating scandal. Mannequin invades race track and David Malukas got terminated.

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Tyler Reddick took Michael Jordan to Victory Lane at Talladega in the NASCAR Cup Series race.

Jesse Love gets his first Xfinity Series win

Scott Dixon isn't human

And Lance Stroll is a spoiled rich kid.

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Chase Elliott is back in victory lane for the first time in 560 days breaking the hooters curse and his winless streak.

Xfinity had an all-time finish and Kyle Busch wins again in the truck series.

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William Byron picked up his third win of the season on the 40th anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports' first victory.

Aric Almirola finally got his first* win for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series.

Truck Series did truck series things.

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Did Denny Hamlin jump the restart? Wet weather start to NASCAR at Richmond. Questionable caution call. Bubba Wallace hits Kyle Larson again. Martin Truex Jr. throws a temper tantrum.

Plus, Bubba Pollard finishes P6 in his Xfinity debut!

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NASCAR New Hampshire, IndyCar Toronto, Sporcle

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Another weekend that NASCAR brings the rain with them, this time in Atlanta. Max Verstappen wins but McLaren brings serious speed. Martin Brundle finds himself in the headlines again.

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Recap of all this weekend's racing action from Chicago, Mid-Ohio, and Austria. Shane van Ginsberg shocked the NASCAR world.

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NASCAR visited Nashville. Recaps of all three races, talk about news from early in the week and play Sporcle. Also, a spider interrupted the recording.

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  • Ricky Stenhouse wins the Daytona 500!

  • FOX had a ton of commercials

  • Kyle Busch dropped some new information

  • Austin Hill won the Xfinity race

  • Zane Smith goes back to back 

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  • Jimmie Johnsn and Travis Pastrana lock in

  • Duel 1 was an absolute snoozer

  • Duel 2 wrecked some cars

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  • NASCAR hosted The Clash at The Coliseum and it was actually good this year. 

  • Kyle Busch got arrested in Mexico, for real.

  • Where should NASCAR race in Southern California in 2024?

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Forgot to record a Brazilian GP podcast, whoops

Max Verstappen runs Red Bull Racing

Abu Dhabi stinks and more

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  • Joey Logano picks up his second Cup Championship

  • Ty Gibbs wins the Xfinity Title

  • Zane Smith FINALLY wins Truck title

  • Unfortunate Coy Gibbs news

  • KBM Truck Lineup is atrocious 

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  • Ross Chastain did something we've literally never seen before

  • Christopher Bell wins and advances to Phoenix

  • Joffrey Gibbs threw a temper tantrum but he is Jesus

  • Austin Hill did his best Tyreek Hill impression

  • Max Verstappen wins again

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  • Kyle Larson FINALLY wins at Homestead

  • Max pit woes almost let Lewis win

  • COTA was absolutely PACKED

  • More race fixing in NASCAR?

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  • Joey Logano locks into Phoenix

  • Bubba Wallace intentionally wrecks Larson then tries to fight

  • Josh Berry Locks into Phoenix

  • Kurt Busch's full-time career is over

  • Gene Haas. 

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  • Christoper Bell wins chaotic Roval

  • Did SHR manipulate the finish?

  • Max Verstappen wins his 2nd F1 title

  • AJ Allmendinger gets 4th Roval win in a row

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  • Chase Elliott wins Talladega, his second home track? 

  • AJ Allmendinger FINALLY wins a plate race

  • Truck Series race was a fiasco

  • Charles Leclerc lost Singapore GP

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  • Goodyear once again fails NASCAR Cup teams

  • NASCAR somehow misses William Bryon dumping Denny Hamlin

  • Ty Gibbs throws a hissy fit

  • Tyle Reddick wins again, RCR messed up

  • Noah Gragson 4 in a row

  • What should happen with Texas? 

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Christopher Buescher got his second career win and became the 19th different winner Saturday at Bristol.

Did Team Penske manipulate the race? 

Noah Gragson three-peats and then yaks on himself.

Ty Majeski FINALLY wins. 

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Bubba Wallace silenced the red hat haters on Sunday at Kansas. Will Power wrapped up his second IndyCar championship. Max Verstappen is one step closer to the F1 title. And Kyle Busch is going to RCR, for real. 

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Erik Jones got his first win of the season one week too late but Petty GMS is in Victory Lane! Max Verstappen won again, did Red Bull manipulate the race? Scott McLaughlin won again! And some silly season talk. 

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NASCAR race control sent Cup cars on a slip and slide in turn 1. Max Verstappen dominated in Belgium. Jeremy Clements wins the Xfinity race and locks into the playoffs. 


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Kyle Larson annihilated Chase Elliott, oh the humanity. Josef Newgard put everyone to sleep before David Malukas resurrected everyone, and more. 

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Kevin Harvick goes back to back by winning at Richmond! Chandler Smith won an absolute snoozer truck series race. Richmond is broke. And Donny Schatz won his 11th Knoxville Nationals. 


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Kevin Harvick snaps his 65 race winless streak. Scott Dixon picked up his second win of the season in Nashville. Is Kyle Busch headed to Kaulig Racing in 2023? And we talk a little F1 silly season. 


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Ross Chastain won his first cup race as he punted AJ Allmendinger en route to victory. F1 dodged missiles in Saudi Arabia, not Mazepin, actual missiles. And does NASCAR need to be at COTA? 

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NASCAR debuted the new Atlanta Superspeedway and we have alot to talk about. Ferrari is for real, Red Bull stinks, Mercedes is still alive, and Haas is back! Josef Newgarden steals one in Texas, unfortunately. 

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Chase Briscoe gets his first career NASCAR Cup Series win in his 40th start. A little Drive to Survive talk and it's time to admit Phoenix is a bad race track. 


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Alex Bowman stole the win on Sunday at Las Vegas. The new car put on a heck of a show once again. NASCAR race control had a massive failure Friday during the truck series race. The truck series has devolved into ARCA. 

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Kyle Larson got back to his winning ways after a 1-race winless drought. Chase Elliott maybe spun on purpose. Cole Custer got SS Green Light Racing their first Xfinity Series win. Scott McLaughlin wins his first IndyCar race. 

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Austin Cindric wins the Daytona 500! Brad Keselowski causes two big wrecks. The NextGen car has some issues. Fox remains terrible. 

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A quick recap of the Daytona Duels! RFK sweeps the night showing that they came to play this season. 

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Let's talk about F1's shameful finale and what it means going forward. 

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Bubba Wallace picked up his first career NASCAR Cup Series win. Brandon Brown picks up his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win. Tate Fogleman picks up his first NASCAR Truck Series win. For the first time ever all three races in one weekend had a first time winner. 

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NASCAR was in Las Vegas for two good races and one sleep inducing one. Lewis Hamilton wins a wild Russian Grand Prix and Colton Herta wins again while Alex Palou wins the title. 

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Bristol is the best track in NASCAR. Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick were very angry. AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric gave everyone an unforgettable finish and Colton Herta stomped the field out at Laguna Seca. 

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The action track at Richmond had the least amount of action since the last race at Richmond. Martin Truex Jr. a JGR established themselves as the favorites. Max Verstappen crashed into Lewis Hamilton while Daniel Ricciardo went on to win. Alex Palou took his third IndyCar win of the season. 

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NASCAR keeps wrecking at Daytona but Blaney goes back to back. F1 had an absolutely embarrassing day at Spa. 

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Ryan Blaney won at Michigan as the high downforce package once again ruined a good race. AJ Allmendinger is back in victory lane for the second week in a row. Sheldon Creed advances in Truck Playoffs and Newgarden wins the IndyCar race. 

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NASCAR hosted a doubleheader at Pocono and 5 races total at the triangle this weekend. Max Verstappen dominated in Austria like he was Lewis Hamilton. We need more strategy races. 

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Will Kyle Larson ever lose again? He's now won a month's straight worth of NASCAR Cup races with no slowdown in sight. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton put on a show in France. Josef Newgarden for the second weekend in a row gifted a win to another driver. 


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Helio gets his 4th Indy 500 win! A breakdown of everything that happened. Kyle Larson capped off the night by dominating and finally winning the Coke 600. 


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Brad Keselowski got handed his 6th Talladega victory on Sunday. Colton Herta dominated the IndyCar race at St. Pete. Jeb! finally got his first Xfinity win and ARCA did ARCA things. 


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Big day for people named Alex. Bowman wins the Cup race at Richmond, Palou wins the IndyCar race at Barber. Max Verstappen wins at Imola after a wild race. And much more. 


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Josh Berry gets his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win. Martin Truex Jr. gets his third clock in the last 4 races at Martinsville. And we have Cody Ware going to war with another one of his dad's cars. Very confusing. 


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Bristol Dirt turned into a mud bog, then got way better. Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes proved once again why they are king, sticking it to Red Bull. 


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Ryan Blaney stole a win on Sunday after his teammate Joey Logano manipulated the outcome of the race. Kyle Larson finished second, again. Noah Gragson continues to show why he does not belong in the sport. 


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MTJ finally gets back to victory lane. Austin Cindric wins again at Phoenix. Santino Ferrucci is continuing his tradition of not making friends in every series he has ever entered. And Mercedes might actually be bad? 


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Back at it again! Who knows how long this will go on for but we're here for now.  Michael McDowell wins the Daytona 500. Brad K. rifled his helmet. The Xfinity race was ho-hum and the truck race almost had a shock winner.


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NASCAR pulled the most NASCAR move ever. We have back-to-back first-time winners to start a season for the first time in the modern era. The truck race was a disaster and is Ty Gibbs good?


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William Byron wins the NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead. Noah Gragson is mad.


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Kyle Larson found his way back to victory lane. Emily joins the podcast to break down the truck race. And AJ Allmendinger is playoff bound.


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