Category Archives: NASCAR Hot Topics

Pocono and Utah NASCAR Race Review with Hot Topics Sound Off on Fan4Racing Radio

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Pocono and Utah NASCAR Race Review is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala. Hot Topics Sound Off is with co-host Andy Laskey.

Our Fan4Racing Radio guests in this episode are…

  • Love and Perkins find victory in the ARCA Menards Series West ENOES/Sunrise Ford Twins at Utah Motorsports Campus on Saturday.
    ARCA Menards Series West driver, Jesse Love with Bill McAnally Racing
    at 8:40 pm ET
  • NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, Joe Graf Jr with SS Greenlight Racing
    at 9 pm ET
  • Love and Perkins find victory in the ARCA Menards Series West ENOES/Sunrise Ford Twins at Utah Motorsports Campus on Saturday.
    ARCA Menards Series West driver, Blaine Perkins with Sunrise Ford
    at 9:30 pm ET
Jesse Love and Blaine Perkins Find Victory in Utah
Joe Graf Jr Races the No. 08 for SS Greenlight Racing

Pocono and Utah NASCAR Race Review is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala at 8:30 pm ET. Join us for the smartest race talk around! Then stick around for Hot Topics Sound Off at 10 pm ET with co-host Andy Laskey and our Fan4Racing crew!

The Agenda

This episode centers around Pocono Raceway for the NASCAR Cup doubleheader, Xfinity, Gander RV & Outdoors Truck, and ARCA Menards Series along with the ARCA West at Utah Motorsports Campus. 

  • First, we provide a brief review of the ARCA Menards Series at Pocono and the ARCA West races at Utah Motorsports Campus. Then, our guest Jesse Love with Bill McAnally Racing joins the conversation to talk about winning the first Twin event at Utah Motorsports Campus.
  • Also, NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, Joe Graf Jr joins in to talk about his 2020 season in the No. 08 with SS Greenlight Racing. We also give a review of the Xfinity and Gander & RV Outdoors Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway.
  • Next, ARCA West driver Blaine Perkins with Sunrise Ford joins in to chat about winning the second Twin event at Utah Motorsports Campus. Then, we review the NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader at Pocono.
  • Next is Hot Topics Sound Off with our Fan4Racing Crew.

As always…Thanks for listening!

Bristol All-Star Race on This Week’s Hot Topics

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A Bristol All-Star Race in 2020 is another COVID-19 sign of the times in the NASCAR Cup Series. The All-Star venue changes from the traditional Charlotte Motor Speedway to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.
NASCAR Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway on May 31, 2020. The All-Star Race will take place on the same track in July 2020. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

A Bristol All-Star Race on July 15, 2020, is another COVID-19 sign of the times in the NASCAR Cup Series. The All-Star venue changes from the traditional Charlotte Motor Speedway to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.

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Talladega NASCAR Weekend Preview with Hot Topics Sound Off on Fan4Racing Radio

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Talladega NASCAR Weekend Preview is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Jay Husmann. Join us as rev up NASCAR fans for the upcoming weekend of racing. Then stick around for Hot Topics Sound Off with co-host Andy Laskey and our Fan4Racing crew!

Talladega NASCAR Weekend Preview is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Jay Husmann. Join us as rev up NASCAR fans for the upcoming weekend of racing. Then stick around for Hot Topics Sound Off with co-host Andy Laskey and our Fan4Racing crew!

The Agenda

This episode centers around Talladega Superspeedway for the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and ARCA Menards Series. We’ll include some pre-race audio from drivers as time permits. 

  • First, we preview the ARCA Menards Series at Talladega with a few updates from the ARCA East and West.
  • Next, we give some updates from the NASCAR Gander & RV Outdoors Truck Series
  • Then, our preview continues with the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega
  • Then, we preview the NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega
  • Next is Hot Topics Sound Off with the Fan4Racing Crew.

Fan4Racing Chat Room

Check out our Chat Room feature where fans can chat with us throughout our LIVE broadcast…here. As always…Thanks for listening!

NASCAR Set for Nashville 2021 on Hot Topics this Week

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NASCAR set for Nashville Superspeedway, a 1.3-mile intermediate track, in 2021. A Nashville short track may have been a better choice.
LEBANON, TN – JULY 23: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, and Steve Wallace, driver of the #66 5-Hour Energy Toyota, lead the field to the green flag for the running of the NASCAR Nationwide Series Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway on July 23, 2011, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR

NASCAR set for Nashville Superspeedway, a 1.3-mile intermediate track, in 2021. A Nashville short track may have been a better choice.

NASCAR’s return to Nashville Superspeedway is exciting news for a city that welcomed with open arms as the site of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series banquet last fall. The change of pace from Las Vegas to Nashville proved to be a home run for the sport.

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Midweek Racing is a Possible Prelude to NASCAR’s Future

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Midweek racing action from the NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington Raceway in the Toyota 500.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – MAY 20: Cars race during the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Darlington, South Carolina.
Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Midweek racing takes center stage as NASCAR returns after a ten-week halt.

Midweek racing scores big in NASCAR after the COVID 19 pandemic shut down racing since mid-March. As a hot topic in racing, the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series midweek races at Darlington Raceway are a huge deal. Up to this past week, the Southern 500 weekend was the only Darlington event on the schedule. The notorious ‘Lady in Black’ was the host for three additional events with two of those races running midweek. Some tracks are losing their dates to a modified schedule. So, Darlington Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, next week, are filling the void.

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