Winged Nation Weekend Preview Podcast - March 23

Thursday, March 23rd

PA driver Greg Hodnett joins Steve Post and Erin Evernham this week on The Winged Nation Weekend Preview Podcast.
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Yeah. You know him. Hello again it's how tomorrow and win measured weekend presented by have arisen. These products setting you up for the big weekend liberation and we'd they're both have a big weekend of racing coming up. It is see him over the weekend I think the club well. Have not cross the will Wear number 113 balls enough parent does this work and categories where are good for all boil the new era of racing. I'll. Stop before. Although there have been trying but it looks like all the ultimately fall in the same week and yet hope played temperatures and warm this weekend snowplows out labels get there'll. I don't know what follows have been all facts are funny and always sort of was the best Ballmer Brown's album recording this sort of thing is still on a non and hopefully it will continue in that direction mentioned Mansfield motor speedway. An interesting place because it's been a pair of track a little sat idle for the last couple of years but knowledge revived as a dirt track you around there they have structure racing Imran a truck race there years ago. He needed Agassi it's secondary yes indeed as it should be I really humbled person or we broadcast all the truck races from up there are so. Really glad it was from the best level limited schedule four towns all along the way it starts this weekend saw there in such a great area I had. And the funny cars counseling at the Western Pennsylvania as well also. It is going to be good one commercialism and also in the secret to your familiar with the and see our area does the northern championship racing association the result in the Kansas or the midwest area they kick off their 47 season this week on. 151000 dollars wondered 81 speedway but a 47 years man that's a long time for a group of survivor you're actually risk with a song. I have front of them summon is a great series and like you said Demi give 47 years in this industry that's awesome and it's an accomplishment. And I love I we mentioned on Tuesday on a show about. How there's so many more art shows this year their big higher paying bigger purses which is great for the teams in the owners you know they especially this seems like 360 teams. Tennis you know struggle to put everything together so to have these races they can go to U 151000 a win 101000 to win it it's great to see the bigger purses. Really nice to me to have them in March yes you know we use someone's gonna capture 151000 dollar check in March that's going to be really noisy enough strength season off right you know we talk about starting this is all about we are car one of the effort whether other races this is the opposite so we'll be follow along this weekend when the NC all right. As they kick off there 47 season that's amazing that's really really good stuff hey let's go away were little talk Pennsylvania racing on word when other Pennsylvania racing because they haven't done much job border talk about racing in Pennsylvania and really racing across country one of our favorites to go to. Greg god that he'll join us in just a moment. This is the wind mission weekend podcast. Presented by Hefner racing for. No matter what or where you race after racing product and make sure he wins has you covered. Built in the USA patriarchy is the manufacturer of the original release desperately want. Including a premier Jacques wings series. As well as the new racers series race car. You're racing product winds are available for sprint cars mini and micro sprint and wind outlawed cart and junior brings HRP a leader in New York. Manufactures and sells the full line of freight cars. Precision laser cut chassis building cash from graphics to spends bucks HRC. The largest selection of trailer shocked accessories available this great car racer when it comes to setting up your trailers or shop. Shop storage and organization. Have you racing car. And shop online hey European racing dot com. Now back to win nation weekend podcast. Presented by half your racing car. Welcome back it is MRI on wing mission weekend presented by helping racing product you can but a more information from them at www. HRP raising dot com and love our preparation brought a deal of the week coming up in just a little bit let's go to the just like a lot of times on the show we talk about racing but unfortunately we're gonna talk about. Anticipation over recent drug operation number one solvent car so successfully up above the mayor Greg how that is on the line hello Greg welcome back to the show. They think guys think I'm wrong. Greg how overall loses not a reason for you guys. I think I spent more time com away authorities tracked. This month than I did called last fall season so it's great it's a little a little unusual we offer this ball. At least on the season. And normally you know link in this brief. Steadfast about having races and I bet you do look at the history books if they can't open recently is are we haven't been fifteen years so. It's a little one usual calm but you know it is what it is and we'll just hopefully. The whether will be great this weekend and the albeit just breaks going to be some talk about. Greg you mentioned the offseason and he's an all time in Australia this year I actually drove for a former car owner of mine that east and I'll tell us so little bit about it your experience down there. I was great we had a wonderful time Matt grenades and that you are recent note greet people and family it. More than more than welcoming and my wife got you down my mom got to go down with us so. And I went with Roger Johnson who is but you know Roger's son Michael from oh Keller & Associates days which is archer mine and an advocate of sprint car racing you know you've got spent a lot of time with those guys so overall that part of it was great and we didn't. But as all that hope by any stretch of imagination but it overall we have a creature of that's eight active on the racetrack but unlike stuff in Pennsylvania right now but yeah we had a great time and now really really enjoyed our time down there. Few hours from Australia then to Florida Jauron and Greg I know you and I jotted down their little bad bit of a struggle over evolution. Mom mean look like result was a little bit about her once she got over to east very but what what are some things where you love. What I believe we are working on dollar in Florida there are what seems like a long time ago. Yet we were just trying to work from an imbalance we just didn't feel like at Lucia. Well we certainly know how are we rarely they're through the all star racers and look what kind of OK. Not anything special. And we just kind of keep trying to work and get better com. And we got her evolution we just we just were good we weren't in the the racetrack they had flat this year. They had change. Guys who do track it was definitely much harder. Well harder to get a hold on the net has been the past few years. So that you're so little little curveball we have new kind of search and we just never really caught off. So that was one of her biggest thing is just trying to get into the race struggled a better. Greg Ellis like dead to take your mind here engineering minded you know the cars and racing itself over some of the things that you focused on the offseason. It specifically on the car. You know we really didn't change a whole lot we didn't feel like we're terrible at the end of the year com. The xxx is our car manufacturers may have changed one or two things that they want to. To try. And actually went back here. The way they were built with our as far as ridiculous amounts in the they made everything actually. What I feel better. From that standpoint but as far for us. We actually ran them who went to order with the same exact car and motor. Accommodations sabres everything that we had. Last fall the current Charlotte so we really didn't change anything we just try to build more things. Could once racing does start it if it ever does starts in Pennsylvania we pretty much are wide open and you know we we have hope that not wartime helps that we have to be really prepared come from not only standpoint of being. Hopefully faster than having enough stuff to where we can locate parts in and out. Has the you know timeout that is what we call time out when you kind of blunt so many great to so many laps on all the pieces so that would link focus this year receiving. A little more prepared to run our you know we were in ninety. Being ninety duration last year and I leaned out twenties and we realistic could've ran a hunger. That is twelve nights are so to do that would. What sultan and liners the only full time health and we have great health becomes the Iraq restructure those are things the sometimes we really had to leave. He's way ahead and be really prepare so that was our main focus this year are to be all season which wasn't much on policies and obviously gonna want to hear that so that was pretty much are main focus and then you know we were hoping that. Opening boredom can be. Fast enough to speak perfect candidate or guard either so now we're gonna go got to go back to give our kids our speed back. Greg one of the things that I've just always appreciative talking to you as you you kind of lets us. Where you guys are rap verses the outlaws with kind of an outlaw fast I'd topic and I know that's a long way don't overall we're still way result will probably Dolly up before we all laws role in the towel there and married. But but where is where is their embracing every week in California and you guys not racing in Pennsylvania us. That that can't be a good combination. No I don't think it is for our guards I think I think we need to be at least until our. My particular game we need to be racing a lot just to kind of get a feel or out armed. I think you know start talking there a couple guys. Or talk lamps and and Tom price and those guys I think Beirut obviously wrong on par. Latin exceeded any expectations obviously last year they are great crew with their Cheney peeping through arm so they've got a they need to get on track to get out. Get a balance back home so I think are popular group it's definitely better for us to beat and rhythm. At a time that a guard Gary did here and we basically lose all but a monster racing I think it's an armed. I wouldn't say to me that's rabbit is not going to be an advantage. Like like who would have enjoyed it he would have been racing every week to get up to that point when they also become the council. I I think your your assessment writer I don't think it's. I don't think it's ever kill us but I don't think and help those are. Greg you said last year you attempted a 112 races that is his hit does your schedule look similar they share as a pretty much the same. Yeah I think pretty much this is saying we are we have our summer schedule be the only thing that has happened some of these. Some of the mid week one off tracks have. Cut out. Normally. Eliminated a few races so I don't know that there's going to be that in recent available upon alms as compared to last year you know Fred. Had just how valid recipient three last year you went back or. Does he. They're gonna do about one Amare. Which is kind of what they were last year. The grand views only doing two they did. A victory for the last year or so. Couple guys to scale back a little bit com just because they're big we choose their party people come out apple our job so those are things that overall I would say. Honors is very realistic and R&R. At least been in our world. So that's kind of what we're we're overshoot or earlier. And that's lotteries and amount awhile well. Greg we certainly are certainly hoping your your golf what is up if if all things are good column what's the plan this week and obviously the grove on Friday and then now where we're going Saturday at this point. Right now we're finally going up support Saturdays so grow pork is gonna Kremer chart arming state you most of the season and then you know. Whatever happens operations come up full figured out. Yeah as account well Gregg harper should talk ambassador fortune this week and thanks for joining us here on wing mission week. Thank you guys think traveling on. Always a thrill always a treat to doctor Greg god not and pick his brain of the somewhere on the plate when now when we know emigre goddess like I was school let's find out which weren't here yet even and I seem that the track I was like to go and pick his brain he's got an ability to explain things that that a dumb radio guy can be Afghanistan and I really appreciate it done I really there was so we shall see what happens big weekend of Pennsylvania seasonal. On Friday night at Williams were all season opener Saturday not a pour oil Lincoln is also racing along the way this weekend and hopefully we have weeks at all kinds of news and excitement. From the keystone state world follow dozens burned cars glare of the Stockton dirt track Friday and Saturday night for the error three. So going to be fun to watch our great great great striker of Stockton California. We've mentioned loosely and CRE the national championship racing association's 47 season kicked off. It is the Park City cup the air capital showed up at 81 speedway in park city Kansas 151000 dollars to win that is going to be guard. Lucas Oil here shares national tour Sunday night Randolph county raceway and overly Missouri regional racing in Texas and the central order Arizona. Doctor Roger would central Arizona region there for US the us on and off the next. And they really are off to a good start and that regional Watson pars and lots of excitement all there's we certainly wish them Abbas there at central Arizona speedway. This weekend other seasonal putters out at a raceway park on Friday can't with gratitude to get up and running on the new track the man who talked about god and not knowledge she's an older but it's things like one of Greg mentioned three weeks awfully good speedway. We'll see what happens at the struggles with its freeway on Saturday that lots of 360 racing as well across our results. Man are they well we got to get going here now. More clouds were close we are that's for sure we are we're very close that's for sure coming up next week and scads it opens up on the most series IRA were working toward an optional salt as a good stuff Bob before we get out of here to stop for the preparation products deal on the wait list of those this is for everybody on everything and all hr. MR listener call it MMR and that's album art and there's a figure right through the end of march and you can take 10% off. Any online order so whatever you wanna get. Yet at any GOP racing and preparation products you can find out more at HRP. Racing dot com Saturday morning Lucas Oil are Lucas Oil we are Saturday morning. Lugar's wolf joins us. On the MR I on wingers and present a mostly shrewd on mount TV you can follow along all weekend long war on Twitter. 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