Braking Balls

NASCAR put on a SHOW at Daytona that included flips, fires, and Harrison Burton (No, seriously HARRISON BURTON) crossing the finish line first and punching his ticket to the playoffs. Your favorite co-hosts are here to brake down all the action that led to just six cars finishing on the lead lap including Michael McDowell and Josh Berry flipping, Daniel Suarez catching fire, and Brad Keselowski even got a rare restart penalty. Plus...

Well, we anticipated typing a lot of different names as the winner from NASCAR's trip to the historic short track at Richmond, but Austin Dillon was simply not on our list. Nevertheless, the driver of the 3 car did his best Leroy Jenkins impression entering turn three to spin Joey Logano, right rear hook Denny Hamlin, and put himself in victory lane, making Pop Pop (Richard Childress) proud. Through frustration and a lot of cho...

Well the good news is NASCAR returned to Indy and is FINALLY running the Oval again. The bad news is Kyle Busch hit the wall so hard with 3 to go he sent the remainder of the race to the USA Network, much to the chagrin of NASCAR and Law and Order fans alike. Nevertheless, Kyle Larson is your winner, as he kisses the bricks and gives us hope he’ll take another crack at the Memorial Day double. From the strategy based race on NBC, t...

All eyes were on Pennsylvania as NASCAR’s best took on The Tricky Triangle at Pocono. In a race filled with strategy and a little bit of chocolate milk, Ryan Blaney comes out victorious as the driver of the 12 gets win number 12 of his NASCAR career and your favorite cohosts are here to brake it all down. The fellas brake down all of the strategy calls made, the Top 10 finishers not surprisingly coming from the biggest teams in the...

As the playoff push heats up, NASCAR brought the Xfinity Series, the Cup Series, and rain storms to the streets of Chicago for a wet and wild weekend, and your favorite cohosts are here to brake it all down. A Hendrick Motorsports driver and a road course ringer put on a show, just like we expected… That’s right folks, Alex Bowman and Joey Hand dueled it out in Stage 3 with Bowman punching his ticket to the NASCAR playoffs by winni...

(Edit: We had to dig deep in the Internet to find the video file for this episode from Sunday Night..) Braking Balls is BACK with all the coverage from Bob’s home track in Nashville. Speaking of back, Joey Logano returns to victory lane after outlasting the field in a FIVE overtime marathon. Your favorite cohosts brake down all the on track action including self spinners, Christopher Bell’s good day turned bad, and it wouldn’t be a...

Break out the brooms and jet dryers because Christopher Bell survived a wet Sunday in New Hampshire to sweep the weekend and claim his third victory of the season. Adam tries his hand at a solo podcast in honor of the Dale Jr. Episode of the Braking Balls Podcast. Adam praises NASCAR's decision to run the rain tires, discusses Tyler Reddick's almost wonderful strategy to take the lead at the red flag, and is Kyle Busch COOK...

After years of dads around the country pleading with NASCAR, the fans got what they wanted, a Cup Series race @ Iowa Speedway. However, even if dads got what they wanted, the moms left happy, as Ryan Blaney wins his first race of the year and your favorite cohosts are here to brake down all the action. The fellas discuss the race overall including skepticism surrounding the tires and partial repave, the long green flag runs, Kyle L...

NASCAR raced its way through the hills of wine country in Sonoma with Kyle Larson emerging victorious! Your favorite cohosts brake down all the action in this week’s pod, from the caution filled Stages 1 & 2, to the tense finish between Martin Truex Jr., Chris Buescher, and Kyle Larson. Also, Ross Chastain is BACK with a new, but unlikely, victim in Kyle Busch as we discuss the last lap drama and what may come of it in the futu...

NASCAR brought the show to St. Louis where Austin Cindric (no really, we’re serious) is your winner after Ryan Blaney ran out of fuel and Christopher Bell’s Engine blew up. Were a day late, but for good reason, because Bob was at the track to witness this calamity of a finish. Your favorite cohosts discuss the finish, the meeting of the Kyle’s, and the playoff picture now that Austin Cindric (seriously, that Austin Cindric) is lock...

DING DONG, the witch is DEAD, as Brad Keselowski and Ford snap their winless streaks this week at Darlington. The Lady in Black made sure fans had a great Mother’s Day as NASCAR followed up a great show at Kansas with another AWESOME showing this week. We cover a lot in this pod including what it took for Brad Keselowski to finally break into victory lane, Buescher and Reddick’s on track/post-race beef, the throwback schemes, Ryan ...

WE DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT WE JUST SAW!!!! NASCAR took their rain makers to Kansas, but when the clouds cleared and the track dried, race fans were treated to the best day of racing this season, and the closest finish in NASCAR history. Your favorite co-hosts are here to brake down this BANGER of a race from the door to door racing in Stages 1 and 2, a myriad of pit road issues, and the absolute CALAMITY that was stage 3, we cover it a...

NASCAR’s best turned laps around the Monster Mile @ Dover this week, and your favorite cohosts are here to brake it all down. This race was the 2024 NASCAR experience in a nutshell. There were consequential green flag stops, battles between HMS & JGR, and Ford remained futile in their attempt to win a race this season. A lot of basketball references in this pod, but try to keep your feet planted to take charge of this podcast. ...

Talladega was pretty uneventful, until it wasn’t, as the big one came and turned things upside down, literally and figuratively. Your favorite cohosts (no really, both of us this week) are back to explain all things on track at Talladega including the crash on the final lap, Ford fumbling the race, the Toyota death march, green flag stops, and Kyle Larson’s rail penalty. Plus, stick around until the end to hear Adam explain his abs...

There’s not a whole lot to say about this race except the fact it happened, but nevertheless, your favorite co-hosts are here to brake it all down. William Byron gets his third win of the year, giving Hendrick Motorsports a win on the 40th anniversary of the team’s first win, Hendrick Motorsports, who first won on the NASCAR circuit 40 years ago today, finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and did we mention that 14,600 days ago Hendrick Mot...