Late models are a type of dirt race car and a racing class. When they say “29 late models,” they mean there were 29 cars in that category racing together.
“Three wide” is when three cars are trying to race next to each other at the same time. It’s risky because if one car slips or touches another, everyone can get caught up.
Lap traffic means you’re trying to race around cars that are on a different lap. It can make passing harder and can throw off your momentum, especially late in the race.
Victory Lane is where the winner goes right after the race to celebrate and talk to the media. Bryce Lucius is describing what happened right after he won.
An “A main” is the main event race—the one that decides the winner. “410” is the class of sprint car they’re running, based on engine size, so it’s basically the type of race car in that feature.
A “wing slider” is a sprint-car rear wing adjustment mechanism that allows the wing angle to be changed (or can move under load) during setup or racing. If it “keeps going back,” the wing angle is effectively changing, which can destabilize the car and affect traction and handling.
“305” is the engine-size class for sprint cars. When they say “23 305s,” they mean there were 23 cars in that 305-class group racing that night.
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dirt trucks
“Dirt trucks” are race trucks built to handle dirt tracks. They usually race as their own class, separate from sprint cars, but can be on the same event card.
“Teched” means officials inspected the car to make sure it follows the rules. If something doesn’t match the rules, the car can be penalized or disqualified.
A “GM block” is the main part of the engine (the engine’s foundation) that comes from General Motors. Race teams choose specific blocks because they can be lighter and help the car meet the rules.
“Protesting” means one team files a complaint that another car might be breaking the rules. If officials find the car isn’t legal, it can get penalized.
The Renault Wind is a small two-seat car with a convertible top. It’s meant for driving with the roof down while still being easy to handle and park. It may come up because it’s a different kind of convertible compared with larger ones.
A heat race is a smaller race that happens before the main race. It helps decide who gets to start in the main event.
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fence
The “fence” is the barrier around the track that’s meant to stop a car from leaving the racing surface. Hitting it hard usually means the crash was big.
A spare wing is an extra rear spoiler kept ready in case the car’s wing gets damaged. Swapping it helps the car keep racing.
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redraw issue
A “redraw” is when officials reshuffle the starting positions. If there’s a “redraw issue,” it means the reshuffle didn’t happen cleanly, so drivers might end up starting in a different spot than expected.
Sprint cars are race cars built for short tracks. They’re usually open-wheel and made to accelerate hard and handle tight turns fast.
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points fund this year
A points fund is the money drivers can win based on how they do in the overall standings. Better finishes earn more points, and the points decide who gets paid.
Speed Week is a series of sprint car races happening close together, usually over about a week. Drivers race for points and a championship across multiple events.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a famous race track in Indiana. It’s best known for the Indy 500, and here it’s also where sprint car racing starts its big week.
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Lincoln park
Lincoln Park is the name of a race track where these dirt races happen. The hosts are talking about what happened there—how many cars raced and who won.
Place
Kokomo
Kokomo is where a race was held. The hosts are mentioning it because different drivers won on different days at different tracks.
A “wing” is a big spoiler on the back of a race car that helps it stick to the track. A “non-wing car” doesn’t have that spoiler, so it tends to feel different—often less planted—especially when you’re going fast or racing close to other cars.
Lawrenceburg is a race track where the hosts say a driver made the main and where the racing looked especially good. They’re talking about the track surface and how it changed the feel of the race.
The “cushion” is the higher, outside racing line on a dirt track. As the track changes over the night, drivers may end up running that outer groove more because it has better grip.
A “slide job” is a pass where the driver intentionally lets the car slide a bit to carry speed and get around the other car. It’s a common dirt-track move when the surface is tricky.
An off day is a day when there isn’t a race planned. The host is saying tomorrow could be either a break day or the day they reschedule the race to if it rains.
Sprint Week is a series of sprint car races that happen close together, usually over about a week. Drivers and teams earn points across multiple events, and there’s often more money and pressure than a normal single race.
"Non qualifiers" refers to a race format where some cars fail to qualify for the main events based on qualifying results. The host is criticizing the approach because it can eliminate a large portion of the field before fans get as many heat-race and feature-race opportunities.
A “heat” is a short race used to qualify drivers into the next rounds. Doing five heats means more chances for drivers to race and move forward, rather than many people being sent home after just qualifying.
Qualifying is how drivers try to earn a spot in the main races by setting a good time or position. The host is saying that if there are lots of cars, qualifying-only cutoffs can send too many people home.
A “C main” or “D main” is a smaller race for drivers who didn’t make the top group. It’s basically a consolation race so more cars get to compete instead of being eliminated immediately.
Royal Knoxville refers to a major dirt-racing week at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa. It’s known for high car counts, multiple nights of racing, and a strong points/prize structure.
The Perry Dirt Classic is a dirt-racing event with races over more than one day. They’re talking about how drivers qualify and what happens if you don’t lock in.
A flat tire is when a tire loses pressure or fails, which can dramatically affect handling and speed. On dirt tracks, flats often happen after contact or hitting debris, and they can force drivers to lose positions or finish far back.
They’re talking about a particular race night event and the results from it. The details matter because it explains who won and how the weekend schedule worked.
PDC is a racing abbreviation they’re using to describe a specific kind of result or series status. The exact meaning isn’t spelled out here, but it’s clearly something Brandon Shepard earned multiple times.
A caution is when the race is slowed down because something unsafe happened on the track. Drivers usually can’t race at full speed until officials say it’s safe again.
A spin is when the car starts rotating and can’t keep going straight. On dirt tracks, it can happen from losing traction, and officials may judge whether it caused the caution.
This is a rule about responsibility during a caution. If a car is still rolling (the wheels keep turning) while it’s sliding or recovering, officials may decide it wasn’t the cause of the caution.
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single sticks
“Single sticks” is a racing term for how the driver controls the car’s gears. It usually means a simpler shifter setup than other common arrangements.
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modified part
“Modified” is a category of race cars with its own rules. The host is saying they won the modified race portion of the event.
Third degree burns are very serious burns that go deep into the skin. In a crash fire, it usually means the person was exposed to heat for a long time.
Intubated means doctors put a tube in the airway to help someone breathe. It’s commonly done when breathing is at risk after a serious injury or smoke exposure.
Fire suits are special protective clothing for emergency responders. The idea is to reduce how badly someone gets burned if there’s a crash fire.
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Port City
Port City is a dirt-track venue being mentioned for how it handles safety and emergencies. The speaker is saying their process for incidents is well organized.
The Brad Doty Classic is a well-known dirt-racing event. If you win, your name gets featured and you usually get special gear like a t-shirt and helmet.
Topic
Texas with the outlaws
“Outlaws” here means a different dirt-racing group or series than the local events. The host is saying Bryce could race there too when he’s in Texas.
The Dodge Charger is a car made for speed and power. People talk about it a lot because it’s a well-known model with a sporty look and strong acceleration. It may be mentioned because it’s an important or memorable car in someone’s story.
Topic
Atomic
Atomic is the name of a dirt track or event the driver raced at. They’re mentioning it because they won there last year.
Mansfield is where the next races are happening. The driver says they’ll race both days there.
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Well, hello everybody. Hope you're doing well. This is another episode of the Dirt Nerds
podcast. I'm Elliott. He's Dwayne. The next episode. That's Dwayne. Hope you're all doing
well. As I said, we just got done talking to Bryce Lucius. So you'll see here our interview
with him after we get done talking about some of the racing that happened this weekend.
One of the young guns in our region. Yeah. Went in some races a couple of weeks ago
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you had some racing happen this weekend as the first weekend in a bit that the AFCS was back in
action. It was. We was back in action Friday night. It started off at Attica Raceway Park with a
beautiful day. Yes. And the rain makeup deal. I don't want to say makeup, but a rescheduled
family fun night where they open the pits and that and, man, what a crowd. I mean,
free hot dogs too. Yes, free hot dogs. Thanks to Chris Andrews and Ohio Truck Sales.
Yeah, they're having a contest, which I don't know when they're doing it, but if you get on
Attica Facebook page and guess the right number, they're giving away two tickets, I believe, to
this weekend. I know they had 3,000 buns and they had to go get more. Wow. Yes. Right on. But yeah,
great racing. Had 34, I believe, 305s and
was it? I don't know. 20 some 410s. I don't know. 29 late models. I think I saw 29 late models.
Yeah. Yeah. Wild, wild race. 410s, which we had him on just a little bit ago.
Bryce Lucius, which he's a national, you know, we, we talked to him, but I mean,
I think people forget that it, you know, just four years ago, he was the national 410 rookie
of the year, you know, of the United States. So it's no surprise he won the Dodie and he come back
to Attica Raceway Park, hasn't raced with us for a few weeks at AFCS and man, it was a shootout.
It was a wild race. At one time, it looked like TJ Michael was going to take the point
lead because Cap was running like mid-pack like 13th, 14th and TJ was battling for third in lap
traffic in three wide and lap traffic did not work for, for TJ came out on the bad end of it.
So he flipped that and I was going to say, I saw he had a wrecked car.
So yeah, lap car got spun in front of him and he had nowhere to go and big crash.
He was just a victim of circumstances. It wasn't, you know, so anyways, left a big battle with
Chris Andrews and Bryce Lucius and the last three or four laps was, it was hard, hard racing and
Chris got into Bryce a little bit, Bryce got into Chris a little bit and Bryce didn't have any breaks,
is what he said in Victory Lane, but they both got into each other a little bit and
when the checkered flag flew off turn four, Bryce Lucius was the winner. Yeah, had some
battle scars on the tail tank from things and different things and it was, I liked it because
I liked seeing Bryce, he was fired up. I mean, as you'll see in our interview, he's pretty direct
into the point. Well, as the kids that's worked on the race car and that just kind of always
direct into the point and it was good to see a little fire and he's a little, little fiery.
Yeah. Let's say and but yeah, Bryce Lucius took the win.
Good race and then the late models. You tell you on there because Devon ran really, really well.
That was a good battle too. That's what he said. Yeah, it was a heck of a race and dumb shields.
Him and Kyle Moore got a little bit of a slight effect. Oh, they did. They was going at it big
time and Kyle Moore. I mean, it was very good, very clean. I mean, they, you know, they parked
next to each other. So yeah, yeah, hope. Yeah, there is no big blue dot boat dozer. You know,
what about different probably if one of them was racing him? Yeah. And speaking of that, I mean,
the tight points are tight and the big blue dozer is going backwards. Mr. Gotti met the
end and I think he ended up fifth or six. Gotcha. I met the end. So that should help
Devon out a little bit in the points. But yeah, Devon Shields took a very close victory over
Kyle Moore. Just like the sprint car. I mean, it come down to the last lap. Then the 305s,
great battle for second as Brian Sabito continues his domination in the 305s this year.
Yeah. Taking the win. So would you see it was, you know, the redo of the fan appreciation night
who had the coolest handout for anybody? You know, I don't even know. I was,
well, Shelby is there with Asher, but Melissa's mother and niece came. So I was doing all my
handing out of my awards by myself and all that stuff. So I took that break because we had
all kinds of different awards. So I took that time to go hand out a bunch of stuff and I don't
really know who was handing out anything. I know Paul Weaver is handing out autograph can koozies.
Yeah. I mean, you know, and yeah, I mean, that's something that's blossomed over the years. I
remember what it was like, you know, 10, 12 years ago compared to now how much drivers and teams
prepare for that. Yeah. I know Missler had some stuff of what she always does, you know, and
I know a lot of people did, but I said, the only thing I've seen personally was the Paul Weaver
can koozies because afterwards when I checked on him after he flipped the name in because he was
running towards the front and he got in a mess with a lap car as well and flipped and went down
there afterwards, check on him, goes, Hey, you're always handing me stuff. He goes here, have an
autographed Paul Weaver can koozies. So, you know, yes. So you got paid. I got paid Friday night,
in other words. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. That's why he was running up front. He
bribed me with a can koozie. I mean, you know, it's not cheap. Oh, I know how cheap you worry.
But yeah, it was good racing, great racing, great crowd, quick, good fireworks. So they did
fireworks right after 410 a main couple of people are grumbling. Oh man, we gotta, but no, it was
a good quick show of fireworks and stuff. And yeah, I mean, it was a pretty good night.
Right on. Good, good, good hard racing. I mean, it was those like,
like I had somebody tell me like, you know, it was great racing that keeps us all excited to
see we don't like to see torn up cars, you know, but man, it was, was some exciting
racing for sure. I mean, even before Caleb Henry and TJ Caleb kept going. But TJ, I mean,
they was right there too. I mean, at one time it was four car battle, you know, and unfortunately,
TJ got taken out. Really none of his own doings at all, just being in the wrong place at the wrong
time. Yeah. And then Cap ended up racing, I think he ended up fifth or sixth somewhere, but
you know, pretty much a non factor the whole night, which was kind of why he had trouble
with the wing slider in the heat race. It kept its wing kept going back and cars popping off
the ground and all that stuff. But anyways, still still didn't look like he has all year in the
main. So then we moved to Fremont Speedway on Saturday night at 19 410s and 23 305s. Then that
actually they had, oh no, sorry, we ended up with 26 305s and they got 26 dirt trucks as well.
Mm hmm. Yeah. The track was pretty racy and another one, but man, how are we going to tap
top Friday night's feature and Saturday night? It took me five minutes to process what I actually
seen. I mean, Chris Andrews is right in the mix again. And our California guy. Yeah,
coming this year. Gage Garcia that's had, you know, a very trying year. I mean, he's he's had
great speed and good runs, but then either something breaks or just gets in the wrong
place at the wrong time. Been a victim of, you know, of that and started up front. Man, he had a
good league going and then Chris Andrews caught him. And I mean, they had a war
and they're sliding back forth. The last 34 laps, they changed lead, I don't know,
34 times, five times. And I think it was coming to the white. Chris got back around him
in the middle of the back stretch. I mean, maybe a little brushing, but they really yeah, I saw
the video wasn't much. I mean, it wasn't wasn't probably like the night before with Chris and
Bryce. Yeah, it was a little bit, but then Gage went flying back by him and took the lead, had
the white flag going in one and two. Chris squeezed it between the fence and the race car. He
assisted which Chris Andrews, he looked like Chris Andrews. Oh, coming back man. Yes. And
was in three and four and Gage went balls to the wall and turned four and was, you know,
trying to slide, slide Chris and just got too hard and put his right front and Chris's left
rear and went for a hell of a ride. Then the red came out, but you know, seconds hanging in the
fence and the leaders not quite to the flag stand yet and you can see the reds out, but the race
was over. Yeah, a little bit of controversy among drivers. It was, you know, first time without
the director that was going by the rulebook every week and first race without him and
we got a car spinning out in front of the field doing a 360 under green, which it says
right in the rulebook. And if that happens, yellow comes out and guy goes rear says green,
white checkered finish. So rulebook was up for interpretation this week. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Play by ear. So we might be getting the mixed bag of what's happened. And again,
I just never know. Never know. But yeah. So Chris Andrews ended up with the win
and even he was like, man, I, I didn't see the checkered. I didn't, then they said it was over.
I didn't even know there's doing Victor Lane. I was down there actually on the accident scene
checking on Gage and stuff. And, uh, and, uh, Jacob Horner, you know, that does the Attica
social media is like, Oh, you know, they're doing victory. How the hell are they doing victory
late? It didn't even, it didn't even finish. There was no checkered finish.
It didn't finish. So, uh, and I had some drivers definitely, uh, bring that up to me. And I like
to eat. I, I don't know. I, I'm on the same page. You are. I have no clue why it, what happened,
what happened. But, uh, uh, yeah, but, uh, yeah, good show, uh, wild show. I mean, and, uh,
had the Alex Burton Memorial, um, Australian Pursuit, Australian Pursuit that crown battery
puts on and, uh, Trey Jacob saw that 750 bucks. Uh, yeah, led that thing. And he said, he goes,
man, I kind of like this deal. It's 12 of the last three. Yeah. He's, he's, uh, yeah,
he's not had the year he's wanted. I'm sure either. So, uh, you know, any little bit helps
150 extra bucks and may day main. So, you know, you're already at 1150 and that's if you got
dead last, you know, and he ran, I mean, he was coming on towards the end of the race too. I
think he ended up top five finish. So, uh, good night for Trey. But, uh, yeah, then we went to, uh,
the 305s and, uh, different tracks, same song. Um, Brian Sabito got out in the lead and
dominated that one. So, you know, we've, we've had, uh, Jamie Miller and we were due this on
years and this year it's, it's Brian. So I was going to say, so to follow suit, I got to ask the
question, how many people have bitched at you to text Sabito? Oh, about, uh, just Saturday night,
probably 200 cooling fans, sponsors, other teams and I was told, um, that he was teched at the
$5,000 win show and that, um, everything passed. Um, that is just, he's got, uh, bought the GM block,
which is 30 pounds lighter than most blocks and they said it's one of the lightest kind of,
you know, the gold scales, but he's within, you know, usually within real close to the
weight limit. It's got the 305, you can get a special 305 for your end. Um, he's got that,
it's got all, you know, I've been, what, what I've been told. All legal stuff though. Yes,
all legal stuff. Um, still got a weight limit. Still got to pass. That's what I've been told.
It's like, like when they were protesting Paul Weaver, who had used tires, uh, every week.
Well, and I guess it was brought up that it got teched and he got teched at the show too, that
before the $5,000 win show. So I, I went to that show. So, uh, that, that's what I'm told. Yeah.
But yeah, it was, uh, you know, um, a pretty good crowd. Then, uh, yeah, I went to the Real
Fives and yeah, uh, Brian Sabito, uh, swept the weekend and dirt trucks, uh, Keith, uh,
unfortunate accident where an infield worker got hit by a truck because he was sit, the guy was
sitting on the, the one on the TV camera guys. True. Cause uh, Fremont has their own deal was
sitting on the cement barrier. I know, uh,
the one you're supposed to be standing behind. Yeah. That's what it was now there for her.
Cause of recent incidents, obviously. Yeah. So he was sitting behind it and it got hit and
sounds like he's going to be okay. It's out of the hospital and all that stuff. It sounded,
you know, of course, when it first happened, everybody thinks the worst. Of course.
Thankfully, uh, thankfully that, uh, wasn't the case by any means, but man,
yeah, it's like, if you're down there, stand behind them things because we've had way too many
incidents this year and, and, uh, I know, uh, they've been patrolling it pretty good
there that people are staying behind it. So I don't know if he just
sit down and take a break cause it's the last day of May and shooting from that. I have no idea, but
my guess is he probably will never sit on one of those again. Yeah, probably not something.
And yeah, you're repeat. We'll put it that way. Not if you're smart. Yeah. So, so yeah,
Keysorg though, uh, took the truck wind right on. But yeah, it was, uh, pretty, uh, eventful weekend
for sure. Um, and you got, uh, so we'll see a little bit here and there, but you got Attica
this Friday for 5,000 win on Friday. If there's only a fc, a fcs. So this week we have Attica
only on Friday for 5,000 win for four 10s with the 305s and late models and the next Saturday,
the eighth, we have Fremont only. Yes. So Attica, Attica goes with their two week break
with Attica fair after this weekend. So, um, that covers Knoxville weekend and all that.
You know, they don't have to worry about racing, but decided to add a show. They haven't raced
for, uh, haven't raced, but they decided to add the eighth, um, which at the beginning of the
year, it's not one we added this last minute. I mean, it's been on our schedule. So we'll be
racing the eighth at Fremont only. And that's not, that's not national's weekend, right?
National 360 national says 360 is the following weekend is the Knoxville.
Yeah. Gotcha. So yeah, then Fremont's off, you know, till a fcs championship weekend,
well 100 weekend. So that's why they wanted to add one because if not, they'd be off
over a month. So, uh, so yeah. And, uh, yeah, very interesting cap. Yeah. It's funny that you
bring some of that up cause like Cap talked to me after where he's like, me and I, I didn't,
he wasn't in the mix all weekend, but he came out with the biggest point leg he's had all year
because TJ had shit luck. And then, uh, yeah, it was just one of those, uh, like said, um,
a cool thing that the good part is like, so there's a bad crash. Logan Rio got taken to the
hospital for that. Yeah. And started a heat race and he got the fence hard in the front stretch.
Well, that was where you hit it directly on the pole and you just stop. Yeah. And, uh, he was in
it, uh, Randy Rubel and Austin Black. Well, Austin Rubel, they had a bunch of people help
repair his car and work area. Why they is tend to, uh, Logan Rio, which Logan ended up going to
the hospital because I guess he'd only remember starting the heat race, but, uh, he's okay. Just
had a little brain fog, thankfully. And then, uh, well, Austin's black dad afterwards, he
has walked by and goes, Hey, come here. He goes, I want, I want to say something. He goes,
this is awesome. He goes, we're a little team, which, you know, they've, they've raced with
it for four years now. This is the fourth season that Austin's been racing. And, you know, they've,
they make probably 40%, 30, 30 to 40% of the main. So they're not, you know, a top,
top running team. They're just a low budget, usually Austin and his dad and maybe one other
volunteer help here or there. And he goes, man, he goes, well, they didn't have a spare wing.
John Ivy gave him a wing to put on. He's out there with a 49 eye wing and because they ended
up putting everybody in the main. And he goes, he goes, I hope somebody took pictures. He says,
we had Paul Weaver screw. We had Daniel Hoffman screw. We had Jan Ivy screw. Like DJ, DJ Fuse
was here. And, you know, all these people, and he goes, and we're just a small team. He goes,
that was so awesome. He goes, like a big family. Everybody come over here and was just like,
he goes, there's like 20 people at one time. He says, and, you know, we didn't have some other
parts. And they, oh, this one's brain. Hey, we'll bring you this. We'll bring you that. Just go
back to us afterwards, you know? And so it's cool. It's cool that he goes, he made him really
feel good. He's like, you know, we're just a small team. Yeah. You know, and we're not one of the
top teams, but everybody came and helped us just like we was, you know, Sabito or Ivy or Miller
or Weaver or whatever. It's like, we're like, that was pretty cool. I just want to tell you,
tell everybody, thank you. He says, because that made us feel, you know, cool that, you know,
like they belong. Yeah. Like they, like the, there's no love difference between the big teams
and the small teams. Yeah. So, so yeah, it was pretty cool that, you know, you always hear all
the negative, which there was a lot of that this weekend. Had a little bit of a redraw issue
on Friday and a couple of issues on Saturday. And so it's cool. That's what he said. He goes,
I know you always hear the negative. He goes, I want you to talk about the positive because he
says, man, he says that just made me as, you know, proud that, hey, that's cool. You know, I mean,
we're just a little team and, you know, not running. Everybody's like, here, have a wing. Here,
have this. You know, it's like, like, hey, that's what's all about. And they're like, we know,
you know, we've been around this a lot of the cart guys, you know, we raced with them in carts,
but this is kind of cool that you can go out there and race side by side with them, be competitors
with them and, you know, in something like that. They're always out there helping. Yeah. Yeah. It's
funny because he must have found some pictures because he posted some pictures in and of people
working on Rubal's car, how many was around there helping to and like, you know, Rubal's a pretty
small team too. You know, I mean, family team. So he's like, like, man, he says, that just made
us feel good. And he says, Rubal said the same thing that, hey, you know, they do, you know,
prejudice against anybody, you know, no, no, you got the same thing with Jerry Domes. He got
um, wrecked up a little bit and there, you know, people check and see, you know,
yeah, try to help him. So that's what's cool about that deal. Yeah. Very cool. Always a
big family at the end of the day, even though everyone's competitors even like, uh, so I was
talking to some people and some of my guys and, you know, I, I was like, I told Shelby, I was like,
man, I said the dirt trucks, I haven't heard noise for a while and there's none in here.
So it has to be a red flag. So I went up in a scene, Jeff Babcock would just have to be
standing in defense and got to catch up with him a little bit. I said, what happened? He goes,
somebody got hit and I'm like, what? So then inside like, shit, I know all the photographers.
Yeah. I don't know the camera guy. He goes, I'm pretty sure it was a photographer. So then I'm
like, hold on, I'll be back. So I started going and I ran into Andy Myers, um, Zach's, um,
uncle, I think. And, uh, you know, he's one of the guys, the photographer down there, because,
you know, you got Rick Shearer and John Collins and Sammy Joe. So it's like, uh, he goes, ah,
he says it was the camera guy, not that it was okay, great, you know, but it was like,
is he okay? And he goes, well, you know, I think he's better than a lot better than what could
have happened. And he's like, I don't really know. want to say, but I think he's,
I think he's going to be okay, but they're taking him to the hospital, which, so then I went back
up, talked to Babcock funny cause we was talking about some things and, uh, I didn't get a call
from you though, Jeff. What, what the hell? You're slacking. He wanted to, uh, he's like,
so he says, I seen you getting, you know, uh, people, um, vending their opinions to you about
the Spritcar stuff. He goes, he goes, what's your, he goes, I'll call you. He says about the truck
stuff. He goes, even though he goes, the guy, I said, yeah, I don't want to be left out. I mean,
get that from everybody. Yeah. Come on, Babcock, step up your game. He goes, okay,
so I'll call you about one o'clock. I said, well, I'm sure you won't be the only one.
But, uh, no, it was funny catching up and, you know, giving him some shit. Yeah. Um, so kind of
going through some results before we listen to our interview with Bryce, uh, kind of, I don't know
if it's a big one necessarily, but something that's a big deal in Indiana and worth keeping an eye on
is Indiana, uh, Sprint week for the usagment of Sprint cars. If you look at car counts.
Yes, lots of cars. $20,000 points fund this year, our championship. So yeah, I mean. Yeah,
they started out their week, uh, last week, uh, Justin Grant took the first at Indianapolis
Motor Speedway. Yeah. And that wasn't a full point that, that, that kicks off Speed Week,
but it's not a Speed Week points event. It's, uh, just a show up. Appearance points only event.
Yeah. Yes. Uh, then they moved over as Grant's 100th Usec. Yes. I didn't see fan wise or anything
on that. It looked very crowded. Good. I mean, there were some empty seats, but it was a very
healthy crowd, especially for the ticket price. Dude, I, they want like 50, 60 bucks to go that
thing. Jesus Christ. Yeah. Um, yeah. It's not NASCAR people. Yeah. I mean, probably NASCAR ticket
would have been cheaper. If you saw the crowd there this week anyway, prize as many people at the
Lincoln park raced on Saturday night. Uh, right? Yeah. No, Friday, Friday night. That was Thursday,
Friday, 71 cars. Yes. Kyle Cummins getting the win at Lincoln park,
Kokomo on Saturday. That's the one that threw me off. Usually there are Sunday track, but 55 cars
raced on Saturday. Kevin Thomas Jr. getting the wind and a new team. Yeah. Was he back in the 15?
Yes. Right. Put it together in nine days, he said, because it was, he was in Rocksteady. Yep. And
they're floating drivers right now. Well, they got Hunter Schoenberg and they said, he got the
call. He hasn't run a non-wing car. He says like 2019 and he goes, that's, he moved here with some
of those guys and he says, there's always, and he goes, he goes, uh, I forget who he said kind of
got him in the deal. Like, Hey, they need a driver. So he says, I go, they're like, yeah, come on back.
And he goes, kind of like family reunion type thing. And he says, hopefully by the end of the week,
he can be competitive. But I think he's getting the hang of it a little better than he thought he
would because he looked pretty, I mean, he made a main last night at Lawrenceburg. Lawrenceburg
with 44 cars there. Yeah. And Justin Grant got the win there. So last few laps of that one looked
pretty interesting. Looked like the best Lawrenceburg track surface I've seen in a while.
They've had probably four years, five years. Really slipped off because, you know,
that's the thing with Lawrenceburg. It's so big and fast. The guys kind of get scared racing there.
And another, they're scared, just don't want to tear shit up and big, big power track. Yeah.
Got slipped off to a cushion. Good slide jobs. And yeah, it was a good race. Justin Grant got the
win over Kyle Cummins who was, who was looking pretty stout. And he, he, uh, he played nice.
Honestly, Grant threw it in there. Got close. Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, and you can see Cummins hit
the brakes. I mean, I don't know if he really had to hit the break. I mean, it was close,
but I think they would, uh, it was a little bit of a bobble it looked like, which is probably caused
by stomping the brakes. But yeah, it looked like, uh, but it looked like Cummins was slowing down
and Grant was, was catching him. So, um, but yeah, that was Lawrenceburg tonight. They're supposed
to be last year. That's where Grant broke his foot. Oh yeah. So that's why he was big on them
winning that one. Uh, tonight was supposed to be circle city that got rained out already.
They postponed till tomorrow. Yeah. Tomorrow was an off day or a rain date. So today's off day.
Yep. Uh, but then they go to Paragon, Terre Haute, Bloomington and Tristate, uh, the rest of the
week. Yeah. But good points when it's like 25,000 for the championship and a good money. And you
can tell by the car counts and me and a, a, uh, Lawrenceburg crowd looked very healthy last
night. Lincoln Park crowd was big time. And they said, uh, from what I read from some of my friends
were there that, uh, Kokomo was staying in room only. Oh, very cool. So it sounds like 71 cars.
Wow. Yeah. Non-wing cars. Yeah. And Lima had 27. The same night. Yeah. I was gonna say they were
racing too. So yeah. Yeah. And it's crazy to think how, I don't know, I don't know if we're
pickies, right? But those Indiana sprint car guys don't just race anywhere. Sometimes it seems like
and then they get pissed when there's no races for any money. And then you have that race.
Well on there. Yeah. And you sack up the money for sprint week big time and the points fund big
time. And so far it's paying dividends and I liked that they're doing five heats and they're not
doing this non qualifiers bullshit like they used two years ago. That helps too. Cause yeah, you
know, um, the outlaws are starting to do that. You know, it's like, man, just put five heats and
let them run. I mean, fans like, I like heat races are great. The more of those, the better. Well,
especially like that. If you have 71 cars and you only take 40 and qualifying, you're sending
31 guys home. Yeah. Or a C or D main after qualifying. Yeah. You know, it's stupid. Yes,
I agree. Um, so, uh, and I think that's why you sack. I commend them for stepping up. They
stepped up the money. They stepped up the points fund and they made it where everybody has a shot
heat racing stuff and look at the dividends. 71, 55, 44. Yeah. I mean, and it, I don't really count
because they only had, there's only going to take 40 maximum kind of an invite type thing and
like 37 or 38 of the eligible 40 showed up. So, you know, so that one don't really count.
But yeah, I mean, car counts have been spectacular. Yes, for sure. It's just a couple years ago.
They're struggling to get 30. I was going to say, it's kind of hit or miss. So yeah. Yeah. And it's
cool to, uh, man, it's one of those weeks that I think it kind of gets left out because we have
all started speed. We have Royal Knoxville has their week and all that. It's been great this week.
So in the second half of the week does an Indiana sprint speed week is a big deal. So
see a second half of the week. See what that produces. I mean, it should be a pair of guns,
put a lot of money into that place. So it's pretty racy, uh, Bloomington and, you know,
Tri-State are always always good crowds and good car counts. So there'll be the one,
you know, because usually Lawrenceburg, we'll see what terror hope brings because a lot of you
don't drive, drive in that big flat. Yep. Yeah. Huge, huge half mile. Yes, for sure.
You need a sandwich going down the back stretch, I think. Oh, hey, we're finally at turn three.
Other kind of big race going on that's on the radar was the Perry Dirt Classic over at Fairberry.
It was. They raced Friday and Saturday. Friday was their prelim 5,000 to win showdowns. I believe
they had four of them. What 86 cars on hand, I think. Jason Fager, CMC Wright, Brandon Shepherd
and Tray Mills, all taking wins. Yeah. Lots of interesting things come Saturday because that
lock, you know, if you didn't lock in, then you were in a B main. Yeah. B main's a pretty stout,
pretty packed. We saw a lot of, not a lot, but a few drivers just pack up. It's a few big names.
Max Blair, Tanner English, you know, a couple other guys decided to pull out. Gerard Elberson.
Yeah. Well, he blew up the motor. Yeah. So they were done for the weekend because he was in someone
else's car. Yeah. But some of those guys were like, yeah, we're just gonna. Doug Moran going to
ride the Dente, Chili's and Sheen. Well, I guess they had Flow Racing Night in America. Yeah,
which they did on Wednesday. On Wednesday. Who won that? I can't remember. Good Lord.
Wasn't that Hudson O'Neill? No, it wasn't Hudson because he was there and got a flat tire late
in the race. We're going to get there, folks. Don't you worry. Hold on. I'm getting there.
We've got a couple of things here. I think Hudson did get a, no. That was Friday. Oh, no, he did
win. He didn't win at fall. It was Friday. He got a false high. Yeah, it was Friday in a prelim
night, my bad. Yeah, he did win. Because they let him stay out there and then that's what
picked up like Danny Ebert and some of those guys. Yeah. So yeah, it was Hudson that one.
Josh Rice second and then Josh Rice is another one. I think that left early for the PDC.
Because he didn't have a good starting spot and they were getting ready for
North South's coming to town and that's his bread and butter. So, but you know,
they had 73 cars for the Flow Racing Night race. So big week at Fairberry that took them into
Saturday where Brandon Shepard getting his fourth PDC with 68,000 and some change. And then I think
Trey Mills, who led a bunch of laps, he ended up whatever, I think he had a flat tire, ended up
like 12th, but he won like 31,000. Yeah, because they do the 500 bucks a lap. Yeah. So pretty cool
to see, you know, some extra money on hand for that kind of stuff. See some guys winning some races
you want to spy. I mean, Fager at Fairberry, yes, but not with the talent that's there. Yeah. And
Trey Mills taking the win. Same C right. What about that? Yeah, that's a cool one. Getting
used to the Midwest Racing from the Southeast. So yeah, Trey Mills took home $35,400 for a
11th place finish. So not too bad. Pretty cool. Yeah. And then B-Shep took home $68,500. So
yeah, not too bad, not too shabby at all. I know the cautions were kind of a
under scrutiny. If you saw Bobby Pierce got sideways in front of Nick Hoffman and they
threw a caution but gave him his spot back. Did they throw the caution too soon? You know,
they kind of had their philosophies. If you see the side of the race car, you know, it's technically
a spin, but you know. But also the rule says if the wheels keep turning, you're not
caused or involved in the caution. So yeah, they kind of counter-condict herself in the rule.
Yeah, it was kind of. And they kind of played both ends of it. They're like, okay, well, and Ruben,
you know, God bless his soul, but I just, he gets way too excited and way too ramy.
He, sometimes he's off in the outer space. Dynamite, Ruben, baby. Yeah, you see a lot of people
saying that. You know, he's, oh, it was cause Pierce's door. Well, does he really know that's
how it was called? You know, is that why it was called? And that don't help things either when
the announcer is over and because I heard a lot of people say, well, Ruben even said, well,
Ruben even said, well, sometimes the announcer says things assuming that they know that's why
it was called. But yeah, it was one of those deals. Yeah. A lot of cars had to be Bobby
Pierce. So it's a controversy at Fairberry with the word of outlaw race. Yeah. So it's, you know,
what about Bob Pierce being there Wednesday running the single sticks? Oh, I did not see that. Oh,
yeah. Awesome. There's people putting up behind this. This is the toughest SOB we know. Yeah,
they had picture of me. He looked, looked a little unstudy, but he, he was running the
single sticks on Wednesday and they're like, that's what I think it was DJs like, dude,
I'll never be that tough ever. I mean, dude just had a stroke, major surgery. Had that surgery on
Tuesday. Yeah, Monday or Monday to put that stand in Wednesday. He's run the signal sticks at Fairberry.
Yeah. Okay. Get back at it, man. That's right. Can't stay down for long. That's right. But yeah,
very, I didn't see much else from the race. I saw, you know, B mains were pretty hectic, I know,
for a few, few of them and like 13 cautions, I think slowed the race. So took a while to get it in
lots of, lots of cautions late in the race. So cold fellow, I won the modified part. Okay. Yeah.
He's always tough there. But yeah, the feature lasted an hour and 11 minutes. So pretty,
pretty stout field and yeah, another Fairberry, Prairie Dirt Classic of the book. So I watched
Wednesday. That was some very good races. Yeah. Fairberry is just tough, man. That racing is just
hard to beat. It's just that damn good. Yes. I mean, and Illinois fans, like I've said before,
are like Pennsylvania Sprint car fans. Oh, yeah. That comes the late models Illinois fans are die
hard. So Oh, yeah. It's a good time. Yep. Good race. Word of all Sprint cars were in action out
east. They raced a lot in Gawk at Ash weekend. Yep. On one night because they got rained out the
other. Yep. And David gravel got himself the win there over shoe heart and Sheldon DJ Christie,
a local fella finishing fourth. So goes to him. Bill Baylock having a pretty good night too. Good
to see there. I think. Oh, Dale Blaney was there in the 10. He ran, I think, about all of them.
Yeah, he was at Ash weekend. So then they go to Weedsport for two nights,
which our buddy Nate Dossel. Yes. Local Ohio guy did those four shows.
Sheldon Hottenshield getting the win on night one and then night two.
Say thought was gravel, which I think his worst finish at Weedsports like,
like second or third or something like he's always tough every time he goes there.
So pretty crazy there. But like Dwayne said, our buddy Nate Dossel made the feature on Saturday
night finished 15 or 19th started 15th. So seventh on Friday night. Yeah. He had a good run the night
before. And yeah, pretty good car counts for their Canadian or their New York run. I know sometimes
was it? I think they said that was the biggest sprint car, 410 sprint car count they've ever had
at Weedsport, 40 some, which yeah, sometimes they struggle. They're in ransomville too,
I believe, right? It's not under their result right in last night. Yes.
Ash Weekend, Weedsport and Weedsport. So ransomville was the other series. Oh yeah.
High limit. That's right. Let me go to them because they're next on my agenda. Obviously,
they had the big weekend at Port Royal. They had it in the last night. That ended last night
with GeoCells. He taken 100,000 to win. Yeah. Taking the lead after the break. You know,
they had a scheduled, which brought a lot of controversy for Lap A main. They had a scheduled
20 lap break because Port Royal was huge. Yeah. And Geo, I noticed, was one of the only ones
working on tires. They was grinding and siping tires and man, he lit up and because he was
like fourth or fifth. Yeah, it was like 13 laps to go. I think he took the lead or something.
Yep. And it was a hell of a battle though. I mean, it was not to give me those four cars
of the last three or four laps that could win. Yeah. It's right there. The night before was the
opener. Brent Marks took the win, staying pretty hot. Then they went to the night before the 24th.
They were at State Line where Sunshine Tyler Courtney got the win. Ransomville was Aaron
Wrightsall who Tyler Courtney was second there. But the Tuesday night, we forgot they did this
over cup at Lernerville. Yes. Corey Day stayed hot. Got 25 last lap win. Yes. Last lap win over
Rico. So very cool. Oh, it was Wednesday because they rained out Tuesday, I believe. That could be.
I think that's what it was. Anyway, because it says Wednesday's Don Martin Memorial. Yeah, I was
like, it was supposed to be Tuesday, but I think it got rained out Wednesday, I believe.
I don't know if I got anything else. Yeah, that's about, you said Lime Land Raced. Yes.
GLTS. Yes, with Jacob Boxle and the Matt Westfall Mobile taking the win. Yes.
Local team out of Stryker. The Chris Whittick team piloted by Chad Wilson up fourth.
Right on. And again, like you said, what, 27 cars or whatever? So good field there.
Sterling Kling won at Butler. He raced with us at AASCS on Friday night and went to Butler.
Our buddy Devin won Saturday at Oakshade. All the Ryan Missler. Yeah.
Missler was second. It looked like the old days of Oakshade. Yeah. So, yeah.
Rushie Slank took 10 grand at the Woodtick. Yes, that's right. I forgot to have that on my notes.
Fourth Woodtick, I believe he's won. Yeah, 10 grand. And it was supposed to be four grand,
but it had a donor come forward anonymously to make it 10 grand to win. I think he paid a
couple spots too. Pays more second and third. So, it was a two day show. They ran up at Merritt.
So, and then GLSS was an action, I believe at I-96 on Friday.
5,000 to win Friday with Zane DeValt taking the win. Yep. Then they went to Crystal on Saturday
with Chase Reidenauer taking the win. Gotcha.
See, what else? What else happened, Elliot? I don't know. I know Silver Bullet's supposed
to have light models this weekend, which is... Was there any more ride stuff? No, maybe not.
I don't know, man. Couple PA guys lost their ride, but... Yeah.
Yeah. And KTJ changing rides? I don't know for sure. Maybe not.
What else happened? Did anything else happen? I don't know. I'm sure. Well, we gotta talk about
the driver out in Oklahoma, a young driver. Yes. Case Higgins. Yeah. Unfortunately,
I don't know how old, 10, 11, 12, something like that. Mini Sprint, Micro Sprint, whatever you
want to call it. Micro. Same track that Harley White got burned up at. Yeah. Unfortunately,
he had a fire and 50%, over 50% of his body, third degree burns in the hospital, intubated.
I think they did permission to do surgery today or tomorrow. Yeah, sounds like he got
upside down, the fuel cap fell off, and he had a gallon of methanol in there, and sounds...
I don't know. From what I've heard from some of the stories, I mean,
not a ton of fire equipment, and not a ton of people dressed appropriately to fight a fire,
which was the same case when that happened to Harley White there. So,
man, not good. I mean, if you gotta have somebody, especially if you had a fire like that,
I don't care if it was. Hell, Harley's was what, 20 years ago. I'd say it's been a while.
You know, but still, he got a growing incidence like that. Not putting blame on anybody. I mean,
stuff happens, and that sounds like he was in there for quite a while. I don't know. It sounds
like some people were upset that some people with fire suits wasn't helping. I don't know.
Yeah. That happens. I mean, you're risking yourself too. I mean, especially when it gets hot. I mean,
you know, I mean, Harley White had it happen, but only one person did it. Unfortunately,
that person passed away. So, you know, I mean, it, I don't know, just one of those very, very bad
deals. And man, I've had a lot of incidents or safety, you know, it's like me and have some
more than four or five or 67 fires, I'm sure. So, on a deal, you know, I mean,
yeah, I've seen a few tracks state like, Hey, you know, this is our process. This is how we handle
stuff, you know, like, so people are out there and Oh, yeah.
Port City is like the Taj Mahal of it. Yeah. Well, Shane Stewart. Yeah. I mean,
yeah, guy that knows it all too well. Yeah. And then you think of a track, and it's like
said, even it's 20 years ago, like that, they maybe would have stepped it up below. Yeah. Not
saying they didn't, but it sounds like, sounds like it says they exhausted every single fire
expenditure and stuff that they had. Still didn't knock it down. Yeah. Sounds like there wasn't a
ton. Like maybe they only had five or six. I don't know. Just from saying, I don't know.
I didn't see, you know, just from what people are saying, and just got somebody said it on
Facebook or a news report, don't 100% mean that it's all true. Yeah. So there is a
GoFundMe set up for Case Higgins. If you just go on Facebook and search Case Higgins, you'll find it.
Looks like they're, I think it started out as 5,000. And it's now up to the goal of 35,000,
but they've raised over 20,000. So I can believe that. That's pretty awesome. Family's got a lot
of traveling to do, you know, third degree burns, intubated, all that scary stuff. So lots of
medical bills and all that fun crap, adding up so and travel to and from all that crazy stuff.
So if you can go over there, support them. I know there's been some posts of his dad's
like Venmo too. So you can Venmo directly. Again, if you search like Case Higgins on Facebook,
you can find all the information. But yeah, sad to hear, especially young racer,
just getting their career started. But yeah, thoughts and prayers, hopefully speed recovery,
hopefully everything, you know, gets back to as normal as possible. And they got a Facebook page
and I'll set up the show as progress and that and the families, you know, being pretty open,
they showed a picture of him there in bed the other day. And yeah, he's got a long ways to go.
I think Harley White's actually reached out to him already, which, you know, she's lived it. So
and you know, she's very helpful and that kind of stuff. So hopefully, hopefully with maybe
some of her connections or some of her unfortunate experience of when she did it, maybe she can
help them help them out a little bit in that situation. Yeah. So sorry to end her on a sad note.
As we said, we got to interview with Bryce Lucius here. We get done by former
former 410 National Rookie of the Year, a couple of four years ago, three or four years ago, and
winner of the Brad Doty Classic. Winner of the big race at Atomic last year, 15 grand.
No, he's got some wins at Butler. Yeah, like I said, you never know,
kind of where he was going to race sounds like from now this year, probably stay mostly local in
our region. And yeah, but yeah, like Dwayne said, very direct to the point, you know, pretty quiet
guy. So but he got I know it's funny because, you know, everybody's talking about a bear car and
he has three or four sponsors on it this week. And I heard he had a couple of meetings with a
few more than this week too. Yeah, is what I was told. So probably see some more stickers on that
car. Yeah, which is good. And get them going for around this area. Yeah. And we got what Mansfield
is racing this weekend as well. Yeah, which means it'll be interesting because we we have $5,000
AFCS show Friday at Attica Mansfield's 5,000 fast and the All Stars at Hartford, Michigan for 7500
on Friday. Oh, wow. Saturday, Fremont is off with 410s but have the USAC D2 midgets,
305s and trucks because Sharon has the Lou Blaney Memorial paying 12,000 to win and 1200
to start and in Mansfield has fast for 10,000 to win. Yikes. And those places are only about 40
minutes apart, 45 minutes apart. And Sharon race Saturday, I believe and had a good car count. So
yeah, so 1200 start sharing 12,000 to win and Mansfield goes against it with a $10,000 to win
fast show, which is probably 56 and 500 to start maybe. So it'll be interesting.
That's actually kind of shocked the prices around both days there. I thought for sure they'd go to
Sharon on Saturday because I know a lot of people I think are going to Sharon on Saturday for 1200
to start. Yeah. So it'll be like Dwayne said, interesting. I'll see how it all stacks up. Hey,
hopefully some teams can make some good money. Yeah. Atomic did race Saturday.
They did glad the eight or 13 or 14 cars with Kale Stenson taken to the side and see who won
Kale Stenson. There you go. Yep. Yeah. So get out. See your race this weekend sounds like there'll
be plenty of options, especially in our region. Tyler Street on Ohio Valley show at Wayne County
Saturday. Yes. Yeah. So get out. See some racing. Dwayne, I might actually make an appearance
Friday, Danica. Whoa. I know. Crazy. I'm going to tell Devon. Crazy. It sucks Friday.
It's okay. He's cheating. He's cheating on us. I see he's going on another podcast on Thursday.
So is he? Yeah. The hammer down. You know it. Heck yeah. That's right. That's right. Good deal.
I'll give him some shit for that. But until then, I guess enjoy this interview with Bryce
Loosh as Brad Doty Classic winner here this year. Until next time, as always, stay dirty. Ba-ba.
All right. Well, today's guest on the line. Someone you've heard us talk about quite a bit
over the last year or so, year and a half or so. He's one of our homegrown talents and you never
know where you're going to see him race. Maybe in Texas with the outlaws, maybe winning the Brad
Doty Classic over at Attica Raceway Park. And today we got very popular driver as of late,
Mr. Bryce Loosh is on the line. Bryce, how are things going for you on this wonderful,
humid, maybe a little rainy Monday? It's going well. We're just getting ready for next week
and thanks for having me. Yeah. So I mean, what's what's life been like lately for you? You just
got to win on Friday night, which I'm sure helps. But obviously the week before that, you had some
ups and downs. You got a Brad Doty Classic win. And then you tackle El Dora with, you know,
some grand ones to work out. But is life been good for Bryce lately?
Yeah, it's definitely been. It's crazy how we go from not making the show at Fremont to winning
the Doty. They're not making show all week at El Dora to show us how much it can change within a
night. Well, yeah. And one thing new this week, you know, you won Friday with us at the AFCS
Attica. But, you know, it was a blank car when you got to Victory Lane at the Doty. And now you
got some sponsors on there. Sounds like it was pretty cool. A couple of people was like, man,
you don't have any sponsors. We want to help you out a little bit. So talk about that for a second.
Yeah, we've had a lot of people jump on board Alan excavating Big Red Truck Wash Beanie barbecue.
Jay Badger, HVAC, Eleanor Land Solutions Truck Works in Ohio, then obviously Paul and Dave there.
I kiss them with our motors and helping us out part-wise and everything. Whenever we need something,
then Drew by 1-87-40. Without them, we definitely wouldn't be able to complete what we've been doing
and what we've been. Yeah. And you've been fast, you know, early in the year, you about got an
man, the Brad Doty Classic, which, you know, is an important race to begin with, because one,
there's a t-shirt every year. So now your name's on that t-shirt. You get an awesome helmet. It pays
20 grand. It's the biggest crowd at Attica each year. And, you know, being from Finley, not too
far down the road, I mean, to win that one, I mean, that's got to be like a dream come true,
you know, growing up, running the 305s through there. I mean, how big, I mean, we all know it was
big, but I know the next day you were still kind of like, man, I don't know, can't believe I won
this thing. Or, you know, it wasn't setting in, but has it set in now? What you really accomplished?
Yeah, it definitely has. We're having a however many days now, instead of just like, obviously,
we were racing all that week. So we never really got time to actually sit down and realize what
we've done. But that's obviously our names are in the history book forever now. And it's awesome.
Yeah, what did it feel like? You know, you got to go toe to toe with Kyle Larson there a little
bit. And, you know, he's been known to be pretty good in a sprint car here and there. So what did,
you know, one of those things where you are you in the moment, not really thinking much about it?
Or, you know, did you ever have one of those holy shit? I'm racing with Kyle Larson here.
Oh, yeah, basically. But I didn't realize who I was actually racing with at first,
because that whatever I'm racing or whatever, I don't ever actually, for some odd reason,
I can't ever tell who that I'm racing. It's just obviously we're just going hard at it.
And then once he blew around me, I kind of realized who it was when I was looking at his tail tank.
Yeah, it wasn't. But you kept the pressure right on him. I mean, you pressured him, pressured him.
And I know, I think you pressured him into making the mistake that he did. Because I mean,
he can't even said that in his interview. He's like, man, Bryce was right on me. And I had to
try to switch lanes, do something to get away from him. And that worked for a couple laps.
And then, you know, we all seen what happened. And you earned that. You earned it. I mean,
you pressured him. And that's part of pressuring somebody too, you know, and I think, I think a
lot of people, you know, got national 410 rookie of the year a few years ago, when he was running
with AFCS, which was cool. And I was talking on here, like Alex said, I mean, I was like, dude,
go watch this kid. This guy's going to be good. He's going to be one of those guys. And so,
thank for not making me sound dumb a couple years later. But, but no, I mean, I mean,
it was just a good deal. And that had to be, and it was only a third night out in your own team,
you know, because there's, and, and you don't have like a super, super big crew you got landed.
And I know Roman was helping out and your dad, I mean, talk about that a little bit, because it's,
you know, you guys are just a bunch of young guys hitting the road.
Yeah, that's earlier in the year when we're out running all the outlaw shows. It was just me
landing in Roman and we're doing all right and whatever. We got that fourth place one run and
we set quick time down in blue shot couple or two times. I think it was, but I mean, just to come
back here and win the Doty with him and it being my dad that owned the car and then
with land and my dad in Rome. And it's just, it was really special for all of us with
wanting to win that. And we didn't expect it to become or basically be this year. We were hoping
it'd come at some point, but we never expected to be this soon. Yeah. And, you know, I guess I
don't know much about you other than, you know, like Dwayne said, you started in 305s. And by the
way, Dwayne can look dumb on his own plenty without your help. So don't worry too much about it.
But, you know, where did Bryce Lucius come from pre 305 days? Because I never really knew much
about you or heard much about you until you started showing up in Attica.
I ran, I started racing quarterback just when I was six and I ran those about till I was about
12. And then I hopped into a micro and ran in Indiana at us 24 for about a year and a half or
so until I was old enough to get into a 305. Then when I was 14, we got me into one.
And yeah, do you have like a family legacy of racing, you know,
aunts, uncles, grandpas, anything like that? You know, where'd the racing bug come from?
My dad worked on a couple of cars, whatever he was about 20 or before I was alive and
everything and he owned a car. And then that's about it.
Well, that's what works out. Yeah. And Bryce has always been, I mean, always been solid. I mean,
at 14 years old, running a 305 at Attica and Fremont, I mean, you knew already that. I mean,
he was running tough already against those guys and that 305 groups, a good group of racers,
because you got the veterans, you got some young people, then you got some people in between and
it's cool that I'm glad I got to see in Jack that does our heart charger. He was talking about
too. Like it's awesome that we got to see, you know, you grow into where you're at now and
to watch what you do in the future. And man, I'm hoping your phone keeps ringing because
I think you deserve a shot somewhere for sure. Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that.
You know, what was it like, you know, we talked about this season, you had a little bit, I guess,
I don't know if it's a ride swap necessarily, but you know, you had a little shake up with the ride
situation, end up bringing the family stuff back again, whatever, third time out, you won the Brad
Doughty Classic, not too shabby, but you know, earlier in the season, you got that call from
the Hefner 2017, which is a good ride and racing out in Pennsylvania, all that fun stuff. You know,
what's that kind, I guess, how did that come about and what's it kind of been like, you know,
going out east a little more? Oh, yeah, whenever I quit, who I was with previous before,
I called Curt and we basically wanted to do a couple races together where I was out there
running at PA and I feel like running out there has helped me even more around here and everything,
just in a sense, keeping me more so smoother behind the wheel and calm.
And what's, what was, I know Eldora, like we kind of talked, was maybe a little disappointing for
you. It looked like early in the week, you had some Grumans you guys were working against, but
you know, what was that experience like? Like you said, you go from not making a show to winning
the Doughty to kind of having the highs and lows of a crazy race week. You know, what was it like
or how do you keep yourself positive after a week like Eldora?
You just keep going basically. Just hoping that it's going to turn around at some point, I guess.
Yeah, for sure. And do you have some more races with the Hefner team? I know, like
said, it's been kind of a little scheduled, but it seems like you guys add a few races here and
what we're going to see in that a little more this year or not.
As of right now, you won't be with our family car and everything. We've,
and everyone hopping on board, I'm kind of having to now be committed to run around here again.
Good. And what do you, like, you know, you've been out east now, you've been doing some of the
Outlaw shows out west and south, and where are you, you know, where's your sweet spot for
Bryce and maybe where does Bryce want to go as time goes on?
If I'm having to run like in a sense local area, I'd probably just stick around here,
but obviously I want to make the jump to get onto a national tour, but it's just trying to
make that jump. Yeah, what's it, what's it, I mean, is it one of those where someone with a real
healthy checkbook is going to have to help the family team or, you know, even an open seat is
going to have to be available for you? You know, was there any strategy you have to get there?
Obviously, there's a lot of things that have to go your way, right? But, you know, is there,
is there phone calls being made? Has it, have you gotten any good phone calls, maybe?
Um, as of right now, I haven't really gotten anything.
That's baloney. Got, yeah, and I mean, the way you're running, I mean,
you, you've got to be on people's radars. You just have to be unless they're crazy. I mean,
yeah, that's what I was going to ask when you, when you, you know, you obviously teamed up with
the Hefner car, but there was that little wall between leaving a ride. Did you have any other
calls from anybody? Was there any other opportunities that were maybe out there? Because we thought,
for sure, you'd have a good, a good number of calls. We'll put it that way. I had a decent
amount, but it wasn't anything national wise. Yeah.
Yeah, which, you know, I mean, like I said, it's, it's crazy because you've been
good in a sprint car, but like I said, you only started when you was 14, you know, and you've
only, you know, you're 19 now, right? So five years in. So, I mean, think you've
been very successful and I'm hoping, I know you get, like I said, you got a lot of calls and
stuff. So hopefully some people jump on board and you can finish out the season really,
really strong because there's some good races in this area and you've won some good ones.
You know, I mean, you won that 15,000 last year at Atomic and you've, you know, you've won some
shows regionally around here. Good. And then we still got some good ones going on. So,
and the outlaws come back in October for three days. I mean, you know,
could be good maybe to pop another one of those off.
Yeah, for sure. That'd be really cool.
The, so what, I guess one question I know you hinted at earlier in the season,
I think like on dirt vision or something was you had to start next to Donny shots for one race.
I don't know if it's a heat race or a feature, but, you know, special connect a unique connection
there of maybe a little motivation not to run into the guy on accident or anything, right?
Yeah, just a little.
Yeah. Did you get any wise words or a pat on the back or anything from old Don Don after that one?
Well, he won the race and obviously he was having to sign autographs and everything and we were
just getting out of their slots. I never really seen anything or heard anything. They're seeing
them. That's good. No news is good news. That's right. That's right. For sure. For sure. And what
you said, get ready for this weekend, what you got on the agenda. I know there's a few
big races in the area for sure coming up this week and what's your schedule looking like?
For this week and we'll be running both days at Mansfield. Okay. Yeah, I see it's 10,000 win on
Saturday, I believe. Saturday. Yeah. And I think it's 5,000 Friday too. Yeah. Yep. So
I guess just so people out there know, you know, back in the family car, you got some sponsors,
so things are going well for you. But what's your plans maybe for the rest of the year?
Working fans listening to this hope to see what region things like that.
I'm assuming that we're going to stay around here. I'm not really sure though. It's basically
going to go week by week. Yeah. I know you've kind of always done that, which I think is cool because
you kind of get to travel a little bit, but hit the big shows around here. And I know a question
that I've got from several people because it's crazy. There's people that's watched you come up
through AFCS on TV that hasn't even ever been to a race. I got some friends in Australia and
different things are like, is Bryce going to have brand new t-shirts? And I think I seen a draft of
one the other day. I think, you know, a merch t-shirt might be a hot item here in the next couple
of weeks. Yeah, we're right now getting shirts made with the Doty and everything, as we're hoping
that they'll be done here shortly. That's good because I know some of our Australian listeners
like Graham and a bunch of them has already asked me to let us know when we can order them because
there's a bunch of people that I've had asked me. I said, I'm sure he's going to have some.
So week by week, any plans like Knoxville Nationals or anything? Or is that a year or two off yet?
I'm not really sure yet. Okay. What will it take for you to get out to Knoxville? What's
something, you know, what's that? For you to write a big check, Elliot? Well, of course. I think
everyone would like that. But remember, Bryce, the way no one's a Napa store, but that's besides
the point. Yeah. I'm not really sure. I was going to say this year, you kind of fell back into the
family ride. Got a lot of things you're working on. Obviously, you had some success, but, you know,
Knoxville is not somewhere you just go without a full plan and ready to go. Is there, you know,
some tactical things that got to happen to get you there? Or is it just one of those we got to
feel right to get there? I feel like the way that we should probably do is at least go there two to
five times throughout the year, just so that way we're familiar with the place and everything.
We're not going to go there and basically ruin my rookie year for the Nationals and whatnot.
Yeah. That's a great plan, I think, because you see some people do that, get an opportunity right
at the last second. And yeah, that's a very smart plan.
Well, Bryce, we'll let you get going here. I guess before we hang up, is there any
thing you want to say, put out there to the fans, sponsors, anything like that? Maybe people where
people can find you online and buy some merch if when the time comes.
About for merch sales, about everything you have to go through the page on Facebook on
Bryce Lucius Racing, just message the page directly and we'll get you taken care of.
Alrighty. Or whenever the turds come out. Yeah, we will be sure to share that for you.
They're good looking, at least the rough draft I've seen. They'll sell right on for sure.
Well, Bryce, I guess if you got anything else to say, we'll let you go and get back at it.
All right, sounds good. Thank you guys. Yep, thank you.
About this episode
Bryce Lucius joins Dirt Nerds Podcast after the hosts set the weekend scene at Attica Raceway Park and recap a wild stretch of dirt racing. The conversation centers on Bryce’s Brad Doty Classic win—how the battle unfolded, what it felt like in Victory Lane, and how quickly things changed for his team, from a “blank car” to new sponsors. Along the way, they cover race-day chaos, tech and officiating controversies, and the broader community support that keeps teams going.
This week we sit down and talk to Findlay Ohio sprint car driver Bryce Lucius. Bryce was the winner of the Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park this year and tells us about his win and his season so far. We also cover the Prairie Dirt Classic at Faribury, the World of Outlaws in New York and the High Limit Series at Port Royal.
