SVG'S Greatest Comeback Ever! Lundgaard's Late Pass + Kasey Kahne Is Back On The Podium
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road course
A road course is a track with lots of corners, not just left turns like an oval. Cars have to slow down, turn, and get back up to speed repeatedly.
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pits
When a driver “pits,” they pull into the pit lane during the race. That’s usually to change tires and/or refuel, and when you do it can make a big difference.
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fresh tires
Fresh tires are new tires put on during a pit stop. They usually grip the road better, which helps the car go faster through corners.
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full tank of gas
A full tank of gas means the car has more fuel than others. That can affect how the car feels and also whether you have to pit again before the race ends.
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save
“Save” here means driving in a way that uses less fuel and makes the tires last longer. The goal is to avoid having to stop again before the finish.
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track position
Track position just means where you are in the race compared to other cars. Since passing isn’t always easy, staying near the front (or moving up) is a big deal.
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breaking
“Breaking” here refers to braking technique—how effectively a driver slows the car into a corner. Better braking can improve corner entry speed and consistency, which then helps overall lap time and tire wear.
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lap time
Lap time is the time it takes to go around the track once. If someone “picks up” lap time, they’re going faster per lap.
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saving his tires
Saving his tires means he doesn’t wear the tires out too fast. That helps him stay fast later in the race instead of losing grip.
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mid-corner speed
Mid-corner speed is how fast the car is while it’s actually in the turn. If it’s high, the car is staying stable and gripping well through the corner.
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green
“Green” means the race is running normally and cars are going at full speed. Passing under green means the driver made the move during regular racing, not when the field was slowed down.
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caution
A caution is when something happened on the track and the race slows down. It can change strategy because cars use fuel differently and teams may decide when to pit.
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short on fuel
“Short on fuel” means the car may run out of gas before the race is over. Race strategy has to account for cautions, and if timing changes, teams can end up with less fuel than they planned.
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saving fuel
“Saving fuel” means driving in a way that uses less gas than usual. It usually makes you a little slower, so the team has to plan it carefully so you still have a chance to win.
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tyres
“Tyres” are the tires. In a race, tires wear out and lose grip, so you can’t just drive flat-out the whole time—you have to manage them to stay fast.
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strategic call
A “strategic call” is a smart decision the team makes during the race. It can be about when to pit or how hard to push, and here they’re saying the team trusted the plan and the driver to make it work.
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Cup Series
The “Cup Series” is NASCAR’s main top-level racing series. When they say “Cup Series has ever seen,” they mean the best drivers in NASCAR’s top division.
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World of Outlaws
World of Outlaws is a well-known racing series, especially for sprint cars. It’s the kind of place where top drivers compete on dirt tracks.
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Victory Lane
Victory Lane is where the winner of a race gets celebrated. If they “went to Victory Lane,” they won.
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ton of horsepower
Horsepower is how much power the engine makes. More horsepower usually helps a race car accelerate harder and go faster.
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strategy
In racing, “strategy” means the choices you make during the race to improve your chances. It’s about timing and track position, not just going fast.
Brand
Penske
Penske is a racing team. Saying someone is “of Penske” means they’re driving for that team, which handles the car setup and race strategy.
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chicane
A chicane is a part of the track that makes you weave through a quick set of turns. Drivers often try to pass there because it’s a tricky braking/handling zone.
Brand
McLaren
McLaren is a well-known racing team/brand. When the host says it’s his first win for McLaren, they mean the team is getting a big result in that series.
Term
Indy 500
The Indy 500 is IndyCar’s biggest race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It matters a lot for points and bragging rights, so a strong result can set up the next stretch of the season.
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pole position
Pole position is the best starting spot—right at the front of the grid. It’s earned by being fastest in qualifying, and it helps because you’re ahead of everyone at the start.
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hybrid failure
A “hybrid failure” means the car’s hybrid parts weren’t working right. That can make the car slower or even stop it. In this case, Rossi’s hybrid issue was bad enough that the car couldn’t keep going normally.
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local
Here, “local” means only part of the track was slowed down for safety, not the whole circuit. That can leave cars going faster in other areas. The speaker thinks that wasn’t the right call for what was happening.
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full course yellow
A full course yellow means the whole race is slowed down because something on track needs attention. Everyone has to drive more carefully, and it often changes when teams decide to pit.
Topic
Laguna Seca
Laguna Seca is a well-known road course in California, famous for elevation changes and signature corners like the corkscrew. The episode uses it as a reference point for how blind crests can delay incident recognition.
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corkscrew
The corkscrew is a famous high-speed corner sequence at Laguna Seca where the track changes direction while climbing and descending. Because it’s blind and fast, incidents near it can be hard for drivers to see until they’re already committed.
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pit lane is closed
When race control issues a full course yellow, pit lane closure rules are often enforced to prevent unsafe traffic mixing—cars entering/exiting the pits could conflict with the slowed field. This forces teams to time stops carefully around caution periods.
Car
Chevrolet Nova
The Chevrolet Nova is a car model made by Chevrolet that was sold for many years. People talk about it because it’s a well-known older car, and some owners modify them for better performance. In a podcast, it might be mentioned just because the name stands out.
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truck series
When someone says “truck series,” they mean a racing league where the cars are pickup-truck-shaped race vehicles. Teams race them under rules that often limit how much they can change the core parts, so the truck look and team setup matter a lot.
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spec engine
A spec engine means the race series gives everyone (or most teams) the same engine rules. That makes the competition less about inventing a new engine and more about how well the team sets up the truck and drives it.
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stadium trucks
“Stadium trucks” means race trucks that run on smaller, stadium-style tracks. It’s a way of racing that’s more about close action and brand visibility than long road-course racing.
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Ilmore engines
“Ilmore engines” likely means the truck racing series uses an approved engine from a particular supplier. If the series is using a spec engine, teams can’t just choose any engine—they have to use the one the rules require.
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World Endurance Championship
The World Endurance Championship is a type of race where cars compete for a long time. Because it lasts so long, teams have to manage tires, fuel, and driver changes—not just speed.
Brand
Mazda
Mazda is a car company from Japan. Here they’re talking about Mazda’s past involvement and success in long-distance racing.
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WRC
WRC is the World Rally Championship. It’s racing on rough, changing road surfaces, and the driver uses notes to help navigate turns and hazards.
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Subaru
Subaru is a car brand. The hosts are saying Subaru was one of the top rally teams for a long time, especially in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi is a car brand. They’re talking about Mitsubishi being a top rally competitor back in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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The only way to keep up with SVG is to hire SVG to drive your car.
Is he the greatest road course racer that the Cup Series has ever seen?
Hands down the best road course racer that the Cup Series has ever seen.
Kate and Honeycutt, he likes to race anything, anytime, anywhere.
That's my first win.
Congratulations, it works out better for you Will when you pick the winners.
Welcome to Speed with Harvick and Buxton, fueled by Poet.
Let's talk racing, Will, and we had a lot of it.
So let's get you up to speed with everything that's been happening across the racing world
because it's time, as always, to start the show with hot topics.
Well, let's start right with the Cup Series and your guy, my guy, everybody's guy on the road course it seems.
SVG won his seventh career Cup Series race at Watkins Glen this weekend.
All those wins obviously coming on a road course.
But SVG became a repeat winner at Watkins Glen, dominating the field with 74 out of 100 laps led.
And then at the end, he pits with 24 laps left.
He is almost 30 seconds behind, makes up all the ground and wins, wins by almost eight seconds.
So SVG just doing his thing and I think, you know, for us, it's really not a surprise.
But to win, let's say he's won the last, six of the last seven Cup races, which is unbelievable.
Just a couple away from being at the top of the all-time win list, so pretty extraordinary.
It's crazy, it's crazy.
And look, I know he came out on fresh tires.
I know he came out on a full tank of gas when everybody else is, you know, having to try and save and make it to the finish.
But that drive was something really, really special.
So I know we're going to go under the hood now.
Take us inside that comeback.
Like, how good of a drive was that?
Well, it was a little confusing in the beginning because, you know, there was such a long period of time.
So they actually stayed on the racetrack and didn't pit and then got themselves, you know, the track positions,
kept the track position and the majority of the field pitted.
And he went out there and put down some laps.
And that's the thing about SVG.
First off, let's set the picture here for everybody.
We talked to him in practice.
He was at the top of the charts in consecutive laps in every category.
We go down and I believe it was Regan Smith who interviewed him.
And he said, well, you're at the top of the charts in every speed category.
And he looked at Regan.
He's like, well, that's encouraging.
Everybody else's car must be really bad because mine's a pile of crap.
And we're like, I looked at each other in the booth like, oh man, if that's the case, these guys are in really big trouble because they're already in big trouble.
But it was, you know, the thing about Shane is when it's time to go, you never know how much he has left.
He had a couple portions in the race where it was like three quarters of a second to a second that he would pick up in lap time because he's the best at breaking.
He's the best at saving his tires.
He's the best at mid-corner speed.
And everybody always asks, they're like, well, what do we need to do to keep up with Shane?
What do the other competitors need to do to try to learn?
I said, if you're a team owner, the only way to keep up with SVG is to hire SVG to drive your car because nobody else is going to make it go as fast as him.
He's just that talented.
But he's so efficient with his passes when he went to the back of the field and this was all under green.
And the way that the caution fell, it put the rest of the field in a position to where they were short on fuel.
So they were already at a deficit from a speed standpoint.
But when they had to start saving fuel, it was two and a half seconds, two to two and a half seconds a lap that he was making up.
And we were a little leery as to whether he would make it back to the front of the field.
But after about seven or eight laps, it was pretty clear that wasn't even going to be close.
And he drove through the whole field and then drove off at the end of the race and just an unbelievable performance again.
Obviously he has the advantage, right?
He has the advantage on fuel. He has the advantage on tyres.
But you lose a half a second with each car you're passing.
Then you don't win by eight seconds. You're barely going to make it to the front.
You have to be efficient with every single pass you pull off.
And I was watching it, man. I was watching the race and loving it.
And as soon as he came back on track and you saw the lap times he was running,
I got that, you know, when you get that feeling in your gut, you're like, this is on.
This is happening.
And it was just to take that strategic call, to have the faith in your driver,
that he's going to make that work despite being so far down.
It was a brilliant, brilliant race and so exciting question.
Because you'll know the answer to this and I'm putting you on the line.
Is he the greatest road course racer that the Cup Series has ever seen?
Hands down. Hands down the best road course racer that the Cup Series has ever seen.
And I think that, you know, like I say, I think Marcus Ambrose was probably the second best,
but he was in a less than competitive car and he could still make these types of things happen.
Really showed up at Watkins Glen.
SVG has been able to make it show up on every type of course that we've been to.
And I think he's hands down the best road course racer that the Cup Series has ever seen.
High praise. That is high praise. Absolutely.
There wasn't just Cup Series this weekend, mate.
Well, talking of Cup drivers, your old racing buddy, Casey Kane.
Yes, and I'm so happy for Casey Kane. He has spent so much time.
Well, first he's spent a lot of money and a lot of time and effort as being a car owner.
He's won six championships, you know, being a car owner in the World of Outlaws series
and doing the things that he did.
But he's raced a ton of races in the world of outlaws and, you know,
I think being able to race against Casey for a number of years through the Cup Series,
one of the nicest guys you will ever meet.
Just a down to earth, great person, loves to be around racing.
And to see him go to Victory Lane at Williams Grove this weekend,
and I know that had to feel good.
He went through a rough part of the end of his Cup career,
has just kind of walked away from Cup racing.
We've seen him come back to the O'Reilly series and run a race
and absolutely ran fantastic and just a ton of talent and racing for fun.
And even though you're racing for fun when you win, it's still way more fun, Will.
So great to see Casey Kane back in Victory Lane.
And I think that, look, he's kind of taken some time off
and been out of the car for a while.
And to be able to come back and get in that sprint car, those things are just beasts.
I've never driven one, but you can watch them and listen into everybody
that drives those sprint cars, ton of horsepower, a lot of strategy
and a lot of guts to be able to make those things go fast.
And Casey Kane made it happen and went to Victory Lane.
So I'm really happy for Casey.
And I know the racing world is too because he's put so much time and effort
into participating at that level of the sport.
It was a very, very popular win.
I looked over our socials at the weekend and it was amongst the fan base
just such a popular victory, guy, absolutely brilliant to see.
And when we talk of popular victories, oh my goodness, mate,
for us at the Indie GP, Christian Lundgaard in IndyCar,
he had a brilliant run to the win, hunted down David Maluchus of Penske
and Maluchus was running for his first ever victory in the championship
and he put on the most sublime move around the outside through the chicane.
Maluchus gave him just enough room.
It was beautiful.
His first win for McLaren, his second ever in IndyCar,
sets McLaren and him up perfectly now for the month of May
and for the two weeks ahead for the run to the Indy 500.
Absolutely brilliant.
And Alex Pillow, who had led the race from pole position,
ultimately getting caught out by a full course caution,
falls to the back of the grid,
but then Alex Pillow doing Alex Pillow things,
manages to bring it back and finish in fifth.
So maintains his championship lead for now,
but brilliant race, super exciting.
Maluchus on the podium, Graham Rayhall back on the podium,
two road courses, two podiums this year for Graham Rayhall.
Absolutely stunning.
Dennis Hauger, the rookie, started 24th, finished eighth.
Great run from him, best ever career result in IndyCar.
So all in all, brilliant weekend, super exciting race
and now we get to do the 500.
Yeah, well, I think that the interesting thing,
and we talked about this a little bit earlier in the year,
was where was everybody going to fall with Pillow
and were they going to be able to catch up and compete?
And we've seen some great performances out of Alex.
And I think that now when you start to see other people winning
and the past for the lead, unbelievable.
I had to watch it twice.
I was like, oh my gosh, that is pretty ballsy right there
to be able to put on a move like that
and I'm really happy that they raced each other
the way that they did to give each other room
and let something that spectacular happen
without tearing up both cars.
But what a great year and a great start to IndyCar.
Not having the same guy win all the races
and being able to see how competitive the series is right now
is really starting to show up.
But I don't think it came without a little bit of controversy.
I know Rossi had some things to say after the race.
I've heard a little bit of what happened.
I was in and out of the race.
And I know that you will have some thoughts on this
and where do you stand on the calls for the debris?
Well, I'm going to use this for my breakdown
because Alexander Rossi was, and we called it on the broadcast
I think rightfully annoyed.
He had a hybrid failure on his car.
It crawled to a halt just over the yard of bricks
on the start-finish stretch where the cars were pulling
180 miles an hour.
And ordinarily you'd expect to see a full course yellow
brought out.
It wasn't.
It was held under a local.
Cars still flying past.
Anyway, I want us to listen back actually
to what he said to Georgia Henneberry
once he'd actually got safely out of the car
and made his way back to Pit Lane.
Well, it's pretty annoying to have failures on the car
because of a product that we didn't ask for
that doesn't improve the racing.
So that's frustrating.
Second of all, the fact that it took that young
long to throw a full course yellow when a car is on the
front straight, people are going by at 170 miles an hour
also seems insane when they don't let us drive in the wet
yesterday.
So I don't really know where the priorities lie.
So pretty frustrated.
Let's cover up the hybrid because we discussed that last week.
I don't think Alexander Rossi is a fan and I don't think
he's the only one.
In his words, it's something that nobody asked for
and doesn't improve the racing.
So Rossi making his opinion on that very, very clear,
particularly when it fails and robs you of a great racer
and a great result.
But moving beyond that, we had a couple of instances
during the race that needed to be looked at.
There were two occasions when a piece of debris was right
in the middle of the racing line.
And that wasn't even held under a local yellow
to try and remove that from the track,
let alone a full course yellow.
And ordinarily, we might expect another forms of racing
over in carp or elsewhere.
And I think it's sort of in history with IndyCar as well.
You'd expect that to create a caution,
at least a local yellow.
And nothing was brought out for it.
And I found that strange because if a driver hits
a massive shard of carbon fiber and there were two of them.
Number one, it does damage to his tires, his car.
Number two, what it does is that carbon fiber shatters
and shards of very sharp carbon fiber then go all over the track.
And then you have the potential for other drivers
to get their tires cut.
And that creates a safety issue.
Then he referred to obviously his car breaking down
on the straight and a full course yellow
not being brought out.
I understand that IndyCar was sticking to the principle
of what they've done in the past.
Normally if a car goes into a wall or cars go into each other
and there's loads of debris and all of that,
then they bring out the full course yellow.
So kind of too precedent,
I can kind of see where they were coming from.
But this was a car stuck on the straight
at a time of day when the shadows were looming
and pulling down over that part of the track
and the cars are flying through at 180 miles an hour.
It was not safe.
They should have called a full course yellow immediately.
And it reminded me of last year at, where were we?
Laguna Seca.
And Marcus Erickson spun on the way going up the hill
just over the crest coming into the corkscrew.
So drivers coming up the hill are blind to the fact
there's a car literally sitting sideways at the top of the track.
And it took forever for that to even be to be recognized.
And there should have been a full course yellow thrown immediately then.
Rossi is right to question where the priorities lie
because I think that the reason that the full course wasn't thrown
as early as it should have been was because race control wanted
not to adversely affect the drivers who hadn't stopped
and to give them an opportunity to make their stop under a local yellow
because once the full course yellow comes out the pit lane is closed.
But you can't run race control on the basis of fairness
when you're throwing a full course yellow when the priority has to be safety.
Because guess what? Full course yellows aren't fair.
And if you're trying to be fair to two or three drivers who haven't stopped
well then you're kind of being unfair to everybody who already has stopped.
So that's an unwinnable argument.
The only priority at that moment.
And the one that Rossi referred to with us not running during the rain
for qualifying because there was so much standing water out on track
that was done on the auspices of safety.
So if safety is your primary concern there is no excuse
not to throw a full course yellow when a car has stopped on track.
Yeah and I think that ultimately this falls on the race director
and being able to navigate those types of instances
but ultimately on the front straight away how many times have we seen
no matter what direction you're going on the road course or on the oval
the opposite direction.
You've seen a number of cars run themselves down in the wall
but two cars touch wheels and accidentally get together while they're at full speed
and get into Rossi while he's sitting on her straight away.
I mean that is just a lack of common sense from race control
and in my opinion as you talk about the safety side of it
whether they have finished pitting or not
the first thing you have to do is think about the driver that's sitting there
on the front straight away so hopefully they can get that cleaned up.
It sounds like we've had this instance in a couple of these instances
over the last couple of years from that group
so just definitely an air and judgment from the tower
and the things that they did this weekend.
So as a driver I can definitely see that frustration
and I don't blame him for getting out of the car.
I don't know that they'll probably appreciate the gestures
and things that went the opposite direction.
If you don't want the drivers to go public
and to have to say what Rossi did on that pit wall
then you give them a forum where they can do it behind closed doors
and allow their grievances to be heard and acted upon.
When you stop that from happening
then you force the drivers into being vocal
and creating potentially a media ferrari.
So I would like to see a proper professional drivers association
for IndyCar and have the drivers appear.
Before we had the driver council here
that's the way you did it in NASCAR
was when you didn't like something or a rule wasn't right
or something wasn't wrong
you said something until it pissed them off enough
that they would at least have a conversation with you
and that was the only way to do it
and then eventually everybody's like
this is not good for the sport to have us popping off
and doing all these things
but that was the political part of the game
that when you didn't like something
and you had the ability and the guts to go out and say it
what everybody else was thinking
then that's when you got movement on things
and I think that on my experience with the NASCAR side of the world
since we've had the driver council
that is indirect communication all the time
with the top brass at NASCAR
and you do that meeting without the owners
you don't want the owners in the room
you want the sanctioning body and the drivers
because of the fact that the owners can see things a lot differently
than what their driver sees them
and it gives them an opportunity to say things to the sanctioning body
that they would otherwise not say in front of their owner
out of fear of losing their job
and that is unfair to put the drivers in there
you need a confidential meeting setting
to be able to let the drivers in the sanctioning body
hash these things out without the owners
absolutely mate
right, let's move on from driver politics
let's move on
racing drivers doing racing driver things
yes, well we had another
we had a great weekend of just spectacular feats
across the racing world
Kayden Honeycutt
so Kayden Honeycutt won his first arc race
he won his first truck race this weekend
at Watkins Glen
and then he came home to Tri County
to a speedway
and was able to win the pro-late model division
and the late model stock division
on a matter of two days
Friday and Saturday
won four races
and that is the first time that driver in the cars tour
has actually won both races
on the same day
and his win has been on the verge of happening
in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
and he was able to make that happen on a road course
beat one of the best in Connor Zillich
there at the end of the race
but it was a great race all around
from the truck series at Watkins Glen
same thing on the arc race
before the truck race
and then went up in the stands after the cars tour race
and shot gun a beer with the fans
had a little bit of trouble pulling that off
after the truck race there at Watkins Glen
and I think he redeemed himself a little bit
in the grandstands at the cars tour race
so pretty impressive to watch all that
Dude, that's amazing
What kind of a guy is he? What kind of a driver is he?
Caden's a very emotional
wears his emotion on his sleeves
but he's a hardcore racer
he likes to race anything, anytime, anywhere
we watch him race local modified races
down at Pensacola
he's a snowball derby champion
in the super late models
he's won everything that you can win in the cars tour
and in this part of the country
with the late model stocks, super late models, pro late models
he's won all that
so he's just getting his foot up into the national
levels of racing with the truck series
with the Toyota folks and everything that they're doing
over there at TriCon
so hardcore racer is how I would categorize Caden
Amazing stuff
and he beat Zillich
but Zillich wasn't denied over the course of the weekend
No, no, Connor Zillich
he actually won the race in the last corner
and he passed Jesse Love
Jesse Love kind of blew the last corner
totally devastated Jesse was
after the race and Connor drove by him
in turn seven coming to the checkered flag
but it was an absolutely epic battle
as they were trying to get to the end right there
Connor had the best car
and got a little bit behind on the pit stops
and restarts and everything
Jesse was actually in a position saving fuel
to try to make that work
and was in a good position to make it work
if he just made the last corner
locked up the inside brake
and Connor actually just drove by him pretty easily
without any contact or anything
but I think the most impressive part
about Connor Zillich's win this week
he made a mistake
I guess it would have been coming out of the
coming out of the bus stop right there
he got the right side actually off over the curb
and got the splitter in the mud
and actually ripped the right side of the splitter off
and I was like, oh man, he's done
splitter was off the thing
and he fell back for a couple laps
well then he adapted and adjusted
to whatever the car's handling condition was
and just absolutely manhandled that thing
back to getting contention
and start putting some pressure on Jesse
to be able to have to push him along
and ultimately pushed him into a mistake
and missing the last corner
so Connor Zillich actually had a great weekend
in the cup car as well
had a flat tire there and finished 20th
ran in the top five all day
but great, great
finish to the O'Reilly series race
and Connor Zillich just absolutely
manhandling that car to put himself in position
to have a chance to win and made it happen
so three in a row
that joins a very elite list
of competitors that have done that
Terry Labani and Marcus Ambrose
as the only drivers to win three consecutive races
in Watkins Glen
so unbelievable moment
and one more thing
after the race
Connor fell here last year
he had the massive
injury after the race
so he climbs out of the roof hatch
and Justin Marks his cup series team owner
brings over a cushion that looked like out of his motor home
put it on the ground
in case Connor fell off
because he actually didn't get to run the race last year
because of his injury in victory lane
in the O'Reilly series race
and missed the cup race and didn't get to run
so he made it out of the car safely
had a good day on Sunday
and some funny moments
that came with victory lane this year
so great weekend for Connor
that fall last year was grim
remember watching that back I was horrible
horrible
time to move on
to Supercross
because nine years after a career threatening injury
Ken Roxton is finally
a Supercross champion in the Salt Lake City finale
Hunter Lawrence actually crashed
on lap 11 which allowed Roxton
to secure the title by three points
heartfelt congratulations
in MotoGP
Jorge Martín is back on top
the Aprilia rider
was
inspired for
just drove
the wheels of that
bike past Marco Bizecki
his teammate for the lead
and took the win
his first of the season
he celebrated
like French soccer star
Kylian Mbappe
but more importantly it puts him to
within one point
of Bez
at the top of the championship
and given the start to the season that Bez had
that is some run that Jorge Martín
is on
in high limits Aaron Reutzel dominated
at Kokomo
leading all 40 laps to claim the inaugural
Byron Klausen Hero
Classic
Reutzel gapped the field by nearly three seconds
to secure his third high limit win
of the season
in the World Endurance Championship
BMW and Team WRT secured
a dominant 1-2 finish
at the six hours
of Spa René Rast
Sheldon van der Linde
Robin Freins taking the first
victory for BMW
in that championship in 45
years
that's how much that means
despite starting from the back of the grid
Ferrari's number 50 car recovered
to finish third
it was a chaotic but utterly
brilliant and spell-binding race
at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps
circuit in Belgium
in the WRC Thierry Neville
secured his first victory
of the season with
and we said it a couple of weeks ago
just getting brilliant rallies this season
it was an absolute thriller
multiple leaders
some brilliant driving on display
but Neville
capitalized on a late
puncture for Sebastian Ogier
to take the win
moving into a tie for third overall
on the WRC
all time
season win list
in Indynext Enzo Fidipaldi
won in the WET
to take his first
ever Indynext win
at Indianapolis
where his grandfather of course
had won the Indianapolis 500
great to see the Fidipaldi name back up
on top race two was won
by Timmy Kachow
so two first time winners
in two races
on the Indy Road course
the championship
blown wide open as a result
and finally formula one
will be shifting gears
not literally
more to do with the engine
we've been talking about it all season
the lift and the coast and the 50-50
electric and engine
split the teams
the FIA they've all come together
and they've made a decision to change the rules
heading into 2027
ultimately they're going to
reduce electric power by 50 kilowatts
increase the engine power by
50 kilowatts which should make
the split closer to 6040
in favor of the engine
they're going to do that by increasing
fuel flow which is going to mean probably
bigger fuel tanks probably more cooling
so the teams not only have to deal with that
but also completely redesigning
the cars which will already
have been well established
for 2027
so a lot of work to do
that's okay that's okay
we got real power
absolutely I hate it
for the teams but in the end
we want to see horsepower
we don't want to see electric
so great move by Formula One
thank god that's it
and that is the latest from across the racing
well but as always there's plenty more to come here
on speed including
our drivers and riders of the week
learn more at poet.com
I might send him a bill for the
rear end housing that he knocked out of my car
but overall doesn't take away
from the performances that he had
in the ARCA race
the truck series race and both divisions
at the at the cars to a race this weekend
at a speedway so
anytime you can win four races
in any division and
you look at him right here after
the ARCA win that's quite a feat
so driver of the week
dude winning four races
in a season is good
winning four races in a weekend
is ridiculous
for him for him this guy
this is a normal weekend for him
he races stuff he'll race in the middle of the week
he'll race on the weekend I mean the guy
will go anywhere in race so pretty impressive
proper driver
proper driver you know
I have picked Shane van Gisburg
before in our pick
of driver of the week so it would be
remiss of me not to pick Shane van
Gisburg and this week and I actually
picked him I text the guys
I text our guys on production
while I was watching the race
and I think
probably two laps after he came out of the pits
and on that final run and looking
at his pace I was like I text
the guys and they said he's going to win this
and even if he doesn't
I'm picking him for driver of the week
which was a difficult decision for me because
Lundgaard was
was phenomenal but
that drive from Shane van Gisburg
was something truly, truly
remarkable and I loved
every second of it I'm a big SQG
fan always have been
I think he was one of the most adaptable
and most talented racing drivers
in any championship anywhere
on earth I think he is
the bee's knees so he was
my choice but as always
that's what I said
I think that's a great choice
and the thing that I want to remind people
what makes superstars in racing
is no different than any other sport
we must embrace
and celebrate greatness and celebrate it
while it's happening because
these are massive moments
we will most likely not see
another Shane van Gisburg in the cup series
in a long, long time
and you know when he's gone
the level is going to go down
his level of everything that
he does on the road courses
is just different than anybody else who has done it
it's your show
you vote every week
and as we don't know
coming into the show who's won
so who has won this week
have a look
Shane van Gisburg
50% of the vote
that's my first win
I'll take it
congratulations
it works out better for you Will
but when you pick the winners
you got to pick winners
and you pick the winner this week with a magnificent drive
it helps when you pick the winner of the cup series
oh man
I actually sent that text in
as I said before the end of the race
because I knew that once the flag fell
you'd be straight on the phone
to pick SVGL so I got to get in before Kevin
because he's in the middle of the comms
so there's no way he's texting in his choice right now
there you go
that's right
you knew where the money was made
good job
now though it is your turn
to be part of the show
as always you can reach us here
at speedonfox
leave us a voicemail on
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and where you're tuning in from
first question
this week is a voicemail
this is John Grant
calling from Nova Scotia, Canada
and I was just wondering
what present
auto manufacturers
are not
in to racing
right now
and which ones would you like to see
enter racing and in which theories
that's a tough question
because I really can't think about
an auto manufacturer that's not involved
in some sort of racing
so I think
in order to narrow this down a little bit
as to where
I thought maybe we could see some other manufacturers
in their different forms of racing
I love them in the truck series
anybody who makes a truck
you don't have to have an engine program
it's all a spec engine
you put your body on there
we saw Dodge come in this year
I'd love to see Honda and Nissan
and some of those other truck companies
come into the truck series
because I think back when you had
all these trucks that remember the stadium
truck series Will
Toyota had Ironman, Ivan Stewart
and then you had the Nissan's over here
and you had the Mears gang
in there with Roger Mears
and their group running those stadium trucks
I think truck racing
is a hotbed for those manufacturers
because it's not like you need an engine program
they have the Ilmore engines that everybody has to run
it would be a great place
to see multiple manufacturers
which we've seen the increase with
Ram coming in this year
let's bring some more of them in
I was trying to think
and I'm like you
just when you were talking
I can't think of too many auto manufacturers
that aren't involved
in motorsport
sort of thinking
World Endurance Championship
Mazda used to be mega
in World Endurance Championship
and then sort of thinking
WRC
I grew up at a time when Subaru
and Mitsubishi were like the dominant
the dominant teams
through the 90's and early 2000's
and it would be great
to see those two incredible manufacturers
back at the top of WRC
I'd love to see that
right, voicemail number two
voicemail number two
Hi Kevin and Will
this is Bill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
if you could pick one track in the entire world
to do a triple header
would be a NASCAR
IndyCar F1 triple header
what do you think would be the best place
to do that kind of a race
oh well I think it's
I think you have to take something that is
I think it would be Coda for me
we watch NASCAR
there, we watch F1 there
I think IndyCar would be a great race
and they have the facility to do it
they have everything around it
and it would just be something that everybody's familiar with
so that would be my choice
yeah I'd take that
I think Coda would be great
and they've got the facility and the ability
there obviously to cut the track up
and run the slightly different layouts
because I don't think you're ever going to get a triple header
where every championship wants to compete
on an identical track because then you're going to get
a legitimate
lap speed comparison
and nobody in those championships wants that
so
that would be cool
I mean you could do the same thing at like a circuit pool
Riccard
where you can do any different version
there's something like 50, 60
different versions of that track
but I think Coda in terms of
bringing the fan base on board
doing it in the middle of America
totally with you mate, the only other one I could think of
similarly where
F1 IndyCar and NASCAR of all races
would be the Indy Road course
and again you do it in Indianapolis
you know
nowhere bigger than
Indianapolis to do that
don't get me started on that one Will
you don't want to go back and look at my old
you don't want to go back and look at my old trips
of Indianapolis Road course
there's just something about
I'm a traditionalist and when I have to go backwards
on the front straightaway at Indy
it just infuriates me in a stock car
just through you
just through you, we'll take that
that's a great racing driver excuse
we'll add it to the book
a fan question
from Casey Knight on X
who says of all the racetracks in the world
what is your favorite corner
slash section
of track for me it's the S's
turns 5 to 9
at Mid-Ohio
that's an easy one for me and I only ran
I think it was a form of the Ford
race or whatever the
Russell racing school cars were
at that time when I was a young teenager
Laguna Seca corkscrew for me
I just it was that's just
such a unique corner of the way you go
up the hill and you can't
see the corner and the next thing you know you're just
left right down
the hill it's just
an exhilarating corner to be able to drive so
to me that was
that was one of the coolest corners
that I've ever got to experience
yeah no disagreement
it's a fantastic sequence
of corners I think
maggots and beckets
at Silverstone those
really quick changes
of direction you've got to be on
an absolute knife's
edge of car control through there
and it's a properly gutsy
sequence of corners so that's always
been a really great one
for me so yeah
love that the corkscrew
or maggots and beckets at Silverstone
two absolutely legendary
sequence of corners
keep those questions coming
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and where you're tuning in from
I don't know which question
I'm going to go for this week
yeah that's a good one those are
those are three tough questions I think
you know I think
I honestly like the last one
I like the last one because I just
as a race driver I like having to think
about different corners and things so
what do you think
I'd go with you on that
I'll agree I liked all three equally this week
but I wasn't expecting you to say
the corkscrew so the fact that you did
I think we'll go with that one
I'll agree
we gotta make sure that we gotta
give a shout out to our winner Casey Knight
from X that's where our question came
from so we gotta get those bobble heads
out there
Replay review which is where Kevin and I dive into
the BS highlights most chaotic
wrecks from across the map
Ty Williams crashing out
of the park at Kansas
State Fairgrounds
oh my goodness
ouch always scares me when there's
no catch fence and look at the cables
right there that
he went through
those look like power lines it looks like
power poles back there see those cables
right here oh hit the pole right there
hit the pole that's why the power
lines are moving right there but man
what a scary incident
right here and all more reason
to put a catch fence up at your
racetrack scary stuff that would
yes that's a very good advertisement
for catch fencing
Chris Brink is okay
after a terrifying
incident
oh I actually saw
this one over the weekend and
this barely took out the billboard right there
but another one with no catch
fence but it looks like
there's not a building down
the hill from this one so
he's off in the weeds and trees back there
and afterwards they drove
all the fire there you go you see all the
safety trucks right there and
everything looked okay but seen a lot of cars
climb the fence lately
yeah that was Jenestown
Speedway in Pennsylvania
so two scary incidents there
and two great advertisements
for catch fencing
here's what you need to have on your
calendar now though
with our final lap
because the NASCAR cut series heads to the
northeast for the NASCAR all-star
race at Dover Motor Speedway
swapping a traditional
Charlotte home for the high banks
of the monster
mile pure spectacle
a million dollars on the line
catch the chaos Sunday at 1pm
eastern on FS1
the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Part series
takes on the concrete challenge
in the Betrivers 200
coverage begins Saturday at 4pm
eastern on the CW
the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
kicks off their triple header weekend
with the EcoSafe 200
marking the series first return
to Dover since 2020
green flag for that drops Friday at
5pm eastern on FS1
MotoGP arrives
at the circuit
the Barcelona Catalonia
for the Grand Prix of Catalonia
championship fight as we said
down to a single point
sprint and the main race
should be a ton of fun
always enjoyed that circuit
meanwhile Formula E goes
to Monaco for the Monaco E
Prix II
double header on those famous streets
and of course
the Indianapolis
500 it's not just a
one day event it is two
weeks of racing action
and it all begins
tomorrow Tuesday
and the start of 60 hours
of broadcasting across the
Fox Sports family
of networks we are bringing
you practice Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday and then Saturday Sunday
what for me are the two most
exhilarating days
in the entire racing calendar
the all skate qualifying
on Saturday and then on Sunday
the field gets narrowed down
until that six car fight
for pole position I don't think
there is a better weekend
where it's all about qualifying
it's all about going fast
I absolutely love it cannot wait to be there
we hope you will join us
for all of that the Indian 500
is looking like it's going to be an absolute
belter and the weather looks like
it's going to be great
there's only one thing on my radar this week
Will and I'm only
looking forward to one
racing event and it is not
Indianapolis it is not the Dover All Star
Race it is the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
on Friday night because my
booth mate Clint Boyer
is in the truck race at Dover
and I cannot wait to see
the most unprepared race
driver in racing history
take the green flag
at Dover on Friday
I literally
can't wait for this
I just hope he doesn't embarrass himself
Let's be honest
as you said the least prepared racing
driver in human history for a race
I'm very excited
I'm very excited for that do you know what
we might have a watch party back here in Indianapolis
we'll set it up in the bar downstairs
oh we are
it'll be the only race all year
it'll be the only race all year
that the IndyCar production talent
NASCAR production and talent
are all watching the same
exact race at the same time to watch
and see how this
all unravels for our friend Clint Boyer
I wouldn't be surprised
if they don't put it on the big screens at the speedway
so like all the drivers in there
in their RVs down in the
in the parking can like watch it at the same time
have a cookout and watch it
that'd be great I might break
my 300 day record now
of not drinking and I might have a beer
and watch that
we've got a couple of different
pools that we've started
one is what lap will Clint Boyer
go a lap down
will Clint Boyer finish the whole race
so we've got a couple of different pools
that we have started so
what's the over and down
honestly I hope
well I'm kind of
stuck if the first stage goes green
and he doesn't qualify well
I think it could happen in the first stage
but you never know
he was
look here's the thing that Clint
is extremely talented
and I would tell you that this is probably
one of the best racetracks that he had
during his cup career
but I'm worried about the preparation
will that's the part that just
hmm
not it's not high
when you're that talented
you can just rely on
your God given ability
that's it he's just going to be driving
on his wits
it's been two years
two years since he sat in a race vehicle
I can't wait
does he still fit his race suit do they have to make a new one
that's a good question I don't know that he's
actually seen his race suit he just took his physical
and everything last week no simulator time
there's not even an option
the truck program the Dodge program
is a little bit behind
they don't have any simulation
they don't have any simulators
so it's not
I think he would go do it but there's really not even
an option to go do it
chaos can't wait
can't wait
I think we're probably massively over time
it's been a brilliant episode
and that is sadly all we've got time for
probably more than we've got time for
on this episode but there is still plenty to come
this week as we've just told you
but also coming up on Wednesday
we hear from someone Kevin knows
only too well the legendary
Richard Childress
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now let's send you out with some of the best
wrecks of the week
you see the airbag is deployed
it's another absolute win
oh lock up from Rosenquist
that's the McLaren driver out
and the MSR driver out
Scott Dixon's in there so too
Kyle collect the rookies
oh big and that is
Rosenquist again
he goes in the grass tries to slow down
oh my goodness
he launches
wow in the air
we got a truck around
that's also far in the front stretch
this is a hard hit
we'll see the impact
oh Bagnia has gone down
Paco Bagnia
well his sunday disaster
can't tell you what have we
got to forget
Zillich locks it up
and around goes Lane Riggs
the tire barrier goes flying
trucks wrecked in sideways behind him
oh one around
that is William Byron he gets hit by
Blaney and look at them
scramble out of the bus stop
that could have been way worse guys
About this episode
SVG’s Watkins Glen win gets framed as a late-race masterpiece: he pits with 24 laps left, comes out on fresh tires and a full tank, and claws back from nearly 30 seconds behind to win by almost eight seconds. The hosts break down where he gained time—especially strong braking—and how a caution reshaped fuel for the rest of the field. The conversation also celebrates Kasey Kahne’s return to Victory Lane and highlights Lundgaard’s decisive outside pass and IndyCar weekend storylines.
Original notes
On this episode of Speed with Harvick and Buxton, fueled by POET, Kevin and Will start at Watkins Glen, where Shane van Gisbergen put on an absolute clinic, erasing a massive 30-second deficit in the closing stages to carve through 23 cars in just 17 laps. Kevin Harvick takes us "Under the Hood" to analyze how SVG managed to find grip where no one else could, securing his seventh career Cup victory and further cementing his status as the undisputed king of the road courses. But the dominance didn't stop there; we also look at Connor Zilisch’s nail-biting win in the O’Reilly series and Kaden Honeycutt’s logic-defying four-win weekend across three different series, a feat that left the entire paddock shaking their heads.The conversation shifts from the asphalt to the dirt as we celebrate Kasey Kahne’s emotional return to victory lane in the World of Outlaws—his first driver win in nearly 30 years—and Ken Roczen’s inspiring Supercross title, a triumph nearly a decade in the making following his career-threatening injuries. Meanwhile, in the world of open-wheel, Will Buxton sounds off in "Buxton’s Breakdown," defending Alexander Rossi’s frustrations over INDYCAR’s caution calls at the Sonsio GP, where Christian Lundgaard captured a career-defining win for McLaren. We also take a global look at the shifting landscape of Formula 1, discussing the newly announced 2027 engine regulations designed to move away from "battery-style" racing and back toward raw internal combustion power.As we move through the field, we check in on MotoGP’s French thriller, BMW’s historic WEC win at Spa, and a chaotic WRC finish in Portugal before turning the show over to you. We dive into the Racing Line to answer your voicemails about which manufacturers should enter the sport and where in the world we’d host the ultimate NASCAR/Indy/F1 triple-header. After reviewing some heart-stopping "over the wall" wrecks in our Replay Review, we set our sights on the horizon. We close out the show with the Final Lap, previewing the million-dollar chaos of the NASCAR All-Star Race at the Monster Mile in Dover and the iconic Indianapolis 500.
Chapters:0:00 Intro0:45 Hot Topics1:00 Van Gisbergen Victory At Watkins Glen2:00 Under The Hood: SVG's AMAZING comeback6:00 Kasey Kahne 1st World of Outlaws Win8:00 INDYCAR: Lundgaard Win At Sonsio GP10:25 Buxton's Breakdown: Rossi's Frustration Over Caution18:28 Kaden Honeycutt: 4-Win Weekend20:40 Connor Zilisch: Last Minute Move Brings Home Win23:33 Supercross: Ken Roczen Wins Title23:52 MotoGP: Jorge Martin Win at Le Mans24:33 Rest of Hot Topics28:00 Driver of the Week31:50 The Racing Line38:36 Replay Review40:09 Final Lap46:09 Wrecks of the Week
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