Phil and Josh return for E194 of the GSP to recap a busy NASCAR Championship weekend at Phoenix, which saw Ford sweep the titles in Trucks, XFinity and Cup. Ryan Blaney used the momentum he built during the playoffs and a great car to overtake Kyle Larson late to become a Cup Series champion. Larson finished 3rd, Byron 4th and Chris Bell fell out early with brake failure. Blaney and Ross Chastain raced each other hard and a possible rivalry may be brewing with the champ and the Watermelon man who won the race. Kevin Harvick ended his full-time career with a strong seventh place finish.
After two runner-up finishes at Homestead, Cole Custer broke through to win at Phoenix and get his first XFinity title to salvage a brutal year for Stewart-Haas Racing. Custer won in overtime over Sheldon Creed and championship contender Justin Allgaier. Sam Mayer finished fifth while John Hunter Nemechek's great season ended with a brutal 28th place finish.
Ben Rhodes was the last man standing after a chaotic and frankly pathetic Truck Series finale at Phoenix to become a two-time series champion. Carson Hocevar dumped Corey Heim and the Tricon driver came back to clean Hocevar out. That incident brought out a yellow which likely cost Grant Enfinger the championship in the final race for GMS Racing. Kyle Busch Motorsports also ran their last Truck race after years of success. The guys give their thoughts on what transpired and the viability of the series in general.
The Brazilian Grand Prix saw Fish Lips dominate and pass his BFF Lando Norris early. Aston Martin came back from hibernation while Mercedes possibly had their worst race in the last 10 years at Sao Paulo on the heels of winning the pole and race last year. On the NFL beat, both Phil and Josh's teams are on bye but plenty took place with the injury bug rearing its ugly head. Fantasy teams are definitely being affected by said injuries. The guys preview the Jaguars/49ers match-up and Chase Young's debut in the burgundy and gold.
A brief GSP Roundup covers the WEC finale at Bahrain along with the post-season test along with previews of MotoGP/Moto2 at Malaysia and NHRA season finale at Pomona before Josh's Sim Segment and Show Close.
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 41 - Diversity In Motorsports, Bench Racing and Football Talk
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 40 - NFL Playoff Primer, Motorsports News and Perhaps the End of Society
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 39 - 2020 Formula 1 Season Recap Special
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 38 - What Really Grinds Our Gears
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 37 - IndyCar Roundtable Part 1 Plus Checo, George and Sakhir GP Madness
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 36 - NASCAR Roundtable Part 1 and Hamilton Reigns in Bahrain
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 35 - Thankful For Motorsports, the Pod and More
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 34: 7-Time, Sports Cars, Mir Formality and Cup Series GBU
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 33 - Clyde/Cindric/Creed and More
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 32 - Open-Wheels 500 Time and HARV Is Out
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 31 - GOAT Status
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 30 - Mount O'Donnell, Mount Panorama and Title Time
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 29 - Records and Rain
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 28 - Demo Derbies, Penske Domination and Much More
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 27 - Schedule Madness For NASCAR Cup and IndyCar
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 26 - Air Jordan Lands in NASCAR and Much More!
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 25 - Too Much and Never Enough
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 24 - Status Whoa!
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 23 - Southern 500/US Nationals/Italian GP aka The Classics
Grip Strip Podcast Episode 22: Watch and Learn
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