Grip Strip Podcast Episode 229 - Tricky Enough?

Eight years after his first win at The Tricky Triangle in Cup, Ryan Blaney held off arguably the best driver ever at the track in Dennis Hamlin to win for the second time there in front of his fiance's family.  Phil and Josh get into everything that went on at Pocono, the other key players and the points heading to the Brickyard 400. 

Cole Custer has been close all year, but finally came through with his first XFinity win of the season and solidified his points lead in the process.  On the heels of likely being called back to Cup, Custer battled with Justin Allgaier and Byron to get the victory. Corey Heim held off Christian Eckes to win his fifth Truck race of 2024, continuing the trend between the two best drivers and teams in the series.  The guys look at the races and recap the points heading to Indy.

A goofy repave, extreme heat and super hard tires made the IndyCar doubleheader at Iowa a procession.  Penske drivers Scott McLaughlin and William Power took the wins while Iowa dominator Josef Newgarden had a rare mis-step at one of his best tracks.  Alex Palou crashed in race one but recovered in race two to maintain his points lead heading to Toronto. For the GSP Roundup, Phil looks at WEC, IMSA, WSBK, Extreme E, F2/F3, Supercars, WRC, NHRA, and Formula E's season finale.  

Previews and Picks are next with the Hungarian Grand Prix for F1, IndyCars at Toronto and the NASCAR tripleheader at Indy culminating with the 30th anniversary edition of the Brickyard 400.  Josh lets us know all things going on in iRacing with his Sim Segment prior to saying see ya later!