Grip Strip Podcast Episode 174 - Dog Days of Summer

Phil and Josh come back for E174 of the GSP talking about Palou and Verstappen...a common theme so far in 2023.  Alex Palou took the lead late at Road America for his third victory of 2023 in IndyCar with title rivals Josef Newgarden, Pato O'Ward and teammate Scott Dixon behind.  Polesitter and dominant presence Colton Herta lost out on fuel mileage.  Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix but the real battle was behind with Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton bringing it back to 2007 with their tussle for 2nd and 3rd. 

Phil and Josh go through all three major NASCAR series to discuss who has been surprising and who has disappointed, with Phil going off on a rant about Stewart-Haas Racing and imploring the team to make a change for his favorite driver Chase Briscoe (after the show was done on Monday night, SHR announced Richard Boswell was moving over to the 14 car along with Josh Berry taking over the 4 car with Rodney Childers staying on). 

The GSP Roundup covers MotoGP/Moto2, Supercars, Indy NXT, IMSA Six Hours at Watkins Glen, WRC Rally Kenya, Formula E in Portland and F1 Academy in Zandvoort before the crew comes back to preview and make picks for all three races at Nashville Superspeedway on the return for NBC covering Cup and XFinity #slidejob.  Josh lets us know all things going on in the world of sim and gaming with his Sim Segment prior to show cose.