Staging Routine with Matt Dadas
On this week’s Daily Driver, I’m joined by regular ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE guest instructor and highly accomplished big dollar bracket racer Matt Dadas and we jump right to the burning question…staging.
How my Corvette made me better
I’ve been asked repeatedly: Vega or Corvette? What’s better? I could make an argument for either but the question should be which has made me better? That answer is easy.
Looking Forward To…

As we kick off a fresh season, what are you most looking forward to? Here are four things I can’t wait to see in 2025! There’s Nothing Sweeter than a Repeater: Back-to-back national championships are rare in any category; but they’re even harder to come by in the sportsman categories. Doug Gordon was the last […]
Question of the week: How do I get more comfortable driving the finish line as the slower car (w/ Kris Whitfield)?
This week’s Daily Driver is featured from ThisIsBracketRacing’s question of the week: How do I get more comfortable driving the finish line as the slower car (w/ Kris Whitfield)?
Revisiting a Title Run

In the last Science of Winning column here in National Dragster, I did my best to relive the drama of the NHRA Finals and the closing weeks of the season in the Lucas Oil sportsman ranks. At the end of that recap, I shared a glimpse of my own experience – in an effort to […]
Balancing Tuning with Driving with Mike Mans
On this week’s Daily Driver I am joined by one of our regular guest instructors in ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE, a very successful racer and all things mechanical guru: Mike Mans. Our topic today is how to balance tuning with driving.
Recast: Making the Finish Line Simple
As part of our 3-week binge here on the Daily Driver (one episode released EVERY day), we’d like to “Play the hits.” Each Friday, we’ll recast a prior episode. Today’s discussion, “Making the finish line simple” is one of our most downloaded shows in Daily Driver history. Today is the final day of ELITE open […]
Listening vs. Doing
Today’s world is full of information. This podcast is one of dozens of resources you choose to listen to each day. “Listening” is great, but in today’s episode, Luke shares why the best racers are the ones that prioritize “doing” over “listening”. Learn more about ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE at thisisbracketracing.com/elite (Enrollment closes Friday).
The Argument for the NHRA Lucas Oil Series with Kris Whitfield
Regular ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE guest instructor Kris Whitfield can do just about anything in a race car, and has proven as much. He’s been to SIX Spring Fling final rounds. He’s won TWENTY-TWO track championships. And yet, he spends the bulk of his time and energy pursuing the NHRA Lucas Oil Series. Why? What is it […]
Question of the week with Justin Lamb: How do I select the best torque converter for my car?
Each Friday, we post a featured Question of the Week on the ThisIsBracketRacing Facebook page. This week, we’re giving YOU, the Daily Driver listener an early look, releasing the Question of the Week here two days in advance! For this week’s question, we reached out to ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE instructor (and our resident tech expert), Justin […]