Daily Driver Podcast

Question of the week: Who/what is your most feared opponent with Matt Dadas

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 regular ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE guest instructor, Matt Dadas! The question: “Who (or what) is your most feared opponent?”

Performing under pressure with Kris Whitfield

You’d be hard pressed to find any driver in sportsman drag racing who has staged for more high-stakes rounds in pressure situations than Kris Whitfield. He’s been in the final round of multiple big dollar bracket races – including the Spring Fling Million. He’s won multiple division titles, and has competed down the stretch for national championships. He’s won twenty-two (that’s not a typo)… Twenty-two track championships! In today’s Daily Driver, Kris talks about how he tries to approach those pressure packed rounds.

Super Class Finish Line Strategy

I get asked a lot about the complexity of my typical strategy. From a strategic standpoint, it can at times be fairly advanced. But in terms of execution, I keep it simpler than you might think. In today’s episode, I detail how and why…

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Recast: Driving Well is Not the Key to Having Fun

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. This one, “Driving well is not the key to having fun,” has proven to be one of your favorites!

The value of mentorship (w/ Justin Lamb)

For today’s episode, we’re joined by 5-time NHRA World Champion and ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE instructor Justin Lamb to discuss the value of mentorship in racing.

We’re in one of two open enrollment periods here in ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE. Find out more over at thisisbracketracing.com/elite.

Question of the week: When do you know to adjust jetting?

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! This week’s question: When do you know to adjust jetting?

Are Door Cars at a Disadvantage? w/ Matt Dadas

Matt Dadas joins this week’s episode! Not only is Matt one of the most successful (and versatile) big dollar bracket racers in the country, he’s also a regular guest instructor on ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE. Today, we leaned on Matt to answer the question: Are door cars at a disadvantage in today’s world of big buck bracket racing?

If you enjoy this type of content, it just scratches the surface in what we do in ELITE. Find out more at thisisbracketracing.com/elite

How to approach the bye run

In today’s Daily Driver, we focus on the one round of competition we all agree we can’t screw up: Bye runs! Even though we can’t lose, there are ways to maximize the value of our solo runs and some things to consider before, during, and after each bye we receive! This episode kicks off three full weeks in which we’ll drop a new episode EVERY WEEKDAY. Enjoy!

Let Go Like A Pro – Practice

In this Daily Driver, we continue on with our limited series to commemorate the launch of Let Go Like A Pro. To this point we’ve discussed routine, we’ve discussed staging, confidence, and physical mechanics. Today, we talk about Practice.

Let Go Like A Pro – Physical Mechanics

As we continue on with this limited series within the Daily Driver on Let Go Like A Pro, we look at physical mechanics. In my opinion, the physical mechanics of releasing the transbrake button is extremely overrated. My argument? Take a listen to find out.