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The Sportsman Drag Racing Podcast w/ Luke & Jed Podcast

241: The McCarty kids, Caraline and Tripp

August 20, 2021

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Jed gets to take the reins this week and sit down with Hazlehurst, Georgias own Caraline and Tripp McCarty. Tune in to find out the behind the scenes story. They discuss their day to day, who’s best racing, bike wrecks and more. Oh and they’ll let us know why they are sitting in a truck in the Hazlehurst, GA Tractor Supply parking lot! 

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Bracket racer turned racetrack owner: “Funny Car” Chris Northup

August 13, 2021

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Luke welcomes big dollar bracket racing extraordinaire, and now perhaps the youngest race track owner in the industry: Gleason Raceway Park’s own Christopher Northup. Funny Car Chris tells us how a kid from the big city of Boise, Idaho came to own a small race track in rural Gleason, TN, and details their HUGE opening night (last weekend, their spectator count exceeded the town’s population)! Chris shares his vision for the race track, where bracket racing fits in, and much more…

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239: Serra Still Red Hot, Foley Jr. Wins Big and some NHRA Action

August 6, 2021

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The guys return from vacation with a lot of great racing to talk about from all over the country. Some repeat names among the top tier bracket races, Jeff Serra staying hot and Doug Foley Jr. winning huge money! NHRA in Pomona, Topeka, and Sonoma ramps up points chases! Tune in to hear Luke and Jed’s take on the past weeks events! 

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238: Remembering Kyle Seipel

July 30, 2021

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This weeks episode is dedicated solely to our friend Kyle Seipel, throughout this episode you will hear from some of Kyles close friends that were willing to give up some of their favorite stories involving Kyle. Some of the stories are recent, some are from Kyle’s younger days, but surely these stories will be a pleasure to listen to for anyone that knew of kyle, be it personally or through his racing adventures. 

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237: ECF Winners, NHRA results, and Some Big Money Bracket Racing

July 23, 2021

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Luke and Jed cover racing from all over, among that coverage Luke goes mini-nerd out on some really close NHRA points battles that are shaping up. The Eastern Conference Finals had some great performances, as well as some various big money racing around the country. Tune in for a great show! 

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236: We finally got Adam Davis on the show!

July 16, 2021

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Jed was finally able to convince Adam Davis to come on the show, and it did not disappoint! You’ll get to hear a lot about his mentality going into a round, what he does during the week, and lots of other cool AD behind the scenes info. Tune in to hear the little heard from Adam Davis! 

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235: WFC Recap

July 9, 2021

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Luke and Jed are together this week after what was a very successful weekend for both. Jed, after another very successful WFC, recaps some of the results and stories from his weekend.  Luke, fresh off a Super Gas divisional win at Summit Motorsports Park, discusses some of the results and stories from the NHRA side. They also discuss the SFG 500k postponement. Tune in for another entertaining show!

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234: Replay of Kyle Seipel Interviews

July 2, 2021

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This week, we assembled two episodes, Episode 71 and Episode 124. Kyle Seipel was a guest on both of those episodes, 71 alongside his friend and business partner Peter Biondo, and in 124 he was by himself. As Luke mentions in his intro, sometimes these are hard to listen to, but its still Kyles voice, and the stories will still bring a smile to your face. 

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233: NHRA Mid-Season Review with Kevin McKenna

June 25, 2021

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Luke and Jed come together to start the episode for a couple minutes to honor Kyle Seipel. Luke then catches up with our return guest Kevin McKenna, Sr. Editor of NHRA National Dragster, to review the NHRA season as we find ourselves mid-season in lots of exciting points battles. Tune in now to hear their take on this seasons progress. 

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232: What track has produced the best racers historically?

June 18, 2021

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Luke and Jed are back together this week, they cover some NHRA highlights from around the US, as well as a few big money races in Indiana, Virginia, and South Carolina. Then we make an attempt at making a few racers really happy and the rest of the country mad at us! Tune in to find out why! 

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