Hauler Talk

Mike, Nate and Amanda discuss the Toyota brake issue at Iowa and recount why the 11 team was not able to change their brake pads before the race, what would've allowed them to change parts and what would've happened if they had changed them without permission. They also preview the Richmond race weekend, and discuss the what qualifies someone as a rookie. Joining the show this week is Russell Wenrich the Senior Managing Director of Racing Insights. Racing Insights helps NASCAR, broadcast partners, and media members with statistical data to help through the week and during the race weekend.
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Mike, Nate and Amanda hold an emergency meeting to discuss NASCAR's announcement of the new caution flag procedure at the end of stages and answer fan questions from social media. The new caution procedure will start at Iowa Speedway and will continue through the end of the 2026 season.
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STAY OFF THE YARD OF BRICKS was the message that got sent to drivers before the race weekend but Carson Kvapil forgot after his first career O'Reilly Series win. Mike and Nate are without Amanda this week as they discuss the burnout on the bricks, the Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar rivalry Noah Gragson slamming Connor Zilisch under caution, the long yellow flags on Sunday and taking a look back at the In-Season Challenge.
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Mike, Nate, and Amanda recap the action from North Wilkesboro which held it's first points race in 30 years. They talk about Joey Logano's dominant win, Daniel Suárez avoiding a commitment box violation an increase in practice time and moving away from a regular season champion.
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Mike, Nate and Amanda have a lengthy discussion about Bubba Wallace's penalty after he passed below the double painted line on the last lap of Sunday night's (or Monday morning's) race at EchoPark Speedway causing him to go from second to 29th in the running order. Afterwards they talked about Zane Smith's wreck on the last lap, restarting the race after a 3 hour rain delay, and heading to North Wilkesboro for the first points race since 1996.
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