Dieting with Bobby McCarty & First Time SMART Modified Tour Winner Blake Barney

Episode 126 and we are joined by the three time CARS Tour Champion Bobby McCarty who placed his McCarty Motorsports ride home in second last Saturday in the tour's season opener at New River All American Speedway in Jacksonville NC. McCarty details if this run may change some of his season plans for this year, how big this is for him, if Brandon Brown's big South Boston Speedway Bonus Money will entice him to run for the championship this year and he tells us about his off season weight loss program that included him quitting bad habits, cutting out the beers while losing nearly fifty pounds. As always, he gives great soundbites and you never want to miss what Bobby Mac has to say.

We review in detail the season opening CARS Tour race with interviews from the winner Connor Hall, fourth place Carson Loftin and fifth place Ryan Millington in addition to McCarty. We discuss the racing overall which saw the teams utilize different strategies throughout the race which is typical for this track.

Blake Barney has crossed the finish line first in SMART Modified Tour competition before but wasn't granted the win that night in Orange County. This past weekend, he crossed the line first and this time, got to keep the SMARTY. The New Jersey native joins us this week to tell us about being vindicated for this win and what this does for his small team from New Jersey. He details his start in racing and details the travel difficulties teams face that come down south and race. We also dive into the season opening race and debate the Luke Baldwin, Joey Coulter incident, struggling veterans and big time performances from three rookies who finished in the top five plus we get you geared up for the tour's return to Anderson Speedway in South Carolina on Saturday!

We review the COTA weekend for the Xfinity and Cup Series. The guys have different views on the race but agree that Christopher Bell is the early favorite for the title after winning his second consecutive series event. We also debate track limits, early race maneuvers, Connor Zillisch's cup debut and more. We also preview this weekend's races at Phoenix and spotlight Hickory, Caraway and Southern National Motorsports Park all which will be in action this weekend with the latter preparing for Speedweek!