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May 14, 2024

NASCAR Whelen Modified Star Jake Johnson

NASCAR Whelen Modified Star Jake Johnson

Episode 86 is on the scene with the most recent winner on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Jake Johnson. If you are a fan of modified racing, you are familiar with Ole Blue. Owned by Boehler Racing Enterprises, the iconic number 3 has had Ryan Preece, Tony Hirschman, Wayne Anderson among others have taken trips to victory lane. Last Saturday, Johnson added his name to that list at Monadnock Speedway. Jake tells us about his unique post race celebration, how he got started in racing and how he views his own career and expectations going forward.

We preview the next CARS Tour event at North Wilkesboro Speedway. North Wilkesboro features new pavement, huge entry lists and a ton of attention. Who will prevail during All-Star week? Jody and Julian will tell you. 

We review the action from Darlington which saw Brad Keselowski grab his first win in 110 starts in the Goodyear 400. We discuss Brad's hard road to get back to victory lane. We also hear from Josh Berry and Chase Briscoe as they describe their top five finishes and how they feel about the recent rumor mill that Stewart Haas has been featured in. The boys discuss the incident between Tyler Reddick and Chris Buescher and compare it to William Byron and Ryan Blaney's. The guys also talk about Justin Allgaier dominating the Xfinity and Ross Chastain's smashing Truck Series win. 

We review the racing action from Florence, South Boston, Franklin County, Bowman Gray and others while we tell you where the short track spotlight is headed to this weekend. 

We also discuss Butterbean's expectations for his Truck Series debut, who impressed the guys on the short tracks this weekend, Matt Cox and Landon Huffman's hard crashes and much more on this week's DLN!