NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett stepped out of her dragster this season to start a family. Now she finds herself cheering for her husband Tony Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion in his first full-time season in Top Fuel. Stewart's made the NHRA playoffs driving Pruett's car. Now Pruett must teach Tony enough to get him as close to the championship as possible. Listen...

Leah Pruett Cheering for Her Husband Tony Stewart

Guests: Six-Time Drag Boat Racing Champion Shelby Ebert, NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett, The Freaks Take on The IndyCar Championship with Alex Palou and Will Power

SpeedFreaks National Radio Show 09/03/2024

NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett told the Freaks eleven months ago she was fighting to change NHRA rules concerning female drivers starting a family. Pruett and a coalition of women NHRA racers fought for an amendment to NHRA rules. Pruett was a career-best third in 2023 but opted to start a family with husband Tony Stewart. They're expecting their first child in November. Her fight to change the rules means drivers who step out of the car mid-season can keep points another wins in that car. It's a ground-breaking change for the NHRA.  Listen...

Leah Pruett on Her Pregnancy Fight in the NHRA

After 45 years with the company, 42 of which in motorsports and 26 in NASCAR, Goodyear's Greg Stucker is calling it a career. Goodyear Tire & Rubber's Director of Racing joins Davey Segal ahead of his retirement (5:55) to discuss how he got involved in motorsports with Goodyear after graduating from Vanderbilt, learning racing on the fly with little prior knowledge and getting thrown into the fire from short tracks to IndyCar.

Stucker also dives into some major takeaways from 2024, including the use of wet weather tires and potential future use of them on intermediates, option tires and how soft of a compound they can actually make, what happened at spring Bristol (if they even know, still) and the differences in concrete vs. asphalt as it pertains to tire wear and temperature.

He also reminisces about the good and bad days on the job, including the 2008 Brickyard 400 and why that wound up changing things for the better with their processes, tire wars in the 1990s, the famous Goodyear Blimp, gold car and the meaningful styory behind his patented aviators at the track.

Episode 254: Greg Stucker

Championship winning crew chief Jonathan Toney joins Davey Segal (6:42) for an insightful and feel-good conversation that spans over two decades with one single team. Toney explains how working with Sheldon Creed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series really isn't too different so far than it was working with Cole Custer, the rash of runner-up finishes Creed has scored, team chemistry at Haas Factory Team in this new iteration of the organization and more.

Toney also dives into all the change the team has seen over his time, from Haas CNC Racing to Stewart-Haas Racing and now HFT. He explains why he's stayed loyal to the company despite numerous offers to go elsewhere over the years, why the Xfinity Series is the right place for him to be as a crew chief right now from a work/life balance perspective, the conversations leading up to 2023 before he finally got his chance to be a crew chief for the first time and how rewarding it was to win a championship with Custer in his first year at the helm.

Toney also reminisces on the 2011 title run with Tony Stewart, what it was like to be a part of that team, some memorable tales from Homestead-Miami Speedway on championship weekend and more, including the vibe at the team when Stewart came in at first and his Hickory, North Carolina roots.

Davey also recaps the tripleheader weekend of action at Martinsville Speedway and addresses the debacle of an Xfinity race that saw Sammy Smith penalized, previews Darlington Raceway and Papa Segal pays homage to Raymond Parks in this week's wayback segment.

Episode 266: Jonathan Toney

The Freaks are back and recharged, ready to break down Austin Cindric's win at Tame-adega. While one of NASCAR's ultimate wild cards ran fairly clean, do fans have a right to be angry, or are people just looking for something to complain about at this point? There's also lots of love to go around for internet sensation Cleetus McFarland after his third-place ARCA finish and trip down Talladega Boulevard. Tony Stewart joins the show following his first NHRA Top Fuel win at Las Vegas, as well as two-time NASCAR champ and Lucas Oil athlete Kyle Busch. 

SpeedFreaks National Radio Show 04/27/25

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NHRA Top Fuel points leader Tony Stewart joins WFO Radio after winning the Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Peak. Stewart will discuss his road to the Winners Circle and the final round win that made him points leader heading into the NHRA New England Nationals. Stewart is fresh off working on the Fox Sports coverage of the Indy 500 and has made 4 consecutive final rounds in NHRA's Top Fuel category. The guys from Life's a Drag podcast will make a special appearance on WFO to give some important details about the future of the show. Don't miss it! Host, Joe Castello will recap his weekend at the House of Chaos, Maple Grove Raceway and preview the NHRA New England Nationals including the No. 1 Clawifier Award presented by NAPA.

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Tony Stewart joins WFO Radio! Plus, Life's a Drag makes a special appearance!

Turn up and join the party as SpeedFreaks celebrates 25 years of being the boldest motorsport-entertainment show on the airwaves and across television sets. Take a trip down memory lane, as Kenny Sargent and Crash Gladys break out a killer curation of classic interviews, while reminiscing about a quarter-century of breaking the media mold. No celebration would be complete without a visit from Statt Mann! 

SpeedFreaks National Radio Show 06/29/25

In this two-part Freak Flashback, see how far back Tony Stewart goes with SpeedFreaks. First, the NASCAR Hall of Famer debates the merits of the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 back in the ESPN 2 days on stage with the whole crew. Then. Stewart and Gary Scelzi face off in a must-see back-and-forth for who is the better racer and manliest man!

Freak Flashback: Stewart vs. Scelzi, Daytona 500 vs. Indy 500

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Get ready for an exciting episode of WFO Radio NHRA Nitro, featuring 4X Funny Car champion Matt Hagan, fresh off his thrilling first win of the season at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals! Hagan outran Ron Capps in a wild, edge-of-your-seat showdown, and now he’s joining WFO host Joe Castello to break down every heart-pounding moment. Plus, Hagan will share an exclusive preview of the upcoming DENSO Sonoma Nationals, offering insider insights on what’s next in the NHRA nitro chase!  In addition, NHRA’s Jason Galvin, will recap the race, dive into the results, and spotlight the other standout winners who lit up the Northwest Nationals. Don’t miss this high-octane livestream and podcast—Rev up and tune in! 
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NHRA results - Matt Hagan and Jason Galvin go WFO after NHRA Northwest Nationals 2025_07_22

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