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From Daytona Dreams to HPDE Reality: Rory Gamble’s Motorsports Journey

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to go from watching the Daytona 500 as a kid to driving your own BMW on track and becoming deeply involved in the motorsports communit

NASA Time Trials: Data, Setup & Seat Time with Darek Koman

Send us Fan Mail You asked for it, and we’re delivering it: a deep dive into NASA Time Trials with Darek Koman from NASA Great Lakes. In this episode of Late To Grid, D

How a Bet Built Three Balls Racing | Ken Grulich’s Track Day Journey

Send us Fan Mail How does a bet between friends turn into one of the Midwest’s best-known track day organizations? In this episode of Late To Grid, Bill sits down in th

High School Racing Is REAL?! The Future of Grassroots Motorsports

Send us Fan Mail What sport did you letter in during high school… and why wasn’t it racing? 😄 In this episode, Bill sits down with Jonathan Eckelberg to talk about one

Right to Race: How to Save Your Local Track Before It’s Too Late

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your favorite race track suddenly disappears? In this episode of the Late to Grid Podcast, we sit down with Christian Robinson from S

From CPA to Paddock Leader: Eric Kaul on Racing, Community, and Networking

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to build a real motorsports journey? In this episode of Late to Grid, we sit down with Eric Kaul to talk about the road from accountan

From Firefighter to Finish Line: Scaling a 50-Year Open-Wheel Legacy with John Harkenrider

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a 10-second drag racer and a 15-year fire service veteran takes over a 50-year motorsports legacy and decides to modernize the hustle?

From Rusty Miatas to Global Marketing: Building a Spec Iron Legacy with Chris Armbruster

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a global social media manager for one of the world’s most iconic tire brands decides to spend his weekends chasing podiums in a mud-fi

The LinkedIn of Motorsports? How RACERSHIP is Revolutionizing Sponsorships

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a former educator and industry veteran looks at the fragmented world of motorsports networking and decides to build a bridge? You get

The Road to Endurance: NASA Great Lakes and the Team Racing Endurance Cup (TREC)

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a nationally recognized motorsports organization partners with a local performance shop that lives and breathes track days, endurance

The Man with the Plan: Thomas Gaydos on Engineering, Family Racing, and the SCCA Runoffs

Send us Fan Mail In racing, problems are inevitable—but they happen much more often when you don't have a plan. Bill Snow sits down with Thomas Gaydos, a polymer en

The Growth Season: 7 Essential Tips to Master Your Off-Season Prep

Send us Fan Mail Think the racing season ends when the checkered flag flies? Think again. Bill Snow returns to the Atomic Autosports studio to explain why he calls the w

The Art of the Sponsorship: Bridging the Gap Between Racing and ROI with JP Moery

Send us Fan Mail Think you know sponsorships? Think again. In this episode, Bill Snow welcomes JP Moery to the Atomic Auto Sports Studio to peel back the curtain on high

Inside PRI 2025: Strategic Networking, AI in Racing, and the Power of the Game Plan

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Late to Grid podcast, Bill Snow takes us inside the 2025 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Indianapolis. Covering over 1,

From Karting to Goodyear Racing: Jay Chapman on Career, Tires & Grassroots Motorsports

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Late To Grid, Bill sits down with Jay Chapman of Goodyear Racing to unpack a motorsports career built from karting roots, NASCAR week

Brock Yates Jr. on One Lap of America, Car Culture, and the Wildest Stories You've Never Heard

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Late To Grid Podcast, Bill sits down with Brock Yates Jr. — the man carrying on the legacy behind the legendary One Lap of Americ

Cooling, Camaraderie, and the Cayman GT4: Jon Miller's Motorsports Mastery

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Late to Grid podcast, we sit down with Jon Miller—autocrosser, rally racer, and performance cooling expert from Mishimoto. Jon sh

Zero Experience, 24-Hour Race: Nigel Boyce's Jump Into Wheel-to-Wheel

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Late to Grid, we talk to Nigel Boyce, a mechanic who went from zero wheel-to-wheel experience straight into a 24-hour endurance race!

From GTI to Miata: Nisa Borghi’s Autocross Journey

Send us Fan Mail This week on Late to Grid, Bill sits down with Nisa Borghi to talk about her path into motorsports—from giving her VW GTI a personality on Instagram, to

It’s Never Too Late to Chase Your Racing Dream

Send us Fan Mail This week on Late to Grid, we sit down with Jon Krolewicz to dive into his incredible motorsports journey. He shares how a third-grade book report on th