Hearing protection in motorsports can make the difference between enjoying race day for a lifetime and living with preventable hearing loss. In this conversation, Melinda Russell talks with audiologist Anissa Bezanson about what really happens to your ears around race cars, why so many fans and families don’t realize the…
Tiffany Towns shares what it’s like to build a racing life later in adulthood, compete in a male-dominated class, and grow into her own identity on the track. From first-time nerves to first-place finishes, this conversation highlights how dirt track racing can sharpen confidence, communication, and resilience. She also opens…
Rebecca joined the Women's Motorsports Network to discuss her starring role as Amanda Marchetti in the upcoming feature film Pony, a story centered around two sisters competing in dirt modified racing. Although she entered the project knowing almost nothing about dirt racing, months of preparation, research, filming, and time spent…
Women’s motorsports and the fight for the right to race take center stage in this conversation with Tierra Hubbard, Director of Government Affairs for Racing at SEMA and PRI. She breaks down what advocacy looks like in real life, why legislation matters for racetracks, and how policy decisions can protect…
Olivia Grimes shares how a family racing tradition turned into a growing dirt-track career, from quarter midgets to winged outlaw karts and sprint cars. At just 15, she’s already learning the speed, skill, and resilience it takes to keep improving while traveling across multiple states to race. This conversation highlights…
Women’s motorsports is built on family, grit, and the relentless pursuit of excellence — and this conversation with Maddi Gordon brings all of that to life. From junior dragsters to Top Fuel aspirations, Maddi shares how a racing family, strong mentors, and a deep love for the sport shaped her…
Athena Rose Webster shares what it’s like to fall in love with racing at just four years old and keep building skill, confidence, and speed as a young kart driver. From her first NASCAR experience to competing at tracks across Missouri and Kansas, this conversation shows how early exposure, family…
Racing is built in the shop just as much as it is on the track, and this conversation with 15-year-old legend car driver Zoey Smith shows exactly why that matters. From her first kart at age eight to competing in the Summer Shootout, Zoey shares what it takes to grow…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) Dirt tracks have a way of revealing who you are the moment you turn in. Maddy Brook is only 17, but she already talks like someone who has learned that speed is equal parts courage, composure, and community. She joins us from Western Sydney to…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A rear tire flies off on the last lap and you still take the win by crossing the finish line backwards. That’s the kind of real-world racing story we love, and teen driver Jillian Cole brings it with honesty, humor, and a clear look at…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A $5 an hour summer job at a racetrack doesn’t sound like the start of a major motorsports career, but that’s exactly where Lauri Eberhart begins. From Michigan International Speedway to Nazareth Speedway to the NASCAR hub in North Carolina, Lori shows how motorsports careers…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A 10-year-old with a trophy shelf behind her sounds adorable until you realize she’s also a serious driver with a clear head for speed, strategy, and safety. We sit down with Laci Mitchell from Victoria, Australia, a fourth-generation racer who started at five and now…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) Most racing stories start with childhood karting, but Katrina “Kat” Gray takes a route that feels a lot more like real life. Kat joins us from Lincolnshire in the UK, where she teaches people to drive for a living and still finds time to chase…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) You don’t need to start racing at five years old to belong on a racetrack. Melinda Russell sits down with Kim Estep, a Porsche racer who didn’t take her first laps until her 30s, and still built a path into real competition through coaching, club…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) Drag racing taught Danica Miles how to perform under pressure, but dirt racing forced her to rebuild everything she thought she knew. Danica is 18, already nine years into motorsports, and she’s not sugarcoating what it takes to grow up around racing, sponsors, and serious…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A dirt sprint car doesn’t reward you for playing it safe, it rewards you for understanding chaos. We’re joined by 17-year-old Florida racer Katlyn Calhoun, who’s making the leap from quarter midgets to a 600 micro sprint and a winged 360 sprint car, and she…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) We share an original “So God Made a Racer” tribute that puts the real work of racing front and center, from late-night wrenching to the courage it takes to keep chasing a dream. We also explain why our mission is to connect and celebrate women…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) She was nine years old, terrified on her first passes, and by the end of her first race day she was holding a win and wondering how she ever thought racing was “not cool.” Melinda Russell sits down with Autumn DeRossett, an NHRA drag racer…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) Waiting feels responsible, but it’s often the quiet place where big dreams stall. Fuel Her Future launches with Melinda Russell’s clearest message yet: you don’t have to have everything figured out to move forward, you just have to take one step. If you’ve been telling…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A 13-year-old micro sprint driver tells the truth about what it takes to get fast, stay confident, and keep learning on a dirt oval. We’re joined by Holly Spake from Southeast Texas, and her racing timeline is wild: eight years in the sport already, a…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A lot of people think you have to start racing young, have the “right” connections, and already know what you’re doing. Kelly Barr Anderson proves the opposite. She started drag racing at 51, fell in love on her first pass, and found a community that…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A mom climbs into a race car, hates it, swears they must be the worst parents ever for letting their teen do this… then takes one more run and falls in love with racing. That turn is the heartbeat of our conversation with Bobby Joe…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A sprint car at 150 mph is loud, fast, and impossible to ignore and that’s exactly why Natalie Waters uses racing to start conversations most adults avoid. Natalie races 410 wing sprint cars on asphalt, grew up in quarter midgets, and now balances life on…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) She loved speed before she could spell it, and she’s still chasing it as a mom, a competitor, and a hands-on racer from Greenville, Michigan. We sit down with Amber Eberspeaker to hear how a childhood around go-kart tracks and family racing stories turned into…