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Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A lot of racing careers start with a “real plan.” Abby Maurer’s starts with a dusty car at her dad’s shop and a deal for gas-station ice cream if she’d sit in it for a photo. Abby is 14 now, a mini wedge racer with…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A lot of people say they love racing. Kate Maurer is 10 years old and proves it by showing up, learning fast, and winning in a mini wedge. I sit down with Kate to hear how she got started after watching her sister race, what…
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Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A lot of people picture an NHRA Top Fuel driver as someone who grew up with unlimited passes and a polished pipeline to the pros. Our conversation with Jasmine Salinas tells a different story, one built on work boots, family pressure, and a scrap business…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) Dirt racing doesn’t reward the same lap twice, and that’s exactly why this conversation with 15-year-old micro sprint racer Memarie “Mem” Ashcraft is so gripping. She walks us through what it really takes to move up classes, stay calm when the weekend gets messy, and…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) You can love racing and still have no idea how it actually works. That’s why we sat down with Fallon Constantino, an IMSA race control safety dispatcher who lives in the space most fans never see: the radios, the response plan, and the split-second coordination…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A lot of racers retire and finally take it easy. Kenny Head went the other direction and built a youth racing pipeline that’s helping keep short track racing alive in Michigan. Melinda Russell sits down with Kenny to talk about the Kalamazoo Speedway Mini Wedges…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) She got told “nobody really cares about motorsports” and made a decision that changed everything. We’re talking with Kendra Sommer, a former TV news reporter who quits her job, flies to the SEMA Show with no network, and turns that leap into real momentum and…
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) Horsepower isn’t only built with parts and talent, it’s protected by the choices you make between rebuilds. We’re joined by Jessica Trout of Schaefer Oil to talk about what happens when you treat lubricants like performance equipment instead of an afterthought, and why a “lubrication…
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Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) We trace Mallory Kutz's year from Miss Motorama win to a full-throttle campaign that connected drivers, packed a seminar, funded scholarships, and reframed what a motorsports pageant can be. Along the way, she kept racing, took her first feature wins, and proved that advocacy grows…
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Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) The throttle snaps, the snow flies, and a 21-year-old rider decides to trust herself over the voice of doubt. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with Mckaylee, a snowcross racer who started at five years old and climbed from 120s to 600s, stacking national starts…
A five-year-old asks for a race kart. A teenager helps build her first full-bodied car. Then she trades her helmet for a tiara to grow the sport she loves. Meet Zoe Quinn—19-year-old driver and 2025 Miss Mahoning—whose story proves that visibility can be just as powerful as velocity. We dive…
A single bold ask can change a racing life. That’s what happened when a six-year-old named Everett walked up to Food City’s CEO and asked for a sponsorship—an audacious moment that launched a genuine grassroots journey, powered by family, faith, and a love for speed. We sit down with Amy…
A teenager with a torque wrench and a plan—Rowan Edgar is redefining what focus looks like at 15. We sit down with the Missouri micro sprint driver to map her path from caged karts to her first A-class win, and the choices that make speed possible: homeschooling to create time…
In this inspiring episode of the Women’s Motorsports Network Podcast, host Melinda Russell sits down with longtime friend Lori Cutter, a former journalist, pit crew gal, and marketing pro who found her true calling as a chaplain with Racers for Christ (RFC). Lori shares her journey from mud-scraping in the…
Australian dirt racer Veronica McCann—aka “Red Hot Ronnie”—joins Melinda from Tennessee, where she’s wrapping up a multi-week stint racing dirt late models in the U.S. Veronica traces her journey from Perth Motorplex junior ranks to sprint cars, early-20s pavement ambitions in America (with key mentorship from Lynn St. James), a…