The season finale of Cloudy With a Chance of Racing is here, with the whole gang together to discuss the championship weekend at Phoenix. Jake, Dillon, Steve, and Braxton recap Ben Rhodes, Cole Custer, and Ryan Blaney winning championships, as well as the wrecks with Carson Hocevar and Corey Heim, Justin Allgaier coming up just short again, and Ross Chastain's surprising win.

Pop Up Showers features a deep dive on stats, props to NBC on a great animation, full-season TV ratings for all types of racing broadcast in the US, and how racers are athletes. Then it's a recap of the real and random race picks and revisiting our playoff predictions from the beginning of the year, where Dillon won the real pick championship, Braxton won the random pick championship, and Braxton somehow picked the Blaney to win the title.

We thank you all for listening to Cloudy With a Chance of Racing all season long. Make sure you're subscribed so you get notified when we post our next episode, looking ahead to the 2024 NASCAR season. As always, you can follow along on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 38: Ford Sweeps Championship Weekend at Phoenix

Your full-season final four are back with you, as Jake reports on his experience at Martinsville on Sunday and Steve, Dillon, and Braxton join in to break down the Xfinity and Cup Series races at the paperclip. Discussion includes the RCR controversy between Sheldon Creed and Austin Hill in Saturday's Xfinity Series race, Ryan Blaney's dominant performance Sunday, and the record temperatures at Martinsville for a fall race.

In Pop Up Showers, the guys share the things that caught their eye on racing social media from the past week, including Bubba Wallace's Phoenix car design, Lionel diecasts, and a meme about Sheldon Creed's Phoenix car.

As attention turns to the season finale for all three series, the guys offer their race picks, championship picks, and spin the wheel for the final time on their random picks.

Make sure you're subscribed to Cloudy With a Chance of Racing, tell a friend about the show, and follow on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 37: Martinsville Has Hot Dogs and Hot Races

The whole gang is together, as Jake, Steve, Dillon, and Braxton recap a fantastic weekend of racing for all three NASCAR national series at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In what might be the most off-the-rails fun episode of the season, the guys break down the playoff ramifications from all three races, and look ahead at Martinsville for the Xfinity and Cup Series.

Plus, a very dirt-themed Pop Up Showers, a very warm forecast for this weekend at Martinsville, and a very wacky set of race picks as the 2023 season winds down.

If you like Cloudy With a Chance of Racing, be sure to subscribe and tell a friend about the show. You can also follow along on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 36: Homestead Homecoming for NASCAR

Steve, Jake, and Braxton are in this week to break down the NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including a first career win for hometown driver Riley Herbst, and the successful end of a jam-packed week for Kyle Larson. The guys also discuss Sheldon Creed's announced departure from RCR in the Xfinity Series, James Small's bad gamble for Martin Truex Jr., and what Christopher Bell could have done with just one more lap on Sunday.

The guys then share their Pop Up Showers from around the world of motorsports this week, react to the results of their real and random race picks from Vegas, and get excited about the tight race to the end of the seasons in the race pick standings. Plus picks for Homestead and looking ahead to perhaps the most fun track on the NASCAR schedule.

If you like Cloudy With a Chance of Racing, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, leave a review, and tell a friend about the show! You can also follow along on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 35: Vegas Win Caps High Limit Week for Larson

Jake is back from getting married and joins Dillon and Braxton on this week's episode to talk about the news of the week, the 2024 NASCAR schedules, and cutoff races in the Xfinity and Cup Series at the Charlotte Roval.

With Braxton being at the Cup race on Sunday, the guys got to share how seeing the race in person varied from watching on TV, and how perhaps some of that is the nature of the track versus the nature of all the information TV gives.

In Pop Up Showers, Dillon shares big news about the Motorsports Monday segment he does at his TV station, Jake gives his thoughts on the 2024 schedule, and Braxton points out the wide variety of race cars Kyle Larson will be driving this week.

As always, we give our real and random picks, and Dillon updates us with a weather forecast for Las Vegas.

If you like Cloudy With a Chance of Racing, be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, leave a review, and tell a friend. You can also follow along on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 34: Roval Cuts off 4 Drivers and A Fan

Steve, Dillon, and Braxton discuss all the news of the week and recap the fall Talladega race weekend for the NASCAR Cup and Truck Series, including Kyle Busch Motorsports being bought by Spire Motorsports, Harrison Burton returning to the Wood Brothers in 2024, and 2024 schedule tidbits about North Wilkesboro, Indianapolis, and Iowa. On the track, the guys debate the post-race altercation between Truck Series drivers Matt Crafton and Nick Sanchez, the one-off Truck Series win for Brett Moffitt, Kyle Busch's bad luck this round of the Cup playoffs, the surprisingly clean finish on Sunday, and Kevin Harvick's disqualification.

Plus the guys discuss their Pop Up Showers from this week, Dillon gives his forecast for the Charlotte Roval race this coming weekend, and the guys make their real and random picks. Including a promise from Dillon we have on tape.

Be sure to subscribe to Cloudy With a Chance of Racing on whichever podcast platform you listen to us on, and follow along on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 33: Catching Hands and Making Moves at Talladega

Jake, Steve, and Braxton are in this week to talk about the wild Xfinity and Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway, including the numerous cautions in Saturday's Xfinity Series race, surprisingly good runs by a couple of teams in Sunday's Cup Series race, and deeper dives on Parker Kligerman, Josh Berry, and Bubba Wallace. They also discuss how Texas should still be improved, despite the slightly better racing on display last weekend.

In Pop Up Showers, Jake mentions the paint schemes for Chase Briscoe and Ryan Preece at this weekend's Talladega race. Steve shares a meme about William Byron. Then Braxton gives a shoutout to NHRA records falling, late model stock pit crew members falling, and our friend Travis Braden having a good super late model run at Five Flags last weekend.

The guys make their real and random picks and talk about Jake's good fortune of having Byron in both last weekend, and look ahead to an important playoff race at Talladega for both the Truck and Cup Series.

You can follow along with Cloudy With a Chance of Racing on social media @CloudyRacingPod, and subscribe and review on your favorite podcast platform.

Ep. 32: Texas Was Better, But Still Bulldoze It

The whole gang is here this week, as Steve, Dillon, Jake, and Braxton review the news of last week and break down the playoff races for all three NASCAR national series at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In news, the guys discuss Kaulig Racing's "Arm-Gate" that culminated in Daniel Hemric being announced as the driver for the No. 31 Cup car in 2024, the blockbuster deal with Spire buying Live Fast's charter, and Trackhouse signing Zane Smith to a Cup Series contract. They also share their condolences for the passing of Sherry Pollex.

On the track, the guys note how the Truck race was rather tame for most Truck races, the Xfinity race produced possibly the best race of the year, and the Cup race redeemed some of the short track ire from earlier this season.

As always, the guys make their real and random picks for Texas, and Dillon gives his forecast for this weekend's action in Fort Worth.



If you like Cloudy With a Chance of Racing, be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and follow along on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 31: The Bristol Night Race Magic

Jake and Steve are back with Braxton after all three NASCAR National Series took on Kansas Speedway this weekend. They breakdown the news of the week with John Hunter Nemechek announced as the driver of the Legacy Motor Club No. 42 for next season, discuss how Carson Hocevar has done filling in for Legacy through two races, and revisit the news of Denny Hamlin finishing his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing.



In the race recaps, the guys break down the tough days for Martin Truex Jr. and Bubba Wallace, the contact between Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, the intense cutoff line battle between Parker Kligerman and Riley Herbst in the Xfinity Series, and the crazy three-wide battles at the front of the Craftsman Truck Series race.



Pop Up Showers featured three interesting stories from social media this week, including a WWE tie-in, a note from Kurt Busch's official retirement, and a kind gesture within the Corvette road racing team.



In our race picks, Steve and Jake had big weeks going 1-2 with their respective picks of Reddick and Hamlin. They're looking to continue the momentum into their real and random picks for Bristol this weekend.



Be sure to subscribe and review Cloudy With a Chance of Racing wherever you get your podcasts, and follow along on social media @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 30: Kansas Delivers Again with 3 Great Races

Dillon and Braxton break down the Darlington weekend, including Denny Hamlin winning the Xfinity race, Kyle Larson winning the Southern 500, Carson Hocevar's impressive fill-in effort, and tough luck for Martin Truex Jr. Plus, they go off the rails a little with some local track discussion, taking Dillon to Vegas for the first time, and the convenience store chain Buc-ee's. Looking ahead, they make their real and random picks for the Kansas race weekend, Dillon gives his forecast for Kansas, and both guys share their excitement for what should be a fun race weekend.



Be sure to subscribe and rate Cloudy With a Chance of Racing on your favorite podcast platform, and follow along on Instagram, Threads, and X/Twitter @CloudyRacingPod.

Ep. 29: Larson Finally Tames Darlington

Three guys and a meteorologist talk about NASCAR