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Sunday, December 23rd 2018

   Top five downloaded interviews from January 2018:

Billy VanPelt talks about today’s Open House at Bicknell and runs down his 2018 race plans.
Max McLaughlin told me about his Florida plans for February and wonders where he’ll race weekly.
Tyler Bartlett talks about purchasing Can Am Speedway and runs down their plans for the season.
Brian McDonald talked about his season at Mohawk International Raceway and at Cornwall.
Dean Catlin talks about changes at Skyline for 2018 including a move to Saturday night racing.

Billy VanPelt talks about today’s Open House at Bicknell, explains why he enjoys the event so much and runs down his 2018 race plans.
Max McLaughlin told me about his Florida plans for February, described the work he is doing in the shop to get ready and wonders where he’ll race weekly.
Tyler Bartlett talks about purchasing Can Am Speedway and runs down their plans for the season while describing what he would like to change at the track.
Brian McDonald talked about his season at Mohawk International Raceway and at Cornwall, described the two new cars he is putting together and remembers a rough Super DIRT Week.
Dean Catlin talks about changes at Skyline for 2018 including a move to Saturday night racing, a wider backstretch and where you’ll see the track represented in March.

Saturday, December 22nd 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Alex Bergeron tells me how he parleyed being #1 at I-Racing into a real ride in a real 360 Sprinter.
Isabel Barron recaps her championship season in a kart and looks ahead to racing Sportsman next year.

Wow! What a nice day it was for us here in Central New York as the rain got out of here quickly and then the sun came out as the temps hit the mid 60’s. Yea, I’ll take that any day.

Still not quite sure if I’ll be starting the Best Of interviews tomorrow or not as I’ll see what today brings. If I can get a few things done in the studio I will otherwise we’ll lock ourselves in the room and get the top five interviews up and downloaded so we can enjoy our year in review. Either way we’ll have stuff for you guys tomorrow.

On the site today are a pair of young people who are set up to do some amazing things this coming season. Each of them have their own unique story and I hope you like them both.

Now let’s chat in more detail about those new conversations that are up and ready to listen to on the Audio Page right now. Alex Bergeron tells me how he parleyed being number 1 at I-Racing into getting into a real 360 Sprinter, how he did in two starts in a 305 this past season and runs down some of the video games he has played.

Isabel Barron recaps her championship season in a kart, looks ahead to racing Sportsman next year and tells me about her hot lap session at Woodhull Raceway with an experienced racer chatting in her ear.

Friday, December 21st 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Coleman Gulick tells me about the young IRacer he will put in his 360 Sprint Car next season.
Pete Bicknell updates us on availability of fire suppressions systems and DIRTcar at Merrittville.

It was nice not to be shivering cold at the bus stop with my youngest on Thursday and I hear today is going to be even better. They say some places here in New York may hit 60 degrees. But they also say flooding could be an issue so we’ll think good thoughts for all of you in the flood prone areas.

One more day of new stuff tomorrow and then we’ll go into Best Of 2018 mode and air the top five interviews from each month this past season. It helps me to do my season in review column and is fun to remember all the stuff that seemed like it took place so long ago. I hope you enjoy it.

Now let’s chat about what is new on the Audio Page for today starting with part one of a two part interview about a story I am looking forward to following in 2019. Coleman Gulick tells me about the young IRacer he will put in his 360 Sprint Car next season, how the came to meet and how much he is looking forward to see how things go. Meet that racer tomorrow!

Pete Bicknell updates us on availability of fire suppressions systems right now, reminds us about their pen house on January 12^th and DIRTcar sanctioning for Modifieds at Merrittville. Nice chat you’ll enjoy!

Thursday, December 20th 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Matt DeLorenzo talked about his season at Albany Saratoga and a chassis change he made in 2018.
Tony Veneziano tells me about some Sprint Car racing down under and some WoO news for 2019.

What a nice day it was on Wednesday. I got a lot of work done while Allie took advantage of the warmer weather to play some basketball outside with a friend. And it is only gonna get warmer the next few days too. I am totally down with that!

Still doing new stuff for a few days but will probably shut it down this weekend some time and see what the most popular interviews were for this past season. Here are always a few surprises in there and I can’t wait to get that done and take my end of the year vacation.
I’ll be in the studio again today hoping to load up on new stuff so if you have suggestions please fire them off to me so I can get them done before 2019 arrives.

Now let’s chat more about what is new for today on the Audio Page starting with a driver who is coming off of a real nice season at one of the nicer tracks in the New York State. Matt DeLorenzo talked about his winning season at Albany Saratoga, a chassis change he made in 2018 and describes what he is thinking about for next season.

Tony Veneziano tells me about some Sprint Car racing down under, runs down the list of who is heading over there for some big races in late December & January and how the WoO will help victims of the fires in California.

Wednesday, December 19th 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Lance Willix tells me about his season racing a 358 Modified weekly at Mohawk and Utica Rome.
Jimmy Becker remembers 2018 in a Mod and tells me why he only ran an abbreviated schedule.
Matt Smith recaps his weekend at the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals and his flip in the E-main.

I had a great day off on Tuesday as Allie and I went to the SU/Buffalo game with our good friend Andy. It is always fun going to the dome to a game regardless of how it went and it was fun to have a day off ahead of a busy end of the week for me.

I got ahead again in the studio so you get an extra bonus track today and am hoping to load up once again in the studio. As always I am looking for ideas so send them to me please as we only have a few more days of new stuff before we do our look back at 2018.

Now let’s chat about the new stiff we have for you on the Audio Page with drivers from all over the place. Lance Willix tells me about his season racing a 358 Modified weekly at Mohawk International Raceway & Utica Rome Speedway and talks about his off season plans as well as where we’ll see him in 2019.

Jimmy Becker remembers 2018 in a Modified primarily at Afton and tells me why he only ran an abbreviated schedule while wondering when he may switch over to being a car owner.

Matt Smith recaps his weekend at the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals in Trenton, explains how close he came to making it into the show on Friday and described his event ending flip in the E-main.

Tuesday, December 18th 2018

   New on the Audio Page for today:

Billy Pauch Jr. talks about his second place finish on Saturday at the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals.
Brett Altemose tells me about his third place on Saturday and runs down some of his background.
Olivia Coniber remembers her season in a Mini Stock at Genesee and talks about Saturday’s banquet.

I am getting a lot done these last few days and that’s why I was able to add a bonus track today. We have up one person you probably and two more that you may not know so I hope you give all three a listen. And the Brett Altemose interview was a request from Billy Pauch Jr. so you know I got right on that.

I do so enjoy chatting with new people and the fact that they trust me enough to just come on means the world to me…it really does. So if I have not spoken to your favorite or if you are a driver and have never been on the website please message me at doug@dougsdirtdiary.com or shoot me a message on Facebook.

And I got a nice message from a listener that really made my day. I sit here alone in the studio and most of the time have no idea what some of you think about what we're doing here. It was so nice of David to send me a nice message and I really appreciate. Thnak you so much! It made my day.

Now let’s go into more detail on the new stuff you can listen to right now on the Audio Page as we wind down our new stuff for the year. Billy Pauch Jr. talks about his second place finish on Saturday at the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals, compared himself to the race winner and described how slick the racetrack was.

Brett Altemose tells me about his third place on Saturday at the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals, explains how pleased he was with the results and runs down some of his racing background.

Olivia Coniber remembers her season as a rookie in a Mini Stock at Genesee, tells me about the hardware she picked up Saturday’s banquet and where she feels she needs to improve.

Monday, December 17th 2018

New on the Audio Page for today:

Erick Rudolph talks about leading all 50 laps on Saturday to win the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals.
Scott Kreutter tells me how he came from the E, D, C and B-mains to a twelfth place finish indoors.

I got alot done on Sunday as most of the people I was trying to get ahold of were available. Or course we’re all over the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals and tomorrow we’ll hear from the driver who finished second. I am also working on more too from that so stay tuned.

I’ll be back at it again today and already have a few things set up and a few interviews in the can as well so everything is good here. Not sure how long I’ll go with new stuff but obviously the closer I get to the big holiday the less I like to bug folks so we’ll have to wait and see.

Now let’s chat more about what is new on the Audio Page today beginning with the big winner from New Jersey’s big indoor Micro Sprint race. Erick Rudolph talks about leading all 50 laps on Saturday to win the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals, how the qualifying night went on Friday and looks ahead to more indoor races to come.

Scott Kreutter tells me how he came from the E, D, C and B-mains to a twelfth place finish indoors, what went wrong on his qualifying night and how satisfying it was to come through the alphabet soup so well.


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