Daily Driver
The Daily Driver podcast presented by ThisIsBracketRacing.com is a daily podcast dedicated to helping sportsman drag racers become the best version of themselves on the race track. Each day in season 2 (which stretches from November 1 through November 30), 3-time NHRA World Champion Luke Bogacki explores a topic of competition and shares the insights and experience that he’s gained as a racer, teacher, and perpetual student of the game.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 239
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Character
This week's episode centers on character — the kind that shows when it seems to matter least. When no one’s watching, how will you choose to act?
Making performing under pressure easy!
This week brings the final audio edition of the ThisIsBracketRacing email series on the idea of what if bracket racing was easy and it is focused on the mental game of racing. How to make performing …
What are the impacts of adjusting ride height with Mike Mans
This week's Daily Driver episode is taken from the Question of the Week segment that we do over on the ThisIsBracketRacing Facebook page. Typically myself or Justin Lamb answers the questions but thi…
Make your car better - easy!
This week's audio edition of the ThisIsBracketRacing email series on the idea of what if bracket racing was easy is dedicated to tech. My car is a pile of....hot garbage! How can I make it better?
The perfect bracket car with Mikie Sturgill
In this week's Daily Driver episode I am joined by regular ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE guest instructor and accomplished bracket racer Mikie Sturgill. Our topic is a fun one: assuming money isn't an is…
Make the finish line easy
We are back with another audio episode of the ThisIsBracketRacing email series on the idea of what if bracket racing was easy. This week is dedicated to making the finish line easy.
Flexing the Finish Line Muscle with Justin Lamb
In this week's episode I am joined by 5 time World Champion and ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE and Junior co-instructor Justin Lamb. Our topic is the finish line and even more specifically his discipline …
Make the starting line easy
This week's episode is the audio version of the email series we launched in ThisIsBracketRacing on the idea of what if bracket racing was easy. What if we had one of those giant red EASY buttons. Tha…
Becoming "ELITE"
Today's world is full of information. This podcast is one of dozens of resources you choose to listen to each day. "Listening" is great, but in today's episode, Luke shares why the best racers are th…
What makes old Super Stockers great bracket cars with Matt Dadas
In this episode of the Daily Driver, regular ELITE guest instructor and highly accomplished racer, Matt Dadas joins me and we talk about what makes old Super Stockers great bracket cars.
What would it look like if it was easy?
In this special release of the Daily Driver Podcast, we share a "pre-screening" audio of my upcoming live webinar "Bracket Racing Made Easy". I like to ask myself "What would this look like if it wer…
When to Quit
This episode isn't catalyzed by a specific incident but actually from a discussion with my 6 year old while he was playing with his hot wheels.
Victim Mindset
In this week's Daily Driver I want to talk about the Victim Mindset and how we can flip the script to empower ourselves.
It's about time
For this week's Daily Driver I wanted to read from my column that I pen for NHRA National Dragster called The Science of Winning. My latest contribution is titled It's About Time and that is what I w…
Practice Makes... Better
ELITE Members know, the “off” season is a busy season! A big part of that within ELITE is our offseason practice league. In this episode I wanted to talk about my personal journey with the practice l…
Strategic Flexibility with Mikie Sturgill
In this episode of the Daily Driver, I am joined by regular ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE guest instructor, former World NHRA Champion, multi-time division and track Champion, Mikie Sturgill. I wanted to…
Learning from each (& every) run
Learning from each and every run is important. Of course in our TIBR Jr logbook we track all of the typical data but then we ask 5 specific questions each and every run. And they aren't just for Jr d…
A Way Too Early Look at the 2025 Lucas Oil Chase
I know, it's way to early for this but in today's episode I wanted to look at the 2025 Lucas Oil Chase. Let's nerd out!
Why Stock & Super Stock?
This week I am joined by my co-instructor in ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE and accomplished racer Justin Lamb. Justin has proven capable of winning in just about anything. So I asked him, why Stock & Sup…
The Responsibility of the Race Track
On last week’s show, I detailed what I believe to be our responsibility as racers: to our sport, and more directly to a successful day at the track.
This week, I want look at where do our responsibili…