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
Cause and Effect
“'In terms of how people react to art or entertainment, you learn that it sometimes goes well and it sometimes doesn’t. It doesn’t mean that the cause and effect are connected.' That's a quote from r…
A Crisis in Confidence
What separates Peter Biondo from Peter Piper? Mental toughness. In this episode, I discuss how some of the best racers in our sport deal with overcoming mistakes, and how it may be one of their great…
Flexibility
Flexibility, or "versatility" is one of the common traits among the greats in our sport. Does driving a variety of cars and competing in different classes make us better drivers? In this episode, I a…
Trees in a Forest
Lacking a compass, an old scouting trick is this... If you're lost in a forest, unsure of the way out, or even what direction to move, you locate three trees in a row. One close by, another a little …
Expectation
In this age, it’s easier - more natural than ever - to judge ourselves and our racing in comparison to others. Between social media, live feeds, and frankly people like Jed and I, It’s so easy to put…
Under Reacting and Presence
Very selfishly, part of this podcast is for my own benefit: as I work through some of these ideas in the process of my own day-to-day life.
On our way here, not even halfway through our trip, our new …
Happiness is Available
In racing, I think we face this juxtaposition a lot, often in settings that can elicit high emotion.
We’re passionate about what we're doing.
We put a lot of time & work into it.
We’ve typically got asp…
The Best vs My Best
How do you frame personal performance? Is your self talk directed toward being THE best, or toward being YOUR best?
There's not necessarily a right or wrong answer; but it's interesting to dive into t…
Perfection
Are you a perfectionist? Have you convinced yourself that such perfectionism serves you?
I've often held myself to incredible standards... And I've been very hard on myself when I've failed to uphold …
Patience
There is an element of patience in what we do - this HARD game that we choose to play; and how patiently staying the course (even when the destination isn’t completely clear) has a tendency to pay of…
Morning of the Million
A speech for the ages. Listen in on what reads like pre-game pump up message to those competing on the biggest stage of their careers. Taken from an exclusive ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE strategy sessi…
Analyzing Outcomes for Growth
I believe that we tend to overestimate the presence of skill in our own positive outcomes. And that we tend to overestimate the presence of luck in our negative outcomes.
When we view others, however,…
Weather Factors
While we typically use this podcast space to focus on the psychology of competition (partly because you've requested it, but mostly because that's totally my bag!), we occasionally get requests for m…
Hoops Reflections (Part 2)
In a previous episode, I shared some takeaways from coaching youth basketball that I think apply directly to driving a race car. If that may have seemed like a stretch, this week's show may provide a…
Hoops Reflections (Part 1)
What does coaching 4th and 5th grade basketball have to do with drag racing you ask? Well, maybe more than you think. In this episode, I share what I've learned about staying in the moment when we're…