Regional NASCAR, week by week.
NASCAR Coast to Coast is a brisk MRN racing show built around NASCAR regional and short-track coverage. Chris Willner moves from recent results into practical driver conversations, with Pat Jaggers adding reactions and race-week context.
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NASCAR Coast to Coast treats regional NASCAR as a full racing world, not a side note. The show moves quickly through the week’s short-track and touring-series stories, then slows down enough for drivers to explain what actually happened. Chris Willner sets the scene with results, schedule notes, and the next major race on the board. Pat Jaggers adds producer-side conversation, especially when the weekend calendar gets crowded. The center of the show is the interview. Recent episodes have followed Burt Myers as Bowman Gray opens for modified racing, Dystany Spurlock as she learns ARCA East after a motorcycle drag racing background, and Mason Massey after a first ARCA Menard Series win. The guest list also reaches drivers stepping into new or larger stages, including Cleetus McFarlane, Lee Pulliam, Derek Kneeland, Myatt Snider, Carson Brown, and Hailie Deegan. The questions rarely drift into abstract motivation. They stay close to the race car. How did dirty air feel? What happened on pit road? What does Kansas require after Rockingham? What does a driver learn while fighting from 15th to 30th every lap? That practical rhythm gives the show its value. It captures the ladder before the ladder becomes obvious to casual fans. A late model win, an ARCA start, a modified crown jewel, or a one-off opportunity at Martinsville all gets treated as part of the same larger map. The tone is brisk and conversational, with enough jargon for regulars and enough plain explanation for fans catching up. It also has the texture of real racing weeks: sponsor reads, travel, remote recording, quick pivots, and a packed schedule. NASCAR Coast to Coast is strongest when it connects a result to a person and then asks what comes next. For fans of grassroots NASCAR and development-series movement, that is the draw.
Made for: For NASCAR fans who track ARCA, modified tours, late models, and short-track racing alongside the national series. It fits listeners who want driver-development stories, race-week context, and practical interview detail.
What sets it apart: The show gives regional and touring NASCAR the same week-to-week structure usually reserved for bigger series coverage. Its interviews stay grounded in race craft, track conditions, strategy, and the next opportunity.
Chris Wilner interviews NASCAR touring and regional series racers from across the country as well as NASCAR's international series.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed driver interviews turn regional NASCAR results into clear accounts of racecraft, development and the work behind moving up.
Chris Willner works from the weekend's racing calendar, pairing previews and results with an interview that lets drivers explain what happened inside the car.
This is where your short-track weekends come with driver debriefs, setup talk, and a very crowded calendar.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Burt Myers adds race-shop ease and practical detail to a Bowman Gray-focused regional NASCAR roundup.
Regional racing has a clear center here, as NASCAR Coast to Coast moves from an early-2026 back-to-back run in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour to ARCA West's latest teenage winner, then into Burt Myers as Bowman Gray opens for modified racing.
Carson Brown's Phoenix weekend anchors a grounded look at the work behind a young driver's climb.
NASCAR Coast to Coast tracks the Phoenix weekend, where the Arkham Menards Series and Arca West Series ran their first combo event, then lets Carson Brown's account open up the larger story of stock-car racing's next wave.
Haley Deegan's ARCA West return gives this racing preview a clear and timely anchor.
Haley Deegan's return to the ARCA West Championship gives NASCAR Coast to Coast a natural focus. She talks through getting back into a Bill McAnally-prepared car after six years, chasing the championship, and the preparation shaping her days before the season opens.
Thomas Anunziata connects Trans Am experience to an ARCA season that opens at Daytona and includes unfamiliar tests.
The ARCA preview frames Daytona through a useful driver-development lens, with Thomas Anunziata explaining how Trans Am's lighter, quicker stock cars sharpen the split-second processing needed in heavier NASCAR machinery.
Lavar Scott discusses his upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at his home track, Dover Motor Speedway, and his pursuit of the Arkham Menard Series championship.
The host welcomes listeners back to the 2026 season of NASCAR Coast to Coast, previewing the upcoming NASCAR Wheel and Modified Tour with guest Kyle Rickey.
Brayton Laster discusses racing in his home state of Indiana for the ARCA Menards Series event in Indianapolis.
Chris Willner previews upcoming modified racing at Bowman Gray with guest Burt Myers and recaps recent ARCA West and Whelen Modified Tour action.
NASCAR Coast to Coast features Destiny Spurlock, an ARCA Menards Series East rookie who finished seventh at Hickory and 12th at Rockingham.
This episode previews Cletus McFarland's upcoming NASCAR debut at Rockingham and recaps recent regional short track races.
This episode previews a NASCAR weekend with interviews of two drivers making national series debuts and discusses regional short track racing news.
NASCAR Coast to Coast host Chris Wilner previews regional power rankings and the upcoming modified race at South Boston Speedway, then interviews Myatt Snider about his substitute driving for Alex Bowman and his 2026 racing plans.
Carson Brown says dirt racing taught him to be aggressive, control tire wear, and diagnose car issues.
Mason Massey says the ARCA West win felt like a reset after years of mid-pack NASCAR racing.
On this NASCAR Coast to Coast episode, host Chris Willner interviews Haley Deegan about her return to the ARCA Menards Series West with car owner Bill McAnally for the first time in six years, after stints in NASCAR trucks, the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, and the INDY NXT program.
A preview of the 2026 ARCA season opener at Daytona with guest Thomas Inunziata from Nitro Motorsports.
Chris Wilner previews the Spring Sizzler and recaps recent races at Rockingham Speedway.