The Bottom Shot Podcast
The Bottom Shot Podcast
Stafford Motor Speedway
The Bottom Shot Podcast, a Stafford Motor Speedway production. Bringing Stafford's past and present together, interviewing driver, car owners, and Stafford personalities that have made Stafford Speedway one of the most historic race track in the country. Hosted by Paul Arute and Kyle Rickey. Production by Bonssa Tufa.
Chuck Zentarski - "We Raced 66 Times Per Year With Two Cars and One Motor"
Season 3 episode 5 of the Bottom Shot Podcast with one of the all-time Stafford fan favorites, "The Polish Rocket" Chuck Zentarski. Kyle and Paul sat down with Chuck and talked for an hour and half and covered all topics from his first time at a West Haven Speedway as a kid, learning how to work on cars, his first time racing competitively, to his time as a Stafford Speedway official. Enjoy the latest episode of the Bottom Shot Podcast
Feb 13, 2022
1 hr 35 min
Bruce Cohen - "I've had a heck of a ride in this racing deal"
The final member of the Ink Inc trio, the three who founded the Spring Sizzler back in 1972. Kyle and Paul take a trip up to Somerville, MA to sit down with Bruce Cohen a car owner, business man, race promoter, and a guy who seems to just know everyone in racing. Plenty of Spring Sizzler talk and more. Enjoy episode 4 of season 3!
Feb 4, 2022
1 hr 7 min
Dick Berggren - "We brought the Sizzler concept to Jack and for some reason he said yes"
Season 3 Episode 2 of the Bottom Shot Podcast, this week the guys sat down with another member of the Spring Sizzler founders, Dr. Dick Berggren. "Bergie" has seen it all in racing, spending time as a driver, race promoter, broadcaster, and historian. Kyle and Paul cover all topics including how the Spring Sizzler came to be and that first race back in 1972. Enjoy the episode!
Jan 29, 2022
51 min
Lew Boyd - "The Day after the Sizzler We Cleaned...The Women's Restroom"
Season 3 Episode 2 of the Bottom Shot Podcast. This episode kicks off a 3-part series where the guys catch up with the three founders of the Spring Sizzler. First up Lew Boyd! Lew talks about his earliest days in racing including making a few extra bucks for flipping his race car to the early days of the Spring Sizzler and the outlook for the future of short track racing. Sit back and enjoy this episode with one of the great New England racing historians 
Jan 22, 2022
57 min
Tom Fox - "I Learned How to Race from a Book"
The Bottom Shot Podcast is back! Season 3 of the podcast kicks off with Stafford Speedway's director of racing operations Tom Fox. The guys cover all topics ranging from Tom's early days in racing, learning how to build and race street stocks with his dad in the early days, and eventually taking over as director of racing at Stafford. Enjoy season 3 episode 1 of the Bottom Shot Podcast!
Jan 14, 2022
1 hr 8 min
S2 E9 - Tom Fearn - "I got my start at Stafford Speedway on the roller rink in the clubhouse"
Season 2, episode 9 of the Bottom Shot Podcast. This week we sit down with 6x Stafford Speedway champion and 73x winner Tom Fearn. The guys cover topics including his early days in racing, roller skating at the Stafford Speedway roller-rink, serving as substitute drivers for some of the best modified drivers of all-time, to his winless 2020 season. 
Apr 6, 2021
1 hr 19 min
S2 E8 - Dan Avery "My very first race, I ended up on the pole and didn't make it to turn 1"
Episode 8 of season 2 of the Bottom Shot Podcast with guest long-time Stafford Speedway driver and car owner Dan Avery.  We cover topics ranging from his first career start at Stafford in the early 1980's, current days as a car owner and occasional driver, an amazing Ted Christopher story, and even how Dan almost became the owner of Stafford Speedway in 1988. Hope you enjoy episode 8!
Feb 24, 2021
1 hr 11 min
S2 E7 - "The Mayor" Joey Ferrigno "There was a race shop on my paper route"
"The Mayor" Joey Ferrigno is the next guest on the Bottom Shot podcast. A fan favorite, Joey is a former Dare [Street] Stock champion who has driver everything from the pace car to an SK Light Modified where he currently competes. We cover his career and how he got into the sport... delivering newspapers as a kid. We hope you enjoy episode 7!
Feb 10, 2021
1 hr 18 min
S2 E6 - Wade Gagner - "When we build our karts it's safety first and speed second"
The Bottom Shot Podcast is back! We head into the 2nd half of our 2nd season with Wade Gagner, the founder of Stafford Speedway's Wild Thing Kart Series. Before taking on the karting series Wade was a weekly competitor in Stafford's Sportsman, Late Model, and Pro Stock divisions. We cover all topics ranging from Wade's biggest career win behind the wheel in the Pocono Race of Champions to the founding of the Wild Thing Kart Series. Hope you enjoy another episode of the Bottom Shot Podcast!
Feb 4, 2021
1 hr 17 min
2021 Offseason Update - Special Guest Ray Evernham
Special Episode! Kyle and Paul sit down to recap the crazy 2020 season and update the listeners with all the big news that has dropped in the last few weeks including new events, going independent, and more. Ray Evernham calls in to talk about the his new SRX racing series that is set to debut at Stafford, Saturday, June 12th. Enjoy the special episode!
Jan 8, 2021
37 min
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