Raceline Radio Weekend Wrap-Up, and Show Guest Schedule: Week of October 31st

October 31, 2021 - 11:49pm

Compiled By Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network. Week Of: October 31st 2021

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series:

Last Race: Sunday October 31^st: Halloween at Martinsville VA: Final race in the Round of 8 to set the final-4 for the season finale: they think we need 500 laps to make the point. Point is: Alex Bowman wins the almost 4 hour short track marathon when he crashed out leader Denny Hamlin with 7 laps to go triggering a flood of unpleasant comments from Hamlin.

Locked into the Final-4: for the NASCAR Cup championship November 7^th at Phoenix: Kyle Larson, defending champ Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr.

Next Race: Sunday November 7^th: Season finale at Phoenix Arizona.

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Formula One World Driving Championship:

Last Grand Prix: Sunday November 7^th: The Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City.

Last Grand Prix: Sunday October 24^th: The United States Grand Prix, Circuit of The Americas ( COTA) Austin Texas: Red Bull gambled bringing pole sitter Max Verstappen in for tires just 10 laps in and it worked in the end! Max handed the lead to Lewis Hamilton twice after Lewis jumped into the lead off the start and got it back each time Lewis pitted. Hamilton fell short trying to chase down Max with 10 to go, and Verstappen takes his 8^th GP win of the season, Hamilton setting for 2^nd, Sergio Perez 3^rd in the other Red Bull.

Canadians: Lance Stroll 13^th, out of the points. Nick Latifi: 15^th

F-1 Points: into Mexico November 7^th: Verstappen doubles his lead on Hamilton to 12 in Drivers. Merc leads Red Bull by 23 in Constructors with 5 GP’s remaining.

Next Grand Prix: Sunday November 7^th: Grand Prix of Mexico, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez Mexico City. 5 GP’s remain on the season.

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NTT IndyCar Series: Season Closed.

2022 season opener: February 27^th: St. Petersburg Florida. Toronto July 17^th if Covid allows.

Spain’s 24 year old Alex Palou wins his first career championship for Chip Ganassi Racing in his rookie season.

Canadian’s points: Hinchclifffe: 20^th, Dalton Kellett: 23^rd.

Sports Cars, IMSA:

Next Race: November 13^th: Road Atlanta.

Last Race: Sunday October 10^th: Virginia Int’l Raceway: Virginia Int’l Raceway: second-last run of the year! GTLM winners and tops overall: Milner and Tandy in the Corvette. GTD: Ottawa’s Zach Robichon and Laurens Vanthoor in the Canadian Pfaff Motorsports Porsche the winners. 5^th for Windsor’s Roman De Angelis and Ross Gunn to clinch the 2021 GTD Sprint title in the “Heart of Racing” Aston Martin!

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Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru:

Next Rally: Rally of the Tall Pines Bancroft North of Toronto November 20^th and the season-closer, The Big White Rally December 11^th Kelowna BC. Just 2 more remain for the season.

Last Rally: October 23^rd: Rallye Charlesvoix, La Malbaie Quebec: Marc-Andre’ Brisbois and Marie Trepanier in their Subaru WRX STi take it by 37 seconds over Jerome Mailloux and Philippe Pourier in their STi. 4 of the top-5 finishers all driving Subaru WRX STi’s!

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World Rally Championship:

Next Rally: November 18^th: Rally Monza. Season closer.

Last Rally: October 17^th: Rally Spain: Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville with a dominant win! Elfyn Evans, 24 seconds back finishing 2nd, means the title fight goes down to a final-round shootout with his Toyota teammate, Sebastien Ogier who leads Evans by 17 points into the Monza Italy closer.

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Raceline Radio Show Guest Schedule for The Week of:

October 31^st: NASCAR Cup playoff dominator Kyle Larson… part-two of “The Racing World According to Ron Fellows”… and more entries for The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!

November 7^th: An interview in two parts with Tony Stewart, Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan on their new NHRA drag racing team for next season… plus a few more entries for The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!

2021: Is our 29^th consecutive season on the air as Canada’s National Radio Motorsport Authority!

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2021 Raceline Radio Network Affiliate Stations:

Stations feature live audio streaming, podcasting and Iphone access.

Sportsnet 590 The FAN Toronto: ( Co-Flagship ) Sundays 7am (replay) and 11 PM Eastern for the primary airing. The FAN / Raceline is also available in HD FM: 92.5 Channel 3, The Radio Player Canada App, Bell Express-Vu Sat. channel 959, and carried live and podcasted on the Web at sportsnet.ca

Raceline Podcasts: (http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/) “Shows” – link to the audio page for Raceline Radio (http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/raceline-radio/

Listen LIVE: www.sportsnet.ca

Tune In Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/Raceline-Radio-p58510/.

TSN 690 Montreal: Monday 9 PM Eastern or After the Game

Sportsnet 650 The FAN Vancouver: Sunday 10 PM Mountain. Also in HD at 96.9 – HD 3, and on the Radioplayer Canada App.

Sportsnet 960 The FAN Calgary: Sunday 10 PM Mountain

TSN 1260 Edmonton: Saturday 7:00 AM Mountain

CityNews 95.7 Halifax: Monday 8 PM Atlantic

CityNews 101-1 FM Ottawa: Saturday 5 PM Eastern

CityNews 1310 AM Ottawa: Saturday 5 PM Eastern

Global News Radio 900 CHML Hamilton: ( Co-Flagship ) Sunday 8 PM Eastern, HD FM at 95.3 Channel 3 and podcasted.

NEWS-TALK 610 CKTB St. Catharines-Niagara: Monday 11 PM Eastern, and Saturday 6 PM Eastern, I-Heart Radio and podcasted.