Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) A lot of racers retire and finally take it easy. Kenny Head went the other direction and built a youth racing pipeline that’s helping keep short track racing alive in Michigan. Melinda Russell sits down with Kenny to talk about the Kalamazoo Speedway Mini Wedges…
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Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) We trace Mallory Kutz's year from Miss Motorama win to a full-throttle campaign that connected drivers, packed a seminar, funded scholarships, and reframed what a motorsports pageant can be. Along the way, she kept racing, took her first feature wins, and proved that advocacy grows…
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Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350558/fan_mail/new) The throttle snaps, the snow flies, and a 21-year-old rider decides to trust herself over the voice of doubt. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with Mckaylee, a snowcross racer who started at five years old and climbed from 120s to 600s, stacking national starts…
A five-year-old asks for a race kart. A teenager helps build her first full-bodied car. Then she trades her helmet for a tiara to grow the sport she loves. Meet Zoe Quinn—19-year-old driver and 2025 Miss Mahoning—whose story proves that visibility can be just as powerful as velocity. We dive…
A single bold ask can change a racing life. That’s what happened when a six-year-old named Everett walked up to Food City’s CEO and asked for a sponsorship—an audacious moment that launched a genuine grassroots journey, powered by family, faith, and a love for speed. We sit down with Amy…
A teenager with a torque wrench and a plan—Rowan Edgar is redefining what focus looks like at 15. We sit down with the Missouri micro sprint driver to map her path from caged karts to her first A-class win, and the choices that make speed possible: homeschooling to create time…
In this inspiring episode of the Women’s Motorsports Network Podcast, host Melinda Russell sits down with longtime friend Lori Cutter, a former journalist, pit crew gal, and marketing pro who found her true calling as a chaplain with Racers for Christ (RFC). Lori shares her journey from mud-scraping in the…
Australian dirt racer Veronica McCann—aka “Red Hot Ronnie”—joins Melinda from Tennessee, where she’s wrapping up a multi-week stint racing dirt late models in the U.S. Veronica traces her journey from Perth Motorplex junior ranks to sprint cars, early-20s pavement ambitions in America (with key mentorship from Lynn St. James), a…
Sadie Parsons, a 10-year-old racer from Winter Haven, Florida, has already built an impressive motorsports résumé. Starting in go-karts at just five years old, Sadie now competes in flat karts, Bandoleros, Legend Cars, and Crown Vics — winning five championships in 2024 alone. With parents who both raced, Sadie grew…
In this episode of the Women's Motorsports Network Podcast, host Melinda Russell sits down with 9-year-old Presley Hall, a passionate dirt track racer from Deloge, Missouri. Presley shares how she got started in racing after watching Kyle Larson and attending events at Pevely, and how her dad even sold his…
In this episode of the Women’s Motorsports Network Podcast, host Melinda Russell sits down with Lisa Kubo, a true pioneer of import drag racing. Lisa shares her incredible journey from being a two-week-old baby at the street races with her father to becoming the first driver in NHRA history to…
In this episode of the Women’s Motorsports Network Podcast, host Melinda Russell sits down with Ava Weil, a high school senior from Plymouth, Indiana, who is carving her path in motorsports. From her early days racing quarter midgets at Little Kalamazoo to her current success in go-karts at Mocharts of…
Former NFL wife Eileen Noyes opens up about blending a family of fifteen kids, navigating a public divorce from a polygamist-leaning faith community, rebuilding identity, and choosing purpose “off the sidelines.” She shares how faith anchored her, why many women lose themselves in service to others, and simple, practical steps…
In this episode, we meet Caylie Kjos, a dirt racer from Minnesota who didn’t always see herself behind the wheel. At first, Caylie thought racing was “boring—cars just go in circles.” But thanks to her stepdad, Quinn Arnoldy, who encouraged her to try just one race back in 2017, she…
In this episode of the Women’s Motorsports Network Podcast, host Melinda Russell sits down with California sprint car racer Angelique Bell. Angelique shares how she was introduced to motorsports at age 12 after wanting to race motocross alongside her cousin. With her father by her side as crew chief, Angelique…