The NASCAR star says the quietest part about Europe, the punches that are almost thrown and get these ‘s—boxes’ out on the track

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

I thought we finally broke Shane Van Gisbergen’s spell there another person he won the road course last week, only for him to completely screw us up on Sunday at Sonoma.

Sure, Chase Briscoe tried to make things interesting at the end, but come on…we all knew SVG was winning that race. You could put Jeff Gordon on the field and SVG would still dominate Sears Point.

Side note: Remember when it was called “Sears Point?” Simple times. Back then we were a proper country. Oh well. It’s sad.

Speaking of Jeff, SVG’s latest win puts him just shy of Gordon for the most road courses in NASCAR history. Gordon currently leads by nine. I think Shane will get there before Halloween.

Still, that’s enough for the film’s classification. I’m not here to talk about SVG all day. Lord knows you don’t want that. What else should we talk about?

What about Noah Gragson saying he was going to hit Kevin Magnussen last week, and was told he would be put in the can if he did? Wait until you hear this noise.

I also get Denny Hamlin vs. Carson Hocevar, SVG vs. F1 and “s—boxes,” and Hooters Gianna continues her journey back to wine country.

Summer is hot, and so is Gianna. Good to have him.

Four tires, enough gas to get us from Sears Point to Chicago, and maybe an SVG belt to put it to good use all over the garage … Monday Morning Pit-Stop — ‘Another Aussie ‘Whippin’ show — LIVE!

Before we go forward, let’s take a quick step back…

Look, we didn’t get a big race yesterday. I’ll just be honest with you. I am nothing if not an honest man. I’m not going to sit here and try to make lemonade when the rest of Sunday gave me a few limes.

(No IDEA if that analogy works, but I just accidentally typed it and decided to stick with it).

So, before we get into Sonoma, I’d like to continue our conversation from last week. For those who missed the class, Noah Gragson and F1 driver Kevin Magnussen got into it after the Naval Base race, with Gragson yelling at a European in what I think was some of the most profanity he’d heard on a race track.

This is America, baby!

“What’s your f—ing problem?” Gragson said … over and over and over and over and over and over again after Kevin smashed him.

“Get out of my face,” he replied softly.

Magnussen also had the balls to mock NASCAR in a separate interview, basically exposing his Danish knowledge to us.

Noah Gragson walks on stage during driver introductions before the NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on April 26, 2026. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

“I’ve watched NASCAR before, so I know that’s how you play it,” he said.

P–s off, Kevin. He attacks one of us, he attacks all of us. I will be damned if we are taught by Europeans in our world.

Not on my watch. Not on the eve of our 250th birthday. Kick the rocks!

Anyway, are we all catching up now? Good! Now, let’s check Noah out to see what really happened during that post-race interview:

SVG is fine, but again, read the room

“You’re in our ballpark and our ballpark, and to come in here on lap 3 and wrap it up on the inside and meet the guys and drive through their doors, it’s frustrating,” Gragson began before saying the quietest part.

“You see a lot with the guys in the past … I think they see how big and how much communication there is (in NASCAR). F1, it’s like a zero-touch policy. So, I really wanted to fight and I was going to throw a punch and I was told right before I got there that there would be long-term consequences for my career if that was the case.”

Yes! Anytime we can start our work week with a dump on F1, I take it. It’s the best. Noah is right, of course. I know people don’t like him as a NASCAR driver for many reasons – mainly that he hasn’t been very good in the Cup Series – but you’re right.

Kevin Magnussen will make his NASCAR debut with Trackhouse Racing in the road race series at Naval Base Coronado. (Photo by Sam Bagnall/Getty Images)

These Europeans come and turn up their noses like they’re from some holier-than-thou race. Hogwash. Don’t come here to break the thread all the time. That is a step too far.

Can you imagine, for a second, if Kevin had broken the late Kyle Busch? Kyle despised F1. He hated it. He threw it away every time.

God, I miss him.

Anyway, I know I said we were done with him, but… let’s get SVG’s thoughts on it:

Hocevar, Hamlin & Hooters Gianna, oh my!

“Our game is really good because you don’t know who is going to win, and you watch F1 and there are three guys who are going to win.”

I mean, yes, SVG is fine here. No argument from me, obviously. I just entered F1 with 500 words. Obviously I agree.

That being said … SVG has won eight (!!!) road course races in the last three years. Eighth. He won five times last season and has won seven of his last nine races at the track/road.

SVG world is on the way, and we’re all just a bunch of “sh-tboxes” living in it!

Amazing. Yes, I may be coming up with SVG after yesterday. He pissed me off for a while, mostly because he just completely destroyed it, but Lordy speaks my language now.

First he goes F1, then calls the lap cars a bunch of “s—boxes” after embarrassing the entire field? You are turning into an American very well!

OK, a few quickies on the way out. First? Did Carson Hocevar add another victim to his list yesterday?

Yeah, I’m going to give Carson a hard pass here. Everyone is up in arms about this today and quick to blame Hocevar, but that’s just the product of road racing. I’ve seen that a million times. As DW would say, “it’s just another racin’ deal.”

Everyone is tied to the bottle and turns left and right and left again. People push and shove and knock the hell out of bumpers. Sometimes, you just get caught in the middle. That’s life on the road.

Denny … thoughts?

Let’s ask him SOMETIME if he’s —-ed, guys. He only told you 47 times that he hasn’t watched it and he’ll need to do so before pressing charges. But, yeah, let’s ask just one more time to see if we can upset Denny Hamlin.

Lord.

“I haven’t seen it Jeff. I know you want to react, but I haven’t. If I see it, I will react.”

In other words: Listen to the podcast this week!

Okay, that’s it for today – and this week. It’s not the biggest race in the world, but we did very well. A quick PSA on the way out…

We have three straight night races coming up, starting this week in Chicago. The boys will head to Atlanta next, followed by North Wilkesboro. Green flags for all three were set after 6pm

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No more Sunday afternoon naps for a while!

Take us home, Gianna Blaney. Good to have you back.