Ep.322 – Matt Yocum

Dinner with Racers

Automotive, History, Sports, Leisure

5.0 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

One of the most prolific television commentators in the sport, Matt Yocum has made an art of being a pit reporter in an endless series of motorsport categories. Known for a three-decade run in NASCAR, Matt has been everything from pit reporter to show host, eventually transition to a career today in IMSA as one of the stapes of both the NBC broadcast as well IMSA’s “Endurance Hour” podcast. Lunch was served at the famed Brickhouse Tavern in Davison, NC, with Eldar Kedem’s “For the One” taking us out. Thanks to Continental Tire for making this all happen!

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0:00.0	The man who drunk dialed Chip Gannasi.
0:03.5	Tallahassee's greatest local sports gopher?
0:07.5	And Great Lakes Boat Captain.
0:09.0	Yeah.
0:09.7	Matt Yokem.
0:10.4	If you could describe this lunch we just did in one word, what would it be?
0:13.7	Everlasting.
0:15.1	That's the first one.
0:17.1	That is a good one word.
0:18.2	Because all the conversation that we started here is going to carry over to more dinners.
0:22.8	Yep, yep, yep.
0:23.7	And it's going to, you know, segue, as we like to always say in TV, segue to another story, to another story, to another story.
0:32.3	And with that, we'll be right back.
0:35.2	And now for dinner with racers, presented by Continental Tire.
0:39.1	With your host, Ryan Eversley and Sean Heckman.
0:41.8	Play told her radio.
0:43.2	We're going to.
0:45.3	I'm a driver.
0:46.6	I'm very angry.
0:47.6	This is the sound of a driver on the radio during a race.
0:51.3	What do you think I see?
0:52.3	Oh, hey, j. Oh, I should do? Hey, J.
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