S3, E19 - The Mint 400

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Holman covers The Mint 400 race as a guest of BFGoodrich Tires and goes for a ride in a spec truck, grabs some great interviews, and brings you along for the experience. Hear from Matt Martelli (The Mint 400), Emme Hall (Just Being Awful), Theresa Contreras (High Octane Hustle), Kevin Stearns (Fox Factory), Ross Berlanga (TMI), along with racers Ryan Arciero, Jason Coleman, Josh Hall, and GM’s Tim Demetrio. Also, find out more about BFG’s ACTIVAIR aftermarket CTIS system. The Truck Show Podcast is proudly presented by Nissan in association with AMSOIL, Kershaw Knives, and OVR Mag.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the pod shed. I'm Holman, and as always, I'm keeping busy to keep the content
0:04.2	flowing for you guys. This past week, I had a chance to drive the new RAM heavy duty trucks,
0:10.2	and I'll be sharing my experiences with you in an upcoming episode, probably next week.
0:15.4	I'm in the middle of putting all sorts of miles on a 2025 RAM 2,500 Laramie 4x4.
0:23.5	This one's equipped with the coming 6-7 and the new 8-speed,
0:28.1	and literally cannot wait to share my thoughts with you guys because there's a lot to talk about with this truck and recently got back from the Media Drive where we were able to take several
0:33.1	configurations of it with different payloads and whatnot over the Davis Dam grade in Arizona.
0:39.4	So that was pretty cool. So that content's coming to you guys. However, for this episode,
0:44.9	I'm going to focus on my time at the Mint 400. Thanks for our friends over at B.F. Goodrich
0:48.2	Tires, who invited me out. It was super awesome to be their VIP. And then that's on top of having
0:53.4	media credentials. So I got one heck of an experience and then that's on top of having media credentials.
0:58.3	So I got one heck of an experience and had pretty much an all-access pass.
1:01.0	So I have to hand it to the Martelli brothers.
1:05.8	This is one of the best run racing events out there.
1:09.6	I was so blown away with how it was set up, how approachable the drivers were,
1:14.7	how accessible it was to families seeking out their favorite racers and products, the companies that were involved. Just everything about it was awesome. It was so old school racing. I love it.
1:20.9	And I think this is probably my first time at the Mint. I can't remember if long, long ago
1:26.3	I had gone to one. But it's always been on
1:29.1	my list for going to, and I just hadn't done it. And this opportunity came up. And I'm so glad
1:35.6	that I went. I got plenty of interviews from the Mint, a lot of background, and just my overall
1:41.0	experience. So I hope you guys will enjoy that, but first we have to thank the companies
1:44.3	that make the Truck Show podcast possible. Truck Show podcast is presented by Nissan, purveyor of
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