{"podcast":{"title":"Five to Go Podcast","slug":"five-to-go-podcast-7011429","podcast_index_feed_id":7011429,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fa7ab73c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.facebook.com/FiveToGoPodcast/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41923463/41923463-1725063186785-1688ac47bbc8a.jpg","author":"Doug Turnbull","episode_count":98,"summary":"NASCAR announcer and Atlanta traffic columnist Doug \"Fireball\" Turnbull, roving racing journo and college sports announcer Devin Kupka, and championship-winning NASCAR mechanic Dan Elliott go long form on five or so big stories in the racing world each week, along with tales from the garage and the grandstands from over the years. Their racing expertise ranges generations and their enthusiasm is endless. And they might even make you laugh.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T02:20:26.520830+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/five-to-go-podcast-7011429"},"episode":{"title":"368 - A JGR trucker takes us to the San Diego race","slug":"368-a-jgr-trucker-takes-us-to-the-san-diego-race","published_at":"2026-06-20T11:23:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/five-to-go-podcast-7011429/368-a-jgr-trucker-takes-us-to-the-san-diego-race","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/five-to-go-podcast-7011429","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doug-turnbull/episodes/368---A-JGR-trucker-takes-us-to-the-San-Diego-race-e3l1ujg","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fa7ab73c/podcast/play/121747504/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-20%2F426501655-44100-2-43540d48324cd.mp3","summary":"Doug, Devin, and Dan welcome Steve Tidmore, one of the hauler drivers for Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 54 NOAPS team. Tidmore shares how he got the gig, the challenge of trying to sleep during races, the logistics of rotating drivers on the long drive out west, and how truckers had to drive on the bumpy San Diego course to get parked. Then the gang discusses Hamlin's triumph at Pocono, what they expect at Michigan, Jesse Love's move to the Wood Brothers, and the question Jenna Fryer raised about modern media. They also remember legendary NASCAR reporter Steve Waid, Doug's old friend Mark Sims, and share a Gordon Pirkle update.","meta_description":"Doug, Devin, and Dan welcome Steve Tidmore, one of the hauler drivers for Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 54 NOAPS team. Tidmore shares how he got the gig, the cha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4882,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/five-to-go-podcast-7011429/episodes/368-a-jgr-trucker-takes-us-to-the-san-diego-race/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/five-to-go-podcast-7011429/368-a-jgr-trucker-takes-us-to-the-san-diego-race.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}