{"podcast":{"title":"The Racing Writer's Podcast","slug":"the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362","podcast_index_feed_id":743362,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3228370/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-racing-writers-podcast","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/54aa538559af053bdab4235955173f55.jpg","author":"JB15 Network","episode_count":353,"summary":"Racer Magazine's Kelly Crandall brings stories and interviews from drivers and personalities from NASCAR, NHRA, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T20:17:27.505930+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 347 | Buddy Hull","slug":"ep-347-buddy-hull","published_at":"2026-04-06T13:23:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362/ep-347-buddy-hull","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-347-buddy-hull--71132312","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71132312/ep_347_buddy_hull.mp3","summary":"Buddy Hull is now a driver/owner in NHRA Funny Car competition, and he’s had plenty to talk about after the fiery start it got off to this season. But that’s just a continuation of the wild rides he’s had in recent years. Hull joins the show to discuss the time spent since the burn down in Gainesville to prepare another car; missing a race so early in the season; wondering if all the hardships lately are trying to teach him something; what he’s learning about himself; his recovery from the Gainesville fire and burns; the manufacturer support in drag racing and how that ties into having a backup body; what it’s like to go through a sand trap; entering a new chapter this year as a team owner; the reason behind going from a hired driver to starting his own team; milestones set for the team this season; Top Fuel to Funny Car to potentially some Top Fuel again; the love for driving a Funny Car; starting out working for Tim Wilkerson and now racing against him; the family dynamic when he became a race car driver; his past in competitive power lifting; the genesis behind starting the Talkin Funny Car program; interviewing fellow competitors in a laid back environment; the plan for the rest of the year and when the team will be able to return to competition. Original music created by Tony Monge. Follow me here: https://linktr.ee/kellycrandall","meta_description":"Buddy Hull is now a driver/owner in NHRA Funny Car competition, and he’s had plenty to talk about after the fiery start it got off to this season. But tha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2806,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362/episodes/ep-347-buddy-hull/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362/ep-347-buddy-hull.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}