Veteran NHRA announcer Joe Castello Launches New Factory Stock Podcast

NHRA announcer and host of WFO Radio, Joe Castello, has Launched a New Factory Stock podcast. This will feature the popular SAMTECH.EDU Factory Stock Showdown series part of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events in 2019.

The inaugural Factory Stock Podcasts are available now on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, SoundCloud, Facebook, Twitter and anything else one can find on the internet including a dedicated WFO Radio APP for iPhone and Android. Castello will be joined during each podcast by Brian Massingill, SAM Tech’s Vice President of Business Development. Massingill is a successful sportsman racer in the Stock Eliminator class.

Castello is one of the first motor sports podcasters who has had two other successful podcasts. One is WFO Radio NHRA Nitro which covers the latest news from the sport of NHRA Drag Racing. The other is WFO Radio Ignition which focuses on a variety of hot topics in the world of sports while also highlighting other forms of motor sports.

Castello will host a pre- and post-race podcast around every race featuring industry racers and insiders.

“This is one of the fastest growing NHRA racing series and the interest continues to expand with every race,” Castello (founder of Castello Media) said. “The competition is fierce and the support from the manufacturers makes the SAMTECH.EDU Factory Stock Showdown one of the most talked-about races on the NHRA tour. There is massive interest for the Factory Stock podcast from both the racing and automotive enthusiast audiences.”

The SAMTECH.EDU series will be showcased in eight events in 2019: the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, the Virginia NHRA Nationals, the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals, the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals and the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. It will conclude at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals.

In 2018, Leah Pritchett — who raced to three consecutive wins in her Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak — secured the Factory Stock Showdown Championship.