09-19-19 NASCAR America Motorsports Hour

Krista Voda and A.J. Allmendinger are in the Charlotte studio but ahead of the NTT IndyCar Series finale, Leigh Diffey and Paul Tracy join us from Laguna Seca, where cars are on track testing ahead of the weekend.Leigh and Paul preview the four championship contenders heading into Laguna Seca, 2017 champion Josef Newgarden, 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi, 2016 champion and this year's Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud and five-time and defending champion Scott Dixon.Josef Newgarden enters Laguna Seca as the championship leader and he will join us to talk about his season and his mindset heading into the race.Marty Snider interviews Simon Pagenaud about his championship hope but also track conditions and what to expect for the race on Sunday.Alexander Rossi was second in the championship last year and took it to the finale before losing out to Scott Dixon. How will that experience benefit him this year? Rossi joins us to discuss.NASCAR will be in Richmond for the second race of the first round. We look at the drivers on the bubble and below the cutline.Minnesota is featured in today's My Track My Roots. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.