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- Slim Pushins: We are live. What's up everybody? Thanks for joining us. This is Pushin't the Cushion Garage Beers Live. As always, my co-host, guy that nobody's ever heard of, just a normal guy, not famous at all, Corby Sherb. Corby Scherb: What's up everyone? How are y'all? We gotta we gotta pick more like up to date song, you know. There's there's some probably some Slim Pushins: He loves the drops. Jim Gardner: Ha ha Corby Scherb: music out there that that the bands would love for you to put on the podcast. Yeah, for sure. I mean I have like a Slim Pushins: For our tens of our tens of listeners. and the other guy the Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: other guy in the jump seat over there, Mr. Unapproachable, Corby's gotta steal the show. Jimmy Gardner. Are we live now? We are live. Jim Gardner: So back after a Corby Scherb: I got I got I got like a second Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby Scherb: cousin who's in a band called Nerve. I'm sure that Jordan would love for you to bring me in with that. Jim Gardner: Maybe maybe in the off season, Kerbo wants to curbo wants to redo the opening. Corby Scherb: I'll talk to Jordan. I can ask him if nerve would let us do it. Jim Gardner: Kerbo keeps saying things like we need to redo the opening, we need a montage of clips and video and we need to work on this like he's got a mouse in his pocket. Slim Pushins: Well, who did the who did the Corby Scherb: Cause what does he actually do? Slim Pushins: I did the I did the original Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: music open that you just love to bag on. Also did the clothes. Jim Gardner: That's that's a good point he did. Yeah, he did find the bagpipes. Corby Scherb: It's horrendous. It's horrendous. Jim Gardner: Yeah. I I Slim Pushins: Well, Jim Gardner: take that back. But yeah. The implication is we is me. And I got enough. Slim Pushins: Jim wouldn't Jim wouldn't let us do free It is now, Mr. Producer. The Mr Guy in the background, the guy in the shadows. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Slim Pushins: I chose mister Cowboy Burley voice. You know? What'd you do, Corby? Shot down every idea, every open idea that I had. Corby Scherb: Nothing. Absolutely nothing. A hundred percent. A hundred percent. Slim Pushins: That's why nobody likes you. Jim Gardner: Kerbos just the talent. Corby Scherb: Clearly. Slim Pushins: Do what? Jim Gardner: nothing. Slim Pushins: What'd you take you took off I I gave you a title as Mr. Unapproachable earlier, but you logged on and off about a half dozen times. Corby Scherb: For the record, the reason they were late is Jimmy's fault. I was here. Jim Gardner: I had to pee. I had to run outside of my shop and pee. My bad. Yep. Corby Scherb: I was here. I was Slim Pushins: Yeah, y they don't have Corby Scherb: ready. Slim Pushins: y'all don't have indoor plumbing up there in Denison? Jim Gardner: Yeah, we don't pave roads or electricity either, so anyway, we're working on it. But yeah. It's good seeing you boys. Slim Pushins: Hey look who's look who's on, fellas. Old Tubir Tom. Jim Gardner: Do what? Slim Pushins: Justin Justin Bates dad. Jim Gardner: Yeah. he's probably taking notes, seeing if I talk bad about my driver this week, which I won't. He did a good job Saturday. the crew chief. Slim Pushins: He's probably probably waiting to hear you talk bad about the head mechanic over there. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Well that's also me. no, he was he was fine. We'll get to that later. Anyway. Slim Pushins: Hold on just a second. Hold on just a second. Let me take Take a quick drink out of my Jeb Sesame's cup. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby Scherb: Jebby. Jim Gardner: so my mom Slim Pushins: It tastes better out of a Jeb cup. Keep coming, Jeb. Jim Gardner: He said he's got a case. Slim Pushins: I heard your mom was disappointed the other day. Jim Gardner: Yeah, what did I not put it I must not upload it. Yeah, my mom was pissed. She went to Taco Casa and Durant and got a John Carney cup and she was pissed off about it. She's like, Everybody I see on Facebook's got a Jeb Sesams cup and I get Carney. I was like, Yeah, that's scrub. Slim Pushins: Here's here's something that you titled There it is. Was that Jim Gardner: Yeah, yeah, that's not the one from my mo that's not the one from my mom though. But anyway, the cups are cool. Slim Pushins: That's the second the second best cup. Jim Gardner: The cups are cool. I talked to Roy. He said he does fifteen million cups a year. so it's pretty cool too. Slim Pushins: he produced but he produced about three hundred with Jeb's name on it. Jim Gardner: Yeah, that's right. Yeah, they're all in Burleson too. So any Slim Pushins: Fifteen million cups a year? Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah, it's crazy. Slim Pushins: That's a lot of sweet tea. Jim Gardner: That's right. But the Taco Casa Cups are awesome. Corby Scherb: Sugar, sugar water, little bit of tea dashed in. Slim Pushins: Okay. Jim Gardner: Big thanks to Roy Upshaw for just being passionate about Slim Pushins: Great group of people to work work around too. Jim Gardner: it. Yeah. Corby Scherb: Just just just racing in general, man, supporting it. He supports a lot of people. Jim Gardner: Yeah, he's got a go kart, they got a mo they got a a door slammer, a mud turtle of some sort, and obviously the spring Corby Scherb: Junior Limited. Jim Gardner: car stuff and Slim Pushins: He's probably listening and doesn't appreciate you just Jim Gardner: Ha ha Slim Pushins: throwing around that he drives some door slamming mudslinger. Jim Gardner: I don't know what they're all called. There's six different classes of them, and I can't keep them apart. So well, anyway. Corby Scherb: It's not that hard. Jim Gardner: But yeah, the Taco Casa Cups are cool. And seeing all like the whole last week of just everybody tagging Jeb and Jeb must have signed 40 of them in the pit Saturday night. Corby Scherb: God, what would it be like to be famous like Jeb? Slim Pushins: You know, like that's what I was thinking. Restaurants Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: got your your car's picture and your name spelled right. Jim Gardner: It yeah, it's cool. Corby Scherb: The O one J, did we ask him where the number came from? I don't I don't think that we did. Jim Gardner: Yeah, he said yeah, no, we definitely did. he said like the guy they bought it from or somebody or his sister was running one and they had they had stickers Corby Scherb: Yeah, yeah, you're right. I remember the story now. Jim Gardner: left over in in the shop and they just put on and that that was that. So yeah. Anyway. Slim Pushins: A lot of numbers a lot of guys' numbers kinda come come up like that. Like not not a major background we'll have to ask him when we have him back on the all conspiracy theory show during the off season. Jim Gardner: Yeah. During the off season is explicitly, yeah. Slim Pushins: Jim won't let us do a all conspiracy theory show during the season. We'll have time. let's see. Jim Gardner: What the hell? Corby Scherb: Lot of stuff that happened this weekend, man. good, bad Slim Pushins: Jim's Jim's having problems. Hold on, Corby. Jim's perplexed. Jim Gardner: I'm doing fine. I'm figuring it out here. Slim Pushins: What are you looking for? That picture? there it is. Okay. See Corby? Jim Gardner: there it is. Yeah. I wanna get my mom's a big P one of the show. I wanna make sure. I wanna make sure people see. So there's a text message from my mom. She was very upset that the that Slim Pushins: Everyone, all caps. Which one wait, bring that back Jim Gardner: A John Cup. Corby Scherb: I'm sure she said med, Slim Pushins: up. Which one's the Corby Scherb: but I'm sure she meant mid. Mid would being Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby Scherb: John Carney, not Jeb. Jim Gardner: Yeah. So they were at Slim Pushins: Which one's the medium? Jim Gardner: must be the one on the left. The ice line's lower. Slim Pushins: See that's why we keep Jim around. Jim Gardner: figure stuff out. Anyway, that's cool. Slim Pushins: So she was she was all un untoo unhappy, huh? Jim Gardner: Yep. I think the Durant Taco Casa is dead to her. So I also was beating Roy up about getting one in Denison or Sherman. He's like, we're looking into it. It just blew me off. So anyway, that was that. Slim Pushins: Sounds like a sounds like a job for Mr. Unapproachable. Open Jim Gardner: Yeah. No. Slim Pushins: up open a taco casa. Jim Gardner: No, I don't think so. all right, what race we want to start with, boys? Slim Pushins: Let's start with Abilene. I mean Abilene, Amarillo, that one. Stop it, Corby. Jim Gardner: Amarillo. Slim Pushins: I'm allowed to make mistakes. Corby Scherb: Good nut. Good nut. Jim Gardner: All right. Corby Scherb: Let's start with this man, I kinda figured that it'd be a little bit bigger field. I know that there was some some one off guys that showed up to run a three five race, but that's just me. I mean that that was that was good money. I mean, Jim claims to be a non wing guy and he didn't even go. So Jim Gardner: I don't think my truck and trailer can manage that five hour tow in a hundred and ten degree heat. That feels like Corby Scherb: I'm glad you didn't argue on the I'm glad you didn't argue on the non wing guy thing. Slim Pushins: Jimmy, you'll be happy. I've got Jim Gardner: I can put a w non wing card together. Slim Pushins: I've got this wherever they're at. Jim Gardner: U sex at Circle City tonight. Slim Pushins: Okay. Yeah. Corby Scherb: That's what's on. Slim Pushins: I got that on and I got Millbridge on. Huh? Jim Gardner: That show at Lawrenceburg on Sunday, baby. My home my that show at Lawrenceburg on Sunday, man. Lawrenceburg is pure, man. It is wild ass. Every corner is an adventure. Slim Pushins: I saw that we got another top fan badge at some obscure racetrack up north Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Slim Pushins: this week. That's how you know Jim's been Jim Gardner: No, it Slim Pushins: on. Jim Gardner: no, it was Thunder Valley Raceway in Louisiana down on the bayou where the down south guys ran on Saturday. And Slim Pushins: Dard, I can get behind that. Jim Gardner: yeah, so it was down it's like down in Lafayette. They look like they had standing room only crowd for this the SUS guys. Jacob Harris got the win down there. So and that was a push in the cushion power rankings race. We had I think there were like twelve cars, but nine of them I had data on. So I went ahead and made that an official race. so yeah. Slim Pushins: Nine of you Corby Scherb: Hm. It's f it's funny Slim Pushins: had what? Corby Scherb: how the roles just get made up as we go. Jim Gardner: The the the power rankings Slim Pushins: To fit to fit the agenda? Come at us. Jim Gardner: the power rankings are all based on competition. So everybody's put into races. And so when when there's a race where most of the field I have data on or data on, whatever you want call it, I'm that race, the the results of that race make sense to add, to make sure we get the down south guys, plenty of races. Corby Scherb: Is it gonna be a number like that? Like what about like Belleville Nationals? Are th are those two races just Jim Gardner: No, because Bellville there's there's Corby Scherb: What about like Belleville and and then Eagle Nationals? Just too many other I I'm just asking questions, buddy. Jim Gardner: Eagle probably Yeah. Eagle Eagle probably not. Slim Pushins: We gotta ask the questions, Jim. Corby Scherb: Well I think that Eagle would be Slim Pushins: They're all gonna they're gonna come after us. Corby Scherb: well, Eagle would be really tough just just based on the car count that's there, I think. I I didn't Jim Gardner: Correct. Yeah, because yes Corby Scherb: mean to like Jim Gardner: Come at me. Corby Scherb: No, I'm not coming at you. I'm just I well, I'm I'm asking questions just curious on that Jim Gardner: There will be Corby Scherb: because th that's a lot of other people. Jim Gardner: So yeah, it and it's the the percentage of entrants who are gonna be there is gonna be so low based on the car count. Cause let's say twenty five of our guys go, there's still gonna be a hundred cars there, and then basically the other 75 Corby Scherb: Mm-hmm. Right. Jim Gardner: guys there, I have to just assign a random average number to their existing score, and then the data is just not great, right? But the race down in Louisiana Corby Scherb: Gotcha. Jim Gardner: was, you know, nine of twelve guys, it was Channing and the Harris brothers and Thomas Johnson and who are some other downside? Trent Dixon was there. Like I have five or six Corby Scherb: Sure, Trent Dixons were there. Jim Gardner: yeah, so like I have five or six races where the data for those guys we know kind of what the strength of that field was. Right. So instead of it just Corby Scherb: Mm-hmm. Jim Gardner: being a guess. So that that well we'll talk about those later, but that scored Amarillo was not scored, it was non-wing, and I only know about four of the cars there. So Anyway, we'll Slim Pushins: So Jim Gardner: get back to the races. Corby Scherb: Boy it got it got wild there. It got Slim Pushins: Wait, hold on, hold on, 'cause I've got a typical Slim Pushins question. So Corby Scherb: Which is completely useless. Slim Pushins: are the guys are the drivers that will be in Bellville Follow me here, Jim, will they be somehow mathematically penalized because you will track RPM in one five this weekend? Jim Gardner: No. that's a good question, Kerbo. That that was astute. That was better than I was expecting. no, because Slim Pushins: All right, we appreciate y'all joining in. We're gonna end on that note. Thirteen minutes into this. Jim Gardner: So the power rankings, as far as participation Slim Pushins: Mark that. Jim Gardner: goes, as far as participation goes, the power rankings only need you to run 60% of the available races to effectively get your full credit of your score. Right? So and that metric is in there because I don't want to grade John Carney's fourth place at one race at Kennedale, the same as DJ Esseis's fourth place. six five fifth places, right? just as as far as like how good that data is. but essentially you only have to run sixty percent of the races for for the algorithm to think that your score is actually legitimate. That makes sense. So Corby Scherb: Or you could just go off of how IMCA does it. I mean state champions are crowned upon total points and then national Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby Scherb: championships are done off twenty Slim Pushins: Don't do it, Jim. Corby Scherb: races. Slim Pushins: He's baiting you. Don't do it. Don't Jim Gardner: I know he is and I'm Slim Pushins: don't bite. Jim Gardner: I'm lucky. I'm it's just not it's not no point system is perfect and that one is the most flawed. Fair? And we'll just leave it at that and move on to Amarillo. Corby Scherb: IMCA points or that flawed? Jim Gardner: yeah. Corby Scherb: Or the state region? I mean yes and no. It's Jim Gardner: No, they're all but Corby Scherb: got it's got its pros and cons. Everything does. Everything does. I don't care which way you cut Jim Gardner: Yeah. yeah. Corby Scherb: it. Jim Gardner: Yep, exactly. So anyway Slim Pushins: Well you got hold on, you got w before we go back to Amarillo, we you brought up Jacob Harris's win and you've got you got a picture of his of his Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: win. Jim Gardner: We can start with the down south guys. Harris Harris went down and got the Slim Pushins: Down on the bayou. Jim Gardner: win. like I said, I think there are twelve cars. I I don't know I don't know any of the tracks down there, but because I was on the tracks Facebook page, they they did show that they had a packed house for sprint cars Saturday night, so that was good. So good win for him. And who were the rest of the top five there? Give me a second. I'll I'll Slim Pushins: All right, back to Amarillo for the half dozenth time. Jim Gardner: pull that up. Well, hang on, Kerbo. Let me give credit. Let me give let me give credit Slim Pushins: All right. We'll put Amarillo on hold again. Bring it up. Bring it up, Mr. Tat guy. Jim Gardner: to Jacob Harris one, Channing Tankers Lee was second, Thomas Johnson, Caden Trotter, Tyler Harris. So that's a really good top five as far as the down south guys go. I mean, I don't think you know, with the exception of Townsend, I don't think you could get a better top five down there. So hopefully that's a good show and they can keep building it up down there. Corby Scherb: So Channing doesn't fall in a good top five from down south? Slim Pushins: Hm? What do you mean, Corby? Jim Gardner: You broke up, Corby, what'd you say? Corby Scherb: He said except for chan except for channing? Slim Pushins: No, except for Townsend. C Jim Gardner: No, except for Corby Scherb: Townsend, Slim Pushins: T. Corby Scherb: okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Jim Gardner: Townsend wasn't there. Yeah. Pay attention Slim Pushins: You gotta listen. Jim Gardner: there. Corby Scherb: Shut up. Yes, sir, Jimmy. Yes, sir. Sorry. Jim Gardner: All right. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: Jeez. All right. And Amarillo Slim Pushins: So Channing's average Channing's two race average this season is one and a half. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Exactly. But Corby Scherb: And really got wild. It got wild there for for a good while. Here we go. Back to it. Go ahead. Jim Gardner: No, go for it. Go for Amarillo. Corby Scherb: Or for sure, this time. Jim Gardner: Yeah, Amarillo, non wing only. It's the only thing I actually care about. Non wing racing. Corby Scherb: Look, listen to Jacob right there. Lee Kiba with three Slim Pushins: Hold on. Corby Scherb: five sprint sprint drivers passing points for the season. I mean I almost agree that she gets you s something. Slim Pushins: Look at Jim. Jim is Corby Scherb: Cars passed. I mean I could we have like an extra bonus there at the end of the year for most cars passed? Jim Gardner: I post it a average I I post it average charge. Posted every week. Right now Kyle Jones is leading that. Averaging Slim Pushins: Jacob said Jacob said C T was turning wrenches for Tankersley. Jim Gardner: Interesting. yeah, no, I keep track of chart of you know the start position and end position. So we know how many cars everybody's passing. Right now the the highest is is Kyle Jones at five point seven, just over three races though. So and those those numbers are really skewed because like Slim Pushins: Mike said hi from I Jim Gardner: Those those numbers are skewed 'cause you could start third and break and lose seventeen and that minus seventeen affect your numbers for the whole year. So it doesn't tell the whole story. But anyway, can we get to Amarillo, please? Damn it. Corby, talk Amarillo. I'm I'm gonna mute Slim Pushins: Jim Jim's a schedule guy. Jim Gardner: co I'm gonna mute Slim. Corby Scherb: Emerald was kinda wild, man. it was it was typical. You know, the the racetrack was really good in the heat races, and that place is super round. Super round. And for the feature th there was a couple people who could make the top kind of work, especially like through three and four, kind of became a bottom feeder track. I I I think I'm gonna say these names right. Tyler Edwards ended up running down, Ricky Lewis, who led led the whole thing and drove by him. And I don't know many people who wouldn't have done what Ricky did in that moment and kinda stuffed him into a tire, so ended his night and that sucks for him. It's a terrible thing and I mean sometimes you just gotta right rear before they can get to you. and then you know Jim Gardner: Yeah, i he Ricky ri Ricky was awfully calm and politically correct in the vic in the interviews, probably because he knew he ran over Tyler Edwards five laps prior and didn't have much of a leg to stand on. So Corby Scherb: For sure. For sure. Jim Gardner: I I'll give him credit for Slim Pushins: Couldn't find that video. Jim Gardner: that. Yeah, it well conveniently it's not posted on any of the highlights. Corby Scherb: But I mean man, it's such it's Yeah, magic, huh? It's it's such a Slim Pushins: I think Jim might be delayed a little bit. Corby Scherb: it's such a tough moment in there and and sitting in a seat and you don't know what to do and I mean if someone blasts by you like that on the bottom when you're on the bottom, they're clearly gonna be faster than you. And then Khan ended up they saw a restart and then Conn ran him down and Khan tried to give him a really good right rear and just wasn't up to him just yet and so gave him a little bit more bumper going on the front straight away and ended up turning them both. And then third place just sneaks by and gets the win and then big flip after that. Big big flip after that. Slim Pushins: Big win. Big win for for Bryley Kilmer. Corby Scherb: Yeah, I agree. Slim Pushins: Jim's in the middle of something. Look at him, he's either frozen or thinking. Jim Gardner: I'm I'm I'm trying to figure out Chelsea's texting Corby Scherb: Both. Jim Gardner: me that my video is terrible. So sorry about that, everybody. But Slim Pushins: Of which The video of the five laps to go. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so I'm trying to leave I'm try no no no no of just my live stream is bad. So here, let me pull up here's the f Corby Scherb: Yeah. So who's got internet problems now? Funny guy. Jim Gardner: Here's the finish. Corby Scherb: Ga gave him a little bit. And then what was it? I think it was Jack Hall that ended up going upside down in a big way. Pretty big ride. Jim Gardner: Yeah, let's watch that again. Slim Pushins: Hold on. Don't take yeah, watch that again. Is he turning? Corby, you're a professional race car driver. Was that in was that intentional? Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Corby Scherb: I mean, you can't say it like that, you know. Slim Pushins: Well, I mean, we're completely unbiased and unrelated. Send that business. Jim, send that one more Corby Scherb: I think you try to give him the business. I think you try to give him the business. Jim Gardner: He I I think Slim Pushins: send that one more time, Jim. Jim Gardner: I think I think I think the hit we see here off of four was a racing deal. The video you can't see that's on Race On, Slim Pushins: How did Briley Kilmer not just Corby Scherb: It looked like it Jim Gardner: Yeah, I I'll give if if this was the only contact that happened, I would say it's a racing deal. but him just going in there and shoving his right front up in the guy's headers on the entrance of that corner, which the video's on race on. that was pretty blatant. And I guess, you know, we don't race for a lot of money down here all the time. And I think people just go a little crazy when there's five grand on the line, you know, it's five times the purse we're typically running for. I don't know. I kinda th yeah, I so you're gonna have that. So but yeah they're running each other over left and right down there. That's a big track. Those are big licks. you're you're not going slow at that at that joint. Corby Scherb: For sure. Jim Gardner: so I I think Nathan Moore got upside down too. Slim Pushins: Yeah, Corby and I talked to him today. I I had heard that he was mad and I asked him what happened. and he Jim Gardner: You sent me the video, I don't think I uploaded it though. Slim Pushins: I don't even I don't even know why I try anymore. See frozen for you, Corby? Jim Gardner: Am I out again? Yeah. Corby Scherb: I think so. No he's cooked. Slim Pushins: Jim's prob well, he we now he's gonna be mad. Now he's gonna be mad because Corby Scherb: He's outta there. He's outta there. No, now he's gonna show back up in the show and then cancel this one and then start a whole nother one and we're twenty three minutes in, we can't be having that. Slim Pushins: canceled the live. We've got we've got a good handful of people online and he's Mr Unapproachable's done it again. He's done Corby Scherb: He's trying to be politically correct about it. You know, it's a tough spot to be in when you're running second and you've drove up to the back door of the leader and I I believe I I believe it was Khan. he he was faster than Lewis through three and four and I mean he only got one shot. You might as well take it. I I would have been upset if I was Lewis for sure, but man, it is what it is, you know. It's just it's racing and you just got you gotta know some of the people that you really race around. That's the biggest thing. Slim Pushins: now we got a clear picture of you. Jim Gardner: All right, sorry for that. I s logged Slim Pushins: No, you're not. Jim Gardner: off without without killing the stream, I logged off and switched internet services. I got two internets up here. My wife's probably double streaming Slim Pushins: Must be nice. Jim Gardner: two Bravo shows inside. Because she loves the drama. Slim Pushins: For the record, Corby Scherb: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Chelsea, I did not say that. Corby had nothing Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Slim Pushins: to do with that. That those opinions do not reflect the opinions of the show. Jim Gardner: Yeah. So she's probably got housewives on one and something else on the other. So and then probably streaming us. Slim Pushins: So are you are you gonna upload are you gonna upload that video? Do you have the internet capability? I'll bring up you do that, we'll bring up Briley Kilmer's victory lane picture. I don't know how she threaded that. Five thousand dollars. Corby Scherb: I'm just gonna close my eyes until I see Jesus. That's what she said. Slim Pushins: You think? Corby Scherb: yeah. Put it on the floor. You're gonna hit him, hit him hard. Jim Gardner: I wonder if the transponders I wonder if the transponders are on the nose of the car. Slim Pushins: I didn't pay attention to that video, like did she just Jim Gardner: She split Corby Scherb: You gotta remember that the the start and finish line or the the line going across over the finish line isn't always necessarily exactly where the loop is. You know, it's still a loop in the ground. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Sorry it's grainy. They probably used an iPhone to film this, but this is Nathan Moore's crash. So Corby Scherb: here we go. Here we go. Jim Gardner: h Homeboys goes in and Corby sherbs it and Nathan Nathan piles in. This is classic Slim Pushins: Exactly. A thousand miles an hour. Corby Scherb: We're gonna call Corby out right now, are we? Slim Pushins: Ha ha ha. Corby Scherb: Think I was driving home from Oklahoma and I saw something different. Jim Gardner: Classic Corby Sherb right here. Slim Pushins: I'd be willing to bet that Devin Diebrick would have a little something to say about that, Jim. Jim Gardner: man. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: Anyway, that's Slim Pushins: She's not watching Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Bravo, Jim. Jim Gardner: Yeah, she she's committed for the brand and probably trying to save the bandwidth now. She's realizing I'm having internet issues out in the shop. So thanks, babe. I love ya. anyway, that's Slim Pushins: now you're trying to make peace. Jim Gardner: let's put a pin in Amarillo. We I love nonwing racing. Wish we had it more. I'm glad it's a three five race. that track's probably a four ten track. It's a little big for the three fives. you know I understand why you guys don't run more three five stuff around here. but I don't know. I I know Roger Oaks is always trying to figure out how to get more non wing three five racing around here. So we'll see if anything comes to fruition. But anyway, congrats to Briley and hopefully that's a good successful show and they they keep building it. So I wish it wasn't six hours away, I'd have went. But anyway. Let's talk about Kennedale. We we drug everybody Slim Pushins: On to let's talk about Kennedale. Jim Gardner: along for twenty-seven minutes. Everybody just wants to hear about Kennedale and the flagman situation. But Corby Scherb: I thought we were gonna talk about the race 'cause I thought the racetrack was amazing this weekend. Jim Gardner: The racetrack was awesome. They did a kick ass job on the racetrack. Slim Pushins: Debri Jim Debrick agr agrees. Jim Gardner: Yeah. sorry about that, Devin. week one getting getting your season started off right. But Devin Diebrick, shout out, man. I think he's on back to back top fives. Kid drove from fifteenth to fifth on Saturday on a good race track. after having some issues in his heat race and pulling off. So that kid had the voodoo doll, you know, he had spell on him there for two months or so where they everybody seemed like they just spun out right in front of but they got it figured out now and put the curse on Jordan Roop, who needs a break in a bad way. Slim Pushins: I guess speaking of Jordan Roof, let's go ahead and tell that story, Jim. The corn dog the corndog story. Jim Gardner: So he well so let's so he's fought he fought motor issues for the last two weeks, three weeks maybe the last three races. Greenville, I know yeah, Greenville, Kennedale, RPM, and Ardmore. Yeah, like four weeks Corby Scherb: I'd go for Ardmore and Ardmore. Mm-hmm. Jim Gardner: in a row they were chasing the motor and and so I was talking to him when we got there and they found out that the barrel valve spool had flipped over. Which and he goes, Does that ever happen? I was like, Yeah, in big crashes you can have issues like that. And he's like, I haven't crashed. And so I don't know what happened, but they thought they had it figured out, took it down the the dyno down down his house, you know, in his driveway on the gravel road and said it was good and he was ready to rip Saturday. Slim Pushins: You let her let her loose? Jim Gardner: And you know, it just didn't work out for him. And I thought I had that picture queued up ready to go. Slim Pushins: I was about to say we don't have that was a great picture. Mike said that he entered that picture in he entered that picture in his community Jim Gardner: So yeah, it wasn't this picture. It was when Jordan was upside down. I didn't even realize Jordan crashed. It wasn't in our heat race. but that is a digger gauge checker. and I know his back was hurting and I can see why. because that's a big lick. down there. The ninety nine got turned around. Slim Pushins: Was that the coming down or the going over? Jim Gardner: they're coming down. They're coming down. Corby Scherb: Get him, Danny. Jim Gardner: Yeah. But Anyway, so Jordan's had some bad luck and I walked down there after the heat race and I was going to get a hot a corn dog, obviously. And Slim Pushins: How many did you get, Jim? Jim Gardner: I got two. I got two corn dogs because they they upped the price to two fifty, which I get, and I'm not gonna get one and carry around fifty cents like a loser. So while I'm standing in line, Janna comes out of the pit shack and goes, You getting corndogs? Hell yeah, I am. Does a one-footed duck swim in a circle, Jana? Bet your ass it does. so I got two legendary Kennedale corn dogs, and I was walking back enjoying one, and it was awesome. The tr the corndogs were amazing. And I walked by and I was like, Hey Jordan, you want this? Spare, you know, cure for the race car blues, a good Kennedale corn dog. And I guess he's a big fitness freak and turned me down. So I ended up having that one too, and it was his loss. Because that was the single best corndog I've ever had, that second one. Extra crispy. It was a nine and a half out of ten. Couldn't I couldn't believe how amazing it was. So Jordan, you're lost, buddy. And then Debbie Diebrick gets a candid shot. Slim Pushins: There's Jimmy There's Jim and his natural element. Jim Gardner: Yeah. so everybody's taking voyeur pictures of me eating corn dogs now, which is an internet sensation I didn't think I would have. But anyway, whatever. Slim Pushins: Hey, when you're when you're as famous as we are for this podcast, cameras are out everywhere. Jim Gardner: Yeah, when I'm known as the corndog guy. Like I always dreamed of being. so anyway, but short shout out Jordan Roop. keep at it, buddy. I we've all been there where it just feels like you can't you can't get out of your own way. And when you do it you know something else happens that's out of your control and and and it sucks. It'll test how much you love the sport. I can I can tell you that he's had a season from hell the last two months or so. So stick with it, Jordan. Er and you know, Corby's been there. I I watched Corby knock down five infield tractor tires in a row in like five different weeks. And then get crashed Corby Scherb: Not me. Jim Gardner: by the and then get crashed by the four X, like right when we got to put together. So that was tough on him. Slim Pushins: That was a hell of a couple of years there. Jim Gardner: But anyway, so all right, well Kennadale ha Slim Pushins: Watching watching Jim rebuild front ends made me tired. Like I was Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Slim Pushins: it wore me out. I sweated a lot watching him thrash on front ends. Jim Gardner: Yeah. So anyway, but the racing was fantastic at Kennedale. They had it dialed in. It was pretty locked down the heat races, and we didn't end up touching Justin's car from the main event. you know, we had the car in a much better spot. He's been the best he's looked all year, and I kind of thought the track would hang on. or at least move up that we could maybe get to lap fifteen and be really good till till lap fifteen and then kind of figure it out from there and and and I was wrong because at about lap eight the track was totally gone. So Justin was hanging on for dear life and that and then turned himself around just just going for it. But he looked really good up front there for the first dozen lap or half a dozen laps or so. we feel like Slim Pushins: He gave it the old college try. We were Jim Gardner: Yeah, we we feel like we've made a lot of good gains. And finally the car's in a window where we can get it a little tight and it he doesn't feel like he's gonna be picking his teeth out of the fence. you know, we've just really struggled with over adjusting that car, and so we purposely under adjusted it and it was no good. So but Corby Scherb: Hm. Jimmy overje over digesting something? Hm. Jim Gardner: Not Saturday 'cause I was eating corn dogs. So Corby Scherb: Well there's the trip. Jim Gardner: yeah, but Slim Pushins: What was the total corn dog consumption? Hey, can we put that on the power rankings? Total next season, next season we're gonna start. It's gonna be on the power rankings. Total PTC corndog consumption. Jim Gardner: I had two. Two. Just put tallies in the trailer. Yeah. but yeah, so Marcus Thomas wins Saturday. Corby Scherb: Absolute wheel man. People can say Jim Gardner: He was on the gas, came from like sixth. six to win it. He was up on our bumper pretty quick. He he carved through the first two rows of the field pretty quick and was there. and I think Colby might have run him down had it not been for that late yellow. Colby was faster through the center section of the race. Once Colby cleared us and and the race got to lap traffic. I think he was maybe a little bit better than Marcus. but you know, the cautions came his way and Marcus takes home the win. and that was that. So Corby Scherb: Marcus is really good at playing the game for the Kennedill start when the lights go out down the back straight away. Marcus is really good at that. Yeah, he's a Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby Scherb: old veteran like like Chad Wilson or Jeb. They're they're really, really good. Jim Gardner: The first restart yeah, the first restart was late was late and the fur and the second one was in turn Slim Pushins: Well he also he's been doing this a long time. Jim Gardner: was on the back stretch. Slim Pushins: He's been Corby Scherb: yeah. Slim Pushins: he's been doing this Corby Scherb: yeah. Slim Pushins: a long time. He knew that there was a rookie flagman up there too, so push pushing whatever boundaries. Good for him. I would have done the same thing. Jim Gardner: Yeah, right. So yeah. So Marcus with the win, Colby having a great season was second. Jebba Baba was third, Charlie Timmy had a good run in fourth, and Devin Diebrick, like we talked about earlier, thyme, Timmy, thyme. Sorry, Brandon. Corby Scherb: think it's thyme. I'm pretty sure it's thyme. Might be Brandon Slim Pushins: I think it's Thyme. And he's a he's a follower too. Corby Scherb: too. It might be, I don't know. Or it might just Charlie Brandon. Jim Gardner: Brandon, if you have shirts, I'll wear one next week. you know, sorry. they they say Timmy. Slim Pushins: He he I think he's got shirts. Jim Gardner: They say Timmy on the broadcast, I guess. So Corby Scherb: I know. Well Slim Pushins: They also say de brick. Corby Scherb: they all say the brick that that's a the D brick. Jim Gardner: Ha Slim Pushins: To me that's a to me that's a hard one to mess up Corby Scherb: Yeah. Slim Pushins: and mission accomplished on Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: at multiple tracks. Jim Gardner: All right, so anyway, Charlie, I'll bu I'll buy a shirt. Slim Pushins: Kevin just called you two out. Kevin Raimi just called you two out. Yeah, yeah. Jim Gardner: Me too. Me too. What? Ha ha ha. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: Cracks exit grip on top. I didn't trash the ex exit exit grip on top. I'll be there Saturday, Kevin. We're gonna take baits, put on a show. I'll be there. Slim Pushins: Some sort of a show, we'll see which show. Jim Gardner: The the track the track at the track at RPM last week was awesome. The fifty one car was awful. My my perception of the racetrack is Corby Scherb: John. Jim Gardner: probably screwed because I had no grip. Slim Pushins: Hold on. Hold on, John Corby Scherb: Hmm. Slim Pushins: I think John's got the quote of the the comment of the day. Jim Gardner: man. Slim Pushins: Ricketts is a guy he's had some he's had some bad luck the last few weeks, but always does it with, you know, a smile and something funny as hell to say. Jim Gardner: They must only let me load a certain amount of media at once. Corby Scherb: Bring the flat flat bill princess. Slim Pushins: Ring the flat bill princess. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby Scherb: Now it's my daughter's birthday Friday. We got birthday stuff to do. I know you're not gonna argue about girls' birthdays, Kevin. You Jim Gardner: So you know Ricketts Ricketts spun out down there on the bottom trying to make some stuff happen up on the lead. got turned around and got his nose wing ripped off, went to the push in the cushion power rankings work area, got that fixed and came back out. So Kerbo, your influence Slim Pushins: Pushing the Cushion Power Rankings official. I want y'all to know, anybody that's listening, I want y'all to know that Jim takes it so personal that that there's a 4% chance y'all are limping race cars around because of the power rankings. That was Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Slim Pushins: it. He questions, Corby Scherb: Let's see. Slim Pushins: he questions even continuing the power rankings every time he sees that. Jim Gardner: I just don't need I don't need big Leon coming down swinging a torsion bar at me 'cause 'cause John tore up the car worse than it needed to, trying to get to fourteenth instead of eighteenth. Ain't it ain't gonna matter. So anyway. yeah that's Corby Scherb: I was gonna try to blame it on the Kennedale points, but I just pulled up the Kennedell points and that's not the problem. I d I I'm not gonna say 'cause there's some people who try not to look at points throughout the year, but it's definitely not just for the Kennedale points because I that that's a big gap. That's a big gap. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: No. No. We've had more we've had more than one driver on. Corby Scherb: Almost got a race. Almost got a full race lead right now. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yep. So anyway. Slim Pushins: Jim Jim told Kobe Stubblefield. Corby Scherb: I'll let Kerbo wear it, Kevin. I'll I'll give it to him. It's brand new, it's fresh. Fresh off the press. Slim Pushins: Jim Jim told K Kobe Stublefield that he did not want him limping around the the track with a top wing just dangling because he wanted to stay at the top of the power rankings and Kobe just smiled and walked back into his trailer. Jim Gardner: yeah. I don't I don't need Junior coming Slim Pushins: There it is. Jim Gardner: at me either. So I don't need to make enemies with crew guys, car hunters, and dads. Slim Pushins: There it is. We need to put mics we need to put mics on these guys. So when the track officials go, Hey, take me take me to the official push in the cushion power rankings work area. I can't disappoint the fellas and Jim Gardner: yeah. Yeah. Slim Pushins: my parents. Jim Gardner: Yep. Anyway. all right, so We had an issue with the stock car race right before us at Kennedale, where there was just a lot of downtime, and we were sitting there wondering what the hell was going on. And I walk up to the st to the the fence, and all the race cars are parked on the back stretch behind Lopez's truck. The grandstands are cheering and the flagman's coming down off the flag stand. And Slim Pushins: Mm-hmm. Jim Gardner: I don't know exactly what went on. I kind of pieced in. you know, been told some things by some up different people, whatever. I ain't we ain't gonna sit here and and like try to harp on it or anything. I think Slim Pushins: Second guess. Jim Gardner: I think cooler heads probably could have prevailed, and and whatever was going on with between the officials probably could have been handled at the end of you know, after the races were done. but I don't it wasn't a good look, I can tell you that. You know, and so there was a little bit of a delay with the stock car guys. Luckily it didn't affect, you know, really any of the racing, I don't think. especially the sprint car stuff, which is what Slim Pushins: Other than just delay. Jim Gardner: I really care about. Yeah, but the delay and then like we try to watch it back on race on and there's a 10 minute stretch where a race car is on the track, getting black flagged, pulling in the infield, pulling back on the track, going back to the infield, going back on the track, and then the flagman gets down and it just I don't know. It it I think it It wasn't a good look for a place that I love very much. I think we all probably just need to use our heads. There was some other things going Slim Pushins: So Jim Gardner: on at Kennedale. There's a big fight after the p after the races and the pits and stuff like that that Slim Pushins: Yeah, I was gonna ask you about that. I d so I did I talked the I had some factual questions that I I was just curious about. I talked to Kevin Fry a few hours ago. I was curious about what the original black flag reasoning was and I think that there was some beating and banging under caution, which is why he Jim Gardner: yeah. Drone. Slim Pushins: chose which is why he chose that. and and he himself told me that Lopez said he didn't see it and wasn't gonna make the call judgment call like that and not see it. Aired on the side of putting him back, giving him his place back. and I c I I guess I can see both sides of of that argument. I c completely understand Kevin's point of view of why he black flagged a guy for beating and banging. I think there was a father and son that was on the track. it sounds like if I understand right that the father took exception to somebody kind of beating on the on his son. and I think a lot of us can understand that that part. But it's you're you're in a race Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: car and there's a time and a place for it. I have no idea whether or not the extracurricular activity outside in the pits that got ended up getting the cops called, I don't know if that had anything to do with Jim Gardner: No, that was totally different. So that had to do with the modified or maybe the the junior modifieds. Corby Scherb: Modified aren't there whenever sprint cars are there. Jim Gardner: Okay, so the limited Slim Pushins: Okay, Mr. Factual Guy. Jim Gardner: mods, I the junior mods, I I have no idea. yeah, I to put a pin on the the flagman deal, I I'm not gonna sit here and pass judgment. I don't want to run a racetrack or or say this guy was wrong or that guy was wrong. I think probably that could all been handled privately. and not publicly so that three blowhards have to talk about it on Tuesdays because we can't we can't ignore it. You know what I mean? Like I think it's just a bad luck for for a place I I I enjoy very, very much and that means the world to me. It's a it's a tough look to to have that. And and it's really hard to build the trust of the competitors back up if you have that sort of beef going on with the officials. So Slim Pushins: Kev Kevin's actually on right now. He said it's something between junior limited teams or families, tr whatever. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so so yeah, so the the fight I guess like maybe a kid in the Junior Limited was coming through the pits too quick and the pit shack lady who who takes no shit Yeah, set Slim Pushins: Zero. Zero. Corby Scherb: Zero. Jim Gardner: made it a point to to go tell and then the dad got in her face, and then maybe her husband got in his face, and then somebody was punched, and then a fight broke out, and I I went over to check on Colby Estes 'cause he got turned over in the in the in the Ricketts deal. And you know, he said, I yeah, I was over there trying to break up the fight and all sorts of stuff. So just kind of I don't know. just kinda we don't need all that extracurricular nonsense all the time, you know. I don't know. There there's there's I I get the passion, but Slim Pushins: So Corby and I Cor Corby mentioned it. Corby mentioned it earlier. We were Corby and I were on the road back from Oklahoma, which is why we couldn't make KSP Saturday night and w we both had our phones on different races. We wanted to keep up with the ASCS race in in Dodge City, we wanted to watch KSP and we wanted to keep up with the Amarillo race. So w we were between between two phones, we were between three races and I I was the lucky one that was trying to keep up with KSP and when we when we logged into the KSP race, I could tell that there was just something going on. never in a million years w would I have just assumed that, you know, the flagman had gotten fed up and and and bolted. but then they kinda got they got all that worked out and then all of a sudden, you know, the the announcer makes a comment, you know, yeah I'm probably gonna need some oxygen during this Sprint car racing. I just assume that, you know, people like to hype up sprint car races. Like, you know, there's a you know, it's exciting and back and forth and sliders and all that stuff. I just assume that's what he was talking about. But then he said Jim Gardner: Hell yeah, it is. Slim Pushins: that then he mentioned, you know, I've I've never I've never announced a sprint car race, so you know, y'all bear with me. And I'll be honest, I don't I don't know the guy's name. It's my fault. But he d he did a hell of a job. You agree, Corby? Corby Scherb: Yeah, he was good. Slim Pushins: Evidently Corby doesn't agree. That's all we get out of Corby. Jim Gardner: Back to you, Slim. Corby Scherb: Hi, he was good. He did good. knowing names and stuff like that with sprint car racing. Sprint car racing's good because there there's a lot more passing. Sprint cars can just move around the racetrack, I think, a lot easier. And I'm d we're gonna shoot from the hip here and I'm so glad that sprint cars don't line off IMCA points because that stuff sucked terribly. You're penalized for being fast. Jim Gardner: I hated it in the I hated it while we did it. I I have more respect for it now, but that's a different conversation for a different day. Corby Scherb: I figured we were gonna dive off into the I mean, I agree with Kyle there Slim Pushins: Kyle Belly said, I don't care how mad you are. If you speed in the pits, Jim Gardner: Yeah, I Slim Pushins: it should be a D Q. There's kids back there. Jim Gardner: I Slim Pushins: I do agree. the the pits are an extremely dangerous place with everybody minding their Ps and Q's. There's a lot going on. There's a lot of moving parts. And I have to commend all of you folks that have what we like to call racetrack kids. Those kids, I don't worry about but they are kids. you know, w when when Personally when I'm pushing Jim Gardner: There's plenty. Slim Pushins: a sprint car, I know Jim and I have been in a hurry. Corby and I have been in a hurry. We're either late staging or whatever and and probably going faster than we need to, because, you know, your entire work week of thirty, forty hours working on a race car depends on on you getting into the staging area and the chute. and you can't see through a sprint car. So, you know, I'm these pits are dimly lit. and there's there's obstacles. Clearly anybody most everybody that's listening has been in and around racing and in and around the pits for a long time. Kids run out from between cars. I'm relying on the ability of the driver while he's, you know, making sure gloves are on right and belts are belts are tight and going through his checklist in his own head, that he's gonna see something, you know, before I see something. So there's a lot going on. people that I've been fortunate to bring to a race for the first time, That's the first thing that they noticed. It is absolute chaos in the pits. so I couldn't agree more with that that comment. It it's Jim Gardner: yeah. Slim Pushins: there's no need to make it more dangerous. This is an a b extremely emotional sport, no matter what clash you're in. And Corby Scherb: Yeah, Jimmy's actually seen it. Randy King is actually texting me right now. he got absolutely decleated at the chili bowl. Jim Gardner: Dude that was b that was bad news. Corby Scherb: Same th you know, just coming in, just being emotional off the racetrack and then he's texting me right now telling me to smile more, but Jim Gardner: God. My Yeah. Well there's I mean, there's a lot of you know, there's kids in the pits and stuff like that. There's lot of adults in La La Land in the pits too that just have no idea what's going on. also. And and you know, I the the deal with the the fight in the pits over or over somebody speeding, the deal with the flagmen, all that. I I got no problem with the issues being going on. I think just cooler heads have to prevail. We everybody's gotta be an adult, take a deep breath. And understand everybody's there to have fun. Corby Scherb: Well if it was a junior limited kid, if that's what they're saying, that it's a kid, I think you I I think you gotta stop when you're sixteen, racing junior limited. And y let's let's just be honest, I'm pro I'm probably just gonna get absolutely annihilated for this. But that's also Jim Gardner: Yes. Corby Scherb: a parenting thing, you know, like we were taught, I mean, my dad is my dad and my dad beat it in our heads to never, ever, ever throw a fit where people can see you. If you wanna throw a fit, go in front of the trailer. Go inside the trailer, go do whatever you need to do. Don't do it where people can see you. And that I think falls into the speeding through the pits. And I don't I don't know. I wasn't there. I don't know how fast he was going, I'm not sure, but I I I I have a a tough time. Jim Gardner: Yeah, not not disputing any of that. Corby Scherb: Yeah, I just Slim Pushins: Yeah, these are just our opinions in general. We don't even know who between what cars and what people. We have no idea who it was between. Corby Scherb: So Slim Pushins: there were a lot of nights and Corby'll Corby'll agree with there were a lot of nights where Corby would get out of the car and I would just get that look from him and I wouldn't see him for fifteen minutes. He'd just go walk. And that was just my Corby Scherb: And Slim Pushins: sign that whatever he's going through in his head, whatever emotions was more than him just walking up into the trailer and getting over it and then ready to see people. Corby Scherb: Yeah, I you it's man, it's you know, we talked with Chad about you know, Chad Wilson about, you throwing your steering wheel and throwing your helmet, like none of that stuff ever needs to happen, but at the same time, like you just can't do it in a public place like that. There's been many a night that I set y after being pushed off the scales and I just sat there in my car, helmet on, gloves on, and I just sat there. You know No, Slim Pushins: Waco when we got beat by Claude. Corby Scherb: that was John. Slim Pushins: And John. Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Corby Scherb: but there's I it's just man it's tough. I think it's a it's a life lesson I think for a lot of people that you just it's not worth it. It's not worth throwing your fit like that, and then putting other people in harm or making yourself look like a fool, whatever it might be, but there's a there's a there's a place for it all. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cooler heads have to prevail in in a lot of different situations. We have to we Corby Scherb: Mm-hmm. Jim Gardner: have the personal accountability. we gotta all look at what we do better. as it comes to any of that stuff, our safety gear. You know, we had a terrible accident up in Oklahoma City with a kid getting burned Corby Scherb: I know. Jim Gardner: with safety stuff. the that kid Case Higgins is in a real battle. I think he's believe he's still on a ventilator life support, with a Corby Scherb: I don't think it's life support. I I I don't believe that it's life support. I I wanna correct that. it's a it he's Jim Gardner: Burns all over his body. It might not that might be a that might be a Corby Scherb: on a he's on a vent to be just because of the amount of pain that he's in and being burned like that is just just just p terrible, terrible Jim Gardner: Forgive me. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Corby Scherb: amount of pains. Jim Gardner: Yeah. There's there's just a lot of personal accountability that we all have to understand this is all a hobby. This is all fun. This is all supposed to be Corby Scherb: For sure. Jim Gardner: a a pleasant experience for ever and it's not about you all the time. You know. So sorry about you. You had a t a tough day. We'll see you next week, you know. So that's it. stark reminder to and to everybody on that. Slim Pushins: Josh Josh Hemby said and and this is somebody else's account, parents shoved the pit shack lady and tried to fight track officials for telling him to slow down. I was in DJ's pit. Kid was doing at least forty behind the pit stands. To me, if he was even doing twenty, that's excessive. Jim Gardner: That's that's pro that's problematic. And I've you know, the junior limited thing, you know, we know gr Graham a little bit. you know, yeah, we yeah, yeah. I mean we we Corby Scherb: Mhm. Parker Parker got a win, didn't didn't he? Didn't Parker win? Yep. Jim Gardner: know we know a couple of the kids. They're great kids. I think, you know, if you're gonna be at the racetrack, which is an adult playground, you're gonna be treated like an adult when you're behind the wheel of that race car. So you need to be able to handle the heat that comes with that too. And you know, we talked about that. when we're talking about Landon Thompson, you know, and head growing up, like we all you know, we're we don't care that you're fourteen years old. Bolden, same way. Like he you you sign up to race with adults, you're gonna get treated like an adult. You're at you're at an adult facility. you know, you need to to to have that emotional mach maturity. So Corby Scherb: Because that's the same thing, just like you're saying, and I'm gonna like reverse the role there, is like we have to remember that there was a little kid standing there watching me throw my fit that wanted to one day be just like me. And then he sits there and watches me throw my fit. Like it's just not a good look. I don't care how Jim Gardner: Exactly. Corby Scherb: old or young you are, if you're a veteran, if you're new, just man, it's su and I know I I get it, I've been a racer for a long time. It's super emotional, it is, that I've Just absolute heartbreaks to the highest of highs. You just gotta remember who's watching you, whether it's you're a kid or you're as an adult. Just like y'all were saying, I remember when we were young kids and we got to ride the pro class. I I wanted to be just like those guys. I never saw them guys throw a fit. If I saw them throw a fit, then it was the same concept. Like why? Why is it that emotional to you? So Slim Pushins: Jesse Jim Gardner: Yeah, so. Slim Pushins: Jesse Kelly said they plan to take him off the ventilator tomorrow from what I read. He had his first surgery today. I our thoughts are definitely Corby Scherb: Yes, he had surgery on his hands. Slim Pushins: with him, definitely with his family. Corby Scherb: For sure. Slim Pushins: I whether you whether you admit it to yourself or not, I think it's human nature that something's never gonna this is never gonna happen to me. It's never gonna happen to my kid. We take all the precautions. This is an extremely dangerous sport. We just talked for ten minutes about how dangerous the pits are. That's the safest place. Bradley And I hate to hear it. Corby Scherb: Brad from Velocida made a a a really, really, really great post just talking about fire safety and things that we can or shouldn't do with our fire suits and you know, it all falls back to basically everything that you wear if you're one of the true ones and you wear the socks and you wear unders and you wear a head sock. I mean you you have about thirty to forty seconds to get out before you start becoming burned. And people Jim Gardner: It's not even that. It's I I think the suits are rated for ten. Corby Scherb: You know, yeah. The suits are rated for ten and then you're supposed to have unders on and then plus sweat. You know, I I say Jim Gardner: Yeah. Okay, fair enough. Yeah. Corby Scherb: rat right at thirty seconds before you start becoming burned and we can't blame officials or racetracks or cars or safety. There's so many things that fall into what can happen and it it's a terrible thing to ever see anything like that, but Like Jimmy said, with us and our own safety, I mean fire is our biggest worry, period. And you don't ever want to see someone catch on fire. And like I said, I mean, me and Marcus Thomas actually pulled Logan out of a fire before at Kennedale. And people gotta remember this, and I'm gonna say this, and I'm gonna say this very proudly. Me and Marcus were there before any official even knew what was happening to like gather their thoughts to go over there. So like I'll always be thankful for Marcus to be there. We pulled Logan out with the steering wheel still on. But that that's the thing. It it's up to us racers Slim Pushins: That that's the thing. It's it's up to us racers. Corby Scherb: too. You can't always just blame the officials. You know, we're we're probably more equipped Slim Pushins: officials, you know, we're we're probably more Corby Scherb: to jump into a fire than the officials are. Slim Pushins: Crystals on Corby Scherb: So man, I hate it for that kid. It's just a terrible thing. Slim Pushins: Man, I hate the fact I can't just over. who'd you mute, Jim? Jim Gardner: I just hit you. You you're you changed. Slim Pushins: I changed. I appreciate that. Okay, filter boy. Jim Gardner: Yeah. No, you're good. Yeah, you're good. Sorry, go ahead. Corby Scherb: Not an appearance. Slim Pushins: Factory fourteen's doing a challenge and I I saw it earlier on Facebook. I should have shared it when I saw it and I lost it and I didn't do my due diligence to find it again. I'm always this is this is probably one of my red flags. I'm always very slow to accept when somebody when somebody or a a company goes and you know they try to sponsor not sponsor but they try to better you know views and stuff like that and I this is not what that is. They're doing a challenge for parents to film their kids on how fast they can get out of the car. and I think I really, really love this idea. if you're not already doing it I know that we have a lot of cart kids We have a lot of cart parents, micro kids and micro parents, you know, that that watch the show. they comment, they're following the show, and if it's not something that you're already doing, try it. You know, d run through drills with your kids to get in and out of these carts. I I know I've seen it a million times. If I was a parent, I'm gonna shic Yeah, it's not just correct. Corby Scherb: It's not just carts, it's micros and and full size sprints, junior limiteds. It it's it's all the stuff that these kids are racing. Slim Pushins: A lot of these parents, even Jim, when Jim straps into a car, his dad cinches him up and makes sure everything's tight. and and that's completely fine and I advocate for that. the kids need to the everybody needs to know how to get out of the car in a hurry and this is one of those this is one of those times that it it it's not gonna hurt anything and it's gonna it's gonna make everybody all involved feel better. Corby Scherb: 'Cause y I I I'll touch base on this again and Logan admitted to me, you know, like he just he lost all train of thought just being that hot that quick and he didn't pull the the single release belts and he didn't get his steering wheel off. Like he j it you just go so foggy in those moments and you just don't know what you're supposed to do unless you have practice for something like that, you know like People give me crap all the time, you but we learned how to ride a unicycle and that was my dad's way of teaching us balance. It's stuff that you can train for. Tuck and roll, you know, on motorcycles and in cars. I our biggest fear is fire and not to panic. there's there's that that's that's the biggest thing. Don't panic. Slim Pushins: And you nobody knows how they're gonna react in that moment. I get it. I mean I say I get it. I've never driven a race car, but I could I mean I think I get it. I understand there's so much I mean, Corby, when you when you had your flip at boyed, it took you three or four minutes to answer paramedic questions. I get it. Corby Scherb: For sure. Slim Pushins: Like you hit your head and and things aren't normal, you don't know up from down, and you happen to be, if I'm not mistaken, you landed on all fours, right? Corby Scherb: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Slim Pushins: You know, if you're on your side and and then you've you've got noises and it's you're discombobulated, I get it. but there's no substitute for for self-awareness when you can Corby Scherb: I agree. Slim Pushins: and and track Debbie Debrick said practice blindfolded. I told I don't know which one of you I was texting yesterday, if I was the parent of a kid, I'd I'd buy a thirty dollar smoke machine and I would absolutely engulf that car and tell them you've got eight seconds to get out. Corby Scherb: I like Jimmy said, I mean basically you have twenty seconds with unders on if you're not sweating. You know, I I just call it thirty seconds because that's just what I believe. But thirty seconds happens r really fast. Really, really fast. Slim Pushins: And didn't you tell me, Corby, thirty seconds is with full unders and socks and a and a head sock and all that stuff? Corby Scherb: That's that's everything and you're sweating. That's with sweat involved in it. yeah, Brad at Velocist Slim Pushins: We had Corby Scherb: still still displays Logan's fire suit from that day and that was the first time that our dad actually made us wear unders, and that's the design of them is is to help you sweat and keep you you s every I mean I hate to say it, I mean like I say, the fire fire is our biggest worry and that's the only way you can do it is try to protect yourself and then like y'all are saying, just practice getting out and It's hard for a twelve year old kid or a ten year old kid or these kids start racing early and you know, it wasn't what Jimmy grew up doing which was racing flat carts where you tried to get away from the cart, now we're we're these kids are racing in cages and it's just I think it's something that we all forget about because like Jimmy opened it with, you'd think that it'll never happen to you, but it does happen. You know, Harley White is an absolute, you know, an amazing racer and it happened to her. Jim Gardner: Badass. Corby Scherb: You know, it yeah, for sure. And it happened to her. So Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, and and I think it was at I forty four too. So Corby Scherb: I I think so. And it was Donnie Ray Crawford that reached in her car, you know, it says God, I I'll I'll just never like emphasize it enough. It's up to us racers too to to try to be proactive. Yeah, for sure. I d Jim Gardner: Look out for each other. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Corby Scherb: I don't care if I don't like you, the the last thing I want to see is not to say that I didn't try to do something. So Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So yeah, anyway. So Case Higgins, you know, w the whole industry's thinking about you. we're pulling for you, buddy. And Slim Pushins: boy buddy. And Corby Scherb: Yeah, we're thinking about you, praying about you, buddy. Yep. Jim Gardner: so, you know, as c just kind of a a real humbling Saturday. on a on on on a on many fronts. Like everybody just Slim Pushins: a real humbling Saturday. a lot going on for just having a a hand a handful Corby Scherb: I agree. Jim Gardner: yeah. Slim Pushins: handful of races. It just seemed like there was a lot going on. so Jim Gardner: Yep. Yeah, we're getting to the busy time. check a look at the schedule here. Bellville Nationals this weekend. Big money. what's that thing pay to win? Slim Pushins: What a great place. Love that place. Corby Scherb: Kevin's already smarted off. Y'all better make sure that you say something about RPM. Everyone go support local. Go support RPM. Slim Pushins: I'm sure he done checked out. Jim Gardner: I'm going to RPM. This is Jim Gardner from Denison, Texas. I will be at RPM Saturday, August Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: one, crew chief and on the number twenty-one car of Justin Bates. Corby Scherb: Let's see a northern guy go down to one hundred five. J Jacob Harris is on here. Let's see a northern guy to go down to one hundred five and do something. Slim Pushins: we got a little melee. Jim Gardner: That is that good, Kevin? Slim Pushins: In the non wing race. Jim Gardner: yeah, so we got Bellville. What I Bellville pays really good money. I forget what it is. Slim Pushins: nine Corby Scherb: I agree with Slim Pushins: thousand? The last year. I think nine thousand. Don't owe me to that. Somebody'll correct me. That's why we do a podcast. Jim Gardner: Yep. All of all of the DFW hitters will be out in East Texas at RPM Speedway. Beautiful quarter mile. Slim Pushins: RPM's not East Texas. Kevin, is RPM East Texas? Nobody calls it East Texas. Jim Gardner: And all the down south guys will be at 105 in Cleveland. Hopefully they have a good show. I posted on our page there's only about a dozen race nights left in the season already. you know, Corby Scherb: Yeah. Jim Gardner: there's about 15 races or so, but they're they're split over eleven or twelve dates. So make sure we get our cars out and support these guys so these tracks can make some money. running sprint cars. Slim Pushins: We gotta figure out what we're gonna do during the off season. Jim Gardner: Yeah, we Slim Pushins: I don't know if anybody's gonna tune in to hear us talk about what happened during our week. Jim Gardner: Yeah. So I don't know. But yeah, so three Slim Pushins: Without any controversy. Jim Gardner: three shows this weekend. Kennendale next weekend, RPM and and Ardmore run the weekend after that. I did get notified that Bloomington, Indiana is three thousand to win, eight hundred to start next weekend. Up there in God's country of Indiana. I haven't heard what Paragon pays. Last year it paid about the Slim Pushins: Okay. We're in God's country. Jim Gardner: same. But three thousand to win, eight hundred to start. Slim Pushins: Can I call it Paragon? It sounds weird calling it paragon. Jim Gardner: Call it whatever you want. So Slim Pushins: Thanks, buddy. Jim Gardner: but yeah, two good paying shows up there on two really nice quarter miles on single day shows if people are looking to try to make some more money. And then Eagles coming up, it'll be here right in the end of the month. So a lot of money to be had all across the country here. So and of course we got you know 360 nationals for next weekend, the four ten nationals are the week after that. getting to be the Greatest time of the year. Football is just around the corner. this is probably my favorite time of the year. It's hot, it's 110 degrees, and I that's right. Exactly. And today I yeah. So Corby Scherb: Better than the cold. Better than the cold. Slim Pushins: I don't even know how you say that with a straight face. Hundred and ten degrees is not better than the cold. No. Thomas Johnson said, Corby Scherb: I with a smile with a smile. With a smile. Slim Pushins: What is local racing? Corby Scherb: I don't know, he's gonna he's gonna come at me right now because he's from Louisiana and he races you know, he's he's a local guy at the one five and I'm I'm gonna get I'm gonna get heat from a lot of things tonight. Slim Pushins: let's see, what else is on the notes? Th Wesley said thirteen K Saturday at Belleville, three K Friday. Jim Gardner: Yeah, good money up there. Bring the horses with ya. Stretch legs. Slim Pushins: I got a note I got a show note here. Wout Hoffman texted Corby and I couple of days ago. I don't even know where S I R, Southern Illinois Raceway. He he said he drove fourteen hours. He was texting us at like six o'clock in the morning. That is not that is not Wout like at all. Jim Gardner: Amazing. Slim Pushins: and he he said that he had driven fourteen hours, got to the hotel and learned and this is probably the nineteen year old in him, learned that you can't check in to a hotel at like six o'clock in the morning. So he was just laid out on the couch in in the lobby. Bags Jim Gardner: Gotta call ahead. Slim Pushins: just laid out. So my point is that's you know those are the extents that that we go to race, especially somebody like that that's just chasing dreams. He had a rough weekend last weekend. I don't know Jim Gardner: I saw he had a digger. He was going up front and then bent a car up real bad and then they got it fixed and then I didn't see what the results were on the last show. Slim Pushins: He said he yeah, he said he was running either up front or, you know, second or third and what he tells Corby, something broke. He backed into the wall at a high rate of speed and it bounced him off the wall and Corby Scherb: He didn't back into the wall. He he he clipped it on exit. Slim Pushins: Is that what it w I thought he said he backed into the wall. he did a lot of damage to that car. And then he was up, you know, all night long doing the doing the old Carolina shuffle, driving a couple hours, clipping the front of the car, getting all that done. Just got back to the I think we were I was talking to him at I don't know, noon or one. He just got back to the racetrack. Car got put together, ready to do it all over again, and loving every second of Corby Scherb: That's the hustle, man. Slim Pushins: it. Corby Scherb: That's the hustle. Slim Pushins: You know. There it is. Can you take my name off Jim Gardner: we're Slim Pushins: of that? Jim Gardner: No, it is definitely yours. Has nothing to do with me. Slim Pushins: Well, I don't feel bad. I don't f I'm not the guy that feels bad about the the slim pushins pushing the cushion power rankings work Jim Gardner: I don't I don't feel bad about it. I just don't Slim Pushins: area. Jim Gardner: I just don't want nonsense to happen in spite of it. It's just it's just looking at everybody as a whole. Slim Pushins: Hey, this is big time racing. Corby Scherb: Hey, you know what, Jimmy, if I'm not mistaken, you you wanna talk about stuff like that. If I'm not mistaken, I believe there's there's a track that's like just south of me. I think it I think it goes by like heart of Texas or something like that, and like Slim Pushins: Here we go. Corby Scherb: I watched you like rip off a nosewing so someone could finish the feature or something like that? Is that it's is that Jim Gardner: First of all, that was your brother. Corby Scherb: I I didn't I I could be totally wrong here. Jim Gardner: That was your brother and we finished third that night with that car ripped apart. Yeah. Corby Scherb: Mm. But didn't isn't isn't didn't that okay. Alright, I was just checking. I was just checking, buddy. Jim Gardner: Nobody was f Slim Pushins: Hey f Jim Gardner: I wasn't fearful. Slim Pushins: Hey Filter Boy brings up a good point, Jim. your rebuttal? Jim Gardner: It's fine to go to the work area and come back out. I'm just it it I'm I don't wanna I don't I don't feel like getting my ass kicked by the car owner or dad or whoever if something else happens, you know. Corby Scherb: If I'm not mistaken, I watched you that to one of my brothers. Probably multiple of my brothers on plenty of occasions. Jim Gardner: I fixed a lot of stuff that was very sketchy. Very, very sketchy. Put the power rankings back up. I am a I'm Corby Scherb: I've I mean I've seen Wesley McNorton show up with a hammer and a crescent wrench and that's it Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby Scherb: and we were back on the racetrack in four minutes. Jim Gardner: If you're trying to look for my name on here, I'm down an eightieth. I'm on page four. So Corby Scherb: Excellent, excellent, excellent. Slim Pushins: Wait, you didn't you didn't race this weekend and you dropped three spots? Jim Gardner: I dropped six spots, seven spots with my dismal performance at RPM and then probably just got dinged on participation for not running, but Slim Pushins: Who's look at look at the O one J. Gets his name on a cup and goes up four spots? Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Marcus is up eight. Slim Pushins: Caden Trotters up nine. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Charlie's up there now. Jacob Harris makes the top thy thime. Thime. If he has shirts, Slim Pushins: Weston Gorham? Charlie what? Charlie who? Thyme There you go. Thyme. Thyme. Thyme, not thyme. Corby Scherb: Time Jim Gardner: I'll have his shirt on next week. 'cause I feel bad about it. That's how I have a Braxton shirt. But Yeah, so movers and shakers, the top five is is pretty locked in. Their point average is really, really high. that even bad runs aren't really dinging right now. So yeah, we'll just Slim Pushins: Is that what we want? Is that what we want, Jim? Jim Gardner: it it's it's not what I want. There's not there's no want about it. There's just trying to show different levels of performance with guys running in different circles. So that's all that is. Slim Pushins: I mean, it's you know, it's just a simple question. Is that what we're looking for in the power rankings? The last eight or ten races of the season, there not to be any any competition? Jim Gardner: Yes. Yes, because because because the first fourteen races matter, yeah. Those races in April Slim Pushins: If the last four You heard it here first, folks. The last fourteen don't. Jim Gardner: I didn't say they don't matter. Slim Pushins: What was I rage baiting you about yesterday? Jim Gardner: who knows? Whatever. That's that's all that's your hobby. It's your pastime when you don't race and go to the racetrack is trying to bait me. Because you know I'm passionate about this shit. Slim Pushins: You are passionate. Do we want to Jim Gardner: Anyway. Slim Pushins: talk about race day retires or are we over that? Jim Gardner: Yeah. I was thinking about calling Rick and ordering me a set to go run the next time I run just to piss you off, Kerbo. What's it gonna do? Make Slim Pushins: Why don't you hey? Jim Gardner: what's it gonna do? Make me go slower? Probably not. Slim Pushins: I mean I Jim Gardner: All I know is if I ran halfway decent on everybody in in the area would go buy some because they'd be like, Well shit, that slow poke can make go. Slim Pushins: Debbie wants to know if has Devin passed you yet? Look at him, he's th the super secret Excel file that he won't show anybody 'cause he doesn't want an anybody to know who's on the cusp of the top twenty five. Jim Gardner: Devin is just off the top twenty five and twenty-seventh. He is moving up though. He you know, he had a that tough stretch in the spring where everybody spun out in front of him, yours truly included, and he crashed into him. So a couple more couple more good Slim Pushins: Chip's on a mission to keep him out of the top twenty five. Jim Gardner: runs, and Devin will be up there too, because he's he's been really good the last month or so. So yeah, that's that. Alrighty, we're gonna see you boys at the racetrack. Are you still on the witness protection program? Slim Pushins: I don't know. Corby Scherb: I told you man, it's Brooklyn's birthday Friday, we got a a big weekend planned for me and her and it'll be good, it'll be nice. It'll be nice not to have to see Kerbo for an entire weekend. Slim Pushins: Sounds expensive. Corby Scherb: That's gonna be very expensive. Girls cost a lot of money. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Well, get your tickets. Get your tickets because the twenty one Slim Pushins: Okay. Jim Gardner: car of Justin Bates will be pounding the top at RPM Speedway Saturday night. Wrenched by me. Maybe. Slim Pushins: For half the race, the second half of the race, Jim's gonna have him set up to be completely undriveable. And he's just gonna be hanging on. Corby Scherb: I thought you were gonna say he was gonna go to the bottom and drive I thought you were gonna say he's gonna go to the bottom and drive around the majority of the field. Jim Gardner: Yeah, no, we're gonna be up pounding the fence. So Corby Scherb: But what if the bottom's better? Jim Gardner: yeah, then well, we'll see. Yeah. But Slim Pushins: Kevin Raimi wants us to sponsor the hard the Hard Luck Award with all this sponsor money that we have just pouring in. Jim Gardner: Yeah, right. Yep. Anyway. Slim Pushins: Yes. Jim Gardner: but yeah, we'll be there at RPM. I think I'm gonna try to run Kennedale. Corby Scherb: She'll she turns twelve, Debbie. Slim Pushins: twelve. How'd that happen? Jim Gardner: Yeah, we're getting old. Corby Scherb: Twelve. Twelve big ones. Jim Gardner: I I remember when she when we would I have a picture of you holding her while you're sitting in your car with the steering wheel on. So that shows how A skinny you were and B how young she was. So I tell you what Corby Scherb: man, she's always been a trooper when it came to to me racing to Jim Gardner: they jet Slim Pushins: At least she didn't put her in the hospital. Corby Scherb: Now Jim Gardner: E hey we don't need to talk about that. All right. That was an accident when I put Logan's daughter in the hospital. It was an accident. Corby Scherb: That wasn't an accident. That was like it no, no, I'm not talking I'm I'm defending you here. That was that was a misjudgment on a father's There you go, there you go. Jim Gardner: As a miscommunication. Miscommunication. That was not my fault. Corby Scherb: No, absolutely Slim Pushins: Jim's the king of Corby Scherb: not. Slim Pushins: Jim's the king of giving everybody the benefit of the doubt. Miscommunication. No. Jim Gardner: They Slim Pushins: You asked specifically if a a child's father if they could ha eat something, and the child's father said not a problem. Hours Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: later in the hospital, EpiPen. Corby Scherb: It was a problem. Hours later, problem. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: so Jeb's motor wasn't running great. Slim Pushins: And Jib still feels bad about that to this day. That's why we give him Jim Gardner: Yeah. Terrible. Slim Pushins: shit about it. Jim Gardner: Yeah. it sucked. It sucked so bad. Jeb Jeb's motor wasn't really ripping after the heat races Saturday. So I didn't tell you guys this. So he goes up for redraw in the infield. They had a big they were giving away backpacks at Kennedale, which is really cool. again, I really love Kennedale. Slim Pushins: Did you get one for the first day of school? Jim Gardner: No, I didn't get one. Luckily, I'm not a teacher anymore. I really love Kennedale. They do a lot of cool stuff, and that's why I'm kind of hard on them about what happened last week, is because we want everything to go well. But so Jeb goes, hey, you mind firing hopping in my car and firing it off because we're gonna set the timing. And I was like, okay. Well, Jeb's tall, but he's also lanky and skinny, and he also runs the full knee guards, you know, those big, bulky, full knee guards. And Corby Scherb: That's the only move. That's the only move. Jim Gardner: I tell you what, I couldn't get out of that car in ten seconds if it got on fire with no suit and no helmet on. It was terrifying. getting that thing fired off and trying to figure out how to get out of it. it was very humbling. I had Slim Pushins: But you're too much of a man to have admitted in the moment, huh? Jim Gardner: I had just had two corndogs thinking, hmm. Thinking, wow, I can't Corby Scherb: It was the corndogs. It was a corndog's fault, for sure. Slim Pushins: The old corndog king. Jim Gardner: get out of this. I literally can't get out because you can't with those big knee guards on it. I c you can't move I don't know how he gets in and out, that lanky stretch armstrong guy. Slim Pushins: Were you worried that were you worried that Jeb was gonna have to bring corn dogs to the car so that you could you weren't gonna be able to get out to get corndogs? Jim Gardner: Here, get out, get out, come get I did ask him, the first thing I asked him, we were talking about his cups. I was like, How how do you feel now that knowing full well around the Metroplex your your name and and race car being used as a spitter? And he just kind of went Slim Pushins: At racetracks region wide. Jim Gardner: and he goes, I didn't really think about that. That's kind of disgusting. I was like, You got full of red man down there. Slim Pushins: He he did tell us he told Jim and I we have a group text. He told Jim and I yesterday that he was advised that he's supposed to be receiving a case of taco kasa jabba ba Sessons cups. Yeah. Is we need to get him back on. I don't think we got to that between conspiracy theories. Jim Gardner: Yeah, he can put it on top of his pallet of fertilizer that he still has in his house. And talk I don't did we even talk about like how he was a partial owner of a racehorse at one point? Slim Pushins: Two of Two race horses. He told us we could talk about it. So Jim Gardner: man. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Jeb was prescribed some sleep medicine, and from what I I've never taken any, I sleep well. And from what I understand, it's it's a sleep medicine that when you take it, your head damn sure better be on a pillow within a half hour or weird things happen. Jim Gardner: Ha ha Slim Pushins: And Jeb said for like three weeks he was kept getting these emails about racehorses, and he thought that they were Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha Slim Pushins: spam and so he said he opened one up one time and came to the realization that one night he was partial owner of two racehorses. And naturally Jim and I like, Well, like, are they any good? And he kinda laughed and he goes, Well no, one of them they had to put down and one of them was retired almost immediately. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: And then I guess I'll another story and we'll get Jeb Jeb's semi okay. He is, Corby Scherb: We need Jeb to tell the stories. Jeb Jeb Jeb's better at telling those stories. Slim Pushins: and we'll tell it again. Jim Gardner: yeah. Slim Pushins: he he I guess he and Savannah were sitting there like on a Saturday afternoon watching TV and the doorbell rang and there's like an eighteen wheeler on the street outside his house to deliver a whole pallet of fertilizer. So Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha He live he lives on like a quarter acre in the neighborhood. On a cul-de-sac. Slim Pushins: like a porch. He had he's he told Gemini He told Gemini he's like, Hey, I don't know how much y'all care about your lawn, but if y'all need some fertilizer, I've got both y'all covered. Corby Scherb: I'm your guy. Slim Pushins: So yeah, so Jim Gardner: man. I forgot about some of that wheels off stuff. Ugh. Slim Pushins: We'll get Jeb we'll get Jeb back on during the off season. Jim Gardner: Now that we've got the show fine you know, more refined. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Finally tuned. You gotta see his now we'll see Corby Scherb: Yeah. Slim Pushins: his face. He was guest number one. in fact Jim Gardner: Yeah. That's right. Slim Pushins: Jeb got pushin' the cushion hat number one, serial number one for being a guest, for going all of out of his way and come to the official Rutherford team studio. Jim Gardner: Yeah. But Slim Pushins: so yeah that was Debrick's sending me pictures of goodies that he's got in the Jim Gardner: you Slim Pushins: fridge. Jim Gardner: yeah, you missed some of that Saturday too. All right. Well I can Slim Pushins: Well he called me he called me Saturday 'cause he was he knew how disappointed Corby was in the moment to not have a coal beer, so he was like, Hey, are you and Corby gonna be Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Slim Pushins: out of KSP? I just need to know how much beer to pack. Jim Gardner: Yeah. He Corby Scherb: I want cold beer after the races. Slim Pushins: Anybody that's worried about our beer consumption at the track is A number one in my book. Corby Scherb: You're a winner. Jim Gardner: Yep. All right. Well, I can see the hairs on Corby's arm. They need shaving. So let's go ahead and wrap this up and Corby Scherb: Face is looking rough, man. Jim Gardner: Yeah. And we'll Slim Pushins: Yeah, it is. Jim Gardner: see everybody Saturday. good luck to everybody going up to Bellville. and Slim Pushins: It's gonna be a good weekend. Do we know if Belleville's on flow or is it? Jim Gardner: what the stream is? Corby Scherb: No, I'm pretty sure it's is is it IMCA na I think it was IMCA last year. Jim Gardner: No, it might be on flow. Corby Scherb: It might have been on flow last Slim Pushins: I don't remember. Corby Scherb: year. I don't know. Slim Pushins: Debbie, dub ed Debbie can answer that before you can Google it. Jim Gardner: I'm looking at Flow Racing dot com Friday, July thirty one. Well, my internet's probably gonna shut down now, but whatever. yeah, I think it's on flow. Slim Pushins: Hell of a way to end the show. Corby Scherb: But I get dolled by Kyle Jones over having crappy internet. Jim Gardner: Yeah, it looks like it's on flow this weekend. So that'll be good to have on while we're Slim Pushins: Awesome. Jim Gardner: at RPM Saturday. Justin Bates, twenty one, going to the front, Jim in the pits, eating a corndog. Slim Pushins: We're gonna have to get we're gonna have to get Kevin we're gonna have to get Kevin to guarantee guarantee speedy Wi Fi so that we can keep up with Bellville. That's my Jim Gardner: Ha Slim Pushins: that's my rider. Isn't that what they call isn't that what famous people call ri d their demands, writers? Jim Gardner: I guess, I don't know. They probably you could probably po Slim Pushins: Yeah, okay. Corby, you're famous. Jim Gardner: post up in that air conditioned bathroom they got there at RPM and just bring a tablet and pop a lawn chair until the sprint cars are on the track. No. Slim Pushins: Just sit on it just sit on a throne. Just sit on a throne and watch excuse me, are you done in there? Hold up. Feature's not over. Jim Gardner: Kyle Jones is leading. Slim Pushins: Push in the cushion zone. Jim Gardner: All right. Appreciate everybody. Slim Pushins: All right. Thanks everybody for hanging in there with us. we will see y'all next week. And have fun this weekend. Thanks everybody.