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These Are The 3 Next Big NASCAR Drivers | Coffee With Kenny · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Happy Tuesday morning, everybody.
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  Hey, Can you believe yesterday it was Monday and I said happy
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  Wednesday morning, everybody. I love it though, because all of
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  you remind me that I said the wrong day.
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  All right, everybody, today the subject matter is the next big
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  three race car drivers, the next young talent coming.
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  So here, here they are, and we're going to talk about them
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  all. The next one is Corey Heim.
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  Corey Heim really came to my attention when I talked to Denny
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  Hamlin about Corey Heim, Jenny Hamlin said.
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  Corey Heim is a really mature driver for his young age, but I
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  think Corey Heim is 23 years old.
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  It's kind of old. He better get racing.
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  I'll tell you what, man, they start these kids so young.
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  Now I'll go to some of these races out at Millbridge.
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  Oh, Tony, Yuri, the you know the Yuri's, you know they crew chief
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  Dale Junior. So so Tony's boy, he had him in
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  the go Kart couple years ago, I think it was like 5 years old.
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  They start these racers so young that when they put him in these
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  go karts, the helmets that the kids are wearing are bigger than
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  them. You'll see the go Kart or the
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  whatever it is, the race car going around Mill Bridge and all
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  you see is the helmet bopping. You're like, is there a kid in
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  there? So anyway, Corey Heim, I think
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  2325 years old something right there that's pushing it.
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  These these automakers, they freak out.
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  They love youth. Yes, they do.
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  They love youth, but they just they just get all jacked up on
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  Mountain Dew. Oh, look, he's young.
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  Look, he's just, he's two months old.
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  He won the Daytona 500. Simmer down, everybody, simmer
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  down. But that's why NASCAR put that
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  age limit in there. They said you got to be 18 years
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  old, you know, because that's the Kyle Busch rule.
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  Kyle Busch was 16 years old and won a truck race, NASCAR truck
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  race up there at the old Chicago land, Joliet.
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  Wherever the hell racetracked it was, it was there, they ran,
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  then it was gone. So that's the Kyle Busch rule.
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  Got to be 18 years old to be racing in the NASCAR, the big
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  three series. I think like trucks.
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  I don't know how old you got to be to run in Cup.
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  Respond right here. Is there an age limit?
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  How old do you have to be to run in the Cup Series?
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  Can you be racing in Cup at 18? Furthermore, who's the youngest
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  driver that's ever run in Cup history?
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  Just like who is it? Is it, is it Kyle Bush?
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  I think it is. So this Corey Heim, he's the
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  next big thing. Corey Heim is going to drive for
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  Denny Hamlin, Michael Jordan, 2311.
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  Well, at least they got him signed.
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  Anytime he runs a Cup race, he runs good.
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  But I don't, I don't, you know, I don't see anything that
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  they're going to have to make some room for him something like
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  that. I'm sure.
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  Now I'm just taking a guess. Here's my opinion.
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  I'm sure Corey Haim would already be there if they
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  wouldn't be doing all this lawsuit stuff.
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  They would announce something, let's put it that way.
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  So Corey Haim, he's the next big thing. 9 truck wins this year.
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  He has tied Greg Biffle for the most wins in one year in the
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  Truck Series. So the next driver, Connor
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  Zillich. How about that Connor Zillich?
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  I mean Connor is 18 years old with As he won 7-8 races already
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  this year. Love that kid.
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  I think Connor is one of the best raw talents in a long time.
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  Said he was. They said he was taught over in
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  Europe. Well, whoever the hell taught
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  him knew what they was doing because that kid can get it done
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  on old tracks. Rd. course.
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  He's the real deal now. He likes SVGSVG, likes him.
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  They kind of got that Red Bull mentality.
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  You know the the Red Bull club. I've seen videos where Connor
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  Zilich knows Max Verstappen from Formula One.
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  Max giving an attaboy so counter.
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  Zilich is worldly. He's not just a NASCAR dude.
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  Connor Zilich is worldly like he's known throughout the world
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  somewhat because he ran over in Europe.
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  I think they know he's a hell of a talent.
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  Plus, I like Connor Zilich because he gave me respect at
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  Rockingham this year when Schrader and myself went down
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  there for, you know, the truck race, the Xfinity race, the ARCA
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  race. Now Marty Lindley's is crew
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  chief. I think Marty might have said,
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  Connor, go over and talk to Kenny Wallace about this
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  racetrack. He ran really good here.
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  I don't care. All I can tell you is Connor
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  Zillich walked up to me and smiled and said, Kenny, tell me
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  how you got around here. And I said, well, all right,
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  made me feel, made the old man feel good.
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  So Connor Zillich, one of my favorite because he was nice to
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  me. Now the next one I don't see
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  coming for a while, but Corey Day, Corey Day in the open wheel
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  world is like, you know, he's like the new Kyle Larson.
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  But Corey Day, they're on the verge of, I'm not saying losing
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  him. He's very young, but they got to
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  get him going. He does not have enough asphalt
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  racing to have it. I mean, I'd put him in anything.
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  I I think, listen, they know what they're doing, but I really
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  like to see Corey Day, you know, like racing late miles,
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  everything like right now, let's get it done.
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  So Corey Day is being paid right now.
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  He's on the payroll at Hendrick and I talked to Kyle Larson at
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  Trackside Live up there just, you know, on Sunday at Loudon,
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  NH and I agree with what Kyle Larson said about Corey Day.
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  He's like, ah man, we just, you know, he's not as far farther
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  ahead as, you know, Corey Heim and Connor Zilla's because
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  although Corey Day is great in the open wheel dirt world, they
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  he just hasn't run enough asphalt racing.
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  So I think he's going to be lagging.
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  As great as Corey Day he is, I think he's going to be lagging.
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  I think he's going to be in his mid 20s before we see him
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  winning anything in NASCAR. Who knows, maybe he might not
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  get a hang of it. If you remember Sammy Swindell
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  and Steve Kinzer, they, they came to NASCAR too late and
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  although, although they're great, they really never got a
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  hang of it. So you got to get these kids on
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  asphalt early if you want them to be NASCAR heroes.
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  So that's it everybody. That's my top three.
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  You got Corey Heim, he's number one, tied right there with
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  Connor Zillich. Actually, I'd say let's back
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  that up. Connor zillich #1 And here's
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  why. Because he's going to drive Cup
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  next year, Sir. Connor zillich #1 he's going to
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  drive the car. Daniel Suarez, he's going to be
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  with track house. Sir Connor Zillich driving at
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  track house in the Cup series next year.
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  Connor zillich #1 Corey heim #2 he's won nine truck right now.
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  Remember, if Corey Heim wins one more truck race, that means he's
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  the winningest. He'll hold the record for the
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  most truck wins in one year, moving ahead of the BIFF.
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  And then of course #3 right now on my radars, Corey David, they
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  got to get, they got to get him rolling.
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  They got to get him more. I mean, he's got to get at least
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  be running up there at Hickory just about twice a month.
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  All right, everybody, if you know anybody out there, respond
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  right here. But that's my top three.