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Big Wins & Bigger Vibes — Arlington Recap, Sebring Preview, and Indy 500 Buzz · Fast Cars Fast Girls

• 0:05
  Welcome to Fast Cars, Fast Girls. My name's Abby Meyer, and we've got Sarah Proctor with us today.
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  We'll be your host to talk about IndyCar and all things fast cars.
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  Sarah, how are you this week?
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  I'm good. How are you? Doing good. Doing good. Started a new job this week,
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  which, you know, I don't really talk about my day job that much.
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  But the important thing about this job is that they gave me all of the time off I wanted in May.
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  And that's really what I'm looking for in a job.
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  I'm jealous because I'm going to have to use a lot of PTO during May.
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  Yeah, I am because I do the travel nursing gig.
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  So if I don't work, I don't get paid. So I am taking one week of vacation during
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  that time. So I'll have a week of unpaid. So I'll be jealous of your PTO.
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  I don't have that much, but it's there. Yeah.
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  Well, it has been a week. We've got another race. We've got all kinds of things
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  we're going to discuss today.
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  So we've had the Arlington race. We're going to talk about the season, possibly extending.
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  We're going to talk a little bit about Sebring.
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  And then we're going to talk about the 500 because we can always talk about the 500.
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  Always. Always. So let's jump right in with Arlington.
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  I'm going to say right away, I, now granted, I didn't have, it's not that I
• 1:30
  had low expectations for Arlington. I had good expectations because IndyCar puts on a great show.
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  But that race far exceeded my expectations. That was awesome.
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  I agree. when I started to see all the tweets from the drivers saying this track is awesome,
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  and seeing other people say the vibes going on at the racetrack were cool. I was like, yes.
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  I think as IndyCar fans in the past, we have been a little disappointed.
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  And I think Jerry Jones knocked this one out of the park.
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  Out of the park. And let me just say that the pre-race interview with Jerry Jones was fantastic.
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  He he's a cool guy. He had a cameo, I think, in the show Landman.
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  Which was a fantastic cameo. He's he's playing himself, but he's he's a cool guy.
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  And I love that in the pre-race interview, he said that, you know,
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  when he wanted to do this, he's like, you know, we're not going to have.
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  I'm paraphrasing, but basically, we're not going to half-ass it.
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  We're going to do this right. And they sure did.
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  I mean, when they had cameras on the crowd, you could see six people wide and
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  just the general admission areas.
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  All of the grandstands were packed.
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  That's, you know, that's how I kind of judge how well the race was attended.
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  And all those grandstands were full.
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  There was, like, no empty spaces. And it was really cool to see.
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  It's great to see. Grandstands packed. And yeah, like you said,
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  the GA, I mean, six, seven people deep just stacked out from the fences trying
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  to see as much as they could.
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  And another thing that I noticed from watching it on TV, I really wanted to go.
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  Shout out to Barb, who runs the media center at IMS. I really tried because
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  she ran the media center at Arlington.
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  And so she tried really, really hard to get me to go. But job, job bullshit as it goes.
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  However, on the broadcast, when I looked at the location of grandstands,
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  the locations were fantastic.
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  Because sometimes with street courses, where they have space to put grandstands
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  aren't always exciting areas.
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  Sometimes some of the grandstand locations are kind of duds.
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  And it didn't seem like any of them were duds at this track.
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  No, it really didn't. And I really want to go next year. Like,
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  I think that's going to be on my to-go-to list next year because... I completely agree.
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  It looked really good. And I'm usually a little...
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  Apprehensive yes first year
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  sure my dad oh it's like
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  when you buy a car you never want to buy the first year car you always
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  want to kind of wait make sure they get all the kinks out and then you know
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  get the next year's model so let them work the bugs out on other people i'm
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  not a beta tester you know exactly but it was yeah i'm with you we're we're
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  in we are all in for arlington to next year.
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  So we can start talking flights after this recording.
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  Oh, yes. Hey, it's flying into Dallas with American.
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  You could do it.
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  Actually, you can take Spirit into Dallas as well, which is how I flew into
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  Dallas last time that I went there.
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  Oh, goodness. I don't know. I'm not brave enough to do Spirit. Did it once. Not again.
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  That's what I'll say this year as well so that I could make it the cheapest trip possible.
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  And before I flew Spirit the first time, I found an article because I just,
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  you know, I don't remember exactly what I searched, but it was something along
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  the lines of how to successfully travel on Spirit Airlines.
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  And I found an article that was titled How to Fly Spirit Without Losing Your Damn Mind.
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  And it's exceptionally helpful. So, you know, it's one of those,
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  you just have to know what you're getting into. You have to kind of manage your expectations.
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  And I also, I don't know when the last time you flew Spirit was.
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  I feel like they have improved their service in general since the last time I flew.
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  It felt very much like a more upscale airline than it did the last time that I flew with them.
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  That's good. No, the last time I flew, I flew into Newark when they were having
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  all those issues with air traffic controllers and not sharing like a bunch of those near misses.
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  So that was the last and only time.
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  That would probably probably turn me off from that as well. I can see that. I can see that.
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  So, yeah, the racetrack, like we talked about last week, pretty lengthy for
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  a street course. Love that.
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  And can we talk about Cowboy Corner?
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  That was cool. That was very cool. Very, very cool.
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  I just love that the way the track was set up, you basically have two,
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  you have one good size straightaway and then one giant ass straightaway.
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  And you just, I love seeing them hit those speeds of 180, 190 on a street course.
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  I'm pretty sure somebody said that the straightaway was even longer than Monza and F1. Wow.
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  That's awesome. Yeah, pretty darn cool. Of course, I think they're better than F1.
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  Yes. I still watch it all, though. I'm not.
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  And I'll tell you what I tell everybody. I don't watch F1, and the reason why
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  is because I don't like parades of any kind.
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  So it's just not for me. Well, they kind of, in my opinion, missed the mark on the cars this year.
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  So hopefully that will help us out in favor of IndyCar's upward trend. Right?
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  Come on over to IndyCar. We're all family here. We'll take you in.
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  We'll meet you. Come on in. Exactly.
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  So Arlington, it looked awesome.
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  Oh, and I thought of you when I saw the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders,
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  since you had mentioned that they were going to be around.
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  When I saw them on the broadcast, I was like, there they are.
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  Yes. Well, and I was a little worried because I was hoping it wasn't going to be kitschy.
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  And it wasn't. So I was very happy.
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  Yeah. It wasn't kitschy. Nothing was kitschy or cliche.
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  It just, everything was just top notch.
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  Yes. I mean, the way that the way the track was laid out, the way that they
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  did all the events surrounding the race, just high bar, a high bar for everything.
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  And and they exceeded it. Love it.
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  Love seeing that. So. All right. And I'll tell you what, in fantasy,
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  I went back and forth and I almost picked Kirkwood because I thought to myself
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  last season, he was one of the few drivers to steal a win away from Palo.
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  And then I didn't, like an idiot. And I should have because he was our race
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  winner and was named the street course king, which I love.
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  Yes, he truly is. I mean, he earned that title for sure.
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  I was very surprised when he did not get pulled. And then he came out and later
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  said, yeah, that was on him.
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  So he knew he missed out on that poll, but he more than made up for it, in my opinion.
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  Well, and it was really nice to see Erickson get his first poll.
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  He's had so many successes that that one was kind of a long time coming.
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  Yes. Well, and he's striving for his spot. So I was very happy for him to get that poll, for sure.
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  Love having him in the paddock. He's a funny guy, especially for being a sweep
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  because they can be kind of dry.
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  But he's a funny character. I enjoy him a lot.
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  So, yeah. So, Kyle Kirkwood finished the race, won, just did amazing.
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  I loved the interview with Pillow after the race.
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  And, again, this is where he's just the nicest guy. You know,
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  they, they asked him, do you think if, you know, you'd had more time that you
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  could have caught him or done this and this and this, and below just goes, no, not today.
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  And, and that's where I love him because he full on accepts,
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  you know, his, his own limitations or, you know, whatever limitations are,
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  are put on him by how the tires are doing, how the fuel mileage is, et cetera.
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  And even though he has won four championships and zillions of races,
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  he's not too proud to say, no, I didn't have the stuff to pull it off this weekend.
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  I agree. I mean, he is definitely the new poster boy of IndyCar.
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  He's very nice.
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  You know, he'll say what it is. And I guess that's why people love to hate him.
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  And you know i don't i don't hate him at all i love him i just you know i just
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  never want to see one person win too many races in a row i like the variety
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  i like to mix it up a little bit,
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  i like when you know we get to the 500 and they say that every race has had a different winner,
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  i i enjoy that so yes and then
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  willie p i was gonna say he he didn't win but he still came in second yes and
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  then willpower finally doing willpower things and getting a podium not overthinking
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  it love to see that love to see that well I'll tell you what another thing with Kirkwood,
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  two of his I say hit two of his pit stops were not great and.
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  Even with that, he was able to get that win, which just speaks to his skill
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  and his prowess on street courses.
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  Yes. Well, and I feel like Andretti Global's Achilles heel are the pit stops at times.
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  And it's just like, you watch them, and they're doing it, and then something
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  always goes wrong. And I'm just like, no.
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  Yeah. I uh yeah maybe maybe we need to go into the shop and like light some
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  sage walk around with it do a smudging I don't I don't know what gremlins are
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  happening but but yeah their pit stops are.
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  Have consistently been a problem for years so anytime they have a problem I'm
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  like come on guys come on this is not new let's let's get it together guys gals
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  let's let's let's lock it up here. You're better than this.
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  But, I mean, it turned out okay, because they had all three of their cars within the top five.
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  It turned out okay, yeah. Absolutely.
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  But also, it's bit them in the butt a few times, too, in the past.
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  So, it's just like, come on, guys.
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  I always think of that 500 where Rossi full-on, like, lost his shit and was,
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  like, pounding on the steering wheel during his pit stop.
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  Yeah. And hopefully, you know, I believe their management with Dan Taurus,
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  like, he's not gonna, you know, he'll fix it.
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  Shit, you don't get your shit together. Yeah.
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  So I would, I mean, I've said this before, I love Will Power.
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  I love that he podiumed this week.
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  Great to see Will Power doing Will Power things.
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  And there's nothing I would love more than a sequel power win the 500 this year.
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  Yeah. I would not be opposed to it. He would make a good two-timer. Absolutely.
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  And I want to hear him say motherfucker on the radio again.
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  Because he says a lot of things on the radio, and obviously everybody knows
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  I have a vocabulary like a sailor.
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  You can thank my grandmother for that. That's not a joke. That's dead serious.
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  But I He says a lot of things on the radio But MF is not a common one And when
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  he screamed that when he won Show me respect motherfuckers,
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  It was It was the best It was the best for me and I would love to see it happen again.
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  Sorry, got it. No, you're good. All right, in fourth, Marcus Erickson.
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  So, got us first pole. Had a nice, solid race. Nice. Yeah.
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  Would have loved for Will to get by Alex and Marcus to get up there to do one,
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  two, three. That would be great.
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  Unfortunately, yellows at
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  the end kind of put the kibosh on any additional movement, unfortunately.
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  Yeah. Well, because I kind of want Andretti to go back to when it was all that
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  massive podium where it was Dan Weldon, Tony Kanaan, Brian Hurta,
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  Dario, all together. That big podium. Yeah. I want to see Andretti do that again.
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  Yeah. Yeah, I supported all Andretti podiums. Let's make that happen.
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  Expectation has been set and ready team you've heard it.
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  Yep in the five out of award another solid race by him as always,
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  and then seven aben malucas which awesome i mean just awesome brand new circuit
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  i love seeing you And he's been in the series a little bit, but I think,
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  were he and Kyle in the same freshman class? Did they start around the same time in IndyCar proper?
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  I can't remember off the top of my head.
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  I think Kyle was maybe a year before Dave. Yeah.
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  Six. Malukas has the least experience, and so it was great to see him finish sixth.
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  And the highest finishing Penske car, too. Sure was. Sure was.
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  Seventh in the seven. Again, I love that. Way to go, Aaron McLaren.
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  Five in the five, seven in the seventh.
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  Christian Lundgaard, who he always puts up a solid race. He is always a solid contender.
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  Yeah, I mean, between him and Pato, I mean, I would definitely expect either
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  one of those two in the top 10 each time.
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  Easily. Easily in the top 10 for sure. And then number eight,
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  Scott Dixon, just working his way into the top 10, doing Dixon thing.
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  Quietly going in there like the Iceman that he is, for sure.
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  You know, he, I would love once his children are adults to like interview them
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  about what he's like as a dad.
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  Because I bet that, you know, Iceman, that he is, I would bet that he is not
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  a dad that really yells i mean i'm sure there are days that he's like girls,
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  get your shoes off the damn stairs you know i'm sure there are days that you
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  know he's like all right i'm i tripped over your shoes again you know something
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  but for the most part i bet that he is like you know sets the boundaries but is a super chill dad.
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  Oh, I think him and Emma would be really cool parents.
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  Oh, absolutely. Emma is just, she's a gem. I love her.
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  And not just because I could like fold her up and put her in my purse, but she's just the best.
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  If I could like carry her around with me all the time, I would.
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  I love Emma Davies Dixon.
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  She's so, she's just great. And they both have such great positive personalities too.
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  Yeah. I bet they're super quiet parents.
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  All right. Finishing ninth, Alexander Rossi. Speaking of new parent.
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  Yes, that's right. Speaking of new parents.
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  And then rounded up the top ten, Marcus Armstrong. Love to see it.
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  Yep. Meyers Schenck. Meyers Schenck has, and I know they've got a technical
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  alliance, but with Ganassi, right? Yes.
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  Which obviously has helped them, and I love that.
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  They have really come into their own in the last couple seasons of IndyCar,
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  and I love to see it. And I think especially this season, they're really showing
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  everybody that Meyers Schenck is a team to pay attention to. I agree.
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  And then it looks like we have Colette after, or sorry, no, Scotty Mack. Scotty Mack.
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  Thirsty Threes. Love it. He loved this course.
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  He could not quit talking about how much he loved this course.
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  Anytime he got interviewed, he was tweeting about it.
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  I mean, I'm here for it. I'm here for the excitement.
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  Yes. Excitement is genuine.
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  Yes. He truly, you can tell when he's excited because he definitely gets super excited about it.
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  Totally does. He was like kid on Christmas morning excited about this racetrack.
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  Yes. And Kyle Collette. Yeah. But another rookie in this, you know, rookie class.
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  Yeah. Doing really well. and from AJ Foyt which,
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  has not historically been a team that does super well I mean that's been changing
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  in the last couple seasons they're doing better and I love that I love to see them on the up and up,
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  but to have your rookie come in 12th after that stacked top 10 and then Scotty
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  Mack hell yeah is all I have to say to that hell yeah,
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  well and with the you know rookie rankings I think it's going to be a light
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  A lot tighter than we think it's going to be. So it's going to be very interesting.
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  I agree. I think the Rookie of the Year race is going to be pretty tight.
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  Pretty tight. Because they are all showing some promise. Mm-hmm.
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  We haven't seen anything amazing out of Mick Schumacher yet,
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  but again, he's kind of, since what happened to St.
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  Pete, he didn't really get that experience on that street course,
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  so I'll give him a few more races to kind of catch up to the other boys.
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  Yeah. Yeah, I think, because I think that we're going to see more impressive
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  things come out of him as the season goes on. I agree.
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  And then, start at 13th, finish 13th, everybody's favorite police officer, Louis Foster.
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  Yes, Mr. Mustache.
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  Which, I mean, solid placement.
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  And I'll tell you what, there is a lot to be said for bringing the car home in one piece.
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  And Louis Foster is very good at bringing the car home in one piece.
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  Well, and he finished higher than the veteran on the team, so.
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  Yeah, yeah. Thanks, Graham, for making me look like an asshole,
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  by the way. I was like, Graham should do good. There's potholes.
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  He's from the Midwest, blah, blah, blah.
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  And then, you know what? I'll just say, that's what happens when you wait too
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  long to go out during the qualification time.
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  Don't sit on pit lane and play with your dick. Get out there and put down a flyer.
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  Because that red flag definitely screwed Graham.
• 22:56
  Yep. And then we have Renitz, who's doing good things for Dale Coyne. He is.
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  And started 21st, finished 14th, so moved up seven spots. Fantastic.
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  I forgot to mention with Scottie Mack, started 25th and finished 11th.
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  So he moved up 14 spots, which is, I think he's our hard charger for the race. Which is awesome.
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  Yep, and he finished ahead of Newgarden, so... Good.
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  Yeah, Newgarden started 11th and finished 15th. Lost four spots. So, it hasn't...
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  Yeah, I know he won Phoenix, but the streetcourses have not really been kind to Newgarden this year.
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  No, but he's kind of...
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  He lurks in the shadows, and you never know what could happen because all of
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  a sudden he could be back there and then be up front with just how Penske does
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  their undercuts and things.
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  Sure. You never know. Working in the shadows is a great way to phrase that.
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  Sorry if everybody just heard that sound. That was me knocking the pop filter off of my microphone.
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  All right. Finishing 16th, Dennis Hauger.
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  Another very decent finish for the rookie.
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  He didn't DNF. I feel like anytime you don't DNF your car during a race, you are good.
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  Yeah, I think that's a solid. Anytime you finish the race, that's a positive. I agree.
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  Yep. And then Santino Ferrucci was behind him.
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  And then you had Graham. And then you had Kiffin. Better, honestly.
• 24:55
  Yep. And then you had Rosenquist.
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  And then Stingray. I stepped over you when you were talking about Kiffin.
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  So, yeah, Kiffin in 19th, and then, yeah, was 21st. Yep.
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  Stingray. Yep. And then Mick finishing.
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  Stingray and Mick were both lap down at the end of the race there.
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  And then you had Grosjean and then Nolan.
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  And then you had Rasmussen. finishing Dead Blast, which was a surprise, but...
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  After the show that he put on at Phoenix, it was, it was, like,
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  night and day difference from Phoenix to this race for Rasmussen.
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  So, I don't know, I don't know what exactly happened with all, with that.
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  Well, I...
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  I don't know, but I think he'll be back. I mean, you know he's a hard charger,
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  and everybody has an off day.
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  That's true. That is very true.
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  And, you know, it was the third race weekend in a row, and that can be taxing physically.
• 26:25
  Yeah, and I think Nolan Siegel, I think we've said everything that we need to say about him.
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  He's got to do something or he's not going to continue his tenure at Aaron McLaren that's for sure.
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  Which is unfortunate because he is a very nice guy. And I feel like he's got the skills.
• 26:49
  He just doesn't have them all at the same time.
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  Kind of remind me, some days I can drive really well and I hit the shit out
• 27:03
  of my woods and I do great. And then my putting game is crap.
• 27:06
  Other times, my long game is crap. My short game is fantastic.
• 27:10
  I just, I can never put it all together on the same day.
• 27:14
  It sounds like you have a better golf game than I did. I took golf lessons and
• 27:19
  the golf pro was a friend of ours.
• 27:22
  And he basically told me to stick to my sport, which was swimming.
• 27:28
  That's hilarious.
• 27:31
  Well, my golf coach, quote unquote, was my dad. So it wasn't optional.
• 27:37
  Though I would like to play the golf course at the Speedway,
• 27:41
  I feel like that would be fun.
• 27:43
  But I would make sure everybody was wearing football helmets so I didn't,
• 27:48
  like, line drive a ball to somebody's head.
• 27:52
  Girl, I'll go with you anytime. Also, I did not know you were a swimmer.
• 27:55
  We're going to go off on that. So what was your stroke?
• 28:00
  I was more distance swimmer.
• 28:05
  I would do breaststroke in the medley relay. I would be a butterflier.
• 28:12
  Fascinating. I did a little bit of everything. Typically, breaststrokers don't
• 28:16
  also do butterfly. Look at you.
• 28:19
  I know. Yeah, that's awesome. So I did distance, and I was backstroke and butterfly.
• 28:25
  Okay. Yeah. I don't like butterfly over a hundred yards.
• 28:32
  Yeah. I did. Did you do the year round swimming like the USS?
• 28:36
  Yeah, I did club. So. So you swim the mile and everything too?
• 28:42
  Actually, I never swim the mile. I just stuck with the 500, but I would have
• 28:46
  liked the mile and the thousand though.
• 28:48
  Yeah. The mile was fun. I enjoyed that. I enjoyed swimming the mile.
• 28:51
  And yeah, I always ended up in the 200 fly because I don't know,
• 28:57
  I guess I'm a glutton for punishment.
• 28:59
  But I will say to this day, my backstroke is still faster than my freestyle.
• 29:04
  Every once in a while when I get in, I do swim a 25 of butterfly just to make sure I can still do it.
• 29:10
  Right, just you just gotta shake the dust off, like stretch the shoulders out. I'm with you.
• 29:15
  You know, it's funny, I do that too every now and then. I'm like,
• 29:17
  just gotta make sure I still got it.
• 29:19
  Well, and I think that's why I also like racing so much because,
• 29:22
  you know, those hundredths of a second make a difference.
• 29:30
  It's very similar. And well, and also just the way it's set up,
• 29:34
  you're on a team, but it's mostly individual events.
• 29:37
  And so it's very similar to racing as far as it being a quote team sport,
• 29:42
  but you're also on your own.
• 29:45
  Yeah, there's a lot of things. Which, by the way, if you're also a former swim
• 29:50
  team member, feel free to chat with us about that any time. Literally. Yes.
• 29:56
  Fun fact, Indiana actually has a bunch of really fast swimmers.
• 30:04
  We do. We really do. We've got...
• 30:08
  Shout out to Carmel Swim Team for winning state yet again.
• 30:13
  Ooh. What is that? Like the 45th time? I know. It's a little...
• 30:17
  I think it's like the 40th or something. Yeah.
• 30:20
  Okay. I was like, I said 45th, and I'm like, I know that's high, but not by a lot.
• 30:25
  So, yeah, I know. Ask the Swim Team. Yeah.
• 30:30
  They are... Yeah. And fun fact, the Natatorium.
• 30:34
  Is the fastest indoor pool in the country.
• 30:40
  Yes. Actually, I think it would be cool if IMS would do an outdoor swim meet.
• 30:49
  You could probably do a pool in the middle somewhere. It would be pretty neat.
• 30:57
  I will volunteer to do the chemicals for that.
• 31:01
  I was a lifeguard. I used to manage a pool, a 50-meter pool,
• 31:07
  and handle all the chemical.
• 31:08
  Well, there were pools I had to manage, but the biggest one was 50 meters with diving well.
• 31:12
  Yeah, and it was really cool the year that they had Lily King be the— she either
• 31:19
  drove the pace car or got to ride in the two-seater for one of the Grand Prixs,
• 31:24
  so that was always pretty cool.
• 31:28
  By the way, I'm about to do something that everybody knows the sound.
• 31:37
  So, I'm officially off work this morning, and I talked to Sarah about this a
• 31:41
  little before we recorded.
• 31:43
  Any of you who have seen me at the IMS in May know that I'm a big fan of the
• 31:49
  Bud Light Lime Burritos.
• 31:51
  What I'm a bigger fan of is the Cran Burritos, and they discontinued them in 2020.
• 31:55
  But they're back, baby! And I picked them up this morning, and that's what you deserve.
• 32:02
  I'm excited Yes, Abby's very excited I unfortunately am just drinking A Diet Coke Being responsible,
• 32:13
  Being responsible Alright So, great race I mean, I would I don't know what you're
• 32:21
  thinking But I would pretty much give that race A 10 out of 10,
• 32:25
  I agree, 10 out of 10 For sure,
• 32:31
  I think the only thing And it
• 32:34
  doesn't take away from the 10 out of 10 score I know they had high wins And
• 32:38
  so they couldn't get the second concert To go out for everybody Who bought those
• 32:44
  tickets So maybe you have all those stadiums right around there Open up the
• 32:49
  stadium so that they could have a concert But You have a little Yeah.
• 32:55
  But safety first always Yeah, and because of the wins, they moved up the start
• 33:01
  time, so they shortened the Indy Next race, which always kind of shakes things
• 33:07
  up and shakes up who was going to win.
• 33:09
  And on the short notice, it really messes with strategy.
• 33:12
  So unfortunately for the Indy Next drivers as well, because that affected their race day.
• 33:18
  But again, safety first.
• 33:20
  Yeah, and then I know a bunch of people from a lot of the teams couldn't get
• 33:25
  out of Dallas, and they were all stuck at the airport, so. Oh.
• 33:35
  Been there and done that at Dallas. It's not that fun, but.
• 33:40
  Funny, the last time that I flew in and out of Dallas, I left hours before there
• 33:45
  were wind issues and like a crane went down, downtown and people had flight issues.
• 33:50
  And all I thought was, thank God I left earlier.
• 33:55
  So, and then we were talking earlier, the views on the broadcast were insane.
• 34:06
  They were, they were. So how many was it that watched on Fox?
• 34:13
  I think it was 1.3 million. It's fantastic.
• 34:18
  Which is a very good number.
• 34:21
  It's an exciting number. as a fan for a long time you always saw the dismal scores and then,
• 34:32
  but I feel like now they're getting up there and people are watching so it was
• 34:39
  promoted well Fox always shows um.
• 34:45
  The races on commercials all the time. So it's good to see. It is. Yeah.
• 34:51
  A hundred percent shout out to Fox. They are doing a fantastic job of promoting
• 34:56
  and, and building up hype about the races.
• 35:00
  And, and obviously it's, it's working. That shows what it is.
• 35:04
  So I, although I am, and for any of you who also enjoyed the cheap price of
• 35:10
  Peacock and now have to pay more to watch it on Fox, I feel you, I feel you.
• 35:15
  I'm in the same boat i don't like that i have to pay for fubo now but you know
• 35:20
  what it comes with a free i get the like free dbr with it so i can record everything
• 35:25
  and go back and re-watch and,
• 35:28
  and the on track product is always fantastic but to see it promoted so well
• 35:32
  and reach so many people just makes my heart happy i love the new camera they
• 35:38
  did it was like the cockpit camera when they were driving and it was thick.
• 35:45
  My first point of view, basically.
• 35:47
  Yes. That camera was awesome. Whoever thought of that?
• 35:53
  That was great. I'll give them a raise. Yes. That was dope. That was fantastic.
• 36:01
  Well, in other news, there are rumors, there are mumblings, there's talk,
• 36:07
  because right now the IndyCar season ends before the NFL season starts.
• 36:13
  And so there are talks of extending it into the NFL season and promoting it
• 36:19
  and, you know, not competing with local NFL games in whatever,
• 36:25
  you know, city we would be in.
• 36:28
  But, you know, I'm always a fan of extending the season.
• 36:31
  More races means more joy in my life Count me in, 100% Sign me up Who do we have to talk to?
• 36:42
  Let's make it happen Yes, and about Arlington being around the NFL I know Fox
• 36:51
  had a post out What other NFL stadium you would like to see the races at I have a few,
• 37:01
  but some of the ones on their posts were like Green Bay, which don't get me wrong.
• 37:06
  Green Bay, very iconic football stadium.
• 37:10
  But you also have two very iconic Wisconsin tracks.
• 37:15
  You have Milwaukee and you have Road America.
• 37:19
  Agreed. Do we really need a third with it?
• 37:24
  Don't get me wrong. i would love to see it but
• 37:27
  you can't like don't go to the places that
• 37:30
  have the historical tracks i
• 37:34
  mean that are let's do
• 37:37
  a street course in downhunt indianapolis around lucas
• 37:40
  oil like are you kidding me we already have two races here so i'm with you and
• 37:45
  i say that as a packers fan okay i have been to lambo it was fucking fantastic
• 37:52
  highly recommend it even if you're not a Green Bay fan. It's just cool to go.
• 37:56
  It's a great atmosphere.
• 37:58
  But yeah, we have two permanent tracks already in Wisconsin.
• 38:02
  And if we're going to break out and start going to other, you know,
• 38:05
  where there are NFL stadiums, we need to go east.
• 38:08
  The East Coast is, I mean, they are just thirsty for a track near them.
• 38:16
  Because there are so many fans out there that do not have a close track to go to.
• 38:20
  If they come to a race, you know, it's a whole thing.
• 38:24
  Whereas those of us are located in the midwest most of
• 38:27
  the races we can drive to and it's not a big it's not a big thing so i would
• 38:34
  say and i know it's not east east but my if i was gonna pick a stadium i would
• 38:41
  pick three rivers i think it's called heinz now but i would pick pittsburgh,
• 38:47
  Uh, number one, cause my family's from Pittsburgh. So I have a little,
• 38:51
  I have some love in my heart for that city.
• 38:53
  Uh, but where the stadium is, is very cool.
• 38:57
  There's the three rivers there. There's cool stuff to do in Pittsburgh.
• 39:00
  There's a casino downtown for anybody like me, who's a borderline gambling addict.
• 39:05
  Uh, and there's, and it's not flat.
• 39:09
  Pittsburgh is not flat. So there'd be elevation changes. I think that would
• 39:12
  be fun, but there are also so many East coast teams that have huge fan bases
• 39:18
  that we could do a street rating.
• 39:21
  Like, oh, oh.
• 39:25
  Philadelphia would be cool. Jason Kelsey. Love it. The Kelsey family.
• 39:32
  You're all. Philadelphia sports fans in general are wild.
• 39:39
  They're wild. Even if they win, like, they burn the town down.
• 39:43
  And I'm not saying that I condone that behavior.
• 39:47
  But I do love anarchy a little bit. So I'm here for it.
• 39:51
  And yeah, I think a race where we could cheer for race cars and also say go birds, I'm here for it.
• 39:59
  Well, and even if they went to the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey,
• 40:04
  you're still right there by New York City.
• 40:09
  And that's just hard to pull up a street course that close to New York City
• 40:13
  because of the time that it takes to build the street course, etc.
• 40:18
  Yeah. And I know they did the Meadowlands back in the day, so.
• 40:22
  Oh, well, and me and, you know, probably two million other people have already
• 40:28
  said it a million times, but can we please go the fuck back to Watkins Glen?
• 40:33
  Please. I want it. I want to go.
• 40:37
  As long as we get rid of the arm co-barrier, please. Yes. Yeah, please.
• 40:44
  Congratulations. But let's make it happen.
• 40:48
  So, but yeah, there, and then, and even thinking like, you know,
• 40:53
  Southeast moving down, you know, there's not as many NFL stadiums there,
• 41:00
  but there's just other cool things.
• 41:02
  Like a street race in Seattle
• 41:05
  would be awesome I know that's more west
• 41:09
  yeah west west coast but Seattle would be a really cool one as well I think
• 41:14
  Atlanta would be super cool yeah you could do Atlanta and you yeah especially
• 41:22
  if you you know yeah you could I mean there's so many different college.
• 41:28
  You could partner with a college sport there. Yeah.
• 41:32
  Denver would be cool, too. Denver would be badass.
• 41:36
  Have the mountains in the background
• 41:38
  of an IndyCar race and the Bronco Stadium. Yeah. I'm here for that.
• 41:44
  Well, and Lewis Hamilton is part Bronco owner, so...
• 41:50
  You know, it's about time for Lewis Hamilton to drive the 500.
• 41:56
  I would love to see it. I think he could do it. No problem.
• 42:00
  I think he could absolutely do it. I think he would bring a zillion eyes to the sport.
• 42:06
  And yeah, he just seems like a good guy.
• 42:11
  Even from other reporters who have seen him in non-public instances,
• 42:18
  he just seems like he's a solid dude.
• 42:21
  Or if he would want to run that race.
• 42:27
  One-off, do that one? Yeah, no, I have to do the whole season.
• 42:31
  But yeah, do a one-off for the flag record.
• 42:33
  That would be so, I mean, it'd be iconic. It would be cool.
• 42:39
  So I'm all for it. I just want to make sure that we're not like crowding out
• 42:45
  some of the classic older tracks.
• 42:48
  Agree. I don't want to gain a street course at the cost of an existing permanent course.
• 42:56
  I don't want to i don't want to lose my ovals in milwaukee i don't
• 42:59
  want to lose road america because if you've ever been there they
• 43:03
  call it the national park of speed because it feels like you're
• 43:06
  in the middle of a national park that's how scenic it is it's beautiful it's
• 43:10
  wonderful there's elevation changes even if you're not on the racetrack just
• 43:14
  you know traveling around to campsites and things and yeah if you're going to
• 43:18
  throw on a green bay that's not the best choice in my mind because the Midwest
• 43:23
  is already pretty saturated.
• 43:26
  But don't do it and think that you're going to take away one of the other Wisconsin
• 43:31
  races we already have because Road America should never go anywhere.
• 43:37
  It's absolutely fantastic.
• 43:39
  And Milwaukee, we just got back.
• 43:42
  And as far as I'm concerned, you can have Milwaukee back when you pry it out
• 43:46
  of my cold, dead fingers. I love Milwaukee.
• 43:50
  Yep. Just make sure they talk to Jerry Jones so they know how to do it and it will all be good.
• 43:57
  Yeah, right? Let him be in charge of some of the planning because that man knows how to build hype.
• 44:05
  For sure. Absolutely does. Now, are you a Colts fan? What's your favorite NFL team?
• 44:11
  I am a Colts fan. I'm taking the brown paper bag off my head.
• 44:19
  And Carly Ursay, we trust. Excellent.
• 44:23
  Excellent. I tried being a Colts fan.
• 44:29
  So, like I said, my dad's whole side of the family is from Pittsburgh.
• 44:32
  So I grew up watching the Steelers. So I'm a Steelers fan and a Packers fan
• 44:36
  because I like to have a team in each conference.
• 44:39
  I'm a complicated individual.
• 44:42
  And so I try to be a Colts fan.
• 44:47
  And it just it wasn't for me. I have nothing against the Colts.
• 44:50
  I don't I don't have any ill will.
• 44:51
  Obviously, they're the hometown team. And, you know, when they're in the playoffs,
• 44:54
  I hope they do well. I root for them.
• 44:57
  And obviously, I'm from Indiana. And so I can confidently say that regardless
• 45:03
  of who my favorite teams are, fuck the Patriots.
• 45:09
  I'm not going to lie. When Tom Brady came out to introduce the pre-race last
• 45:18
  year at the 500 and to hear him boo, it was kind of fun.
• 45:22
  It was the shit. I booed. I booed.
• 45:27
  I 100% did. And I'm not really a public booer, but yeah, Tom Brady, no thank you.
• 45:37
  But I thought it was very cool he did come to a 500, so.
• 45:40
  That's cool. It was cool for him to come to a 500. And if I think about it too
• 45:44
  long, I'll be like, oh, I feel bad that we booed him.
• 45:46
  But, you know, off the cuff, Tom Brady, you know who you are.
• 45:50
  You know you deflated those balls.
• 45:55
  So speaking of races at other locations we've got Sebring,
• 46:02
  We do. And we have a lot of IndyCar drivers or other drivers related to other IndyCar.
• 46:14
  Yeah, I absolutely love that. I love when our IndyCar drivers get the opportunity to race an IMSA.
• 46:19
  And the fact that so many of them do shows you that it's not just a job for them.
• 46:25
  This is their passion because they have a week off work.
• 46:28
  And I'll tell you what, when I have a week off work, I'm not picking up extra
• 46:31
  shifts at a second hospital.
• 46:34
  Okay. That's not happening. But they just want to be in a car. They want to go fast.
• 46:39
  And I just love everything about that.
• 46:44
  Yep. Well, and starting off strong with the GTP class, you have Colton Hurta
• 46:51
  driving the Cadillac for Wayne Taylor Racing.
• 46:56
  That's going to be a fast car. Sure is. sure
• 46:59
  is and we've got scott dixon and
• 47:02
  the number 60 for meyer shank racing and an acura and they're
• 47:06
  starting on the front row i don't remember uh the 40s starting i know but i
• 47:10
  know the 60s starting on the front row but you know what wing tailor racing
• 47:13
  always does exceptionally well at imsa races yes and then polo is in the 93
• 47:21
  for meyer shank racing also in an acura I know.
• 47:25
  All very good, really fast drivers in that GTP class.
• 47:29
  It's going to be very cool to see. They're like closers.
• 47:34
  I feel all three of those drivers are, well, like we talked about with swimming,
• 47:39
  when you do the relays, the third leg is kind of the person that's like,
• 47:44
  if we're behind, who can catch us up to the leader? Exactly.
• 47:49
  Herda Dixon and below are all the guys that you want to plug into your third
• 47:53
  leg and be like, all right, anything that we have messed up so far.
• 47:57
  Fix it for us so that our anchor can come in and win this thing. Yeah.
• 48:03
  And then in the LMP2 class, we have Hunter McElroy and Toby Sowery.
• 48:10
  I know Hunter McElroy did a test for ECR this year.
• 48:16
  And then Toby has run a race for IndyCar before in the past.
• 48:22
  And yeah, I see. I see. Do you want to say what your note says? Because I love it.
• 48:26
  If there was any justice in this world, they would both be in IndyCar.
• 48:31
  100% correct. Hunter McElroy is spectacular. He's a spectacular human.
• 48:39
  He's a good driver. Actually, he's a great driver.
• 48:41
  And his interaction with crowds and with fans, etc., he already has that presence
• 48:50
  and that presence of mind to, you know,
• 48:53
  be generous to his fans and to take the time to talk to him,
• 48:58
  to sign things, take photos with kids, et cetera. And.
• 49:03
  You know, some of that can be learned, but he's too young to have already learned
• 49:09
  all that, you know, so it's like it's second nature for him.
• 49:13
  And so that, coupled with his driving skill, I'm with you.
• 49:16
  If there was any justice in the world, Hunter would be in an Indy car right
• 49:19
  now, and same for Toby as well.
• 49:22
  And then in the GTD Pro, sorry, tongue twister there, our former,
• 49:30
  our just recent race winner, Kyle Kirkwood, driving for Vassin Sullivan Racing.
• 49:37
  Oh, Lexus. Fancy schmancy.
• 49:41
  Yes, and then in the GTD category, Mr.
• 49:45
  Callum Eilat, who used to run for Prima last year, and he's going to be driving
• 49:51
  the right motorsports for us.
• 49:53
  I love Callum Eilat, by the way. He is one of the most delightful people to speak with.
• 50:00
  He always looked very nice, so I've never met him, so I don't know.
• 50:08
  I'm sure we'll see him at Trek somewhere.
• 50:10
  Yeah. Well, and then I saw on a post that Rock the pink Porsche is going to
• 50:18
  be racing alongside Rexy this weekend.
• 50:24
  I love when that happens.
• 50:28
  So, always fun to see those. Yes. And you know what? Good on those teams.
• 50:34
  Like, make a livery worth talking about.
• 50:38
  Make it look like a dinosaur. I'm here for it. Give it a name.
• 50:43
  Well, and when they were at Indy in the fall, all the kids that were there were around those cars.
• 50:52
  And they were just, they're just cool cars.
• 50:55
  There are cool cars. And kids were all around.
• 50:59
  And then they even had, I don't know if they were team members or whoever,
• 51:03
  but they had the like blow up T-Rex suits, but in the colors of the cars.
• 51:09
  Yes, that was great.
• 51:12
  Fantastic. My mom and I took my youngest niece and nephew over there and they
• 51:17
  just loved it. Oh, my gosh. They love those cars.
• 51:19
  They love the dinosaurs. Of course, my nephew kept trying to like kick the tail
• 51:24
  of the one dinosaur because boys.
• 51:27
  And then the funniest part about that, this past year, I didn't even try to
• 51:34
  introduce the kids to anyone because the year before, I kept running into drivers that I knew.
• 51:41
  We took a photo with Sabra Cook and this and that. And I was like,
• 51:44
  this is a race car driver.
• 51:46
  Like this is one of Aunt Abby's friends. And her name's Sabra. And.
• 51:50
  I'll tell you what, I don't think I've ever before seen the look,
• 51:57
  a look in the eyes of a five and six year old of like,
• 52:00
  I don't give a fuck more than I did in that moment. I was like,
• 52:04
  she's a race car driver. And they're like, OK.
• 52:08
  Well, you know, you have a good livery when you can get a Lego of that car. Right.
• 52:20
  That's the bar. Yes.
• 52:26
  Lego, please. IndyCar Legos, please.
• 52:30
  Please, please, please, please, please. I know you can get the Pagoda at the
• 52:34
  IMS Museum, but give me some classics.
• 52:43
  You know, give me like an A.J.
• 52:46
  Foyt. do like the four winners or something, please.
• 52:51
  Yes. And the Marvin Wasp, come on now. I want to build that out of Legos.
• 52:57
  Well, they have the Ford Model T out, and so the Marvin Wasp would be perfect.
• 53:03
  It'd be perfect. But yeah, like AJ's cars, Rick Mears, Alio's...
• 53:11
  Got to do Mario's 1969 car. Just some of the classics and then a newer one.
• 53:17
  So, I mean, if they can make orchids out of Legos, then we should be able to
• 53:23
  make any cars out of Legos.
• 53:25
  Yeah, I'm all in for that plan. Don't get me wrong.
• 53:29
  Like, all the F1 cars, it's fun.
• 53:33
  But, like, the only ones you can really do with Legos right now is if you,
• 53:38
  like, they're fan-built ones. and then you have to like order the Legos separately.
• 53:45
  It's not a kit. It's like Frankenstein. Yeah.
• 53:50
  Good kit. I want an IndyCar kit. Yes. I'm an adult Lego fan and I want IndyCar Legos, please.
• 53:58
  Yes. Legos were one of my favorite toys growing up.
• 54:03
  Did you ever play with K'Nex? Do you remember when those came out?
• 54:07
  I did not, but I always wanted the
• 54:09
  K'Nex. roller coaster? I got the roller coaster for Christmas one year.
• 54:16
  And I'm such a nerd that because it had a loop in it, right?
• 54:21
  And so I built it like that. And then I decided I want to change the track.
• 54:26
  And I should have known then that I was going to end up with a degree in science
• 54:29
  or some sort of STEM degree, because then I decided that I wanted to change
• 54:34
  the layout of the racetrack and I or of the roller coaster.
• 54:38
  And I and I made my own with the connects and with extra connects that I had from other sets.
• 54:43
  Nice. No, we did. My brother had a Hot Wheels set, and we would always make
• 54:49
  a big oval with the Hot Wheels.
• 54:54
  Gotta have a big oval. Yep. Got you. Got you. I love that.
• 55:02
  All right, we're going to... Actually, before we move on to our next thing in
• 55:09
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• 55:15
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• 55:18
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  to the website, you can link it from there.
• 55:41
  Of course, if you want to reach out to us at any time, please do.
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  And we love that you guys are responding to our stories and our posts and things.
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  So keep it up. We're happy to interact with you. And if you see us at a racetrack,
• 55:52
  make sure you holler out and say hi.
• 55:54
  Or at the very least, take a funny photo of us and then post it online and tag
• 55:58
  us in it. That's totally fine, too.
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  It's kind of my favorite. The first couple of years of the podcast that would
• 56:06
  happen where people would take photos and then tag Molly and I,
• 56:10
  and we would like just see a tweet and we're like, oh my God,
• 56:12
  that was us 20 minutes ago.
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  And it wasn't creepy in the least. And I know my voice just sounds like I'm
• 56:18
  being sarcastic all the time. It really wasn't.
• 56:20
  It was entertaining and hilarious every time. So, yeah, if you just want to,
• 56:25
  like, if you see us and you just want to snap a picture and add a caption,
• 56:28
  I'm here for it all day long.
• 56:32
  Just please tag us because I want to see the joke so I can laugh at it.
• 56:37
  So, next thing we're going to move into, Daniel Dye had some comments about David Maloukas.
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  And first off, I just say, Daniel, not cool.
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  But also, of all the people to make fun of, David Maloukas?
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  I mean, he's like everybody's kid brother. He's the nicest guy. He's so genuine.
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  I just don't get it I mean Yeah
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  Like some people You know what That's where
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  the phrase It sucks to suck
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  Comes from Is things like that Like well Sucks to suck Because who would make
• 57:22
  fun Of David Malukas He's the best I mean That guy makes time For everybody
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  And he's genuine He's positive I mean that's not That's not an act he puts on.
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  That's literally who he is 24-7.
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  And also, it's 2026.
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  We're not making gay jokes. That's not a thing we do anymore.
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  So, like, take a breath. Grow up a little. Try again.
• 57:59
  Unfortunately, the internet is toxic.
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  Definitely can be, that's for sure.
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  Shoot, I can't remember what show it was. I'm always watching like six shows.
• 58:15
  But there's some show I'm watching that...
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  Gosh, I'm sure I've said uh 50 times in this podcast. There's some show I'm
• 58:24
  watching that it was discussing like the very beginning of the internet and
• 58:31
  said something along the lines of,
• 58:36
  you know, oh, people communicating from all over the world. I can't see how
• 58:40
  that could possibly be bad.
• 58:41
  And I just laughed because I thought, you know, we all probably felt that way at some point.
• 58:46
  And then the internet happened and we were like, oh, no, some of you should just stay in your hold.
• 58:53
  Maybe we should.
• 58:56
  Let's just not... Let's just not pick on Dave. No need for it.
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  Little Dave alone. Okay?
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  He's ours. We love him. Yeah. I feel about little Dave like I do about my nephews.
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  If you're coming for little Dave, you're coming for me.
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  We're not having any part of that.
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  None whatsoever. Which our Our other co-host Mike,
• 59:27
  Had some choice words About that situation So I'll let him say them When he
• 59:35
  records with us next week So but Mike We got your back buddy We're with you
• 59:40
  Just be kind guys Just be compliant,
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  Can't say anything nice Don't say anything at all,
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  But if it's funny, you can say it to me. Say it publicly.
• 1:00:01
  I think, what is it? Steel Magnolias has the quote, if you can't say anything
• 1:00:04
  nice, come sit next to me.
• 1:00:08
  That's how I feel. I'm like, I feel like that. That phrase.
• 1:00:12
  All right. Now, on to the Super Bowl of our sport.
• 1:00:18
  It's never too early to start talking about it. The Indy 500.
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  We've got some drivers who did not get a full-time ride, but have announced
• 1:00:30
  their Indy 500 rides. Who we got, Sarah?
• 1:00:33
  We got Mr. Connor Daly. Woo-hoo! Hometown hero. We're all here for that.
• 1:00:40
  Yes. Yes. Exciting. He's driving for Dry Iron Rhein Bowl.
• 1:00:44
  Wow. So, they almost won it last year if Hunter Ray didn't have issues. Yeah.
• 1:00:54
  Yeah. Honestly, Ryan Reinbold, and I think it's all the more impressive for
• 1:01:02
  a team that doesn't run full-time to do as well as they do.
• 1:01:07
  Okay. Yeah, they tend to do exceptionally well,
• 1:01:12
  especially considering that they don't have the benefit of tuning these cars
• 1:01:17
  for the whole season and all the extra miles on pavement that the other drivers get.
• 1:01:23
  So, yeah, I'd love to see a Dreyer and Reinhold win. I'd love to.
• 1:01:28
  I would full on lose my shit. Like there are many things on race day that make me cry.
• 1:01:35
  Back home again in Indiana gets me every time.
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  Taps. Taps.
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  Every year, taps, man. 400,000 people in one place and you can hear a pin drop.
• 1:01:48
  If that number gets here to your eye, you're not alive. But if Conor Daly wins, I will ugly cry,
• 1:01:56
  I think it would be crazy It would be pandemonium Oh, yes, the stands would
• 1:02:02
  go insane I think the snake pit might actually stop the concert And pay attention
• 1:02:09
  to the race if Conor Daly wins,
• 1:02:12
  Agreed.
• 1:02:15
  Yeah. Which we were talking earlier. They have announced the Snake Pit concerts.
• 1:02:21
  They have not announced Carb Day yet. And as soon as they do,
• 1:02:25
  we will share everything. We'll pass it along.
• 1:02:32
  Hopefully, Doug Bowles listened to our podcast last week.
• 1:02:37
  Backstreet Boys for next year, please. Please, please, please.
• 1:02:42
  You know what? even though they were like competing bands I would love to see
• 1:02:46
  like Backstreet Boys and NSYNC all on the same day on Carp Day that would be,
• 1:02:52
  insane I would feel like I was in high school again and I'm okay with that I
• 1:02:56
  know all the words to all the songs and I'm okay with that,
• 1:03:02
  that would be yeah it would be insane you know what if you want to bring more
• 1:03:05
  women to the track Backstreet Boys and NSYNC for Carp Day that's what you need to do laughing laughing,
• 1:03:13
  Oh, well, speaking of the 500, the pace car driver for this year's 500.
• 1:03:20
  Oh, wait, you forgot. Takuma Sato.
• 1:03:22
  Oh, that's right. Sato. Yes.
• 1:03:27
  And who's he driving for?
• 1:03:31
  Rahal Annigan. Yes. I love it. Which, there's a very good chance he could win
• 1:03:37
  a third. Very good chance. Yes.
• 1:03:40
  He's a super nice guy, too, in person. Oh, my gosh. So gracious.
• 1:03:44
  So wonderful. And if you ever have the opportunity to have something signed
• 1:03:48
  by him, you can ask him to sign it in Japanese. And he will.
• 1:03:53
  And so for me, I think that's cooler because that's his native tongue.
• 1:04:00
  That's how he's used you know that's how he typically signs his
• 1:04:03
  name in japan and so for me if i'm going to get something signed by sato i want
• 1:04:08
  it in japanese but so if you're getting something signed ask for him to do it
• 1:04:13
  in japanese it's just pretty cool that's cool yes though i do have to say the
• 1:04:18
  pace car driver is going to be pretty darn cool it's although oh real quick Like,
• 1:04:22
  there's a rumor about a possible Indy car, Indy 500 ride that I want to.
• 1:04:28
  So there is a rumor that AJ Fort Racing is going to have a third car.
• 1:04:36
  And that driver might be Catherine Legg.
• 1:04:41
  Okay. As long as she brings back Elf Cosmetics.
• 1:04:46
  Amen to that. Oh, my gosh. I loved the Elf activation.
• 1:04:51
  I am literally wearing Elf lip gloss right now.
• 1:04:55
  In my purse are at least five Elf products at all times.
• 1:05:02
  And Kat is just, she's just fantastic. So, I would.
• 1:05:05
  Yes, she's very nice. but yes please
• 1:05:09
  bring back the elf cosmetics that
• 1:05:12
  was the coolest activation ever yes
• 1:05:16
  oh my gosh it was fantastic and i've
• 1:05:20
  gone to races for a long time and you know you always look at the car you know
• 1:05:25
  look at you know different brands of cars and then you know fill out the thing
• 1:05:28
  and then you know get a t-shirt um walking through and asking if you wanted
• 1:05:35
  your lips done your eyebrows was done,
• 1:05:37
  wanted some, you know, skin tint.
• 1:05:40
  That was amazing. And you got free products. Yeah.
• 1:05:45
  Yes. It was, yeah. It was everything that an activation should be.
• 1:05:52
  And especially as a woman where, you know, you walk through,
• 1:05:55
  you fill up the thing, you get the t-shirts. They're all men's t-shirts.
• 1:05:59
  You know, it's eight to pick your men's size. They don't fit like you want them
• 1:06:03
  to because we're women and we have boobs and hips and blah, blah, blah, blah.
• 1:06:06
  And then you have this activation that is for women.
• 1:06:10
  Well, not necessarily for women, for anybody who wears makeup.
• 1:06:15
  And it just is fantastic. It just, you know, you felt seen.
• 1:06:20
  You felt appreciated for being there. And you felt pretty good.
• 1:06:24
  Well, and there was a lot of guys going through getting makeup samples for their
• 1:06:31
  girlfriends and their wives.
• 1:06:34
  Yeah. Which, I mean... To all the men who did that, well done.
• 1:06:39
  Well done. You understood the assignment. You went to the racetrack and drank
• 1:06:42
  all day, and you brought your wife home makeup or your girlfriend home makeup.
• 1:06:46
  Well done. Next time, though, we're going to the track.
• 1:06:50
  Mm-hmm.
• 1:06:54
  All right, I think that's all I have on rumors. Okay.
• 1:06:59
  No, but Mr. Signetti, driving the pace car.
• 1:07:05
  Oh, Kurt Signetti, and if you don't know who he is, then you've been under a
• 1:07:12
  rock for the last six months.
• 1:07:14
  He is the head coach of Indiana University football, who...
• 1:07:20
  Had an insane football season. went undefeated for the first time since the 1800s.
• 1:07:31
  And, I mean, so I'm a Hoosier, born and raised here. I went to IU. I'm an alum.
• 1:07:40
  I used to get season tickets when we didn't win any games.
• 1:07:44
  And so to see them be national champions, I mean, just unbelievable.
• 1:07:51
  So exciting. And then for the IMS to recognize how huge of a deal that was and
• 1:07:58
  having to be the pace car driver is just perfection.
• 1:08:01
  I don't have a better word for it. It's perfection. It's the perfect choice for this year.
• 1:08:06
  Yeah. If they didn't do that. Yeah. I mean, I don't know who else you would have chosen.
• 1:08:13
  No. I mean, yeah. And I say that this being with the Olympics having been this
• 1:08:22
  year, I still think Signetti was the best choice.
• 1:08:26
  Yeah, 100%. And it'll be very cool.
• 1:08:29
  And if we can get him to crack a smile while he's driving the pace car, even better.
• 1:08:37
  Even better. Gosh, I just I don't know how you could drive a car around that
• 1:08:42
  place and not have the hugest grin on your face.
• 1:08:45
  I feel like a smile is going to happen.
• 1:08:50
  For sure I love it although sometimes they have to wear a helmet so maybe we'll
• 1:08:56
  just see his eyes maybe we'll just see the smile in his eyes oh,
• 1:09:03
  for sure I'm here for it I'm here,
• 1:09:09
  all I have to say to Kurt Cignetti is thank you thank you it was a great season
• 1:09:16
  to watch enjoy driving the pace car.
• 1:09:24
  Well, we have an off week this week, so a little bit of time for the drivers
• 1:09:28
  to catch their breath, a little bit of time for, you know, all of us to find
• 1:09:31
  something else to do on a Sunday.
• 1:09:34
  Basketball. Yep, that's right. March Madness.
• 1:09:38
  March Madness. How could I forget that? I am a Hoosier after all. Yep.
• 1:09:42
  March Madness. My bracket is busted already, but I'm all right.
• 1:09:47
  You know, I didn't get one in this year, but I typically do not do well.
• 1:09:56
  Mostly because basketball is not a sport that I really follow a lot,
• 1:10:00
  so I don't know much about the teams.
• 1:10:03
  And so sometimes I'll look some stuff up, although sometimes that feels like cheating.
• 1:10:06
  I'm like, is it cheating or is it an open book test? I don't know.
• 1:10:10
  But yeah, so yours is already busted. mine
• 1:10:13
  is already busted but um i'm
• 1:10:16
  not saying who i really want to win
• 1:10:19
  because i don't want to jinx them that's fair
• 1:10:22
  if you if you catch my drift and i didn't even pick them from my bracket for
• 1:10:27
  that sole purpose so you know what i have done brackets i typically did more
• 1:10:34
  than one because i would do one where i would do research and you know who's
• 1:10:38
  most likely to win etc etc and then i always would have one where Indiana wins it all.
• 1:10:45
  Because, you know, that's my dream. Yeah. So I was like, well,
• 1:10:50
  okay, one of these, one of these brackets is based on knowledge.
• 1:10:53
  And one of these brackets is based on love.
• 1:10:58
  Just passion, and that's okay. I think next year I want to do just an all upset bracket.
• 1:11:05
  Oh, like pick all the least likely winners? Yeah. Just to see.
• 1:11:12
  That'd be kind of fun. You know
• 1:11:14
  what? I bet that when it's busted is much later than a regular bracket.
• 1:11:23
  Yeah. But mine has definitely been busted, and I'm sure everybody else's is, too.
• 1:11:30
  That's the fun part about watching March Madness. The upsets. Yes.
• 1:11:36
  Oh, yeah, because those 16 seats sometimes come out of nowhere,
• 1:11:39
  and you're like, where the hell was that game your whole season? Yeah.
• 1:11:43
  Or, you know, a number one seat almost getting beat yesterday.
• 1:11:51
  I actually— I was kind of sad they didn't get beat after hearing that one of
• 1:11:57
  their players was like, yeah, we weren't expecting to have that much of a game.
• 1:12:02
  And I'm like, there's your issue right there.
• 1:12:06
  That's your problem. Yeah, you need to bring your A game every time, my friend.
• 1:12:11
  You're not ever phoning it in. This is March Madness.
• 1:12:17
  That's funny. Yeah. All right,
• 1:12:20
  well, we've got a week off uh next week we'll be dropping the episode a little
• 1:12:24
  bit earlier so on wednesday or thursday so we can talk all about barber and
• 1:12:30
  and birmingham alabama uh barber is a fantastic racetrack cleanest porta-potties
• 1:12:37
  of any racetrack in the country.
• 1:12:42
  The time that I went, there wasn't a single time that when I went to the port-a-potty,
• 1:12:46
  every time I went to the port-a-potty, I was the first person to use it since it had been cleaned.
• 1:12:52
  Nice. I have not gone, but it's on my bucket list.
• 1:12:58
  It's, I unfortunately have to work, so I won't be able to go this year.
• 1:13:01
  That was the trade-off. To get all the days off I wanted in May,
• 1:13:05
  I had to give up barber this year.
• 1:13:09
  So, sorry, Ellen. I will see you next year. Yeah, no.
• 1:13:14
  I want to go very badly, so it's going to be on my bucket list,
• 1:13:19
  but I can't swing it this close either, but that's okay.
• 1:13:25
  All right, we've got next year. We can make plans for 2027. Barbara's not going
• 1:13:28
  anywhere, that's for sure.
• 1:13:29
  So I hear the Buc-ee's is fantastic. Oh, it absolutely is.
• 1:13:37
  I love a good Buc-ee's. I mean, who doesn't?
• 1:13:43
  I went to my first Buc-ee's on the way to Nashville this past year,
• 1:13:48
  and it was very interesting.
• 1:13:51
  Experience. It was an experience, yes. The whole thing. I got fudge the last time I went and brisket.
• 1:14:00
  I will say they have some really good selections of food, which,
• 1:14:06
  Buc-ee's, why aren't you an IndyCar sponsor?
• 1:14:09
  I mean, honest to goodness, they
• 1:14:12
  should sponsor ECR because nobody loves Buc-ee's more than Brie from ECR.
• 1:14:21
  Like, they should, yeah. Or, you know, be a sponsor of one of the races.
• 1:14:27
  I mean, I'm proud, too. It'd be a pretty cool delivery. And they can change
• 1:14:33
  it up like they change up their little holiday shirts.
• 1:14:36
  Yes. And they could even have a mascot, like the Buc-ee's mascot,
• 1:14:43
  like we have the Firestone Firehawk.
• 1:14:45
  Yep. That would be a good little battle. It really would. It really would.
• 1:14:54
  Yes. Fantastic. So yeah, Buc-ee's, we could make a fantastic livery.
• 1:14:59
  I'm here for it. Definitely.
• 1:15:03
  Here for all of it. Well, everybody enjoy your off weekend.
• 1:15:09
  We'll see you next week. We absolutely will. Take care. Thanks for listening.
• 1:15:15
  Bye. Bye.