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IndyCar: Milwaukee Reaction with Elijah Poe, Dave Chanley & Michelle Garmon (Podcast 2.7.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_03]: welcome everybody to our reaction to be in the car race at Milwaukee on Sunday and usually we had a gain in victory lane for the first time in three years so excited for my second favorite country on the planet on today's podcast we had Elijah Pope course on indie car guy Dave Chamley and Michelle Garmin at the tip of the community and I would call it her
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[SPEAKER_03]: She's still under the weather and was not having a very good connection, so she was only on for the first few minutes, but always enjoy having her on the podcast.
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[SPEAKER_03]: To name for more indie car and all the other sports news from across Central Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Central Indiana sports central Monday morning at five a.m.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to indie car race reaction.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And here's your host, Greg Midgelt.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome, Indie Car fans to our reaction to the Indie Car race at the Milwaukee Mile.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I am here with Elijah Poe, our indie car guy, Dave Chandley and Michelle Garmin.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's a sports editor of the Tipped and Tribune and Elwood Colleater, and this is for Thomas.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Sayah Nihos.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Sayah Nihos.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Vihavone.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Sayah Nihos.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Woo!
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[SPEAKER_03]: Elijah that was one heck of a race.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yes, it was.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We have got a Dane and victory lane with Christian Rasmussen.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We've got a Dane.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that was such a good race and I think right now more than anything.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Just how fortunate are we to be indie car fans at this period where the sports are right now because that was just an incredible race.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They are sixteen for seventeen Dave on races this year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Milwaukee, never disappoints.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Great.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Great venue.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What a great place to race.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And Ed Carpenter made every right call today.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Great crowd.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You said it never disappoints.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Even for Milwaukee, Michelle, this was a really good race.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, it wasn't really good race.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I will say this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm really happy for Ed Carpenter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I would have been able to have felt terrible for him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If Rasmussen had wiped out when he went high and almost hit the slam end of the wall, just because he was doing something he didn't need to do and was being totally didn't need to do.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't think I've ever heard no more passing cars at the end of the race.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Stop passing cars.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It was pretty good, but he was definitely overly aggressive.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I actually yelled out loud.
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[SPEAKER_03]: What are you doing?
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that main incident that actually drove me up the wall was that he almost came in with Felix Rosenquist, who was not, I mean, he was a back marker, but Felix didn't have pace all day.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that move was just, I mean, they showed it on TV and it was probably two, three inches, maybe.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I would expect that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So he had a straightaway coming.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Rosenquist was going so slow, all the other dudes go to the inside of him and pass him.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It was really risky.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But here's the thing, I would expect nothing less from Christian Rasmussen.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I really wouldn't.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I agree with you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think Elijah's got to like this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He has no fear of what he's doing on the racetrack.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think he's got potential to be a great driver.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But he's got a lot of maturing to do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And you've got a lot of guys on your ad, your team, or in your ear, you need, they can make you even better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You need to listen and heed.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I had just basically already in my mind I was ready to talk about his what I want to go back again to indie car and the job it's done making the
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[SPEAKER_03]: the racing level, the entertainment value, so high.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And with the different strategies, and that's again, why it turned out the way it did was the different strategies and the fresher tires.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And why a charge?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Rasmus and not just past below, but past McGlocklin and Rossi in a war.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And his fellow countryman, Lungard, I texted the group day and on day and crime right there.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And Joseph New Garden, and it just was a spectacular.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think it's incredible that Indie Cars is sportwear.
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[SPEAKER_04]: For a majority of that race, Alex Pillow was light years of head.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that's what makes Indie car an oval so great because you can't predict the finished.
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[SPEAKER_04]: There's no other racing series in the world where you genuinely do not know the outcome until that checker flag is flown.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And really, with two laps to go, Christian last music was still wiggling.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was scary.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was scary.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was holding my breath.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I do want to ring my own horn here with wouldn't a group.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Remember, uh, back with about forty laps to go.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I, I think I texted.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I said, if there is a caution with the back end of the pack, come in and get fresh tires and no sooner than I said that, then it happened.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's all happened.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, for sure.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You saw a common in really only one of the drivers who did that was able to make up a ton of places there at the end.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The other drivers who were dominant all the rest of the days, but let's Michelle get back to Alex Polo.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, those are not his specialty.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's not like some weekends on road courses.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We go into it thinking, Polo versus the entire field.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's not going to be the case at Nashville, but he has to be the favorite, right?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think he's got it because I think for one thing with Polo and he may have pushed it maybe even today had this been a final race and maybe a little bit more but he's just a consummate professional driver.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He takes care of his cars and everything else too and next week so it'll be interesting to see how that plays out and luck I will say this I think you know the great thing is the ten team is really great and
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[SPEAKER_01]: really good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We said that a long time and I know Greg you tweeted, which is the best all-time team for it's fourteen or a penalty for or a domestic term.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And right now, I have to go back and look, but I'm thinking, gonna ask you ten.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But that's been all Scott Dixon and he is only one one five hundred.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That ten is now one the five hundred with three different drivers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Because I've got a guess you're gonna spend this week and they will talk different scenarios.
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[SPEAKER_01]: because they learn, and they're going to say, oh, we're in this same situation.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Next week, are we going to look to have a strategy for it?
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[SPEAKER_01]: They may come in and pit too, because they're so good on Italy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it was actually kind of shocked that the only three drivers in state outward, I think, that last one, the only lap for the top three, which that didn't really leave too many cars between, you know, with two cars between him and the guys on fresh tires.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's not a real quick to about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just want you to shout out to a carpenter racing because not only did a racetrack win, but Ross, he got a top five finish.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was fourth, right?
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[SPEAKER_01]: That was a good day.
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[SPEAKER_04]: was a really good race strategy wise and for them to be able to maintain that and seeing ECR have a two top five is exactly what you want.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think they've kind of taken that role that AJ Foit was in the beginning of the season because ECR has been on a pretty consistent stretch of some decent finishes.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're able to really get their stuff together going to the twenty twenty six in beyond.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Indie cars just going to be better because it has one more team that can step up.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Michelle, a big team really needs to step up and sign Conner Daily, just for the fact that on ovals he's so good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: If he's in a good car, he's the best oval driver out there.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The rest starts are just spectacular.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, if yes, they are, I would love to see Conner Daily get a ride with a big team with, you know, really great cars because I
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think he is a very talented and exciting and driver.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the pre-race interview was great with Connor, where he and Rasmussen kind of buried the hatchet.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It sounded like Elijah.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's not like Connor and Santino Farge.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think they really don't like each other.
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[SPEAKER_04]: listen to the speed street podcast with with Connor daily who's the host and you know he brought a good point and he brought up a good point where and he car you have to go meet with these other drivers and you have to kind of squash that beef because the impacts in these cars can be so so dangerous and I think it's great for the sport as a whole
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, beef is great.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You know, especially racing beef, but at the end of the day, you know, you're gonna have to have that safety aspect in it because if you have another crash like Connor did last weekend, or I guess those two weekends go up Portland, you know, things can end pretty nasty.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, that, that can happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I love the oval.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was talking to a friend of the police ghost and said, I don't know why.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Post doesn't go earlier.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We know they don't go later in the September because of college and
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[SPEAKER_01]: NFL football, but I mean, they don't have enough one more than track.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, you got Phoenix, you got Texas.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, some old you could go down something.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But they're not racing in those places.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But why not they have before they should.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there's three tracks right there that are ovals who would be great three oval race.
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[SPEAKER_01]: great races to add in the spring.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Homestead, Mexico City, there are all kinds of things that they can do.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, Austin, all kinds of things that can do that they're not doing.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It needs to be done.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Have even heard rumors that maybe you're going back to Pocano might be in the cards.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But there's also help build the schedule at the beginning of the season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But we also have to do it everywhere.
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[SPEAKER_04]: There's some interesting talks going on right now, actually.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The F-One Netherlands Grand Priests is that Zenvort, and they're actually looking to take that track off the map, and I think it was the track problem.
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[SPEAKER_04]: CEO came out and said they've been in talks with Indie Car and NASCAR, so it's seeing Indie Car's potential even go overseas.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's so, so big for this sport.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Don't be so great, Dave.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It would, the problem there, of course, is money, sponsorship, these guys, it seems like they have unlimited resources, but they do, they do have limited resources.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Going overseas would be really expensive.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's the issue.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I think they can get it done on the transportation side.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That would probably be the hardest part, but if for me, the one is potentially leaving that track as a whole.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And you know, that track, it would probably put pays for me the one to use their facility, or I bet it's, you know, more than it would in the car.
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[SPEAKER_04]: If Formula One is gone, any cars with the next best show in town, I don't see why they would do anything to maybe hurt the series.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Unlike some of the NASCAR tracks do here in the States, it would definitely be interesting.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And they definitely need to get down to Mexico City for sure.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mexico City, I totally agree with that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That would be fantastic.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The European fans wouldn't know how to react to actual competitive racing.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Here are the results from the snap on Milwaukee, mile, two, fifty on Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Christian Ross and me said, let the final, sixteen laps, the only laps he led to win his first race of his indie car career.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And be the second day and ever to win an indie car race.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The other being Christian, Lune Guard, who was the last first time winner.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And that was three years ago.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, especially was awesome today.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He raised hard all day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was good that Fox showed a lot of him when he was battling for fifth, six and seventh place because they said he is just driving so hard.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And there was more than once many times, including the last two laps, where that car was shaking.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He just drove the wheels off.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Good for him.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't want to complain too much about Fox's coverage because it's been pretty darn good lately.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I want to point out that at one point, there was a women's European soccer game that they pushed back the start of the indie car race because they had to do the post game for the women's European soccer game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But today, when there was golf in the middle of their rounds, they went immediately to the golf and I think that's pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I would have really loved of here I've heard Alex below interview.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I really love to have heard Alex and Rossies interview.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And yes, I would have just liked to have heard that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And below, just give below a little credit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He drove.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He drove very clean when the Rasmussen came out.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He always does.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Maybe this, maybe this might be just me being a glass half full guy, but I also maybe look at that as a positive that it ran long.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm interested to see if there's any more viewers and maybe that's potentially even more people who are going to tune in to any car in the future because that end was just so strong.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Good point.
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[SPEAKER_03]: As Dave mentioned, Alex below was second.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He let a hundred and ninety nine laps and dominated most of the day.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Scott McLaughlin was third.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The top team Pinsky driver at they were pretty good today.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The Skyward Act was unbelievable.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I think it's kind of funny just because we've gotten used to how consistent.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Scott McLaughlin is that we didn't even really talk about him on this podcast today because it's not out of the norm to see Skydy Mac always up near the top on these ovals.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He's just one of the best drivers on this grid, Anna.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's a shame he's gotten unlucky so many times this season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You know, some of those also being his fault, but day in and day out, he's one of the best on the grid.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, he's a McLaughlin.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's the best Alexander Rossi finished fourth.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When he came in early in the race, it lapsed in the forties.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I thought, I questioned it at first.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I thought,
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's definitely going to go on a forestop, but as soon as you saw the tired degradation on the other cars, I thought this was a really good move by Ed Carpenter.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And hit put Rossi, like you said, he just jumped a bunch of cars and was in contention.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And he drove well all day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He was fighting for position all day long.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think the move for Rossi continues to look better and better as this season goes on.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I know they obviously started with some struggles, but as of late the last three, four race, this has been so consistent.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And you know, this is only year one of this deal with he's got with ECR.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I'm super interested to see where this can go next year as well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: really happy to see the carpenter team rebound because there was a time of this during the season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I thought that team might be done and a really rebounded well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Arrow McClellan had the fifth and sixth place drivers, Pattoe Award and Christian Loon Garden.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Neither one of them, Dave were a contender today, but both were consistently near the top.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They were near the top.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They played good strategy.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They did the right things, but I don't think they had the pace that the cars in front of them did.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think they probably had fifth and sixth place cars, and they got fifth and sixth place.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And sometimes you do, the best you can do.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And fifth and sixth is not a bad day, especially taking into consideration the day they had two weeks ago.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's a good day for aerial McLaren.
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[SPEAKER_03]: and two Danes in the top six.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Love that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Dave Joseph new garden did have the pace all day, but he had a little bit of bad luck again at the end and I'm sure Eliza, he's off crying somewhere.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's unfortunate.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I would be interested to see what his race would have turned out if he didn't have that little incident with Rasmussen.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm surprised he was able to save that honestly.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But seven the place for Joseph Newgarne in twenty twenty five.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Hate to say it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That is a good day for him.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the incident there, it was minor and it was just racing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They were going, they were both racing at the end.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think anybody did anything wrong.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's just that he got a little sideways and I'll give him hats off to him for saving that car because he's, he saved a big one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: David Malukas was really good early in the race and led twenty five laps finished eighth.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And a bad luck at the pit stop.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He battled back.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He really is going to need our tires worn out, though.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that might be where he's not quite as experienced on that, or is going to take care of tires somewhat early as say Alex Polo.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But some Scott Dixon was ninth in Marcus Armstrong finished tenth and there was a point where I think it was Townsend Bellson.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He was going to finish last because of a bad strategy move and man, what a rebound for him and Meyer Schenk.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We also had advantage of the yellow came out for it that really helped him later.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, we were all scratching our head.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, what is he doing?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Because he cannot stretch that out enough to just have one pit stop in between.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So good for him.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Good for him.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Scott Dixon was Scott Dixon stayed out of trouble, raced well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I hate to say every week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I say, well, Scott Dixon was Scott Dixon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But that's the best way to describe it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Colton heard a finished eleven tonight's job by him moving up, um, throughout the race.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I being in eleven and twelve friend dreaded isn't a good day by any means, but those cars were really consistent throughout the day and Colton that's a fantastic start moving up fifteen positions.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And Kyle Kirkwood was twelve as Elijah mentioned there and ready eleven and twelve.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Connor daily a disappointing finish after being near the top most of the day when I asked you Elijah what to watch for.
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[SPEAKER_03]: My response my answer was, Connor daily on the start and restart.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He was fantastic on the start and restart.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But he just did not have the pace of the other cars.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, it's a shame.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Obviously, that car had some pretty decent qualifying pace starting up in ninth, but to see him fall down at thirteen from that starting position, even though he had some great moments, it's still a little bit of a disappointment for Connor.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And his best friend, Santino for Ruchi, Finn.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Reena's VK again, top fifteen.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You know, they're not a great result, but just consistently on the lead lap every race.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He is consistent and I boats well for him, boats well for his future.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Back to Fruity.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I just really like, I know he's kind of a crazy man out there, but I really like it.
19:23
[SPEAKER_02]: I really like him and I'm glad he's with fight racing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think that's a good marriage the same as the Rasmussen and Rossi is with Ed Carpenter.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's a good point.
19:35
[SPEAKER_03]: The final car on the lead lap was Devlin D Francesco, the first car a lap down was Louis Foster, both of Ray Hall, Letterman, Lannigan.
19:44
[SPEAKER_03]: I think they were better today than the final result showed.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They definitely were, um, definitely got some really, really great moments of race craft there in the race.
19:53
[SPEAKER_04]: And, uh, not a horrible result for Devlin.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Uh, started in fifteen finished ride around where he started isn't the best, but any points for RLL maybe getting inside that leader circle, uh, points wise is big for them.
20:05
[SPEAKER_03]: Robert Schwartzman was eight teams and coming into this year, guys, we thought Marcus Erickson with Andrew Eddie racing might be a really good match.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It just isn't.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It is not jailed for whatever reason.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's honestly a little bit shocking to see him essentially nowhere for this whole season, because he was such a great driver.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I can ask he in those recent years.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Speaking of which, given Simpson of Garnassi racing gift and
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[SPEAKER_03]: You give him some leeway because he's so young, but just not getting the results in a gonna ask you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's not, but he's young.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think he'll still be back next year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think there'll be any problem with that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He'll still be the third member of that team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And he's had some really great moments this year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Just hasn't been able to piece it together.
20:53
[SPEAKER_03]: By the way, everybody, we have lost Michelle.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I just send her a text hoping she'll come back, but her connection was not very good and she's not been feeling very well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Louisville Louisville's own Jacob Able was twenty first Felix Rosenquist had a miserable weekend was twenty second.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Stingray robbed third and again we talked about Ray Hall Letterman.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Graham Ray Hall was up in the mix for a lot of the day and ended up twenty college my lot was twenty fifth.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Will power just again bad luck.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He looked like he was going to be a contender and no one single.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I feel sorry for Nolan single.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's a young kid.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's twenty years old.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's going to be a good racer.
21:32
[SPEAKER_02]: He's that that was and he's he's said when in the interview.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like an idiot and it's all on him and I'm glad he admitted that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, he'll he'll he'll he'll be alright.
21:45
[SPEAKER_02]: I hope he keeps this job.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think this year I think we're all kind of fine because we know he is so young about giving him that pass and I'm right along with that as well.
21:54
[SPEAKER_04]: He's had some good moments this year, but I think next year there's really going to be a little bit more of a microscope on him because he hasn't had the best season in twenty twenty five.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Big year for Siegel and Zimsa next year.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_03]: there on teams that are too good not to be producing results no matter how young and how inexperienced you are.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So we've done this seventeen times now one more to go and it's next week in Nashville and I know Dave you are going to be there.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And if the previous ovals and shore ovals or any indication you are going to see a great one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think this will be a great race.
22:35
[SPEAKER_02]: It is a great venue.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I love the place.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I loved it last year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My granddaughter has secured passes for us down in the pits on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So we're going to get to rub noses with some celebrities and see the race on Sunday and I am pumped.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Sounds like a perfect weekend.
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[SPEAKER_03]: midweek and then you're always welcome to join us.
23:02
[SPEAKER_03]: We'll have the indie call report with Elijah Poe.
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[SPEAKER_03]: After qualifying on Saturday, we will recap the qualifying and preview the race in Nashville.
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[SPEAKER_03]: After the race, we'll be back here.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Probably not with Dave although we'll probably might get a drop-in from him to get a report from live in person.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Either way Elijah and I will be here probably in the show and thank you guys so much.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So he's fun.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Always.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much to Dave and Michelle and Elijah for joining me.
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