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Victory Beers Live 10/13: Corby Wins Boyd · Pushin' the Cushion

• Slim Pushins: What's up everybody? We got another special show tonight. Shop beers slash victory beers. As always, my co-host, a guy that has answered the age old question, who are you willing to wreck for a win? Corby Scherb. And the guy with his back to the camera. Jim Gardner: to get my victory happy, Dad. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Crew chief of the Crew Chief Corby: Happy d Happy Dad? Hell yeah. Slim Pushins: of the Year. Jimmy Gardner. Corby: Still better in Tulsa time. Still better. Still Slim Pushins: You are a sucker for bits, aren't you? Corby: better. Jim Gardner: Yeah. I don't know about Crew Chief of the Year Slim Pushins: Not better than Tulsa time. Jim Gardner: after my three sixty debuted and went south at RPM, but we'll talk about that a little bit later. Slim Pushins: Cory, what are you paying attention to during the intro? Corby: I was I was watching the the replay. Slim Pushins: Of Corby: boy cause Jim Gardner: Ha ha Corby: I still think that it was just a nudge a a little push. Slim Pushins: we're gonna get to that. Who are you willing to wreck for a win? Corby answered that Jim Gardner: The the race Slim Pushins: question Saturday night. Jim Gardner: The race on engineers are seeing a spike in in data points going to the Boyd replay, and it's just Corby watching himself. Slim Pushins: They're digging into analytics and stuff and they're like, something's wrong with our analytics. Corby: man. Slim Pushins: Corby Scherb at Hotmail dot com is just wearing this replay out. There's gotta be something something wrong. Jim Gardner: man. Corby: No, Jim Gardner: Congratulations, buddy. Corby: thanks, buddy. Thank you. Jim Gardner: We are very proud of you, but proud of both of you. Okay, and moving on. okay. Slim Pushins: No no. Corby: so we gotta we gotta get into this nudge thing because we'll we'll see if anyone is is chimed in just yet and I don't wanna like jump the gun and talk about this but there was a tiny little laper incident that tiny, it w it was small and apparently I I mean in my opinion Jim Gardner: Fine. You what? people don't let's just do this. I got an idea. Slim Pushins: You have the replay? Jim Gardner: Yeah. Let's just do this, Corby. Alright, here's we're about halfway in the race. Slim Pushins: This is not a great angle, but I'll take it. Jim Gardner: About halfway into the race here. Corby's coming across and Knocks all the bolts out of the rear bumper of Caden Clement. And the interesting note to that is that those two are teammates. I was hoping that you'd show up on our show tonight with a black eye. You'd be the first person in history to get a black eye Corby: So so Jim Gardner: from a knockdown knocked out by Slim Pushins: In Victory Lane by his car owner. Jim Gardner: the car owner for roughing up his kid. Corby: I mean you've seen me race against my brothers. You see me race against my brothers and Jim Gardner: No, I know. Corby: it was it was a nudge. I he actually you Slim Pushins: That's that's not a nudge. Jim Gardner: First of all Corby: know what you know what though, like here here's the worst part about the story is Jim Gardner: First of all, that's Caden's line. That's his line. That's Caden's line. You better move him, cause that's his line. That's your line. That's his line. You better move him. Corby: So here's the worst part about this, i is no, like he did exactly what I told him the whole night was like, dude, like slow down, like back up your corner entry sum, like relax, like don't don't be so quick to like don't be so quick to just like bury it in the corner and stuff and He he was doing exactly what I said and and I I I'm not gonna take anything away from him. Caden drove a great race, but you know it Slim Pushins: Corby told him before the race, hey, make somebody take your line away. Corby: 'Cause it's my line. He did good, man. He w the same, like you can watch me man. Jim Gardner: God, you are breeding the wrong generation of racers who are just I hope the I hope Mike's budget for bumpers is good. God. Slim Pushins: Jordan Root question I have is did this win for Corby make him pass Jimmy in the power rankings? Corby: Jimmy? Jim Gardner: Did you feed him that co comment, Kur Kerbo? Yeah, you. Slim Pushins: Did I? No. Well you released the power rankings today. Jim Gardner: Bullshit. I did. Slim Pushins: And cried about it. Jim Gardner: I didn't cry about it. Slim Pushins: Mm. Corby: Where where are we at in points now? Jim Gardner: We're in the fifties and it's not important. It's irrelevant. Corby: What who's who's what? Jim Gardner: I forget. The file my computer crashed. Corby: That you're posting videos? Jim Gardner: I I just got yeah. Yep. All right, no, back to back to you just wearing out your teammates' bumpers. First it was Josh Hanna's bumpers. You know, freaking Patrick Stasa's Corby: So so Caden did i e Caden did exactly what I told him to. Jim Gardner: gotta be licking his chops of how much money he's gonna make selling bumpers to everybody. Corby: But do you so like I I Slim Pushins: This is gonna be awesome. Whatever this explanation is is gonna be awesome. Corby: Man, I I caught him and he drove into turn three great, like it was it was perfect, like he went in a lot straighter than what I've seen him do in recently. And then and I had told him too, like, it it's kind of a fault of mine. Boyd is really D shaped and people don't look at it that way. Turn one is is a lot tighter getting in than it is turn three, like you can really roll into turn three Jim Gardner: Yeah, they're definitely different corners. Corby: For sure. Slim Pushins: We're going for a ranch hand sponsorship next season. Corby: And he did exactly what I told him to, so I I can't fault him. I honestly like I felt bad and Mike was like, Man, like I really don't think you got into him that bad and I said, I'm pretty sure his head hit the back of the seat Slim Pushins: Jimmy was upset because you came down on him. If that would've been Jim, there would have been words. Corby: The problem was Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: is like I've seen Logan jump off the top of turn two from from Levi So I I went in there and the problem was and now I'll talk you through it right here is like he went to turn three great and then like he he rolled Jim Gardner: Sorry, I'll I'll pull it down here in a couple of seconds. Corby: into turn one and and he rolled out of the gas like I told him to. He didn't let off so you couldn't see the car unload. And so I I became in a real big pickle was not only was I right behind him now and like bumper to bumper, now I gotta stay on him and I hit him like two more times. And I didn't mean to, Caden, like I'm sorry, that's my fault. And then right here, now it becomes my line. Jim Gardner: Well here here's the thing, and then you chop the shit out of Yeah. Slim Pushins: I mean Caden's just fighting for his life trying to learn. Jim Gardner: God, dude. I I hope I I wish he'd a monster truck to you. Yeah. A kid's been in the car six times his whole life. Corby: Caden wanted to get me back because Caden, like you don't know this, but that Slim Pushins: Yeah. Corby: lap was your best lap of the whole feature. Was a lap after Slim Pushins: Well yeah, it was it's like it's like running from a pack of dogs. Of course it was his Jim Gardner: God, man. Slim Pushins: b he was fighting for his life. Corby: So man, I know, I know. Robert was waiting for it. Jim Gardner: These kids'll learn it's Corby's racetrack. We're all just passing through. Slim Pushins: Byron was just sitting there just waiting for the lead to come to him. He's Corby: You Robert just knew like all I gotta do is sit behind Corby d Slim Pushins: back there going, This is awesome. Corby: don't worry, Corby's Jim Gardner: Byron's Corby: gonna fuck up, don't worry. Jim Gardner: Byron's looking at the window out the right side of his wing like Corby: So but man, like that that was like the only little incident that I had, the whole feature man. It was it was super like it was chill, it was relaxed. Jim Gardner: this incident? Slim Pushins: So that's Saturday morning versus Sunday morning. Corby: man. I think I think Charlie Harmon helped me out a little bit with those marks, but the the the big gouge Slim Pushins: What we Corby: was probably from me and the the crease on the side was probably from me. I I hit him pretty good. I I felt bad Jim Gardner: All of them. Corby: for it. Slim Pushins: Corby's been trying to Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: sell Mike Clement that it was just a nudge for three days and then Mike sends us those Corby: Just a nudge, man. Just a nudge. Slim Pushins: pictures earlier. Jim Gardner: All the bolts are blown out of the thing. Corby: man it Jim Gardner: Pro tip, put your nerf your rear bumper bolts in backwards so that you can hit with a hammer from the outside when they're destroyed from your own teammate. Slim Pushins: Mike sent us a text message earlier asked if Corby knew any good powder coating folks. Jim Gardner: Those look anodized. Corby: So John man. and actually like you know, I I'll say this and I'm gonna say this like publicly now. we actually get a lot of crap, me and all my brothers, about doing good interviews and I I failed tremendously at my interview at Boyd after the race was over. nothing to do with you, Caden, like it wasn't that, but man like that Slim Pushins: Here's your chance. Here's your chance to make it right. Corby: you know that that win right there was more emotional than than probably anyone knows. And I try to be really politically correct up there in the interview, but like just like the head bowed man like I've raced at Boyd my whole life since I was Yeah, since since I was four years old. Jim Gardner: Mike Ferrer's just in your face, getting the action shots. Mike Ferrari looks like he's giving you a retina exam up there with the super zoom. Corby: And for sure, man, he got one of the coolest pictures. Slim Pushins: Yeah, it is a really cool picture. Jim Gardner: There's there's Randy who did the track prep. So, you know, Cor Slim Pushins: For Corby. Jim Gardner: Corb yeah. Cater to Corby's driving style. Is that what Slim Pushins: There's Mike Yates. Matt Yates. Corby: There's Mike, there's Joe. Joe gave me Joe gave me the k the kid for the redraw. Yeah, for sure. Jim Gardner: That's Joe, that's T S S Joe was flagging. Slim Pushins: Yeah, Jim Gardner: That's cool. Slim Pushins: so Corby had Corby had the track prep guy in his pocket, the flag guy in his pocket, and Matt Yates Matt Yates helps Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Corby: Redraw Kid. Slim Pushins: promote that thing. He had Matt Yates in his pocket too. There would nobody else had a chance to win. Corby: West Cranfield was the first one to give me a fist bump. Kerbo didn't even make it yet, you know, I had the tech guy on my side. man, I've raced there my whole life since I was three years old. My f my first ever race on a motorcycle was there. And I've never won. Never, ever, ever. Not as an amateur, not as a pro, not in a car, never. And th the last time that my mom ever watched me race was at Boyd. And I received the coolest trophy that I've ever got in my whole racing career. Thank you, Jimmy Gardner, for that. I got the the coolest belt and I'm almost getting like choked up right now. But I always I I didn't want to race this race because I had such a good memory of the place with with so many bad memories. like people don't even know this. You know, Brad Shirley actually loaded me up in a helicopter there before after my older brother ran me over. Right? So Jim Gardner: Sounds about sounds about right. Corby: Like it not not like super good memories of the place and I had like an ending memory with my mom and I I just didn't want to, man, and I'm like I it's not like superstition, it's you know, like repetitiveness and so I always eat Subway sandwiches before the race and I wanted Jimmy John's this Saturday, so I go to Jimmy John's and they say you're at your order number thirteen and I'm like, That is not good. Jim Gardner: no. Corby: That is so bad. I'm like, man, like can I like somehow like find a way to peel me out of this because I was supposed to go to work too Saturday and work got called off. It like all the cards are lining up and go to Jimmy John's Yeah. So no, work got Slim Pushins: Golf got in the way of going to work Saturday morning. Corby: called off, so I went and played golf with my brother. With my brother and Jones and like had a super good time. We go to Jimmy John's, pool thirteen, I'm like, Man, that's bad And then we go up to the drawing window 'cause Kerbo's like, dude, like you gotta go. Okay, so I go up to the drawing window and I was like, dude, like just something lower than a thirty. Please. For the love of Jesus, something lower than a thirty. And I pull a three and I'm like, that's huge. Like no matter what, even if there's three heat races, like you're starting pulling your heat race. I'm like, that's great. It's amazing. And so we go out and Colby actually got the jump on me in the heat race and I found a little bit of a line coming off turn four that worked good for me and I ended up taking the lead back and I won heat race and I'm like, Okay. Second night in the car, second night in car and, you know, right a little over a year, like we got we got something for tonight. And then we go to the meet and greet. We made some changes and I talked to Merle actually a ton. Talked to Jimmy some about the I know Jimmy was busy with RPM and Wesley, my two guys to go to, so actually I relied on Merle a little bit. I know that this is breaking Jimmy's heart even more. And Jim Gardner: No. Corby: we made some set we made some setup changes Slim Pushins: That's not the storyline that we were gonna go with. I'm still a hundred Jim Gardner: Ha Slim Pushins: percent Jim Gardner: ha. Slim Pushins: I'm a hundred percent wins as a crew chief. Corby: And and so Jim Gardner: Were you not at Grayson Corby: we go out Jim Gardner: County, Kerbo? That's stats bullshit. Corby: So so we go to Slim Pushins: you and Wes were there. Corby: we go to Slim Pushins: Ha ha. Corby: out to the meet and greet and it was cool man, it was super nice. the fans at Boyd are amazing. I think I was the only like truly local guy there, especially in sprints for sure. And Slim Pushins: So hold on, hold on. We redrew after the heat. And there were some issues Corby: Right, we redo after the heat. Slim Pushins: there were some issues with that redraw. I'm not gonna say Corby: So so it was the same concept. Number one, I do I do not draw or redraw for myself. I I never ever ever will. No matter what. Kerbo pulls me a six. And I'm like, that's bad. That's bad. Because in my they had told us the top two, so I'm like s Jim Gardner: Nice. Nice. Slim Pushins: But then but then we learned it was a six out of twelve. Corby: then I learned it was six out of twelve and I'm like, Okay, not terrible, we're okay. And then Suzanne Cranfield says that no, they did it wrong because it was supposed to be one one one two two two. So, I was standing on the front stretch and Joe Andrews is standing right there and I was like, dude, perfect. Like your kid can just pull me this because we gotta have a kid who pulls our redraw number. And so he reaches in there and he pulls me out of two. And instantly in my head, like that's three two. That's thirty two. Like, they're cooked. They're done. They're they're done, man. And I already knew it. Slim Pushins: That's how superstitious this guy is. How he's the only one I know that could put that together, put all those numbers together. Corby: So to answer Jordan's question here, from what I understand we are fifty seventh and fifty eighth now in power rankings. I would be fifty seventh, he would be fifty eighth, if if I if memory serves me correct. we actually they they they kinda Jim Gardner: I shouldn't even brought that up. Why why am I Slim Pushins: James knows I did all the wrenching. Jim Gardner: Ha ha Corby: They actually and I'm gonna say it right now publicly, Robert, they actually they man, they they helped me a lot with we went three wide and then we doubled up and they said going on the backstreck they said we will go green the next slap by. So I got to do a cool little practice start and then find my line that I was gonna drive going through turn one before we ever went green. So like you were at a major disadvantage starting on the bottom. And we took the green and it was great. Jason Tyre actually had reminded me about the Jason Tyre line coming off turn four. from the good old flat track days. Jimmy, I know Slim Pushins: Flat track line. Corby: you have. And see thanks buddy. I appreciate that, Jason. Slim Pushins: I blew past Corby: See Slim Pushins: I blew past Jason on the four wheeler in the shoot and he showed me his nipples. I didn't even know he was he was there and he was directly in the light and he got closer to me and I just saw a grown man showing me his nipples and I knew at that point it had to have been Jason Tyre. Corby: See and John, like you gotta put up John's thing there. So Kerba was standing next to me at the meet and greet. The kid, one of the kids I signed autographs for, he said his favorite number was five, and I said three plus two equals five. So actually, even more so, like we knew that tonight was a night. Slim Pushins: He's so far out there. Corby: And we took the green and ran a pretty decent first lap. I thought it hurt someone on the outside of me, and we ran three or four more laps, and I didn't hear anyone and I just kept driving my race and about halfway through Slim Pushins: Yeah. Corby: Through fourteen, it didn't win. Jim Gardner: Next time, Robert. Corby: You gotta draw what's a fourteen and then you gotta draw a seven. We didn't have the seven, it wasn't an option, so you're kinda out of there. You Jim Gardner: It yeah. Corby: gotta add up to fourteen, that's the trick. Slim Pushins: He was his he started the he started the whole day off on a bad note. He was all sour 'cause he didn't get to have his his before race night meal. The tablitas didn't come through for him 'cause work got in the way. Corby: for sure. No, I didn't get too fr yeah, we worked really late Friday night, so I know Jimmy's just losing his mind over all this and and it's like one time that Jimmy's actually gonna have to like give me props. but Jim Gardner: I did, I gave you plenty of props. Corby: it man it just worked out. It was just one of those nights and like I said, I I didn't wanna run that race because I had such a good memory there with my mom. and like all that stuff happened everything told me don't go and I went there and then we pull a three, then we pull a two, we go out, we lead every lap. We was able to to to get through traffic pretty decently. and Jim Gardner: Minus one hookup. Corby: just happened to be my teammate Car owner's son. Slim Pushins: Let's let's just rehash that there it is. Corby: Car owner's son. Sorry Caden. Love you buddy. Slim Pushins: That silver that that's not the blue that's wiped off. That's the silver of Corby's front bumper wiped on. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: But man, th so th the moral of the story is like I I try to do so good and I pride myself really big on on interviews and I failed tremendously, like I was super choked up, like I couldn't believe it that this was this was happening right now and I said it was I never won there before, had a good memory and then like I I could just I could hear my mom's laugh on the last slap. Like it was just it was really, really cool and I failed miserably as an interviewer. So now publicly I will happily try and do somewhat of a thank you speech because that was just horrendous and that's not who I am. Mike Clement, dude, thank you so much once again, buddy. Like you are my absolute hero. Wesley, Jimmy, Kerbo, like thank you guys for being absolutely stupid and always believing in me, even whenever I do sit on the couch, Jimmy, and have noodle arms now, all that good stuff. Slim Pushins: Ha Corby: Encore oil field services, T C B energy services, Ironsmith compression, sleek concrete coatings, Titan Contractors, factor fencing, Sher Brothers Racing, Philosophy USA, Casey Burton, dude, you absolutely kill it always and you're always have my back. I really do appreciate everything you've ever done for me. Casey, you've always made us look absolutely amazing. There is just people who have stuck behind me, Russell Shoulders, buddy, like you have no idea, just the the stupid conversations that we have. I know I have with Jimmy and Wesley both. it it's people like you guys, it's people like, you know, Jason Tyre in the background, it's John Ricketts, it's Jeb, it's it's the stupid comments that I've got like the the even the Laplants and Slim Pushins: Okay. Corby: the Uyghurs and all these guys who have kept me relevant Slim Pushins: Okay. Corby: in in racing to This stupid podcast and pushing the cushion has just somehow kept me relevant in the racing world. Slim Pushins, Chad Kerbo, buddy, dude, like you guys are amazing. it was it was truly Slim Pushins: Hey. Corby: like a like a life dream. Debbie, like the Gardner family period the end. Thank you guys for always having my back. it's been a really Slim Pushins: Old Slim Pushins finally got his due on the broadcast. Corby: For sure, for sure, man. And and like I say it's Slim Pushins: For all the hard work and wrenching that I do week in and week out. Corby: it that's what it is. all this stuff is it is it's it's surreal. It really is, and man, and I don't get choked up ever in my life and I I I did get choked up there. So thank you guys all once again for continuously supporting me and my ignorance. Slim Pushins: Jeb said, I'm f I'm glad I got mentioned before Slim Pushins. I finally made it. Corby: Actually, Jeb, there was there was a photo posted about that you had finally given me that book for sprint car racing for dummies and I Slim Pushins: Dummies. Corby: appreciate that book. Lacey Wieger has personally asked for three of those books. He needs Jim Gardner: Ha Slim Pushins: Autographed. Corby: one for Jimmy Gardner, for Wesley McNorton, Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: and for Braxton Weger. So Jeb, whenever you're ready, Jim Gardner: I need one. Corby: hook me up with three more, buddy. I appreciate it. Jim Gardner: Autographed. Corby: But man, it's it's just cool, you know, and like I said, me and John hung out he pitted right next to me and we we talked about dumb stuff that we try to do throughout the night. But yeah, man, that one that one's big in the hometown crowd, Logan's the only one who won a sprint car race there other than me, so at least I got to Jim Gardner: It wasn't probably wasn't a dry eye in Wise County. Slim Pushins: James Horton said we need a new we need a new design for a Corby Scherb shirt. There it is right there. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: That that would be huge. That w that's a cool picture, man, and Slim Pushins: Queen of Boyd. Corby: Following his little brother Logan? Jim Gardner: Yeah. man. That was awesome. Slim Pushins: It was a good time. It was fun. Mike Mike and Caden they make it fun. It's hard sometimes Corby: For sure. Slim Pushins: when you get thrown into a situation. Sometimes things are awkward or uncomfortable or it and there couldn't be the couldn't be more opposite. Mike's a a good dude and they fit in well with us. Corby: Yeah, man, that was that was a big one, Patrick. I appreciate that. Now Mike and Mike and Caden Slim Pushins: Rutherford Kevin Rutherford sent Corby and I a text message this weekend, Stassa. And that's exactly what he said. Congrats, Corby, Kerbo. Thanks for not leaving him in the shoot. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: You know. And it's it's the guys like Claude, he comes down and he was talking to me before the feature and he like, Dude, like it's your race. Like, it's your ki your type of track and you know, Jeb Slim Pushins: Do you think he was saying the same thing when you nudged him out of the way? Corby: No, no. And him and John started pretty deep in the feature and Colby Estes ended up breaking and Harmon was coming and Byron was there. we just luckily, Luckily, man, we just found the right lines to run from the beginning of the race and was able to get through traffic pretty well. there wa there was someone on the infield this time actually telling me the correct signs. Not the wrong signs. So Slim Pushins: So let's Jim Gardner: Turbo's rowing the boat. Corby: I agree with Jordan on that one, man. If it Jordan was the only one who showed up to the meet and drink prepared. The only one. Slim Pushins: Corby was on my ass all night long. Corby: Your your job you have two jobs. These actually three. One, push me on the racetrack, make sure I don't miss my race. Thank you, Jimmy Gardner, for making sure I didn't miss one of number two, make sure Jim Gardner: Yeah, you're welcome. We ain't come all this way to l miss races. Corby: make sure my hat is always ready. And number three, Jim Gardner: Mm. Corby: always have a marker. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: You know who's awful about not having markers? Jeb Sesams. Slim Pushins: Well, I try to have a marker ready for Jeb and Corby. Corby: Thank you, Claude, I appreciate that, buddy. Jim Gardner: The most popular guy in the pits never had a Sharpie. Slim Pushins: normally I do since Corby quit racing full time I'm a little bit out of sorts and I'll take the blame for that. But I try to have those little comforts, you know, a flashlight, a sharpie, nacho cheese fries. Jim Gardner: Big big a big old chal burger. Slim Pushins: I had to quit that. We're on to lippies now. This stuff got like sixteen Jim Gardner: Good. Good. Slim Pushins: dollars a pouch. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: Thank God you had one there in after Victory Lane while we stuck in tech. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Goodness gracious. Corby: So But man it was Slim Pushins: Jordan wouldn't there's Corby: a it Slim Pushins: a charge. There's a charge for that. I'll tell you who doesn't have a charge for it, Jason Tyre. He'll let you sign whatever you want. Corby: So Jason, once again, buddy, thank you for reminding me about the line. Jimmy'll never believe it, but once again it worked flawlessly and we was able to just continue to do what we're supposed to do and that's remember our motorcycle days. Jim Gardner: Yeah, well here's here's a plant. Here's La Plant. Slim Pushins: There it is. The real the real the real thank you was for y'all not being there. Jim Gardner: Yeah, here's here's Laplant Corby: man. Jim Gardner: dropping way too much truth. That's for damn certain. I was across town messing a car up, so yeah, you're welcome, Corby. Thank you for thank you, Slim Pushins: Ha ha ha. Jim Gardner: Kevin, for Explicitly Yeah, that's pretty that's pretty much what happened. Corby: No, I I I really did like I like I said Slim Pushins: Exposing the truth? Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: like I said, we we kept it pretty simple. that the the LaPlant idea, the Myrtle idea. I talked to Jimmy a bunch the week before about things that we need to do and don't do and the biggest thing that Jimmy said was don't change what you know. Adjust who you are to what you know. And we can make Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Corby: progress after that and that's this Slim Pushins: That's deep. Corby: is gonna get into super conversation that Kerba doesn't want no part of but It is the the my dad said and Jim Gardner: we can just turn curbo off. Corby: you know, and Jason will agree with this. I mean the easiest th forever all of our lives I know Prez told you this too, Jason, the easiest thing to change was a rider. The easiest thing to change is the driver. change your mental process on how this is. just just change who you are. It's not change who you are as a racer or a driver or whatever. Do things a little bit different. Don't be so adamant to say that this car's the exact same. Jimmy can agree with me and I know that he's gonna shoot me for saying this. Every car is different. Every single car. I don't care Jim Gardner: Yeah, they're different. Corby: if this yeah, if the same welder welds it on the two different weeks, it it doesn't matter. It's gonna react differently. And if you can change what you do but keep what you know in your head is correct on the car, you're ahead of the game. And that's what me and Jimmy Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. There's Corby: talked about, he kinda talked me off the ledge, you know, like we had some I had some some ideas in my head that Jimmy corrected me on. So Jimmy, cheers, buddy. I appreciate that. Jim Gardner: Always happy to talk sprint car racing for an hour on a Thursday morning on my drive to work. So Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: no, it was good. yeah, we we had talked about, you know, just kind of how out of sorts you felt at Grayson County. just with a new car and and a, you know, kind of a different feel than what you've had. And I, you know, we just talked about, you know, stuff that we know is right and and and works and then cater the other pieces around it. you know, when when it comes to stagger and wheel spacing and and you know, some of the real basic core stuff. And then if the car is different, give the car what it's asking for from there. But you you know when you go to Boyd to have a game plan on what stagger you're gonna run when it's heavy and when it's slick. And then if the car's not giving you the feeling you're looking for, you know, adjust something else because you know that the stagger's right. and I should take my own advice sometimes, probably, like the whole season. but yeah, it it was you know, we had a tough night across town with the Uyghurs at at RPM and it was a breath of fresh air to check my phone, to have group text of snarky dickhead comments from Corby: Who's the noodle arms now? Jim Gardner: you guys. Yeah. Instead Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: of just saying, Hey, we won. It you know, it had to be like, screw you guys who didn't come. We won. Who's noodle arms now? I'm gonna be in front of you in the power rankings. You arrogant prick. Anyway. Yeah, Slim Pushins: What is it? Fifty seven and fifty eight? Jim Gardner: right. He's ahead of me by one tenth of a point. Your power rating's fourteen Corby: But it was the same you I I I said the same thing. Jim Gardner: four, mine's fourteen three, which is awful, by the way. Corby: I I said the same thing to to Wesley and that's what Wesley said too, you know, it was what Jimmy was saying and like reiterating to is like do what you know is right and and sometimes you just gotta because us as drivers we can we can there's so many different things that we can do inside the car to just change how that is. But if I know in my heart it's the same, like I'm lucky that Mike bought one of our old cars and it has the same shocks on it that I ran for years. I know exactly what those shocks do. I know where to be on those shocks and so you know, and the same I mean Roop got some some good tips from from Jim lately. about and it's the same I I know Roop can agree with this, you know, you Jim Gardner: Thanks, Jordan. Corby: can't throw the kitchen sink at it from the heat race to a feature like we have proven that that doesn't work through years and years of Scherb racing with Wesley and Jimmy. So those guys, man, they always got my back same as Kerbo. I he's never gonna question it 'cause he doesn't know what I'm doing anyways. But Jim Gardner: But showing up is half is ninety percent of the battle, Kerbo. Those cars don't get to the racetrack on their own. Just add Corby: For sure. Sha sa and and my older my older brother Merle said said it the best, I think. he said, Man, no race wins given to you. So so be proud of Jim Gardner: Yep. Corby: it and Jim Gardner: That's correct. That's for damn certain. Slim Pushins: Always I've always given Corby my two cents right before we push onto the track. And I told him Saturday night as a Corby, I don't even know what to tell you. Like that outside line is stacked and those guys are gonna be right up your ass as soon as that green flag drops. So do some of that driver shit. It's all I had. Jim Gardner: yeah, it was awesome. So Corby: Thank you, Sabrina. Thank you. Jim Gardner: yeah, so Corby comes out and takes home the the loot at his home track in Wise County. Charlie Harmon runs second. Robert Byron finishes third. I think Harman got by Charlie or Charlie got yeah, Corby: I think last lap, last corner. Jim Gardner: yeah. I think it was super late. Bradley Ivey had a good run. He ran fourth and and Roop was fifth. So Good show in there. Fifteen cars. Paid good money thanks to Mike. you know, thanks to a couple sponsors and Mike Frieri. Kicked in some money at the end. Yeah, so. Corby: Coi Pennington, Mike. Yeah. you know, Slim Pushins: Coy Pennington. It's always good to see Mike at the track. Corby: people people are just trying to like ruffle up the whole power rankings thing, you know, their the late late season race. Slim Pushins: Mm-hmm. Jim Gardner: Yeah. So no, we appreciate Boyd having a sprint car race, you know, putting up some really good money and Corby: They say that they're gonna try to Yeah, they say they're gonna try to run us some more next year. boy, like I said, I I've never man, the the fans were amazing. Slim Pushins: They were excited to have sprint cars, man. Like they they kept they kept talking about how it's been this many years since sprint cars have been out there. it was a full house. it was stacked. Jim Gardner: Yeah, you said the crowd was good, right? Good. Corby: It was super good. Really, really good. Slim Pushins: good times. I the meet and greet was really cool. A whole bunch of people came down taking pictures and you know, Corby being as famous as he is with signing autographs and taking a lot of pictures. Jim Gardner: I'm sure in Wise County, man, they probably had to get the get the sheriff down there to Yeah. Slim Pushins: There w there was an escort, yeah, there was there Corby: Not at all. Not Slim Pushins: was a Decatur police officer that was following Corby around all night. Corby: at all. That's Bubba, that's Jason Cobb, that's different. I've known him forever. That's different. That's totally different. Jim Gardner: Yeah. no, that's good. We need Boyd, you know, we're talking about, you know, the uncertainty at it at Waco, you know, we we Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: we need Boyd to be a three or four sprint car race, you know, place. Corby: Robert, I will say that buddy, that that that takes a lot of lot of heart to say that. And yeah, Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Corby: man, he he can he was there and he he just waited for that small little mistake and he he never so Slim Pushins: He said Harman picked five hundred dollars out of my pocket in the last turn. Jim Gardner: yeah, no, it's good. we need Boyd to be successful. You know, we we'll give Boyd a hard time. Boyd's tough for me to get to. It's on a Friday that's tough tough to get out, but Slim Pushins: I remember sitting in staging and Corby's throwing his hands three or four times trying to get Kerber to come off the car to come to the car. I was just what is say? I was just waiting what? I was just waiting on hearing his Justin Bieber scream to get him to come off the four wheeler. We were in staging. We Jim Gardner: Well, no, he's not gonna scream like that 'cause he knows he knows damn well Kerbo ain't getting out of there. Corby: No, they said they were gonna do a little bit of No, they we were well in a Slim Pushins: We were in staging for a long time. I look up, Corby's unbuckling and running up to look at the track. Corby: They said that they were gonna do Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Corby: a track rework and I'm like, Man, it can't be that bad and I walked out there and the ruts were pretty deep and out and I I was hoping they didn't do too much to like change it because you need the rough stuff and kinda separates people if you can drive through that and nowhere to be and they did an amazing job on track prep, you know, y yeah. They they pulled my for sure. Slim Pushins: They came out with a bobcat. They didn't reach they didn't rework the track. They came out with a bobcat. And I had my doubts. But when we t when we came around the track, so the bobcat was in three and four when we came onto the track and we pushed around the back stretch. And then they came around to one and two. When we came through one and two, there was a rut about what? About a st lane and a half high. And it was it had to have been ten inches deep. Corby: And it was it was knee deep. It was n yeah, it was knee deep. It it was big. So cheers to Boyd for trying that. cheers to Boyd for running us. especially with all the money they got added. And I mean they they didn't chase their own tail, but they definitely worked with us and gave us something without any of us sprint car drivers even complaining or saying anything. And we all know all the sprint car drivers are a bunch of little tit bags and we're Yeah. So Jim Gardner: Divas, yeah. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Speaking of tit bags. Corby: Awesome job, Boyd. Randy McNorton buddy, I know that you you worked hard on giving us that racetrack and I really appreciate it. Slim Pushins: They said that the the water a week before that that the whole track was underwater there were ducks on the infield. and they worked they worked the hell out of the track. Huh? No, not Ivy's ducks. Jim Gardner: Not Ivy's ducks, right? Did you have not I Corby: No, not no. No, Ivy actually told us that they forgot the ducks this week, so Slim Pushins: Yeah. She she came whizzing by me on the golf cart and apologized for not having the ducks. Corby: So nah, it was cool, man. It was it was cool to to be back home and and I know that Boyd is super close to to the house. And I will say this, and I will publicly say this Boyd did an amazing job at running the show. The whole thing, even the meet and greet, Slim Pushins: Yeah. Corby: like they they wrapped us up before all of us drivers were done. They did step by step. that I I think that Boyd honestly had a better flow and I'm not talking bad about Richard Snyder. I love you, Richard Snyder. But it just i everything seemed to flow a lot better. including my race pass was updated almost immediately, after heat races or for heat races and then after heat races, so I I think that Boyd did a really good job. Jim Gardner: Good. Good, good. Slim Pushins: Speaking so b we're in the driver's meeting, Jim. Jim Gardner: What, Kerbo? Slim Pushins: There it is. Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Slim Pushins: Look at that. Look at that pretty little duck. I had one question before they handed it to me. I was like, is it gonna shit on me? Anyway, we're in the the driver's meeting. I drove Corby and Caden to the driver's meeting and they went through a bunch of rules. And then they got to the rule that they do not allow they have a zero tolerance with alcohol. No alcohol in the pits. And Corby turned and looked at me and I started to have my doubts on whether or not, you know, we should pack it in. But we had the chance Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Slim Pushins: we had the chance when when when the race was over we we did our fair share of celebrating. I should Jim Gardner: Good. Corby: For sure. Slim Pushins: have doused him with Cor's Cor's light, but I figured better than that. Jim Gardner: You still have my tall boys in there? Corby: No, they're gone now. They're gone. Slim Pushins: yeah. Well Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Slim Pushins: there were. Corby goes, What are you trying to get us lit? Corby: so, you know, and like I said, th thanks to Boyd, man. Do not forget that the micro race is there this weekend, this Saturday. paying thousand bucks Jim Gardner: Paying a thousand dollars to win, a good micro purse. Corby: to win. I I have heard that Jason Tyre's gonna be there, so I'm sure that Jason Tyre Jim Gardner: The Jason Tyre? Corby: is gonna run the exact same line that I did, because Jim Gardner: Who's more popular Slim Pushins: Thanks, Jim. Jim Gardner: in in Boyd? Slim Pushins: Thanks, Jim. My mother hadn't seen that duck picture yet. Corby: Who's more popular at Boyd? Jason. Jason and Prez. Jim Gardner: Yeah, you or are you okay. Corby: What well Prez burnt the bathrooms down before, so the tire name rings a little higher than the Scherb name. Jim Gardner: Okay. Corby: Jason was probably actually there for my first race. I sent a picture in the group of me sitting on a bike. That was actually at Boyd. I got my first bike. Jason Jason was probably helping me that night that Slim Pushins: There it is. Mike's helping us reveal the real Corby Scherb. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: Nah man, it was cool and like I said, dude, the micros there again this weekend, so hopefully we can have the same fan turnout. those guys honestly probably put on a better show sometimes than three fives at Boyd. Boyd's not the biggest racetrack. It i it was racy in my opinion. I'm sure everyone's gonna have their own opinion, but Jim Gardner: I yeah, I just watched it on race on and racetrack looked fine. So they Slim Pushins: Whose race on? Jim Gardner: your your race on kicked you off. and yeah. racetrack looked good and slick and and racy and they did a good job. So Randy Corby: Think so. Jim Gardner: Randy does a good job, you know. You you can't ask more than you know, giving a shit and trying hard and and certainly Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: Randy does that with the the track prep over there. So I'm glad I'm glad it worked out, you know. I don't have Zimas. Slim Pushins: That was that's Tyres response to whether or not we had our you had the we had the tall boys that you bought. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: Prez would be so disappointed in him, Jason. Jim Gardner: I'm glad you went and I'm Slim Pushins: I hope so, Sean. you know, other than just being an absolute Corby: I heard that's their plan. Slim Pushins: dust storm just in the pits in general, I I like Boyd. Boyd's a good time. My truck is a disaster and I don't know how. Corby: man, the pit the pits are there there's only one set of pits there's only one set of pits that are worse than that and I actually like this place. and that's one o one five. One five. One five pits are Nah, it's dusty, but it's not it's Jim Gardner: Grayson County. Grayson County was dusty too that night. I'm still trying to clean out the inside of my truck. Slim Pushins: one five. Corby: nah, it's beach sand at one five. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: Sean Codrad gave us a a large shout out on the broadcast talking about Corby Slim Pushins: On the broadcast. We really appreciate it, Sean. Jim Gardner: and and the show. So thank you for that, Sean and Slim. Yeah. Slim Pushins: And Slim Slim wait, don't f Slim finally getting Corby: yeah, and Jim Gardner, he's on there too. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: finally yeah, that was a second thought. But he he didn't forget about Slim. Finally Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: getting my due. Jim Gardner: Yeah, that's right. So that's good. I'm glad the show at Boyd went well and and and Corby: Yeah, like I said. Jim Gardner: Corby, it was awesome to see you get get in victory lane and park it there. Corby: Thanks, buddy. Slim Pushins: Climbing the power rankings. Jim Gardner: we're really yeah, we're really proud of you. I wish you were one tenth of a point lower in the power rankings, and then I wouldn't feel so bad about it, but it's good. It's good to have you back. The the sprint car scene in this town is better with you behind the wheel. That is for damn Corby: I don't know about that. Jim Gardner: certain. So that's about all I'm awesome. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Jason said nobody has meaner fire ants than Boyd. You can put a sack Corby: Seriously. I'm not it's been like that since we were little kids too. No, it was cool to see Jason out there and he was out there helping Gunner Totten, which I went to high school with Gunner's mom, Becca and Jody, and they're trying to get him in the dirt track Slim Pushins: What a great kid. Corby: world. He's super, super good kid. I don't know if Becca and Jody are watching this, but he fit in my sprint car for the record, Becca and Jody, so just just knowing he's he's fourteen now, if I'm not mistaken, so Slim Pushins: That that one's got legs, the Slim Pushins Nationals. Jim Gardner: Yeah, to go along with the park it on the trailer nationals. Slim Pushins: Boyd International Raceway. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: We're gonna post mics there too. I'm pretty certain that I'm fifty seventh and Jimmy is fifty eighth. I don't know. It might have been because of the good start or something. I'm not sure. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: But Jim Gardner: Something like that. All right. Put a bow in Boyd. I'm sick of this self promoting br Slim Pushins: Yeah, that's enough for today. We'll pick it up again next week. Jim Gardner: you we'll probably be talking about this in three years like we do about the year one five victory. Corby: I I wanna know. I wanna know the difference in the gaps, from Boyd to one five. Slim Pushins: Caden's walking with a cane this week though. Jim Gardner: geez. He had a chiropractor. Slim Pushins: Corby, I'm telling you, Corby was selling his ass off that that was a nudge. And then and then Mike started Corby: It was a nudge, just a nudge. Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Slim Pushins: Mike started looking at, you know, Caden's car and like, all right. Jim Gardner: Yeah. so yeah, I was not at Boyd, I was across town at RPM for the ASCS National Tour show. And I went there. Corby: Love that for them, love that for RPM. Jim Gardner: It was packed nuts to butts at that place in East Texas, the RPM Speedway, the Slim Pushins: It's not East Texas. Jim Gardner: East Texas bull ring of RPM Speedway. We couldn't get the haulers out of the Slim Pushins: Raimi wouldn't even agree to that. Jim Gardner: trailer. Or out of the parking lot. The parking lot was so full that, you know, I rode with Wes, thankfully, and we were able to zigzag our way out of that joint. But it Wes and I got back to the north side of D FW Airport before Uyghurs pulled out of that place because the parking Slim Pushins: be right back. Jim Gardner: lot was so crowded. they had a huge crowd. Corby: Same, so I I will say this, you know, hold on. Before you keep going, like Wesley actually said that he will come to Boyd to help me before feature because that's the notorious Boyd and what it is. but keep going now. And the yeah. For sure. Jim Gardner: Yeah, we yeah. Yeah. We we've been to Boyd and and raced till dawn. but RPM had a huge crowd for the three sixties and you know Blake Hahn, Matt Covington, and Seth Bergman were the top three. That's pretty typical for that series. Those those guys get it on. Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: our guys, our local guys, Ryder Le Plant finished sixth. He was strong. He won his heat race, was in the dash. he looked really good. Michael Day looked really good. He won his heat race and ran seventh. our buddy Chris Tat. Corby: No, hold on, hold on. I'm not I don't mean to like correct you, but Ryder didn't win his heat race. He fast qualifier in his group. I think he ran third in his heat race. Yes. Sorry. It's okay. It's okay. Jim Gardner: Excuse me. My bad. Sorry about that. Townsend finished twelfth and Casey Merrill was thirteenth. And he's gonna get my dog pounder of the week when we talk about those later. I'm really happy for Casey and Danny. Talk talked with Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: them a little bit. but he makes the show, finishes thirteenth. Bolden struggled a little bit. He finished nineteenth and was in the show. you know, we we were, you know, with Braxton, we w Slim Pushins: Well represented. Jim Gardner: Yeah, w you know, Stubblefield was there, Landon Vallzuela was there, Weger was there. I mean, so we had, you know, ten guys who who you get to see w race weekly or so. with Braxton we just I I I really struggled with I it was the first time I've ever worked on a 360 and and I was not Slim Pushins: Really? Jim Gardner: very yeah. I was not very confident going in. I think you guys have been proud of me though. Like I did my homework and I had a game plan and I was committed to sticking with my game plan. Like I had shot clicks, I had my stagger, Corby: That's it. That's the move. That's the move. Slim Pushins: That's what I'm talking about. Jim Gardner: my spacing, like and I to a fault stayed on my game plan and it just wasn't enough and I underadjusted the car. all night, you know, w I'd worked on plenty of 410s before, you know, back in Ohio and then you know, with Jeb for for a couple years down here. And went back to some of my 410 notes. and, you know, didn't really I don't know what I missed, but we just really couldn't get the car to squat and launch and have any forward bite whatsoever. and when we did make a pretty significant adjustment to fix that. We we got the balance all wrong and you know, he Braxton's in there with this on the gas. And and so, I missed something on the platform. I think I let our team down, let Braxton down, let West down. but I was committed to to my game plan. You know, I've come on here how many times and been like, I decided to do this last minute and it screwed everything up and I didn't want to do that. So Corby: But I think too, just like you're saying, even as a racer, different cars feel different whenever sitting in and that was not Braxton's weekly car. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so we we'd spent two weeks going through that car. it was his brother's car. It was a different car than we've run all year. but same, you know, maxim base car and same, you know, went with it with the same the same game plan on shocks. You know, pulled a new set of shocks out of the trailer that that matched what we're doing on the three five. And you know, I I I had a game plan to adjust for the added horsepower, you know, adding two hundred and fifty, three hundred horsepower to that thing. and I think I didn't account for the fact that the 360s weigh the same. you know, the 410 on my j on my Jeb notes, the 410 weighs 200 pounds less than the 360. And so it will hike the front end and transfer a bunch of weight and give you that forward bite. and you know, I I spent probably an hour Sunday morning just kind of going through my notes trying to figure out what happened. And I think I just didn't account for the fact that. Yes, you have more power, but you still have all that weight up front and it doesn't get back on the tires like I was expecting it to. And so, you know, Braxton did a good job managing what he had. by the B main, we got the car better and he was a a spot or two out. We started the back of that B and you know, we were a spot or two out of it. and the car just just there wasn't enough grip there. It just wasn't making It wasn't into the racetrack enough and and you know, we didn't make the show and and we were pretty disappointed. But, you know, we went there trying to have fun, trying to take on a challenge. We knew it was gonna be an uphill battle right away and you know, just kind of get our feet wet. And that was a new motor, Canada motor and and and like I said, it was a different car. And so we got plenty of excuses to go through, but I think I just messed it up. So I think You know, like I said, I had good intentions of of sticking my game plan, but I think my theory was was wrong. So, hopefully we get to do more three sixty racing, and and we'll learn from it. But Slim Pushins: Corby, what did we weigh Saturday night? Corby: A lot. A lot. A lot. No, not that much. Not that much, but we wait we wait a lot. Jim Gardner: I bet with all those holy smokes. I bet it was s I bet it was in the sixteenth. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Like seventeen twenty five. It was seventeen. Corby: No, it wasn't seventeen. It's seventeen when you push me up there on there. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Cor Cor Corby Slim Pushins: Was it not? Jim Gardner: the game Corby's been out of the game. He's been golfing a lot, pounding those glizzies at the turn, you know. So but yeah, so we Corby: We gonna have a push up contest right now or you just Slim Pushins: You just lost ninety Corby: gonna let that go? Slim Pushins: percent ninety percent of our of our viewers have no idea what a Glizzy is. Jim Gardner: It's a hot dog. Anyway. so Corby: everyone knows what Glizzy is. Jim Gardner: yeah, I I you know I wish I I was looking forward to that three sixty show. I was I I'd talked them into running it and I I think I just missed it. So you know, Corby: And that's the difference too, you know, like R Ryder Laplant has been running all year and they show up and their game plan is they know it works on short tracks. and you know, I'm not knocking Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: the LePlants in any way, you know, the Laplants have it figured out and they always have had it figured out. That's just the difference in being comfortable in a car, sitting in the same car, sitting the the same seat, the same pedals. Both you guys can just shut the f up, you know. Slim Pushins: Jason Tyler said, number one rule in my pizza to have fun. The results will follow. The nights I do the best are the nights I've pretty much written off and said, Who cares? Corby: For sure. Same. Roxy Jim Gardner: Yeah, it Corby: just said it again. You know, don't forget, you know, RPM is running three fives again this weekend. Yep. But it's Jim Gardner: Yep, this week and next. So yeah, it was good. I just it it I I I so we went out and walked the the racetrack during intermission slash toddler mod racing, which was the electric factory. I just the first time I'd seen. Slim Pushins: Wheels off. Jim Gardner: Dude, they had f I this is not an exaggeration, 40 of them in the infield. Forty, four zero. The place Corby: Tactiles. Jim Gardner: was packed and it got a little rough from the modified and their heat races, so you know. Raimi was out there filling holes, you know, before our B main. Which again, if you're getting kids involved, like nobody's gonna care about the intermission going long. And they ran their toddler mod races and we got to walk the track and look at it. And the track had a lot of moisture in it. Like you do the old screwdriver test and it went straight in down to the bottom. And you know, I was out there kind of scratching my head, trying to figure out what was going on, and Brian Bolden rolled by and said, What do you think? And I Man, I I'm lost. Like this feels this track feels gripped up and I can't get into the racetrack. And he goes, Yeah, we had to take a big swing at ours, to to get it to do anything. And it kind of clicked to me then that, you know, you're not going faster to make more grip. You know, the car's just got more power and we're not transferring the weight. And so I took kind of a big swing for the B and it got the car better, but we are already behind on our adjustments and and it's just different. you know, it was a little bit unknown and so but yeah it it was a Slim Pushins: They just sent all the toddlers to the feature? Jim Gardner: they ran Slim Pushins: They had age groups, right? Jim Gardner: that they have age groups and and and they ran them all as features. I think 'cause they had so many. Like I said, that that whole wall of billboards that's in the infield, there was a toddler mark mod backed up to every single spot before intermission. Like Corby: That's cool, man. That's cool. Slim Pushins: Those things are cool looking too. Jim Gardner: it was it was the electric factory, you know. Corby: 'Cause I'll I'll say this again and I'll say this publicly, like, dude, like I'm an old guy, man. Like I I'm here to like help the young kids and prove to people that it can still be fun even whenever you get my age. That seeing the taller mods like that and and the ramies and what they've done at RPM, and and same like Lorenz, all you guys, that's huge, man. To get the kids involved with everything to kids' candy rushes, it's that that's that's huge. Jim Gardner: Even in the redraw, you know, we had that the redraw up in Grayson Slim Pushins: You really you Jim Gardner: County up there in in the stands. And, you know, those are Corby: Yeah. Jim Gardner: you know, every time I see Danny Merrill, which I I got to talk to him for just a little bit the other day, you know, I'm reminded all the cool stuff TSS did that I probably didn't Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: appreciate at the time. you know. Corby: The say man, it it's huge to get the kids involved. th those are the people that you want around, Jim Gardner: Yeah. You know? Corby: whether or not they become racers or they just become lifelong fans. That is the move, period. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, the the toddler mods were the yeah, I mean it was like I said, I I'm sure Slim Pushins: You really Jim Gardner: the place was packed for ASCS three three sixty national tour stuff, but I bet it was also packed because they had 40 toddler mods and then they brought their families. Yeah, exactly. Corby: And and yeah, you gained at least some race fans with Todd Slim Pushins: You s you Corby: and mods. So Slim Pushins: say Corby, you say you like helping kids. Is that what you you were helping Caden get through one and two? Is that part of the Jim Gardner: Caden get going, yeah. Slim Pushins: is that I'm just curious, is that part of the mentoring process? Corby: No, you know, Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: you know, I I got to to hang out a lot with Rod at Leplant, my adoptive son, the kid, and Carson Bolden and I remember Carson told me so the first time I actually like registered who Carson was, he was at Waco and I lapped him that night, trying to run down Claude Essis for the lead for the win and I never lapped Carson ever again after that. Ever, ever, ever again. So Jim Gardner: Carson's tough to catch. Now he's the national champion. Corby: man, it was sometimes that's that's it and just toddler mods all the way up, man. He was Ryder was just a kid whenever we met him and Carson and and Caden Clement, Landon Thompson, Charlie Harmon, like Jordan Broop, all you younger kids. I I mean can't say kids, all of but younger guys. It can happen, dude. I'm almost forty and ran the Jason tire flat track line and it still worked. So Jim Gardner: Yeah. Well we got I'm not no RPM for me this weekend. I got my nephew Vinny's fifth birthday. his racing birthday party Saturday and I'm giving him an outlaw cart. Slim Pushins: Yeah, Corby asked him if he if he's going all out for Vinny's birthday. He got T shirts made. Jim Gardner: We got t shirts made. We got r Vinny racetes. Corby: They the Gardner family the Gardner family goes off for Columbus Day. We're not even gonna talk about a birthday, okay? Jim Gardner: Yeah. So we're trying to get Vinny involved and he loves three things. Baseball, Uncle Jim racing and taco casa. so we got his car all fifty wand up and I was working on it today and Slim Pushins: talk to Roy about getting the Taco Casa logo all over his car? Jim Gardner: No. I think he has he ha what's that kid's name with the real long Z last name that yeah. Yeah, Bennett. Yeah. So so Slim Pushins: Zalanzi, Bennett Zalanzi, Zalanzny. He was at he was at Boyd the other day. I think he got fourth, third or fourth. Had to give Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: him some knuckles. He was sitting in the chute as we were coming out, so I had to give him some knuckles. Jim Gardner: Does he still have an incredible head of hair? Nice. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Well it was in a helmet. He's a fun kid. Jim Gardner: Yeah. that's good. Corby: So it's just like Jason just just said, well we'll talk yeah, I mean yeah, like Landon, dude. Cheers, buddy. that's huge. Go to a brand new place you've never been. In a car that you're semi comfortable in, and win your heat, win your feature. Jimmy doesn't even know what we're talking about. Landon Thompson Landon Thompson blew the doors off up there in PA. Yes, sir. Jim Gardner: I'm sorry, what the hell happened? I'm the most locked in guy in town. Slim Pushins: Landon Thompson went up he went up to the posse land. I was messaging him a Saturday night and a little bit Sunday. He said he went up there, stole twenty five hundred bucks and headed back. He said the posse was untoo happy with a Texas boy coming up there and stealing the show. Corby: Good job. Cheers to you, Landon Thompson. Jim Gardner: Ceiling's grove, huh? Corby: Cheers to you, buddy. Slim Pushins: Damn you're fast. Jim Gardner: Yeah, man, I'm locked in. I know what's going on. Nobody Slim Pushins: Well. Jim Gardner: mentioned this to me. Sorry, Landon, I ought to give you props. Corby: But yeah, it's just like Jason just said and then Landon saying that or James saying that about Landon, you know, Jason doesn't know this and he'll never admit this, but like Jason was the cool older guy at the racetrack. when we were little kids. Him, Mike Hill, Willie McCoy, there w there was so many of those guys that had such an impact on me and my brothers' lives to one, like show us that the older the well, Slim Pushins: The guy was showing me his nipples. How's he not fun? Corby: you know, they were showing us that the older guys were still fast, not just cool. 'Cause because Jason, like your high school truck, come on dude. Like the coolest to this day truck that I've ever seen in my life. Jim Gardner: They had forty three cars there. They ran a twenty-three car B main at Sealins Grove. Slim Pushins: All right, we gotta Corby: Yeah. Slim Pushins: let Jim catch up. Corby: It's not it's not a game up there, buddy. Jim Gardner: Not a game, except it it was probably for four hundred dollars to win. isn't that like their typical purse? Corby: Robert Yeah, th yeah, their purse is terrible. You're barely older than me, Robert. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Robert was fast Saturday night. Jim Gardner: He did. He had a good run. I was really Corby: He looked really good, man. He looked really good and Jim Gardner: I was really proud of Rupe Rupe's had a tough year. so yeah, I already gave out my dog pounder to Casey Merrell Slim Pushins: I was gonna say, is that who the dog pounder of the week is? Jim Gardner: That's my dog pounder of the week. I don't know if he brought this up while I was looking at my other screen, but Slim Pushins: No. Corby: That's awesome. Thank you, Roy. Always. Jim Gardner: Get some taco lights. Corby: My dog pounder of the week you go ahead, keep going with yours. My dog pounder of the week Jim Gardner: Yeah. No. Mine's Casey Merrell man. I was I was so impressed with Casey on s on Saturday night at RPM and the three sixty show. I'm breaking all the rules. Slim Pushins: Corby, if you give this to anybody but Caden who was fighting for his life Caden Clement is definitely my dog pounder of the week. Corby: My dog pounder of the week, man, John Ricketts, dude, like he drew it dead last. Dead last is his heat race. How do you even draw a hundred? I thought we could only draw ninety nines. John Ricketts pulls a ninety nine. and then he had to hit dig his way out of it in the feature, and I know that he was praying for some caution so he could pull a Waco N twenty four on me all over again. But Jim Gardner: Yeah. No, he Slim Pushins: Somehow he hasn't grown up at all though, Tiffany. Corby: Absolutely not, Tiff. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Tiff, that he knew Jim Gardner: He he had a good Corby: us. Jim Gardner: so was Ricketts the hard charger? I guess. Corby: I I maybe. Ya Ricketts is my dog founder of the week for sure. Jim Gardner: All right, Kerbo, you got a dog pounder? Slim Pushins: Caden just just fighting for his life, hanging on. Caden Clement is definitely my dog pounder of the week. Jim Gardner: Literally. Literally, 'cause Corby knocked the steering wheel out of his hands. Corby: It was a nudge. Just a nudge. Slim Pushins: If you watch that if you watch that video, there's the littlest bit of flame that comes out of Corby's car at the last minute as he's already driving through Corby: I couldn't do anything though. That that was the problem is I was already bumper to bumper with him and like sadly like not only did I have like bump him but like I couldn't veer off things I was gonna wheel hop him I had to li sadly had I had to bump him two more times, like push him into the corner. So Slim Pushins: Jim's got the comment of the night though. You'd be the only guy getting a black eye in victory lane car owner just whooping your ass. Corby: I agree well, I agree with what Robert's saying Jim Gardner: I'd love Corby: right there too though. Jim Gardner: Yeah. John had to start the race in paradise. Corby: There w you know, there was a couple like you know, old veterans, you know, we got Byron starting to the poll, Colby S is starting right behind me, John, Claude, you know, Brandon Thyme's been doing this for a long time. He understands these racetracks. And like I said, I mean Harman, cheers to you, buddy. Wait with Thyme. Yeah. Jim Gardner: Yeah. He was actually the hard charger. Thir yeah, thirteenth and ninth plus four. Slim Pushins: It was? Corby: it's it's not easy driving that stuff and Robert I know you can contest to that. it's just it's super super technical and you gotta think way ahead of what's happening. You gotta have the car spun up before you get there. Slim Pushins: Robert said it wasn't a nudge from where I was sitting. Jim Gardner: they're not eligible because they were in the top five, but Bradley Ivey and Jordan Rupe had good runs too, and and happy for those guys. Because you won the damn race. The dog pound Corby: I don't know why I'm not in the dog pound. I I'm j I'm gonna protest this live. Slim Pushins: No Jim Gardner: is not for Slim Pushins: Yeah Corby: I thought it was like underdogs and stuff, no? Jim Gardner: winners. No. Corby: Like open trailer, the whole deal. Jim Gardner: No, Corby: No. That sucks. Slim Pushins: No no no sponsor on the top wing. Anybody wants to sponsor Corby? Corby: Mm-mm. Casey Burton still hates that. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: He doesn't have his triple seven across the inside of my left sideboard, which always looks amazing. He always puts like fluorescent or like some reflective coloring. Him and Jason Tyre together, whenever they start designing stuff together, is like really, really, really bad because it will be the loudest thing at the racetrack. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Speaking of sponsors, I want to thank Encore for sponsoring the podcast. Corby: For sure. Slim Pushins: they want to sponsor us doing cool things, so now I feel like we're on the spot. I am in possession of a T shirt launcher. Jim and his dad worked for a couple of years trying to figure it out. It only took, you know, a podcast and tens of listeners f for somebody to sponsor a T shirt launcher. Jim Gardner: Yeah. My dad and I built one out of P V C pipe and baking, so yeah. Slim Pushins: Dude, this one looks like a Cold War era rocket launcher. It is awesome. Corby: Jason, he's only it only pains him because he knows it was the absolute flat track line. Jim Gardner: Yeah. All right. Well let's get some shirts. Mike sent me the the logo. We'll get some push in the cushion encore racing encore racing shirts to launch at the racetrack or out at the fans at point blank range. Yeah. Corby: I'm sure Kerbo. Kerbo's probably gonna decleat a kit or two. Slim Pushins: It's got a dial Jim Gardner: We'll make sure Slim Pushins: on it. I think we need to test this thing out before I clean out granny in the front stretch. Jim Gardner: We're also taking sponsorship money for our liability insurance. Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: but no we appreciate appreciate Encore and Mike and Yeah, Slim Pushins: Can we make a T shirt with a disclaimer, sorry if this hits you in the head? Jim Gardner: right. So anyway, but yeah, it's it's the whole podcast. I've been t talking to a couple of people. I talked to Big Country for about thirty minutes earlier today. He was driving from Oklahoma to Minneapolis. he said he had some time to kill. Slim Pushins: Damn. Jim Gardner: Yeah. And he's the presenting sponsor of the show right now with Industrial Energy Solutions. But he's a big supporter of us come chili bull time. So but he's well I was telling him about some of the things we've got planned for the podcast and some stuff coming up and he was all excited. So do wanna give Big Country a a shout out. he's a good dude. he said he's coming down in I think two weeks. Maybe we'll go go kart racing and I'll I'll Get another shot at Corby. Slim Pushins: Did we cut you did we cut you off when you were talking about w why he's your dog pounder? Corby: Casey, no, Casey, like, well I'll never cut you off, buddy, because you and your dad, you and your dad your dad for sure, like stood on it so much about pushing people out of the way. And if I'm not mistaken, like you were the only like tire that actually touched it, Grayson, and you and your dad were fully supportive of, you know, that's my line, like that's just good hard racing, Jimmy. Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Corby: Now, Casey, man, good for you, buddy. Get jumping to three sixty. I'm showing up doing that. Cheers to your dad for putting some stuff underneath it. I know that you're still chasing the it it's a Voto race, right, that you wanna run. So you guys give Casey Merrill a like for sure. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah, he's doing he's doing cool stuff with some cancer raising some money for cancer research and stuff like that. So Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: go and support Casey Merrill if you can. and it was just really awesome. I didn't get a chance to come down and talk to you 'cause I was I was pissed off, but we're really proud of you. Corby: Who'd have guessed it? Slim Pushins: Jim was MIA Sunday. Like that's when you know Jim's in his feels and in his head. It was like very little talking, no conversation all day Sunday. Corby: Can we post can we bring up that Jason Tower comment there too? The the Slim Pushins: Which one? Did anyone catch the mini stock? Corby: no no I I hear anger that one. Okay, Jim Gardner: I already posted that, man. Yeah. Corby: we that's I wanna see it one more time. I just wanted to see it one more time. Slim Pushins: I hear anger in Jimmy's voice when he has to say Jim Gardner: It's not anger, it's jealousy. Slim Pushins: Corby One. Jim Gardner: I sent you guys that that meme Corby: He saw it. Jim Gardner: of that preacher saying, Jesus, I see what you've done for other people and I want that for myself. That's exactly what it is. It's raging with jealousy. I'm just punching Corby: Now man, you got it coming, man. I I d Jim Gardner: air. I'm so angry. So I can't. Corby: man. You should have been a boy, Jim Gardner: So Corby: but you were chasing three sixty stuff. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah. Slim Pushins: So Jim's already started doing some of the early work for the intro for next year's podcast and since Corby hates the bagpipes and old Yeller's Jim Gardner: the Slim Pushins: voice. Jim Gardner: the bagpipes are staying. They'll just be more in the background, but here let no, the bagpipes are staying. Corby: You can do the corn song. Corn yeah. Slim Pushins: No. Jim's afraid of getting sued. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Speaking of being sued, if anybody is if anybody's listening with race on or has race on connections, we would love to be able to show more of your clips and stuff. Jim's afraid that y'all are gonna send us a cease and desist order. And with with a podcast that doesn't make any money, that doesn't isn't looking for money, Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha Slim Pushins: we don't have any money for an attorney. So Jim Gardner: Yeah. I'm hoping to Slim Pushins: I I don't I'm new to this. I don't know what that looks like. I don't know what I don't I mean, please don't come at us with like, Yeah, y'all can do whatever you want if you'll give us five grand. That's that's six grand more than we have. Jim Gardner: Yeah, I'm I'm hoping Nathan Moore you know, we got that Nathan that big Nathan Moore show out in Amarillo and he's tight with the race on folks. I'm hoping we can partner up with them so we can broadcast more video and stuff. Slim Pushins: There's no we. you don't let Corby and I have those conversations. That's all you. That's why we have you Jim Gardner: Okay, I'm hoping I can talk to him because I don't trust anybody else on this podcast. But anyway. Corby: But I will I will, you know, like say like Jason Tyre like I love you and you know I appreciate all the kind words that you said and they refuse to post what you say about me Jim Gardner: People can go Slim Pushins: Corby's by far the most Jim Gardner: watch it. Slim Pushins: talented driver that hosts on this show. Jim Gardner: Yep, that's no sp Corby: man. Jim Gardner: spot the lie. It ain't there. But yeah, so I've been I forget what we were talking about. I think curbo Slim Pushins: That just ruined Jim's night. Jim Gardner: no, it's I know Corby: Yeah, forget what else. Jim Gardner: what I am. I'm very I am 40. I am very accepting of what I am. Yeah, I'm 40. And yeah, so now I can't go back and I'm looking I'm trying to find these clips that I sent you curvo for the new podcast intro. here it is. Slim Pushins: Bradley Bradley Ivey said, cease and desist ain't shit. Post it. I got one by Dolly and it was serious. All right. That's gonna we're gonna have to have a w I need more detail on that. We're gonna have to sit Corby: Hmm. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: and talk over some post race beer. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: And ducks? Jim Gardner: And ducks. Yeah. Slim Pushins: And ducks. Jim Gardner: So but yeah, we got we got some stuff planned for for over the winter. I think we're gonna be able to get through October with kind of regular shows since there's plenty of races still going on. We got our high limits in town this weekend. we got a show at RPM and I think there's a show down at one five. and of course mini sprints. Yeah, Corby: Micro racing at Boyd. Jim Gardner: micros at at Boyd. So there's still a lot going on this weekend. There's another 305 show next weekend at RPM that Corby remains non-committal on. on Ronin. And then we got that big show in Amarillo two nights over over Halloween. And then I think Slim Pushins: My goal is to piss Jim off weekly on the show. So far I'm on a wing streak. He's probably gonna punch me the next time he sees me. Jim Gardner: Nah, I appreciate I appreciate that somebody Corby: Just pull your shirt up, it works every time, Jason. Jim Gardner: that that people get on here on Tuesday nights and listen to what we have to say. It's it's actually really humbling. Slim Pushins: Speaking of the off season, I have a couple of off season show ideas that that I'm trying to I'm trying to get Jim to green light. One of is what do we call it? The Slim Pushins couples game. Jim Gardner: Yeah. we don't call it anything. You keep w calling it that. Corby: Tiff would Tiff I Tiff I I haven't said Tiffany Tyres name. I promise you Tiff would win. She she stood in the motorhome the night that Jason had to name all four of us Sherbs. Tiff would probably win that that one without Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: a doubt. Jim Gardner: But yeah, we got we got some Slim Pushins: Tony said Power Eye in November. I I'm guessing that's at T S. Jim Gardner: Yeah, TMS got a four Corby: Yes. Jim Gardner: ten power eye show in November. I was talking to Claude. They Rutherford ran that last year. Slim Pushins: yeah. Jim Gardner: a couple of our guys had some. I saw where Weston Gorham's running this weekend against High Limit. I don't know how many guys still have four tens, for any of our local guys going out there, but Corby: Well, LePlan will be in Oklahoma they're in Oklahoma this weekend, right? The ACS stuff. Yeah. Jim Gardner: Yep. Yeah, ASCS has got their finale in in Creek County this weekend. So no LePlants for high limit, but Slim Pushins: And then think the banquet the banquet's the following night, the ASCS rewards banquet. Jim Gardner: Probably Corby: He's doing good. What was he he's still fifth in national points, right? I believe. Fifth or sixth. Yeah. Jim Gardner: He's up there. I mean, he's been knocking out top fives all year. and they were really good. I didn't get a chance to go see them either. Corby: In what Casey though? What what are we driving? Slim Pushins: Casey Corby cheats and go karts. Jim Gardner: Yeah, you you gotta watch him, especially if there's a female employee at the go kart place. Corby: I do not cheat. I do not cheat. Play the game. Play the game. There's a difference. Slim Pushins: Ha. Jim Gardner: I'm married. I can't Ryder is fifth in points behind Hayfer Teep, Covington, Corby: Okay, that's what I thought. Jim Gardner: Bergman, and Kyler Johnson. So looks very Corby: Studs. Jim Gardner: so solidly in there. We're really proud of Ryder for graduating from our local scene and hitting the big time. So Corby: Sam, I mean, don't forget, you know, Sam Sam was a local guy. Sam went on to do this. Covington raced a ton of races at Kennedale, before he made it to where he is, so Jim Gardner: Yeah. So speaking of the couples game, my wife is texting me it's time for me to go put my kid to bed. So Slim Pushins: Time to land this bird. Corby: Go out there's races Jim Gardner: I gotta bounce out of here. Corby: everywhere this weekend. Go out support a race. It's supposed to be horrendously cold, so I will probably be underneath a couple e Slim Pushins: Horrendously cold. Corby: underneath a couple of blankets on my couch. Yeah. Jim Gardner: Supposed get some rain Slim Pushins: Later in the week, Thursday, Friday. Jim Gardner: tomorrow? Tomorrow, Thursday? Corby: think the h I think the low is like fifty nine on Saturday and I am I'm cooked. I'm done. Slim Pushins: Let's check. Jim Gardner: I got sixty three and forty four in DFW Metroplex on Saturday. Yeah. So bring Corby: Forty four? Forty four is the low. I'm dead. I'm dead. Slim Pushins: What are you gonna Corby? Jim Gardner: the engine heaters, the blankets, and and your next Slim Pushins: Yeah, I got sixty five and forty seven Friday and sixty eight and forty seven Corby: You know who I wanna see Slim Pushins: Saturday. Corby: on the the the couples challenge? I wanna see Felicia Wilson's. Fifi. I she would probably just about drop kick anyone. Jim Gardner: Saw most of the Wilson crew out there out at RPM, which is good to see. Haven't seen Dana in a couple weeks, I feel like. Slim Pushins: They were on it. They started the day in Arkansas. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so they they made it back. I think I saw some family, but Corby: Chad and Felicia are nuts. Jim Gardner: but yeah, we do wanna do wanna give them some props. But yeah, that's what we got. James, don't even bother asking that question. You can't ask that guy what he's doing tomorrow and get a straight answer. The only time the only time he ever gives an answer is if he needs help. Corby: You know, Am I gonna race more next year? I don't know. as Jim Gardner: It's all that kind of Corby: of late we only win big shows, so we won the the Melton we won the the Kent Lewis and then we won the two thousand dollar to win board race, so Jim Gardner: golly. Slim Pushins: Chad Wilson asked Chad Wilson asked Corby if he was gonna retire after that win. Corby: So I don't know. We'll see we'll see if there's another big show. I know Jimmy just spit it out of his nose, so Jim Gardner: Jesus Chr Jesus Christ. Slim Pushins: Yeah, how does that fruit punch taste coming out of your nose? Corby: Fifield if Fifield's listening right now, Fifield's probably falling over too. Jim Gardner: Goodness gracious, boys. All right, let's land this bird and get out of here. Corby: So Slim Pushins: Right, we want to thank industrial energy solutions and Encore Energy Solutions Corby: Just hold on, we gotta look at the noodle arms real fast. Slim Pushins: for sponsoring the show. We really appreciate it. Thanks everybody for joining in every single week. when we started this, we could have never imagined that we would have eleven listeners every every week. It it means a lot to us. Thanks for coming up and talking to us. Corby: Thank you guys. Thank you Factor Fencing and Access Control. thank you, Jimmy Gardner. I do appreciate everything that you do for me. I really do, buddy. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Well iron sharpens iron, so Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: we're we are arch nemesis on Saturdays and best buds the other six days of the week. So happy for you, man. But Slim Pushins: Thanks, James. We appreciate it. Corby: Thanks, buddy. Jim Gardner: everybody make sure you get to Boyd, TMS, RPM one five. Hell, we even a place Corby: Because Jim Gardner: they're not even running sprint cars. you know, 'cause it's gonna it's gonna be c Corby: Go somewhere, man. Support the local dirt track. Slim Pushins: Go and watch. Just sit in the stands. Jim Gardner: Yeah, wear a parka and tough it out. Corby: You're gonna you're gonna need some coveralls. Jim Gardner: Yeah, tough it out. Get those Slim Pushins: All right. Jim Gardner: little pills ready for your to fatten the motors up too. Slim Pushins: Cor Corby and I gotta go put Jim's baby to sleep. Thanks everybody. Jim Gardner: Yeah, that's not happening. That's Corby: See you guys. Thank you all. Jim Gardner: yeah.