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Fast Cars, Silly Season: Off-Season Adventures and Updates · Fast Cars Fast Girls

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  Welcome to Fast Cars, Fast Girls. I'm Abby Meyer. I'm Sarah Proctor.
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  And we'll be your hosts this week. We have got all kinds of fun off-season stuff to talk about today.
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  It's the silly season. We're in the heart of it. There's all kinds of silliness
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  going on. And they just announced the schedule.
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  So we're going to talk about that. And we're going to talk about some testing
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  that happened, some drivers, some movement among teams, and other fun stuff.
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  So, Sarah, why don't you kick us off with some fun off-season news?
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  Fun off-season news? Well, to find out, I didn't know all of the IndyCar drivers
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  were such big surfers, but I'm here for it. Yeah, absolutely.
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  We talked about Kyle Kirkwood doing it first, but then Mick Schumacher is off
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  surfing in some wonderful tropical place. So, you know, I'm here for it.
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  I am showing my being a millennial here, but California dreams.
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  I feel like we need to have like all the IndyCar surfers set to that theme song. Yes, I'm here for it.
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  Yes, I'm definitely here for
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  it. Speaking of Kyle Hirkwood, he just got engaged, so congratulations.
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  Aw, congratulations, Kyle. I see it. That's very exciting.
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  Yes. And love is in the air.
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  Pato has a girlfriend now. Yes.
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  That, yep, yep. That. So, I wonder if that means that he'll stop posting thirst
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  traps. I don't know. We'll see.
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  We shall see. We'll see. We'll see.
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  One of the best cities to go watch an IndyCar race is in the World Series,
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  Milwaukee. That's right. That is right.
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  Joseph Newgarden was there the other night for that game. Yeah. Love that.
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  Yes. Colton Hurta got to drive an F1 car.
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  Yeah, he did. And it looks like he may be driving one in Mexico as well.
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  Well, that's awesome. That is awesome.
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  Yes. Well, and then, oh, go ahead. Oh, I was just going to say that in,
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  like, fan news, IMS is having their big, like, end-of-the-season sale on November 7th.
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  So, things will be like up to 50% off or even more.
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  And the sale will also be online. So, online and in person. Yeah,
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  I forgot. I always forget about that.
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  I think I'm going to try to get there in person. We'll see what happens.
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  Yeah, it's always fun to go in person. But, yeah, you can get koozies,
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  magnets. I mean, jerseys, so many things for so cheap.
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  I absolutely love it. Love it, love it. Yes. Well, and also Parkside Trading
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  Cards are going to get ready to get their new Pacific set out as well.
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  I'm kind of excited for those. Those cards look pretty cool.
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  Pretty, pretty cool. They do look pretty cool.
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  Yep. And they're also having a sale. So check them out. But speaking of cards, this is crazy.
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  F1 has set their new trading cards out.
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  And guess how much a Hoppy Box costs for F1 cards? How much?
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  It's a mortgage payment. Seriously? Like over $1,500?
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  Or like... Close. Like $1,000? Yeah, pretty close. $950. Damn.
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  For a hobby box. That's crazy.
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  Yeah. But somebody will buy it. Somebody will buy it. But still. Somebody will. Yes.
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  Oh. Another reason why IndyCar trading cards... That's not somebody wanted to
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  pay off my student. Another reason why IndyCar trading cards are the way to go. Superior. Yeah.
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  Oh, well. Yeah. If anybody who has the money to spend $900 on cards,
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  you know, if you wanted to pay some of my student loans down,
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  like, I would be happy about that. So just going to put that out there.
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  Crazy. Crazy, crazy. Speaking of crazy things, somebody took the Rahal's dogs.
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  Yes, that was wild. And they are safely back home, thank goodness.
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  Oh, I'm so glad to hear that. That was another off-season craziness.
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  That is craziness. Yeah. I'm glad that they have their dogs back.
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  Yeah. Because like, who steals a dog? Well, I'm going to say that with a caveat.
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  Because technically my dog was stolen, but she was stolen from an abusive situation,
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  which I know is not the case in the Rahal household.
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  I have seen their dogs. I have petted their dogs. They are spoiled,
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  and they are lovely little babies. That was, yes, very crazy.
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  Yeah, crazy. People are wild.
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  And then we learned, AJ Foy rounded out their drivers. So we've got Dennis Hauger,
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  and then Pearson. Yes, which was expected.
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  Yep. which was expected. So, supposedly, he was bringing a tunnel mummy, so...
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  That tracks. That tracks. Yes. And then Stingray Rob is now going to go race
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  in the Asian Le Mans series. Oh, good for him.
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  Good for him. He, you know, I
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  will miss seeing him around the paddock just because he's such a nice guy.
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  But at least he's still racing, right? Race car drivers just want to race.
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  Right, like he's still in a car. So good for you, Stingray. All the best.
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  Yes, yes, yes. And I believe Polo was testing the Indynex cars,
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  and he was bullying all the kids. He was bullying them.
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  Polo's such a funny guy. Yes. Well, and they got to test the IR-28 again at
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  Sebring. Oh, that's right. They did. Him and Rossi again.
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  Again, the two Alexes. Yes. Well, and then also while they were there.
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  Kirkwood and McLaughlin were doing some tire testing for the,
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  I guess, older, the, yeah, now car. So that was cool. Oh, excellent.
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  Yes. And if you look on Chris Owen's pages, he actually got a great shot of
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  the old car and the new car. So it was kind of cool. Oh, very cool. Very, very cool.
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  I really enjoy his photography. All of the IndieCard photographers have great
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  photography. So it's fun to see some of theirs. And as a, I guess, as a novice.
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  I was going to say, I absolutely love Skibby. He's my favorite.
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  As a novice photographer, I'm like, ugh, I want. I know. I'm like,
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  please don't look at my photos. I'm like, you're awesome. Please never look at my photos.
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  I try. Let's just put it that way. Right. I try. We try and we have a good time.
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  And that's really what matters. I try.
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  But I actually did take Chris Owens offered a class.
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  I can't remember when, but I definitely learned from it. And my pictures did
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  get better from it. Oh, that's awesome. It works. I may have to have you give me the close notes.
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  I think I have it. Awesome. Awesome.
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  Well, we also got the 2027 schedule officially released. We got stage two,
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  the back half of the schedule. So there were some surprises in there. Yes.
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  No more Nashville. Which I am sad about that. I really enjoy the Oval in Nashville.
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  Same. Because I've been the last couple of years, I didn't go to the street race, but.
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  I did. And the Oval was considerably better.
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  I'm an oval girly at heart. But I like all...
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  But even objectively, like, they just couldn't quite get it together with the street course.
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  So, I don't... Like, I like all racetracks, but the Nashville one was just nice. Because it was...
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  It was, and it was drivable, and yeah. Oh, don't mind Duchess.
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  It's okay. I'll get over that. And then No More Freedom 250.
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  Yep, that was a one and done. Which I'm okay with, because if they do these
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  one and done races, I'm okay with it, because then it makes the drivers want
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  to win it even more. I am too.
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  And it introduces, you know, the series to a new demographic, hopefully.
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  You know, the DC race was on the East Coast, and it was the furthest East race
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  we had. So it'd be great if, you know, in 2028, they did a one-off that was
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  somewhere else on the East Coast, just because there's not a lot of,
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  not a lot of any car racing that happens over there. Yeah.
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  And it may not be, you know, totally done, done, but it's not coming back.
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  Yeah, not coming back in 27. In 27. So we don't know what it's sounding.
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  What we do have, though, is Barcelona.
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  I'm kind of excited about that. We have not been to Europe in a while. So I'm down for it.
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  I hear that. But unfortunately, I want to go. Go ahead. I want to go really badly.
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  Dude, I'm with you.
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  Unfortunately, I am going to be on a scuba trip. I'm really bummed about that.
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  No, I'm trying to figure out how many extra little jobs I can do for saving
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  some money for that one. So we got to see.
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  Yeah. Because Barcelona is on my bucket list for sure. Hell yeah.
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  Yeah, if I hadn't already paid money to another trip, I'd be right there with
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  you. I actually looked up flights.
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  It wasn't as bad as I thought. No, they're actually not that bad.
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  So, and somebody said you should probably look another way to get there.
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  So I got to look that up because they said that might be cheaper and I'm down
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  for that too. So. Heck yeah.
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  I know there's an Aer Lingus flight that flies from Indy to Ireland.
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  And I'm sure. Oh yeah. I'm sure I could probably find a cheaper flight from
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  Ireland to Spain. I don't know.
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  We got to see. We got to see. Oh, for sure you could.
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  Yes. Because I've not been to Ireland. So if we get like a layover there, I will totally. Yeah.
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  If you can work out a long layover there, you should do that.
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  Hey, I'm trying. Can't. Can't.
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  Right. I mean, I'm all about maximizing the vacation. Like if you're already
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  over in that part of the world, you've already paid to be in that part of the
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  world. See as much as you can. Yes. Yes.
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  It's my bucket list. But I got to get my passport renewed. So I got to get that in the works, too.
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  That is on my to-do list for this weekend, actually.
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  But I think it's going to be great.
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  Barcelona, our champion, is from Spain and not too far away from the track.
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  So I think it's going to be a good thing.
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  And you know. I do too. I think there's going to be a lot of fans come out.
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  I think there's going to be a lot of support for Palo, which will be cool.
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  I mean, not that he doesn't have support here.
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  But it'll be cool to see, you know, him in his home country.
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  Yes. Well, and I think it's also the other drivers are going to want to dethrone
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  him, especially in his home country.
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  So, yeah. Yes, they are.
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  I feel the competitiveness is going to be insane. Yeah.
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  And the track's pretty. I can believe that. I mean, the track's pretty cool, so. It is.
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  Yes, so. Yeah, it is. I'm excited for it. I'm excited. I always enjoy a new track, and yeah.
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  I'm just excited that we're getting a little more international,
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  more so than just North America, so bring it on.
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  Hey, yes. I want to see Ray Sen in Mexico City next.
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  I would like to see Mexico, Australia, Australia. Oh, Australia.
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  I would absolutely go back to the Gold Coast. Mm-hmm.
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  Yes yes yes i would oh.
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  I would spend so much time there too and i would yeah i would absolutely i would
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  do racing and scuba diving and then i could die happy after that like i could
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  just die immediately after that trip i'd be like it's cool i checked almost
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  all the boxes so just missing swimming with orcas,
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  yeah oh yeah no i watched blackfish no thank you they only do that in captivity.
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  It's okay oh they're they're fine in the wild you just you know have to respect
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  that they're giant that's true right yeah okay so all right,
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  moving on jack harvey yeah fight so fight fight sir yeah he announced he's got
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  cancer um which i hate that for him yeah but yeah that But, yeah.
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  No, and actually at that World Series game, it was their standout for somebody
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  fighting for cancer. And one of the guys had a Jack Harvey sign. I saw that.
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  I really liked him doing that. Yes, yes, definitely.
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  But he's an athlete. He's got a fighting spirit. And that's what you got to
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  do when you have a battle like this.
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  And he's got a heck of a lot of support. He does. And he's never been one to
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  back down from a challenge. So, yeah.
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  Keep on fighting Jack yes.
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  All right. And then we've got, is it Julian Roberts? Yes. He retired from Chip Ganassi.
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  He was Pillow's race engineer since 21.
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  He was hired by Chip Ganassi Racing back in 1993. Wow. So he's been with them a long time.
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  Yep. Well, happy retirement, Julian. Yes. And then there was a couple of people
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  that left CGR that are going to Aero McLaren.
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  Ross Brunel and Chris Simmons Are leaving CGR Going to Arrow McLaren Well that's
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  a little spicy I wonder if they're following Dixie I bet they are So that's my guess.
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  That is my guess That is my guess But also going back to our schedule Yes Three
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  races in March Yeah I'm excited about that And I'll tell you what else I'm excited about,
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  I'm excited that, like, they aren't being crazy people.
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  And so we have a month break from the streets of Long Beach to the IMS road
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  course, which is absolutely necessary to have at least a two-week break.
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  But having, like, a full month, good for you, IndyCar. Because the teams do
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  not need to have back-to-back weekends going into the month of May and then
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  back-to-back weekends after the month of May. It's just too much.
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  So I was excited. And frankly, I only can get off work so many days.
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  Yes. It's too much for me.
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  I can't have that much other shit in May.
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  So I really enjoyed that part of the schedule. Yes. And it looks very good.
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  And the only double race of the season, which I'm totally here for because it's
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  one of my favorite ovals, Milwaukee, double race. Yep. Here for it. Yes.
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  I love the double out of Milwaukee.
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  I will go every single year. Yes. Milwaukee is one of my new favorite tracks.
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  Not going to lie. It's really great. It really.
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  Yeah. It's really great. And it's in Wisconsin and people in Wisconsin are just so nice.
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  Well, and I've looked at the schedule and there's races I want to go to that I haven't been.
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  I would like to check them off my bucket list, but that, I don't know. Yeah.
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  So I got to see how things shake out, but I definitely want to do St.
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  Pete because I've not done St. Pete. It's a great one to do.
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  I would like to do Phoenix. I really want to do Phoenix this year.
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  Because you can usually find pretty cheap flights. You really can. And do Phoenix.
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  And direct flights. Yes. Which is clutch. Yes.
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  Yes. I would like to do Arlington too, but three races for me in March may not
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  be possible. I know, right? Yeah, it's not doable for me, unfortunately,
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  to do all three. But I would love to.
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  Oh, how I would love to. Yes. Because Arlington looked really,
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  really cool last year. and I really...
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  It did. Yeah, I would really like to go to Arlington. Yes.
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  I'm excited that Barber is early April, although I think it might be a little chilly for camping.
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  I'm excited that it doesn't conflict with anything in May and that it's early
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  enough that I can go back to Barber because it's been a lot of years since I was there.
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  I have not been to Barber at all and that's on my bucket list as well.
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  It is well worth the trip. It is one of the most beautiful tracks comparable
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  to Road America in terms of beauty and how nice the facilities are. Yes.
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  And honestly, the porta potties were always clean. Every porta potty I went
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  into, I was the first person to use it after it had been cleaned.
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  I never even saw people cleaning. It was like there were little port-a-potty
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  fairies that just came in between people. But cleanest port-a-potties of anywhere I've ever been.
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  All you smelled when you went in there was just like freshness and cleaning solution.
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  I hate port-a-potties. And if I... I mean, same. I will avoid using them at
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  all costs if I have to. Same.
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  And so it was obviously an emergent situation. And imagine my pleasure when
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  I walked in. And it was a lovely experience.
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  I was like, okay, barber, thank you very much.
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  I also love Long Beach, too, but I probably won't get back there again for a
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  bit. But that one is amazing as well.
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  And we all know Indy, month of May. Of course. One of these years,
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  I would love to go up to Detroit, but it's not going to be 2027.
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  We have a family wedding that weekend.
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  I might try and make it up to Detroit this year. Although if I do Detroit,
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  I'm probably not going to be able to do Worldwide Technology the next weekend.
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  I like St. Louis. I've been to St. Louis as well. I haven't been there in a
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  while either. I really like that one.
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  And then, obviously, I'm doing Road America with me and Duchess.
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  Mid-Ohio, July 4th. Over the 4th of July. Yep. Yep.
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  And then Barcelona, hopefully, will be there. Hopefully. Fingers crossed.
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  Fingers crossed. Yep. I'm putting that one out to the universe because that
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  one could be a wild card for me. But if I can do it, I will.
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  Heck yeah. And then we have... July 60th to the 18th is Barcelona.
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  Yep. And then Portland, August 1st. And then Markham again on the 15th.
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  And then Milwaukee the 28th and 29th of August.
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  And then we're ending at Monterey.
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  I still don't know if I like that. I still don't know if I like that.
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  It's the ending. If the sponsors like it, we got to go with it.
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  Yeah, I think that's what it comes down to is they like it. I enjoyed in 2020
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  when our ending race was at the IMS Road Course and we had a fall race there. I really loved that.
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  I don't know. For some reason, I feel like we should do it where all of the
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  most of our Midwest fans are.
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  But Laguna Seca is gorgeous.
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  It's true. Well, and to be fair, the championship is already tied up before
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  that race a lot of times. So technically, the last Midwest race does see the
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  final fight for the championship.
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  So, but yeah, I do need to get out of Monterey one of these days.
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  That's definitely on the bucket list. Yes. Oh, and I forgot to say on the good
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  news of testing this week, Connor Daly was back in an IndyCar testing at Barber.
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  Woohoo! Love Connor Daly.
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  Yes. and also Connor Daly was there and then Alex Dune from Dale Coyne tested.
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  Nikita Johnson did as well and so did Hunter McIlroy. Excellent.
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  I like Hunter McIlroy. He's a sweetheart.
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  Yeah, he's the nicest guy. So there's people testing.
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  I am happy. Kind of wish it was here already because my football team sucks. Yeah.
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  My Pacers are saving me, but that's okay. Yeah, they are doing a good job there.
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  Okay. Now onto something a little fun. Yes. So Halloween is coming around the corner.
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  Sure is. And some of you guys could be a little lazy, you know, picking your costumes.
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  We'll have some fun IndyCar-themed costumes for you. We sure do. Yes.
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  You know, our fearless leader, the captain, Roger Penske, is a pretty easy costume, guys. He really is.
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  Sports jacket, white button-down, tie. Yeah.
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  And then the white IMS hat. Yep. And you can also do it because he also kind
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  of does the black pants, white shirt, puffy vest.
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  Yep. Either of those looks would be solid. Yes.
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  Super easy, super quick. And if you're not sure if people know who you are, grab a little name tag.
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  Yep. And put Roger Penske. And then if you really wanted to get detailed,
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  you know how all the winners have those jackets.
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  You could cut out, you know, Penske wins and put it all on the inside of the
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  jacket if you wanted to. If you wanted to get very detailed like that.
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  And then another easy one is Doug Bowles.
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  Doug Bowles. Get a blue suit. All you need is a blue suit or even just a blue blazer. Yep.
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  A button-down shirt. Throw on a pair. Yep.
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  Throw on some glasses. Now, here's the thing. Doug gives out stickers.
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  If you're at a Halloween party. You could go around giving Doug-approved stickers
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  to your favorite costumes. Oh, that's a great idea.
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  Go around giving out IMS stickers. That would be fantastic. Yep.
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  And way better than candy. Yes. Oh, and then another one, if you happen to have
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  access to a yellow shirt, is of course our safety patrol, the yellow shirts. Yeah.
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  And if you have IMS hats, or even better, if you know somebody who is a yellow
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  shirt and they have those helmets, those safari helmets that they wear.
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  Yes, the safari. Yes. I love those. Yes. And then you really want to get into it, the whistle.
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  Yes. The whistle. Yeah, the whistle just really completes the outfit. Oh, yes.
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  And then another great group, group one, is all the colors of the racing flags.
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  And you know you have that one friend that's kind of the red flag of the group.
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  You make sure they wear the red shirt. Yeah.
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  Right now, you all have a name that you thought of immediately.
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  Yes. That's who's wearing red.
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  Yes. And just get every single one of the colors, like green, yellow.
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  Yeah, that's so easy. And then, you know, the blue with the orange stripe,
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  you know, and then just go as a group.
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  And then if you have the flags, you just hold the flags, too.
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  And then people totally. Yeah, I love that. Super easy. That's such a great group idea. Yeah.
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  And you can even do a single flag if you wanted to. We're all checkered and
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  you can be a checkered flag. That is true. Super quick, super easy.
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  Also, if you have a Christmas tree with some red, white and blue ribbon, get a few fake Orchids.
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  Put it around. Stick yourself through the wreath. You're the victory wreath. There you go.
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  Indy 500 winner. Yep. Really easy. Go get a carton of milk from the gas station.
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  There you go. You're in business. Super easy.
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  If you want to do a quick driver suit and you don't have the driver suit,
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  get one of those white paint suits.
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  Oh, yeah. And then you can cut
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  out the logos and stick them on there real fast. Oh, that's a great idea.
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  It'll work. It'll work. Totally will work.
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  Oh, yes. You're for the creativity. Yes. And this one's a little out there and
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  I will post this on Instagram. I, I will do it because, you know,
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  that's me, but get a cardboard box. I love it.
• 23:15
  Cardboard box, cut a hole out, draw bricks on it. You're the yard of bricks. Yes.
• 23:21
  You know, maybe, you know, cars on there, you know, double side tape.
• 23:26
  So you have it and then you can just be the yard of bricks. Then you have somebody,
• 23:30
  walking around with the checkered flags.
• 23:32
  Oh, I'm here for that. I'm here for the yard of bricks. I mean,
• 23:35
  something super easy, super fast, super easy and fast. Yeah. Cardboard.
• 23:41
  Yeah, just use an old box, something. Okay, this one could go for IndyCar or
• 23:46
  F1, but it's a couple's costume.
• 23:49
  Cassidy and Dan Taurus. Okay. Fancy dress, get a Cadillac shirt or an Andretti shirt. There you go.
• 23:57
  Perfect. Best dress couple in the paddock. I love it.
• 24:01
  Yeah, super cool. Love it.
• 24:04
  And your drivers are really easy. Just wear your driver's suit or driver, you know, shirt.
• 24:09
  Jersey, yeah. Yeah. Easy peasy.
• 24:11
  Put on a hat. Yeah. Get a matching hat. You're good to go. Yes.
• 24:15
  100%. They should sell Firehawk costumes.
• 24:18
  Well, they have the Firehawk chat. That's true. They do.
• 24:21
  But it would be really cool if somebody like did paper mache the Firehawk costume. Right.
• 24:27
  And I mean, I understand not selling them in adult sizes because you don't want
• 24:31
  a bunch of random Firehawks at the race who don't actually represent the brand. Like I get that.
• 24:34
  But like a baby Firehawk costume, like a little kid in a Firehawk, that would be adorable.
• 24:39
  Yes. Or if you made a tire out of cardboard and did a firestone fire.
• 24:45
  Oh, that's adorable. Yes.
• 24:47
  Or, you know, wagons, decorating the wagons as an IndyCar. Wagons what now?
• 24:52
  Oh, decorating the wagons as an IndyCar. Oh, yeah. For the kids.
• 24:55
  That's a great idea. Yeah. And somebody could even make the pagoda and you could
• 24:59
  be the Dakota. Mm-hmm. Absolutely.
• 25:01
  You could build the pagoda around the wagon. Yep. Yes.
• 25:05
  And all these costumes are also good for the month of May, too.
• 25:08
  Just they sure are pointing that out there so just yeah so double use double
• 25:14
  use yes and you know if you get really like creative with you know,
• 25:20
  um if you're dressing up like Kyle Kirkwood put the little bald eagle next to
• 25:24
  you you know since he ran the Freedom 250 and he had that great picture with
• 25:28
  him and the bald eagle yes oh yes or if you do Pato I hear about dress as
• 25:34
  dress as a duck but wear the Pato Award hat yes.
• 25:39
  Yes, it could be done. It could be done. As you can see, I like Halloween.
• 25:44
  I like coming up with these ideas.
• 25:46
  I love it. I love it. It's always fun to dress up. Yes. Keeps you young at heart.
• 25:50
  Yes. Though I'm not going to lie, I am having the worst time figuring out what
• 25:57
  candy I'm going to hand out to the kiddos.
• 25:59
  Oh, well, super expensive. Sure.
• 26:02
  And I can buy two bags of suckers for the same price as chocolate.
• 26:07
  Sounds like suckers it is.
• 26:09
  Yes, but I feel like I'm not giving out the good stuff because you always want
• 26:13
  to be the house that gives the good stuff.
• 26:16
  I always enjoyed the non-chocolate candy when I was a kid because I wasn't that
• 26:20
  into chocolate as a kid. So I would have been happy.
• 26:23
  Well, that or I'm thinking about like the big tub of gum. Oh, yeah.
• 26:28
  Yeah. Kids love gum. That's a great idea. Yeah. So I don't know. We'll see.
• 26:34
  I still have time. I still have time but yeah i say and that would be different
• 26:38
  i don't say not everybody's going to be giving out gum so yeah,
• 26:42
  yeah so i don't know i'll be like you have to go to that house they've got gum,
• 26:46
  yes because it was always the
• 26:48
  cool place when you went around and you got like the king size candy bar,
• 26:52
  right or something yeah something really cool that only one house had you're
• 26:56
  like oh one year we got two liters of soft drinks and that was amazing oh that
• 27:02
  is amazing Yeah, it was pretty cool.
• 27:05
  Must have been somebody who worked for Pepsi or Coke. Yeah, it was pretty cool.
• 27:10
  But also, IMS also posted their pumpkin carvings too. So if you're doing an
• 27:16
  Indy 500 theme, you got to get on that.
• 27:20
  Yes, you do. They're very cool. Yes.
• 27:23
  They make me wish I was a little more talented. It's actually not too hard.
• 27:28
  I would say I'm a pretty decent pumpkin carver. I would say I'm decent.
• 27:34
  Yeah, I'm not horrible. I'll do the pretty hard patterns.
• 27:39
  I do like, yeah. I'm a little out of practice. I don't know.
• 27:43
  I can't decide if I'm going to do an IndyCar one or I found a Dolly Parton pattern. Heck yeah.
• 27:49
  I found a Dolly Parton pattern, and then I also found the Toy Story Alien.
• 27:55
  And then I stumbled across Lightning McQueen. I was like, ah, that's a good one, too.
• 28:00
  So many good options. Well, and then I found, like, the old school creature from the Black Lagoon.
• 28:07
  I don't know. Nice. You can see what I will be doing Friday night.
• 28:10
  Right. After you decide which one you're going to carve. After I decide which one I'm going to do, yes.
• 28:14
  Because that, it's a thing. It's a thing. So my family was always known for
• 28:19
  the pumpkins in the neighborhood.
• 28:21
  Oh, that's awesome. Yeah. So I'm trying to be that one that has local pumpkins
• 28:26
  in my new neighborhood. So we'll see. We'll see. Very cool.
• 28:30
  Some people worry about their lawns. I'm worried about my pumpkins.
• 28:33
  I mean, it is a season for it. It is. I love it.
• 28:36
  I know. I think that's pretty good off season so far. I don't think I missed
• 28:41
  anything. No, I think that was it.
• 28:43
  So that'll do it for Sarah Proctor. I'm Abby Meyer. Thanks for listening.