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8-24: The Freedom 250 Race Was A Huge Success...Here's A Big Reason Why That Matters · Wicked Radio with Bill Adams

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  Speaker 1: Pretty slow weekend of the news, which is a perfect
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  Speaker 1: time to talk about sports. That's right, not only sports,
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  Speaker 1: but auto racing. Full disclosure, I did not sit down
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  Speaker 1: and watch and dedicate some weekend time to watching the
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  Speaker 1: Freedom two fifty, the INDYECAR event that happened in Washington, DC.
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  Speaker 2: But that's okay.
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  Speaker 1: It's what happened immediately after and going forward that actually matters.
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  Speaker 1: Here's what's here. What's happening here. I think we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: steal every single world event. I'm looking at you, World Cup.
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  Speaker 1: That matters to the world press and world sports fans.
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  Speaker 1: That we're going to bring him to the United States.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why this was huge. This actually turned out
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  Speaker 1: to be an amazing success.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, the.
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  Speaker 1: Administration called UFC two to fifty all part of America's
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  Speaker 1: two fifty a birthday celebration of big success. This was
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  Speaker 1: even bigger. And you don't have to be a race
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  Speaker 1: fan to understand why.
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  Speaker 2: Anyway, we'll get to it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, the world press they're pissed
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  Speaker 1: about it, absolutely pissed, which is another cause for celebration. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for finding me happy Monday. I hope it was
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  Speaker 1: a great weekend for you. Thanks for finding the Wicked
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  Speaker 1: Radio live stream and replay on x and YouTube and
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  Speaker 1: Let's get right to it. The Freedom two fifty Auto
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  Speaker 1: Race ratings wise, no idea, hype wise, no idea. Did
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  Speaker 1: it turn on fans to auto racing? I would imagine.
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  Speaker 1: So I do have one big question. Why in the
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  Speaker 1: world did NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the American brand of this sports. I know
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  Speaker 1: Indy Car is too, but really, the Southern auto racing
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  Speaker 1: brand of this sport, why didn't they jump on this?
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  Speaker 1: You know, they had to have been contacted about it,
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  Speaker 1: you know about it. They converted the streets of Washington,
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  Speaker 1: DC around to a race course, and Indy jumped all
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  Speaker 1: over it. It was a massive success of little bit
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  Speaker 1: of patriotism, patriotism leading it to this, including the announcers.
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  Speaker 2: Now granted this was on Fox, so keep that, but
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  Speaker 2: this was part of it. This is history right here,
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  Speaker 2: right now. This is history, A new motor.
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  Speaker 4: Race conceived in liberacy, The Freedom two fifty.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, like I said, and I'm not really you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's interesting, but I'm not the biggest indie fan,
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  Speaker 1: an IndyCar fan in the world, but still to look
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  Speaker 1: at that and to look at what they pulled off
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  Speaker 1: is absolutely amazing. And not only that, that same part
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  Speaker 1: at the end of it, you had guess who. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: President Trump's gonna wave the green flag on.
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  Speaker 2: Turn one, they will see the green flag. Here comes
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  Speaker 2: by President Trump.
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  Speaker 5: We have green we are racing and the Freedom two
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  Speaker 5: fifty outux below with a great start down the inside.
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  Speaker 1: And then they went into the race part with names
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  Speaker 1: that probably most American sports fans don't even really realize.
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  Speaker 1: But and by the way, President Trump and Loff you
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  Speaker 1: saw that. Sorry you audio only listeners. He gave us
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  Speaker 1: an instant meme for social media purposes, waving the green
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  Speaker 1: flag like a maniac.
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  Speaker 2: It's fantastic. It's already showed up in memes throughout the
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  Speaker 2: entire area.
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  Speaker 1: So anyway, we get to the entire race pulled off Washington, DC,
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  Speaker 1: turns into a street course that on its own is amazing,
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  Speaker 1: which was incredible, And then you have the race, all
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  Speaker 1: the fans there, no incidents, massive success. And then you
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  Speaker 1: get to the winners. Right, so this kid wins it.
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Kirkwood is actually a Florida kid. So all kinds
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  Speaker 1: of interviews, all kinds of things happening here, and they
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  Speaker 1: talked to him, you know, right when he were after
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  Speaker 1: he won the trophy and the big deal and everything.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, he also talked about the amount of flyovers.
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  Speaker 1: There were seven individual flyovers for this and the trophy presentation.
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  Speaker 1: There were American eagles coming in, like you couldn't get
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  Speaker 1: more patriotic than this. This is why the world stood
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  Speaker 1: up and said, Wow, this is how you hold an event.
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  Speaker 1: Much like, what does this remind you of the World Cup?
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  Speaker 2: Anybody?
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to the other sporting events in a minute.
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  Speaker 1: Here's the winner, Kyle Kirkwood.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, it hasn't really settled in yet. Right, Like
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  Speaker 5: I won the race, I get out of the car,
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  Speaker 5: I see President Trump sitting there cheering me on as
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  Speaker 5: a proud American. That's a that's a pretty big deal
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  Speaker 5: to have the president chearing you on. Nothing else like it, right,
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  Speaker 5: But that was not hard. That was not an easy race.
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  Speaker 1: I can't imagine it was. He said, I didn't even
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  Speaker 1: lift up the trophy. That thing was so freaking heavy. Afterwards,
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  Speaker 1: because you're in a two hundred and fifty miles in
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  Speaker 1: one of these Indye cars.
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  Speaker 2: You know they are athletes.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, Here's a more important interview right on
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  Speaker 1: the race course, right after he won.
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  Speaker 2: Here's Fox interview with the kids.
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  Speaker 3: Like driving around here, I mean, the president of the
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  Speaker 3: United States, the first lady standing right here watching you
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  Speaker 3: come to Victor. I mean, put it in perspective, driving
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  Speaker 3: around this track and being here in this moment with
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  Speaker 3: your team.
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  Speaker 5: It felt good to dominate out there. I'm not gonna lie,
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  Speaker 5: that was a really good moment. I'm a fellow Florida,
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  Speaker 5: Florida guy. I live up in Jupiter, so it's cool
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  Speaker 5: to see him down here and and right here in
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  Speaker 5: this race.
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  Speaker 2: What an incredible place to do.
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  Speaker 5: You know, if you can't win at the five hundred,
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  Speaker 5: this is definitely the place to win. And I don't
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  Speaker 5: know if we're ever gonna get another chance.
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  Speaker 2: I hope we do. I hope we do. This was awesome,
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  Speaker 2: but this was what a dream come. I hope we
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  Speaker 2: get another chance to do it. Gee you think so? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I think so much?
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  Speaker 1: Like and again I keep referencing the World Cup plans
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  Speaker 1: already underway to make this thing a permanent deal.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, A permanent America two fifty. That's there. Who
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  Speaker 2: says so himself? President Trump and mister President.
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  Speaker 3: It has taken a lot of people to make this happen.
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  Speaker 3: Why was it important to you to bring IndyCar to
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  Speaker 3: the streets of DC.
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  Speaker 6: Well, Roger told me they've been trying to do it
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  Speaker 6: for twenty years, and he'd come down. I think he
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  Speaker 6: said he was down two hundred and eleven times to
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  Speaker 6: try and get it done, and when he came to
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  Speaker 6: see Trump, it got done in about fifteen minutes, and
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  Speaker 6: it turned out to be much bigger than we ever
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  Speaker 6: even thought possible. They actually closed the bridges. It's so
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  Speaker 6: so many people want to come and they I think
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  Speaker 6: three hundred, three hundred and fifty thousand, and they closed
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  Speaker 6: the bridges. You have a lot of people that want.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, Trump's got to turn that into to a
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  Speaker 1: rally point. Maybe he does deserve to do that. It
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  Speaker 1: goes they come to Dotasy Trump, I got it done
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  Speaker 1: in like fifteen minutes. Of course he is, but what
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  Speaker 1: he said there is very relevant. What he said there,
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  Speaker 1: going back to the Winner, to Kyle Kirker, what they said,
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  Speaker 1: I hope we get a chance to do it again.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't bring that up.
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  Speaker 2: Unless they know they're going to do it again. Here's
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  Speaker 2: the thing.
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  Speaker 1: They ringing this event and other world events that would
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  Speaker 1: have gone to where, France, Monaco, anywhere else you can
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  Speaker 1: talk about. Now you've got Formula League wanted to get
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  Speaker 1: events in America, not just IndyCar. You have other sporting
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  Speaker 1: events happening here, other events that would have gone overseas.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it interesting they're all coming.
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  Speaker 4: You've probably been around. You've seen Indianapolis five hundred. They
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  Speaker 4: drink milk, put the wreath on. That's a great, unique celebration.
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  Speaker 4: I have to imagine if we can keep this race going,
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  Speaker 4: the onus would be on every president to present this trophy,
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  Speaker 4: right like that would have to be the tradition. That
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  Speaker 4: would have to be what makes this unique, right Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And I'll tell you why I couldn't lift the trophy today.
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  Speaker 6: I saw it.
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  Speaker 5: They said, it's about fifty five pounds at the end
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  Speaker 5: of the race. My shoulders are cooked from driving all day.
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  Speaker 5: There's no chance I was lifting it.
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  Speaker 1: So they what they said there was, though, the entire
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  Speaker 1: thing bringing this event and making these events permanent because
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  Speaker 1: the backlash on this is always Oh they closed down
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  Speaker 1: and there was there was this chatter, but that went
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  Speaker 1: away right away. You know, Oh, they closed down the
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  Speaker 1: streets and they're interrupting the city. What Citi's progress. They
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  Speaker 1: don't get anything done in DC anyway. I get the
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  Speaker 1: people live there. I understand that whatever. This is a
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  Speaker 1: big deal. And you start to lock these events in
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  Speaker 1: and then they become permanent, and then they become tradition,
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  Speaker 1: and then you have more And don't doubt the amount
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  Speaker 1: of money that comes into an area that comes into
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  Speaker 1: this thing. This is why all these cities battle for
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowls. This is why all these cities battle and
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  Speaker 1: love to have WrestleMania events. This is why big stock
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  Speaker 1: car events, big NASCAR events are a big deal. Why
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  Speaker 1: these IndyCar events, why they want to pitch now to
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  Speaker 1: formula events more happening in the States. It's a big deal,
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  Speaker 1: and you lock them in now they'll be here permanently,
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  Speaker 1: and it's a big, big deal. More than anything though,
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  Speaker 1: it's a sign of America's prosperity, showing that to the rest.
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  Speaker 2: Of the world.
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  Speaker 1: And that's where the backlash came in. Now there's another
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  Speaker 1: driver in this is an Australian guy with a great name.
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  Speaker 1: You may have heard him before. His name is will Power.
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  Speaker 1: His parents have a sense of humor. Will Power an
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  Speaker 1: Australian driver. It's a little tough to hear, but have
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  Speaker 1: the quote transcript for you. Anyway, this is what has
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  Speaker 1: set the world backlash ablaze here because of what he
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  Speaker 1: said in his appreciation, how psyched he was to meet
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  Speaker 1: the president. Now you have not just an American kid
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  Speaker 1: from Jupiter, Florida, Kyle kirkwood win In. This makes sense
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  Speaker 1: that he would be excited to meet the president. Right now,
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  Speaker 1: you've got an Australian driver, an athlete, not debatable, who
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  Speaker 1: was out proudly saying what a great thrill it was
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  Speaker 1: to meet all the Australian backlash was not good, like
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  Speaker 1: Sky News down there there now they're not pro Trump
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  Speaker 1: at all. Now all the comment section on this little
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  Speaker 1: hard to hear, but listen to what he says about
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  Speaker 1: his reaction. A small kid from a small town in
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  Speaker 1: Australia meeting the president, what a big deal it was.
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  Speaker 1: And he wasn't the only driver who's not American saying this.
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  Speaker 1: This is another massive change race.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, right away, that was Yeah, it's really something. You know,
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  Speaker 7: you see a secret service, you the calls pull up
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  Speaker 7: some For me, being from a small town in Australia
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  Speaker 7: to end up standing and talking to an American president
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  Speaker 7: is surreal, you know, something I would never have dreamed.
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  Speaker 2: A little hard to hear.
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  Speaker 1: But what he said was being a kid from a
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  Speaker 1: small town in Australia to meet the president is and
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  Speaker 1: standing up talking to an American president is surreal, something
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  Speaker 1: I never would have dreamed of. It was incredible to
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  Speaker 1: stand there, talk to the President and the first lady,
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  Speaker 1: then jump in a race car and race in Washington, DC.
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  Speaker 1: Now go back to see I don't know, three years,
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  Speaker 1: four years, five years, maybe one year. International athletes and
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  Speaker 1: the guy's a big name in that world, in that
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  Speaker 1: racing world.
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  Speaker 2: How quickly would they have said that.
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  Speaker 1: What a thrill it was to meet the American president,
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  Speaker 1: meaning President Trump and racing here. These are not things
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  Speaker 1: you used to hear before. Like ever, it's all changing
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  Speaker 1: and it's a big, big freaking deal.
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  Speaker 2: That's why the world sports press.
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  Speaker 1: In Australia and the European drivers and maybe even the
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  Speaker 1: South African drivers, they're very upset at this.
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  Speaker 2: They're very upset because they know what's happening. If there's any.
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  Speaker 1: Lasting legacy that Trump is gonna leave as far as entertainment,
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  Speaker 1: and yes, entertainment matters, is that these world sporting events
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  Speaker 1: are coming to the United States to stay. That's a
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  Speaker 1: big freaking deal that everybody is overlooking. You can talk
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  Speaker 1: about the money and the economy to these local cities
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  Speaker 1: that will host these events. You could talk about all
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  Speaker 1: of the international attention that they will actually get when
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  Speaker 1: we pull off an event like this, like the Freedom
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  Speaker 1: two fifty, because that is a massive, massive deal. They
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  Speaker 1: actually pull that off with no incidents and everybody was
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  Speaker 1: happy with it, and it was a big deal and
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  Speaker 1: seven flyovers and all that. But it's something more than that.
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  Speaker 1: It's something more that is ticking off the agenda driven
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  Speaker 1: sports media. Like I always tell you, the worst media
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  Speaker 1: is sports media. These athletes now in this case being
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  Speaker 1: an IndyCar event, athletes all over the place, whether you're
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  Speaker 1: talking about football, professional basketball, hockey players, for sure, they're
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  Speaker 1: not afraid now to speak out and say what a
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  Speaker 1: cool event it was and what a thrill it was
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  Speaker 1: to meet the president. Don't discount what a big freaking
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  Speaker 1: deal this is that's massive because that means the trickle
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  Speaker 1: down effect. That means everybody else isn't afraid to say
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  Speaker 1: it either. It really used to be not that long ago,
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  Speaker 1: what year and a half ago, you'd have a professional athlete,
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  Speaker 1: maybe an NFL player, maybe a baseball player that we're
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  Speaker 1: so afraid to speak out and say that they're proud
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  Speaker 1: to be part of an American event and meet the
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  Speaker 1: American president no matter who it is. That's different now,
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  Speaker 1: a big, big deal that's so easy to overlook because
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  Speaker 1: maybe not then, maybe not that many eyeballs were on
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  Speaker 1: the Freedom two fifty IndyCar event, but it was big.
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  Speaker 1: Look for this to happen now because before Trump leaves office,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to lock these events in massive UFC events
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  Speaker 1: that normally they would have been looking at other locations,
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  Speaker 1: not just in DC, but'll be maybe in you know,
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  Speaker 1: New York or Chicago or whatever, maybe the international events
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  Speaker 1: they would have had coming here in lockdown here. They're
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  Speaker 1: definitely going to do this Freedom two fifty, and once
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  Speaker 1: it becomes tradition two or three years, then the future
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  Speaker 1: presidents can't not have it.
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  Speaker 2: That would be a stain on their record.
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  Speaker 1: They can't not have that, but the big one to
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  Speaker 1: look for, and the chatter started with this and to
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  Speaker 1: continued through this Freedom two fifty deal.
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  Speaker 2: Look for the World Cup, the.
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  Speaker 1: World's precious tournament prize, to come to the US. That
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  Speaker 1: talk started immediately during the tournament, and there was chatter
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  Speaker 1: in the press box during this Freedom two fifty to
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  Speaker 1: bring the World Cup and keep it here in the
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  Speaker 1: States almost every single year.
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  Speaker 2: We have the stadiums for it, we have the support
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  Speaker 2: for it.
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  Speaker 1: You just saw this past summer that that was happening.
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  Speaker 1: And that's not making the world press too happy. But
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  Speaker 1: here's here's the takeaway. Who cares sports matter? I've said
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  Speaker 1: it for like a million years here that the President
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  Speaker 1: drump I swear to God when he builds his Presidential
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  Speaker 1: Library in Miami when he's out of office, that thing
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  Speaker 1: is going to look like a sports bar. It's a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful building on the water in downtown Miami. But he's
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  Speaker 1: going to have all of this memorabilia that he loves.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think of all the championship teams he's
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  Speaker 1: had in the office, all the collectibles, all the different things.
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  Speaker 1: Now we'll have that green flag from the America for
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  Speaker 1: the freedom to fifty coming here. They'll have all of
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  Speaker 1: that stuff on display, and I hope they do. The
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  Speaker 1: big takeaway is sports matter, events matter in our country.
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  Speaker 1: That's a big deal. And the second thing is a
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  Speaker 1: lot more of them are coming here. That's a sign
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  Speaker 1: for American prosperity. So if you want to look at
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  Speaker 1: this thing, even if you didn't, even if you didn't
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  Speaker 1: watch it, you don't watch the Freedom two fifty live
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  Speaker 1: and I didn't either, but watch the after effect of
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  Speaker 1: this and what happens from here on out, because I
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  Speaker 1: think I think the Pride and America events are back.
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  Speaker 1: This just wasn't America's two fifty celebration. This wasn't a
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  Speaker 1: big birthday party. These things are here for real, and
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  Speaker 1: the entire world knows it. Whether or not they like it,
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  Speaker 1: who knows. All right, lighthearted stuff to start the week.
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  Speaker 1: We needed some of that. We needed some fluff, some
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  Speaker 1: sports fluff, some patriotic stuff. Sometimes you just need to
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  Speaker 1: take a break and look at that. All right, Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for finding me. I appreciate you. Wicked Radio live stream
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  Speaker 2: Which will happen in just a couple of minutes now.
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  Speaker 1: And also clips of the show, by the way, on
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  Speaker 1: every single one of those platforms they talked about, as
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  Speaker 1: well as TikTok as well.
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  Speaker 2: So thanks for finding me. I appreciate you.
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  Speaker 1: We just started a new work week, making an awesome one.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go get it, make it a wicked awesome Monday.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows what we're talking about tomorrow, but we'll find
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  Speaker 2: It'll talk to you later.