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That Bristol Race Was Crazy! · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Hello everyone and welcome back to the Kenny Wallace Show,
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  right, the Bristol race is over. I know what I saw with my own
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  eyes, Greg Stucker from Goodyear said.
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  We are going to make these tires wear out because that's what
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  NASCAR wants. So today's race at Bristol, that
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  was the same tire that Denny Hamlin won on in the fall race
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  back in 2023. Yes, Sir, Reed, that was the
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  exact same tire. What was the difference?
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  Why were those tires wearing out?
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  Well, last year they used something on the racetrack
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  called the PJ One. Now you ask yourself, why are
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  they using anything? Well, just like the Eldora
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  Speedway in Rossburg. OH, the high lane is dominant.
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  So that dirt track at Eldora, the high lane is dominant and
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  the fans love the high lane being dominant because the cars
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  up there on the wall, it's beating in the banging, sparks
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  are flying once Jack Hewitt said I'd rather lose running high
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  than the wind running low. So the high lane has been
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  dominant here at Bristol. So NASCAR said we're going to
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  put some of this, this grip solution on the bottom.
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  So for years they've used PJ One, I don't have no idea what
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  it stands for. So for today's race, they use
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  something called resin Rs or no RESIN, something like that.
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  Well, Greg Stucker from Goodyear said, Man, this is really
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  wearing these tires out. Big old press conference right
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  in the middle of the race. Now imagine if you're Goodyear
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  500 lap race at Bristol and they just called it audible press
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  conference. Everybody come to the Media
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  Center, so everybody goes running to the Media Center.
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  And Greg Stucker from Goodyear says, look, this is the same
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  tire, this is the same tire. The difference is the resin on
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  the racetrack. All right, hopefully that
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  brought you up to date on what was going on today.
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  Now here's the big thing. It was a tire wear race.
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  Nobody wrecked out, nobody blew a tire and went running into the
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  wall. It was just, hey, this is a tire
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  wear race, so everybody had to slow the roll or I got a
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  vibration pit pit. Actually Denny Hammond was
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  leading the race and he goes, I got a vibration, crew chief
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  said. Pit winning move.
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  This is where experience comes in.
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  Denning. Hamlin.
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  Pits right. This is a winning move.
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  A younger driver, somebody not experienced, they would have
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  said I got, I got a vibration. Crew chief would have said hold
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  on to it buddy. But because of Denny Hamlin's
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  experience and his crew chief's experience, they pit.
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  The tower does not blow other drivers.
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  I feel, whoa, you know, spin out things like that.
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  But man, I'll tell you what, if you would listen to some people,
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  you think there was a wreck every lap.
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  I will say this, this was an odd race.
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  It was an unbelievable race. It was unbelievable because it
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  had a record amount of lead changes.
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  I mean, I don't know what the final tally was, but the last
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  time I looked, with about 200 laps to go, 41 lead changes for
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  the Tire Ware race at Bristol, it it was a it was a race of
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  chess, like a chess game. You move here, I moved there, it
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  was incredible. So 41 lead changes, you know,
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  with about 100 and 75200 laps to go, I thought it was a great
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  race. Now I see some of you fans out
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  there can't change my mind. It was no good.
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  Well, listen, hashtag. I thought it was one of the best
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  races we've seen in years. Can't change my mind either.
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  I believe some of you. You know, I don't know what
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  happened during the COVID era around, you know, 2020, but you
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  all came out of it dark, negative.
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  And I've got to tell you something.
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  I mean, I just landed. I just got back from Bristol.
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  As you can tell, we're back in the studios already.
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  And from what I saw when I was at the racetrack, I was at the
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  racetrack. You were not there.
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  I was. Damn, Herman, calm down.
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  Calm down, Herman. So I was at the racetrack and
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  what I saw was a lot of happy people.
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  It is dawned on me that some of you in your houses, you're
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  depressed. You came out of COVID all
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  depressed. See that?
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  Watch what I'm going to do, man, what a great race.
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  Look at that crowd. That crowd is a lot bigger than
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  it's been in years in the the March April race, Much bigger
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  crowd. NASCAR's gaming.
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  Look at the TV ratings, over 4 million people watching.
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  So some of you are going to take the negative route.
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  I'm going, man, what a race. Because it was a hell of a race.
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  You didn't know who was coming or going.
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  And just like Kyle Larson said after the race, what just
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  happened, what just happened? That was the first race that the
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  great Kyle Larson had to take care of his equipment.
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  He come out with a great finish. Now, Kyle Larson, stand on the
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  gas. Our greatest driver of this era
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  has has finally witnessed, finally felt a race where you
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  can wreck yourself out if you drive too hard.
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  This is the way. Listen, this is the way it used
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  to be back in the day. You had those motors that cast
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  iron the heads. The fans loved it.
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  Yes, Sir. Bobby Allison would win the race
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  by two laps. One car would be on the lead lap
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  all by himself and here he'd come up and turn 4.
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  His motor did not blow because he took it.
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  He fans were on their feet. Now we have everybody on the
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  lead lap, side by side, door handle to door handle I don't
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  like, but that's only a couple of you I'm calling you all out.
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  Do what you want, but I got to tell you hashtag can't change my
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  mind. It was a great race.
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  So all of you that is still have COVID fog let me.
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  Grab my hand, Grab my hand. Do you got my hand?
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  Do you feel OK? Grab on.
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  I'm pulling you out of that COVID fog.
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  Hey, look at the Herminator. He's smiling.
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  The Herminator is happy. What a race it was.
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  Danny Hamlin most likely upset you because we had him on
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  trackside Live just hours ago. I said, Danny, 70% of these fans
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  are doing you, but 30%, they love you.
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  What do you like? He goes, I love it all, Herman.
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  So what an incredible race put together by Danny Hammond,
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  right? Some of you don't like him, but
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  he's winning, so you got to love that, right?
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  Boo, You're in Victory Lane. Did you watch after the race?
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  Boo you won Boo, Boo, guy in Victory Lane.
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  That's hilarious. A a dummy.
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  He's in Victory Lane. So anyway, Denny Hamlin, the
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  hero of the race 2 Bristol wins in a row.
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  Locked into the the championship headed looking good.
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  And how about Joe Gibbs? Joe Gibbs Not looking good.
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  Race 123, Race four and five. Phoenix and Bristol.
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  Joe Gibbs at one time was 1234. So what a race today at Bristol.
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  The fans loved it. When I was there, I just landed.
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  I was. I was at Bristol repeating
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  myself. The people at the racetrack,
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  they love it. They're there, they feel it.
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  It's only some of you that are upset that I want the dirt off
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  the track. It was a better race with dirt
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  on the track. Make your mind up.
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  Make your mind up. The dirt is off the track.
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  It was a barn burner. It was a great race.
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  Is he going to blow a tire? Is he not going to blow a tire?
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  They're pitting for tires. They got plenty gas.
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  All right, everybody. I think I broke it down for you.
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  This race was a success. I told you what happened.
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  Greg Stucker from Goodyear said this was the same tire as the
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  September race last year. This was the same tire.
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  What happened? The resin.
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  Wow, what is resin? Google it.
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  Respond right here. What is resin?
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  RESIN. Sounds like something in
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  baseball. Maybe they should go back to the
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  PJ one because the resin wore the track out.
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  Bigger crowd than we've seen in the last 10 years for the March,
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  April race. Great race.
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  Listen, I don't know what you saw, but I I got good eyes.
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  Can't change my mind. Hashtag can't change my mind.
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  Respond right here. Tell me how bad you hate NASCAR.
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  I hate NASCAR. That's why I watched the whole
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  race today. Love you all.
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  March. The grass is growing, the sun is
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  coming out, the birds are whistling.
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  And remember everybody, PMA. Positive mental attitude.
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  I don't like NASCAR.