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- 0:02Happy. What day is it?
- 0:05Let's go to the day clock. It's Monday.
- 0:10All right, Everybody having so much fun with the day clock.
- 0:16All right, Remember now. I-55, Federated Auto Parts
- 0:21Raceway Park, April 10th and 11th.
- 0:25The World of Outlaw Wings Sprint Cars.
- 0:28Boy, they're awesome. 10 minutes from my house, I-55 Federated
- 0:34Auto Parts Raceway Park, April 10th, 11th.
- 0:38Get your tickets at worldofoutlaw.com.
- 0:44OK, as I told you in the past, I know everything.
- 0:52I'm the greatest. Now remember, we're having fun.
- 0:57That's me imitating all of you. When you all start arguing with
- 1:00me, I, I keep forgetting. That's right, you know
- 1:03everything. You're the greatest.
- 1:07So remember, I know what the new championship point format is.
- 1:11And I've had to keep it a secret for two weeks.
- 1:15And I knew that Mark Martin was going to be with NASCAR for the
- 1:21announcement to approve it, but I didn't know Dale Junior was
- 1:27going to be there. So today for the announcement,
- 1:31Mark Martin, Dale Junior, they approve of the new championship
- 1:36format. So if you don't like this
- 1:39format, you're going to have to hate Dale Junior and you're
- 1:42going to have to hate Mark Martin because they are there to
- 1:46put their approval on it. So once and for all, everybody
- 1:52this long national nightmare is over.
- 1:57Both of them, Mark the kid Martin out of Batesville, AR and
- 2:02Dale Earnhardt Junior are already on social media.
- 2:07And it was Mark Martin that said I am at NASCAR.
- 2:12Mark Martin said I am at NASCAR. And Dale Junior said see you
- 2:16soon pal. How smart is NASCAR to do this,
- 2:23to get the most well respected driver and the most famous
- 2:27driver of them all, Dale Earnhardt Junior, to put their
- 2:31approval, their stamp on the new championship format.
- 2:37Man, oh man, Steve O'Donnell, he, he got it going on.
- 2:42Now I will tell you this, I'm not going to tell you the name
- 2:49because I like to keep my names private.
- 2:51They told me NASCAR told me. They flat told me to my face.
- 2:58Herman, we are going to get NASCAR back to where it should
- 3:02be. NASCAR recognizes that they
- 3:05messed up in the past. So take this moment as a win for
- 3:10you all. Don't keep fighting NASCAR.
- 3:13Remember what? Remember the the coffee with
- 3:16Kenny I made last week? Is this like a love affair for
- 3:19you all? Are you going to be mad at them
- 3:22just because? Remember it's like a husband and
- 3:25wife. You're just, you're just still
- 3:27mad. I'm not going to forgive them.
- 3:31However, Mark the kid Martin out of Batesville, AR the most well
- 3:37respected driver of all time. Remember on coffee with Kenny
- 3:43when Mark Martin drove up my driveway with his son Matt, I
- 3:47asked Mark. I said Mark.
- 3:49I said what does it mean to you to be the most well respected
- 3:53driver in NASCAR? Mark Martin responded.
- 3:57It's my everything. Mark Martin said.
- 3:59It is my championship. Mark likes being respected
- 4:04because he gives respect. And then they have Dale Junior
- 4:07there to put their approval on this announcement.
- 4:11You all have no choice now. I know you.
- 4:13I'm not telling you what to do. I'm not telling you, but you all
- 4:17had said Mark Martin's your man and so is Dale Junior.
- 4:21So be ready, everybody. 3:00 Eastern Standard Time.
- 4:24That's 2:00 right here in Saint Louis.
- 4:28All right, drink a coffee. NASCAR continues to give you all
- 4:40what you want. NASCAR is still in repair,
- 4:43repair mode. They are in damage control.
- 4:46They are making everything the way you want it.
- 4:50OK, let's go over it all. We got some big new
- 4:52announcements. OK, We said Steve Phelps is
- 4:56gone. That's what you wanted.
- 5:00All right, we're announcing the new championship format.
- 5:06That's what you wanted. And then last night during all
- 5:12the NFL football games, what's NASCAR do they announce that
- 5:17they're going back to country music.
- 5:19Miranda Lambert. Miranda Lambert is going to put
- 5:22on a show before the Daytona 500.
- 5:27Now, if that's listen, if, if that's not going back to the
- 5:31good old days, I don't know. But listen, Miranda Lambert,
- 5:34she's a hell of a singer, easy on the eyes and back to the good
- 5:40old days. Now.
- 5:44Now they're drinking coffee. If that's not all, as we talked
- 5:51about Ram trucks with college racing along with Fox TV.
- 5:58Now Fox is part of this. Guess what else they announce?
- 6:04They announce a reality show. They are finding the last NASCAR
- 6:10Craftsman truck driver to plug in to one of the seats on one of
- 6:16those NASCAR trucks. Now why is this so meaningful?
- 6:21Who was the last driver to win the Gong Show?
- 6:25Before you were born? Before you were born, Roush
- 6:29Racing. Now it's RFK Roush Fenway
- 6:32Keselowski. What driver was part of the Gong
- 6:36Show and came on to be one of the greatest of all time?
- 6:42Respond right here. Who was it?
- 6:46Kurt Busch. Kurt Busch was part of the Gong
- 6:50show with Roush Fenway. They even brought that back for
- 6:55you. Ram trucks.
- 6:57Ram trucks, What they said, they said, listen, NASCAR, it's a lot
- 7:02of money. We can't just run the car around
- 7:05in circles. So they're going back to the
- 7:08good old days where there were reality shows.
- 7:10Remember, Remember Sweet Daddy right here?
- 7:16I was the one that did NASCAR 360.
- 7:19My God, that was unbelievable for our family.
- 7:22My kids couldn't go anywhere. Me and my wife, we were like
- 7:26rock stars. We were the ones that helped
- 7:29usher in FS1 and they they called it NASCAR 360 and there
- 7:37we were. Google it, go to YouTube.
- 7:40NASCAR 360. Kenny Wallace.
- 7:43So I would say NASCAR heard you, everybody, they listen to you.
- 7:48We got the NASCAR championship format today and Dale Junior and
- 7:54Mark Martin, they like it because it's back to what we
- 7:58want, where everything matters. There's no more getting lucky,
- 8:02getting in the points. Miranda Lambert.
- 8:06We're back to country music. We're back to reality TV shows
- 8:11on Fox. The first one is going to be on
- 8:14Fox TV right there and then the next will be on YouTube, and we
- 8:18know you all have YouTube. NASCAR is in repair mode and
- 8:27Mark Martin and Dale Junior said they like it and that's why
- 8:31they're at NASCAR today. We're on our way, everybody.
- 8:36We're on our way. Have a great Monday.