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NASCAR is Now in BIG Trouble With This Next Gen Car Plus Tony Stewart & Donny Schatz Split! | Coffee With Kenny · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Happy Wednesday morning, everybody.
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  I've got the best fans in the world.
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  I love you all so much. Check this out, would you?
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  So Jim and Sharon sent me. This came in a nice little box,
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  a nice Sunoco mug, you know. But what's more awesome is the
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  the letter so our our receipt. I don't know Jim and Sharon
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  whatsoever, but let me read it for you.
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  Hey Kenny, Sharon and me wanted to get you something for your
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  birthday that we thought you would like and use for your
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  morning coffee when you're not at home for your coffee.
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  Jim and Sharon, when are your new dirt shirts coming out?
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  Thank you Jim and Sharon, I really appreciate it.
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  Very nice of you. OK, two things.
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  NASCAR is in trouble, and Donnie Schatz and Tony Stewart split
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  with the World of Outlaw Sprint cars.
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  So let's go with let's go with NASCAR is in trouble.
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  First sip of coffee, everybody. Deep breath, deep breath.
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  NASCAR is in deep trouble because our superstars are in
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  front of the restaurant telling everybody the food is really bad
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  inside right now. I did not see this coming.
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  Monday started. OK.
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  Now, remember, remember this at Watkins Glen.
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  I'm going to blame all this on SBG.
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  Now that's a joke. OK, that's a joke.
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  SBG wins the Cup race by 11 seconds.
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  No good, as O Ross Perot would say.
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  Wouldn't be prudent. Not gonna do it.
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  Anytime drivers in the past got a big lead like that, they
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  changed the rules. That's what NASCAR would do.
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  Anytime some drivers would start dominating in the past, they
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  changed the rules. So you can bet your sweet ass
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  that that would be the last time SPG will win by 11 seconds on a
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  road course. That's that's just my thoughts
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  Now. We got new leaders in NASCAR.
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  We got new leaders in NASCAR. Maybe they let it be.
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  I'm like Kevin Harvick, Harvick said this.
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  Why don't we celebrate greatness like we used to?
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  And man, God, I could say that 100 times.
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  Why don't we celebrate how great SVG is?
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  Why don't we do that? Respond right here.
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  Why don't we celebrate how good SVG is?
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  OK, now let's break it down. NASCAR's in trouble, and here's
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  why. On the tear down on Dirty MO
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  Media, Jeff Gluck and his buddy, they said it's time for a new
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  race car. Oh, oh, you just lost the media.
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  The ones that support you, the ones that defend you.
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  You just lost Jeff Gluck and his buddy.
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  Hell, you've lost. You've lost any Hamlin a long
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  time ago. Then he said the same thing.
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  There's issues with the car and Dale Junior.
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  Dale Junior says need to get rid of this robo.
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  We can go back and forth. So I've listened to all these.
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  So where do we go from here? Well, first of all, I want to
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  acknowledge and I want NASCAR to hear me right now.
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  I understand I'm a big boy. I understand business.
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  I'm a businessman. I understand that.
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  All businesses, they act like they don't hear you, like
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  they're, they're too big to hear this social media.
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  So I'm going to act it out if I'm gonna ask.
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  I'm like, that's just white noise.
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  They call it white noise. It means it doesn't matter.
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  I just, that's just white noise. Except here's the problem.
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  All these people that pretend they don't pay attention to
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  social media, all the CEO's, they go home and they get on it.
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  They know what the Hell's up. You got the sport's biggest
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  superstars standing in front of the restaurant saying don't go
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  in. The food's horrible.
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  And my friends, that's no good. It started with Mark the Kid,
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  Martin out of Batesville, AR, my dear friend.
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  It went to the tear down with Glock.
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  Danny Hamlin, Dale Junior. Did I tell you NASCAR's in deep
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  right now? I'm worried about them.
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  I'm worried about them. They're going to have to come
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  out with a press conference soon, but they won't do that
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  because they don't want, they don't want you to see them
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  sweat. I know this gig.
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  However, I think you got to come out with something within a
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  month, but you don't want to mess with the playoffs either.
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  So don't look for anything right now.
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  Maybe look for a little little like press conference after the
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  championship. Look for NASCAR to say something
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  after the championship. You don't want to muddy the
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  waters right now. You don't want to go, well, this
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  championship ain't going to matter.
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  You don't want to do that. So NASCAR's going to have to
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  come out and say something when the year is over.
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  OK, Well, what are we going to do?
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  We're going to have to make changes on the car.
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  Listen, it's like when you when when you got a pitcher that
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  keeps giving up hits, you got to change the pitcher, right?
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  It's like when you got a a baseball hitter that can't hit
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  the ball. You got to get a new player, put
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  another one in and let him go down and practice.
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  So this car, you can keep the car, but you're going to have to
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  make changes to calm the mob down.
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  The mob is screaming right now. The mob is screaming.
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  So let's give let's announcement, major
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  announcement. We're giving you all 100
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  horsepower. There you go.
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  OK, motor men, spend your millions of dollars during the
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  winter and let's put more horsepower in there.
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  Then let's make some changes in the car.
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  They're not going to get rid of the car.
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  Everybody, there's millions of dollars in this car.
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  So get that now. I'm calling that.
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  Get that out of your head. They're going to make some
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  changes on the car, OK? So this is no good.
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  This is no good. I told you who all when you got
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  the sport's biggest superstars outside the restaurant going to
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  foods horrible inside. Not good, not good.
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  All right, we're going to change subjects.
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  OK, We're going to change subjects, man.
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  I'm jacked up on Sunoco 112 Blue getting a little low.
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  Donnie's Shots and the great Tony Stewart have split.
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  So Donnie's Shots has drove for Tony Stewart the last 18 years.
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  235 wins, 8 World of Outlaw championships, 9 Knoxville
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  National Championships. If a driver wins one race at
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  Knoxville, they're oh, look at Ryan Timms, 18 years old,
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  shocked the world. Donnie Shots has won 99.
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  So why did these two split? Well, first of all, we all could
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  see it coming a mile away. You don't put two grapes
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  together and they start struggling.
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  They're going to start grabbing each other by the throat.
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  So this is my opinion. Tony Stewart's going to hear
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  about this. Donnie Schatz going to hear
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  about this. And I love you guys to death.
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  This is my opinion. We're just having fun here.
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  This is my opinion. Tony Stewart's one of the
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  greatest of all time. Donnie Schatz is one of the
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  greatest of all time. They did it all.
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  And when you struggle, it don't last long.
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  Donnie Schatz has been struggling for quite a while now
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  and the only reason it went this long is because they both
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  believe in each other. But it finally just come to a
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  head. Now I don't know exactly what
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  happened, I don't, but I'm sure Donnie was pissed after
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  finishing 11th in the Knoxville Nationals, but he made the race.
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  But when you're great and you've won 235 World of Outlaw races, 8
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  championships, 9 Knoxville National wins, and you're happy
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  to make the race, oh, oh the greats.
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  The greats don't like struggling too long.
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  So the way I look at it is T screws over here.
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  He's married, got his his kid, beautiful family.
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  He sold his NASCAR team. He's wanting to have fun and
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  Donnie's probably over here pissed that he's not running.
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  Good brother Rusty told me something years ago I'll never
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  forget. He said don't complain too much
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  to the coroner because then it becomes no fun.
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  Remember that. And I'm sure Donnie started
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  complaining and and I'm sure Tony said yes, I'm out.
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  Put Kerry Mass in it for the end of the year.
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  I'm trying to have fun with my wife and kid and got this drag
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  car going on. I done got rid of the cup car.
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  I'm sure Tony's wanting to have fun, and I'm sure Donnie
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  Schott's only 48 years old. Donnie Schott's only 48 years
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  old. Hell, I started dirt racing at
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  44, started at 44. Now, Donnie might not be what he
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  used to be, but he ain't done. Tony's going to be just fine.
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  Donnie Schatz is going to be just fine.
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  It's something to talk about because these are two Titans 2
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  greats. But let me say this about Donnie
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  Schatz. Him and his sister are on a big
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  truck stop. They're very wealthy people.
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  Donnie Schatz gets in his jet every week and flies himself to
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  the World of Outlaw races. They're both just fine.
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  This is just something we need to talk about.
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  So they're both going to be just fine.
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  Hell, Donnie Schatz could say that I'm out, I'm done, but I
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  don't think he's going to do it. Not a 48 years old.
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  He's still got still 48. Just think if you were working
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  for a living 4850850961, you still got 14 years till 62.
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  Hell, I'm 62, I'm 14 years older than Donnie Schatz.
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  Well, we'll pay attention. We'll see how this works out.
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  But I, I don't think Donnie's done.
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  I don't. Kerry Mattson has already won in
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  one of, you know, Tony Stewart's Sprint cars when it was #14 so
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  the article reads that it's a simple fit.
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  Kerry, be just fire. Fine, everybody be just fine.
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  But it's a hell, hell of a hell of a breakup.
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  Wow, 235 wins. That's incredible.
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  All right, everybody, respond right here.
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  Man. We got a lot of drama today.
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  I'll see you all tonight at Highland, IL for the World of
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  Outlaw Late Model race. It's the World of Outlaw Late
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  Models and our modifieds. Have a great Wednesday,
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  everybody.