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The IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe (2.233.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_01]: You are listening to the Indie car report with Elijah Poe.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Every Thursday on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back to the Indie car report I'm your host Elijah Poe joined by Greg Ming out here.
• 0:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Indie car is finally back.
• 0:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's only been a couple weeks, Greg, but man, it does feel like it's been a while before Indie car has the long beat here this weekend.
• 0:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: Holy cow does it seem like it's been a long time.
• 0:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: I really like that start with the back-to-back races, but it feels like it's been forever since Alabama.
• 0:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: It really does.
• 0:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: I guess one of the good things is we're really hitting indie cars to ride here as we go to Long Beach here.
• 0:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then just in a couple weeks, we're gonna head to the Indianapolis Road Force.
• 0:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then before you know, we're gonna be talking to Indie 500.
• 0:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna be talking to Indie 500 every day in May.
• 1:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's not just a race, it's an event, and it fascinates me from day one, not the road course.
• 1:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't care.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: At the road course.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But from day one of Indy practice, that entire month it just fascinates me.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Can't wait to talk about it all well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, putting aside a little bit of a sideline on Indy, before we get to Long Beach here, it's one of the really staples of the Indy car schedule.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's been on the calendar for Lord knows how long and
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Although it might not provide the best racing, just what a venue it is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And some of the angles of me, you talk about the hairpin and that final corner, just provide some of the best racing we see.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And the fountain and all that cool stuff.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And by the way, it's been a pretty good race to last couple of years.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's not like it's been one of the worst races.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Traditionally, it has been a whoever gets the lead to completely runs away.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But that's not been the case to the last couple of years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No, it has not been.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll be interested to see you can obviously qualifying is going to be very important and that kind of transition to us in our first topic.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's been confirmed that Indie Car is going to do the one shot qualifying for the fast six at Long Beach Detroit, Markham and Washington, D.C.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's going to be interesting to see that obviously did this at Arlington, but kind of what you're thoughts on this one shot qualifying.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You don't want 23, 24 cars out there qualifying one by one that gets pretty boring.
• 2:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: So having them go out in groups in the first couple of stages, I like it and then having the fastest run one at a time, I think it's perfect.
• 2:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it's the perfect combination of the two different ways that it's been done in the past.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I just don't know why they didn't think of it sooner.
• 2:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's convincing to see how they play it out.
• 2:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the fastest driver is gonna have the option to go either first or last.
• 2:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ooh, what?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Which is gonna be big and say you're in that second session.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it'll all be in the fast 12.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But say you're quickest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Your brakes and tires are still gonna be somewhat hot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're gonna have a huge advantage going out first and if you held yourself and let the whole car cool down.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: you know, like that strategy of qualifying.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You don't get a lot of that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's usually just go out and go fast, right?
• 3:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: No, and I think it just provides such a better, it's just more entertaining to see one car on the track, just they, you know they are going as fast as they possibly can.
• 3:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Just the entertainment factor, I think works.
• 3:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: And it also provides some great racing where, you know, you're gonna be able to see which cars visibly fasters.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: No other cars on track, there's no traffic,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: arrow drag.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're not getting any of that.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: It is just pure paste.
• 3:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: I love it.
• 3:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: By the way, another factor and I don't know why I didn't mention this with Long Beach is a strategy has become a big deal in that race and that's why it's been more interesting.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think over the last few years,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Indicars really done a great job with the strategies of, I think every time they've implemented a new thing that kind of, you got to have to consider this now, it's usually worked pretty well, you had the push to pass, you had having to use the different tires and multiple things that you have to consider it, especially races like a long beast that becomes extra important.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I have to agree, I think every time I see any car kind of implement a new rule or kind of force a strategy at hand, I'm always a little weary at first just because it's filled up to me.
• 4:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I would let these teams kind of do whatever they want and kind of leave the Indie car officiating body out of the whole strategy business.
• 4:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: But that being said, that the stuff they've done has been, it's improved racing and it's improved the quality that we see on TV, which is a huge use aspect for Indie car.
• 4:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, we know exactly what would happen if they didn't implement that stuff because that would be Formula One.
• 4:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we know exactly what formula one is and no, thank you.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: That or Alex blow has won every race.
• 5:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, but again, I want to emphasize this, even with Alex blow goes out and wins every race.
• 5:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: He's usually being pushed and the race is endowed.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: By biggest problem with Formula One isn't that the same guy wins every week.
• 5:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: Instead after the third lap, I know exactly what's going to happen.
• 5:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: It'd be interesting to see if Polo can hold on to his lead.
• 5:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: Actually, you know, hold on to that second place with Kirkwood ahead of two points.
• 5:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I know Greg, you mentioned maybe an indie car triple crown.
• 5:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: I guess what were your thoughts on that?
• 5:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: I've been saying this for a long time.
• 5:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: I thought during the IRL days, I wrote a column, you need to have some kind of triple crown like they used to have in the old days on ovals.
• 5:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: It would have been easy to do a triple crown or a grand slam.
• 5:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: Look, when you increase the stakes of races, more people watch.
• 5:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think they should do an oval triple crown.
• 5:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think they should do a road course street course, oval triple crown.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think they're missing out with the marketing of that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And Long Beach would be the perfect one to do that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's been around forever.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It would be the way to reward a venue that has been loyal to IndyCar.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: I really think that something that I need to do.
• 6:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think would have to be Indianapolis Long Beach in Rhode America.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What do you thoughts on that?
• 6:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's such a great course.
• 6:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know that it's considered a big event.
• 6:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Um, maybe they get something like Arlington this last year.
• 6:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I don't know if there's a story course that goes back like Long Beach does that kind of is a fabric of the series.
• 6:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's still not the same.
• 6:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's not the same.
• 6:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think the ones that are the jewels right now are Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Long Beach.
• 6:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, but yeah.
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: There's all kinds of different things you could do, and I don't even have the idea off the top of my head right now, which races would be what.
• 7:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: But I think doing a triple crown, doing a grand slam, I think it could really help.
• 7:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: I remember people talking about it in the 70s, when Alonzer and E.J.
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: Foyt, and those guys were racing for triple crowns.
• 7:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: I remember it being a big deal.
• 7:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think they're missing out a little on that.
• 7:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think you're wrong when you think about an idea like this, where it's really going to show up big is in the promotions.
• 7:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you've got one or two people, maybe if you have somebody maybe trying to sweep all three triple crown races, would be great, great for indie cards to hop on and advertise like that because you'll come to the ones that I got or even put a price bullet at the end.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, it just feels different for for each event and there's an emphasis on that and there should be the same thing in any car for sure other than the 500, which there's no doubt always has an emphasis on that like it always will.
• 8:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: What are your people's ideas, Elijah?
• 8:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it would work and and talking about the 500, it's all bit binken firm to kind of breaks my heart that.
• 8:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Cool and heard a and a dready are are totally ruling out a fourth entry for the Indianapolis 500 as.
• 8:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: Formula 2 commits to racing that weekend in Canada due to the current war with Iran right now.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a shame we're not going to see another Andrade in the field, especially because they've been so strong around the Dinapless in years past.
• 8:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: The worst part of it is if Andrade puts out a fourth car, it's a car that can win.
• 8:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: And it's a bit of a bummer as a guy who likes to see the Andrade team be successful, but they're not going to have a fourth option, but the three that they have will certainly be contenders.
• 8:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I wonder if maybe Colton was their only plan all along because they have a fourth car ready and they've got the team members ready to run that fourth car at a drop of a hat, uh, which is a shame because I feel like, you know, there are plenty of drivers out there in the world that could step into that seat, you know, I'd probably set
• 9:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: The reason, but there's time to drive us out there.
• 9:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: You talk about Kyle and Milo and others.
• 9:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a shame.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we're even going to get to 33.
• 9:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: Right.
• 9:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's going to be awfully close.
• 9:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think right now we're 31 confirmed.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think the 32 is going to be Jacob Abel, Marshall Purr, a disdemeurporting the past couple weeks, the Abel Motorsports, which has been an indie next for years in our well-off organization, and very well-founded,
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: are going to be able to feel day off a car for the 500 and obviously uh... Jacob able would be in the car for that which i'm here for a new look at smaller teams come to the five hundred you think of dryer and i'm a little Jacob able motorsports come out there uh... i think it'd be great a little kid it's gonna be same though he definitely won't have that Miller high-life delivery like it did last year uh... i wish he would the daddy's Sullivan
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It also confirms that that Prima is going to be out for the 500, but there's been some rumors that they're going to try to scrounge some money up and maybe make a late season post after May.
• 10:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: But what are your thoughts on that?
• 10:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: I kind of point at view is why not just wait until the next season and get fully funded again to get back up on your feet.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me get a full season under your belt.
• 10:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: My question is, why wouldn't you run Indy?
• 10:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: There's definitely more to gain from running Indy than running the rest of the season and they were good at Indy last year or wait till next season.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know why you would start after the 500, when if it was their first season, I'd get it.
• 10:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: But they just did, why I think with the 500, it's probably just a cost of the 500 alone for two entries, the whole thing running and stuff
• 11:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: I would guess that that month alone would probably cost some teams three to four full race weekends at other tracks.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Alright Elijah, let's make some picks.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: Awesome, let's get to it.
• 11:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: Elijah, I think it's probably too easy to go pillow Kirkwood here.
• 11:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I'm probably not going to do that, but who's your picked-away in this race?
• 11:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: I am going to go too easy.
• 11:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: You look at a guy like Kyle Kirkwood the way he's been driving this season, and the way he's performed, especially on streets.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just think he's too good, and then Dready is just a man known to be an absolute rocket ship around Long Beach.
• 11:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to have to go Kirkwood, even though it's boring, I think if he keeps a lead on below in the championship, the longer he kind of can keep that lead, the more interesting this whole season turns out to be.
• 12:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know what?
• 12:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: I am going to, I'm going to go boring too.
• 12:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm going to take below.
• 12:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm just going to not pick Kirkwood in my top three.
• 12:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's all I'm going to keep it not boring.
• 12:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: But you're right.
• 12:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: Those without question the top two, I'm going to, I'm going to say will power.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think this might be his weekend.
• 12:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's a prove it to me weekend.
• 12:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I like that.
• 12:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I can see Will bouncing back.
• 12:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's ran arguably pretty well.
• 12:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's really
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: uh... getting to little skirmishes here and there it's been unfortunate the way seasons gone but if you look at the way he's raised i've been pretty impressive on the track other than qualifying and i'm kind of going to stick with that and dready vibes uh... i've got Marcus airson in my second place i'm sitting seven right now in the points and has been really really solid on the streets obviously was able to put in a good performance in Saint p in another good performance in arlington as well the two other street courses
• 13:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: Any cars been through this year and I look forward to him kind of keeping that up because obviously it's no secret.
• 13:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a it's a contract year for Ericsson and I'm just not about it.
• 13:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: I like the way he races and I think he's good for Indy car.
• 13:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: So if he can keep on the season he's having I think it'd be big for him.
• 13:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: So you and I both have the same idea for a second place a an Androidy driver.
• 13:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm interested to hear your third with a pillow and then will power.
• 13:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's old man we can't I like that.
• 13:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think Scott Dixon needs a good weekend I think it's a prove it weekend for both of them.
• 13:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: Scott Dixon.
• 13:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: They were asked to prove it a thing again.
• 13:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: Don't get me wrong I just and If if there's a contender in there, we kind of need to see it this weekend for both of them.
• 13:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: No way He's been off to a a little bit of a rockier start that we're used to that being said He's still Scott Dixon.
• 13:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's still there, but just hasn't been able to close it down on these races and
• 14:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: My third place I'm gonna have to go below.
• 14:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just think he's too good not to be on the podium and I feel like an idiot if I didn't put him on there.
• 14:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, me too.
• 14:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm probably gonna feel like an idiot when the race is over and Kirkwood is the winner as well.
• 14:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: It just would seriously, I was putting my list together and I'm like, Kirkwood or Polo, Polo or Kirkwood.
• 14:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: I was like, that's just too boring.
• 14:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: There's no way it's gonna happen like that, right?
• 14:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: So, well now that we've talked about the whole time, it'll be Lungart.
• 14:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's right, that's a good, good, good, good, gone, Lindar, man, he's having a great season.
• 14:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: One thing before we go, Elijah, I found an interesting, any car set out there, rookie of the year, standings.
• 14:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I realized that they're like last, the three last drivers in the standings.
• 14:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's not good.
• 14:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think Stingray Lobba's in there as well, good.
• 14:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: Not good, but I didn't wanna say,
• 14:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: that we have seen good stuff from all three of you look at this however had a good week at St. Pete the cow colette's been racy at times in the foi car I'm still not really sold on make sure marker it's just been nothing but pretty much bad he had that good qualifying in Phoenix but then turn around and ran a horrible race and was at the back of the pack I need
• 15:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: It looked like he was going to be a contender.
• 15:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: He was as fast as anybody, and I just don't know what happens from there.
• 15:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's been good in qualifying in sessions, but gets for the race.
• 15:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just think he's maybe out of it a little bit.
• 15:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Not probably used to the car fully.
• 15:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I think when you look at the any car schedule with this, how much running that he's about to do at the on the oval to 500, I would be surprised if he's pretty competitive there, just because he's going to get a lot of time in that seat throughout the month of May.
• 15:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: Just a reminder of the race fans, it's going to be a PM start time on Sunday, it'll be the latest, this race has ever ran.
• 15:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: I like that Sunday evenings, they tried it once last year, I think it worked out pretty well.
• 16:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: Nothing wrong with it.
• 16:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: I love it.
• 16:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: I love it.
• 16:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: First practice is going to be a Friday at 6 p.m.
• 16:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Qualifying is going to be the next day on that Saturday, starting at 6 30 p.m.
• 16:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're running a little bit behind, the fast six is going to start at 7.45, so I get to do a good time frame of when that's going to get really intense, see that fast six.
• 16:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then the race is going to be on 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, the latest start time for long beaches and race history.
• 16:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: And that's on Fox and looking forward to seeing what they do.
• 16:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: We saw a lot of different angles at.
• 16:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: St. Pete this year and it's gonna be interesting to see what they do here as well.
• 16:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: I assume qualifying is on FS1.
• 16:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, it should be really good.
• 16:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll be interested to see what Fox can do.
• 16:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: Especially in the hairpin, you get the fountain there.
• 16:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm looking forward to a good race weekend at a legendary indie car track.
• 17:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much Elijah.
• 17:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
• 17:45
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