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My Stern Message To NASCAR In This Trial & Thank You Fans! | Coffee With Kenny · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Happy Friday morning, everybody. I was able to scroll last night
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  and catch up on the NASCAR court case.
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  It's kind of like I said yesterday, the documents, you
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  know, they don't lie. And Jeffrey Kessler, which is
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  Michael Jordan's attorney, they grilled Steve O'Donnell, who is
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  now the president, who is now the president of NASCAR.
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  They just grilled Steve O'Donnell about everything he
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  said in the emails. And I think that is going to be
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  the case. As I said on Thursday, be
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  careful what you text, be careful what you e-mail, 'cause
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  if you ever get in trouble, it's going to come back to haunt
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  them. So there's one thing that stood
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  out to me that I do want to talk about.
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  By the way, there seems to be controversy with these great
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  mugs. These mugs are the best.
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  SO10 oz goes right above the Sunoco logo.
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  So 10 ounces of coffee goes right there.
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  You get more for your money at shopkennywallace.com.
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  These are big coffee mugs. These aren't your normal little
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  bitty coffee mugs. These are big ones.
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  So everybody goes, Kenny, you move that coffee mug around, no
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  coffee comes out. It's because it's big.
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  See there? It's because it's big.
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  OK, One thing that stood out to me was NASCAR has got to quit
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  losing money like they are now. They they went to Mexico this
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  year, 2025, and they lost $6 million on logistics.
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  You know, I have no idea how, but when I ran the Nationwide
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  Series, remember it was the Bush Series, Nationwide, Xfinity, and
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  now this year it's O'Reilly Auto Parts.
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  Well, I ran Mexico City a couple, three times and we all
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  went down there just fine with no problems.
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  But I guess they took the Cup cars down there and they lost
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  their ass. NASCAR reported they lost $6
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  million going to Mexico City. So I think moving forward, I'd
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  stay my lane. That's my message to NASCAR to
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  quit. Quit trying to venture out here
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  would be my controversial statement.
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  This would be my my statement to NASCAR.
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  Stay your lane and get things right at home.
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  Quit trying to venture out and get new.
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  We got problems right here in River City.
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  Let's make the people that love us happy.
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  Now, the other one blew my mind, but Steve O'Donnell had an
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  excuse and I hear it. This one blew my mind.
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  They lost NASCAR, lost $55 million in the three years that
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  they raced downtown at the Chicago St. course.
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  But he said we were able to get one of the TV contracts because
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  TV said if you don't go to Chicago, that could be a deal
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  breaker. We want you in downtown Chicago,
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  whatever. But they did three years in
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  Chicago and they lost $55 million.
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  So you take 55 and you take $661,000,000.
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  NASCAR lost $61 million in trying things out.
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  Hey, that doesn't count the LA Coliseum that I don't know what
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  about the LA Coliseum? I don't think that was a money
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  maker either. So my message to NASCAR guys,
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  here's my headlines. Quit losing money and let's take
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  care of the home base first. I think that'd be a good start.
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  I am so humbled. I'm telling you, I'm so thankful
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  all of you shocked me yesterday. On Thursday, we had the most
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  incredible crowd at our race shop that I've ever had in all
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  the years I've lived here. The people just kept coming and
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  coming from all over America, You name it.
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  At 6:00 in this in the morning yesterday, I looked up there and
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  I said, Oh my God, there's people here at 6:00 AM.
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  Went up there, made that video that you all saw people here
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  from Tennessee right away. Michigan, New York, Iowa,
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  Illinois. I couldn't.
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  I couldn't believe it. So I'm forever humbled.
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  Look at me. What?
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  Look. Oh my God.
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  We had a banger of a day. It couldn't have gone any
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  better. And my family is back for more
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  today. Yes, they are my children.
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  They're going to be up there on this Friday.
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  Y'all come out now. We got another open house.
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  Now Kim and myself will not be here today or tomorrow, but we
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  have open house again today on this Friday from 9:00 to 1:00
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  and then tomorrow, Saturday, 9:00 to 1:00.
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  Come on out. Just like thousands of people
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  did yesterday. What you can expect is great
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  hospitality. We got free coffee, free coffee
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  and orange juice and they loved it.
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  Yesterday we didn't have any coffee left.
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  We went through 10 gallons of coffee.
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  I got 10 gallons of coffee. Well, I was going to get five.
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  I was going to get 5 gallons. And, and Kim said, no, we better
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  get 10 because that's what Dee taught her Detar.
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  You know, Dee is 1 of 10 kids. So they cooked and they made
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  everything big. And boy, am I glad I listened to
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  those 210 gallons of coffee and we didn't have 1/4 of an inch
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  left. So get some free coffee, get
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  some orange juice, enjoy the heat and look around.
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  Look at my my Race shop. Get your picture taken under the
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  Wallace Racing sign. And of course, my girls are
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  going to be there and they're selling merchandise.
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  Kim, you ready to go on a cruise?
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  You are? Yeah.
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  What? Are you waiting on?
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  I'm going to get in the shower in a minute.
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  We got to go down Interstate 55. They got a, they got a fire on
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  27270. Yeah.
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  Oh yeah. I got to go down.
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  OK, You got to get ready now then.
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  Yeah, I'm getting ready. Let me finish you.
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  Might have to go around because everybody's got to go downtown.
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  Right. Yeah, we got to go a different
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  way to the airport. Our plane boards at 9:38.
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  We're going to Charlotte, then to Fort Lauderdale.
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  OK. The Dome was a banger last
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  night. Congratulations to Bobby Pierce
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  on winning his qualifier and RTJ Ricky Thornton.
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  But a really good night down at the Dome.
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  Looks like you all had a good time.
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  It's like this every year, the first night's calm, then they're
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  going to lay the water to the racetrack.
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  They laid the water to it as they always, as a joke always
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  goes, oh, it rained inside the Dome.
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  So. So look for the racing to be a
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  little Wilder on this Friday night downtown at the Dome at
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  the Gateway Dirt Nationals. Alright, everybody have a great
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  Friday. Come to my race shop, take a
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  picture of the Wallace Racing sign, see my girls and check my
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  race car out and all my motors and everything's right there,
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  Everything's right there. Have a great Friday.