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Chaos at Markham: Crashes, Controversy, and Unexpected Stars · Fast Cars Fast Girls

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  Welcome to Fast Cars, Fast Girls. I'm Abbey Meyer. I'm Sarah Proctor.
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  And we'll be your host this week. We've got all kinds of things to talk about, per usual.
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  It's August, and we are just back to back to back to back. Yeah.
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  To back. Yes. But also, why did we piss off Mother Nature?
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  Oh, my goodness. We probably should start with that being in Indiana,
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  because there have been storms, power outages. flooding, all kinds of issues in Indiana this week.
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  There were tornadoes after I left work today. Like, I missed them by,
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  like, a few minutes, or they were forming and trying to go down.
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  So, yeah, over it. I bet you are. Over it.
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  But, yes, the rain, the stuff.
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  Oh, and I do have to say, the Reese lady's flower shop did not get wet.
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  Oh, good. But I'm glad to hear that was okay.
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  So I'm excited about that too. Well, good. I'm glad to hear that.
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  But yes, if you guys have gotten storm damage, so sorry.
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  Or if you guys feel, donate. Look at all the good places. Red Cross.
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  Look locally. Get all that. Get all that.
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  I was definitely thinking about that because it's just absolutely wild.
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  It was. Yeah, it's been horrible for a lot of people. So awfully sorry to any
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  of you that have been impacted by that, for sure.
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  Yes, a library said that none of their books that they've lost are covered because
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  they were not in a floodplain.
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  So they didn't have to have flood insurance.
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  Oh, that's insane. Gotta love that. Gotta love that.
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  Isn't the definition of a floodplain an area by a body of water that floods?
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  Yep. Like, isn't that, like, the fact that it flooded, doesn't that prove that
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  they are, in fact, in a floodplain?
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  Or it would not have flooded? My goodness.
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  Yeah. I don't know. Insurance companies are crazy.
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  Yeah, they don't care much for logic. Nope.
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  Nope, that's not their jam. That is not their jam. So, all right,
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  well, let's get into Markham.
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  So, crazy start to the weekend. Track wasn't finished. Nope.
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  Sure was not. We talked about it a little bit last week that it might not be done, and it wasn't.
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  They had to move practice from Friday. There was no track activity Friday,
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  which, I mean, IndyCar still got in all of their track time,
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  but it really hosed the Junior Series.
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  Yes. Well, and then there were a ton of people there on Friday expecting to
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  see race cars, and there were not.
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  And from what I heard, there were a lot of things that they could do,
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  wise, booths to go see and stuff. But.
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  When you go hoping to see a race, you need to be seeing a race.
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  Yeah when you go hoping to see cars on track you need you expect the track to
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  be built and i feel like that's not unreasonable and it's not from a brand new race promoter they yeah,
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  i don't they put on multiple races every year they know what it takes they know
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  the effort they know the amount of work they know the amount of food the amount
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  of water the amount of beverages it is not their first rodeo,
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  and so there's no excuse well and,
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  you don't do roger penske dirty ever like once but if you do it again it's like yeah,
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  Would not recommend that. 10 out of 10. I did see Alex Plo going through and
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  signing autographs. So that was cool.
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  I just kind of wish a few more drivers would have gone up there too.
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  But I heard that a lot of drivers were making sure they were signing.
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  That's cool. Good for them. Good for them.
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  Well, I didn't get to see a lot of practicing qualls because I was on vacation this last weekend.
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  But I did watch the race and it was a wild. Chaos. I love it.
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  Anarchy all over the place. Yes. Oh, yes. So the good, the bad, the hairpin.
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  Everybody's like they need to change the hairpin. I kind of like the big crazy hairpin.
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  I mean, I'm here for the anarchy. I just think that they need to have a wider
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  berth on the other side of it.
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  And supposedly that hairpin is actually slower than Long Beach.
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  I listened to Hinch and Rossi.
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  Interesting. Oh, yeah, they did say it's the slowest turn on the whole circuit. So, ah.
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  But it was interesting. It caught people out. But I also liked it because Louis Foster got pulled.
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  Mm-hmm yeah what an unexpected pole sitter by the way did not expect that and kind of i mean,
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  i guess taking the lead and maybe keeping his seat for next show i yeah i feel like that for sure.
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  Kept that so yeah yeah for sure so congratulations to louis foster though unfortunately,
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  he did not finish the race,
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  no no yeah that was wild i was watching that and i was like oh that's the leader and he hit hard,
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  hard oh my goodness yes he did his wrists are good,
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  i hope so too going back to the possible ability of you know power assisted steering,
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  yeah the new car we'll see well and then also mick schumacher man he hit too,
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  yes he was up there and then crashed as well.
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  And then Graham had contact. And then the biggest one was Kirkwood.
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  Oh, yes. Well, and I have to say, the cinematography this weekend was not great by Fox.
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  And I really like what Fox does. But some of the camera eagles this weekend were bad.
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  Kind of boring. Well, but also like all of a sudden, like they were showing
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  like cars going by, but it wasn't like a leader or a story car.
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  And then they had, you know, all that they didn't have what happened.
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  And you just see Kyle Kirkwood's car just like, I mean, you can connect the dots, but still.
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  But yeah, you didn't actually get to witness it. No, that was definitely a little
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  frustrating in the broadcast.
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  Which, yeah, that's not been typical of them.
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  But they, it just, I mean, nobody had their shit together this last weekend is what it felt like.
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  No, and then, yeah, Rojan almost winning a race again. Yeah.
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  Which, don't get me wrong, I love that Erickson won, but I was hoping a little
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  bit that Grosjean was going to pull one out and win.
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  I mean, for as much anarchy as there was in the rings.
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  I wouldn't have minded Grosjean winning because he's usually here for the anarchy,
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  so it would have vibed. Yes.
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  Well, and ever since he walked away from that insane crash, I've always,
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  you know, would like to see him. Yeah.
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  Yeah, I'd like to see him succeed. I agree. I feel the same way.
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  So, well, moving on, we've got Will Power in third place.
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  And Andretti on the podium, and Will was on there. So, yeah, it's exciting.
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  Yeah, and he was making some moves in the last 15 laps of that race.
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  I mean, he was making some moves all race, but...
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  He really worked to get that third place. And then Alex Plo was fourth.
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  He messed up in qualifying.
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  He is human, guys. He is human.
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  He sure is. Well, that's another thing. Markham caught out Alex Plo.
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  So that's kind of awesome.
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  Yeah. And fifth, we had Pato Award.
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  He had a good race. He needed it. And he got a lot of flack because he,
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  last week, he said something that he doesn't do simulators.
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  So he didn't like simulators.
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  Gotcha. He would get a lot of flack for that.
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  Finishing in sixth, we had Christian Lungard. Yes.
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  Yep. Good race for him. Very good race. And then we had Renis Fiquei seventh.
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  Another good race. Another good run. So, and especially those two finished,
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  They kind of had their own little battle because they're both rumored to be
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  going after coveted seats.
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  They are. So they did have their own battle. Yeah, that was good to watch.
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  And then in eighth, we had Scott McLaughlin. Matthias Penske.
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  Yes.
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  Ninth, Graham Rahal. Yeah, RLL was going to be doing awesome.
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  Like, all three of those cars were doing so great. And then Mick crashed. Louie crashed.
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  And then the veteran, Graham, bringing home a top 10.
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  Yep, bringing home a top 10 finish. Mm.
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  Yep. Tenth place, Santino Ferrucci. Hey, that's a Foyt top 10.
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  Yes, it is. Yes, it is. And the Foyt team.
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  Yes, and then coming in, surprisingly, outside of the top ten, Stingray Robb.
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  Yeah. Had a heck of a race. Finishing 11th. Heck of a race. He did have a heck of a race.
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  And he finished ahead of a Penske driver.
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  Yes, he did. A couple of Penske drivers. Two Penske drivers.
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  He finished ahead of, what, two, one Aaron McLaren driver.
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  Yeah, not bad at all.
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  Heck of a drive for Stingray Rob. Coming in 12th was Nolan Siegel.
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  Yep, and that was another good drive for him, too.
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  It was. Yep. And then in 13th, surprising with Joseph Newgarden.
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  Yeah. Yeah. You know, it seems like maybe one Penske car will do well and the
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  other two just haven't done that great. Yeah.
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  But I also, I don't know. It feels to me like Joseph's just there this year.
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  Yeah, I don't know. It's,
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  not been his best season, that's for sure. And I'm surprised.
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  And I know he's super hard on himself, but it's just like...
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  Yeah. Yeah, it's interesting. In 14th, we've got Kiffin Simpson. Yeah.
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  And then in 15th, Dennis Hauger.
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  And 16th, Marcus Armstrong. Which he caused a very interesting yellow and got,
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  penalized for not following directions of the safety car crew.
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  Well, they will do that. One of the IMS photographers had a good angle of his
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  car and the guy doing the stop.
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  Doing the hold sign. It was a very good picture. Oh, that's great.
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  Yes. And then in 17th is David Malukas, which was very unusual for him.
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  And then 18th, Scott Dixon.
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  Speaking of unusual.
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  Alexander Rossi having another dismal race. Oh, he was.
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  Kyle Collette barely finished ahead of him in 19th. Yeah. Another 20th place finish for the 20 car.
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  Oh, I hate to say that. Well, and then like we talked about Kirkwood finishing 21st was not, you know.
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  I believe we both picked him to be, like, in the podium. We both did. We sure did.
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  And when he was out, I thought to myself, oh, serves me right.
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  I said he was going to be on the podium. And Louis Foster, man,
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  he's the one that got away.
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  I mean, he had a three-second gap when he was leading. Oh, yeah,
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  he did. Yes, and then poor Christian Rasmussen had a bad day, and so did Felix.
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  And then Mick was the first one out, Which he was running pretty well, too.
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  So he was actually they were talking about all the rookies doing really well
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  at this track because they were on this like the same playing field as all the other drivers.
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  Nobody had seen it. So, yeah, since it was a brand new track for everybody.
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  I thought it was an entertaining race.
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  Chaos. Yes, people said it was like the first year at Nashville where Marcus
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  Erickson so happened to win. So apparently Marcus Erickson likes the chaotic races.
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  Right. He does well with the chaos. It looked fun. I mean.
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  It did look fun. And I'm excited to watch it next year. Hopefully they have
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  the track built on time and have all the concessions and things sorted out.
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  Yes. And it sounds like there's supposed to be more buildings built around that
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  we're in the process of building. So.
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  Yes. Well, fingers crossed. Fingers crossed.
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  Well, excellent. Well, we are moving right on in to another race.
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  Yes. This weekend. The Freedom 250.
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  The Freedom 250. So America turned 250 this year, and we are having the Freedom
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  250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.
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  You guys, some of these car liveries that are going to be running this weekend, chef's kiss.
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  Like, they're cool. They are so cool.
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  They look so good. Like, patriotic, it's, yes.
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  Patriotic AF. Rahal Letterman, Lanigan Racing, one of their cars has the Constitution on it.
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  I love that. That's cool. That's
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  cool. But the only thing I'm kind of sad about, we've had this before.
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  We should have somebody running a car representing all the branches of the military.
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  And we don't have that. I agree.
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  And I feel like that was kind of a mess. Don't get me wrong.
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  I love the Constitution. I love all the patriotic colors.
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  Sure. But we should have an Army car. We should have a Navy car. We should have Marines.
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  Yeah and also coast guard sure we'll throw also,
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  an air force car and i also wish we kind of had one of the gurney eagle cars
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  from like back in the car days but have it with the big eagle that was on the
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  front of it but then you know red right and blue like,
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  yes yes i wish i wish we had that but i the deliveries though are pretty cool
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  so i can't complain but i just kind of wish we could have had cars representing the armed forces,
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  just a little bit a little bit more like connor daly's,
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  air force cars.
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  Those were such good looking cars such good looking libraries all right well
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  it is the inaugural race so,
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  we don't have any past winners we don't have any past records it's all going
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  to be history history in the making for us but also i can say there are pictures
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  they are working on the track now,
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  if we want to you know.
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  Put that. They are painting the streets. They have the flag stand up.
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  Hey, so they're ahead of a Markham, at least.
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  No. Moving in the right direction? Well, it is the streets of Washington,
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  D.C., and it is a 1.7-mile, seven-turn
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  temporary street course that goes counterclockwise in Washington, D.C.
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  And I have the backdrop of all the, you know, really cool landmarks.
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  Yes, which is awesome. I think that the visuals and the camera angles and everything
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  will just be fantastic for this race.
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  Yeah, I think so, too. And the race distance is 147 laps or 250 miles.
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  It was not originally this.
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  They dropped the 250 just a couple weeks ago.
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  That is true. They just lengthened it just a little bit, which I like it.
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  I like it. Keep it concise. Yes, it's going to be long. But like,
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  yeah, it's the 250 grid, the Freedom 250, keep it 250 miles.
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  I like it. I like that symmetry. But here's the thing.
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  They gave out free tickets. So all those people with the free tickets are going
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  to get their money's worth for 250 laps. Yes, they are.
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  Yes, they are. And our drivers will have 150 seconds of total push to pass time,
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  with a maximum time of 15 seconds per activation per usual.
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  Yep. And then the hybrid, they'll get 265 kilojoules per lap of the hybrid energy,
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  the hybrid energy that some people like, some people don't.
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  Yes, it is highly contested.
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  People feel very strongly. Yes, very strongly. Very strongly.
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  The Firestar and Tire allotment is the same as usual for Road and Street courses.
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  Six sets of primaries, five sets of alternates to be used during the event weekend.
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  Teams fielding a rookie may use one additional set of primary tires.
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  Teams must use one set of primary and two sets of alternate tires for at least
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  two laps in the race. Yes, and the IndyCar radio is powered by only Bulls,
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  so you can listen to them. Excellent.
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  And you can, of course, make sure that you get all the action on social media,
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  by following at Freedom250GP or at IndyCar.
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  And, of course, we'll be covering everything, so make sure that you're following
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  us on all of our social media at Fast Cars, Fast Girls. Yes,
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  unfortunately from our couches. Yes, we will not be there in person. We will.
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  So. We'll be doing the best we can.
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  We sure will. Now, it is a two-day event, so it's just Saturday and Sunday, Saturday, August 22nd.
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  From 9.05 to 10.30 a.m. is practice one on FS1, and that's Eastern Time.
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  And then from 1.05 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
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  Is practice two on FS2.
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  And from 5 to 6.30 p.m. is qualifying, also on FS2.
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  And then Sunday, August 23rd, our warm-up is on FS1 from 9.15 to 9.45 a.m.
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  11.30 is when the Fox pre-race show will be on air.
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  1.06 p.m. is driver start your engines and 1.13 is green flag.
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  You know, I kind of like these brunch start time, especially if I'm at home
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  because I can make a nice little breakfast, enjoy, or I can watch it at a brunch place going on too.
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  So it's a fun little. I like it. I like it when I'm out of place also because
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  then the race is over to reasonable time and I can get back home.
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  And Alex Pillow is still leading the championships with four races to go for
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  the fifth time in his IndyCar series career.
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  He's won it back in 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
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  And he has led the point standings after 10 of the 14 races this season.
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  There are still nine drivers that are mathematically eligible for the championship.
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  Alex Filo, Kyle Kirkwood, David Malukas, Christian Lundgaard,
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  Padua Ward, Joseph Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, and Felix Rosenquist, and Marcus Erickson.
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  Any driver who trails the points leader by 162 points or more following this
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  race will be eliminated from contentions.
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  Yes, and since 2008, the IndyCar Series racing under the NTT IndyCar Series
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  banner, the eventual series champion, has won the 15th race of the season three times.
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  The most recent occurrence was in 2005 with Dan Weldon at Chicagoland Speedway,
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  and the other drivers to win the 15th race of their championship was Sam Hornish Jr.
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  Back in 2002 and Juan Pablo Montoya back in 1999.
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  All right.
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  Key championship point statistic, since 2008, the largest deficit overcome by
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  the eventual champion was 59 points by Dario Franchitti in 2010.
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  Scott Dixon overcame Juan Pablo Montoya's 54-point lead in 2015.
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  The top two drivers in the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series championship standings,
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  Alex Pillow and Kyla Kirkwood, are separated by 133 points.
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  The point differential, the 133 points that separate Pillow and Kirkwood,
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  is the largest point margin since 2008.
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  Before this season, the average lead with four races to go since 2008 was 35.7
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  points. Dang. Which is crazy.
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  That is crazy. Yeah. Yes. That's wild. And the Freedom 250 this weekend will
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  be the first NTT IndyCar Series event on the streets of Washington, D.C.
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  Although they have been close in nearby Baltimore when they ran from 2011 to 2013,
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  the 250 mile race distance makes it the second longest street or temporary circuit
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  race in IndyCar series history.
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  Excellent. It is the sixth Road to Street Circuit to debut on the IndyCar Series calendar since 2021.
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  Chip Ganassi Racing Drivers won three debut races.
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  Marcus Erickson won the inaugural Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on the streets of Nashville in 2021.
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  Alex Flo won the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear when it debuted
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  on its new course in downtown Detroit in 2023 and at the Thermal Club in 2025.
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  Android Global Drivers have won the last two debut events. Kyle Kirkwood won
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  on the streets of Arlington in March, and Marcus Erickson won on the streets
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  of Markham last weekend.
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  The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.
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  Is the last of the six temporary street circuits of the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series schedule.
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  Alex Blow won at St. Petersburg on March 1st, Long Beach on April 19th,
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  and Detroit on May 31st. Kirkwood won on the streets of Arlington on March 15,
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  and Erickson won on the streets of Markham on August 16.
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  And then exciting milestones, and this is awesome.
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  Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 372nd consecutive start,
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  extending his record streak.
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  Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 271st consecutive start,
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  the third longest streak in IndyCar series history.
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  Joseph Newgarden will attempt to make his 248th consecutive start,
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  tying Marco Andretti for the fourth longest streak in IndyCar series history.
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  Dixon can also extend his record to 434 career starts with a start on Sunday.
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  And Scott McLaughlin is scheduled to make his 100th IndyCar series start.
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  Wow, that's going to be a big one for Scott.
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  That is. That's exciting. I love him. I love having him in the series.
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  That's going to be really cool.
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  I mean, that would be kind of cool if he won. It would be super cool to win
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  on your 100. Yeah, that would be, yeah.
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  Too bad it's not, too bad. I wonder if it's anybody's 250th start.
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  That'd be crazy. Well, Joseph Newburn's close. He's at 248th. Yeah.
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  It would have been cool if somebody was going for their 250th and they would win their 250th.
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  It really would, yeah. Yeah. It would be great. Yeah.
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  So, I'm, it should be interesting. It should be. I'm curious to see the fanfare.
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  I'm curious to see if the crowd shows up.
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  Yeah. Because they did say back, I think, earlier this summer,
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  that they had over 200,000 people wanting the free tickets. So.
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  Wow. That's awesome.
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  I'm curious to see how it goes.
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  I am, too. I hope it's a good race. I hope so, too. I hope so,
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  too. I know they've promoted this big time, so...
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  We'll see. Yeah. We shall see. So who do you think is going to podium on this one?
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  Well, I don't know that I want to say anybody because I feel like I might be a jinx. Yeah.
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  Yeah. I know, right? Yeah. Okay, let's do Scott Dixon. Okay.
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  Marcus Erickson and Graham Rahal.
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  Okay I'm gonna go Kyle Kirkwood okay cause he's there,
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  I'm going to go with Willpower and then,
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  I'm gonna go Pato I'm gonna go Pato and then the highest American driver,
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  I'll go Kirkwood again with that. If we're gonna...
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  I think that's a good bet. I think Kirkwood's a good bet for the highest American.
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  Who do you think the highest American's gonna go? Graham. Okay.
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  Fair. It was between Kirkwood and Graham.
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  Yeah. Yeah, I'll say Graham. Yes. Now, will Palo get pull?
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  I'm gonna say no. Okay. I'm going to say yes because I'm sure he was picked.
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  I don't think I've ever seen Alex below, like, lose his cool.
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  No. That's true. Unless he, like, does it, like, internally. Privately, right?
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  Unless him losing his cool is just smiling bigger.
• 27:30
  That's how Alex below loses his cool. He just smiles. Yes.
• 27:35
  Yeah. He's so nice. He is so nice. God, he is the nicest guy.
• 27:41
  You can't even dislike him.
• 27:44
  He's just, and he's so humble. Yes. It makes it, it just makes it impossible to hate him.
• 27:52
  Well, moving on to the rest of the season and next year.
• 27:58
  Silly season updates. What do you got for us this week? Well,
• 28:03
  if you guys listened to F1, Yuki Tsunoda is supposedly rumored to want to come over to IndyCar.
• 28:12
  Oh, okay. He's actually driving for the racing bulls this weekend at Zandort.
• 28:20
  So, I don't know. That would be kind of cool. That would be cool.
• 28:23
  It would be cool. I wonder where he would go. Yeah. I don't know.
• 28:27
  I mean, I'm always torn because I'm all about, you know, people coming in.
• 28:31
  But then we have so many people in the ladder series that I want to have seats
• 28:36
  and so many people that already don't have a seat that I want to have seats.
• 28:39
  I would say maybe Meyers Schenck.
• 28:41
  That's true. A pseudo-Ganasi team.
• 28:46
  Yeah. Unless they get rid of it. We don't know the lions. But yeah.
• 28:50
  And then I also saw that Mick Schumacher had some money and a new sponsor.
• 28:56
  So that should help him find something.
• 29:00
  That should. That should help secure a seat for him for sure. Oh, yeah.
• 29:04
  Really all I've heard.
• 29:06
  Well, we don't break the news.
• 29:11
  We fix it.
• 29:14
  We're just here. We're just here. enjoying it yeah yeah no we don't break news
• 29:18
  that's not what we do real reporters real journalists do that that that is not
• 29:24
  what we are here for we are entertainment news i was sad i couldn't go,
• 29:28
  tuesday to the state fair or the other day yeah tuesday um,
• 29:33
  because connor daly and lungard were serving in the dairy,
• 29:40
  i know i saw that i didn't get home till super late tuesday night and i was
• 29:44
  so bummed because i absolutely would have gone to see them i i i have not been
• 29:49
  to the state fair yet it's going to happen,
• 29:53
  i know i haven't been yet either i need to go this week before i start my new
• 29:55
  job next week oh but yes i love their grilled cheeses and their milkshakes yeah i'm,
• 30:02
  gonna have to cheat and eat some gluten for that grilled cheese and i don't
• 30:05
  even care yeah i'm gonna eat i'm gonna eat gluten the day i go to the state
• 30:07
  fair it's just it can't be helped oh and.
• 30:11
  Well, but they do have gluten-free options now, so you just have to find them. That's true.
• 30:18
  You just have to find them. That is true. So, well, and then we have a little bit of sad news.
• 30:23
  Oh, yes. Guys, I'm not okay about this.
• 30:29
  Racer is discontinuing their hard copy of the Racer magazine.
• 30:35
  Yeah, end of an era. I remember my dad getting it all the time when I was little,
• 30:40
  and i would look through all the race cars and,
• 30:44
  you know and then i'd read it later on and we have a ton of them down in the
• 30:48
  basement but i and yes they'll have their stuff online but it's just yes i like,
• 30:57
  i like having a book in hand or yeah i like a tangible yes yeah and,
• 31:05
  that means we're I know.
• 31:07
  I know. But like, you know, reading my 17 magazine poolside or my Cosmo girl or my Teen Vogue.
• 31:16
  Oh, Teen Vogue.
• 31:19
  They were just fun and you looked forward to it. Oh, especially the quizzes. I love the quizzes.
• 31:25
  The quizzes or the perfume samples.
• 31:30
  Now, those weren't in, you know, the racer magazines, but. Sure. You know, but just.
• 31:39
  Yeah. But you know what I mean? Just. Yes. But still, it's, yeah,
• 31:43
  the nostalgia of just magazines in general. Yes.
• 31:48
  Or when I was like. Can you imagine if they had perfume samples in Racer?
• 31:51
  They could. They would probably have like Ralph Lauren or, you know, the clones. Yeah.
• 31:57
  Yeah. But still. Diesel. Yes. Or, you know, just have like one of the open the
• 32:02
  little perfume samples and it's just, you know, straight motor oil smell. That's an all. Yeah.
• 32:08
  Motor oil. Kind of like the Pato thing of the other year. Right.
• 32:12
  Yeah. Very clearly. Oh, man. But yeah.
• 32:15
  So, no, I'm. Yeah.
• 32:18
  Call me old. Call us old millennials. It's just. It's just sad. I'm a reader.
• 32:24
  I'm a reader. I don't. I don't even have a Kindle. Like, I'm old school book.
• 32:30
  I do both because sometimes I forget the book and I lose it and leave it places.
• 32:36
  So I have a Kindle app on my phone.
• 32:39
  But I do have regular books as well. I read my books in the pool.
• 32:41
  So I don't want to get my Kindle wet if I had a Kindle. Well, that makes sense.
• 32:49
  So, but yes. And speaking of books, actually, Marco Andretti is bringing out
• 32:53
  a book. He just posted that on Instagram.
• 32:57
  The other day. So I'm excited. Well, that's cool. We're trying to have a book. A memoir.
• 33:02
  So it should be good. It should be good. That should be. Are you so excited?
• 33:06
  I am very excited. I bet you are.
• 33:09
  Yes. I'll read that. Have you signed up for the pre-order yet?
• 33:13
  I have not. I gotta look into that. My week this week has been crazy, so.
• 33:18
  You've had a crazy week. You have. I have not, but I need to get on that.
• 33:22
  But I was like liking it. I was like, yes.
• 33:27
  I love that. I love that for you. So, all right. Well, I think that's it. Yes, be ready to watch.
• 33:34
  Should be entertaining. It'll
• 33:36
  be a good weekend. It'll be a weekend to talk about. That's for sure.
• 33:40
  It will be. And yeah, hope everybody stays safe. Hope Mother Nature stops being mad at us.
• 33:47
  And is nice to everybody for the next week. Please, please, please.
• 33:51
  I would like some sun. I would like to go to the pool before the end of Labor Day.
• 33:56
  But yeah, before the end of summer, I'm right there with you.
• 33:59
  I would love a little more pool time. I'm not quite as tan as I usually am at
• 34:02
  this time of year, and I don't like it.
• 34:04
  It means it's going to be a long winter for me. It's okay. I.
• 34:11
  Did my time when I was a lifeguard, so now I do SPF 70 or wear a big hat that
• 34:18
  if you see me at the racetrack, I usually wear.
• 34:20
  Well, I do protect the face, of course. That's the moneymaker.
• 34:24
  But, you know, the rest of the skin, I like to have a little bronze.
• 34:28
  I'll get mine from a bottle if I do it.
• 34:32
  Just as long as I don't go into the spray tan booth and, you know,
• 34:36
  I'll do the Ross from Friends.
• 34:39
  Exactly, yeah. I go in there and I like freeze up still anyway and I'm like,
• 34:45
  I'm like. Oh, because it's cold when they spray it on you too.
• 34:49
  Yeah, I'm not a fan. Not a fan. So, oh, all right. Well, I think that'll do it for Sarah.
• 34:56
  I'm Abby, and we'll see you at the racetrack.