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Oval Intricacies: From Rain Delays to Repeat Victories · Fast Cars Fast Girls

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  Welcome to fast cars fast girls my name is abby meyer and i'm sarah proctor
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  and let's and in the back let's just try that again okay well it was cute and
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  that's i mean and duchess and duchess,
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  and duchess and duchess who is back home and keeping the house safe,
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  all right we can leave it welcome to fast cars fast girls oh well it's been
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  a great great weekend because we got to see two oval races. We got to be there in person.
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  It was bittersweet because it was our last in-person IndyCar race this season,
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  but great weekend overall. God, I love the Milwaukee Mile.
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  I do too. So fun.
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  So fun. So fun.
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  And great food. Every track in Wisconsin has great track food.
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  I have not been to Road America. I still need to go. But yes, I will say that.
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  The cream puffs were amazing. I had one this year. I tried it.
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  I had part of one and then shared it with two friends because I really should
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  be gluten-free, but I just couldn't resist.
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  So I bought one because I knew that if I bought three, then I would eat three,
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  because I can't be trusted.
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  So yes, I bought one and I shared it. So I didn't have too many ill effects
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  from the gluten. I'm so mad. It just makes me I'm still mad I didn't get cheese curds, but,
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  I was,
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  trying to be good. I understand. All right, let's take a time off for a sec.
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  I think that is my grocery word. Yes.
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  And I'll just cut all this.
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  You're a good girl. Yes, you are. Yes. You're a good protector. Yeah.
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  Good girl. Thank you. Thank you for keeping me from being murdered.
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  Okay, go on. Go. Get. Go to your back. Go on.
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  Good girl. Okay. Okay.
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  Okay. Good girl. Then she always comes and sits next to me. Aw.
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  She's the last line of defense between me and whoever's coming through the door.
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  It's really sweet. And did I tell you? She doesn't bark when I'm not around.
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  Like when a human's not present. Aw.
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  Which is like some higher level thinking than I thought she was capable of.
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  But yeah oh they'll be so all right well i think the barking is done now,
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  okay so so you didn't get any cheese curds no cheese curds but that's okay but
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  i do say those little bar areas around the track are super fun,
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  they are super fun and they've got such a fun variety of drinks that they offer
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  at each place and and there were a lot of the the ready-to-drink cocktails the
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  ready-made in a can i had a brandy old-fashioned and it was delicious sounds good,
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  it was now the only thing i kind of wish they would do is like keep that little sky ride going but,
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  yes that'd be cool but i i would love to ride on that yes going around that
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  weekend i would love to ride on that i wish the wine tasting was kept open as well.
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  It just kind of hurt my feelings to drive by that sign every day and it'd be closed. All right.
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  But otherwise, great weekend. Yes. Well, even with the rain,
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  we do have to say the rain.
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  Yes, we did. The rain has shown up at all of the ovals this year.
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  At all of them. Which is every single one. What are the fucking odds?
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  But that's also like, speaking of that, everybody's complaining about Milwaukee this year.
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  Would they be complaining about it if it didn't rain no no absolutely not they wouldn't be,
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  which this is not okay sorry i shouldn't say every place had rain because i
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  do believe phoenix was sunny oh that's right but,
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  all the rest every other obel yes,
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  yeah well but phoenix i mean that's an outlier they have 362 days of sun per year,
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  so well for rain to be an issue there is,
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  rare right well yeah but still i mean most of the ovals had rain so yeah yeah
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  man and almost and and did we have any rain on any of the road courses,
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  Where we actually can run in the rain?
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  I don't think we did. Not that I can think of. I don't think we did have rain
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  on the road courses that I can remember.
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  Yeah, not that I can think of off the top of my head, which the irony is hilarious, honestly.
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  But also, I've been to more ovals this year than I ever have, so I'm here for it.
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  Heck yeah you have been a lot of ovals this year because you went to nashville
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  too i'm okay with it i'm okay with it nice just need to coach some more races in general saving up pto.
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  Always playing that game always playing the pto game uh there was one season
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  i went to every oval on the schedule and it was that was a great year yeah i'm yeah i'm just,
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  down i would love to go to laguna seca i've been to log beach i need to cross
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  the other california one off the track
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  off my california track off my bucket list so yes same i have not been out to
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  laguna seca which we're going to talk about that today as well because that is our,
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  our upcoming and final race of the season yes,
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  and alex flow wrapped up the championship this weekend as well He sure did.
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  He sure did, man. So do we want to get into it?
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  Yeah. So race one started. Started. And then Mother Nature decided otherwise.
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  Decided no thank you. No thanks.
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  Actually, maybe you won't have a race today. That's how it's going to work.
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  So that was fun. Yes. We thought we were going to get the track back.
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  They gave it the old college try, that's for sure. I will say I was in that
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  press conference, and it was a hard decision.
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  People can still scrutinize it.
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  But they were doing the best they could, so. Yeah.
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  I mean, all you can do is look at the radar and hope that things are going to,
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  roll your way, but you just don't know.
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  You don't have a crystal ball. You can't predict. Nope. So then Sunday rolls around.
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  So then we start with race two.
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  Well, we were supposed to start with race one in the morning. Yeah, no.
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  But then it was raining. Mother Nature decided again, too.
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  Oh, so then we start race two. Well, race one is still sequestered.
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  So tires have been taken off cars.
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  Fuel levels have been measured. They are doing everything possible so that they
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  can set these cars back to what they were,
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  when they halted the first race for whenever they get to it after we ran the second race.
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  The logistics involved at this weekend, I mean, could really make your head spin. Yeah.
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  Yes. Yeah. So we ran race two, which was a great race and it was beautiful and it was sunny.
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  Yes. They had a great anthem singer. I'll say that. Yes. She was very good.
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  She was excellent. Oh my goodness. She had some pipes.
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  But yes. Yes. So race two winner was Pato Award.
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  Yes, it was. Which was amazing.
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  Great race, great finish. He was having a hell of a day. Yep.
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  And then finished. And then we. Oh, go ahead.
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  I was going to say, and then we went back to finish race one after a little break.
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  So that the drivers could all get rehydrated, recover, etc. Yeah.
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  And then Hato won race one. Yeah. He won both races.
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  Back to back. And thanks to Mr. Dewey Barnes for his tweet.
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  Hato won double races on Bruce McLaren's birthday. Mind blown.
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  Oh, that's wild.
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  I did not know that. Well. I see it was fitting then. Very much so.
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  So hopefully Zach Brown was very happy with that.
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  I know Tony Kanaan was.
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  Yes, he was. He gave Pato the biggest hug. He was so excited. Yeah.
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  So excited. I love it. Well, and I love Pato, so I love that for him. Right.
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  And then the race winner, or the second place winner for race one,
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  One was David Maloukas, which he is so over getting second place.
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  So over it? He is over getting second place, but I'll tell you what,
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  I'm over his attitude about getting second place.
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  I, he's frustrated.
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  I get that, but you're a child, okay? Like, your frontal lobe is not even fully
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  formed, and you're coming in second in a professional sport with top-tier athletes.
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  You didn't just receive a terminal cancer diagnosis. Put a smile on your fucking face.
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  The, eh. They're being frustrated, and they're being a sore loser.
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  I don't know. He's frustrated.
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  I mean, I hear that, but he looks like an ass on a lot of the photos I took
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  this weekend. And I'm just like, why are you not smiling?
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  Like, you still came in second. I get that it wasn't first place.
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  You still came in second, though.
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  And I say this as somebody who, historically, not good at sports.
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  Played a lot of them. Really bad at them.
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  So I'm very good at being a good loser.
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  Like, I understand that feeling of wanting to do well and not doing well.
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  Well, you're still allowed to sit in your frustrations. Should he have thrown
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  Chevy under the bus? Probably not.
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  Probably not. But he's allowed to be frustrated.
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  He is allowed to be frustrated. That is true.
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  And then the second place finisher for race two was... Scotty Mac.
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  That's right. Which, that was a great race for him. Oh, my goodness. It was.
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  I mean, absolutely a great race for him. I definitely was. I love Scotty Mac.
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  And then the third place finisher for race one was Rita Svistka.
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  Rita Svistka. Who had one of the coolest helmets this weekend.
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  Yes, he did. And I'll tell you what, he couldn't have been more excited to be
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  on the podium again. It was very cool to see him.
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  I mean, I love when Renis is on the podium because he is just the happiest guy
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  alive. Like, just all smiles. Gave the firehawk a huge hug. Like, it was adorable.
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  And then... I love him. I love his parents. Yeah.
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  His wife could beat our butts. Yes, she could. Yes, she could.
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  And then race two coming in third is Christian Lungard, proving that he's not
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  too shabby on ovals. Yes. And,
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  Tony Kanan has made up his decision. We can make, you know, he said,
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  you know, we can judge him for it later, but he's still very much in with his decision.
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  Yeah. I mean, they've definitely got a goal in mind, that's for sure.
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  And then finishing fourth in race one was Scott McLaughlin again,
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  just finishing outside.
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  I would say Scotty Mack had a very good race this weekend.
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  And then finishing fourth in the second race was David Malukas.
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  So i mean two top five finishes for both yeah not a bad day no yeah definitely not bad at all,
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  yeah not bad for penske and then coming in fifths in race one was christian
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  rasgusson which was great race for him good race for him,
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  and then coming in fifth in race two alex below yeah.
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  Not bad. I mean, it's weird to see him not dominating winning.
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  Yeah, but it was still.
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  Basically, he just had to finish. Basically, yeah.
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  Oh. And then finishing in sixth place in race one, Christian Lundgaard.
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  Which is still another very good finish for him. Absolutely.
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  And then finishing sixth in race two, Kyle Kirkwood.
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  Kyle Kirkwood, who made us laugh so hard with your question about the American
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  Eagle at the Freedom 250.
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  I mean, he had every right to be a little nervous.
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  Oh, I get it. Those things have huge talons. I mean, huge beak.
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  Yeah, I want no part of it. Unless I've got like one of those big leather gloves on my arm.
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  And then, yes, please fly over. But I feel like the driver's suit was padded
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  enough that he could have stuck his arm out.
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  That's probably true. But that hand is exposed. Well, I mean,
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  that is part of the race. I mean, cancer. Yeah.
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  No, but if I was stuck on a deserted island, I would want Kyle Kirkwood with me.
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  Yeah he's uh he's quite the fisherman so he is quite the fisherman,
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  he is i just i just loved how he responded to it he was like the bird looked
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  at me like i want to fly to you and he's like no please no please no it was great,
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  it was just so honest and raw i loved it,
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  Oh, Kyle Kirkwood. What a good guy. And then finishing seventh in race one was Joseph Newgarden.
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  Yeah. And finishing seventh in race two, Rina Spique. Oh, self. Very good.
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  And then finishing eighth in race one was Marcus Erickson.
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  Heck yeah. And then finishing in eighth for race two was Rasmussen.
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  So still pretty decent.
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  Yeah, not bad at all. Even though we're flipping back from the last race to the first race. Right.
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  Finishing ninth in race one, Marcus Armstrong. And finishing ninth in race two, Marcus Erickson.
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  And then finishing 10th in the first race was Alex Pillow.
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  Hey, look at that. Rounding out the top 10 in race two, Louis Foster.
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  Which was a very good race for him. It was a good race for him.
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  He actually finished 11th in race one, so just outside the top ten.
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  And then in race two, Alexander Rossi. Yeah.
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  About time he has a result that's up.
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  And, I mean, honestly, it was a good weekend, though, for the Ed Carpenter,
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  the ECR cars. Yeah, it really was.
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  It was. Finishing 12th in race one, Mick Schumacher. Which, pretty decent showing for him.
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  Really was. Finishing 12th in race two, Santino Ferrucci. And speaking of somebody
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  who had another cool helmet.
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  Yes, he did. His livery was very cool, too. Well, and the picture of his, like, grandfather.
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  I mean, dead ringer for him. Yes. Yes.
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  Yeah, he looks like a clone.
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  That's not his grandpa. That's, yeah, he's just a clone. We do that in my family,
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  too, where we'll, like, somebody will have a kid and it'll look just like them.
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  And we're like, yep, we don't create more humans. We just have clones.
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  Just create little mini-me's.
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  So, all right, finishing in 13th in race one, Nolan Siegel.
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  Not a bad day for him at all. Finishing 13th in race two, Mick Schumacher.
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  Finishing 14th in race run was Alexander Rossi.
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  Heck yeah. And then finishing 14th in the second race was Will Power.
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  I expected to see him a little higher up. Yes, I agree. Yeah.
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  15th in race one, Kyle Kirkwood. Which was surprising because...
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  Yeah. But he also tangled with Rasmussen the day before in practice.
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  That is true. That is true. And 15th in race two, Scott Dixon.
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  Yes, which is weird. And you guys, it was Scott Dixon's last oval run with Ganassi.
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  Yeah, I don't know how I feel. I'm all up in my feels about that one. I don't know.
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  I know. And if he doesn't win Laguna Seca, this is going to be the first time
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  in like 22 years that he's gone a whole season without a win. Wow.
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  Which is crazy, right? Yes. Yeah.
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  So, yeah, I was surprised to see him.
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  Yeah. What was that? 15th. Yeah. So 16th in race one, where you said Kiffin Simpson. Yeah.
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  And then 16th in race two, Marcus Armstrong. And then 17th in race one was Felix Rosenquist.
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  All right. And then in race two, Nolan Siegel.
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  Excellent. 18th in race one, Scott Dixon.
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  And 18th in race two, Stingray Robb. Which...
• 19:52
  He's got a cool sponsor with Kong now. Yes, he does. And I love Kong because
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  my dog is what is called a super chewer.
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  And Kong balls actually have like a lifetime guarantee.
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  And if your dog breaks the ball, they will either refund your money or will
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  give you a new one for free.
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  Yeah. And I will say it takes a lot to break a Kong ball.
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  My dog has broken Kong balls, but I don't think that's a fault of Kong.
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  I think that is just the thing with my dog. So I have never actually returned
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  a Kong ball for a free one because I don't really feel like that's being a good
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  consumer because I think it's my dog. It's not their balls.
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  I was sad. I tried to make it over to the little activation and they had already taken it down.
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  So, sorry, Hanky, mom and dad's dog.
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  Okay, I didn't get you a toy, but you're fine. You have tons of toys at home, but.
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  I know, I was sad that they'd already taken it down too, but it's all right.
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  Like, Duchess just got a new ball. She'll be all right.
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  Oh, well, finishing 19th in race one, Romain Grosjean, and finishing 19th in
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  race two, Kiffin Simpson.
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  Finishing 20th in race one was Santino Ferrucci, and finishing 20th in race
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  two was Felix Rosicquist, which I was kind of surprised at.
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  Yeah, he was further down on both races than I anticipated.
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  Uh finishing 21st dennis hauger in race one and finishing 21st in race two also
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  dennis hauger consistent.
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  And then finishing 22nd in race one was Stingray Rob.
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  And then finishing 22nd in race two was Graham Ray Hall.
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  Which he has not been having good luck on the ovals. No, he really has not.
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  Which is not the norm for him. He usually does decent on ovals.
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  Yeah. Yeah, he's not usually that far back. So finishing 23rd in race one was Graham Ray Hall.
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  And finishing 23rd in race 2,
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  Caio Collette. And then finishing 24th in race 1 was Caio Collette.
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  And 24th in the second race was Bronon Grosjean.
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  And then 25th in race 1, Will Power, who was out due to contact.
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  And 25th in race 2 is Joseph Newgarden who is also out due to contact.
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  Which, this is the second time he has like crashed and then ended up on the main street.
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  Yeah. Yeah, it is. Yeah. He should stop doing that. Yeah. So.
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  Like we said, Pato, double winner.
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  Double winner. So exciting. Yes, but I was really sad they only did the cream puffs for race one.
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  Yes, for the second celebration of the day, which happened to be race one.
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  Yeah, I was disappointed about that, too. But they were very funny,
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  and the boys took bites and then smashed them on each other.
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  That's what I always like about it.
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  Yeah, that was pretty good. Maybe they didn't want to get all the cream and
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  everything on the fire suit since they had to still wear them. Oh, that's true, too.
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  That is true. Because that would have just curdled.
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  Because when I told the woman when I got the cream puff, I was like,
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  can I get a box or something to put it in because I'm not going to eat it right
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  away? And she was like, well, how long are you going to let it sit?
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  Because it's heavy whipping cream. And I was like, okay, understood.
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  Understood. Don't let it hang out. Yeah.
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  Right. So, great weekend, though. Oh, my goodness. Yeah.
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  Saw so many friends from all over the country.
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  Saw friends from Indy.
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  Yeah. Saw friends from Chicago. Saw friends from Pennsylvania.
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  It was just great. It was a good time. Kentucky. Yeah.
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  And I do have to say, it was really cute. One of the races, it was when I was
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  standing behind Dixon's Pit for race one, finishing up race one.
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  And there was a little girl in pink standing behind the flag stand,
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  and her dad was sitting behind.
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  And I couldn't tell who her favorite driver was, but every time that car came
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  by, she pointed and she was jumping up and down and just loving life.
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  Oh, I love that so much. It was so cute.
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  Oh, that's precious. So cute. So, so, so cute. And then as I was leaving the
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  grid for race two, there's a little girl in an Alex Klo jersey.
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  And Barry Wanzer said, hey.
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  What's the strategy for today? And the little girl was like, so run fast.
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  Oh, my God. I love it. It was the cutest thing ever. I love little kids at the racetrack.
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  They're precious. It was amazing. And this is why I like IndyCod, because it's just so...
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  You can get you can have interactions like that with drivers and kids can get
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  that close to drivers and it just makes their day. Yes. It was very cool.
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  That is awesome. It's very neat. And then while I was walking up and down pit
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  lane during one of the races, the security guys had to keep telling people to
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  stop like coming in and out.
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  And I was just like, man, I'm like, I know these people are excited and they
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  want to get close to the action. But I'm like, don't make the security people mad.
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  Right like let's not let's not irritate these we don't want to get access taken away,
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  no definitely not definitely not but but yeah i love i love how accessible indycar
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  drivers are it's it's fun and there is a lot of people i saw a lot of papaya orange,
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  this weekend a lot of papaya orange i actually saw quite a bit of andretti gear too,
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  same Elm.
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  Yeah, and then who else did I see? I saw,
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  a lot of Penske. Yeah, I did see a lot of Penske. Yeah, so I mean, it was pretty,
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  good amount, and the merch was amazing. The merch was amazing. I bought a new hat.
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  I posted on our Instagram, and got some very cool stuff.
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  Yeah, they really do have some cool stuff.
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  Yeah. Definitely. Yeah, I got a pink and white with a little bit of blue hat.
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  Very good stuff. But yes, but definitely put Milwaukee on your to-do list if
• 27:16
  you have not been to Milwaukee.
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  Absolutely, because it is well worth your time. Yes, and it's really not that bad of a drive.
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  You just have to time to get through Chicago correctly. Yes.
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  Which honestly i hit chicago because i ended up getting there later than anticipated
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  so i missed rush hour completely and it was lovely.
• 27:45
  No, it's not. It's not too bad. And then you get to drive by the big Haribo gummy bear.
• 27:52
  Yeah, you do. And that was actually a question I put on our Instagram as well.
• 27:57
  Do you think Haribo should be an IndyCar sponsor? I totally think so.
• 28:02
  Yes, they should. Because you drive by the factory twice. If you go to Milwaukee.
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  Sure do. And then if you go to Road America.
• 28:10
  Yeah, they should definitely be a sponsor. A gummy bear car? A gummy bear car?
• 28:15
  Oh it'd be great and have think about if they partnered with meyer shank and
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  they had gummy bears and grateful dead so grateful dead gummy bears nice,
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  right or just you know with all the little characters they have just have them
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  all and then like have them kind of scattering up and back on the car like they're flying away,
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  as they drive by yes yes oh that would be great well And then somebody also
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  said, like, the Indiana company, Albanese.
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  So, that would be a good one, too. That would be a good one, too. Be a great one. Yes.
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  Yes. But now we're going to be California Dreaming. And I wish I would be there. We sure are.
• 29:07
  Yes, wish we were going to be there. So it is the Mission Food Grand Prix of Monterey.
• 29:17
  So it's at WeatherTech Raceway, which is in Laguna Seca, and it's an 11-turn,
• 29:22
  2.238-mile permanent road course in Monterey, California, which has great wheel-watching
• 29:29
  from what I've been told. Yes.
• 29:34
  The race distance is 95 laps, or 212.61 miles, and the ending next races, one of them is 35,
• 29:46
  laps slash 55 minutes, and the other is 30 laps slash 50 minutes.
• 29:55
  Very, very fun. Jealous of anybody who's there.
• 30:01
  We sure are. I mean, the championship has already been wrapped up. We have to say that.
• 30:07
  Yep, it has already been wrapped up. So it's going to be a fun race for everybody. They can go have fun.
• 30:15
  Which I believe second and third, they can still.
• 30:19
  I mean, Lungard and Kirkwood can still kind of battle it out to see if they can get second place.
• 30:25
  That's true. That is true. But it'll still be a fun race. Yes.
• 30:30
  And then Felix Rosenquist has the Nickelback car this year, this weekend.
• 30:38
  That's right. I forgot he's got the Nickelback car this weekend. Very cool.
• 30:44
  As a millennial. Very cool. It's so, so millennial. Oh, Nickelback. Yes.
• 30:55
  Yeah i owned a nickelback cd gosh,
• 31:00
  oh yes oh yes well it'll be a great weekend they've got action friday saturday
• 31:06
  and sunday so make sure that you are watching um or recording if you can't watch
• 31:12
  live because it's going to be a good weekend yes and then um,
• 31:16
  and actually oh no you're fine,
• 31:19
  i'm gonna say and if you're staying around indy and you're local we do have
• 31:23
  some local racing happening this weekend as well it is the u.s nationals,
• 31:30
  out at lucas oil raceway park out in claremont indiana so come out and see some
• 31:35
  nhra yes wish i could do that but my poor ankle needs rest your poor ankle does
• 31:42
  need rest oh my goodness yes,
• 31:46
  Your poor foot and your boot. We made it, though. It's okay.
• 31:50
  You did make it. You were a trooper, man. But I also wanted,
• 31:54
  before we end our podcast, I want to congratulate Alex Blo for the championship.
• 32:02
  After race one finished, somebody who I was standing with behind Dixon's pit
• 32:10
  went to go congratulate Chip.
• 32:13
  And Mr. Ganassi was literally calm, cool, and collected.
• 32:19
  Like, just very humble about the win and had great things to say during the
• 32:26
  press conference. I mean.
• 32:32
  He has more championships than Penske. He does.
• 32:37
  Chip likes winners. It's crazy. It is crazy.
• 32:42
  I know people don't like it when...
• 32:48
  The driver just outright wins it all.
• 32:52
  But I truly believe we are witnessing something very special with Alex Blow.
• 32:58
  Oh, I absolutely agree. Dynasty level. Yes, yes. And one of the reasons that I love,
• 33:08
  to make jokes about him not doing well is because he's so excellent.
• 33:12
  You know, it's like he he is the the next great driver of our generation.
• 33:21
  Like they're going to be talking about Alex Pillow for decades.
• 33:24
  I mean, he is I mean, but he is I mean, he's got it all.
• 33:28
  He's got he's so kind, so nice.
• 33:32
  So kind. And you can't dislike him, even if you tried and drive the wheels off a car.
• 33:39
  Sure can. is calm as a cucumber if something goes wrong.
• 33:45
  Does nothing but tell his competitors how great they did and how hard it was to beat them.
• 33:52
  So. And as if that's not enough, if they speak Spanish, he says in Spanish so
• 33:58
  that people can't understand him and they don't even hear him being so humble and nice.
• 34:02
  So, yeah. He's just, yeah. No, he's unbelievable.
• 34:09
  He's an unbelievable driver. I know that I do talk a lot of shit about Palo
• 34:13
  not winning, but he really is an unbelievable driver. I only say that because he is so good.
• 34:20
  We are witnessing something very special with him, and...
• 34:27
  It will be definitely very interesting to see how that Ganassi team forms around
• 34:34
  that and who is supposedly rumored to be going to them.
• 34:40
  Yeah, who's going to be in the nine card.
• 34:44
  So that'll be very interesting. It'll be very interesting to see what their
• 34:47
  lineup is and kind of how the team adapts to losing Scott Dixon,
• 34:54
  too, because that's going to be a big change.
• 34:58
  Yeah, and that's, to me, crazy, because as long as I have been a follower of
• 35:08
  IndyCar, Dixon has always been with Ganassi.
• 35:13
  Yeah. And it's just going to be weird. And I know it's part of the whole ebbs and flows in racing.
• 35:22
  Sure, but this has been.
• 35:26
  A long time for a change. Which, you know, change is hard, but we'll get used to it.
• 35:35
  We will. We will. Dixie will look good in Papaya. Yep.
• 35:38
  But, I mean, a Kiwi running for McLaren is very awesome.
• 35:47
  It really is. And especially since it's something that, you know,
• 35:51
  Scott Dixon has always wanted to do.
• 35:54
  So, I think that's cool. Yes.
• 35:58
  But also big respect to the whole Ganassi team for, you know,
• 36:04
  wishing him well and not having hard feelings.
• 36:07
  And being very open about the fact that they were happy to keep him on until
• 36:12
  he decides he's done racing.
• 36:14
  That was just a class act of a way to handle that.
• 36:18
  Well, and that's what Chip was saying when he was talking about his teams,
• 36:23
  is that they all cheer for each other. There's no animosity amongst,
• 36:29
  there's no, you know, no.
• 36:34
  No, a win for somebody is a win for everybody. Yes. Yeah.
• 36:40
  Yeah. I would definitely say they're giving Penske a run for their money.
• 36:45
  Because at least as I was taught growing up, Penske is the highest,
• 36:54
  pinnacle you can go. And it's still one of those rides. If you can get a Penske
• 36:58
  ride, that's insanely awesome.
• 37:03
  But now I would almost say maybe you would almost get a Ganassi ride over Penske. Yeah.
• 37:12
  Yeah. And this is no shade to Penske.
• 37:17
  No, none whatsoever. But Ganassi is a powerhouse. And like you said,
• 37:21
  they do have more championships.
• 37:23
  Now, Penske has more 500 wins, but... Sure does. I mean...
• 37:35
  It's yeah so interesting it's very interesting and i can't believe the season
• 37:42
  is almost coming to an end,
• 37:45
  i know it's crazy seems like it just started yes well i'm not okay that we are in the burr months,
• 37:53
  already i like we're not there yet even we're just getting closer even though
• 37:59
  It's like wedding anniversary Birthday Christmas,
• 38:05
  It's all coming up But I'm a summer girl.
• 38:11
  I'm a transition season girl. So fall and spring, I'm a fan of those.
• 38:17
  And I know it's not very popular. I like winter, too.
• 38:21
  Some days in winter can be okay. I don't want it to be super freezing cold.
• 38:28
  Yeah, I could do without that. I'd like more snow than we typically get, though.
• 38:33
  But it's been super hot this week, too. So it's weird. But I will say...
• 38:38
  Oh, God, it's a little hot.
• 38:40
  Come September... So as it turns September, the Canadian geese are already flying
• 38:46
  in formation. And I'm like, wow.
• 38:50
  And I've noticed it's getting dark way sooner. And I'm not okay with that.
• 38:53
  Because pretty soon I'm going to have to go to work in the dark and come home
• 38:57
  in the dark. And I don't like that. Yeah, I have noticed that too.
• 39:00
  And I do hate that part. I don't like that.
• 39:03
  Nope, not a fan. I'm with you. But I do like a good pumpkin spice latte. Some good apples.
• 39:11
  And all that good stuff. Yep, I
• 39:13
  like all the basic bitch things about the fall. I'm here for all of them.
• 39:18
  Now, who do you think is going to win this weekend at Laguna?
• 39:26
  Because I think I did pick Pato, possibly, if I remember correctly.
• 39:33
  I never... Oh, I think you did pick Pato last week. One of the guys that I could
• 39:38
  say could win it so i picked him on my fantasy team i see yeah so that that worked out well for me uh,
• 39:48
  yeah actually i had pato and malucas on my fantasy team it worked out very well
• 39:51
  for me and polo was my wild card so in race one i finished uh one two five nice,
• 39:59
  so yeah great great week for me um,
• 40:03
  but for this week at Laguna Seca I'm gonna say,
• 40:10
  on the podium in no particular order,
• 40:15
  Lundgaard, Rosenquist, Kirkwood. Okay, I like that. What about you?
• 40:27
  I have four. Alex Pillow, only because he's running Zanardi's old paint scheme.
• 40:37
  Okay. And Zanardi had that, had Laguna Seca, owned Laguna Seca.
• 40:47
  So Alex Pillow is in that meh mixture. I am going to say Lungard as well. I like Kyle Kirkwood.
• 40:56
  I'm going to do Lucas.
• 41:00
  I think he's,
• 41:04
  mad enough hungry enough,
• 41:10
  to do it. Close out the season with a big win. I like it. Ow.
• 41:20
  I could see it.
• 41:23
  Yeah. With how frustrated he was, I think he's going to carry a lot with him.
• 41:34
  Yeah. I think you are correct on that.
• 41:38
  Oh, and then even if he doesn't win this weekend, I think he's got a lot of
• 41:43
  ammunition that he can use to train and,
• 41:52
  take it and, you know, train really hard over the offseason. Absolutely.
• 42:00
  Yeah, if we don't see a win from him this weekend, I anticipate that we'll see
• 42:06
  one from him early on in the 2027 season.
• 42:10
  I agree as well. Yeah. It's coming.
• 42:15
  It's coming for you, Chef Day. Yes, but I kind of do want Scott Dixon to win
• 42:20
  one more time for Ganassi, but.
• 42:23
  I would love to see that. But I don't know. No.
• 42:30
  Well, it'll be interesting. It'll be a good weekend. It will be a good weekend.
• 42:33
  And I'm jealous of anybody that's out there.
• 42:37
  They're going to do a lot of very cool stuff. So check the socials.
• 42:43
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• 42:49
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• 42:56
  And of course, make sure that you subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
• 43:02
  And I think that's it. Sarah, do we have anything else to talk about? No, I don't think so.
• 43:07
  All right. Well, that's it for Sarah Proctor. I'm Abby Meyer,
• 43:10
  and we'll see you at the racetrack.