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- Slim Pushins: Hello race fans. Welcome to another riveting episode of Shop Beers. As always, a guy that needs no introduction, who's got a horrible case of the yips from last weekend, Corby Scherb. And The Italian stallion. Jimmy Gardner. Jim Gardner: Shit, wrong one. Damn it. Corby: It worked out even better. Jim Gardner: Whoops whoops Slim Pushins: I like that one better. What's up fellas? Does Corby: happening, what's going Jim Gardner: not too much. Corby: on, you know? It's kinda kind of a relaxing weekend for for everyone. Slim Pushins: Has the depression started in, Jim? That the season's almost over? Jim Gardner: A little bit. Yeah. It's Corby: I don't think it's Slim Pushins: This is your this is your worst, most depressing few months out of the year. Jim Gardner: Before my wife, absolutely. Absolutely it was. Now I'm kind of looking Slim Pushins: Well played. Jim Gardner: forward to it to to do some different stuff. But a lot of work to to be done to get ready for Chili Bowl. And I'm gonna try no firm commitments yet. Don't go buying your tickets, but I'm gonna try to get to RPM for one last show in the sprint car on Saturday. So Slim Pushins: Go ahead. Go ahead and talk the shit you were talking earlier today about Thursday night. Jim Gardner: It's only because I'm one tenth of a point behind Corby in the power rankings and I wanna leapfrog him. Slim Pushins: Your power ranks are so convoluted that's not gonna do anything for you. Corby: Like what would have to change though? Like you gotta show up and win? Like ha ha is it is it based upon still like the average or Jim Gardner: Pretty sure if I just show up and make the race, which is a featin it sir. Slim Pushins: No, absolutely. There's Corby: That's that's Slim Pushins: no way. Corby: horse shit. A horse shit. Jim Gardner: I'm one tenth of a point behind you. No there Corby: But you would have to better your average because you're still not on the sixty percent, right? Jim Gardner: So the the real yeah, I'm nowhere near it. But so we found out they're having a chilly cook off at at RPM this weekend and I told my mother about it, who doesn't shy away from anything cooking related. and then so I got her excited about going, she's all pumped up and then you know, found out the chili cook off is Thursday during the practice for the Toms tour. So we're not even gonna make it, but I already told mom we were going, so there's probably chili down in the fifty one pit and probably way too much of it. So come on down if Corby: With or without beans, we will start an absolute war over this with or Slim Pushins: Jim, be very careful here. Corby: without beans. Jim Gardner: I I don't know. If she'll make a Texas chili, I'm sure it's gonna Corby: You you Jim Gardner: have beans in it, so Corby: What what are you talking about? A Texas chili, so I'm sure Slim Pushins: You dude Corby: it's gonna have beans in it. Jim Gardner: Excuse me, she'll she'll Slim Pushins: I don't Jim Gardner: make Slim Pushins: even Jim Gardner: it'll make it'll be a non skyline chili looking chili, but it will probably have beans in it because I'm not from here. Corby: I'm asking you, I'm I'm y I'm asking you as a person, do you cook chili Slim Pushins: They wouldn't even let her they wouldn't even let her enter. Corby: with beans or without beans? Jim Gardner: Yeah, no, we want beans in it. Beans Corby: Okay. Jim Gardner: are a must. Corby: We will fight. Jim Gardner: If it's gonna be hardy. Slim Pushins: Then it becomes a stew. Jim Gardner: Okay. Corby: Beans are supposed to be in chili. I have a problem with chili. Bad. Slim Pushins: Just wait. Just wait. The comments are coming, Jim. This is not something this is this is Jim Gardner: Yes, beans beans are supposed to be in chili. That's what you just said, Corby. Corby: For sure, absolutely. No, d Kerbo, I would never Slim Pushins: Corby doesn't know either. We don't put beans in chili. Jim Gardner: Okay. Yeah. What are we talking about? I I thought it was taboo. I Rami was saying no. 'Cause I was sh shit talking Raimi telling him my mom was gonna my mom's chili was gonna kick his chili's ass and then then he conveniently moved the competition Slim Pushins: Tony said he makes it with kidney beans. Jim Gardner: to to Thursday night like I'm gonna drive down there twice this week. Probably not. So Corby: Raimi's a good cook. Slim Pushins: John John said bean beans are n junk. Corby: No, you gotta have beans in your chili. I can't make chili. I'll make a giant pot of it and I live, you know, by myself, just me in Brooklyn, so Brooklyn eats like a a miniature little bowl of it and I'll I'll make my s Slim Pushins: Well there Tony just outed himself. It's the un the old Unser family recipe. Of course it is. That's why there's beans in it. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Who is? The Unser Family Jim Gardner: answer. Slim Pushins: recipe? Jim Gardner: Yeah. yeah, so we'll see. Slim Pushins: Yeah, Jim told me this morning, he sent me a text, and he's like, hey, they're doing a chili cook-off. And I was like, don't even think about it. Jim Gardner: Just bringing Skyline right from the can at from Kroger's. Corby: Ugh. Stop. Stop. Slim Pushins: She would she would embarrass the whole group of us with Skyline Chili. That's not chili. It's not bad. I actually like Skyline chili. The way y'all make it, I like it. But it is not chili cook-off chili. Neither is with beans. Jim Gardner: Whatever bring your own, Kerbo. How about the slim how about slims pushing the cushion? T yeah. Ooh, tight. Corby: I bet you there's more beans. Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead, Artas. Maybe that can be one of the talks this this winter and we can do a chili cook off. Slim Pushins: Slims. I don't I've never done chili. I don't do chili. Corby: Why don't you do chili? What do you Jim Gardner: What did I Corby: do? Tomato soup and grilled cheese? Jim Gardner: Sausage, he does sausage. And cans Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: of chili at chili bowl. Ha Slim Pushins: There go. Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Slim Pushins: The tribe has spoken. James Horton Jim Gardner: All right. Slim Pushins: said a guy at work has a can Jim Gardner: Ricket. Slim Pushins: of skyline chili on his desk. And he's Jim Gardner: Nice. Slim Pushins: never been able to bring himself to eat it. Corby: That don't blame him. Jim Gardner: Well, it he should. Ricketts, you going to RPM? Corby: Leslie? Slim Pushins: That's not chili, Wesley that's not really fair. The chili from the chili bowl is Wolf brand. It was for hot dogs. Corby: If I remember right the the the no, hold on. So if I remember correctly here, what Wesley is talking about, so we went to the Chili Bowl Slim Pushins: I know we we all know what he's talking about. Corby: and my daughter, who has been going to races Slim Pushins: When I did it five days in a row. Corby: her whole life, after the first experience with Kerbo at the Chili Bowl, thought that it was a chili cook off and that's what we eat every day is chili. Until Lucas walks in the trailer and Kerbo realizes how badly he's disappointed The one and only Sherby you never disappoint. And Lucas walks in and goes, chilly again. Slim Pushins: The the golden Scherb. Jim Gardner: That's right. The bronze god. Ugh. Slim Pushins: He didn't say it with that much enthusiasm. He looked at me and he goes, Chili again? Jim Gardner: Rickets, Corby: John Jim Gardner: I was asking if you're running RPM this Saturday. If you're going for that fifteen hundred to win, two fifty to start. 'cause I'm gonna try to go. Slim Pushins: He's going he's going to Corby: No, it was a bad choice. Slim Pushins: he's going simply to keep you behind Corby. Jim Gardner: that's not gonna be hard. So it's a big Tom show, two day Tom's show. what else is racing there? I think it's got a big factory stock paying show and then they're paying good money in the sprint cars too. So hopefully it'll get be a good show down there at RPM. it's the last time. Slim Pushins: There's a lot of people talking about the big Amarillo show in a couple of weeks. Corby: I just wanna know on on the reels, like what what would it take for you to pass me in in the power rankings? Slim Pushins: We know you've done the math. Corby: Where do you gotta finish? Slim Pushins: See? Don't act like you don't know. We know that you've Jim Gardner: I probably just have to s I pr I probably just have to start the race. I'm a tenth of a point behind you. Corby: Raimi, do you have a seat that I can just start and stop in? Jim Gardner: No, Cade Taylor's driving that car. He he was fast last week too. Slim Pushins: He's driving it again. Jim Gardner: I th yeah, I think so. So Slim Pushins: They have to do a little updating to it after he T boned Brandon Ivey? Was it Brandon Ivey? Jim Gardner: He got it yeah, got into somebody pretty hard. Was that Brad Brad Lee Ivy is his name, but I don't think so. I think Ivy pulled off. He Slim Pushins: Brandon? Bradley? Jim Gardner: lost. It's Brad Lee. Corby: Charlie? Brandon? Jim Gardner: He spent a whole night petting the guy's ducks. He can't get his name right. It's Bradley. He was he looked really good last week. I think he broke. but no, he won his heat race and was up front most of the race. So Corby: We go good. Kennison showed up, helped him. at a Kennedale race. Kind of going the right direction. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Turbo. Slim Pushins: And then and then Jim bored the shit out of him for an hour talking about weight distribution and ratios and bars and Jim Gardner: Well, Kerba's over there petting his duck like Doctor Evil. Slim Pushins: I told Kennison, I was like, You need to go rescue your boy from gym. Jim Gardner: I I had him pulled aside and it was like that that conversation where Phil Mickelson's talking about the lies and and what he reads on the lies and I could just kinda see Ivy's eyes gloss over when I was talking. There's the question everybody wants to know, Bob. Slim Pushins: So where's Corby question of the the evening? Corby: I don't know. This weekend, I don't know. love Kevin to death. Crandall's a hike for me and it'll just depend on how work goes this week. we've been we've been super busy, super blessed with work. I know that Jimmy still talks shit about it. actually last weekend for Boyd was like the first Saturday off that I had in in quite some time. And Jimmy texts me and says, Did you get the car already? And I said, I don't know, I'm playing golf. Slim Pushins: And then one four hours later. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Trust me, I was just livid all day. All d like I was like I Slim Pushins: I actually have I actually have on my show notes. Corby: And th he's only livid he's only livid. We'll tell the whole story. So like it's one thing that I went and played golf. I worked late Friday and then I go play golf and Jimmy says that I can always call him whenever I'm ready to talk and so I call him standing at the racetrack with blocks in my hand saying, What do you want me to Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: do now? Jim Gardner: Five thirty and n yeah. That's so frustrating. I look, I like Mike Clamen Mike Clement and I I hope you guys are successful, but after I heard you're at the golf course Slim Pushins: we have been so far. Jim Gardner: after I heard you were at the golf course I wanted you to break and break while leading. Just to prove a point. Slim Pushins: What a dick. Corby: No, the point is Jim Gardner: So Corby: I I drive for a a guy that he says that the car will be ready when he shows up and the car was ready when we Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Corby: showed up and Patrick, you got a seat for me? Jim Gardner: Yeah, so God, Slim Pushins: Maybe at RPM? Jim Gardner: that's frustrating. You know who does that shit too? Jeb Sesams. I'll Corby: No man, it's Jim Gardner: I'll Je you know, there won't be a race at Kennedale and I'll text Jeb. Like I texted Jeb last night, some shock stuff. and Slim Pushins: You should hear back from him in about three days. Jim Gardner: Yeah, right. And so like there'll be a race, you know, three, four weeks in between Kennedale races, and I'll just check with him, make sure he's he's got everything. He's like, yeah, we're figuring on getting the car out. And washing it and maintenance it at night and I was like, the race is tomorrow. He goes, Yeah, it'd be all right. And then go dog walk the whole field, you know, like, God damn it. Corby: See look, Mike's saying it right there. Mike Mike's Slim Pushins: Patrick Stoster said he didn't have a motor. What what would that mean, Jim, if what Corby: I know they they they they lost that when it was that was bad. Slim Pushins: would that mean if Corby went out with no motor and st still finished a headie? Jim Gardner: And Fred Flintstoned it and made the show. Corby: No, that's the same like Mike Clement's saying, man, the the car owners the car's been right. Every time that I've had to show up, dude's an absolute champ from Jim Gardner: Corby's undeserving of you, Mike. Corby: Absolutely. Slim Pushins: Corby Corby told Corby said that he he demanded to Mike that he drive down there and help him wash the cars Sunday after the boy drace. Got down there, Corby: Yeah, and I I got down there like Slim Pushins: they were done. Corby: Nah, Mike's Mike's on right now and like the car's up on sta or I had to like help push it in and it's up on stands and he washed the whole thing and like I I just sat there. I was like, man Mike Mike and Caden Clement, man, great people. Leva, I hope you get to race with us Jim Gardner: God, that's frustrating. Corby: Here we go. Jim Jim. Slim Pushins: Caden's Caden's just a couple inches shorter after Boyd, but other than that he's a good kid. Jim Gardner: that's so frustrating to hear shit like that. Corby: Man, that that's I'm with I'm with Jeb. I don't know how John's on here right now. Slim Pushins: How did he say it, Jim? Jim Gardner: Who Jeb? yeah, we're gonna we're gonna get the car out in the morning and just, you know, wash it and you know run run through the fuel system. It will be all right. And you haven't touched the car in through it's now. I'm over here spit shining my brake rotors, trying to find some speed and then just dorking it up. Slim Pushins: Maybe you should take a page from the greats then. Jim Gardner: No. My biggest fear Corby: Larson likes to play golf before he goes racing. a lot of times it's better to be relaxed. Jim Gardner: Did did you just did you just compare yourself to Kyle Larson? Like Corby: No, I was saying Larson likes to show up relaxed. Jim Gardner: like Kyle Larson, the best race car driver in the world, Corby Scherb, right right there. Corby: No, like I think we could tell the we could we could tell the story about Slim Pushins: And and Jeb. Corby and Jeb. Corby: we could tell the story about the chili bowl the first time I went there and Jimmy's trying to explain to me 'cause I do like I get a little overzealous sometimes And Jimmy goes, Jim Gardner: No shit. Corby: Let's go in here with realistic expectations and I said, if I'm in the same practice as Larson, I'm fucking junketing. Jim Gardner: Mm. Slim Pushins: So there's that. Jim Gardner: We couldn't even catch for you to even Corby: But Jim Gardner: make good on that empty threat. So Corby: No, Slim Pushins: No. But there was a good chance he was gonna be lapped. Corby: it's good it's good to be able to drive for sure. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: It's a it's a good to drive for people like Mike Clement, man. they they take care of me really well and it's it's amazing to have people like Chad Kerbo who opted out of going to the ACS race with Ryder, people like Jimmy who answered the phone at ungodly hours, Wesley who's always has my back, you know, not not including the sponsors that have stuck with me, but If it wasn't for those guys, Jimmy, you're included, brother, that you hate so much, I wouldn't be able Jim Gardner: Well, not even like you anymore. Corby: to show up with the confidence that I do and strap into a car. So you hate yourself so much right now for Jim Gardner: Anyway, so that's a lot that Corby: having that long conversation with me Thursday, and even more so that I didn't go do any of that to the car and I just showed up and blocked it at the track. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Slim Pushins: Jim called Corby and was like, Listen, what are you gonna do? What what what bars are you gonna run? And Corby's like, Man, I don't have time for this. I've got about a hundred and seventy five yards on this par five. Let me I'm I don't have time for this bullshit. Corby: man. Jim Gardner: That's frustrated. That's Slim Pushins: Speaking of RPM, I just saw online because you know, that's where I get all my information and news. I guess I thirty is shut down all weekend through downtown for anybody coming from the west or for everybody coming from the west. Corby: That's great for Kerbo and how Kerbo drives because we will go probably to Houston and back before we book it down thirty. Jim Gardner: You know, you know, we gave Kerbo a lot of shit about Slim Pushins: Corby's the worst backstrever. Jim Gardner: we gave Kerbo a lot of shit about his his journey from East Texas back home. And Wesley missed we took two detours on the way to RPM last week, after he picked me up in in Keller. we took a nice scenic route through downtown Dallas and then drove right past the Slim Pushins: We did that. Jim Gardner: exit and ended up in Terrell. And before we realized Slim Pushins: We did that last time. Jim Gardner: what was going on. Yeah. So Wesley's no better about trekking out there to East Texas, so Corby: Wesley's the scariest road driver I've ever sat in a vehicle with in my life. Ever. Slim Pushins: The most aggressive driver probably that I've ever ridden with. Jim Gardner: Yeah. His kids were in the car, so I think that calmed him down some. Corby: Aunt Sam Aunt Sam has never used the brakes overly. Wesley gets in there, needs brake job the next week. Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha. Slim Pushins: I try to mash on brakes that aren't there from the passenger seat when I'm with Wes. Corby: yeah. Jim Gardner: Yeah. so yeah. That was that was that. Slim Pushins: I'm not sure what Rupe is trying to talk us in or out of. Jim Gardner: Ha ha Roop's feeling good. He's had two good runs the last two weeks. He's been really solid. You could tell he's feeling good as he's stirring the pot here. Slim Pushins: Look at your little compadre calling you out. Jim Gardner: I did. I've been to Kennadale a hundred times and took the wrong exit once and ended up in Burleson. Corby: Don't worry, don't worry West. Kerba still asks me every time do we take this exit? For thirty. Every time. Jim Gardner: Ha Slim Pushins: Corby knows the rules. If you're gonna get if I'm driving somewhere, I'm not thinking. I'm not thinking. Corby: It says thirty, but it's going two eighty seven south. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: I'm expecting you to be like, you're gonna take the next exit. Corby: I could be like Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: a Texas driver and be like, Where you going? after we pass it. Slim Pushins: That's all I ask. Man, I got into the passenger side of my truck the other day after a handful of months and my passenger door was ch filled with r old dirty wristbands, b half eaten bags of chips. You wanna know who did that there, Jim? Jim Gardner: Monster energies. Slim Pushins: No, it was Corby. Corby: Red Bulls. Red Bulls. Alani's on the the way of the racetrack. you know, same thing every time that I race. I don't know, I'm Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: kinda messed up now, you know, I usually eat tabs and tabs I didn't have tabs this last week. I had the the normal potato and hamburger meat, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do before I race. Jim Gardner: Speaking of tabs, Kerbo and I found a video of what we imagine your post race celebration. What your i Yeah. Slim Pushins: yeah, we found a video of w when you got home from Boyd after the big wing dance. Look at this. Jim Gardner: This is last night. I after the Slim Pushins: This is this is Corby with a tomahawk. Jim Gardner: after the ALCS. I don't know what this guy's wearing as far as shirts go, but The champagne celebration Slim Pushins: Or who? Jim Gardner: is out and the Tomahawk steak celebration is in. Slim Pushins: That's Corby. He had his face painted up. Corby: Jordan, only if you provide the shorts. Jim Gardner: yeah, so I I saw that. We figured that's how the party went down Slim Pushins: I'm saying that Corby Scherb can come wash my car. Corby: Man, honestly, you know, Jim Gardner: in Decatur. Corby: like I said, I talked a little bit about it, I was still kind of emotional. It it was it was it was a really cool day, but I honestly sat right here in this chair at my kitchen table and I couldn't go to sleep. I I didn't I probably slept two hours. And the same like we haven't really well, Slim Pushins: Probably the indigestion from that tomahawk. Corby: we didn't we didn't talk much about fantasy, and I I had told Merle and I made some trades Saturday because I said like Boyd is gonna run late. I'm not gonna be awake and so I probably went and laid down at like four, back up at six the next morning. The trades that I made without my brother's advice was horrendous. Lost fantasy terribly. But I I just I sat here and thought about it and I made some eggs and hamburger meat and I could barely even eat but Jordan's got me going again with the Jim Gardner: That sounds disgusting. Corby: what, eggs and hamburger meat? Have you ever ha tried it? Have Jim Gardner: Yeah, that's gross. Corby: you ever tried it? Slim Pushins: You put you put knockoff chili on spaghetti. Like you can't you're not allowed to say what is gross that somebody else eats. Now, it is Jim Gardner: Yeah, can Corby: Just protein on protein. Slim Pushins: good somehow, somehow that skyline chili mushmash that y'all make is really good. It's probably Jim Gardner: It is. Because of the cinnamon. Slim Pushins: the pound and a half of sh super shredded cheese that goes on every single plate. Corby: Freshly shredded cheese only. Don't don't buy pre shredded cheese. Jim Gardner: That's true. Yep, that's right. Corby: Don't ever buy pre shredded cheese. Wood chips. Slim Pushins: Tell him. Tell him what's in it, Corby. Tell him tell Jim w wood chips. Jim Gardner: Yeah. No. Yeah, it's sounds like you've been talking to my mom. That's her that's her argument about it. Corby: That's cheese. That's real cheese. You you probably eat craft singles too. They can't even call it cheese. Slim Pushins: Jim Jim Jim Gardner: No. Slim Pushins: does look like a craft singles type of guy. Jim Gardner: No, pepperjack only. Craft singles are gross. all right. Let's talk about the races that happened last weekend at RPM. Colby's doublefield stunk up the show again and pretty well dominated that thing and Corby: I wouldn't say dominated man, John was pretty fast. Jim Gardner: John, yeah, so John. All right, I'll take that back. There's a yellow comes out, and John probably was running Colby down in traffic on that long green flag run, and then the track cleared out, and then Colby was okay. but you know, he handled business, he wins the championship down there, gets the rare dual track championships, yeah, Slim Pushins: The double double the double deuce. Jim Gardner: double dips. wins the track title at RPM and at K Kennedale. So congrats to them. Slim Pushins: And and or the most the biggest accolade, the power rankings. Jim Gardner: Yeah, the power rankings. We've known he was gonna win the power rankings for about three months. So Slim Pushins: For three months. Yeah. Jim Gardner: so I have Slim Pushins: We're gonna make some changes next year so it's a little bit more volatile. Jim Gardner: Yeah, right, because we just wanna cause chaos. Like like he's been so Slim Pushins: Drama. Yeah. Jim Gardner: good, any metric you compare to anybody, he's gonna win. Like the top five are Corby: I would agree with that. Jim Gardner: the top five for a reason. Like we could change the algorithm, but it's only gonna change eleventh through seventieth. It's not gonna change the top ten. Corby: Where where am I at in the power rankings? Jim Gardner: Not in the top twenty five. Slim Pushins: Fifty seven. Corby: Where where are you at, Jim? Jim Gardner: So I'd forget. But Stubblefield's been on a tear all year. Slim Pushins: He's got it written on his memory wall, on his goals for the for the month. Kit Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Corby's ass. Jim Gardner: So Stubblefield's been on a tear all year. He's got four wins, twelve top fives and nineteen starts, an average finish of fifth. Corby: This is all after yeah, I mean what the average finish of fifth probably would have been fourth if it wasn't for the the KSP incident. Jim Gardner: Yeah, he had two yeah, he had like two yeah, so he he loses a top wing at KSP. Yeah. Corby: When the when the wing tree, yep. Mm-hmm. Jim Gardner: And didn't he have a DNF early? I think he Corby: I think so. Jim Gardner: struggle I think we were on here talking like, hey, if Stubblefield can ever not start eighteenth, he's gonna be awesome. Corby: Yeah. Yeah. Jim Gardner: 'cause I think like the first two nights he was buried back there in the dog pound. So no shock there. Lannon Thompson second. Again, he's been great all year. Two wins, eight top fives. Slim Pushins: Blazing fast. Brandon Murphy said he won it when he sacrificed his top wing at KSP in the push and the cushion work area. Jim Gardner: That's right. That's right. That's basically what salvaged it. you know, because he finished 16th instead of 19th that one night. So so yeah, Stubblefield, Landon Thompson, John Ricketts, Chad Wilson, and Lance Christie. Lance. Corby: Chad Wilson with a selective Slim Pushins: Wilson came on s he came Corby: schedule's still sticking it up there, you know. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: on strong. How many how many times did Wilson race? Jim Gardner: twelve. One win, seven top fives out of twelve attempts. Average finish of sixth. Slim Pushins: So he's in fifth but he didn't get that's not he doesn't get full credit with twelve races, does he? Jim Gardner: Correct. But that factors into it. So like his average race score is forty nine point six, but his power ranking is only forty one point five. So but where like Stubblefield's getting Corby: So is that less stagger or more spacing? Jim Gardner: Yeah, exactly. So like Stubblefield is getting a hundred percent. His race score is fifty two point one, his power ranking is fifty three point nine. So anyway, but yeah, Chad's had a really good year. all things considered. So I I can't really imagine anything moving between RPM this week and The Gobblers basically the only other show. Amarillo is probably not gonna count. It just kinda depends on how many cars go and and what the percentage It's probably Slim Pushins: No, it's not gonna depend. We need to call it. It either does or it doesn't. Jim Gardner: it's it's probably not going to, but we'll see. Slim Pushins: I wouldn't think that it would. Jim Gardner: We'll see. There's just There's not gonna be enough cars to compare the data to the strength of the runs. So but we'll see. I might be shocked with who all goes. yeah. Slim Pushins: Claude Father is tuned in this evening. Hello, Claude Father. Jim Gardner: so yeah, back to results from from you know who's button hauling ass is Michael Day. Where's he at in the power rankings? Corby: He always rips. Slim Pushins: I was just thinking, I wanted it I wanted to make him my dog pounder, but didn't he finish on the podium? Jim Gardner: Yeah, he finished third. yeah, he's thirteenth in the power rankings. And again, he it didn't feel like he raced until the fourth of July. they broke a motor early or Corby: Yeah, he didn't he didn't race beginning. Him and Roger had some things to work out. Yep. Jim Gardner: something. Yeah. so he's only run eleven times. average finish is seven and a half, but th he's got six Slim Pushins: Brandon Murphy said he thinks that Stubblefield's going to Tex Arcana this weekend. With the big dogs. Jim Gardner: What's in Texarcana? the Outlaws are in Texarcana. Is that yeah, that is this weekend. That ought be a good show. That place is awesome. Slim Pushins: Danny, that's what we hear. Upwards of fifty cars for Amarillo. Corby: So yeah, I hope they have a big Jim Gardner: Is that for Corby: turnout, man. Jim Gardner: Amarillo? Corby: I I don't I'll I'll say it publicly. I don't like that the Sunday race might semi hurt Jim Gardner: Yeah, I I think they Corby: them in some ways, but at the same time, man, if you're going for that amount of money, it's even the start money alone is really good. Really good. Slim Pushins: I think I think Halloween is gonna hurt would hurt it more than Sunday night. Jim Gardner: Yeah, it's it's tough. we'll see. Slim Pushins: Jim tired Jason Tyres making you a promise. Jim Gardner: I bring all the smoke, Jason. I can handle it. Trust me. You can't say anything meaner than what I tell myself in the mirror all the time about my driving. Slim Pushins: God. Why would you say that? Why would you unwrap that? Jim Gardner: Like if he thinks that he's tougher than me about my driving than I am, he's wrong. Or setting up a car or anything. So bring it on, Tyre. so yeah. Slim Pushins: He got rained out last weekend. I was disappointed to see that. Jim Gardner: They rescheduled it. I think it's the week before Slim Pushins: I well I knew that they would. That they still got rained out. Jim Gardner: Thanksgiving now. So hopefully they get that big micro show in there at Boyd. But yeah, back to RPM. Stubblefield Ricketts, Day Wilson, and Dylan Raimi. again, not eligible for the Dog Pounder Award because he was in the top five, but with a broken knee, Corby: Off the couch. Yep. Jim Gardner: eleventh to fifth is Slim Pushins: I was about to say Dylan Raimi is my is my dog pounder of life for the last sixty days. Dylan, Jim Gardner: Yeah, he's I mean Slim Pushins: if you're listening or if you hear this, you are my dog pounder Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: of of the real world for the last sixty Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: days. Jim Gardner: Yep. So that was really cool to see. Hawkins is was six. He's probably gonna be my dog pounder. He had an adventurous night. but yeah, it was a good show. Twenty cars in October is a good field at RPM. So hopefully we get another good field. they're paying some good money this weekend. So fifteen hundred to win, two hundred to start, I think. Slim Pushins: I think I think that there's just I think it's good that w people have choices this late in the race this late in the season. they can take a week or two off knowing that, you know, I'm gonna chill. Corby and I enjoyed not being at the racetrack this weekend. Well, I tried to get him to go to the racetrack. That's a a whole other story. Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha Slim Pushins: I tried to get him out to T S. Rutherford tried to get him out to T S and Jim Gardner: Did you go to TMS? Slim Pushins: Corby wouldn't let me. We went to big shots. Jim Gardner: God. For some for some power shanks. Corby: And hung out s swung some golf clubs, you know. Tried to relax, Jimmy. Slim Pushins: He had the Corby had the yips, Jim, that'll make you feel better. He had the yips, something awful. Jim Gardner: Good. Slim Pushins: Like he didn't like the type of yips where like everything felt good and it was just just a over the top worm burner, like off to the left type of deal, like not really knowing what he's doing. Jim Gardner: So it just his normal swing. Corby: percent. Jim Gardner: Yeah. I haven't swung a golf club all year, so I probably got no place to talk. Slim Pushins: You haven't swung my golf club all year. Corby: And I'll just let me know whenever you're ready, Jim. Just let me know. Jim Gardner: Yeah, I don't ha Slim Pushins: Brandon said, What about Hawkins in the eighty going through the field numerous times? He did. He had some setbacks. Corby: Yeah, sadly he had to do it a couple of times. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so Corby: Yeah. Jim Gardner: yeah, so he I think he got together with somebody in the heat race. Was it Chad? I was watching early Sunday morning on Kerbo's account. I think Chad and him got together on the back stretch. but it might have been somebody else. Slim Pushins: You we're trying to get in cahoots. Corby: Maybe it was. Jim Gardner: I I'm not trying to throw Wilson under the bus, but Slim Pushins: We're trying to get in cahoots with the race on people, Jim, and they're gonna put their foot down about Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: you hijacking, bouncing off of people's accounts. Corby: The good the good thing is is Merle always watches on my account. Lucas typically watches on Kerbo's account and then one of Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: them will FaceTime Logan to watch Jim Gardner: Right. Slim Pushins: Changing my password. Jim Gardner: yeah. but yeah, Hawkins breaks, it looks like he got in the fence down the back straightaway and it probably knocked the right rear torsion arm off it or something. Cause then he like slides it into one and two and bangs a huge wheelie down the back the next corner and then pulls it off. and then he had to start shotgun on the field and he was, I think, the first yellow. early in the race, lap like eight or whatever, and he was already up in the top ten and then battles his way back up to six after going back to the tail. So absolutely he was putting on a show. That's why he's gonna be my dog pounder of the week. you know there's there's Corby: Flat right rear. There you go. There's Cade. Jim Gardner: what was it? Flat right rear? Yeah, it was something. 'cause like I said, you don't see three fives banging wheelies two too often. So anyway. Slim Pushins: Cade was Cade was running well, until he got mixed up in something that didn't belong to him. Jim Gardner: Yeah. he was driving Raimi's experimental car. Yeah, Slim Pushins: He didn't have anywhere to go. That's not a knock on Cade. Jim Gardner: he was driving Raimi's experiment, the one that I followed at Hunt County earlier this year with the turned up headers and coils on the front and all sorts of goofy stuff. I wonder ca I don't wonder if Kevin left that on for Kate or if he turned it back into a standard car or not. Corby: No, same top wings all offset. Jim Gardner: Yeah, it's it's all over engineered. but Kevin likes Slim Pushins: broadcast Geist made a comment about about that top wing. I'm sure you saw it on my account when you were watching it Sunday morning. Jim Gardner: Yeah, but I also s kind of blaze through everything pretty quick. So 'cause I don't want to get caught. Slim Pushins: It was a twenty lap feature. Jim Gardner: I don't know. Corby: Did you watch my race back? Slim Pushins: Speaking of twenty laps. Jim Gardner: No, I didn't watch your race. I just wanted Corby: Sorry about Jim Gardner: to pull this up. This was just Yeah. Fifteen hundred to win, two fifty to start for sprint cars on Saturday Corby: Good money. Jim Gardner: there at RPM. So if you if you feel like getting froggy and racing, we'll see it. We'll see you down there. But yeah, I'm glad they added this Slim Pushins: He's talking to you, Corby. Jim Gardner: extra show and I I'm glad there's still good racing here as the weather's cooled off and and people are braving, you know, mild temperatures. I know, which is the extreme frozen tundra for you, Corby. Corby: mild temperatures last week and it was cold. It was cold. Slim Pushins: That's why Corby that's why Corby wouldn't go to TMS. Corby: It was horrendous. Absolutely. Jim Gardner: That's a yeah. The air was good last week, I can tell you that. They Corby: That was real good. They were blowing motors up left and right. Jim Gardner: Yeah, it is hard on motors and but you know, de there was drag racing in NS two, which I know a lot of our guys went to. Tony Stewart set a new track record down there, qualifying Friday night, went like three hundred and forty three miles an hour. And when the air is basically at sea level, you're gonna have that 'cause the motors are just making so much power. NHRA's badass. Corby: Does it matter much on like wings and stuff like that when the air's that good? The difference to it really Jim Gardner: the wings are Corby: humid, thick w wind and air? Jim Gardner: the wings make it's just the efficiency goes up because air resistance is I mean air resistance is a function of velocity squared. So you're already going pretty fast. You might be going Slim Pushins: Thanks a lot, Corby. Corby: A function of velocity squared, is that what you said? Gotcha. The deuce. Jim Gardner: a little faster squared. Right. So like if you're going fifty miles an hour and the wing the wing makes X amount of down force and drag, but if you go a hundred miles an hour, you quadruple the amount of down force and drag the wing makes. 'Cause it's a function of velocity squared. So you ch double the velocity, but you you quadruple the the air resistance. So that's why like four ten racing is so much more arrow dependent than three five racing, 'cause they're just going faster. So Slim Pushins: Nate said Corby: Talk about Slim Pushins: fifty seven cars committed right now in Emberlo. That's great to hear. And Landon Jim Gardner: That's awesome. Yep. So Slim Pushins: said they fueled for minus seven hundred density Saturday. Jim Gardner: I bet I bet. And and I'll bet the car owners were Slim Pushins: Puckered up. Jim Gardner: Every time that thing at every time that thing went out, man. That's putting the fuel to her, it's really hard on the bottom ends of those motors. So anyway. Corby: about that in four ten, man, Austin Austin Monday had a hell of a leg. Slim Pushins: He squared up on that tractor tire. Corby: Him and Brown got into him and looked like it bent the steering arm. Slim Pushins: Like he was along for the ride and he squared Corby: And Slim Pushins: have you seen that, Jim? Jim Gardner: No, was that Saturday? Yeah, I d I didn't catch anything from Saturday. Corby: Yeah. Yes. Yes, it was Saturday. Slim Pushins: was it s yeah, it was Saturday 'cause we were at Big Shot. We had it on at Big Shots. Corby: Mm-hmm. Jim Gardner: Nice. yeah, I didn't catch I haven't even gone back and seen anything. I saw all the features Saturday night, but I didn't see anything leading up to it. Corby: That one hurt. I prom I know it's just a tire that he was hitting in the infield, I I know from experience. But Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: that that one hurt. Slim Pushins: Yeah, you do. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: He hit it hard. I mean, he was just along for the ride. Jim Gardner: The The track was excellent both nights. Martin Edwards has got that joint figured out. It was super racy. especially Friday night was incredible. Saturday put on a good show too. But you know, for as much as we Slim Pushins: You know if you've done you know you've done something right if multiple drivers in multiple different interviews and in Victory Lane are giving you props about how the how the track raced. Like that's when do you ever hear that? Corby: That I know of, they've never changed that dirt. Yeah, and they've never changed the dirt and they just don't race on the place enough. It's su it's such a beautiful facility that needs more racing, honestly. but like I said, I mean, I'm I'm old now and I remember racing there when I was fourteen or something like that. I'm pretty sure it's the same dirt that they let grass grow on every winter and I'm not dogging T S but I I think you could Slim Pushins: I thought they brought Corby: have Jim Gardner: Sounds you're dogging them. Corby: Yeah, you can have more racing there in my opinion. than just a couple of times a year. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so they they have another show, a Power Eye show here in two weeks. I th Slim Pushins: In November, right? Jim Gardner: yeah, I think it's the first week in November, it's three day show. Fort Ten sprint cars, late models, modified, and it will have more juice, I feel like, than the high limit deal. Corby: Yeah. Slim Pushins: I thought they did they did change that dirt out or something because remember how it was thrown up boulders and then all of a sudden it isn't anymore. Corby: they got a no, they got a lot of that pushed back down. That that was the problem. I remember the the bandit race that we ran there in three fives. I I mean like you you were almost ducking for some of these cantaloupes that were being thrown at you. Jim Gardner: I ran that non wing race there, they had they had filtered some of that out Corby: Mm. Jim Gardner: in twenty one. So but it was just super abrasive. And I don't know how abrasive that how abrasive that racetrack was and how tire wear was this past weekend. Maybe Landon can chime in on that. But as far as just the racing product though, it was just it was excellent. So Slim Pushins: I think it's I think it might be more than that, Jordan. Jordan Reeves said he heard that it costs fifty grand a night just to open the gates. I I think there's Jim Gardner: I'll bet. Slim Pushins: I I think that's what the track charges and then you're responsible for all the emer paying the emergency personnel. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Purse and everything like that, but Slim Pushins: Fifty seven cars, Brantley. We'll be up in your neck of the woods. I say we, I'm gonna try to get up there. Jim and I are gonna well, the three of us are gonna try to do a live show. Corby's gonna be where he's sitting right now. but we're gonna try to Jim Gardner: Yeah. Or we'll have a card cardboard cutout of out there that we'll raffle off to the ladies. Corby: You'd probably get more out of it. Slim Pushins: Big fluffy hair. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: but yeah, we're gonna try to do a a live show from up there and and maybe just have some drivers in and out. it might last five minutes, it might last a couple hours, depends on when we start and how much time Jim's gonna give to the show while he's up there wrenching, which is actually the big question or the Jim Gardner: Yeah. Right. Slim Pushins: big Jim Gardner: The big hang up. So going Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: up there going up there trying to kick ass and chew bubblegum and you know, don't wanna do wanna do the show for for to help the event and stuff like that, but also need to make sure I'm taking care of what I need to take care of when we're up there. So we'll see. But yeah, we can talk more about that next week. But yeah, we're we're trying to do pushing the cushion live, up in Amarillo over Halloween. So Slim Pushins: We we get questions all the time about being live at racetracks. The logistics of it gets difficult. we were we were offered up Starlink in Amarillo, so we feel like that will offer good enough service to be able to to to be live. We do these from our laptops, so a lot of these tracks, most of you that are on y'all know that that cell service is limited out at a lot of places that we go, so it's really difficult. We could record something. Which isn't the worst thing in the world, but we've kicked around the idea since we started this of of trying to do some lives in various places, Twin Peaks and Hooters and stuff. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so all the establishments, the local library, you know. but Corby: Walmart parking lot. Jim Gardner: so yeah, we're the you know, I I have just logistical concerns about how how well we can do that next week, but I think if we do it early enough, it'll be good. 'Cause I I Slim Pushins: We've had Jim Gardner: I have earned the nickname Mr. Unapproachable for a reason come race time. So Slim Pushins: That's what we need to do, just follow Jim around with a GoPro on a race night. Just so people really under this personality that Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: you get on the show is not racetrack Jim personality. Jim Gardner: I I I told Kerbo I was like, Look, man, we could do it, but we better do it at ten in the morning 'cause if you come at me at you know, an hour before hot laps, it's gonna be a problem. So Slim Pushins: I don't plan on talking to you all weekend. So for that very reason. Jordan wants to know if Jim Gardner: Good. That's the way I like it. Slim Pushins: you're gonna have a happy dad night, Friday night in Amarillo. Jim Gardner: Probably. Yeah. Yeah, probably. Probably Friday, maybe a little Saturday. We'll see. See how well Friday goes, 'cause they're locking in the top six. Corby: What if I show up to Amarillo? What if I do that? Jim Gardner: What? Corby: What so so you're saying Emerald is not gonna help power rankings? Jim Gardner: I don't believe so. No. Especially if you Corby: What if I show up? Jim Gardner: go, then it's definitely not. Corby: Gotcha. Gotcha. Slightly biased. Jim Gardner: Yeah. That is not Slim Pushins: We'll we'll talk more about Amarillo next week too as it gets closer and and numbers start to get a little bit more precise, I think. I thought I saw Nate if you're still on, I think entry ends this Friday, I think somebody asked and he answered. that's what I meant. Yeah. Jim Gardner: I think that was pre entry. Yeah, they can post entry. Pre entry's only a hundred bucks or whatever, and then there's a post entry which I'm sure he jacks it up jacks it up 'cause then he can't use the driver as marketing material, you know, to put asses in seats like Corby. So Slim Pushins: Corby doesn't need marketing material. He's just famous. Just sits there famous. Jim Gardner: Yeah, right. Gets there, gets the employee discount on stuff. Yeah. but yeah. That is what we got. Slim Pushins: so we think we think Stubborfield's running Texarkana. I I almost certain f Nathan said Friday Jim Gardner: Yeah, so the Slim Pushins: at midnight, preentry is a hundred dollars, post is two fifty or three fifty for Corby. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so sa this Saturday at RPM is not a points race. Corby: I heard Nathan was gonna cover my entry. Jim Gardner: Yeah. He might if you tell him you're going and make a commitment on something for a change. Slim Pushins: They're it Nate's doing a lot of stuff outside of actual race money. He's he told me the other day that they're doing the Halloween costume contest and I think the winner of that gets like a PS five and a date with Corby. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: That's not good. Jim Gardner: Nice. Corby: That's that's a downfall. Slim Pushins: Ha ha ha. Jim Gardner: Yeah. yeah, no, there's there's a lot of cool stuff happening. I'm I'm glad Nathan's trying to to make that a big event. So a nice marquee event to end the season on. So hopefully the weather's good. Corby: I heard Yeah, and I for sure. 'Cause I I heard I think that the what what do they call the mini mods at RPM. I think that the track championship is this weekend too. They've had an insane turnout for for that stuff. the toddler mods. There we go, toddler mods. Yeah. Jim Gardner: Are there toddler mods this weekend? 'Cause that's the reason that's the reason Slim Pushins: Many mods. Jim Gardner: I would show up. That's the electric factory. Corby: if I'm not mistaken, I believe that the track championship is this weekend for that. Jim Gardner: I think you're mistaken, but Slim Pushins: That points that points fund probably pays about thirty five thousand dollars too. Corby: Probably. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: Way better than the power rankings. Slim Pushins: We got some stuff in the works though. We want to try to put some something on the line for for Stubblefield next year when he wins the power rankings. Jim Gardner: Again, yeah. but yeah, so it's not a points race for the sprint cars. That's why Stubblefield has got that championship locked up even if he doesn't show up this weekend. I am not seeing toddler mods on Corby: There we go. Look. Next question, Jimmy. Go ahead. Jim Gardner: Okay. Toddler Mod Championship. Put your asses in seats in East Texas Saturday Corby: Super cool man. Jim Gardner: night. Corby: Yeah, it's it's really cool what they've done with that and like I said, they've had s massive, massive interest in it. And it it that it goes back to the same thing. I'm an old guy, I've washed up, I'm not very fast. it's about the kids. Slim Pushins: Ugly. Corby: for sure, ugly. Terrible hairline. Wish I had Jimmy wish Slim Pushins: Horrible golfer. Corby: I wish I had Jim's jawline. it's about the kids, man, and and those kids racing in front of those fans or the same. Joe Andrews son is who redrew for me at Boyd and like the kid thinks the world of me and I had one good night, but it's about those kids that Slim Pushins: That's That's that's what it's like being friends with Corby. Jim Gardner: Yeah. speaking of that Mike. Slim Pushins: Pay paying everywhere paying everywhere you get in, Corby just floats. Jim Gardner: Yeah. We are undeserving of Mike Frieri. He is sponsoring Corby: I agree. Jim Gardner: the hard charger, hard charger in all the classes at RPM Saturday. So thank you, Mike. I'm gunning for that extra Corby: Your endless support. Jim Gardner: hundo on Saturday for the hard charger. Slim Pushins: Rupe, I don't know what a finger mask is, but it kinda scares me. Jim Gardner: so yeah. I'm glad Mike's making the journey across town. we'll see you down there. but yeah, he he he he's contributed a bunch of money. Slim Pushins: Well he's got that sports car of a Cadillac that's always shined up. Corby: And he pulls into the infield. Jim Gardner: Yeah. He's VI VIP parking. Slim Pushins: They sell at me to turn around everywhere that I get Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: Mike's huge, man. It it takes people like that, like I was just talking about the younger generation, and it's it's the people who stick around forever and they don't just kind of vanish in the wind like a lot of racers do. sadly this stupid podcast might have kept me a little bit relevant in and all this stuff and Slim Pushins: Like you tried to do, we wouldn't let you. Then Mike came Jim Gardner: Yeah, right, exactly. Slim Pushins: along and was like, Hey buddy Corby: So Slim Pushins: You're so famous, I want you in my race car. Corby: you know, man, it's it's about the kids and and those those kids getting the race in front of those fans. I remember being a little kid, and just looking up in the stands to think that there's four zillion people up there looking at me right now to being an old guy to look down at a little kid and just give him knuckles is it's big, it's a big change of pace. Slim Pushins: what else? How about a congratulations for the kid pushing the cushions on Rider Laplant, finishing fifth in national points with the ASCS tour. Corby: Massive feat. Jim Gardner: Mm. Corby: You know, Sam Hayfer T, peop Slim Pushins: He didn't Corby: people forget that, that he was he was a local guy at one point in time around here. So Slim Pushins: Now he's won, what is it, seven? Corby: a lot. Jim Gardner: Yeah. yeah, Ryder Ryder had a really good year. He he's really come a long way in those three sixties. he is a contender and up front every every night now. He is like out Corby: Now that he figured out qualifying Jim Gardner: Yeah, he is out of like the three sixty dog pound. You know, he's Corby: Yeah. Jim Gardner: not back there fighting for his life. He's up there mixing it up with really big names and really high profile teams. So you know, Kevin Amy and Bobby Kraft and all those guys have done a really good job. they should be really proud of of that. So Slim Pushins: James Horton said he had a good speech. when he did. It Jim Gardner: I wanna Slim Pushins: was it was impressive. Mike said he got in free of boy when he told him we went to high school with Corby. Jim Gardner: that sounds about right. Slim Pushins: Yeah, the kid the kid had he had he had shitty luck Saturday night though. started third and almost made it through turn two before he was knocked out of the race. He kind of a starting deal. He got Jim Gardner: What I just saw him on the hook. He just bang it through the holes or get run over or what? Slim Pushins: He got tangled up, yeah. He got bounced around and blew a tire and knocked a front left shock off and gave a good post Jim Gardner: You'll have that big time auto racing. Slim Pushins: race interview, all giggling. Texted Jim Gardner: Course. I wouldn't expect any Slim Pushins: Texted Corby and I from the car. Wow. My phone goes off. My phone goes off. We're watching the race, my phone goes off and I was Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: like, how is Ryder texting us? Jim Gardner: what else happened? they just officially announced that Keith Coons Motorsports is shutting down. Slim Pushins: Big news. Corby: It's been talk around. I think everyone's trying to keep it keep it really hush hush, but it's crossed my mind, yeah. Slim Pushins: Corby and I are thinking about buying it. Facility, just buying the whole thing. Jim Gardner: Yeah, I Yeah. okay. Yeah. yeah, I've I've heard about it for I don't know, three weeks, two, three weeks, something like that. Yeah, you Corby: Wild. Jim Gardner: just you hear a lot of weird stuff. Don't need to speculate on stuff, but they officially came out today. They're done, Keith's done. he's getting older and it's just time to to slow it down. Doesn't want to be on the road. Corby: What else does he have to win? Jim Gardner: Exactly. Like you just you know and he weeps because there's no wor mo no more worlds to conquer in this racing deal. So they said he's gonna hang around a little bit and consult and and do some stuff with some midget teams, but not do it full time and have to be on the road every week and so but not going to Chili Bowl like Chili Bowl feels you know, feels wide open Corby: For sure. That'll be wild. First two rows. Jim Gardner: for the the Chili Bowl feels wide open for Slim Pushins: Normal people. Corby: Justin Grant? Jim Gardner: the like the the like the Kyle Joneses, the Grants and you know, Bell and all the Slim Pushins: Stasa, I don't know if he's fielding I don't know if he already has contracts to be at Chili Bowl this year or not. Jim Gardner: I from the interview, I didn't watch the whole interview. It was like thirty minutes long. It's on Dirt Vision, but it sounds like done after Turkey night that he's gonna keep like one or two cars at his personal house, just in his his personal garage and keep some micros to race with Jeffrey Newell. But he's gonna be a consultant for like four Kings Racing, which is Kevin Thomas Jr. and and Matt Westfall and those guys. But yeah, I don't think it they're going to Chili Bowl at all. I think there's z some of the rumors I heard were that the the the motor deal was going away and and the financials just don't make sense for anymore. So it's crazy. So yeah, like I said, you know, the Slim Pushins: Kate said no KKM cars at the Chili Bowl. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so like it it doesn't affect my chili bull effort at all 'cause I'm still gonna be in the P main dog pound. But at ten in the morning on Saturday Slim Pushins: Well that is the definition of dog pound. The soup Corby: What day are you gonna race? What day are you gonna race? I think picking your day at the chili ball is more important than just about anything. Jim Gardner: Well, that I pick my day based on logistics. so I will probably go either Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. I gotta talk to Zimmerman and Bates about what days they wanna go. Yeah, right. Slim Pushins: Jim's gonna take over those rows. Corby: A hundred percent. Jim Gardner: Me and my pop my open trailer. Now they'll probably just move all up. It's all about Slim Pushins: Jim Jim will be up there. Sign an autograph, selling merge. Jim Gardner: all by seniority. So, you know, probably Chad Boat moves up into those spots or something like that. But yeah, it's not gonna affect my my efforts so much, but if you're thinking about, you know, regional teams like you know, like Grant and and those aren't really regional teams, but like Kyle Jones has got to be thinking, you know, this is our opportunity to to step up and be a player and you know you know, but it it's gonna open up a lot of stuff, you know, for sure. You know, I heard Buddy f Kophoids like scrambling trying to find a ride and so we'll see. w maybe it all morphs into Chad boat. I don't know. But Corby: Tapo, Klaus Marshall. I th there's there's still, you know, tons of big names, but Keith Coombs Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: is is hands down the most dominant inside that building. Jim Gardner: yeah. So it's crazy. It it's it was an honor to to have a couple cups of coffee there and and have some paycheck stubs from there. I learned a lot. Corby: Have that on my resume. Jim Gardner: Yeah, I learned a lot back in the day about, you know, approach and and how to how to go about winning and and and what standards to set for yourselves and I really enjoyed, you know, being there for the for as little of a time as I did, but It is certainly gonna change the national open wheeled landscape. it's it's it's big, so Slim Pushins: Is that where the is that where the black pant mafia came from, Jim? Jim Gardner: Pr pretty much. Yeah. there was a standard of what to wear every day, no matter what. So Slim Pushins: Costco black bridges? Corby: Was there a standard in the shirt pit? Jim Gardner: No. Slim Pushins: If there was, I broke Jim Gardner: No. Slim Pushins: those standards. Jim Gardner: Yeah. So yeah, that was that was pretty cra crazy news. You know, to to hear rumblings about it from people I trust and stuff over the last couple of weeks, it's like, well, that's nuts. But they hear Keith actually be like, Yeah, we're done is Slim Pushins: He's not talking about us, Corby. Corby: Mm mm. Mm mm. He tries Jim Gardner: Yeah. So Corby: to forget that night. What was the date? What was the date up, Boyd? He tries to forget that night. Jim Gardner: I don't know and I don't care. It it was the tenth. Slim Pushins: How come you haven't watched the replay of boy Jennifer? Jim Gardner: I did. Corby: It was the tenth. Jim Gardner: I watched it one time. So Slim Pushins: Corby goes to sleep with it on every evening. Jim Gardner: I bet he does. I bet the race on engineers are like, What is this traffic? From Wise County. Anyway. Corby: We had a shout out on race on. I mean, does that not help you at all, Jimmy? Jim Gardner: Yeah, we did. That was the Slim Pushins: We did get a shout out. Jim Gardner: it was the my favorite thing about that four and a half hour broadcast. Was Sean Conrad throwing the pod out some some love. Certainly it wasn't Slim Pushins: James James said, How about Drunk Rico? I have I have not seen those videos yet. Corby: yeah. That w that was a pretty good interview. It's a pretty good interview. Jim Gardner: I've not seen it. Heard it was wheels off though. Corby: Cheers to Rico doing it, Tony Stewart. yeah. Slim Pushins: Yeah, it was cool that Tony and Leah were in town and could could be at TMS to watch that. Watch him clinch it. Jim Gardner: Think that's like Stewart's twenty-fifth national championship as an owner. Yeah, but he's got like twelve outlaw Corby: First in high limits. First time chasing high limits. F Jim Gardner: titles. He's got you know, USAC midget titles, sprint card titles, silver crown titles as an owner, all sorts of stuff. he's just He he's just committed to it. You know, it ain't ain't no hobby to him to to have cars and go out and win. So pretty awesome to see. I the it's it's just really weird. You know, I I didn't go this year, but the last couple years the high limit finale out at TMS just doesn't feel like the event it probably needs to be. I don't know if you guys feel that way, but like it Slim Pushins: They overplay it on the broadcast for sure, but live I I kind of agree with you. Jim Gardner: I don't know if it's just the venue is so big, but they like they play the drone shots and it just looks like there's not that many people there. There's no support classes and the show goes so fast because it's optimized for TV. Like I just don't know that it's got like the World Finals feel or the King's Royal feel, or any like real big time sprit car race. And, you know, maybe it's a weird time of the year. There's not a lot of locals here anymore. Like, you know, we have Landon and Mundy. And you know, a couple other guys that that went and ran, but we don't have like a strong four ten presence anymore to make it, you know, fifty cars and you know, I was happy that they got thirty two. I was really shocked they had you know, that many. But it just feels a little out of place. I don't I know they're trying and it takes time to to build it up, but like I said, like this Slim Pushins: Or they're doing everything right. I mean, being on FSN and stuff, you know, like they're Jim Gardner: Yeah, i it just feels like it's more made for T V than the actual physical event. Slim Pushins: And that's probably where a lot of the money is. I get it. But I but I also agree with what you're saying. Jim Gardner: it's where all of the money is, but yeah, but like this this show on the the first weekend of November, the Power Eye show, will feel when you're in the pits, like a bigger event. Maybe it's just that there's more cars and that there's three classes. I I don't know. But like, you know, when when we went there with Jeb, you know, a couple of years ago and got our asses kicked, but it just didn't feel it just kinda felt like another race. It didn't feel like this big season ender event. You know, compared to the four the power eye show, but sure they're working on it. Like I said, having great track prep like they did will help. They wanna get more guys to come down here and run and chase Big Bunny. I think it paid paid twenty five grand Saturday, right? Corby: For sure. Well, I think that's that's too I don't wanna well, Slim Pushins: Landon Corby: I don't wanna knock the whole s Slim Pushins: Landon, if you're still on, I'm curious if you're gonna run that Power I four ten show. Corby: Not gonna knock the whole sport, but I the the four ten stuff has really just just fizzled out around here. There it's so competitive Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: to be in three fives and there's so many three five races around here that pay good and you can run weekly here in a three five. the four ten stuff is just never really Jim Gardner: Yeah, and the the tracks can Corby: stuck around here. Jim Gardner: the tracks can sustain it and the Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: the the purse model and stuff like that. You know, it just if you're gonna get the same guys you can get for a three five show and only pay half the purse, then just have a three five show, you know, and that's Corby: For sure. Jim Gardner: just kinda just kind of the way it is. And that's not that it's a problem around here. It just doesn't fit with a national four ten touring series coming here, you know, with no support classes. Corby: I agree. Jim Gardner: So Slim Pushins: Ricketts is back, Jim. Jim Gardner: but Corby: Yeah, I remember the the couple Jim Gardner: okay. Corby: power eye races that I ran at TMS and they they were big. There was there was a lot of drivers making features and stuff like that. I I will agree with Jimmy that it didn't feel much different from the three five power eye races there to the high limit races there. I I don't feel like there was a massive difference. Slim Pushins: LT's out. Jim Gardner: Well, I thought Slim Pushins: He's doing vacation things. Jim Gardner: Mm. Corby: He's big time. Slim Pushins: Yeah, he is. Jim Gardner: Landon, you're running Tex Arcana? This weekend. Corby: Same, I mean John John had a four ten for quite a while and they they went strictly three fives as of late. that's just that's the tough thing. Jim Gardner: There's just not a lot of there's not a lot of bang for the buck here. Is it's just what it comes down to and that's okay. Corby: I agree. It's a it's a big buy in for to basically to travel. Slim Pushins: LT's going to Texana. Jim Gardner: Yeah. That's good. Good luck up there, man. I think you'll be good there. That that place that is a rowdy place. Yeah. Corby: Shows up in P A like it's nothing, blows the doors off of I was back home, you know, keeping Boyd safe, Landon, but I wasn't doing what you were doing. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Jim, is Landon the only one that's got better hair than Corby? Corby: He's got a lot better hair than me. Jim Gardner: I don't know, Why can't I think of his name? three car. Corby: Harmon. Jim Gardner: Harmon's got great crazy main flow too. Slim Pushins: Harmon's got flow. Corby: Rider's Ryder's really coming along with the hair. Braxton Weger, he he does good with the hair, you know. Yeah. Jim Gardner: Yeah, Braxton's got good. Yeah. Slim Pushins: Uyghur wears his hat on top of his hair. Like he doesn't wear it on his head. He wears it on top of his hair. Corby: Mm. Jim Gardner: I mean, none of can compare to that that go kart kid, Zalansky. Corby: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Zel Zelazny Bennett? That kid's got Jim Gardner: Zalazname. Yeah, Zalansky is from Tommy Boy. My bad. So Slim Pushins: That kid's such a pimp. Great, great personality. We we were in the hangar. Jim, I don't know if you were up there. We were in the hangar at the Taco Casa hangar one time. messed with cars and Bennett showed up with his dad and like just started tweaking on a broken motorcycle. And within like twenty minutes he was wheeling up and down the taxiways at the airport. Man. Jim Gardner: I'm sure they love that. It's Slim Pushins: One of these days I'm gonna be as cool as that kid. Jim Gardner: awesome. Slim Pushins: Cade said Landon Thompson's his favorite. Corby, you're now in second second hair place. Corby: Sorry. I never Jim Gardner: Wow. Corby: I never went with the The whole perm or curly look, I don't I don't have that. I don't have that in my bag. Jim Gardner: We're gonna do a great race car driver hair power rankings. Corby: We could. We could. Slim Pushins: We definitely can. Corby: Like that that's that's one of Kerba's Jim Gardner: Kerbo you used to have gr you used to have pretty great flow curbo until my wife made you cut it for the wedding. Slim Pushins: That was one of the rules. Two rules, Jim Gardner: Ha ha. Slim Pushins: no cussing, and you had to cut your hair. Jim Gardner: Well shit. Corby: I the same you know, Kerbo's one of the I think Kerbo's number one job is to make sure that I have a hat ready after the race is over. Slim Pushins: 'Cause unlike his brother Lucas, when Corby takes his helmet off, not a panteen commercial like Lucas. Corby: Not good. Not good. Not good. Jim Gardner: Does not look good. man. Slim Pushins: But I had a hat for you. I didn't have any sharpies, but I had a hat for you. Corby: You didn't have Sharpies. Who was it? Who there was like one Sharpie that made it to the front stretch? There's whatever it is, fifteen, sixteen cars up there. We had one Sharpie that everyone was passing. I needed Jimmy. Jim Gardner: I just found a whole Slim Pushins: But Jim Gardner: box of Sharpies in my toolbox in the shop. Slim Pushins: what's interesting, Jim, what's interesting once it got to Corby, Corby just held it 'cause, you know, at that point Corby's the autograph everybody wanted to get anyway. Landon said he's got the most formal Jim Gardner: Exactly. Right. Devalued whatever he was signing. Corby: Whatever. Slim Pushins: flow. Who name a better formal flow? Jim Gardner: Yeah. boy. While I was thinking of my flow, my mom just sent in a Beans opinion. Hang on, let me post this up. I don't I I like Harman's Slim Pushins: I don't know if all of it'll go Jim Gardner: I'm I like Harman's flow. When he was sprinting across the infield at KSP running after Jeb Corby: And it's blowing in the wind. Jim Gardner: and it looked like a supermodel promo with the big Slim Pushins: It was just following him five feet behind him. Jim Gardner: fan. Yeah. Look like a wedding train. Slim Pushins: That's exactly Jim Gardner: Yeah, so my mom chimes in here on the official chili she makes a ruling here. I always make Slim Pushins: It's not a ruling, it's a some sort of an explanation. Squished beans. Squished into the sauce. Jim Gardner: It's it's a ruling. She says, I always make chile, spelled like the country, with beans. However, they're always squished into the sauce. Why? Because kids in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, that's where I grew up, don't like big bugs, beans in their chili. Now that one of those kids is a man living in Texas, I feel like I can expose the beans. Slim Pushins: Did you get her name, Corby? Jim Gardner: Yeah. Anyway. Corby: Landon, if it for the record, I know that we're cutting off Mama here, but Landon, if you ever see me running, you better just start hauling ass with me 'cause there is something major. Slim Pushins: Something's chasing us or about to blow. Corby: I I might work out and I might be like try try to stay in shape, but if I'm ever running, it's bad. Really bad. Slim Pushins: I'm gonna stick around shield everybody. Just clear my browser Jim Gardner: Anyway. Slim Pushins: history and tell my parents I love Jim Gardner: Good lord. Wow. What can we talk about, please? Anything, God. Corby: We were talking about hair and then then we started talking about jogging. Slim Pushins: Jordan's comment? Milfs. Jim Gardner: I got a couple I got a couple racing things. Slim Pushins: Jim Jim doesn't have any words. Corby: I got a couple of racing things. Jesus. Jim Gardner: Got a couple racing things to discuss. the Western World Championships for for USAC non-winger this weekend. And I gotta be honest, this kid Trey Osborne is one of my favorite drivers. He won a USAC show in Florida earlier Corby: Too tall. Jim Gardner: this year. Kid gets it on. He's like six foot eight curvo. his head sticks out the top of the cage. Look at this unit driving cross country from Columbus, Ohio. Corby: That's it, that's the move. Jim Gardner: To go run Western World this weekend. Slim Pushins: He does he does electrical work all those w all the way to races in his electric the Jim Gardner: Yeah. it Slim Pushins: electrician van. Jim Gardner: this kid, Trey Osborne, wants it bad. he builds his own motors, he runs locally all the time. he uses everybody's used tires. Like he is a good story if you're looking to to follow a a non wing guy. That is Slim Pushins: No. Jim Gardner: the kid right there, man. Slim Pushins: Corby, are you looking to follow a non wing guy? Corby: No. No. Chad Chad Wilson put me on my lid last time Jim Gardner: Why'd you say that so weird? Corby: I well, Chad Wilson put me on my lid last time I ran Non Wing. Jim Gardner: Yeah. yeah, so Slim Pushins: Probably your fo was it your line? Corby: I thought it was, but Chad proved it was not my line. Jim Gardner: Can we not start this shit? God. Kerbo found a spectator racing crash. This is why I don't want to be any part of any of these. Slim Pushins: And also why I'll never be on a racetrack with Corby. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so for Corby: 'Cause my line Slim Pushins: Look at look Jim Gardner: for Slim Pushins: at these guys. J watch them come down the back stretch, just crowding each other. Corby: Dude's already roughing each other up. Is that what what minivan is that? Is that a pony? That's a Chrysler. Jim Gardner: It's the Cadillac of minivans. It's the Chrysler town and country. Slim Pushins: Like, here we go. Okay. Corby: That ain't the Ballparked himself, head hanging out the side. Jim Gardner: But Slim Pushins: Why did the van stop? Jim Gardner: because Yeah. I so we're gonna watch this again. Slim Pushins: Flagments just put out. Corby: My favorite part about any of these racers or any of these races is the shield is up. I'm I could never figure out why the Jim Gardner: Ha ha Corby: the shield stays up. Package deal. Jim Gardner: First of all, he takes the worst angle going into turn three. Slim Pushins: Look at him. Corby: yeah. Game a just well, I think he got a little help. No. Slim Pushins: His weight distribution is all off, Jim. Corby: Take it back. He got a little help from the minivan entering turn three there. Miniva yeah, Minivan kinda crowded him. Jim Gardner: No well yeah, you got the minivan crowds him. Slim Pushins: Did he? Corby: Yeah. Slim Pushins: We have slow mo on this thing, Jim. Corby: See watch Miniv Minivan gets a Jim Gardner: No, I don't have slow mo. Corby: Minivan got a hell of a drive off of two. That front wheel drive was was doing her. And Slim Pushins: Jim, do we have that thing Jim Gardner: I'm hoping Slim Pushins: that like football commentators have where we can draw on the screen? Corby: See watch, Minivan gets him a little Jim Gardner: A Telestrator? No. Corby: Hold on. I think I'll I'll get more chicks there and the GMC gave the Minivan a little something down the back stretch and Minivan gave it back. Jim Gardner: Dude. Corby: Is that a Chevy or is it a G C? You gotta roll it. Jim Gardner: Dude, is he is hanging out the side of that thing. Slim Pushins: Jim, your mother said she corrected the your your mom said she corrected the spelling of chili. She's typing on a typing in the car Jim Gardner: Ha Slim Pushins: on a bumpy road like Corby: This is Slim Pushins: turn forward RPM. Corby: This is well up north with the rust underneath the wheel wells. Well up north. Yeah, I I agree with Wes, and many van helped. Slim Pushins: I was gonna say that. There's a lot of rust. Wes said the minivan Jim Gardner: I I Yeah. Slim Pushins: helped him. Open helmet. Corby: John, it it's a hell of a deal. That's a that's a Chevy. That's not a get more chick, sorry. Sorry about that. Jim Gardner: Yeah. yeah, the Chrysler Slim Pushins: Not the Cadillac of all minivans? Corby: N Where's brother in law? Jim Gardner: Cannon Country. Yeah, that's why I don't want a Slim Pushins: they Jim Gardner: part of the trailer parking deal. I don't want a part or my name or anything around it, because that looks just dangerous as hell. I know they sign a waiver, but no. Slim Pushins: we're dude, we're definitely people are reaching out. Corby: I want it Slim Pushins: People are reaching out about that race. Corby: Chrysler. Good job Wes Wes and then Chevy. I got corrected there and then Jim Gardner: Yeah. Corby: the Chrysler. It's a mu Chrysler. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so that's about all I got. Slim Pushins: Corby wouldn't have let me get to turn three. Corby: No, we're doing the two seater race where I run the the the throttle pedal and you steer. And we're gonna put it on the floor until we see Jesus or God and then we'll start thinking about lifting. Slim Pushins: We're gonna take Jim with us. Corby: a hundred percent. Jim Gardner: No, I'm nowhere near that. Corby: Hundred percent. Jim Gardner: Nowhere near that. Slim Pushins: I rode with you at T S. You can ride with us on a dirt track somewhere. Jim Gardner: No. No I'm out of the last thing I got I came across this. This is an old video. This guy is Leonard Wood of the famous Wood Brothers. And he made a min Slim Pushins: That a half scale model. Jim Gardner: it's a I think it's a quarter scale full model of a four twenty nine boss engine that they developed in the sixties and seventies. So This old guy's just into cool stuff. Slim Pushins: He's also a genius. Jim Gardner: He is so I'm not trying to big time anybody. I had lunch with Leonard Wood about 15 years ago. He was randomly in Cincinnati and my mom bumped into him and and and somebody Slim Pushins: Literally. Jim Gardner: yeah, like at a diner in east side of Cincinnati. And my mom got to small talking with him and he was like, yeah, I did some NASCAR stuff. And she's like, my son loves racing, right? Did that thing. And then I'm playing golf across town. And I get a phone call. I'm on like the eighth hole, probably plus eight or ten, having a bad day. And my mom goes, Hey, do you she calls me up and I'm Yeah, what do you need? And she goes, Do you know a Leonard Wood from NASCAR? And I was like, Yeah, I know who Leonard Wood is. He invented the pit stop, right? Like he is a legend. She goes, Well, yeah, he's over here at this diner just killing time while his wife goes antique shopping here in New Richmond. Do you want to come meet him? And I drove the golf cart straight to the parking lot and went over and had lunch with Leonard Wood for about three hours and just talked old racing with him. And he is the coolest person I've ever met. He was he was developing remote control carbon fibered lawnmowers in his spare time Slim Pushins: Yes. Jim Gardner: at that time because he was bored around the house and that's what w when you're a genius You do. You make your life easier. and he just fiddles with old stuff because that's all he wants to do. And he's just the coolest person I've ever met. So if you find Leonard Wood content out there in in the Twitter world or on Facebook, any video, send it to me. Slim Pushins: Send it send it to Jim's mom. Jim Gardner: Yeah. So and my mom, I give her a lot of shit, but you know, she she'll talk to anybody and talk their ear off. and sometimes you bump into absolute pioneers of motorsports around the world, and get to hang out and have lunch with them. So that was cool. So yeah, and now he's making Yeah, Slim Pushins: Shout out to all the moms. Jim Gardner: who just like talking. I hate talking. So Corby: If you ever met my mom, I promise you, you heard how amazing her kids were at racing as we're as we're flipping down the back straight away. And it was someone else's fault, I promise. It was someone else's fault. Jim Gardner: Yeah, right. So Slim Pushins: Just Corby. Jim Gardner: yeah. So anyway, but yeah, shout out Corby: sadly, right now, John's saying this, Kerbo, you're fired. It's gonna be me and Ricketts doing the the tandem race. So you and Jimmy can be together and me and me and Ricketts will do it. Jim Gardner: I'll be far, far away. Slim Pushins: James said and I saw them I saw Boyd post this earlier. They're thinking about doing a demolition derby. Corby: We're gonna do one of those? Jim Gardner: Not for me. Different strokes for different folks. I'll be at home working on my midget. Spit shining the brake rotors. Corby: You you're going to RPM 'cause you gotta pass me in power rankings or something. Slim Pushins: Sounds like sounds like you need to be working on that RPM car. Jim Gardner: Yeah, I do. I got a lot of work to do on it. So behind all over the place. Corby: Make me call Mike. Don't make me call Mike. Slim Pushins: What else we got? Jim Gardner: But I think that's about all we got. You you got anything else, Corby, from your run sheet? Slim Pushins: I got Corby's big boy win on my run sheet. Did we talk did I put it back on there. Jim Gardner: That was last week. We already talked we already talked b about that. Slim Pushins: Why does Jim hate your wind so much? Corby: I do too, Wesley. I do too. Whenever we gotta stop three times in Decatur before we even make it out of Decatur to get to Avalene. My mom my mom Slim Pushins: What else do I have on here? Corby: was a champ, man. She I promise you, there there wasn't a sure boy that wasn't the most amazing racer there ever was as we're running dead last in a C feature. She was a champ she was a trooper. She she would go anywhere with us, no problem. She rode out a tornado in Wichita Falls in a port a pot. Jim Gardner: That's funny now. That was not funny when it was happening. Corby: Dude, we were standing in the trailer and I'm like, Hey dude, where's mom? She comes walking back up. She's like, Port A pot was the safest place to be and I'm like, In what world? What world? Slim Pushins: I'd a I'd a bear hugged like a light pole or something before I hopped in a port Corby: no. Slim Pushins: a potty. Corby: No man, not the Spruce Goose, man. She she was a champ. We've known Robert Vetter our whole life. Our whole life and she chewed Robert Vetter's ass one night at Waco after me me and Robert had gotten together and then Robert ended up getting into Logan and I still think it was my fault somehow and she chewed Robert Vetter's ass over that and I had to go over to her and I like, Dude, that was my fault, not his Jim Gardner: That was his line. It wasn't my line. It was his line. Slim Pushins: Ricket's Corby: It was his line for sure. Slim Pushins: Cory Ricketts wants to know Where do we end up on you signing Body parts. Corby: No body parts signed there. Maybe a few numbers passed out. Thirty twos and stuff like Slim Pushins: R Corby: that. Slim Pushins: Ruop said Ruop said him and Wesley can have that midget done in a night or two, Jim. Jim Gardner: Bring it on. I'll give you I'll leave the door open. Knock it out. Slim Pushins: Watch out for that shitty cat that he's got. Jim Gardner: Easy on Smokey. Corby: I'll get you. Jim Gardner: So Slim Pushins: Where's he at? Jim Gardner: I don't know. Slim Pushins: Tearing tearing something up? Jim Gardner: No, at least he's not gnawing at me like he was a couple of weeks ago. Slim Pushins: I see that old fire suit hanging over there, just ready for a Jim Gardner: Still hanging, still dirty. Slim Pushins: ready for a beating at RPM next weekend. Jim Gardner: Yep, it never got washed either. And it's missing an arm restraint, so I had to order one of those. So Slim Pushins: Where did it go? Jim Gardner: I don't know. I lost it before the main event at Grayson County. So Corby: To answer James Horton there, Slim Pushins: Well do you just zip tie it or what? Corby: supposedly I am fifty seventh and Jimmy is fifty eighth, from what I understand. Supposedly. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Yeah, for the next four days. Slim Pushins: And Jim cannot handle it. Jim Gardner: I'm gonna post the power rankings at one AM Sunday morning, right after I get home. Yeah, Corby: You're gonna be really mad whenever I show up. Jim Gardner: no, yeah, that would suck to see my friend. Yeah, that would really suck. Slim Pushins: I think it'd be funny that Corby jumps another three or four spots and just puts some separation there. Look at him, he's going back to he's looking at the math. See? It's exactly what he's doing. Look at him like what would have to happen. Jim Gardner: I think Corby realistically another strong run, you could be up in the forties, thirties, up in the forties. Maybe, maybe not. Corby: I'm old news, man. I'm washed up. Jim Gardner: I don't know. Yeah, I know, we all know that, but you could still move up. But Slim Pushins: Jim, maybe you should play golf Saturday morning and then go race. Corby: I'm up there with like Raimi and like I'm like yeah, it might help. I'm up there with like Raimi and Wilson at this point, like Ooh DJ. Jim Gardner: DJ coming out of the woodwork. Corby: Look at that. I like that. Jim Gardner: Nice. I'm hoping that we get a a Corby: Me and DJ have had a hell of a battle at RPM before. Jim Gardner: I'm hoping Slim Pushins: I like the sound of that, DJ. Jim Gardner: All hands on deck. I was hoping Jeb was gonna volunteer to come crew chief my car on Saturday, but no. think he's called Corby: You want my help? Jim Gardner: in a bunch of no, I don't. Slim Pushins: All the chili you can eat, Jim. Corby: You g you want my help? Come on, buddy. Jim Gardner: No, I think he's called in plenty of favors so he can go to Amarillo next weekend, so But yeah, we'll see. Hopefully they get a good car count down there. I'm excited for for Saturday. I've got a lot of work to do on this race car, but we're gonna give it a shot. We'll see how it works. Corby: I think I'm playing golf Saturday morning, I don't know, probably Turtle Hill or something like that. Something Slim Pushins: And then race an RPM Saturday night. Corby: like that. Jim Gardner: Right. Slim Pushins: Look at him just pondering life. He just just wondering how he ended up here in life. Corby: God I god I stress him out. I stress him out so much. This is why this is Jim Gardner: I'm not Corby: why me and Wesley are so close because we both believe in the same things of just YOLO. And Jimmy is by the book. This is what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to be sitting in your car, making sure you can get buckled in correctly. Slim Pushins: Punching in, punching out in his own garage. Jim Gardner: Mm-hmm. Yeah, look where that's got me. Corby: Breathe a little bit, it's okay. Slim Pushins: Daniel said, DJ said, Jim, you should let Brexton set his Jim Gardner: Braxton, probably. Slim Pushins: car up and see what he learned this year. Jim Gardner: They probably go better than mine. Corby: Whatever. Jim Gardner: I got news for ya. It ain't the setup that has that kick going fast. 'Cause I make it go slow every Saturday, so Slim Pushins: It's just it's just pulling out and laying on the dash and just mashing the gas. Jim Gardner: Basically. That's right. Driving the thing with the ignition switch. With it always on. So Corby: Switches down, right? 'Cause you've never seen a switch fall up, isn't that your comment to me? Jim Gardner: That's correct. Yes, that's correct. I've never seen a switch fall up. So Alright, Kerbo, let's land this bird. Get on out of here. Slim Pushins: Logan Logan fell up one time at Chili Bowl. Corby: Hundred percent. That happened. Jim Gardner: You're t you're talking about people getting up the ramp? Slim Pushins: Yeah. Jim Gardner: The ramp cam is your own personal hell. Slim Pushins: Come it is. It is. Because I give so many people so much BS that that's all that I need in life is for the ramp cam to catch me just eat shit. And it's not just falling. I've fallen. I've told the stories many times. It happens. We all fall. But that ramp is mud. So you don't just fall. You have to get up and it's all over you. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Well I'm hoping every race I go down the ramp this year at Chili Bull, they water the ramp right before you have to go down it. Slim Pushins: I'm hoping I can get out there. Jim Gardner: Yeah, so we'll see. Slim Pushins: More and more difficult these days. Corby: We some fuel treatment at this time. Fuel treatment. Listen to Wesley. He told you. Jim Gardner: What? for curbo, yeah. Put in the winter diesel curbo. Corby: Dual treatment. Yes, for Kerbo. Yeah. Wesley told you. Slim Pushins: It's all winter diesel, Jim. Corby: Wesley told you. What to do? Jim Gardner: Then how did it freeze? How did everybody else get around? Slim Pushins: It was I didn't have a f a full fan it was on the bottom probably twelve, fifteen percent in the tank. It was all a me Jim Gardner: Well, that's a U issue too. So how is that not your fault? Slim Pushins: issue. Jim Gardner: Yeah. Slim Pushins: Jim left the night before and he's like, I don't know why you're not leaving. I like, 'Cause I paid for a whole ass hotel room. Jim Gardner: Ha ha ha Just saying. All right. Let's get out of here. We'll see you, boys. Thank you. See everybody Saturday. Slim Pushins: Alright everybody, for all your Corby: Thank you guys. See you at RPM this weekend. Slim Pushins: for all your swag, stompinsteer.com. Thanks to our sponsors, Corby: DJ. Slim Pushins: Encore Oil Field Services. And IES. Jim Gardner: Industrial energy solutions. Yeah. Slim Pushins: I wish I could afford Kerbo as my setup guy because mine sucks. I associate with winners, DJ. I my track rec Jim, what's my track record Jim Gardner: Hey Dj speaking of Slim Pushins: though? Jim Gardner: speaking of swag, I do want I do want a DJ S this racetrack Jesus shirt the next time you print Size XL, please. Slim Pushins: What is it? Dirt Track Jesus? It absolutely is. It's in the record books. I am one hundred percent I I win one hundred percent of the races. Jim Gardner: Kerbo, your track record is not one hundred percent. It's not. Corby got his ass beat at Grayson County. I didn't go down and touch that car. Wesley didn't touch on that car. Slim Pushins: I win one hundred percent of the races that I crew chief. Facts. Alright everybody, thanks for joining us. We appreciate it every week. Thanks for Jim Gardner: See it at RPM. Slim Pushins: thanks for putting up a Corby's hair. We'll see y'all next week after Jim runs RPM. Jim Gardner: That's right. We'll see. Slim Pushins: Later. Corby: See?