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This is, is off track.
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The narrative has worked by the way you guys,
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So sorry.
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What, what narrative,
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what, what is, what are you talking about?
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We're joined by Ryan Hunter Ray who, from his yacht.
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From his yacht, um, . Okay.
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Look, we'll get to the new, we'll get the news outta the
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way, and then we will,
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and then we'll go into whatever, you know,
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fantasy you've concocted that,
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that you're blaming us for here.
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Um, I, I take it based on your hat
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that you've got some news you wanna share with the world.
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Yeah, I got a new hat,
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It's great. I'm glad that you went to the IndyCar shop
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and picked out a, a paddle of award.
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Me too special and, yeah.
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Oh, look at that, Tim. I, yeah, I, I listen, I listen.
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So I, I've, but I don't watch, I listen.
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So I've just heard, and I've only imagined your,
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your hat situation has been a hot topic.
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It's rough. It's been rough, yeah. Yeah. His
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Hair has been a hot topic for the entire time.
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It, it's a announced, yeah, it was announced today
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that you are driving in the Indy 500 from McLaren
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in the fourth entry.
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Congratulations on the announcement, my friend.
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How are you feeling about it all? I
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Appreciate, appreciate it, man.
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Yeah, it's a tremendous opportunity, as you can imagine.
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Um, you know, it all came together relatively quickly
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when you consider, you know, how,
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how things work in the motorsports world, especially, uh,
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IndyCar to have this thing done late October,
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early November, um, yeah.
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Was, was, was huge.
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And, um, you know, big credit to Zach and Tony
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and everybody, even most behind the scenes,
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everybody was just kind of pushing the same direction
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and it all got done, you know, very, very quickly.
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So, yeah, it's a, it's a great opportunity.
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I love where the team is right now.
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I love, I love the position they're in with, um, you know,
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their, their, their trending in the right direction
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that the, the ascent has been, has been pretty awesome.
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Um, their form by, by the drivers, the team,
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um, you know, the kind
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of dynamic within the team and how that's changing.
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Um, it's, yeah, it, it, it's cool for sure.
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And, um, happy to be a, a small part of it
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and look forward to, to contributing what I can over my,
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you know, with my, with my experience
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and having to work with, you know, people
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that are super tough to deal with, like you and teammates.
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I, I've been through the Ringer.
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This is my 10th IndyCar team, if you can believe that.
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So, oh, I can, no, I can, I mean, I, yeah, I
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Yeah, for sure. Here's
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Next.
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Here it comes. Here it
Comes. Yeah. No, that's, yeah.
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Yeah. Ryan hen tough to, tough to work with, you know,
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can't hold down a job, you know, he is always bouncing
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around teams, uh, throwing fits and,
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and walking out, storming off with his helmet in his hand,
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you know, looking for greener pastures.
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I get it. I get it. Um, okay, so, so real talk, real talk.
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Um, you obviously the last few years have been running
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with Dryer Reinbold this year.
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I say last year, this year had an incredible run, um,
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you know, was in contention for the win in a, in a pit stop,
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you know, box of bolt car
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that they threw together last minute.
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Yeah. Huge credit to the team for getting it together
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after a fire on Car Day.
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Um, I mean, I think a lot of people were kind of expecting
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that that relationship was just gonna continue based on the,
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the way you guys have been running together.
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So what was sort of the catalyst for the change?
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Was it, did Tony just call you up one day?
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Was, you know, were,
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was dryer reinbold not sure what they were doing next year?
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Kinda how did we end up here? Well,
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First of all, huge credit to
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dryer reinbold, everybody there.
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I mean, I, I've super tight with that group, um,
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from the top, from Dennis, chase, Brett,
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everybody all the way down.
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Um, not down, but, you know, the crew and everything else.
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I mean, those guys, we've been through a lot together.
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And, um, I have a huge amount of, uh, respect for them.
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And, you know, I stopped by the shop this morning
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and I got them together, and I wanted to talk to them
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and tell them, you know, basically the background to this
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and that it was not a reflection of any shortcoming.
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Um, you know, on their part. It, yeah.
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What, what, what occurred last, last May was something
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that I, I wish was in a documentary or something.
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'cause man, it was, it was wild.
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Just the, the fire, the turnaround time,
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and the lack of sleep, um, by all involved.
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And just a complete, you know, you go into a,
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you go into the Indy 500 in a, um, in a pit stop car,
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a pit stop practice car,
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and you're expecting the thing
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to just wanna step out sideways on you the whole time,
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or have a massive imbalance.
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And, and it was hooked up from the beginning. And yeah.
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So I, I can't give them enough credit, honestly.
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Um, it, it, it's been a absolute pleasure to work with them,
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um, and told them as much,
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but this situation, uh, came about.
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I talked to Tony, you know, after the race and just casually
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and, and towards the end of the season,
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and, uh, all, all of a sudden it just, uh, yeah,
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it just, it just snowballed.
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It, it hit the steamroll that, you know, that that took off
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and, um, went, like I said
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before, it went way faster than anything I've really, um,
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I've experienced in the industry in IndyCar.
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And the wild thing is just walking in the door.
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There's just so many familiar faces.
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Obviously Tony was my teammate somehow.
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Now he's my boss, , and he,
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he loves being my boss. He, he loves,
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I'm sure that he's milking that, like, in that crazy way.
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He's so good at dictating, you know, what I need to do,
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and he takes it over the top.
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Um, but just, you know, walking in, you know, talking
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to Kyle Moyer, um, you know who you worked
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For that
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Yeah, exactly. And ironically, they're going back
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to the same building I was actually there today.
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Oh, that's such a good point. Yeah.
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They're moving to old Andre shop. Yeah. Tony, you know, Tony
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And I are gonna see if your old door code still works.
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Yeah, no, it doesn't. I tried , I tried
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So, I mean, to be a part of a group, you know, like this
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and, and, and every, everyone that's involved, um, yeah.
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It's, it's just, uh, yeah, it's phenomenal.
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So I'm really looking forward to it.
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And I'm, I, I just want to be, I want to contribute,
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you know, to better the team.
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Obviously my whole goal is to win the 8,500
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and they're, they're very,
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very hungry to get that done as well.
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Obviously they've come up short.
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I just recently came up short, so, um, we're, we're,
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we're all, uh, chomping at the bit to get it on
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Motivated group. Motivated group
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Motivated group.
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Yeah. I mean, you look at their performance at,
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at the race the last few years.
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I mean, you know, Patto has been there thereabouts
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when Rossi was still there.
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You know, he was running in the top five, you know, in
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that race with a shot to win at the end.
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Uh, they've got good equipment,
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they've got good preparation, they've got good execution.
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It makes a lot of sense, man.
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And now bringing in a guy like you that has been through it
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as many times as you have, has won it
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and knows how to get it done, it's a huge get for the team.
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Because I guess technically Tony did drive
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for them in the 500, right?
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Because I was gonna say you're the first winner,
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but he's done it sort of, I guess, as well.
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But now you've got him at the helm.
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Yeah, Montoya. Well, oh, yeah. Shooting Alex
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Monto, man, this was a,
Was a terrible set.
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I mean, I'm talking about the fourth
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car, but yeah, obviously
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Alex.
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Yeah, no, but you're right. Yeah. Yeah, I, yeah, I forgot
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that he was, yeah, nevermind
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That, where is Alex, by the way?
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Alex looked like he was actually supposed to be here,
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so these episodes often only feature one of us.
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He was very excited to chat to you, but, um, been,
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Oh, his
Cat's up in, he, he, well, he's washing his
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hair
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Hair and, uh, cat
His birthday or washing his hair.
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I think he had to trim
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his le it was his left toenails today, so he was, yeah,
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so he was, dude, he's really sorry. He sends his best
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Priorities. Absolutely. Yeah.
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Um, yeah, just looking at your background there, I didn't,
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you're, it's weird how like the state rooms in your yacht
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look so much like a Holiday Inn in Indianapolis.
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That's weird. Yeah,
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No, that's what I was going for.
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Like this, this, yeah. This one here. Yeah.
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That I just wanted to, I, I went to the, I went
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to the Hilton line of, uh, right, of drapes and Yeah. Yeah.
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Odd, because you didn't, you wanted to be able
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to do your Zoom calls and make people think you were in
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some, you know, humble hotel when, you know,
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you're probably cruising somewhere
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in the keys at the moment.
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How did absolutely start? Yeah, that, how
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Did we start this whole line of jokes?
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I don't even remember where it started. .
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I just have a, I just have a humble, I, I'll tell you how,
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I just have a humble fishing boat,
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Humble fishing
Boat, and they tell me a
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Landing pad on the front.
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Exactly. Here we go.
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I mean, even I walked in,
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I walked in the McLaren shop today,
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and people are like, so did you just get off the boat
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and come?
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I saw, I saw something on Twitter
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that asked if you were gonna make
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the announcement from the yacht .
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I should have. And I, I really, I had, I,
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I don't know why one, two days ago I woke up
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and I was like, oh my God, you know what I need?
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I need this backdrop, which is like paradise behind me.
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And I'm sitting here holding a coconut with the, uh,
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with the umbrella sticking out
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and the long, super long straw.
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And you guys on this show, love to, uh, just,
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it, it's, it's frustrating sometimes to hear, I can hear the
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inside of your mouth and, you know, while you're chewing.
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Um, yes. That I can, I can't. I can't. Nope.
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Do you know what, okay, you know
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What the, the biggest revelation about this whole thing
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so far is it's not that you're gonna be driving
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for McLaren at the five hundreds
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that, that he listens to off track.
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It's that you listen to the show .
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That is the most, which actually brings me, alright, look,
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yeah, you're going racing and you're a 500 winner,
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and that's gonna be fun and cool.
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You're gonna do a hundred interviews about that,
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and people can read that on whatever website they wanna,
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I wanna get into the more detailed stuff, right?
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People wanna know. Yeah.
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I wanna know, what does Ryan Hunter Ray's Day look like?
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Like what are you doing?
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I know you're super active in the kids' extracurriculars.
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I love when Becky sends me videos of you like,
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coaching the tag football, you know, or the touch football
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or flag football, sorry, whatever it is, just no, again,
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Get it right, dude.
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It's flag football. What are you? Flag football.
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I mean, come on, James, you're embarrassing this.
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No, it's football. I don't follow that sport.
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Um, so, oh, you have something more important to do.
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Yeah, sorry, it's my boat mechanic.
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Tell me what, what's going on Engine.
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Figured it was Ross call and ask you where he is.
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No, but so, so what is, what is, you know, how,
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how do you spend your days, man, you're an IndyCar champion,
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you're a 500 winner,
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and you, you cruise into Indy for the month of May.
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Just kind of show up, do a few weeks work,
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and then disappear off in the distance.
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Again, we see you at the odd race,
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but how is, how is Ryan spending his daisies these days?
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Uh, by the way, your internet
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connection is absolutely terrible.
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You, you, you're the one on a boat.
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I don't know what it is, but , dude,
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If you watch the show, you know this. So, like, don't be
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Surprised.
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Tim is super, super clear. And the reason why I listen
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to the show is you, you guys are all,
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you know, good friends of mine.
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And, um, actually my kids like listening to it.
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The frustrating part is, you know,
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you look at these podcasts and they're like a minute
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or an hour, 15 hour 20, and then you look at the off track
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Those are just the Tuesday episodes. Those are the
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because it, it's entertaining.
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which you guys did a great job on the
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Nashville recap, by the way.
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That was, that was perfect.
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The, the season finale. What can we talk about? We forgot. I
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We haven't done that yet.
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We, yeah, we, we've not done the dash.
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We haven't, we stopped doing the bit , like
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I know.
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We gotta get back to the bit,
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Apparently. The bit I love that.
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I love you're getting, we're getting called out for that,
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Man.
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Yeah, we, we have a know, we have a do you do, tell me what
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You, with your life,
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All of our, um, you know, our, you could tell talk,
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you know, you can call 'em investment properties
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and this, that, and the other, but it's, it's,
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it's rental properties
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that we're, that we're, they're called
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Children. What are you doing?
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Constantly managing, oh, sorry. And yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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Uh, actually just what, two weeks ago, our whole house was
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as sick as I've ever seen a house.
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Like leaving the house, being the, the, the whole family.
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Yes. Uh, this is not what, what I have to do,
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but, um, holy cow.
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I don't know if you guys have had this, the whole family out
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knocked the whole family out.
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When mom gets sick, you know, you're in trouble.
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'cause then, then it's over. Yeah. I'm like,
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dude, you can't get sick.
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I can't deal with all this by myself, .
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Um, and somehow I was,
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I was like hiding, you know, in the guest bedroom.
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'cause I was the last one to like, I,
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I know it's gonna get me, I know it's gonna get me.
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Um, but with them doing, they're,
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they're at three different,
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basically three different schools.
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Three, um, and they're playing five different sports.
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So what are we doing? Becky? Becky and I have adult.
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We have adult time.
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I dropped riding off at school at 7:55 AM
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and by two 30 already the split, you know,
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responsibility starts where, gotta go.
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Get him, get him, get him, get him, drive him over there,
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drive him to this practice, drive him to that practice.
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It's, it's tough to fit it in into that, into that space.
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But, uh, holy cow man, three boys at this age is wild.
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But I've been working with also
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with the Precision Driving Club, um,
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which is the Miami GP track.
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That is just the coolest, the, the, the most amazing kind
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of country club of racing.
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It, it is Wild. James, you have to come see this.
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It's, there's like s McLaren F1 car sitting there ready
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to run in one garage and it, it cars I've never seen.
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And then you go have
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Watch and is that the Miami F1 track?
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Correct. Yeah.
Like where the Dolphins play?
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Correct. Yeah. So yeah, they're using it. I
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Mean, I didn't know if they had like a
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full-time thing there. That's amazing.
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Yeah, it is. It is.
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It it, it's wild and it's done right.
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Like Bo Barfield
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and his entire IMSA team is there for every day on track.
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There might be two cars on track for two hours, three hours.
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And they have the best, they do everything top of the line.
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Like that's how Tom Garfinkel and,
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and the group do it there.
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Everything is topnotch with the Dolphins, with the Miami gp.
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Um, so I've been
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So like there incredibly blessed
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To work with
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Are you, yeah. When you're there, you're like, you're,
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I assume doing like shorter cook
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and just working in the, in the back of the restaurant
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or like what are, what's
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Your main role?
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Yeah, I'm just getting the sliders ready, you know,
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for for lunchtime. Yeah. Yeah, right.
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Hot dogs on the rollers and Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cool, cool.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. As you would expect.
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Uh, yeah. And,
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and no, it's, uh, you know, I've been consulting
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with them on different things and how it's all run.
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I've, I've had a lot of experience in early years
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with Ferrari Challenge
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and, um, coaching those guys and doing that.
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And it, it's just, it's just the overall experience
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and then track layouts
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and how you, uh, divvy up sessions between road cars
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and race cars and it's, uh, yeah, it's been cool.
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So just balancing all that and,
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and honestly it's tough to believe,
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but I, you know, I worked this whole deal myself.
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Um, and it, it, it was a lot
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of work just making sure everything was covered in every
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different category and my backers that were with me
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and supported me and my personal sponsors, um, making sure
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that kind of everything was in line and,
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and it's, it's taken,
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I said it got got done in a relatively short period of time,
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but just making sure everything is in line and,
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and correct for me on that side also.
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Um, yeah. Takes quite a bit of time. So, um, so yeah.
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And then you have the boat time.
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You gotta, you gotta put that in there, you know? Well,
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You gotta factor in a couple.
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You gotta factor couple days, week on the boat. Yeah.
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Yeah. And just, and just sitting on the front,
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just sunning, just drinking.
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Right. Just drinking that. Yeah. Know every fruity drink,
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Everything to described, you've gotta fit into
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three days of the week.
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'cause the other four, you're just on the boat, so.
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Right, exactly. I'm talking to two guys who know their way
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around sun and on a boat,
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Right?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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I, I wish, I wish you can come down
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for, for even three days.
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Me too. So what, what, what'd you do
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with your day, James? What'd you do?
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Uh, I, I would it
Spend, would, I'd be I'd be so all,
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All day today, it would make me happy.
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You wanna know what I did today?
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I know what you do. You're in a plane all the time
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and then you have, yeah, you're in first class
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and those big deals where they shut the door and
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You just, I did have a door coming
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back from Brazil, I'm not gonna lie.
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It was the first time I've had a door and it
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was That's awesome.
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It was one of the, it was one of the coolest
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plane pods I've seen.
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Um, it was great. I, now I know how, how you live.
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Few things. Few things.
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Gotta We're gonna, we're gonna run back real quick.
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Uh, what are the five sports that kids are involved in?
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So, basketball just started from my oldest Ryden,
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who somehow is going to be 13 years old soon.
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Which is absolutely depressing. That was
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Insane.
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I remember when you guys had him,
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It just, well, just, he was just eight years old.
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I don't know where that went. Um,
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and then we have, uh, we just, we're, we're,
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we're playing on three
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different football teams at the moment.
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Okay. Okay. Um, yep. And then soccer just ended.
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Baseball now is crazy.
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My, my youngest and my middle Rhodes
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and Rocks are in baseball and it's kid pitch.
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Okay. These games last three hours
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because the kid is pitching.
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And so it's ball ball, it's a lot of balls. Strike ball.
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Kid gets hit it. It is the longest
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Least some me, they only play like five
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Inning.
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I, yeah. Sometimes I, I feel like I need therapy
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after some of those games, but
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they, they absolutely love it.
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It's, it's awesome. They're super into it. They
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Don't play full night.
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They don't play full night innings, do they?
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They get close. It's sometimes a mercy rule.
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'cause they're very, it used
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before this, there was like, it was, it was,
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it was coach pitched.
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Now it's, yeah. Now that it's kid pitch, yeah.
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It's all over the place. But, um, it's a whole thing.
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It's so cool that they're Yeah.
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They're into it and, and then they, yeah.
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And they, like, I've done, well not doing the travel thing
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yet, like the hardcore travel deal.
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Yeah. Which a lot of parents do that I've done.
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I I've been holding back on that.
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And, and then they were like, oh,
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but when are we going carting?
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I'm like, guys, you don't understand carting .
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You have to stop everything else. Right.
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And just dedicate your, your time to that
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and sweating your <inaudible> off in a homestead
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and staying in the comfort ribs and Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah. It's a different deal. So yeah,
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You gotta, once you're traveling, you gotta pick one.
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You gotta pick one sport and you gotta
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For Right.
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So did you ever play any other sports as a kid?
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I just played, I played football until,
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um, what, 11th grade?
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Um, hardcore. And then I Yeah. Gave it up carting.
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Obviously racing was, was the priority.
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So of the sports that your boys now play,
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which one do you enjoy?
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Like being at the most?
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What's, what's the most fun watching them? So, football.
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I'm involved in football. I know football.
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I know you've coaching, right?
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I've been coaching him. Yep. Yep. So
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Coach him to a championship last year, I remember.
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Yes. Yeah, exactly.
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And um, and yeah, it's just the problem is trying
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to spend my time, um, allocating enough that he is equal
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between all three of 'em.
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You're always, as a parent of numerous kids,
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you're always trying to be like, well, I'm spending too much
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with this one and I gotta make sure this one and this it.
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And, and yeah. And my oldest just went to a, you know,
495
00:19:51.195 --> 00:19:53.495
the step up to where you're now in like middle school
496
00:19:54.145 --> 00:19:56.445
going into high school and you know,
497
00:19:56.445 --> 00:19:58.045
he is rubbing elbows with high schoolers.
498
00:19:58.045 --> 00:20:00.565
So there's that whole dynamic and, uh, yeah.
499
00:20:00.755 --> 00:20:03.605
It's, it's wild. It's a little bit more complicated than I,
500
00:20:03.605 --> 00:20:05.885
um, than I, than I thought it would
501
00:20:05.885 --> 00:20:06.885
be.
.
502
00:20:06.885 --> 00:20:08.685
Well, at least you only have to do it three times.
503
00:20:09.385 --> 00:20:10.805
Um, what true, what?
504
00:20:10.905 --> 00:20:13.245
You're gonna have to give me like the official league
505
00:20:13.305 --> 00:20:14.525
and everything of that thing.
506
00:20:14.725 --> 00:20:15.805
'cause I cannot wait.
507
00:20:15.835 --> 00:20:18.805
This May to on television introduce you
508
00:20:19.105 --> 00:20:23.925
as 2012 indie card champion 2014 Indy 500 winner
509
00:20:24.305 --> 00:20:29.005
and 2024 Peewee flag Football, Florida,
510
00:20:29.335 --> 00:20:32.205
south Southeast Region five Coach Champion.
511
00:20:32.995 --> 00:20:34.685
Yeah. That is getting said that,
512
00:20:34.685 --> 00:20:36.085
that is gonna be part of your intro.
513
00:20:36.115 --> 00:20:38.165
This, this may. I hope, you know, or next May.
514
00:20:38.725 --> 00:20:41.125
I love it. Absolutely. I'll wear, I'll wear my ring too.
515
00:20:41.275 --> 00:20:42.565
They, um, you
516
00:20:42.565 --> 00:20:43.565
Got a ring.
517
00:20:43.565 --> 00:20:44.805
It's somehow, I don't know how it happens.
518
00:20:44.995 --> 00:20:46.365
It's a ring pop. I think.
519
00:20:46.445 --> 00:20:48.205
I think the, I think the parents order him
520
00:20:48.205 --> 00:20:49.405
on Amazon or something.
521
00:20:49.405 --> 00:20:52.245
Yeah, it's bigger than, it's bigger than like the Indy 500,
522
00:20:52.425 --> 00:20:54.205
you know, the really, really, really big body.
523
00:20:54.275 --> 00:20:55.885
Like the, the championship ring.
524
00:20:56.115 --> 00:20:57.115
What
?
525
00:20:57.145 --> 00:20:58.885
And, and it's like, it's, it's sized
526
00:20:58.985 --> 00:21:00.965
for like a dude that's six foot eight.
527
00:21:00.985 --> 00:21:03.085
And so these kids just walking around like the things,
528
00:21:03.185 --> 00:21:04.525
you know, hanging off sideways.
529
00:21:05.145 --> 00:21:07.125
What's that? Like, really cheap like costume
530
00:21:07.515 --> 00:21:09.005
jewelry store kind of thing?
531
00:21:09.075 --> 00:21:10.325
It's like one of those Yeah, it's not far off.
532
00:21:10.555 --> 00:21:12.525
It's like a Halloween costume kind of thing. Right.
533
00:21:12.595 --> 00:21:14.645
It's not far off that. Um,
All right. So
534
00:21:15.275 --> 00:21:16.285
Elio would definitely wear it.
535
00:21:17.225 --> 00:21:19.995
Well, yeah. I mean he wears all four all the time. Right,
536
00:21:19.995 --> 00:21:20.995
Exactly.
537
00:21:20.995 --> 00:21:21.915
You, you can't see he keeps, he only
538
00:21:21.915 --> 00:21:23.075
wears the one on his hand.
539
00:21:23.175 --> 00:21:25.875
He actually keeps the rest, uh, on his toe.
540
00:21:25.875 --> 00:21:27.675
He wears 'em as toe rings. He doesn't want ring you to know,
541
00:21:27.775 --> 00:21:29.795
but he's wearing them at all times. Yeah's
542
00:21:29.835 --> 00:21:31.115
Probably why Alex is cutting his nails.
543
00:21:31.295 --> 00:21:32.715
Yep. That's why he is got, yeah.
544
00:21:32.835 --> 00:21:34.275
'cause they, the ring catches when he
545
00:21:34.345 --> 00:21:35.345
Yeah.
546
00:21:35.345 --> 00:21:35.745
Catches.
547
00:21:39.135 --> 00:21:41.075
So, so you know, we just,
548
00:21:41.075 --> 00:21:42.955
we just talked about all your accolades, right?
549
00:21:43.135 --> 00:21:45.955
You've won, uh, dozens of races,
550
00:21:46.095 --> 00:21:48.035
you've won a championship, a 500.
551
00:21:49.995 --> 00:21:53.245
What, what is, you know, what's the motivation
552
00:21:53.245 --> 00:21:54.885
for Ryan Hunter Ray to keep coming back?
553
00:21:54.955 --> 00:21:55.965
What is left to prove?
554
00:21:56.345 --> 00:21:58.205
Why do in Indy man you still want to do this
555
00:21:58.955 --> 00:21:59.955
Indy?
556
00:21:59.955 --> 00:22:03.205
Um, I absolutely still have that burn, that desire.
557
00:22:03.825 --> 00:22:08.795
The fire's there. And I was really re reminded of that.
558
00:22:08.855 --> 00:22:10.315
The fact that it was still there with
559
00:22:10.375 --> 00:22:13.755
how much it affected me on how we came up short.
560
00:22:14.315 --> 00:22:16.075
'cause I was, I was just dying
561
00:22:16.135 --> 00:22:17.515
to be in that final fight at the end.
562
00:22:17.515 --> 00:22:20.035
That's all I wanted, was to just have that, that
563
00:22:20.675 --> 00:22:23.115
fricking street fight at the end, that shootout at the end,
564
00:22:23.535 --> 00:22:24.635
and just be a part of it
565
00:22:24.935 --> 00:22:28.535
and pull out that, that inner me that's there.
566
00:22:28.875 --> 00:22:31.735
Um, and, and, and just lay it out there.
567
00:22:31.915 --> 00:22:35.095
Um, and, and coming up short on that was just such a bummer.
568
00:22:35.135 --> 00:22:36.655
I haven't watched the, I haven't even watched the race.
569
00:22:36.735 --> 00:22:38.335
I haven't watched the replay of it, just
570
00:22:38.455 --> 00:22:43.295
'cause I honestly hadn't been that dejected in a long time.
571
00:22:43.395 --> 00:22:47.095
And I, yeah, it, it, I, I knew it obviously was there,
572
00:22:47.095 --> 00:22:48.415
otherwise I wouldn't be at Indy.
573
00:22:48.435 --> 00:22:50.175
I'm not there just to participate.
574
00:22:50.235 --> 00:22:51.855
I'm not there just to be an IndyCar driver.
575
00:22:51.955 --> 00:22:54.135
I'm there to win. I'm not putting all that effort,
576
00:22:54.405 --> 00:22:57.895
putting myself out there, you know, on the line just to,
577
00:22:58.085 --> 00:22:59.175
just to participate.
578
00:22:59.355 --> 00:23:00.535
I'm out there to win.
579
00:23:00.555 --> 00:23:03.855
And I would not be here doing it if I didn't.
580
00:23:04.255 --> 00:23:07.255
Absolutely 120% think I could. So that's it. Do
581
00:23:07.255 --> 00:23:09.575
You have, do you have any sense of
582
00:23:10.155 --> 00:23:11.655
how much longer you want to do it?
583
00:23:12.035 --> 00:23:14.615
Or is this gonna be like a you'll wake up one day
584
00:23:14.615 --> 00:23:17.815
and be like, okay, I guess I think I'm done now. Or
585
00:23:17.815 --> 00:23:19.215
Do you Im not gonna, I'm not gonna
586
00:23:19.215 --> 00:23:20.215
Ride. I'm gonna,
587
00:23:20.355 --> 00:23:21.355
You know, yeah.
588
00:23:21.355 --> 00:23:23.335
I'm not, I'm not gonna ride a tired, you know, beaten,
589
00:23:24.775 --> 00:23:28.535
starving horse into the, into the, uh, sorry,
590
00:23:28.615 --> 00:23:29.855
I thought Sunset thought
591
00:23:29.855 --> 00:23:30.855
We racing next year.
592
00:23:31.205 --> 00:23:33.015
Yeah, I, I don't know.
593
00:23:33.015 --> 00:23:36.015
I haven't thought about it, but I know that it's, yeah,
594
00:23:36.125 --> 00:23:38.975
it's close to where I'll shift into, um,
595
00:23:40.135 --> 00:23:43.175
maybe another role with consulting
596
00:23:43.175 --> 00:23:44.495
for a team or doing something like that.
597
00:23:44.635 --> 00:23:47.965
But as of right now, still, you know, it kicked,
598
00:23:48.065 --> 00:23:49.925
kicked James outta the feel in my early thirties.
599
00:23:50.435 --> 00:23:52.925
Yeah. Well, James, yeah, he's, you know,
600
00:23:52.925 --> 00:23:56.215
what's wild about James is I was looking through some, some,
601
00:23:56.285 --> 00:23:59.015
some YouTube stuff with, uh, my oldest, right?
602
00:23:59.015 --> 00:24:02.535
And, and James is commentating in Champ Car.
603
00:24:02.935 --> 00:24:04.295
I don't know how I think he was in,
604
00:24:04.995 --> 00:24:06.895
it was probably his fifth year of sixth year
605
00:24:06.895 --> 00:24:10.495
of Indie lights, but he was commentating
606
00:24:11.705 --> 00:24:14.965
champ car in like oh six.
607
00:24:15.235 --> 00:24:18.085
Yeah. And you sounded good then. So Yeah. No wonder why.
608
00:24:18.745 --> 00:24:20.365
So what happened? We all have to live up to
609
00:24:20.365 --> 00:24:21.365
that
.
610
00:24:21.365 --> 00:24:22.365
Yeah. Where'd
611
00:24:22.365 --> 00:24:23.365
It go?
612
00:24:23.365 --> 00:24:23.645
Go? Yeah. Yeah.
613
00:24:23.645 --> 00:24:26.765
Should have stuck with it. Um, yeah. Well, uh, yes.
614
00:24:26.845 --> 00:24:27.805
I was still good for you though. Still just
615
00:24:27.805 --> 00:24:28.325
a good, sounded good.
616
00:24:28.605 --> 00:24:30.365
I was just a young, I was a child.
617
00:24:30.725 --> 00:24:32.525
I was barely outta diapers.
618
00:24:32.665 --> 00:24:35.325
You were already, you know, a veteran of Indy car.
619
00:24:35.325 --> 00:24:38.205
You'd already had a couple dozen years under your belt. Um,
620
00:24:38.485 --> 00:24:39.965
I landed on the moon before that.
621
00:24:40.345 --> 00:24:44.245
But you, you sounded, you actually sounded good.
622
00:24:44.265 --> 00:24:45.765
You just sounded really high pitched,
623
00:24:45.765 --> 00:24:47.605
like somebody was squeezing your nuts or something.
624
00:24:47.745 --> 00:24:49.245
But it was good. Sounded
625
00:24:49.245 --> 00:24:50.245
Good.
626
00:24:50.245 --> 00:24:50.765
You don't know that they weren't, you don't know
627
00:24:50.765 --> 00:24:51.885
what goes on in the TV booth.
628
00:24:52.045 --> 00:24:53.645
I don't know. You do actually,
629
00:24:53.645 --> 00:24:54.925
because you've done a little bit of tv.
630
00:24:54.925 --> 00:24:56.525
You've come and you've come and played with us.
631
00:24:56.705 --> 00:24:58.805
You, uh, did some stuff with NBC.
632
00:24:58.805 --> 00:24:59.805
You've done some stuff with Fox.
633
00:24:59.925 --> 00:25:01.285
I mean, is that something you'd
634
00:25:01.285 --> 00:25:02.925
Be interested in on gonna come and played with us right
635
00:25:02.925 --> 00:25:04.845
after he talked about somebody grabbing your, your
636
00:25:04.845 --> 00:25:05.845
Nuts.
637
00:25:05.845 --> 00:25:06.725
Yeah, yeah. True, true, true.
638
00:25:06.725 --> 00:25:08.885
Sustained. I
Sustained
639
00:25:09.165 --> 00:25:10.165
Disagree.
640
00:25:10.165 --> 00:25:12.805
Um, um, is that, is that a, is that an interest?
641
00:25:12.805 --> 00:25:15.885
Is that a, an avenue you wanna explore more at some point?
642
00:25:16.845 --> 00:25:18.285
I, I absolutely enjoy it just
643
00:25:18.405 --> 00:25:21.485
'cause you know, all, as you know, all your, all your time
644
00:25:21.485 --> 00:25:23.925
behind the wheel and the seat, it just comes naturally.
645
00:25:23.925 --> 00:25:27.265
The stuff that you see guys doing and,
646
00:25:27.365 --> 00:25:28.785
and, you know, changing lines
647
00:25:28.805 --> 00:25:30.785
and moving around, just, it's just natural.
648
00:25:31.085 --> 00:25:33.065
And so if you can speak on that and, and,
649
00:25:33.285 --> 00:25:37.345
and add to whatever that picture that you're painting
650
00:25:37.405 --> 00:25:39.385
for the, for the viewer, it was enjoyable.
651
00:25:39.465 --> 00:25:41.225
I did it this year with Indy Next.
652
00:25:41.825 --> 00:25:45.665
I thought it was a great opportunity with Fox just to kind
653
00:25:45.665 --> 00:25:47.425
of get used to it, you know, just see what it's like
654
00:25:47.525 --> 00:25:49.145
and absolutely enjoyed it.
655
00:25:49.445 --> 00:25:52.745
Um, so I don't know, on the other hand, do I want to be
656
00:25:54.675 --> 00:25:57.135
at the airport 85 times a a year?
657
00:25:57.135 --> 00:26:00.175
Like you? No. Travel was a lot easier.
658
00:26:00.415 --> 00:26:01.975
I don't know why it was, but 10,
659
00:26:01.975 --> 00:26:04.095
15 years ago it was just more straightforward
660
00:26:04.155 --> 00:26:05.495
and it's become a complete mess.
661
00:26:05.555 --> 00:26:08.895
But, um, if you could just, you know, pick me up on the jet
662
00:26:09.035 --> 00:26:10.615
and do your thing as you do,
663
00:26:11.095 --> 00:26:12.455
I I would absolutely be a part of it.
664
00:26:12.795 --> 00:26:13.895
Yes, the travel is tough.
665
00:26:14.195 --> 00:26:16.615
The travel is tough, Ryan, uh, I won't lie to you.
666
00:26:16.795 --> 00:26:17.975
Um, but,
667
00:26:18.835 --> 00:26:21.975
but IndyCar travel's not that bad.
668
00:26:21.975 --> 00:26:24.415
Here's the thing, once you do F1 travel for half a year,
669
00:26:24.515 --> 00:26:25.535
you realize, yeah, dude,
670
00:26:25.575 --> 00:26:27.375
I could do 30 IndyCar races in a year.
671
00:26:27.375 --> 00:26:28.655
That's not a big deal at all.
672
00:26:29.295 --> 00:26:31.375
I bet your your problem is you're just super used to
673
00:26:32.295 --> 00:26:35.495
managing your real estate empire in South Florida
674
00:26:35.995 --> 00:26:39.535
and spend your free time on the yacht that the thought
675
00:26:39.535 --> 00:26:42.655
of leaving the yacht more regularly is offputting for you.
676
00:26:43.705 --> 00:26:45.285
You're like a therapist or something.
677
00:26:45.795 --> 00:26:47.605
Dude, if I had a yacht, I wouldn't travel
678
00:26:47.625 --> 00:26:48.725
and work as much as I do.
679
00:26:48.965 --> 00:26:51.245
I think you're doing it right. I think, I think working
680
00:26:51.665 --> 00:26:53.485
for two weeks a year, , you know,
681
00:26:53.505 --> 00:26:55.885
and spending the rest of the time just like collecting
682
00:26:55.885 --> 00:26:57.405
checks from other people who can't afford
683
00:26:57.405 --> 00:26:59.085
to buy their own homes, you're just gonna take care money.
684
00:26:59.085 --> 00:27:00.925
All that. Yeah. All that sweet,
685
00:27:00.925 --> 00:27:03.445
sweet peewee coach money, Papa Yacht.
686
00:27:03.545 --> 00:27:05.765
Oh, there, who decided to show up?
687
00:27:06.895 --> 00:27:10.765
First of all, it's papaya yacht. Papaya.
688
00:27:11.165 --> 00:27:13.845
I said Papa Yacht.
I mean, but Papa makes sense.
689
00:27:14.385 --> 00:27:16.405
Um, Ryan, I know they, I'm sorry.
690
00:27:16.775 --> 00:27:18.965
First of all, uh, some of us have worked. No worries.
691
00:27:19.785 --> 00:27:22.365
Second of all, congrats. This is awesome.
692
00:27:23.275 --> 00:27:24.575
Thanks, dude. I appreciate it.
693
00:27:24.705 --> 00:27:26.415
James said you were either cutting your finger,
694
00:27:26.445 --> 00:27:28.715
your toenails, and then I,
695
00:27:28.875 --> 00:27:30.395
I said it could be your cat's birthday,
696
00:27:30.415 --> 00:27:32.795
but you, you, you made it, you despite all
697
00:27:32.795 --> 00:27:33.915
of the, um, you know,
698
00:27:34.355 --> 00:27:35.355
Obstacles.
699
00:27:35.355 --> 00:27:36.275
Listen, despite my allergy to cats
700
00:27:36.695 --> 00:27:40.555
and my toenails, big ingrown one on, on my big toe, um,
701
00:27:40.785 --> 00:27:41.835
yeah, no, I'm, I'm here.
702
00:27:42.065 --> 00:27:45.875
It's, uh, I just wanna share my emotion, um,
703
00:27:46.225 --> 00:27:49.295
because the, it's two things that are,
704
00:27:49.295 --> 00:27:50.575
that are fairly close to me.
705
00:27:50.755 --> 00:27:52.455
Uh, you being in the 500
706
00:27:52.675 --> 00:27:55.335
and doing it with people that I recently worked with
707
00:27:55.335 --> 00:27:57.095
that I think are incredible.
708
00:27:57.675 --> 00:28:01.495
Um, and I remember, I'm not gonna say what year it was,
709
00:28:01.555 --> 00:28:06.255
but a, a couple years ago, um, let's say one to five, just
710
00:28:06.255 --> 00:28:10.015
so people don't make assumptions, um, you were like, man,
711
00:28:10.765 --> 00:28:13.295
like is the setup that different since the hybrid?
712
00:28:13.365 --> 00:28:15.455
Like, are are there things that are, are changing
713
00:28:15.635 --> 00:28:17.255
or is it, is it really,
714
00:28:17.435 --> 00:28:19.495
is it really needing to be that different?
715
00:28:19.495 --> 00:28:21.615
And it was like, no, it's about the same.
716
00:28:22.115 --> 00:28:26.705
And um, now you don't have to experience things like that.
717
00:28:27.045 --> 00:28:28.705
So you can go out and you can contend
718
00:28:28.765 --> 00:28:31.105
for a second Indy 500, which is just awesome.
719
00:28:31.835 --> 00:28:33.425
Thank Thanks, man. I appreciate it.
720
00:28:33.445 --> 00:28:35.305
And I saw a lot of pictures of you today
721
00:28:35.305 --> 00:28:38.265
and James, you as well, um, in that shop.
722
00:28:38.375 --> 00:28:40.025
Yeah. And it's a good group of people.
723
00:28:40.025 --> 00:28:41.625
And Alex, like I was telling James
724
00:28:41.645 --> 00:28:44.275
and Tim, there were so many familiar faces.
725
00:28:44.425 --> 00:28:46.835
It's like I've worked with half the people there
726
00:28:47.065 --> 00:28:48.435
already, which is Yeah.
727
00:28:48.435 --> 00:28:53.035
Which is, um, very seamless. But, um, yeah. You know, so
728
00:28:53.035 --> 00:28:55.395
Have you gone over, have you gone over like expectations?
729
00:28:55.465 --> 00:28:58.435
Like what are, what, what, what,
730
00:28:58.465 --> 00:29:00.435
what are you expecting? Like what your
731
00:29:00.435 --> 00:29:02.115
Tony mind just boss be around all day?
732
00:29:02.825 --> 00:29:04.555
Just, just absolutely on top of me.
733
00:29:04.555 --> 00:29:05.755
Like I had somebody on my back.
734
00:29:06.295 --> 00:29:08.235
Um, but no, and this is little
735
00:29:08.235 --> 00:29:09.235
Expectations.
736
00:29:09.235 --> 00:29:09.655
You barely feel 'em back there.
737
00:29:11.235 --> 00:29:14.575
Expectations, it's, no, it's, um, you know,
738
00:29:14.775 --> 00:29:16.015
I really like where the team is.
739
00:29:16.135 --> 00:29:18.815
I like the, the trajectory they're on
740
00:29:19.075 --> 00:29:22.575
and the, the hunger that's there, you know, the kind
741
00:29:22.575 --> 00:29:23.895
of the team atmosphere and,
742
00:29:23.955 --> 00:29:26.495
and just getting, you know, being right back in it, working
743
00:29:26.495 --> 00:29:30.175
with Kyle Moyer and Tony and Eric Cowden
744
00:29:30.175 --> 00:29:33.255
and, um, Scott Hard guys I've worked with, you know,
745
00:29:33.365 --> 00:29:36.345
like Scott was at, at <inaudible> when I was there
746
00:29:36.345 --> 00:29:38.305
with the prototype program and stuff like that.
747
00:29:38.375 --> 00:29:40.745
It's just, it, it makes it so much easier
748
00:29:40.765 --> 00:29:41.770
to hit the ground running
749
00:29:41.825 --> 00:29:45.285
and expectations are that, you know,
750
00:29:46.045 --> 00:29:47.695
this fourth car from the beginning,
751
00:29:47.755 --> 00:29:50.135
the moment I started talking to him was, this is going
752
00:29:50.135 --> 00:29:52.055
to be a primary, this is not gonna be an add-on.
753
00:29:52.055 --> 00:29:53.615
Afterthought kind of thrown together.
754
00:29:53.625 --> 00:29:56.335
We're gonna get some guys from here or there or wherever
755
00:29:56.435 --> 00:29:58.055
and kind of chuck 'em together.
756
00:29:58.155 --> 00:30:01.215
And you go out there and try and qualify the cars.
757
00:30:01.965 --> 00:30:03.735
It's definitely a proper, a proper deal
758
00:30:03.755 --> 00:30:05.615
and wouldn't expect anything else from the group
759
00:30:05.615 --> 00:30:06.615
that they're working with.
760
00:30:06.675 --> 00:30:09.375
So, yeah, it's, uh, I'm looking forward to it.
761
00:30:10.015 --> 00:30:11.585
Yeah. You know, excuse me.
762
00:30:11.585 --> 00:30:14.185
You know, that group is not gonna put together a, you know,
763
00:30:14.465 --> 00:30:15.505
a half baked approach.
764
00:30:15.515 --> 00:30:18.465
Right. Even, even when it was SPM
765
00:30:18.565 --> 00:30:20.265
and we brought in an extra car, it was,
766
00:30:20.265 --> 00:30:21.465
it was a really serious effort.
767
00:30:21.465 --> 00:30:22.785
Like, they put the effort in and,
768
00:30:22.805 --> 00:30:25.705
and since McLaren's taken over, I mean, Alex, you saw it,
769
00:30:25.765 --> 00:30:27.385
you know, they're, they're putting, they're putting
770
00:30:27.385 --> 00:30:28.465
stars in that car, right?
771
00:30:28.615 --> 00:30:31.625
It's Tony Canon, it's Kyle Larson, it's Ryan Ray.
772
00:30:31.625 --> 00:30:32.825
Like that's a, that's a car.
773
00:30:32.825 --> 00:30:35.705
They intend to go compete for the win.
774
00:30:36.085 --> 00:30:38.945
So that's gotta be something that's, you know, a, uh,
775
00:30:39.145 --> 00:30:40.185
a huge relief for you.
776
00:30:40.455 --> 00:30:44.625
Yeah, absolutely. And it's, um, it, it's just really cool
777
00:30:45.165 --> 00:30:48.185
to have the opportunity, like I said, to, to work with, um,
778
00:30:48.465 --> 00:30:51.235
a lot of people that I've had success with in the past.
779
00:30:51.235 --> 00:30:52.275
That makes a lot of difference too.
780
00:30:52.615 --> 00:30:53.875
Um, going in there
781
00:30:53.895 --> 00:30:55.995
and not having to kind of,
782
00:30:56.305 --> 00:30:58.515
everybody's new faces completely new place
783
00:30:58.535 --> 00:31:00.075
and you're just trying to find your spot.
784
00:31:00.265 --> 00:31:04.425
It's, you know, it, it just, it was kind of a natural fit.
785
00:31:04.445 --> 00:31:05.465
So it, yeah, it's good.
786
00:31:05.465 --> 00:31:06.785
And I, I just wanna, like I said
787
00:31:06.785 --> 00:31:08.385
before, I just wanna really contribute.
788
00:31:08.465 --> 00:31:09.585
I wanna contribute, contribute
789
00:31:09.585 --> 00:31:11.305
to the team, and I'm here to win.
790
00:31:11.305 --> 00:31:14.545
That's it. So, um, yeah, the
791
00:31:14.585 --> 00:31:16.025
Two, so, so a question themselves
792
00:31:16.305 --> 00:31:17.505
Together, A
Question I think a lot
793
00:31:17.505 --> 00:31:19.745
of people might be interested in is,
794
00:31:20.565 --> 00:31:25.465
so when you ended full-time driving, um, was,
795
00:31:25.725 --> 00:31:28.105
was the intention that you were
796
00:31:28.105 --> 00:31:29.385
gonna continue doing five hundreds?
797
00:31:29.405 --> 00:31:30.865
Is that something that, I know we,
798
00:31:30.865 --> 00:31:31.865
we've had you on in the past
799
00:31:32.045 --> 00:31:34.865
and you were like, you know, I, I don't know
800
00:31:34.865 --> 00:31:36.865
that I'm a I'm a I'm a part-time
801
00:31:36.965 --> 00:31:38.105
guy, you know, I wanna be, right.
802
00:31:38.265 --> 00:31:40.905
I wanna be full-time, whether it's with a broadcasting role
803
00:31:41.085 --> 00:31:43.105
or whether it's with, with my career,
804
00:31:43.775 --> 00:31:46.025
obviously the 500 is a little bit different than,
805
00:31:46.055 --> 00:31:48.505
than doing, you know, a race in Iowa.
806
00:31:49.325 --> 00:31:52.305
But what has the last,
807
00:31:53.745 --> 00:31:56.305
I guess really nine months been like eight months,
808
00:31:56.305 --> 00:31:59.505
been like, be being so close to winning
809
00:32:00.225 --> 00:32:03.545
a second Indy 500 with a team that only competes
810
00:32:03.545 --> 00:32:07.045
during the month of May, to have it kind
811
00:32:07.045 --> 00:32:09.725
of ripped from your hands in, in a way that was of your own,
812
00:32:10.105 --> 00:32:12.725
own, like it was not your fault, right?
813
00:32:12.725 --> 00:32:14.245
Nothing that you did to contribute to that.
814
00:32:14.585 --> 00:32:17.845
Did you think that maybe 2025 was the end of the road for
815
00:32:17.845 --> 00:32:18.845
Ryan?
816
00:32:18.845 --> 00:32:20.925
You know, I, I, I spoke about this a little bit earlier,
817
00:32:21.065 --> 00:32:23.205
but, uh, I know I have the passion there.
818
00:32:23.245 --> 00:32:24.605
I know I have, I still have the fire there,
819
00:32:24.605 --> 00:32:25.725
otherwise I wouldn't not be back.
820
00:32:25.785 --> 00:32:28.165
I'm not doing this to, to participate or,
821
00:32:28.225 --> 00:32:30.445
or just, you know, be an IndyCar driver.
822
00:32:30.475 --> 00:32:32.805
This, that's, I've, I've done that long enough.
823
00:32:32.905 --> 00:32:36.725
I'm here to win. Uh, but how much it impacted me
824
00:32:37.745 --> 00:32:41.325
after that really reminded me of the fact that, man, it's
825
00:32:41.845 --> 00:32:42.955
unfinished business.
826
00:32:43.055 --> 00:32:47.115
And, um, yeah, the part-time thing every year for me,
827
00:32:47.135 --> 00:32:48.275
it, it's just a reset.
828
00:32:48.305 --> 00:32:50.115
It's situationally dependent.
829
00:32:50.115 --> 00:32:54.105
And I have to make the decision on if the people that are,
830
00:32:54.615 --> 00:32:57.635
that are grouped together, um, the preparation,
831
00:32:58.055 --> 00:33:00.275
the technical side, the engineering preparation,
832
00:33:00.275 --> 00:33:02.715
the wind tunnel prep, all that, if that's all online
833
00:33:02.895 --> 00:33:04.475
and I make the decision that we're gonna go
834
00:33:04.475 --> 00:33:05.675
for it, then we're going for it.
835
00:33:05.695 --> 00:33:09.115
But I'm not, I'm definitely not going to do it, um, as,
836
00:33:09.415 --> 00:33:10.795
as an add-on or,
837
00:33:11.255 --> 00:33:15.305
or a field filler, anything like that.
838
00:33:15.445 --> 00:33:18.625
So that, that's basically it. Every year I just reevaluate.
839
00:33:18.665 --> 00:33:22.065
I take a serious discussion with myself, with my wife, um,
840
00:33:22.805 --> 00:33:26.665
uh, with my family and, and, and put my best foot forward.
841
00:33:26.965 --> 00:33:29.225
Um, and obviously, yeah, it's a good one. Here
842
00:33:29.565 --> 00:33:31.785
You realize, like right now you've got one
843
00:33:32.085 --> 00:33:33.785
and that's incredible, right?
844
00:33:33.815 --> 00:33:37.465
Yeah. 99 9 9% of people get zero. You've got one.
845
00:33:38.565 --> 00:33:42.715
If you get a second one, I hope you understand the pressure
846
00:33:42.715 --> 00:33:45.155
that then exists to get a third.
847
00:33:45.635 --> 00:33:46.755
'cause you have three boys,
848
00:33:48.055 --> 00:33:50.555
and if you don't get each of them a baby boy,
849
00:33:50.555 --> 00:33:52.875
like if you've got one baby bo in the family, that's cool.
850
00:33:52.905 --> 00:33:54.275
Like, if that's everyone's, like, that's a,
851
00:33:54.395 --> 00:33:55.595
I look what dad did.
852
00:33:56.055 --> 00:34:00.185
If you've got two, it's almost more,
853
00:34:00.255 --> 00:34:01.265
it's almost more pressure.
854
00:34:01.305 --> 00:34:03.025
I don't know if you actually wanna win another one now that
855
00:34:04.215 --> 00:34:06.545
Yeah, that won't be, no, that will not be consideration.
856
00:34:06.545 --> 00:34:08.785
They, each of them has, in, in their rooms,
857
00:34:08.815 --> 00:34:11.145
they have the Iowa, uh, gas pump,
858
00:34:11.145 --> 00:34:12.705
which is the biggest trophy I've ever won,
859
00:34:12.705 --> 00:34:15.025
which I don't know, things like, how tall is it?
860
00:34:15.025 --> 00:34:18.145
It's four, four feet tall. Yeah. Yeah.
861
00:34:18.255 --> 00:34:19.945
It's almost my height.
Yeah.
862
00:34:20.205 --> 00:34:21.465
So each one of 'em has 'em in there.
863
00:34:21.465 --> 00:34:22.985
You know, they turn a light on that.
864
00:34:22.985 --> 00:34:24.345
That's, I'm happy enough with that.
865
00:34:24.615 --> 00:34:26.625
That doesn't need to go, go beyond it.
866
00:34:26.685 --> 00:34:31.175
So, um, lane, yeah, it's um, obviously
867
00:34:31.635 --> 00:34:32.735
All your trophies you have James?
868
00:34:33.235 --> 00:34:35.335
No, I was trying to find, oh, , I, for,
869
00:34:35.735 --> 00:34:37.215
I was looking at, I was trying to find his helmet.
870
00:34:37.215 --> 00:34:39.295
Where is it? Man, I have so many gas pumps I've
871
00:34:39.295 --> 00:34:39.775
Won. It's
872
00:34:39.775 --> 00:34:40.775
ridiculous.
.
873
00:34:40.885 --> 00:34:43.575
They're not Imi, they're right. Joseph. The, the .
874
00:34:44.515 --> 00:34:45.535
No, I was trying to find your helmet.
875
00:34:45.735 --> 00:34:46.935
I thought your guys helmets were next
876
00:34:46.935 --> 00:34:47.695
to each other on my shelf,
877
00:34:47.795 --> 00:34:48.895
but they're not. I was trying to find,
878
00:34:49.895 --> 00:34:51.815
I thought mine was in the garage in the
879
00:34:51.815 --> 00:34:53.295
corner under the Yeah,
880
00:34:53.295 --> 00:34:54.935
Dude, yours is, yours is like one
881
00:34:54.935 --> 00:34:56.415
of the first ones that I put up.
882
00:34:56.655 --> 00:34:57.975
Gasoline. Yours is, you
883
00:34:57.975 --> 00:35:01.375
and I were teammates my second year in the sport.
884
00:35:01.845 --> 00:35:04.255
Yeah. And when people ask me, they're like,
885
00:35:04.275 --> 00:35:05.775
who are the best teammates that you had?
886
00:35:05.775 --> 00:35:06.895
I've had a lot of good teammates.
887
00:35:06.965 --> 00:35:09.335
Both of you obviously have been on that list,
888
00:35:09.835 --> 00:35:13.055
but I learned probably more from you, like you
889
00:35:13.055 --> 00:35:14.295
and Orle Orle obviously.
890
00:35:14.415 --> 00:35:16.175
'cause I was a rookie that year and mm-hmm .
891
00:35:16.535 --> 00:35:17.775
I learned so much from you
892
00:35:18.075 --> 00:35:20.775
and I, I really do respect you and your helmet's.
893
00:35:20.775 --> 00:35:22.095
Like friend center, it's right up there.
894
00:35:22.435 --> 00:35:24.295
Um, oh, thank you, man. It's not in the garage.
895
00:35:24.565 --> 00:35:26.615
It's not, it's no longer in the guest
896
00:35:26.935 --> 00:35:28.015
bathroom. It was there a little,
897
00:35:28.015 --> 00:35:29.775
I feel it was a dig coming soon. Yeah, you
898
00:35:29.775 --> 00:35:32.135
Cut, you cut me off once, you know, at,
899
00:35:32.375 --> 00:35:33.735
I think it was mid Ohio, 20.
900
00:35:33.795 --> 00:35:34.935
It doesn't matter. Look,
901
00:35:34.955 --> 00:35:36.215
the helmet's not always been up
902
00:35:36.215 --> 00:35:37.250
there, but it's back up up there.
903
00:35:37.250 --> 00:35:39.765
Now I'm over it. Yeah. And comes and goes, you know?
904
00:35:39.955 --> 00:35:41.165
Yeah. Yeah. And I look,
905
00:35:41.425 --> 00:35:43.285
We all cut each other off plenty of times and yeah,
906
00:35:43.285 --> 00:35:44.565
Plenty of times, plenty of times.
907
00:35:45.325 --> 00:35:46.325
Territory. I've never done it.
908
00:35:47.475 --> 00:35:49.445
I'll never forget.
My
909
00:35:49.685 --> 00:35:53.205
Favorite, my favorite memory of you on track is still
910
00:35:53.265 --> 00:35:54.805
to this day, you
911
00:35:54.905 --> 00:35:57.845
and Mika lot shit going at it on the last lap at Road
912
00:35:57.845 --> 00:36:00.445
America at like 2017 or something. Yeah.
913
00:36:00.825 --> 00:36:03.125
Oh, just
Absolute agro. Yeah. Oh,
914
00:36:03.125 --> 00:36:04.485
Dude, they could, they were just trying
915
00:36:04.485 --> 00:36:06.965
to out agro each other into every break zone.
916
00:36:07.105 --> 00:36:08.885
And I was just laughing in my helmet
917
00:36:08.945 --> 00:36:10.005
the whole time. It was great.
918
00:36:10.085 --> 00:36:11.205
I gotta look that up. Is there footage
919
00:36:11.205 --> 00:36:12.325
of that or did you just see it?
920
00:36:12.385 --> 00:36:14.765
No, 'cause it was for p
We were fighting for like 12.
921
00:36:14.835 --> 00:36:15.835
Yeah.
,
922
00:36:16.265 --> 00:36:18.645
The fights for P 17 are Yeah.
923
00:36:18.905 --> 00:36:20.565
Are the most hard clap for sure.
924
00:36:20.565 --> 00:36:22.285
Yeah. They're the best. They're the best. Yeah.
925
00:36:22.285 --> 00:36:24.605
Well, buddy, uh, we've kept you for long enough, uh,
926
00:36:24.645 --> 00:36:26.445
I know you've got a dinner to get to. Oh,
927
00:36:26.645 --> 00:36:28.285
Speaking of dinner, you know, since you're gonna be an
928
00:36:28.285 --> 00:36:29.285
indie for a bunch of times,
929
00:36:29.285 --> 00:36:31.005
it'd be really nice if you call it either James
930
00:36:31.155 --> 00:36:32.605
Ride, you know, have a, have a
931
00:36:32.605 --> 00:36:33.605
Meal.
932
00:36:33.605 --> 00:36:34.205
Dude, he's here right now. Didn't even call
933
00:36:34.205 --> 00:36:35.445
me like we're doing this.
934
00:36:35.585 --> 00:36:37.725
Wow. I can, I can almost see him from
935
00:36:37.725 --> 00:36:39.125
where he is and he didn't. I'm
936
00:36:39.125 --> 00:36:40.525
A, I'm, I'm a little busy.
937
00:36:40.555 --> 00:36:42.765
It's a little tight here. I I oh yeah. Just popped in.
938
00:36:42.905 --> 00:36:45.165
But I will be back. Yeah. And the boat's not fueling itself,
939
00:36:45.225 --> 00:36:47.405
so I gotta get back there and get that done. So that's
940
00:36:47.405 --> 00:36:48.405
A great point.
941
00:36:48.405 --> 00:36:50.525
Make sure, yeah. Get the work done here so you can afford
942
00:36:50.525 --> 00:36:52.645
to put the fuel in it there so that way we can come visit.
943
00:36:53.235 --> 00:36:54.645
Wait, didn't we? Yeah,
944
00:36:54.735 --> 00:36:57.365
we've been talking about this visit with you guys.
945
00:36:57.365 --> 00:36:59.885
Come down. I just want to get, bro, both of you seasick.
946
00:37:00.445 --> 00:37:04.205
I, you know, go fishing, watch you guys, you know,
947
00:37:04.205 --> 00:37:05.205
little throw up in the mouth.
948
00:37:05.545 --> 00:37:06.405
Here's the thing.
949
00:37:06.455 --> 00:37:07.565
We've been talking about this for too long.
950
00:37:07.575 --> 00:37:10.365
There, there is still a group chat that is the three
951
00:37:10.365 --> 00:37:14.365
of us plus young Colton Herda that is called AA Teammates
952
00:37:15.025 --> 00:37:17.645
who didn't shunt each
953
00:37:17.645 --> 00:37:19.165
other.
. Yes.
954
00:37:19.985 --> 00:37:22.205
And so that, that, that group
955
00:37:22.225 --> 00:37:24.245
of four is like the original four.
956
00:37:24.265 --> 00:37:25.605
And so that trip still needs
957
00:37:25.605 --> 00:37:27.125
to have this a little bit harder.
958
00:37:27.425 --> 00:37:30.285
The Colton's now a euro old guy, but, um, listen,
959
00:37:30.375 --> 00:37:31.375
We'll figure it out.
960
00:37:31.375 --> 00:37:32.085
We'll do it a pre-season, like
961
00:37:32.085 --> 00:37:33.525
January, February. Yeah. We'll do something in there.
962
00:37:33.555 --> 00:37:34.845
Love it.
Good.
963
00:37:34.845 --> 00:37:35.885
That's when it's windiest
964
00:37:35.885 --> 00:37:36.965
and nastiest on the ocean, so
965
00:37:37.115 --> 00:37:38.165
Yeah, we should do that. Yeah.
966
00:37:38.265 --> 00:37:40.445
Better windy.
You guys should get your
967
00:37:41.115 --> 00:37:42.725
pale butts down there and come on, let's go,
968
00:37:42.775 --> 00:37:44.365
Let's go. We'll do it. All right. It's
969
00:37:44.365 --> 00:37:45.365
A day.
970
00:37:45.365 --> 00:37:46.285
Sorry I was late, man. Congratulations.
971
00:37:46.535 --> 00:37:49.885
Super pumped for you and, uh, can't wait to beat your ass.
972
00:37:50.265 --> 00:37:53.405
Thanks boys. I appreciate it. Thanks for having me on.
973
00:37:53.865 --> 00:37:55.285
And yeah, I do listen to the show.
974
00:37:56.735 --> 00:37:59.245
James, just back off the mic a little bit when you're
975
00:37:59.245 --> 00:38:01.445
chewing the, um, um, the, the prunes,
976
00:38:01.985 --> 00:38:03.445
The pan, the .
977
00:38:04.315 --> 00:38:07.805
Geez. Well it is, he is middle aged, so makes
978
00:38:07.805 --> 00:38:08.805
Sense.
979
00:38:08.805 --> 00:38:09.205
Oh, that's be, that's the
980
00:38:09.205 --> 00:38:10.525
nicest thing you've said to me this week.
981
00:38:10.745 --> 00:38:13.245
Uh, alright, thank you buddy. Thanks for coming on.
982
00:38:13.265 --> 00:38:15.565
Thanks for listening to the show, which is insane.
983
00:38:15.985 --> 00:38:17.645
And, uh, look forward to seeing you on track.
984
00:38:18.995 --> 00:38:20.805
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985
00:38:21.025 --> 00:38:24.405
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986
00:38:24.825 --> 00:38:25.965
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987
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988
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989
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And if you wanna follow us on Twitter, we're at Hinch Town
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and at Alexander Rossi.
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If you wanna follow them though,
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we have no idea why you would.
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He's at the Tim Durham on Twitter.
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Find us on YouTube and subscribe to our channel
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for exclusive video content.
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Off Track is produced by Tim Durham,
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and by that we mean fi him.