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This is, is off track. What's up?
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Are you outside, Tim? Oh, okay.
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Oh, you just got a windy hotel?
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Or did you just put a fan in your No. In your condo.
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No, it's like, it's like these backgrounds are
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super realistic these days.
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Like the blurry, your background.
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Yeah. I just did one of those fake backgrounds.
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Yeah.
Four D It's pretty
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Cool.
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It's green screen. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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I don't even know where, where it's supposed
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to be some weird background
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thing. I don't expect it. Random.
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Yeah.
Yeah. Looks like. Cool, cool, cool.
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Belgium, Alex, you
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and I have exceptionally boring looking backgrounds.
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Dude. I'm in Altoona.
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Doesn't get much more exotic than this. What?
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Altoona. Uh, so I take it
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that means you're like going testing or
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The entire series is Teia, Iowa, uh, on Wednesday,
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which is yesterday for those listening, um, tomorrow
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for those in the present.
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And, uh, the entire series is here
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because the race was so bad last year.
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Um, . So there's a, there's a whole new downforce package.
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There is a new power level.
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Um, and there's a big attempt to try
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and bring Iowa Speedway back to the,
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the lovely days that it used to be
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Former glory.
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We'll see the former glory. Okay, so
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More down force, the in field of dreams more down force.
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Yes. Less power
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And less power.
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Okay. So we're trying to pack it up a little bit. We're,
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We're, we're paying the white line.
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It's funny, the simulation for this, this
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arrow package slash power level.
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I'm not <inaudible> James is horizontal.
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Oh no. Yeah, that's not good. Okay.
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For a layman. I know, obviously I understand what
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that means, but you know, for some of our listeners
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who don't, uh, what does that mean?
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Well, why don't you explain, Tim, since you know.
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Yeah. I
Feel like everybody likes your guys'
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expertise. Mm,
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That's true.
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We do get a lot, lot of complaints when you talk too much.
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There's a car going by in my living
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room right now, so I've gotta
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mute
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Si literal sirens going by.
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I can't believe you're on an actual sidewalk right now. If,
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If you guys, you listeners don't give us an
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enormous amount of credit for making
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this week's episode happen.
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Like, I'm gonna unmute any, any wrongdoing
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that we have previously done to you.
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IE eat, IE have poor audio. IE have Tim talk too much.
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Like all of that is forgiven. So in perpetuity.
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Yeah, agreed. Agreed.
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Lots of uh, lots of hurdles were jumped
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and concessions made
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to make this episode happen with all three of us.
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Uh, so Tim, take it away.
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Please explain what painting the white line means.
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Going through a tunnel.
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that there's very blue open sky above you.
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That is a lie. That is a lie.
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All right Alex, let's have you explain
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what painting the white line means.
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Essentially, you, you have so much more grip available
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to you that you don't really need.
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You have excessive grip.
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Um, so you kind of just drive
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around on the bottom on the white line.
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Like you don't even have to open up the radius, uh,
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on entry or exit.
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It becomes a distance game, right?
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Because you can be flat out, you don't need to kind
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of like start up high, come down to the apex, exit up high.
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You just literally glue the left side
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tires to the white line.
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And it's all about who can create the shorter distance.
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'cause that's gonna mean a faster average speed.
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And that's like what IRL classic used to be, right?
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Like that was the mile and a half races of back in the day
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and even Iowa, to be fair, when we first started going there
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with the IRO three, it was still kind
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of a pack race and a white line race.
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Um, but Alex, correct me if I'm wrong,
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and I'm sorry if I'm, uh,
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a bit naive on this last year's race was horrific,
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but it was horrific because nobody could pass.
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And so everyone just stayed in a line on the bottom
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and drove around to a fuel number to eliminated pit stop.
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Yes. 'cause there was no tire deck.
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But the second lane was so bad
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that no one could pass a car even if
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it was going very slowly.
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And while you were driving around to a fuel number,
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you were also driving around
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to a right front sidewall temperature number.
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Right. So, um, my question is
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how does adding a bunch of down force
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and taking away a bunch of power
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make the second lane work all of a sudden?
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Yeah, that is all of our questions too.
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Got it. So now you're just gonna be
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so comfortably going flat on the bottom.
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Uh, there's just zero chance of anybody going
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by up top. Well,
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Maybe you can be so far on the bottom
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that like lane two is lane one.
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Maybe you can be on the apron.
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Maybe maybe we can just like way jack the car.
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But here's, here's something that, that, you know, I know
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with my limited knowledge of engineering that's really good
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for, you know, tire temp
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and load is just being flat on the bottom forever.
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Just more down for us, .
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Okay, well we look forward
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to hearing all about how that went.
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Yeah. Next
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Week.
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But before we get to that road America,
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Let's go over road America before we even get to that.
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Actually. Oh boy. Something happened last week right
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after we had recorded,
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and I don't know if we wanted to touch on it
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'cause it's like already over and done with,
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but the whole like
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Nolan Siegel McLaren statement thing.
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Oh, we should definitely touch on it,
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Right?
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Like let's, let's touch on that.
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So after the race, not even on the broadcast, a
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video circulates the interwebs
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of Nolan being upset on the radio about a blocking
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penalty that he got in the race.
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Pretty standard drivers rarely get penalties
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and are thrilled about it.
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Um, but I mean frankly he did deserve it.
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The penalty was pretty warranted.
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Uh, but the reaction was expected. It was pretty normal.
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Um, some curse words were used,
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they were directed at certain people and places and things
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and organizations.
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Look, here's the thing. Uh,
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and it's just, it's just normal guys.
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It's just part of, it's part of the deal as part of the deal
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of going racing and it's part of the deal
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of the public having access
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to driver's radios is you're gonna hear stuff
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that maybe you don't like,
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but it's also kind of none of your business
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'cause you're either dropping on a conversation
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that you weren't invited into.
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Um, so that was, that is, that was what it was.
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The part that kind of surprised me was the subsequent
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statement from the team, like admonishing his behavior
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and kind of forcing an apology.
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And I dunno about you Alex, I thought that was over the top
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and not super awesome for a team
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to like not have their drivers' back
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in a situation like that.
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So in most all scenarios,
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I think I would agree with you, um, where
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it didn't surprise me
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and I don't know
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that I hold it against them in this particular instance,
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and you wouldn't know this because you didn't drive there.
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Um, each year there's an entire kind
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of several hours set aside for communications
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and media training, if you will, with reminders and things.
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And like, one of the very first things is
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we are very concerned about
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how you express yourself on the radio, on the radio.
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So I think, yeah, so that is a McLaren brand image thing.
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Um, I don't know that I, I'm not saying that I agree
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with it, but what I am saying is all drivers,
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even teddy pork chops when he came for a little bit
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was made aware of
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how they feel about these certain things. So,
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But that guy doesn't even know how to swear.
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He's too sweet. Like that's just,
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he's never set us forward in
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his life, so it's not a concern. Yeah, sure.
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Um, so that, that, that is like, okay, I mean maybe
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still like do it behind closed doors.
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Like, hey, we've talked about this. Like, don't do that.
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Um, 'cause the public thing, the public statement thing
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with the apology, like I do think that that
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honestly drew more attention to it than so much
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More
Attention than, than than what it was.
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Um, and especially
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considering there was some social media stuff that happened
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with that team a couple weeks prior
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and there was no like apology or anything.
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Um, I don't know.
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But, but I will give the team a little bit of grace
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because the drivers are all made very aware
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that they care a lot about radio
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communications in case they were picked up.
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Just so tough, man. Like,
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because it wasn't picked up on the broadcast.
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I'm sure I'm, I'm making assumptions here.
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I'm sure you had some outbursts in your,
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or sorry, not outbursts,
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let's say some transmissions in your days at the team
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that might not have fallen within the
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recommended guidelines.
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Yeah, I've never keyed up a radio for two
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and a half minutes, so I may have said this is
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stupid or off, or I don't agree with this or whatever.
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But I, yeah. I also haven't like mother, the owner
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of the series and you
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Know, see I took it, I mean I took it
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as, I took it as the team. And I guess
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Well no, because there was not to, not
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to <inaudible> on Nolan because Nolan's a great kid.
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Yeah. So the radio, the radio transmission that an immediate
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that initially came out was the one about how he disagreed
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with the penalty and all this sort of thing, right?
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There was another one that came out like 50 laps
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after that where the team was like, Hey, you're lap down.
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Pat's racing for the lead here. Like, stay out of his way.
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And he was like, no f you guys,
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you put me on lap down the first place , I'm gonna do
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what I want to get my lap back.
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So I think like, like anything there, there's a,
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there's more to the story than there's
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Always more
To the story than we, than we see.
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So I talked to Nolan in Road America, he felt very bad.
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Ev vowed to be better. He's still a young kid.
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He means he's his, he's a nice boy. I don't think he's a
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A nice kid.
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And look, we've all, we've all done it
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Caused by it. Any of it.
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No, no. We've, we've done,
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we've all done it and like I'm with you.
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I think maybe a behind the closed door, like
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for a first offense, first public offense
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behind the closed doors,
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wrist slap would probably have worked better
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because again, it probably just drew more attention
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to it the way it was handled, but mm-hmm .
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Whatever, they've got their ways of doing things.
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Not my team, not my problem.
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But I'm just need to say I'm, I stand with Nolan,
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say whatever you want on the radio if you don't like,
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and like the fans that were like,
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oh well you guys are role models,
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you shouldn't talk like that on the radio.
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That's not how it works, man.
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Like they don't mic up football players and play 'em live.
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Right. Like they sometimes will play those clips of guys
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that are micd up and it's all very
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curated and it's very specific. And
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Take a seat, Tim, stay for a while
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Or don't I'm standing.
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Yeah, I am standing. Or don't It's
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Totally fine either way.
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Either way is fine. Um, okay, so
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that was that. And then, well
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Actually just real quick, would you guys mind if I started
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a Twitter beef with TK from the off track account
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just to get some more followers?
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How about it? It feels, and I, and I love tk.
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It feels like it would be very easy to do. I
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Don't know.
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I dunno. Gotta find out.
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He's got a lot of Twitter experience. .
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Yeah. Lately he's a fiery young man. That's the problem.
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Yeah. He's a fiery young man.
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Tim, let's see, let's see
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who you come out on the right side of that one. I didn't
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Say I'd win it.
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I just said it feels easy to start it.
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Fair, fair. Um, sorry, I'm holding a towel.
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I just got back from the gym and I'm very ty Uh, all right.
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Road America. That happened.
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That was a thing. It was a whole
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Thing sweaty dude.
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How
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Ah was
That?
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It was, I think it was the
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hottest face I've ever done in my life.
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Really?
I think so. I think so.
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It's, I mean that Indie GP August race Yeah.
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I think is still maybe higher.
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Um, but this, this one was so bad
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that like the yellows hurt.
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The yellows were painful, worse. Like, because you
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Just don't get the air
Flow right.
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Usually when the yellows come out it's kind of nice
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'cause you get a little bit of a breather
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and your heart rate can come down
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and you can, you know, get some water
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and you can, you know, just reset yourself.
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These yellows were like, oh my God, please know.
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Not another one. I'm going to die. Like, at least
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We had five in the first half of the race
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Driving.
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I, I, I've never been a, I'm not a huge fan of the heat.
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Like I sweat a lot, like whatever, but I, I can handle it.
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Like I'm not Yeah. Oh, I'm fine.
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Driving back from crossing the start finish line,
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the whole four miles back to pit lane was hard.
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Like, it was actually like physically challenging
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because all of the heat is there, your body knows
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that like the competition's done,
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so the adrenaline's starting to come down,
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you're starting to feel things.
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It was, it was, it was tough.
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And my helmet hose came off on lap 10
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and my cool suit failed on lap 10.
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So I had those things going for me as well,
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which was super nice.
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Um, so yeah, anyways, it was sweaty.
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IIII was pissing like dark yellow for 24 hours,
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um, which is maybe TMI, but
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I mean, you're, you're pretty good
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and pretty diligent about your
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hydration plan. Oh yeah. So like
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Super, super hydrated. Yeah.
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Yeah. Right. Yeah. You, you know the program mm-hmm.
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That's, uh, yeah.
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Suboptimal because I mean it's,
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I know there's that saying, I hate it.
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I hate it so much, but it's like,
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it's not the heat, it's the humidity.
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Right. That's, that's what makes it so tough
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because like even that indie
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Yeah, I, I, I didn't feel it was that humid.
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I just felt like the heat, the heat
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and the sun, the intensity of the sun was
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what was getting me.
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Like, it was just like that tingly feeling.
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Interesting. Dude. I found it pretty muggy
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Really? But
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Because
Usually when I'm super muggy,
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like I can't even be outside without sweating.
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And like, I was fine at the autograph session.
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I was fine doing a Java house appearance.
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I was fine standing on the grid, like, yeah.
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Interesting. I don't know because like, do you remember
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like that indie G one you're talking about?
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Mm-hmm. It wasn't like a sunny day.
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It was actually kind of an overcast day,
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but it was just like 80% humidity in August and indie
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and it was just like you were swimming
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through the air and it was so bad.
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I think it was still like 94 degrees.
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Yeah, maybe. Maybe. Yeah.
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Just 'cause that, that, that was,
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and like NEG P's a more physical track than Road America.
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Mm-hmm . So that probably contributed to it. So that was
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Probably odd.
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That was pretty, that was pre, that was pre
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like vents on the helmet.
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Yeah. And that was true pre a lot of things. So Yeah,
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It is.
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Well, okay, so everyone survived the key.
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Uh, not everyone survived the race.
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It was um, a decidedly more action packed
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expel grand Prix than we see. Do you
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Find, do you find that I, it, it would be interesting
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to go back and like no one's could do
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this, but like I had a theory.
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Do you think the third
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of triple headers people just like kind
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of lose their minds a little bit or they're tired
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or whatever because like there's no reason why
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that race should have been a cluster <inaudible> and it was,
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I wonder if it's like literally everyone's given up on
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racing for points and so it's just like elbows out
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and like zero given
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and everyone's just sort of firing it at all.
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Joseph Ly has,
Dude, it's funny
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'cause we were talking about the heat we saw on
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the back straight, the lap.
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He crashed. He had his hand out the top of the arrow screen.
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Well his cool suit failed too,
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Right?
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So like I, he was obviously also struggling.
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I don't think that's why he crashed.
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But it was just interesting that like he did that
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and then, you know, had an incident left,
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you know, corners later.
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Um, but yeah, I mean let's, I mean start from the top.
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We had Lucas who ended up in the gravel on lap one,
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still ended up coming back
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and finishing like in the top six,
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seven, something like that. I think it was
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Fifth,
The fifth top five, like crazy, crazy.
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Um, then who else?
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We had stingray with his deal, which was wild.
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I dunno if you saw the replay. That one
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I did, I did.
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Um, not awesome. Um, Connor, I don't,
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Connor, Connor had a tough day out there. Uh, yeah,
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Connor had a tough day.
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Connor had a tough day. I don't think I've ever seen an
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any car, uh, drive around with a tail before.
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No. Um, but uh, but it did. So so
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How did that happen?
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He just didn't know he had it on. He
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Hy hybrid starts, man, there's good,
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there's good things and there's bad things.
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There's good things in the sense
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that obviously you can start yourself.
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There's bad things in the sense
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that you have no idea what's still
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around you when you're firing the thing up.
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I feel like on the replay there was an a MR safety team
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member saying like, don't go, but he just fired up
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and took off and like, thank God it wasn't attached
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to the truck on the other side.
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Or maybe he broke it off the truck. No,
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He broke it off the truck.
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Yeah.
. Oh man. Yeah.
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Yeah. Not good. But like you saw the person was like holding
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their hand like this and he just took off.
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So look, heat of the moment
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and you're trying to like knock, go lap down and whatever,
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but you gotta listen to the safety team.
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'cause that could've been, if that thing went like had Slack
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and was somebody was standing on the wrong side
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of it when it went hot.
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Could have like cleaned out a
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person, like could have been seen
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No
To two Connors.
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Just, just to give his perspective,
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he did say he didn't see the person
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signaling on Twitter, so I
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Can Yeah, for sure.
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Like I don't think the person was standing at his right
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front and like he, the tracks left front,
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so he was probably already looking this way
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and just, you know, paying it to get going,
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starts up whatever.
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Um, so yeah, so there was that.
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I mean, willpower was making, trying
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to make passes work from 47 yards back,
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which was interesting.
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Put Kyle in a bad spot
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and then Kyle promptly returned the favor.
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Uh, lard spun, not all by himself,
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but kind, you know, no contacts,
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but was force wide carbo spun kind of similar to
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what happened to Joseph Carbo on the curb there spun.
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Who else? There was more. I feel like I'm missing some,
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Uh, Schwarzman. Schwarzman,
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Yep.
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Yep. Just locked rears I think it was.
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And yeah, went off.
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It was a high attrition race for Road America.
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I mean normally that one's pretty boring on the strategy
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side because the windows are so small
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and, you know, adding a stop is not really an option.
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'cause the time lost to pit is pretty big
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and you have everybody pit within two laps
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and everybody stays within two or three spots.
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Where they started here, we had so many yellows
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at weird times that the field split
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like three different times.
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And we had like at least three different
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strategies running up front.
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So let's, let's run through your, let's run
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through your weekend because it,
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it wasn't a smooth one for you.
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Um, but in the race it looked like it got better.
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No. Yeah. Uh, well the weekend was, was really bad.
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Um, kind of from the beginning.
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Um, we, we just were completely missing balance
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and grip and pace
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and there was really no, um, there was no
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solution to it until, well, so we, we came, we came
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with a package, um, that we were pretty confident in.
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And Christian came with a package
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that had worked previously on a road course earlier in the
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year that we were pretty confident in.
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And man, when I tell you that like the only similarities
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between them were the fact
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that they were both IndyCar is true.
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Like there wasn't a a a spring rate that was the same.
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There wasn't a valley height that was the same, nothing,
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there wasn't even a rear wing angle that was the same. And
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So did you develop yours in the sim?
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I'm, I'm not gonna tell you about mine,
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I'm just gonna tell you it was, it was a set up
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that we had a lot of confidence in
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and, um, we got back
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after practice one being 20th and 23rd
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and had the exact same feedback
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and feeling of the car in all phases
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of the corner and the lap.
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And that was kind of a oh moment in the sense that
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there's a fundamental problem here with our approach to, to
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what we're doing at Road America.
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So there's a big kinda study overnight
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and we come with a, with a whole different package.
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Both cars are, are the same, um, and it's still terrible.
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And then it's like, well,
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practice is done, let's go qualify.
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And I qualified 24th on pace,
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Christian qualified 20th on pace.
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00:20:59.245 --> 00:21:01.025
He had a bit of a better handle on it
512
00:21:01.055 --> 00:21:02.105
than I did, quite frankly.
513
00:21:02.165 --> 00:21:03.465
He had kinda like two, two
514
00:21:03.465 --> 00:21:04.865
and a half tenths on me all weekend.
515
00:21:07.085 --> 00:21:09.785
And I was like, man, it's, it's, it's undrivable.
516
00:21:09.825 --> 00:21:11.185
I don't know what to tell you. It was one
517
00:21:11.185 --> 00:21:12.505
of those cars change where like
518
00:21:13.345 --> 00:21:15.445
you had this mid corner undersea that existed.
519
00:21:16.225 --> 00:21:18.645
So you were like, okay, I'm gonna, I'm gonna challenge
520
00:21:19.185 --> 00:21:20.565
the entry and trail break in
521
00:21:20.865 --> 00:21:23.285
and you'd just be backwards, like completely backwards
522
00:21:23.345 --> 00:21:26.365
and be like, okay, okay fine, I'm not gonna break late.
523
00:21:26.425 --> 00:21:28.645
I'm not gonna break hard. I'm gonna have like a humpy break
524
00:21:28.705 --> 00:21:30.645
and roll, get off the brake pedal
525
00:21:30.705 --> 00:21:33.725
and kind of carry mid corner speed like
526
00:21:34.585 --> 00:21:36.605
the on on ice.
527
00:21:36.995 --> 00:21:39.405
Like the fronts were wet, you just go straight.
528
00:21:39.805 --> 00:21:41.165
I was like, I can't, I don't even know.
529
00:21:42.125 --> 00:21:43.235
I, I feel bad
530
00:21:43.235 --> 00:21:45.675
because I can't tell you what the car is doing.
531
00:21:45.745 --> 00:21:47.875
Like I can't give you feedback on what it's doing
532
00:21:47.875 --> 00:21:51.315
because it's literally anything that I do makes it mad.
533
00:21:51.465 --> 00:21:55.785
Like I can't, I can't find any sort of, of
534
00:21:55.965 --> 00:21:58.705
of rhythm or balance or, or anything with the car.
535
00:22:02.445 --> 00:22:04.265
We went down a, a very
536
00:22:06.085 --> 00:22:08.045
interesting path, um, Sunday.
537
00:22:08.985 --> 00:22:10.125
And when I tell you that,
538
00:22:10.465 --> 00:22:14.325
or when people talk about IndyCar as, you know,
539
00:22:14.365 --> 00:22:15.565
a spec championship and,
540
00:22:15.585 --> 00:22:16.805
and all these sort of things like,
541
00:22:16.805 --> 00:22:18.405
like it very much is in the, in terms
542
00:22:18.405 --> 00:22:20.805
of everyone has the same car and tire
543
00:22:20.945 --> 00:22:24.225
and suspension components and all this sort of thing.
544
00:22:25.485 --> 00:22:27.385
The dampers are are everything.
545
00:22:27.645 --> 00:22:30.585
And I, I didn't experience that.
546
00:22:30.785 --> 00:22:32.705
I haven't experienced that ever in my career
547
00:22:32.925 --> 00:22:34.225
as much as I did this weekend.
548
00:22:35.005 --> 00:22:37.425
Um, interesting. And, and it was very interesting
549
00:22:37.425 --> 00:22:41.465
because we went from cars that were completely undrivable
550
00:22:41.765 --> 00:22:46.295
to making some damping changes to a car that was all
551
00:22:46.295 --> 00:22:49.695
of a sudden, like legitimately in 25 lap
552
00:22:49.715 --> 00:22:51.695
and 30 lap average pace, we were fourth.
553
00:22:52.775 --> 00:22:55.675
And so like we completely turned the car around
554
00:22:56.775 --> 00:22:57.805
going in a direction
555
00:22:57.805 --> 00:22:59.605
that we didn't really have an understanding of.
556
00:22:59.605 --> 00:23:03.525
We just kind of took a Hail Mary at it and it worked.
557
00:23:03.745 --> 00:23:06.205
Um, so that was, that was the only good thing
558
00:23:06.205 --> 00:23:08.605
to come outta the weekend is we actually solved the problem.
559
00:23:09.345 --> 00:23:12.445
Um, and I think it will bode very well
560
00:23:12.445 --> 00:23:14.165
for the future in terms of our race
561
00:23:14.165 --> 00:23:18.365
because we started back there, uh, we said this as a joke,
562
00:23:18.745 --> 00:23:21.765
um, in kind of the strategy meeting, do whatever Nixon does.
563
00:23:21.765 --> 00:23:22.925
Um, but then it turned into reality
564
00:23:23.065 --> 00:23:24.325
do whatever the nine car does.
565
00:23:25.265 --> 00:23:28.405
And so for a minute that was looking really good.
566
00:23:28.755 --> 00:23:31.925
Like we were on the same strategy running one two
567
00:23:32.785 --> 00:23:35.565
and then, then it, then it went away obviously.
568
00:23:35.945 --> 00:23:38.925
Um, but yeah, we were basically copy pasting the nine car
569
00:23:39.145 --> 00:23:40.885
and I was like, man, this is how he does it.
570
00:23:41.185 --> 00:23:42.765
Didn't pass a single car all day.
571
00:23:43.025 --> 00:23:46.325
And I'm like, oh, I am second chilling.
572
00:23:46.675 --> 00:23:49.045
Like on the right strategy, got the fuel,
573
00:23:49.155 --> 00:23:51.845
like everyone has one stop to go and then he all came.
574
00:23:51.845 --> 00:23:54.085
That kind of derailed all of that, but that's okay.
575
00:23:54.665 --> 00:23:56.245
Um, because it was looking really good
576
00:23:56.245 --> 00:23:57.605
for a minute and the pace was there.
577
00:23:57.665 --> 00:24:00.525
So I'm, I I left happy, believe it or not, I left happy
578
00:24:00.685 --> 00:24:02.725
I Where did you ultimately end up or forget?
579
00:24:03.445 --> 00:24:06.125
13th.
13th. Okay. 'cause so but
580
00:24:06.125 --> 00:24:09.205
With a car that qualified 24th and and you're saying like,
581
00:24:09.745 --> 00:24:11.445
and the car that you said was Undrivable.
582
00:24:11.485 --> 00:24:13.405
I know you guys made a lot of changes Saturday night,
583
00:24:13.425 --> 00:24:15.165
but like did you feel like your
584
00:24:15.225 --> 00:24:17.205
Sunday was a great day? It was honestly.
585
00:24:17.545 --> 00:24:19.125
So, so you feel like your position was
586
00:24:19.955 --> 00:24:21.125
your car should have, okay.
587
00:24:21.465 --> 00:24:24.725
No, I think we legitimately had, we qualified, right?
588
00:24:24.785 --> 00:24:25.845
We were a top five car.
589
00:24:26.605 --> 00:24:27.605
Okay.
Yeah.
590
00:24:28.075 --> 00:24:29.685
Yeah, because when you were running up front,
591
00:24:30.185 --> 00:24:33.085
you were on pace with the guys, even the guys that were
592
00:24:33.105 --> 00:24:34.765
behind you, but on the other strategy
593
00:24:34.765 --> 00:24:36.325
that had started up front, your Kirkwood
594
00:24:36.465 --> 00:24:37.485
and your pillows or whatever.
595
00:24:37.635 --> 00:24:41.365
Dude, we were our last, our last stint,
596
00:24:41.545 --> 00:24:43.245
we unfortunately were unused.
597
00:24:43.905 --> 00:24:46.365
We almost double stinted a set of used tires
598
00:24:46.425 --> 00:24:49.405
and didn't have any, any issues used reds.
599
00:24:50.015 --> 00:24:52.265
Yeah.
Yeah. So like that's the kind of step we took,
600
00:24:52.275 --> 00:24:53.385
which is unbelievable.
601
00:24:54.255 --> 00:24:56.865
It's so funny man, because when you guys all pit under
602
00:24:56.865 --> 00:24:59.825
that first caution on like lap two or three
603
00:24:59.845 --> 00:25:02.465
or whatever it was, and Dixon was in that group,
604
00:25:02.905 --> 00:25:04.465
I sat on the broadcast, I was like,
605
00:25:04.465 --> 00:25:07.065
everybody remember this moment on lap three
606
00:25:07.175 --> 00:25:09.865
because we're gonna be talking about it when Dixon's leading
607
00:25:09.865 --> 00:25:10.905
this race would tend to go .
608
00:25:11.975 --> 00:25:14.505
Sure enough. And sure enough, this leading would tend
609
00:25:14.505 --> 00:25:16.265
to go I oh man, almost
610
00:25:16.265 --> 00:25:18.705
Like you're good at your job
Almost.
611
00:25:18.885 --> 00:25:21.025
But he didn't, he ran out so it didn't work out.
612
00:25:21.125 --> 00:25:24.185
But uh, but I'll tell you who didn't run out, why
613
00:25:24.265 --> 00:25:26.945
I said almost
Fair, uh,
614
00:25:28.175 --> 00:25:29.345
Paolo's ability
615
00:25:29.925 --> 00:25:34.825
Six times
To dude the pace
616
00:25:34.825 --> 00:25:39.275
that this was a red race for everybody except the 10 car.
617
00:25:40.245 --> 00:25:42.175
Like before we came into the weekend, people were like,
618
00:25:42.175 --> 00:25:43.895
yeah, I think it's, I think it might be a red race.
619
00:25:44.035 --> 00:25:45.695
And then we get through qualifying
620
00:25:45.695 --> 00:25:46.775
or get through practice one.
621
00:25:46.775 --> 00:25:48.095
It was like, yeah, reds were holding
622
00:25:48.095 --> 00:25:49.215
on for more than one lap.
623
00:25:49.315 --> 00:25:51.095
So like this could be a red race
624
00:25:51.095 --> 00:25:52.495
and then like, ah, it's gonna be hot on Sunday.
625
00:25:52.555 --> 00:25:54.655
But we got through warmup and I was like, man,
626
00:25:54.655 --> 00:25:55.735
I think it's gonna be a red race.
627
00:25:55.915 --> 00:25:58.455
And you look at the Firestone chart at the end of the race
628
00:25:58.555 --> 00:26:01.775
and it's like everyone's got three stints on reds
629
00:26:01.995 --> 00:26:05.335
and one stint on blacks except the 10 car.
630
00:26:05.685 --> 00:26:08.215
They are black red, B, BB, B, B back
631
00:26:08.435 --> 00:26:09.895
and they just run primaries
632
00:26:10.435 --> 00:26:15.015
and they keep a pace that is very competitive.
633
00:26:16.565 --> 00:26:19.305
Qued going longer on field than anybody else.
634
00:26:23.405 --> 00:26:26.315
I mean the pace that he held in the,
635
00:26:26.315 --> 00:26:29.035
in the last stint there when doing like 16 laps
636
00:26:29.035 --> 00:26:30.915
or whatever it was, which is a stretch.
637
00:26:30.915 --> 00:26:34.675
It's a save is unreal. And he still did the cool down lap.
638
00:26:34.745 --> 00:26:37.875
Like every, like half the field stopped at pit out
639
00:26:38.155 --> 00:26:39.555
'cause they were outta field and didn't have enough
640
00:26:39.555 --> 00:26:40.595
to do the cool down lap.
641
00:26:41.305 --> 00:26:44.725
This guy pit before the mall went faster than the mall.
642
00:26:44.785 --> 00:26:46.925
And like it was like Dixon at Long Beach last year,
643
00:26:47.115 --> 00:26:49.445
just like taking the piss, cruising around,
644
00:26:49.445 --> 00:26:50.765
doing burnouts on his in
645
00:26:50.785 --> 00:26:52.365
lap 'cause there was so much fuel left.
646
00:26:52.585 --> 00:26:54.245
But the fact that he does it on a different tire
647
00:26:54.425 --> 00:26:55.645
is so baffling to me.
648
00:26:55.665 --> 00:26:58.405
Man. Dude, imagine that if he decided to do it on Reds.
649
00:26:58.915 --> 00:26:59.915
Yeah.
.
650
00:27:01.275 --> 00:27:04.005
He's like giving us like a, like a, like a lifeline.
651
00:27:04.585 --> 00:27:05.845
He and he and Barry are like,
652
00:27:05.865 --> 00:27:07.045
uh, let's make this interesting.
653
00:27:07.045 --> 00:27:08.685
Let's only run blacks today. . Yeah,
654
00:27:08.795 --> 00:27:09.795
Yeah.
655
00:27:09.795 --> 00:27:11.405
Let's make this a little bit of a challenge for ourselves.
656
00:27:11.635 --> 00:27:13.645
Like, it's, it's undeserved man. Like,
657
00:27:15.405 --> 00:27:16.545
And, and you can't be
Bad.
658
00:27:17.205 --> 00:27:18.505
No. Like
Congrats Felix
659
00:27:18.605 --> 00:27:19.825
on win number two at Road America.
660
00:27:20.035 --> 00:27:21.035
Right.
661
00:27:21.995 --> 00:27:23.985
first in class man. Yeah. Mean first in class.
662
00:27:25.025 --> 00:27:26.625
I, I gotta say, um,
663
00:27:29.255 --> 00:27:31.035
the like the other thing that was crazy about it.
664
00:27:31.035 --> 00:27:33.315
So he started third, right? No second he started second.
665
00:27:33.985 --> 00:27:35.675
He's right up there. And
666
00:27:36.185 --> 00:27:38.595
what was crazy about it is if you go back
667
00:27:38.595 --> 00:27:41.355
and watch the first half of that race, dude he was in,
668
00:27:41.615 --> 00:27:45.155
he was in some, he he was in some battles,
669
00:27:45.155 --> 00:27:46.635
he was in some ugly scenarios.
670
00:27:46.635 --> 00:27:48.915
He was in some four wide stuff going down into five.
671
00:27:48.945 --> 00:27:51.075
Like he wasn't just puddling around trying
672
00:27:51.075 --> 00:27:53.755
to stay outta trouble, he was getting stuck in.
673
00:27:54.215 --> 00:27:56.675
Now guys were also using him up
674
00:27:56.835 --> 00:27:58.275
'cause they're like, you have a race
675
00:27:58.275 --> 00:28:00.395
and a half lead in the championship, screw you.
676
00:28:00.455 --> 00:28:02.355
And they were firing it in on him.
677
00:28:02.615 --> 00:28:05.115
So he was having to drive like pretty heads up,
678
00:28:05.535 --> 00:28:09.675
but man, it was, it was so impressive that he was like,
679
00:28:10.185 --> 00:28:11.515
he's just like Dixon man.
680
00:28:11.585 --> 00:28:13.195
He's just like classic Dixon
681
00:28:13.195 --> 00:28:15.435
where he can find himself in these situations.
682
00:28:15.455 --> 00:28:17.595
But he always comes out without a scratch on the car.
683
00:28:17.905 --> 00:28:19.475
Like he always gets around it. I think the
684
00:28:19.475 --> 00:28:20.915
Difference, he's Dixon
685
00:28:21.255 --> 00:28:25.675
but Dixon with a li a little bit more pace because
686
00:28:25.675 --> 00:28:27.715
Even D percent more outright pace, even
687
00:28:27.785 --> 00:28:30.475
Even Dixon in his prime, he wasn't the qualifying guy.
688
00:28:30.475 --> 00:28:33.315
Like he was the guy that he guar you would always be in the
689
00:28:33.315 --> 00:28:34.555
fast six, like without a doubt.
690
00:28:34.695 --> 00:28:36.715
But he wasn't the pole guy. He was Yeah.
691
00:28:36.775 --> 00:28:38.955
Always four, fifth, six. Yeah.
692
00:28:39.155 --> 00:28:41.315
Occasionally throwing a pull on a noble, that sort of thing.
693
00:28:41.375 --> 00:28:43.515
But like that wasn't his thing. Yeah.
694
00:28:43.515 --> 00:28:45.715
It was like just I'll get in the fast six
695
00:28:45.815 --> 00:28:48.995
and then the nine car plus me, we will just win races
696
00:28:49.685 --> 00:28:53.235
below is like the same but like on the front row.
697
00:28:53.805 --> 00:28:55.315
Right, right. Yeah.
698
00:28:55.315 --> 00:28:58.035
I think Dixie's got like 20 something polls,
699
00:28:58.035 --> 00:29:00.875
but 60 wins, you know, like 58 wins or whatever.
700
00:29:00.875 --> 00:29:03.115
It's right. So like, uh, yeah, no,
701
00:29:03.175 --> 00:29:05.195
no, I think you're exactly right. I think
702
00:29:05.195 --> 00:29:06.195
You're exactly right.
703
00:29:06.195 --> 00:29:08.595
Speaking of polls, we gotta give huge props to Louis Foster
704
00:29:08.665 --> 00:29:12.325
because not only did he do that,
705
00:29:13.235 --> 00:29:15.695
and I don't, again, I'm not saying the <inaudible>
706
00:29:15.955 --> 00:29:18.615
to be disrespectful, but like in a Ray Hall car,
707
00:29:18.715 --> 00:29:21.575
but we talk about polo and we talk about Nessi
708
00:29:21.595 --> 00:29:25.295
and we talk about all this pace that he has, um,
709
00:29:25.435 --> 00:29:26.895
and a little bit faster than Dixon
710
00:29:26.895 --> 00:29:27.975
and, and all this sort of thing.
711
00:29:28.755 --> 00:29:33.535
He was on, he being Polo was on New Reds, so was Scotty Mack
712
00:29:33.915 --> 00:29:35.335
and I think that was it. Um,
713
00:29:35.435 --> 00:29:38.415
No, Scotty Mack wasn't, wasn't, it was, wasn't all Scotty
714
00:29:38.595 --> 00:29:41.055
and, and uh, foster that were used.
715
00:29:41.275 --> 00:29:44.125
Okay. So Kirkwood Polo Kirk
716
00:29:44.475 --> 00:29:45.165
Okay. And
717
00:29:45.735 --> 00:29:49.245
Rosie
Sure, whatever, whoever it was, there was car,
718
00:29:49.245 --> 00:29:51.205
there were strong cars on new tires
719
00:29:51.425 --> 00:29:55.045
and Louis Foster on used Reds beat their ass
720
00:29:55.185 --> 00:29:56.445
and like that is what's faster.
721
00:29:56.675 --> 00:29:58.525
Yeah, that is, I don't care.
722
00:29:58.765 --> 00:30:01.725
I don't care what tire is like what tire's better
723
00:30:01.825 --> 00:30:04.205
or not, if it's a red race or not, it doesn't matter.
724
00:30:04.235 --> 00:30:05.845
Used ain't better than new. Yeah.
725
00:30:05.845 --> 00:30:08.005
And he um, he, he beat 'em all.
726
00:30:08.065 --> 00:30:10.245
So like huge shout out to that guy. And it's,
727
00:30:10.515 --> 00:30:12.405
It's not like a track like Detroit
728
00:30:12.545 --> 00:30:14.525
or Toronto that are super short
729
00:30:14.665 --> 00:30:17.725
and so there's only five corners to make a difference.
730
00:30:17.725 --> 00:30:18.925
Right. You talking about Road America,
731
00:30:18.925 --> 00:30:20.805
you're talking about four, like a little bit
732
00:30:20.825 --> 00:30:23.205
of a late pickup on the throttle outta three
733
00:30:23.305 --> 00:30:25.725
and you're losing two tens down the back straight, you know,
734
00:30:25.725 --> 00:30:27.765
like you've gotta be absolutely on it.
735
00:30:28.225 --> 00:30:30.845
And uh, and he did, I'm sorry his race didn't go better.
736
00:30:31.145 --> 00:30:33.205
You know, it's, it's such like a, such a roller coaster,
737
00:30:33.205 --> 00:30:34.965
like such a high high four him on Saturday
738
00:30:35.105 --> 00:30:37.165
and I don't know, I think he ended like 14th
739
00:30:37.265 --> 00:30:39.565
or something, had a, had a rough day on Sunday.
740
00:30:40.025 --> 00:30:41.485
Uh, but that's, you know, he's young.
741
00:30:41.555 --> 00:30:42.885
He's got a lot of race in front of him.
742
00:30:43.015 --> 00:30:44.965
He'll get, he'll get to feel the other side of it too.
743
00:30:45.025 --> 00:30:47.165
But, um, I just thought it was,
744
00:30:47.245 --> 00:30:48.925
I always thought it was such an exciting race man.
745
00:30:48.925 --> 00:30:50.965
There was so much good action in that first half
746
00:30:51.515 --> 00:30:53.245
guys were being super aggressive.
747
00:30:53.825 --> 00:30:56.965
Uh, some great racing, some on the edge racing,
748
00:30:57.195 --> 00:30:59.305
like borderline racing.
749
00:30:59.305 --> 00:31:02.185
Well James, James tires that don't dig
750
00:31:03.045 --> 00:31:04.865
and you can hammer people are gonna race.
751
00:31:04.865 --> 00:31:06.495
Yeah. Yeah. Like
752
00:31:06.725 --> 00:31:07.815
Yeah, I guess that's part of it.
753
00:31:07.845 --> 00:31:09.055
It's so funny because we talk about
754
00:31:09.055 --> 00:31:13.075
how tired DG makes good races, right?
755
00:31:13.225 --> 00:31:14.515
Yeah, no, but like, when you're
756
00:31:14.515 --> 00:31:18.195
Just No, no, what makes good races is a big difference
757
00:31:18.195 --> 00:31:19.395
between JF Yeah.
758
00:31:19.405 --> 00:31:21.515
Right. One and the other. Yes.
759
00:31:21.735 --> 00:31:23.675
To call deck itself on a noble shirt,
760
00:31:23.735 --> 00:31:25.155
but on a road course I don't think it does
761
00:31:25.155 --> 00:31:26.715
because people are smart enough.
762
00:31:27.215 --> 00:31:28.275
No one's gonna go out there
763
00:31:28.455 --> 00:31:30.075
and blow their load for four laps.
764
00:31:30.145 --> 00:31:31.755
Like everyone knows that they have
765
00:31:31.755 --> 00:31:33.755
to like protect the tires and everything.
766
00:31:33.755 --> 00:31:35.675
Right? This isn't 2000
767
00:31:35.735 --> 00:31:39.875
and what was it 10 when Pelli came into F1
768
00:31:39.875 --> 00:31:41.555
and no one had ever saved tires before.
769
00:31:41.555 --> 00:31:43.755
Right. That doesn't, right. That doesn't exist now.
770
00:31:43.825 --> 00:31:46.675
Tire savings a thing in motorsports. So Yeah.
771
00:31:46.875 --> 00:31:50.555
I I think that big big delta between primary and alternate
772
00:31:50.615 --> 00:31:53.395
and a tire that holds up creates Indy car racing
773
00:31:53.425 --> 00:31:54.435
that we all know and love
774
00:31:55.175 --> 00:31:57.355
And Road America. Like that's
775
00:31:57.935 --> 00:31:59.995
Man, there's been some sleepers at Road America before.
776
00:32:00.625 --> 00:32:01.835
Yeah, you're right. You're right.
777
00:32:01.935 --> 00:32:04.195
But there's, there's opportunity there when,
778
00:32:04.425 --> 00:32:05.595
when a car's got some pace,
779
00:32:05.605 --> 00:32:06.675
there was some opportunity there.
780
00:32:06.735 --> 00:32:07.955
For sure, for sure. Um,
781
00:32:08.695 --> 00:32:10.385
so yeah, it was just, it was exciting.
782
00:32:10.385 --> 00:32:13.185
So the first half was all action, second half was all like,
783
00:32:13.555 --> 00:32:15.105
who's on the right strategy.
784
00:32:15.455 --> 00:32:17.505
Yeah. Like we were losing our minds in
785
00:32:17.505 --> 00:32:19.305
The, the 10 that the 10 card didn't even know
786
00:32:19.315 --> 00:32:20.745
until like 10 to go.
787
00:32:21.375 --> 00:32:23.425
Dude, I, it felt so much better when I read
788
00:32:23.425 --> 00:32:25.665
that quote from Barry Weer because like t be
789
00:32:25.665 --> 00:32:28.025
and I are up in the booth, we're like, I think that's good
790
00:32:28.085 --> 00:32:30.345
for this guy in Bedford.
791
00:32:30.455 --> 00:32:33.025
That guy I think he can't make it,
792
00:32:33.045 --> 00:32:35.025
but he can, can he make it?
793
00:32:35.145 --> 00:32:37.585
I, and then when he said to like, yeah, Juan was like, yeah,
794
00:32:37.585 --> 00:32:38.905
we didn't know if we were on the right thing
795
00:32:38.905 --> 00:32:40.125
or not until 10 to go.
796
00:32:40.145 --> 00:32:42.085
I'm like, okay. Thank God. That's just terrific.
797
00:32:42.275 --> 00:32:44.205
Yeah, that's terrific. Um,
798
00:32:44.385 --> 00:32:46.285
Um, and then we gotta give another shout out.
799
00:32:46.485 --> 00:32:50.085
I mean, it's well deserved and hell yeah. Brother Santino
800
00:32:50.355 --> 00:32:52.605
Santino Ucci absolutely, absolutely.
801
00:32:52.735 --> 00:32:55.085
Drove a great race and then smashed Miller
802
00:32:55.085 --> 00:32:57.485
Lights internal one. That's
803
00:32:57.485 --> 00:32:58.645
So good. That
804
00:32:58.645 --> 00:32:59.645
Is so good.
805
00:32:59.645 --> 00:33:02.165
Classic man. It's like every driver's dream end
806
00:33:02.165 --> 00:33:04.165
to a race is have a fan just, just
807
00:33:04.715 --> 00:33:07.805
toss you a cold frosty one and knock it back.
808
00:33:08.125 --> 00:33:09.525
I might, I might park it outside.
809
00:33:09.525 --> 00:33:11.205
Turn one even if I'm not outta gas next
810
00:33:11.205 --> 00:33:13.205
time.
, we
811
00:33:13.205 --> 00:33:16.365
Saw Connor get a depends sponsorship from
812
00:33:16.365 --> 00:33:17.525
peeing and his race car.
813
00:33:17.685 --> 00:33:19.445
I mean, how far out are we from a Miller Light
814
00:33:19.445 --> 00:33:20.765
sponsorship for Santina?
815
00:33:20.765 --> 00:33:22.965
They're, they're already involved in Speedway. It,
816
00:33:23.025 --> 00:33:25.845
It would be weird if Larry Foyt
817
00:33:25.845 --> 00:33:28.525
and Co are not making phone calls first thing Monday morning
818
00:33:28.525 --> 00:33:30.605
to the Miller Cords Corporation, be like, Hey guys,
819
00:33:30.825 --> 00:33:32.005
do you see our boy on the weekend?
820
00:33:32.025 --> 00:33:33.245
Mm-hmm . And he's on a run
821
00:33:33.245 --> 00:33:36.165
of like three top fives in a row or something. Like
822
00:33:36.165 --> 00:33:37.845
He's two podiums, three top fives. Yeah.
823
00:33:38.275 --> 00:33:41.325
Yeah. He's just, he's . He's on a roll man.
824
00:33:41.425 --> 00:33:44.205
And they say Ma Lucas has come back with great. Who else?
825
00:33:44.545 --> 00:33:47.485
VK had another great drive into the top 10. Um,
826
00:33:47.625 --> 00:33:49.325
Kif dog, P six Kiffin
827
00:33:49.325 --> 00:33:52.125
Another great result for Kiffin. Uh,
828
00:33:52.265 --> 00:33:54.205
And, and we talked about Nolan earlier.
829
00:33:54.505 --> 00:33:58.725
Uh, we need to talk about a, a big result for him P eight
830
00:33:58.865 --> 00:33:59.885
to McLaren Carr.
831
00:34:00.185 --> 00:34:03.285
Um, which is pretty incredible when you think about it.
832
00:34:03.585 --> 00:34:06.735
But also this is probably a little known fact.
833
00:34:07.235 --> 00:34:09.415
He had to come back from a little team error,
834
00:34:09.465 --> 00:34:11.095
which he was quite about on the radio.
835
00:34:11.475 --> 00:34:12.655
So our boy learned his
836
00:34:12.655 --> 00:34:13.455
Lesson. bet he was,
837
00:34:14.395 --> 00:34:17.615
Um, somehow three primaries in one alternate
838
00:34:17.665 --> 00:34:18.775
ended up on his car.
839
00:34:19.635 --> 00:34:23.175
No. Uh, so I don't know when in the race that happened.
840
00:34:23.255 --> 00:34:24.375
I assume it was under yellow
841
00:34:24.375 --> 00:34:26.055
because he still got a good result.
842
00:34:26.155 --> 00:34:27.735
So it didn't like end his day.
843
00:34:28.675 --> 00:34:30.695
But yeah, that, that's, uh,
844
00:34:30.875 --> 00:34:32.055
that's not an awesome
845
00:34:32.125 --> 00:34:33.925
look to have happen. Isn't that great?
846
00:34:34.385 --> 00:34:35.765
No. Yeah. P eight, no
847
00:34:36.315 --> 00:34:38.205
Armstrong P five, that was the other good one.
848
00:34:38.365 --> 00:34:40.085
Kirkwood hanging on
849
00:34:40.085 --> 00:34:41.285
to championship like Kirkwood
850
00:34:41.285 --> 00:34:42.445
looked like he was gonna win at one point.
851
00:34:42.445 --> 00:34:43.725
We're like, okay, we got the
852
00:34:43.725 --> 00:34:45.525
championship Battle titans more. We do
853
00:34:45.525 --> 00:34:47.045
Not, not ne nay.
854
00:34:47.825 --> 00:34:49.365
No. The solo Cup machine.
855
00:34:49.875 --> 00:34:51.725
It's so ironic that like the guy
856
00:34:51.725 --> 00:34:53.325
that doesn't really drink is sponsored
857
00:34:53.325 --> 00:34:56.725
by Solo Cup at Road America where like half,
858
00:34:56.925 --> 00:34:59.685
I mean more than half the people there cruising around with.
859
00:34:59.685 --> 00:35:00.925
So red solo cups. Yeah.
860
00:35:00.925 --> 00:35:03.085
You know, at least we're going into a permanent road
861
00:35:03.085 --> 00:35:05.045
course that he is really struggled at coming up.
862
00:35:07.565 --> 00:35:10.575
Yeah. Mid Ohio. He's been pretty good at in the past.
863
00:35:11.715 --> 00:35:15.535
Uh mm-hmm . And then, uh, then what's I Iowa
864
00:35:15.715 --> 00:35:16.715
At least he sucks at Toronto.
865
00:35:17.175 --> 00:35:19.215
I was gonna say then Toronto, everybody came second
866
00:35:19.235 --> 00:35:20.775
or third with half a front wing.
867
00:35:20.845 --> 00:35:23.215
Yeah, yeah. From
18th or whatever. He qualified.
868
00:35:23.355 --> 00:35:24.535
He really, yeah, he really struggles.
869
00:35:24.535 --> 00:35:27.015
He really struggles there. Mm-hmm . Yeah.
870
00:35:28.325 --> 00:35:30.945
Laguna bad form Portland. Oh hey,
871
00:35:30.945 --> 00:35:32.585
Have you guys thought about painting the white line?
872
00:35:32.765 --> 00:35:33.765
Why don't you go,
I
873
00:35:33.865 --> 00:35:34.865
Actually, I'm sorry.
874
00:35:34.865 --> 00:35:36.305
Why don't you go paint the town red back there, pal
875
00:35:37.135 --> 00:35:38.355
Red, like that bus behind you.
876
00:35:38.355 --> 00:35:39.635
What bus What's, where are you
877
00:35:39.635 --> 00:35:40.755
Tim? What is happening over here?
878
00:35:40.905 --> 00:35:42.035
It's one of those Zoom backgrounds.
879
00:35:42.625 --> 00:35:43.955
Yeah. It's not though. Where are
880
00:35:43.955 --> 00:35:46.195
You
In a hotel room? Where are you
881
00:35:46.575 --> 00:35:47.635
One of those Zoom backgrounds?
882
00:35:48.095 --> 00:35:50.315
No, I see a red double deck or bus.
883
00:35:50.345 --> 00:35:53.075
What does that, uh, usually indicate? And
884
00:35:53.075 --> 00:35:54.835
Is that they got really, really good Zoom
885
00:35:54.835 --> 00:35:56.115
backgrounds. Is that
886
00:35:56.155 --> 00:35:57.595
A clock named after my son
?
887
00:35:58.455 --> 00:36:00.155
No, it's, you know, like the banks
888
00:36:00.165 --> 00:36:02.235
where they have like the time and the temperature.
889
00:36:02.265 --> 00:36:03.355
It's like an old one of those.
890
00:36:03.535 --> 00:36:04.875
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
The other
891
00:36:04.895 --> 00:36:06.235
side's a giant thermometer. ,
892
00:36:06.675 --> 00:36:07.755
What's up? Brushing water.
893
00:36:07.995 --> 00:36:10.555
I can hear, uh, I can hear behind you.
894
00:36:11.095 --> 00:36:13.115
What's
The, what it's called the, the, the,
895
00:36:14.585 --> 00:36:15.585
Yeah.
896
00:36:15.585 --> 00:36:17.995
I don't know what said it was like a a a river named
897
00:36:17.995 --> 00:36:19.395
after me by a guy with a lisp
898
00:36:19.545 --> 00:36:20.545
Fame.
899
00:36:20.545 --> 00:36:20.915
You guys sound ridiculous.
900
00:36:21.095 --> 00:36:23.675
I'm, I'm obviously in la I'm not the one who travels.
901
00:36:24.485 --> 00:36:28.275
Right, right. Um, so you that was a
902
00:36:28.325 --> 00:36:29.635
Wheel ride guys, .
903
00:36:32.265 --> 00:36:33.915
This is great. Yeah.
904
00:36:34.135 --> 00:36:36.955
So weirdly guys, this this week's off track, none
905
00:36:36.955 --> 00:36:38.395
of us are in our hometowns.
906
00:36:38.855 --> 00:36:40.675
Uh, but two of us are in the same town,
907
00:36:40.675 --> 00:36:41.995
which is often the case.
908
00:36:42.105 --> 00:36:44.395
Alex and I are often in Indianapolis, uh,
909
00:36:44.525 --> 00:36:46.315
while Alex is in Altoona.
910
00:36:46.535 --> 00:36:47.995
Mm-hmm . Uh, Tim and I are in London,
911
00:36:48.855 --> 00:36:50.715
and happened to run into each other in London.
912
00:36:51.675 --> 00:36:54.235
I was keeping that a secret. Thank you. Hmm. .
913
00:36:55.705 --> 00:36:58.195
Yeah. You were making big efforts, big efforts on that .
914
00:36:58.635 --> 00:37:00.195
I bet you'd both rather be where I am.
915
00:37:00.815 --> 00:37:02.555
No,
Tim, I got a couch for you.
916
00:37:02.935 --> 00:37:05.675
I'm good. Got a nice, I got a nice hotel room in there.
917
00:37:06.125 --> 00:37:07.515
There you go. So I'm not using
918
00:37:07.515 --> 00:37:10.075
because my daughter is asleep. Um,
919
00:37:10.775 --> 00:37:12.635
So you're, you're on a family trip.
920
00:37:12.865 --> 00:37:15.075
Yeah. What are you doing out here other than just
921
00:37:15.075 --> 00:37:16.275
following me around the world?
922
00:37:17.195 --> 00:37:19.355
I have, I just,
That the
923
00:37:19.355 --> 00:37:20.715
Doubledecker bus is right there, .
924
00:37:23.155 --> 00:37:24.875
I am, I'm just taking a page outta your book
925
00:37:25.135 --> 00:37:28.995
and you know, you often just show up to places where Alex
926
00:37:29.015 --> 00:37:31.835
and I say we're gonna be for, you know, fomo reasons
927
00:37:32.295 --> 00:37:35.115
and so I just figured I'd do the same. You
928
00:37:35.115 --> 00:37:36.435
Not now you get it now you see, see,
929
00:37:36.655 --> 00:37:37.875
You feel you're not getting, you're not getting
930
00:37:37.945 --> 00:37:39.955
like sized in anything. Like
931
00:37:39.955 --> 00:37:41.435
A might do some clothing shopping while I'm
932
00:37:41.435 --> 00:37:42.955
here I guess, but Oh,
933
00:37:43.195 --> 00:37:44.195
'cause the turning.
934
00:37:44.195 --> 00:37:45.675
I have some watches today because they
935
00:37:45.675 --> 00:37:46.675
Have, I did, I did try some watches.
936
00:37:46.865 --> 00:37:49.715
What is, what is that? Uh, it's the famous row
937
00:37:50.795 --> 00:37:53.185
where all the suits are not Hedgerow
938
00:37:53.295 --> 00:37:54.305
Silverstone,
Um,
939
00:37:54.725 --> 00:37:58.795
No,
Um, um,
940
00:37:59.695 --> 00:38:01.675
um, I know what you're talking about,
941
00:38:01.895 --> 00:38:04.485
but, uh, I can't think of the name.
942
00:38:04.545 --> 00:38:09.085
Famous Street, London Row Suits.
943
00:38:10.135 --> 00:38:11.585
Well there's like, like Kings Row,
944
00:38:11.585 --> 00:38:12.905
Seville Row. Seville Row.
945
00:38:12.905 --> 00:38:14.825
Seville Row. There you go. Yes.
946
00:38:14.905 --> 00:38:15.985
I need to go to Seville Row
947
00:38:15.985 --> 00:38:18.105
and get a new suit for all my broadcasting.
948
00:38:18.245 --> 00:38:21.585
And that, that let's go is why I'm in the
949
00:38:21.585 --> 00:38:22.705
United Kingdom. Oh,
950
00:38:22.705 --> 00:38:24.345
Here they have some nice fireproof ones.
951
00:38:24.345 --> 00:38:25.785
They make 'em out of Nomax now. Mm.
952
00:38:26.135 --> 00:38:28.505
That sounds hot. That sounds very hot.
953
00:38:28.505 --> 00:38:30.705
So wait, wait, James, are you approximately one
954
00:38:30.705 --> 00:38:32.345
and a half hours north of London right now?
955
00:38:32.965 --> 00:38:34.385
No, I'm, I'm right in the city.
956
00:38:34.605 --> 00:38:36.285
I'm right in the big city at the moment.
957
00:38:36.625 --> 00:38:38.565
Oh. Do you have to go approximately one
958
00:38:38.565 --> 00:38:39.965
and a half hours north of London tomorrow?
959
00:38:40.585 --> 00:38:43.285
I'm gonna tour around the country at various points.
960
00:38:43.285 --> 00:38:44.725
Gonna, I have various stocks we
961
00:38:44.725 --> 00:38:45.765
we're gonna, that I have to make gonna
962
00:38:45.765 --> 00:38:47.565
Watch the changing of the Guard tomorrow. Yeah,
963
00:38:47.665 --> 00:38:48.665
We are gonna do that.
964
00:38:48.665 --> 00:38:50.445
We're gonna, we're gonna, we, so we did the London Eye,
965
00:38:50.445 --> 00:38:52.005
which I'd never done, which was cool.
966
00:38:52.985 --> 00:38:56.285
Um, and we're gonna go see the guards changing,
967
00:38:56.285 --> 00:38:58.245
which I have done, but we'll see again.
968
00:38:58.985 --> 00:39:01.005
Uh, and then yeah, just some, just some odd chores,
969
00:39:01.075 --> 00:39:02.445
some odds and ends, some bits
970
00:39:02.445 --> 00:39:04.485
and bobs I gotta do around town, uh,
971
00:39:04.665 --> 00:39:07.605
before we head to, uh, mid Ohio. So Nice.
972
00:39:07.775 --> 00:39:09.005
James,
You No, you,
973
00:39:09.005 --> 00:39:10.685
you look pretty tired. Do you need to take a seat?
974
00:39:11.285 --> 00:39:12.805
I do. Oh, I'm in a seat.
975
00:39:13.045 --> 00:39:14.925
I need to, I need to lie down Tim,
976
00:39:15.265 --> 00:39:18.245
but thank you for your concern, uh, on that. Um,
977
00:39:18.305 --> 00:39:19.325
Do you know, you know,
978
00:39:19.425 --> 00:39:20.845
you know when, um, you know, when, um,
979
00:39:21.195 --> 00:39:22.645
This is fun for me. This is is good. Let's keep
980
00:39:22.645 --> 00:39:24.965
There used to be, there used to be like he's just trying
981
00:39:24.965 --> 00:39:26.325
to fit in when Fry's,
982
00:39:26.755 --> 00:39:29.365
when Fry's Electronics was in existence
983
00:39:29.785 --> 00:39:31.165
and maybe Best Buy did this,
984
00:39:31.225 --> 00:39:35.965
but like new electronics, you could like demo them, right?
985
00:39:36.355 --> 00:39:38.525
Yeah.
Did you ever, did you ever do that
986
00:39:38.545 --> 00:39:40.845
or wanna do that or get the chance to do that?
987
00:39:42.145 --> 00:39:46.005
You know, I, I I hadn't real quick pulled this
988
00:39:46.065 --> 00:39:48.085
Usable or has this episode been done for three
989
00:39:48.085 --> 00:39:49.085
minutes?
?
990
00:39:50.305 --> 00:39:53.485
I'm hoping that it's at some point in my life I'll get
991
00:39:53.485 --> 00:39:57.645
to demo some, some electronical machinery stuff.
992
00:39:57.645 --> 00:39:59.805
Yeah, yeah. With your suit from Seville Row,
993
00:40:00.535 --> 00:40:01.535
Right?
994
00:40:01.535 --> 00:40:03.245
Or Yeah, or yeah, whatever, you know, whatever,
995
00:40:03.565 --> 00:40:05.365
whatever the appropriate uh, attire would be.
996
00:40:05.575 --> 00:40:09.485
Right? Um, but I have to say that the weather's great here,
997
00:40:09.485 --> 00:40:11.725
which is not something you can often say in,
998
00:40:11.945 --> 00:40:13.165
in England. Um, well, yeah,
999
00:40:13.165 --> 00:40:15.445
Otherwise Tim wouldn't be outside in his Zoom background.
1000
00:40:15.905 --> 00:40:18.485
That's a great point. He wouldn't have said it to outside.
1001
00:40:18.745 --> 00:40:20.205
So Alex, what are you doing this
1002
00:40:20.205 --> 00:40:22.745
weekend after your Iowa test? I'm going to
1003
00:40:22.745 --> 00:40:23.745
The lake, bro.
1004
00:40:23.745 --> 00:40:27.105
I'm gonna have a weekend off. Nice. Um, it's gonna be just a
1005
00:40:27.105 --> 00:40:28.105
Nice, did you see Bow Fix?
1006
00:40:28.525 --> 00:40:30.025
Oh, I'm, I don't know. I mean yes,
1007
00:40:30.045 --> 00:40:31.465
but I'm not testing it out.
1008
00:40:31.655 --> 00:40:34.825
That thing is for sale and it is in perfect condition.
1009
00:40:35.545 --> 00:40:36.825
I thought you changed your mind on that
1010
00:40:37.605 --> 00:40:38.705
And then it broke James
1011
00:40:38.765 --> 00:40:40.785
Before Blue, but now it's all brand new.
1012
00:40:41.255 --> 00:40:42.585
Well, for a new owner,
1013
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.
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Alright, well if anybody's interested in a 2023
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mastercraft, whatever it is.
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No, 2020 mastercraft X 24 is for sale. Hit me up.
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It's got a new gearbox.
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It's, and it's been towed to Safety by Michael Andre .
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Man, he'll even sign it.
He'll definitely sign it.
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Yeah. Uh, so which link are you going to?
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I'm not telling you in case people, uh, wanna find me, so
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That's fair.
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We'll talk later. Yeah.
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Uh, we'll have a great weekend off, uh, Tim,
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have a blast in London
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and maybe some other town in Europe, like
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Still don't know what you're talking about
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Or something.
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Um, and Harris, we'll see you guys next
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tomorrow to next week,
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Tomorrow week, next week, yeah.
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Goodbye.
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