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<v Speaker 1>This is, is off track.</v>

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Colin Herda joins us now. Colton, welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for having me. Well,</v>

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<v Speaker 1>It's the least I could do After</v>

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you tucked me in last night,

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<v Speaker 2>Of course I was kind back to our regularly Yes.</v>

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Scheduled program. Yeah. Nightly calls.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. You had ignored me for a little while</v>

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and I was hurt, but I realized you were busy this

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week, so Right.

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Um, why, why did you feel the need to call a bunch

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of the field and tell 'em

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that you wanted to wish him a good night?

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Um,

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<v Speaker 2>So it was actually Riley's idea.</v>

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I didn't know of the trend, but um, she said a lot

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of people were doing it and I

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thought, oh man, that's gonna be good.

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Um, the reactions were a lot better than I thought. .

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I didn't even think about the fact

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that everybody was gonna worry about like,

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what I was doing to their bus.

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<v Speaker 1>That was my favorite from McGlocklin.</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. 'cause everybody was like, even like, Alex was like,</v>

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why, why would he be calling me?

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Right. . And the weirdest thing was nobody even

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texted me afterwards.

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It was just kinda like, I just called them and that was it.

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They weren't like, why did you do that?

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They just accepted it and went to bed.

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<v Speaker 1>How does that make you feel? Because that means</v>

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that everyone that you called was just like, yeah.

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That, that wasn't that abnormal.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean, maybe I'm a lot</v>

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more of a weirdo than I thought.

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Like, they're like, oh, that's kinda like on brand. Yeah.

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Uh, yeah. Nice guy. I don't know about that, but . Yeah.

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I don't know. It was, it was a very strange night.

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I, I was very surprised how much the video blew up.

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How many people liked it.

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Um, yeah, it was, I thought it was very funny. Was

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<v Speaker 1>Did, did anyone give you a reaction you weren't expecting?</v>

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<v Speaker 2>No.</v>
<v Speaker 1>It's all pretty on point. No,</v>

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<v Speaker 2>I was really happy to get grumpy, Alex.</v>

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'cause sometimes, well that's just Alex.

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I've been getting a lot more happy Alex

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lately and I hate happy Alex.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. It's weird. Him being a dad has</v>

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really ruined his like Yeah.

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Angry moody motif. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I was happy to regular, get back to the regular,</v>

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uh, kind of mm-hmm.

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Unhappy, grumpy. Alex,

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<v Speaker 1>Were there any that you had to cut from the sketch</v>

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because they were inappropriate?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. Um, I didn't call anybody else that's in the video,</v>

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but I did have to chop up some of this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah, okay.</v>
<v Speaker 2>Was said.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. Anyone that you wish you'd called</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Willpower.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Why?</v>
<v Speaker 2>Because he is the funniest man on the grid.</v>

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Um, I don't think a lot of people know that.

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Um, I think maybe more so

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'cause people have talked about it, but he is probably the

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funniest guy on the grid by quite, quite a chunk .

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Um, and his reaction, it's just, he's funny

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because like, you don't know

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what's gonna come out of his mind.

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Yeah. . Yeah. Like anything can happen with that guy. Yeah.

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Um, so he would've had a really good reaction. I think

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<v Speaker 1>That would've been good.</v>

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I'm trying to think if like, it would've been funny

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to pick like some officials

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or like, like call the race director, call Kyle Novak

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and just tuck him into bed. Tuck him

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<v Speaker 2>In. Oh,</v>

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<v Speaker 1>That would go over call rp</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Just wanted, never had a phone call in my life with rp.</v>

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But, you know, maybe don't

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<v Speaker 1>Even have to like source his number from</v>

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like Newgarden or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah. Yeah.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Just, Hey Ra, just wanted to say,</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, you might need to tuck</v>

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in with how things have been

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going. Yes. You might enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>He's had better weeks. Yeah. I'm sure. Say better weeks.</v>

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Uh, all right. Let's talk about your week. Yep.

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Um, Carr looked pretty good all throughout practice.

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Obviously you had your issue in qualifying.

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Um, kind of talk me through what happened on that run. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, looking back at it,</v>

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everything came in as expected.

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You know, the engineers are always looking at ride heights

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and, and looking at how much front wing we call COP,

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the center pressure of the car.

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Um, everything came in as normal as expected.

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So the only conclusion that we can draw, um, was probably

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that we were just too light on downforce.

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Um, um, and that's typically the case when you lose it like

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that early on in the run.

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It's like you have the tire grip,

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but it's just too light on down force.

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So it was a weird one 'cause it's really late.

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Like you could see like there was a lot

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of ya in the car going through the whole corner

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and you could actually see the, the tire marks, um, on the

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outside rear going through the corner.

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Um, and it almost made it

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out, but I don't think it mattered.

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I think if I made it through turn one,

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it was gonna happen somewhere later on down the road.

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Um, but it just sucks

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because for a number of reasons it sucks to crash

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and qualifying, you know, your day's pretty much done.

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Um, which it wasn't for us, thanks

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to the crew and, and their fast thinking.

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But it sucks to crash on lap one

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because that's the fastest you're going mm-hmm .

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Through the run. So, um, it hits a little bit bigger,

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but, you know, for me to see, I've had

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so many people come up to me that are like,

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I've been a mechanic for 40 years, uh,

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and I've never seen anything like that

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where the guys got straight into it and rebuilt a car.

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I was in the wall at 1215, the car was done at 4:00 PM Yeah.

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And we got back out there at like 4 45

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after going through tech and all that.

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So I, I've never seen anything like that.

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And a lot of people have come up to me

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and been like, I've been here forever

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and I have never seen anything like that. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Like the, the direct comparison was</v>

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with Armstrong, right, right.

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Armstrong crashed at 8:45 AM Right.

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And I think got on track at five 15.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. After us. Yeah.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Way like an hour after it crashed way before. Yeah.</v>

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And you guys like that group just managed to pull that,

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you know, seemingly out of thin air.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I, I think, you know,</v>

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unfortunately maybe the

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guys have gotten pretty good at that.

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'cause we have written off a lot of cars here in the past,

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um, at Andretti.

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Uh, you've been a part of, of some

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of those as well in the past.

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But, you know, I think it's, it's,

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it's a cool thing in IndyCar

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where you can't have the t car built up.

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You can't have a backup car built up. Right.

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Um, you can have certain parts,

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you can have front suspension in the tub,

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um, but that's pretty much it.

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So the whole rear end of the car, all the sides of the car

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and even a lot of the front end needs to get adjusted.

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So it's uh, it's a cool thing that it kind

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of sets those guys apart

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because I think a lot of people, they just look at it

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and they're like, oh yeah, they're mechanics.

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Like you go to the Toyota dealership,

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those guys would take a day

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and a half to do what they just did.

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Yeah. Right. Like, and they did it in four hours

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and it would take 18 hours for a normal mechanic to do it.

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So they're incredibly gifted at what they do.

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Uh, and it's cool. I like that they were able to show that.

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Not only that, but I loved the fans

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when they were rolling the car back in.

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Yeah. Like cheering for for the guys

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and they know what they just did was

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incredible. So it was cool to see.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like the Indy car version of that famous Lama thing</v>

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where Audi just replaced the whole back end

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of the car in like seven minutes or something.

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Yes, exactly. Yes. Exactly. It's kind of like

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IndyCar's version of that.

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Mm-hmm . Um, so you had an incident,

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I forget how many years ago now, where you,

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was it carb day you had a, a

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<v Speaker 2>Wreck 2022 carb day,</v>
<v Speaker 1>2022 carb day.</v>

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And then the race carb that you had for, for the race

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wasn't the same No. Didn't have the pace.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Your guys whipped together this car</v>

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in four-ish hours.

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You go back out there

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and it wasn't a, well, let's install it.

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Let's feel it out. Let's just see what it, you went out

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for a run and you got your car in the show one and done.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. Um, not only that, but that's just the trust that me</v>

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and Nathan O'Rourke, my engineer, Rob, team manager, all all

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of all of us on the 26 car have in in our guys

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that they're gonna do the right thing.

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And they're, they're not only gonna fix the car fast,

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but they're gonna do it in a safe manner.

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And, and I don't have anything to worry about.

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Um, so not only did we get in the car,

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we were pretty heavy on downforce.

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Um, you know, we could have been a lot, lot lighter. Um, so,

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry, lemme jump in.</v>

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Was the, was the, was the plan to go do a run just to kind

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of do a run assuming that it might not be fast enough

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'cause you were safe on downforce

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and you probably have to go again? Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. We were going to, yeah.</v>

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Check COP check ride heights, check that the car is,

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um, safe to drive.

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Um, but you never get

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that from the backup car where it's that fast. Right. So, I

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<v Speaker 1>Mean, you got into the show pretty comfortably. Exactly.</v>

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<v Speaker 2>With</v>
<v Speaker 1>A very safe setting on a backup car.</v>

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<v Speaker 2>I guess to put it in perspective, like our</v>

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Speedway cars take about four months to build up.

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'cause everything has to be perfect.

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Everything, um, all the body fit, how everything works,

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all the painting of the cars and it has to be perfect.

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Right. And then they put that car together in four hours

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and it goes probably one

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and a half mile an hour slower than what,

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what we thought we were gonna qualify at

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with our other car on extremely heavy down force.

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Like, um, that's crazy.

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We, we were right behind Kyle, um, a little bit off

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of Marcus, but you know, right there head of Marco.

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So it just shows like that, it

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whatever they've, they've done.

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Uh, we learned a lot from our 2022 experience of,

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of having really bad backup cars.

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Um, and, and it's worked whatever, whatever the process and,

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and difference in, in

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what they've been doing in these last few years.

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<v Speaker 1>So then what kind of confidence does that give you?</v>

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What's your confidence level now going into the race?

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We've had the Monday practice, so you've been in the car,

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in in traffic now and equal footing with everyone else.

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How does it feel and, and what is the

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confidence level going into Sunday?

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<v Speaker 2>Same as before. Um, you know, I felt very confident.</v>

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I felt very racy, um, on the days before.

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Uh, I would say as you'd expect,

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the car speed's a little bit less.

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Um, but it's not anything

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that's gonna affect us in the race, I think.

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Right. It would affect you in qualifying not in the race.

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Um, so I, I got into the car Monday.

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Everything was the same, like ride heights,

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COP like just matched to a t.

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Um, and the car was reacting exactly the same.

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So I'm very lucky, um, for a number of reasons.

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But you know, to have that car to be able to perform

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like the, like the main car, you just never get that.

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So I, I feel extremely lucky.

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<v Speaker 1>The race day looks like it's gonna be a little bit cooler.</v>

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Mm-hmm . Which depends on who you talk to.

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'cause if we had differing opinions on this now,

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so in your opinion, cooler race, maybe cooler track temps,

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is that gonna lead to a, a better race

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and make it better for you starting where you are?

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Or would you rather see it really hot, try

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to separate the field a bit more?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't want it to be hot. Um,</v>

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I don't like being hot in the car , but

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<v Speaker 1>I think it looks irrelevant.</v>

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I just like being too

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<v Speaker 2>Hot.</v>

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I think the handling will be a lot better

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and guys will run a little bit

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closer and that will help more.

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Um, what happens when it's hot, you run a lot further back

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and the tow is just, it's

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so much better when you get closer, um,

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you really get yanked up to the car in front.

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So I think because of that, that will help.

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Um, not having tire deck will be a huge key player.

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Um, with the colder temps, you just,

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you're not gonna have any, I think, um, whereas if it's,

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you know, 90 degrees, you probably will have some tr

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some some drop off.

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So I, I think it's better when it's cooler.

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Um, you can run less down force.

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You can, guys would be a lot quicker.

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It's more fun to watch a, a faster race, uh,

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even if it's only by, you know, half an mile an hour.

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But I think it will help with the racing.

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I think it will be better. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Faster, closer. It's a better show what's not to love.</v>

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Yeah. What's not to love. All right.

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So finally, what is, you know, everyone's obviously here

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to win, but what's a, what's a result

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that you'll be pleased with at the end of the day?

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<v Speaker 2>Um, I'd say right now a top five</v>

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after the race, if I finish in the top five,

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I think I'd be, uh, disappointed.

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Um, but, you know, coming from 27th, uh, with all the stuff

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that's happened this, this month,

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obviously the goal is to win.

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The plan is to win. Um, but we'll see. Right.

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If you finish like second

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or third, I've, I haven't done that here yet,

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but I imagine it's just like the worst feeling in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>You must rather be fifth.</v>
<v Speaker 2>Yes. . Yeah.</v>

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So, you know, I just wanna clean race.

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We unfortunately have not shown up on Sundays.

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Um, you know, I just want to get one under our bag and,

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and have a really solid race here.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Well, best of luck. We, uh,</v>

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hope it all goes smooth for you.

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Thank you. We're here with Alex Rossi,

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but we're behind schedule and Alex Polo is on deck

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and already waiting, so thanks for coming bud.

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Good chat. Thank God. Sit back down.

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You're not gonna, you're not getting away with it that easy.

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Um, whatcha drinking?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, amazingly smooth Java house. Black coffee.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Black coffee. Black coffee. Is that how that, how you like</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Your coffee diesel, bro.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>But you have like Java House has all these Cool.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but I don't drink that diesel. Just</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Diesel?</v>

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Yeah. Just straight diesel. Just black coffee.

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Um, you tried them all, all the flavors

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and all the other No, no.

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No. Should you not at least give them a hurel? No, no, no.

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No. Okay. Does Java House want you to try 'em? No. They, no.

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No. Never asked. No,

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<v Speaker 3>Never.</v>

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I have a La Alexander, excuse me. A La Alexander.

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It's a mix on, um, lavender in my name.

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<v Speaker 1>Right,</v>
<v Speaker 3>Right. And then there's the, uh,</v>

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Rassmuson something or another.

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And then the ster, the ed stir,

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because the most famous drink at Java House is the Ted Stir.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course. Right. Owner.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Ted. Ted. So it was actually quite clever</v>

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to come up with the Ed stir.

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Right. Um, the ed stirs in last, um,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, you've like got the fans</v>

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are are voting on these, the, the

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<v Speaker 3>Rossi drinks leading obviously.</v>

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Okay. And then the Rassmuson drinks the mocha, the

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<v Speaker 1>Lav Alexander.</v>

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Yeah. Right. So what is it?

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<v Speaker 3>It's a latte of sorts. It's</v>
<v Speaker 1>A lavender flavored latte.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Lavender, vanilla. Some sea salt. Yeah.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Did you have any say in this? What's Yep.</v>

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But I thought you only drank. I do.

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<v Speaker 3>Go try it. It though. See, I</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Have to put up with It's pretty</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Good</v>
<v Speaker 1>Freaking</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Week. You should go try</v>

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<v Speaker 1>It.</v>

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Unbelievable. How's meeting day? Going fine. Yeah. Yeah.

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Are you drinking more coffee now that you're a Yes. Father.

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<v Speaker 3>So much more. Especially today. Last night was tough.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>A rough night, huh? Rough night. Rough night. Rough night.</v>

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Alright. Low. Usually

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<v Speaker 3>I cut off my coffee intake around one ish</v>

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and I'm not gonna stop at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So we're coming up on two 30.</v>

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And you're just full gas. Yeah. High

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<v Speaker 3>Octane. Exactly. Full diesel.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Yep. Um, uh, ,</v>

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do you really have to cut off coffee at one 30?

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Like, or at you struggle the rest of the day? Like, no,

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<v Speaker 3>But I</v>
<v Speaker 1>Like you not as</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Well.</v>

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I guess when I say cut off coffee,

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I switch aggressively to diet Coke.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, got it. Right.</v>
<v Speaker 3>So I'm not scared of caffeine.</v>

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Right. It's more just like, I don't feel like I've,

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<v Speaker 1>It's your morning drink.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>I don't feel like I have gotten through the morning yet.</v>

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Right. Hence why I'm still hammering the coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>Got it. Yeah. Got it. Because you've basically just been</v>

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out for like almost 24 hours now, right?

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Yeah. Yeah. Um, so before that.

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<v Speaker 3>But they're a blessing.</v>
<v Speaker 1>They're, we love 'em.</v>

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They're a blessing. So

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before, uh, last night, how has Ben been? No,

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<v Speaker 3>Ben's honestly, Ben last night was great.</v>

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Uh, kids do these wild things. They grow, they

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<v Speaker 1>Do right. Quite</v>

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<v Speaker 3>A bit.</v>

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And, uh, by growing, they eat

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<v Speaker 1>Quite a bit. Right? Yeah.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>So he's just at that point,</v>

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I guess today he chose the He's hungry.

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Yeah. He's hungry. Hungry kid. Very hungry boy.

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<v Speaker 1>He's chip off field block. Yeah.</v>

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You does he at limo at the rate,

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at the obnoxious rate that you do?

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<v Speaker 3>Um, he's learning to, right, right.</v>

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Um, but you gotta remember their,

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their stomachs are like the size of a nickel. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just, yeah. I'm seeing like in relative terms</v>

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to other, you know, babies. Two weeks

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<v Speaker 3>Old probably. Yeah.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>He's probably,</v>
<v Speaker 3>I mean he's in the 99th</v>

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percentile of everything.

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So rate of consumption wouldn't surprise me.

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<v Speaker 1>99 percentile of everything. Yeah. He's</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Just a length, head size. So much</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Hair. Femur</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Probably that they don't measure that, but</v>

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they should. A lot of, a lot of hair

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<v Speaker 1>Guy.</v>

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He looks like he just looks like you.

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He's just got a pretty cool, he's just

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got like your exact haircut. Yeah. And haircut.

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<v Speaker 3>It's pretty wild. It's pretty wild. It's actually awesome.</v>

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'cause like I can just stare at him and time evaporates.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, that's sweet. Yeah.</v>

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It's like the sweetest thing you've ever said.

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I think I love it. Yeah. Yeah. Interesting.

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Um, so I guess given

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that there's a different sleeping plan maybe

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for the next couple days, oh

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.</v>

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I'm gonna live here. Got it. Yeah. Mm-hmm . Riding the bus.

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Yeah. Good luck, Kelly. Yeah.

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See you Monday. She'll be, it'll

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<v Speaker 1>Be fine.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>She'll be fine. Her mom's in town.</v>

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There you go. Yeah. She's got help.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Got some help. Um, speaking of help,</v>

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you've already had some help on your race start. Yeah, up

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<v Speaker 3>Too.</v>

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Up too. From not sleeping. That's

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty from not, see it was all worth it. Sleep</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Is overrated.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>It's overrated. Yeah. You picked up two spots. I did.</v>

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With a single minute of sleep. Right? Uh, starting 12th.

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How do we feel about that? Fine.

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<v Speaker 3>How</v>
<v Speaker 1>Do we think the car is?</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Um,</v>
<v Speaker 1>How was Monday? Monday</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Was good.</v>

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I think Monday was our best day. Which better late.

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Well, maybe it's not late, but better late than ever.

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Um, we, we were always like on this kind

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of knife edge, super small window.

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Like there'd be moments of like, glory

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where you thought everything was great

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and then you'd be miserable

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and we couldn't really understand why.

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And then we made a, a change kind of going into Monday

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and it kind of just widened that window massively.

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And all of a sudden it was like, ah, like the,

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the heart rate came down a little bit in traffic

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and you were less tense and it just felt more natural

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and you weren't thinking about every input.

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And it was just, it was nice.

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<v Speaker 1>We were terrified of every input.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't even that it was just like, it was, it was,</v>

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it was knife edge, it was unpredictable.

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It wasn't quite giving you the feedback that you wanted.

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And, and we resolved that which was, which was encouraging

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<v Speaker 1>Because so many people are talking about the hybrid</v>

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when the added weight and all that.

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Making it a little bit more difficult in general,

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whether it's qualifying runs, race runs, kind of

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what you have to have the car feeling.

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Like are we gonna see as, is it kinda like

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for the first 10 laps, everybody's kind of good on a new set

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and then the disparity in, in setups

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and balances will grow maybe wider

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than what we've seen in the past? Um,

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<v Speaker 3>Potentially.</v>

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I think, you know, you've driven here a lot.

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Tire dig isn't really a thing unless you miss it. Mm-hmm .

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I think that's still the same. Okay.

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Um, is it easier to miss it? Potentially.

471
00:17:12.385 --> 00:17:13.685
But like, if you're in the window,

472
00:17:13.915 --> 00:17:15.885
it's not gonna be a tire dig race.

473
00:17:15.885 --> 00:17:17.165
You're not gonna be managing tires.

474
00:17:17.305 --> 00:17:19.645
The last five laps of the stint aren't gonna be terrible.

475
00:17:20.405 --> 00:17:21.365
I mean, we've seen it with

476
00:17:21.605 --> 00:17:22.885
&lt;inaudible&gt;, we've seen it with other teams.

477
00:17:22.985 --> 00:17:25.645
You, it's very possible in the first stint you could be

478
00:17:26.285 --> 00:17:27.845
a little outside the window and vibrate

479
00:17:27.845 --> 00:17:28.925
tires and that sort of thing.

480
00:17:28.945 --> 00:17:30.765
So like that potential is still there.

481
00:17:30.785 --> 00:17:33.405
But no, I don't think it's gonna be like a, a massive

482
00:17:34.285 --> 00:17:35.445
converged and goers sort of race.

483
00:17:36.035 --> 00:17:38.165
<v Speaker 1>This track's often very temperature</v>

484
00:17:38.445 --> 00:17:39.525
sensitive, very condition sensitive.

485
00:17:40.145 --> 00:17:43.525
Uh, you've seen a little bit of everything this, this month.

486
00:17:44.585 --> 00:17:48.925
Uh, race day, cool. Cloudy, probably lower track temps.

487
00:17:49.435 --> 00:17:52.445
Yeah. Is that concerning that it's kind

488
00:17:52.445 --> 00:17:54.205
of a condition you haven't really seen yet?

489
00:17:54.325 --> 00:17:55.925
I mean, maybe carb day's gonna be the closest.

490
00:17:56.285 --> 00:17:58.445
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I don't think so. I mean, if, if it's a condition</v>

491
00:17:58.445 --> 00:17:59.885
that you haven't seen yet, that's the way you

492
00:17:59.885 --> 00:18:00.925
want it to go, right?

493
00:18:00.955 --> 00:18:04.405
Yeah. Um, I think we saw last year with the rain delay

494
00:18:05.415 --> 00:18:08.205
conditions that were much cooler than we had seen all month.

495
00:18:08.265 --> 00:18:09.365
And the show we got was

496
00:18:09.965 --> 00:18:10.965
<v Speaker 1>Considerably better</v>
<v Speaker 3>Than we thought it was</v>

497
00:18:10.965 --> 00:18:11.525
gonna be, was phenomenal.

498
00:18:11.525 --> 00:18:13.685
Right? Yeah. And so I think we're gonna see exactly that.

499
00:18:14.375 --> 00:18:16.405
Presumably if the forecast is correct,

500
00:18:16.405 --> 00:18:18.765
which at this point it seems like it would be, um,

501
00:18:19.195 --> 00:18:22.325
it's gonna be great for, for 500 miles.

502
00:18:22.325 --> 00:18:25.125
Like it's gonna be, it's gonna gonna be a pick them, right?

503
00:18:25.125 --> 00:18:28.645
Because there's gonna be a lot of good cars, cars that,

504
00:18:29.065 --> 00:18:31.525
you know, maybe were on that edge of being in the window.

505
00:18:31.655 --> 00:18:33.165
Their window now just got wider.

506
00:18:33.545 --> 00:18:35.605
Um, so instead of it being like, okay,

507
00:18:35.605 --> 00:18:38.645
these are the six guys, you really gotta think about, man,

508
00:18:38.845 --> 00:18:40.965
I could probably pick 15, 20 cars that are gonna be good

509
00:18:40.985 --> 00:18:42.165
and, and have a shot at it

510
00:18:45.165 --> 00:18:47.295
<v Speaker 1>With the window sort of widening</v>

511
00:18:47.995 --> 00:18:51.975
and the, the disparity maybe between those Okay.

512
00:18:51.975 --> 00:18:54.415
Cars and those good cars shrinking.

513
00:18:55.155 --> 00:18:56.815
Um, I mean, how much harder does

514
00:18:56.815 --> 00:18:59.135
that make your job starting from row four?

515
00:19:00.035 --> 00:19:02.295
<v Speaker 3>Um, I don't know.</v>

516
00:19:02.615 --> 00:19:07.515
I I think this race, it is impo what I, I,

517
00:19:07.595 --> 00:19:10.275
I kind of came to this conclusion earlier in the week.

518
00:19:10.615 --> 00:19:13.275
Um, and I did something that I haven't really done,

519
00:19:13.335 --> 00:19:16.915
but I've, this whole kind of couple months leading up

520
00:19:16.915 --> 00:19:18.235
to this, I've watched a lot of five hundreds back

521
00:19:19.255 --> 00:19:23.835
and all of 'em, I've been able to be like, all right,

522
00:19:23.865 --> 00:19:25.995
that I would've done a little bit differently if I was

523
00:19:25.995 --> 00:19:27.395
that person or in my shoes.

524
00:19:27.715 --> 00:19:29.555
I would've done that a little bit differently as Alex

525
00:19:30.255 --> 00:19:31.435
to affect the end result.

526
00:19:31.735 --> 00:19:34.515
And then I watched last year's and I watched what Patto did,

527
00:19:34.535 --> 00:19:36.875
and like I wouldn't, there's no notes.

528
00:19:36.985 --> 00:19:39.315
Yeah. A hundred and he still didn't win. Yeah. Right.

529
00:19:39.315 --> 00:19:41.875
So like, I don't know that anyone has any concept

530
00:19:42.095 --> 00:19:44.395
or clue of like, what does it mean now

531
00:19:44.395 --> 00:19:45.915
that these conditions are this

532
00:19:46.095 --> 00:19:47.635
and where you're starting from

533
00:19:47.695 --> 00:19:49.275
and you've got Penskes on the back row

534
00:19:49.375 --> 00:19:50.515
and all of these sort of things.

535
00:19:50.545 --> 00:19:52.475
Like who knows who's gonna win this race?

536
00:19:52.585 --> 00:19:54.555
Like it's, and that's the the beauty of it, right?

537
00:19:54.735 --> 00:19:57.395
So you can, you can still go and be the best car

538
00:19:57.415 --> 00:19:58.635
and execute on pit lane

539
00:19:58.635 --> 00:20:00.355
and have the best strategy and all these sort of things.

540
00:20:00.375 --> 00:20:03.555
You can still not win. So I can't answer that question.

541
00:20:03.695 --> 00:20:04.795
I'm just gonna go out and enjoy it.

542
00:20:04.795 --> 00:20:05.835
And, and hopefully it's your day.

543
00:20:06.215 --> 00:20:08.435
<v Speaker 1>Is it, is it, can you back it up to the point</v>

544
00:20:08.435 --> 00:20:11.555
where it's like, by lap one 50 we need

545
00:20:11.555 --> 00:20:12.995
to be here? No, it's just

546
00:20:13.355 --> 00:20:14.355
<v Speaker 3>Absolutely not.</v>

547
00:20:14.355 --> 00:20:16.035
You just roll it ice. 'cause look, I mean, look at 2016,

548
00:20:16.785 --> 00:20:18.875
like, there's no scenario where I should have won

549
00:20:18.875 --> 00:20:19.875
that race in terms of

550
00:20:19.875 --> 00:20:20.875
<v Speaker 1>Like, yeah.</v>

551
00:20:20.875 --> 00:20:21.675
Lap one 50 people weren't like, oh,

552
00:20:21.685 --> 00:20:22.915
watch the 98. Right. Like

553
00:20:22.985 --> 00:20:24.835
<v Speaker 3>That</v>
<v Speaker 1>Don't sleep on the 98. What</v>

554
00:20:24.835 --> 00:20:25.835
<v Speaker 3>A strategy move they made.</v>

555
00:20:25.835 --> 00:20:28.955
Right? Like it's, and that's, um, that's indie

556
00:20:29.015 --> 00:20:31.075
and that's why we love it and hate it.

557
00:20:31.255 --> 00:20:35.235
Um, so yeah, I mean, I think in, in reality,

558
00:20:35.985 --> 00:20:37.955
like logically do you want to be,

559
00:20:38.135 --> 00:20:40.235
of course you wanna be in the top three cars

560
00:20:40.815 --> 00:20:42.235
coming outta the final stint.

561
00:20:42.815 --> 00:20:46.315
You want to be in the top two cars with four to go. Yes.

562
00:20:46.415 --> 00:20:47.755
But like, does that mean that

563
00:20:47.755 --> 00:20:49.835
that's gonna be the situation that presents itself?

564
00:20:50.535 --> 00:20:52.515
<v Speaker 1>No. All right. Well that's why we love it.</v>

565
00:20:52.975 --> 00:20:54.155
We don't hate it. We just love it.

566
00:20:54.655 --> 00:20:55.835
He loves and hates it. When

567
00:20:55.835 --> 00:20:56.835
<v Speaker 3>You were doing it, you</v>
<v Speaker 1>Hated it.</v>

568
00:20:56.835 --> 00:20:59.275
Oh, I had my moments. Yes. I had my, I really had my

569
00:20:59.275 --> 00:21:00.275
<v Speaker 3>Own.</v>

570
00:21:00.275 --> 00:21:01.475
I can think of one in particular. One in particular

571
00:21:01.535 --> 00:21:04.235
<v Speaker 1>Is great, but at least two actually . Yeah.</v>

572
00:21:05.145 --> 00:21:06.675
<v Speaker 3>Well that was practice. Best</v>
<v Speaker 4>Luck.</v>

573
00:21:07.315 --> 00:21:09.235
<v Speaker 3>I, my hands are full</v>
<v Speaker 1>Of diesel. Yeah. Yeah. Good.</v>

574
00:21:09.305 --> 00:21:13.395
Good job. Joined now by Felix Rosenquist,

575
00:21:13.455 --> 00:21:16.235
who is fresh off a trip from New York or to New York.

576
00:21:16.415 --> 00:21:18.555
You just went to go hang out. You like catch a show.

577
00:21:18.575 --> 00:21:19.675
You like the food? What's,

578
00:21:20.215 --> 00:21:21.355
<v Speaker 4>Uh, it was a short trip.</v>

579
00:21:21.855 --> 00:21:23.275
Uh, it feels like we weren't even there.

580
00:21:23.375 --> 00:21:27.235
Uh, we went to, uh, visit Sirius xms headquarters. Right.

581
00:21:27.615 --> 00:21:31.875
Uh, we did some, uh, radio shows, um, had some pizza.

582
00:21:32.455 --> 00:21:34.275
<v Speaker 1>Oh, like proper New York? Yeah.</v>

583
00:21:34.275 --> 00:21:36.195
Like buy the slice pizza. Buy the

584
00:21:36.195 --> 00:21:37.195
<v Speaker 4>Slice .</v>

585
00:21:37.195 --> 00:21:39.035
<v Speaker 1>Nice. Was it like a foot long kind</v>

586
00:21:39.035 --> 00:21:40.035
<v Speaker 4>Of thing?</v>

587
00:21:40.035 --> 00:21:42.235
Yes, pretty much. Did you do the fold? I did. Okay.

588
00:21:42.235 --> 00:21:44.355
Yeah, they really liked that. They were like, whole thing.

589
00:21:44.355 --> 00:21:45.435
They, this is a proper New Yorker, ,

590
00:21:46.375 --> 00:21:47.595
<v Speaker 1>New</v>
<v Speaker 4>Yorker, new Yorker.</v>

591
00:21:48.335 --> 00:21:50.115
Uh, and then we had dinner and then we went back

592
00:21:50.115 --> 00:21:51.315
and now we're in Indiana.

593
00:21:51.785 --> 00:21:55.355
<v Speaker 1>What is your favorite Sirius XM channel to listen to?</v>

594
00:21:56.375 --> 00:21:59.515
<v Speaker 4>Uh, turbo or Octane. Oh, okay. Yeah.</v>

595
00:21:59.955 --> 00:22:01.275
Actually the ones I've been on my car,

596
00:22:01.345 --> 00:22:02.515
they're like directly.

597
00:22:03.135 --> 00:22:05.115
<v Speaker 1>Is that because like, did you like sit down</v>

598
00:22:05.115 --> 00:22:07.235
with the SXM marketing people?

599
00:22:07.235 --> 00:22:09.875
They're like, this is my jam. Yes. No pun intended.

600
00:22:10.065 --> 00:22:11.875
Like, let's go with these kind of bands. Is

601
00:22:11.875 --> 00:22:13.435
<v Speaker 4>That, well, I think kind of what happened was,</v>

602
00:22:13.655 --> 00:22:15.075
uh, before St.

603
00:22:15.075 --> 00:22:16.635
Pete's we talked about having an artist

604
00:22:16.895 --> 00:22:18.995
and then I never really heard anything.

605
00:22:19.015 --> 00:22:23.315
And, and Tim Meyer, uh, the son of the owner of the team,

606
00:22:23.455 --> 00:22:25.995
uh, or part owner, he, uh, he called me

607
00:22:25.995 --> 00:22:27.835
and was like, Hey, Shinedown is gonna be on the car.

608
00:22:27.835 --> 00:22:30.635
And I was like, dude, like I, I like Shinedown.

609
00:22:30.635 --> 00:22:32.635
He was like, really? And uh,

610
00:22:33.055 --> 00:22:34.435
and I think he thought it was just cool

611
00:22:34.435 --> 00:22:35.675
that I liked them, right.

612
00:22:35.675 --> 00:22:37.235
And I knew like the names of the guys

613
00:22:37.455 --> 00:22:39.355
and, uh, and all that stuff.

614
00:22:39.415 --> 00:22:42.355
And, uh, after that he was like, like, we should do more

615
00:22:42.355 --> 00:22:44.555
of this, uh, like fro music.

616
00:22:45.215 --> 00:22:47.435
And I was like, dude, you should try to get Creed

617
00:22:47.535 --> 00:22:49.155
for the 500 that would be a hit.

618
00:22:49.735 --> 00:22:51.955
And he's like, I'll, I'll get you Creed on the car, I'll,

619
00:22:52.015 --> 00:22:54.035
you know, and it was kind of a joke, right?

620
00:22:54.035 --> 00:22:55.235
And we talked about it in St. Pete.

621
00:22:55.375 --> 00:22:58.275
And then, uh, then he called me two weeks later.

622
00:22:58.395 --> 00:23:01.395
I was like, Hey, guess what's happening, ? I'm like, no way.

623
00:23:01.955 --> 00:23:03.795
I, I still can't believe it's happening, to be honest.

624
00:23:03.795 --> 00:23:05.115
It's so cool. It's so cool. Because

625
00:23:05.115 --> 00:23:06.115
<v Speaker 1>They're gonna be here.</v>

626
00:23:06.115 --> 00:23:08.275
<v Speaker 4>They, they I think actually tomorrow. Yeah.</v>

627
00:23:08.775 --> 00:23:11.115
And, uh, and the fans here Love it, man.

628
00:23:11.115 --> 00:23:12.795
Every time we roll out the car, it's like,

629
00:23:12.795 --> 00:23:13.875
yeah. You know, like,

630
00:23:14.295 --> 00:23:16.675
<v Speaker 1>How many like, ridiculous ways have people tried</v>

631
00:23:16.675 --> 00:23:19.235
to fit like Creed lyrics into talking to you? Oh,

632
00:23:19.465 --> 00:23:21.275
<v Speaker 4>It's, it's a lot. It's</v>

633
00:23:21.275 --> 00:23:22.275
<v Speaker 1>A lot.</v>

634
00:23:22.275 --> 00:23:23.515
It's a lot. It's a lot. But they've had this, like,

635
00:23:23.545 --> 00:23:25.355
this resurgence lately, right?

636
00:23:25.425 --> 00:23:27.715
They have, they were obviously big when

637
00:23:27.715 --> 00:23:28.875
they were originally big.

638
00:23:28.895 --> 00:23:30.555
And then, you know, music evolves,

639
00:23:30.555 --> 00:23:31.715
things this ebbs and flows.

640
00:23:31.855 --> 00:23:34.915
But then, I don't know what caused these sudden, like,

641
00:23:35.795 --> 00:23:37.995
<v Speaker 4>I don't know,</v>
<v Speaker 1>Resurgence of all things Creed.</v>

642
00:23:38.155 --> 00:23:39.435
<v Speaker 4>I don't know. But I love it. I'm,</v>

643
00:23:39.875 --> 00:23:41.035
I feel like I'm coming here for it feel like, you know,

644
00:23:41.035 --> 00:23:42.155
when you have like a stock

645
00:23:42.305 --> 00:23:43.835
that has been down for a long time.

646
00:23:43.835 --> 00:23:45.605
Yeah. And then you go up and you're like, I was right. .

647
00:23:45.925 --> 00:23:47.165
That's how I feel with Creed.

648
00:23:47.325 --> 00:23:49.445
'cause I've always stood by them. Right.

649
00:23:49.445 --> 00:23:51.885
And I know Rossi also, like, we always vibed about,

650
00:23:51.885 --> 00:23:53.845
about Creed when we were teammates.

651
00:23:53.945 --> 00:23:56.445
And uh, look at us now. Look at you now.

652
00:23:56.585 --> 00:23:59.685
You can't find a seat at a Creed concert now. Yeah.

653
00:23:59.685 --> 00:24:00.805
They're like sold out everywhere.

654
00:24:01.145 --> 00:24:03.565
So I'm, I'm super proud to have them with me.

655
00:24:03.595 --> 00:24:04.685
<v Speaker 1>Have you ever seen them in concert?</v>

656
00:24:05.245 --> 00:24:06.565
<v Speaker 4>I haven't. No. I</v>

657
00:24:06.565 --> 00:24:08.405
<v Speaker 1>Bet you could probably go see them now though.</v>

658
00:24:08.965 --> 00:24:10.165
<v Speaker 4>I, I</v>
<v Speaker 1>Hope so. Probably</v>

659
00:24:10.165 --> 00:24:11.085
<v Speaker 4>Have a way there. I think it's gonna happen.</v>

660
00:24:11.235 --> 00:24:13.445
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Let me know Rossi and I'll tag along.</v>

661
00:24:13.445 --> 00:24:14.845
Yeah, we'll be your, we'll be your plus two

662
00:24:15.325 --> 00:24:16.645
'cause we'd love to see that, um,

663
00:24:16.665 --> 00:24:18.805
the actor coming on our podcast, believe it or not.

664
00:24:18.845 --> 00:24:19.605
I heard of that. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

665
00:24:19.655 --> 00:24:20.925
We're very excited about this. The whole

666
00:24:20.925 --> 00:24:21.925
<v Speaker 4>Gang.</v>

667
00:24:21.925 --> 00:24:23.165
<v Speaker 1>I think so. Nice. I think so.</v>

668
00:24:23.825 --> 00:24:26.725
Um, whose idea was it to get the speaker that sits

669
00:24:26.725 --> 00:24:29.405
inside the Buckeye on the car and Blast Creed?

670
00:24:29.405 --> 00:24:30.405
Every time it goes down

671
00:24:30.645 --> 00:24:31.885
Gasoline alley coming to the pit lane,

672
00:24:32.105 --> 00:24:34.085
<v Speaker 4>It was, uh, one of my mechanics, hunter.</v>

673
00:24:34.385 --> 00:24:38.045
He, uh, he just kind of had this speaker at the shop

674
00:24:38.545 --> 00:24:42.045
and randomly just kind of fit perfectly there.

675
00:24:42.045 --> 00:24:43.205
And it's like, oh, look at that.

676
00:24:43.585 --> 00:24:44.885
And everyone thought we had this like,

677
00:24:44.885 --> 00:24:48.165
custom made speaker design just for this collab.

678
00:24:48.165 --> 00:24:49.325
<v Speaker 1>Should have gone with that. I</v>

679
00:24:49.325 --> 00:24:50.325
<v Speaker 4>Know.</v>

680
00:24:50.325 --> 00:24:52.245
Uh, but it's, yeah. It, it was just that.

681
00:24:52.425 --> 00:24:54.005
And um, also turned out

682
00:24:54.005 --> 00:24:55.285
to be a hit for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

683
00:24:55.705 --> 00:24:59.365
<v Speaker 1>Uh, what is, okay, so you, you asked for Creed,</v>

684
00:24:59.585 --> 00:25:01.685
you got Creed, they just

685
00:25:01.965 --> 00:25:03.485
provided Shine Down, which you already liked.

686
00:25:03.545 --> 00:25:06.445
You've had many other artists collabs on the car so far.

687
00:25:07.105 --> 00:25:09.805
Now that you've gotten one of the Holy Grails, what's next?

688
00:25:09.805 --> 00:25:10.925
Like, where do you go from there?

689
00:25:11.105 --> 00:25:12.925
If they said, okay, we got you

690
00:25:12.925 --> 00:25:14.165
Creed, who's next on the list?

691
00:25:14.625 --> 00:25:15.625
Um,

692
00:25:17.845 --> 00:25:19.965
<v Speaker 4>I think like corn would be pretty cool.</v>

693
00:25:20.235 --> 00:25:21.725
<v Speaker 1>Okay. All right.</v>
<v Speaker 4>They also had a bit</v>

694
00:25:21.725 --> 00:25:23.285
of a resurgence. Are,

695
00:25:23.285 --> 00:25:24.285
<v Speaker 1>Are they coming back too?</v>

696
00:25:24.725 --> 00:25:27.845
<v Speaker 4>I think so. Yeah. Yeah. Um, that was one of the, I,</v>

697
00:25:28.365 --> 00:25:29.765
I haven't listened to 'em in a while,

698
00:25:29.785 --> 00:25:31.085
but they were super big.

699
00:25:31.155 --> 00:25:32.925
Yeah. Yeah. But I was like 13.

700
00:25:33.165 --> 00:25:34.885
<v Speaker 1>I was gonna say, like, I wasn't think in high school a bit</v>

701
00:25:34.885 --> 00:25:36.845
older than you, so that, that makes sense. Yeah. Like

702
00:25:36.845 --> 00:25:37.845
<v Speaker 4>Back in my rebel era.</v>

703
00:25:37.915 --> 00:25:38.915
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah. You see</v>
<v Speaker 4>,</v>

704
00:25:41.085 --> 00:25:43.165
<v Speaker 1>I see you like going through a hard rock phase.</v>

705
00:25:43.265 --> 00:25:45.325
Oh yeah. Yeah. Did you have like piercings

706
00:25:45.325 --> 00:25:46.805
that we don't know about or No, no.

707
00:25:46.805 --> 00:25:48.685
Like wall chains or anything?

708
00:25:49.145 --> 00:25:50.885
<v Speaker 4>It was just a music. Okay.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.</v>

709
00:25:51.205 --> 00:25:52.765
<v Speaker 4>I, I I look the same. Okay.</v>

710
00:25:52.765 --> 00:25:55.005
<v Speaker 1>You're still good. Wholesome fro. Yes,</v>

711
00:25:55.005 --> 00:25:56.485
<v Speaker 4>Very</v>
<v Speaker 1>Wholesome, but God. Got</v>

712
00:25:56.505 --> 00:25:57.505
it.
<v Speaker 4>.</v>

713
00:25:57.555 --> 00:25:59.405
<v Speaker 1>Alright, let's talk, let's talk race cars.</v>

714
00:25:59.665 --> 00:26:02.765
Uh, you had a, a great run over the weekend, um,

715
00:26:03.265 --> 00:26:04.605
in the Firestone Fast six,

716
00:26:04.735 --> 00:26:07.085
which is somewhere you've been before here.

717
00:26:07.385 --> 00:26:09.565
Uh, is that a, is that something you guys were expecting

718
00:26:09.585 --> 00:26:11.685
or was that kind of a, a pleasant surprise

719
00:26:11.875 --> 00:26:12.925
come qualifying day?

720
00:26:13.885 --> 00:26:16.685
<v Speaker 4>I think it's always, uh, a bit of both to be honest.</v>

721
00:26:16.805 --> 00:26:18.085
I mean, you've been here many times

722
00:26:18.345 --> 00:26:21.405
and the car rolled really good last year.

723
00:26:21.545 --> 00:26:23.485
We were quick. I think we were the best Honda

724
00:26:23.625 --> 00:26:24.765
in qualifying last year.

725
00:26:25.465 --> 00:26:27.525
Uh, we were ninth or something.

726
00:26:27.525 --> 00:26:29.685
So we, we were kind of bummed

727
00:26:29.685 --> 00:26:31.325
where our engine blew up, obviously last year.

728
00:26:31.345 --> 00:26:33.045
And we thought we had a, you know,

729
00:26:33.045 --> 00:26:34.205
really, really good package.

730
00:26:35.025 --> 00:26:37.325
Uh, and we've been waiting for a long time to get a,

731
00:26:37.705 --> 00:26:39.005
get a chance to go again.

732
00:26:39.025 --> 00:26:41.605
And, and once the car was quick again, it was kind

733
00:26:41.605 --> 00:26:42.805
of more like a relief I guess.

734
00:26:43.325 --> 00:26:45.485
'cause you never know here, man, this place is like weird.

735
00:26:46.155 --> 00:26:48.645
Even if you do everything right and all the preps are right

736
00:26:48.705 --> 00:26:50.805
and everything technically should be right, uh,

737
00:26:50.865 --> 00:26:52.005
it could be wrong as well.

738
00:26:52.185 --> 00:26:54.885
So, uh, but yeah, it's been super fast all month.

739
00:26:55.065 --> 00:26:59.365
Um, it's, it's rolling. Good. Uh, we were close.

740
00:26:59.685 --> 00:27:01.445
I would say to the poll, it, it looked really good

741
00:27:01.645 --> 00:27:04.245
for a while and then it seemed like four

742
00:27:04.305 --> 00:27:06.205
of the six guys in the past six kind

743
00:27:06.205 --> 00:27:07.965
of went the wrong direction.

744
00:27:08.185 --> 00:27:09.765
But it, we all thought it was right.

745
00:27:10.625 --> 00:27:13.525
And uh, yeah, we had a little shocker pull there

746
00:27:13.525 --> 00:27:14.765
with Schwartzman and Prema.

747
00:27:14.765 --> 00:27:16.365
I thought that was pretty cool though.

748
00:27:16.465 --> 00:27:18.045
Uh, that was, that was a hell of a story.

749
00:27:18.145 --> 00:27:21.805
So, uh, but yeah, no, it's, it's been looking good, man. You

750
00:27:21.825 --> 00:27:24.205
<v Speaker 1>Say four of the six went one way, meaning two</v>

751
00:27:24.205 --> 00:27:27.045
of the six went the other that was on, what was

752
00:27:27.045 --> 00:27:28.205
that like a downforce level?

753
00:27:28.205 --> 00:27:30.685
Was that a trim that you guys took a little more off going

754
00:27:30.745 --> 00:27:32.725
for it and they either stayed or added?

755
00:27:33.635 --> 00:27:38.365
<v Speaker 4>Yeah. Uh, we, we trimmed quite a bit than I think three</v>

756
00:27:38.385 --> 00:27:40.445
of the others also did, which is pretty typical

757
00:27:40.585 --> 00:27:41.645
for Fast six and Right.

758
00:27:41.865 --> 00:27:44.725
And if you go back two years ago when I was in the Fast six,

759
00:27:44.805 --> 00:27:46.365
I kind of had exact the same lead up.

760
00:27:46.445 --> 00:27:48.285
I had, I was quickest in the Fast 12,

761
00:27:48.785 --> 00:27:50.405
but then I went to Conservative way

762
00:27:50.405 --> 00:27:51.885
and I stayed exactly the same.

763
00:27:52.785 --> 00:27:54.565
And after that I regretted it so much

764
00:27:54.725 --> 00:27:55.925
'cause it was a pretty easy run.

765
00:27:55.965 --> 00:27:57.405
I was like, ah, I should have trained more.

766
00:27:57.545 --> 00:27:59.325
And so this year I was like,

767
00:27:59.335 --> 00:28:01.085
we're not gonna be conservative.

768
00:28:01.085 --> 00:28:02.445
We're going all in for this fast

769
00:28:02.465 --> 00:28:03.565
six, we're going for the pole.

770
00:28:03.705 --> 00:28:05.485
And it felt good.

771
00:28:05.485 --> 00:28:07.485
Like I was hitting the limiter down the front stretch.

772
00:28:07.565 --> 00:28:08.885
I think I hit two 40. I,

773
00:28:08.965 --> 00:28:11.045
I think also we had a fastest top speed,

774
00:28:11.345 --> 00:28:12.965
but as soon as I turned it was just kind

775
00:28:12.965 --> 00:28:15.245
of like my rev lights just like, Hmm.

776
00:28:15.875 --> 00:28:17.925
Disappeared from the dash and never came back.

777
00:28:18.025 --> 00:28:19.885
So, um, yeah, that happens sometimes.

778
00:28:19.945 --> 00:28:22.245
But it was, uh, yeah, it was a long

779
00:28:22.245 --> 00:28:23.405
and demanding qualifying

780
00:28:23.405 --> 00:28:25.445
for everyone more than what I can remember.

781
00:28:25.525 --> 00:28:27.245
I feel like a lot of people have been saying that too.

782
00:28:27.995 --> 00:28:29.565
<v Speaker 1>Well the, a lot of people are saying</v>

783
00:28:29.565 --> 00:28:31.885
that just the runs in general are so difficult this year.

784
00:28:32.045 --> 00:28:34.485
'cause the car is more tricky to drive,

785
00:28:34.485 --> 00:28:36.005
especially on the limit like that.

786
00:28:36.465 --> 00:28:39.245
So when that's the case, when you, when you come to a,

787
00:28:39.665 --> 00:28:42.925
not necessarily a year, but a, a generation of car, a uh,

788
00:28:42.945 --> 00:28:46.245
you know, a configuration of car that is so sketchy,

789
00:28:46.245 --> 00:28:49.485
for lack of a better term in qualifying, do you like this,

790
00:28:49.905 --> 00:28:53.525
uh, qualifying format that forces the drivers that do well

791
00:28:53.625 --> 00:28:55.565
to kind of keep going and doing more

792
00:28:55.565 --> 00:28:57.685
and more runs even though they're kind of sketchy?

793
00:28:58.665 --> 00:29:01.845
<v Speaker 4>Uh, I know I would like it. I would love it as a fan.</v>

794
00:29:02.345 --> 00:29:03.565
You know, fans want

795
00:29:03.565 --> 00:29:06.845
to see people take risks over and over again.

796
00:29:06.945 --> 00:29:09.205
And this is like the perfect formula for it.

797
00:29:09.205 --> 00:29:11.405
So I, I think it's great for the show.

798
00:29:12.225 --> 00:29:14.965
Do I love the stress and anxiety

799
00:29:15.225 --> 00:29:16.885
and chaos that comes with it?

800
00:29:16.965 --> 00:29:18.525
I mean, looking back at it, I,

801
00:29:18.685 --> 00:29:20.405
I would say it was a cool thing.

802
00:29:20.515 --> 00:29:24.005
Like all the engineers, all the mechanics

803
00:29:24.185 --> 00:29:26.565
and me, like, we're constantly, every time the,

804
00:29:26.985 --> 00:29:31.125
the weather changed like one Fahrenheit, we would go, oh,

805
00:29:31.125 --> 00:29:32.565
we, we need to have this on the car.

806
00:29:32.565 --> 00:29:33.805
We need to take this outta the car.

807
00:29:33.805 --> 00:29:36.445
We need this COP and technically this COP should

808
00:29:36.445 --> 00:29:37.565
be to do like last year.

809
00:29:37.835 --> 00:29:40.245
Like, it's just a constant like calculation.

810
00:29:40.245 --> 00:29:42.125
It's like launching a rocket to space.

811
00:29:42.225 --> 00:29:44.205
I'm not, I'm not kidding. It's super complex

812
00:29:44.665 --> 00:29:46.565
and you kind of have to be in the middle of all that

813
00:29:46.565 --> 00:29:47.845
and take decisions as well.

814
00:29:48.705 --> 00:29:52.085
Um, and yeah, it, it, it's just super stressful.

815
00:29:52.185 --> 00:29:53.765
But it's, it's a cool concept.

816
00:29:54.045 --> 00:29:58.005
I think you could feel the energy in that last run. Yeah.

817
00:29:58.005 --> 00:30:00.445
And I was in the car when Schwartzman run

818
00:30:01.065 --> 00:30:02.205
and I couldn't see the screen.

819
00:30:02.445 --> 00:30:03.765
Normally you, you can see the screen there

820
00:30:03.765 --> 00:30:04.965
where you're rolling down the lane

821
00:30:04.965 --> 00:30:06.645
and when when you get to third in

822
00:30:06.645 --> 00:30:07.805
line you can't see it anymore.

823
00:30:08.305 --> 00:30:10.325
And I could just hear the people like cheering

824
00:30:10.505 --> 00:30:11.725
on. I was like, oh, this is

825
00:30:12.085 --> 00:30:13.085
<v Speaker 1>Must</v>
<v Speaker 4>Be a good run.</v>

826
00:30:13.085 --> 00:30:13.885
It must be a pretty good run.

827
00:30:13.945 --> 00:30:15.765
And uh, yeah, it wasn't enough,

828
00:30:15.785 --> 00:30:17.405
but, uh, it was, it was a cool day for sure.

829
00:30:17.565 --> 00:30:19.485
I was, I was tired afterwards, really tired.

830
00:30:19.995 --> 00:30:21.565
<v Speaker 1>When you are talking about</v>

831
00:30:21.585 --> 00:30:23.805
how all these decisions are being made kind

832
00:30:23.805 --> 00:30:24.845
of dynamically, right?

833
00:30:25.035 --> 00:30:26.885
Once the car's in line, the setup

834
00:30:26.985 --> 00:30:28.365
for the most part is decided on.

835
00:30:28.425 --> 00:30:29.725
You guys have have gone on with that.

836
00:30:29.865 --> 00:30:31.925
But as the wind changes in line,

837
00:30:31.945 --> 00:30:35.165
as the temperature changes in line, do you like being

838
00:30:35.715 --> 00:30:38.205
very active in those conversations with the engineers?

839
00:30:38.305 --> 00:30:40.565
Or at that point you're like, let me just drive,

840
00:30:40.665 --> 00:30:42.925
you guys know the numbers, you've got the charts

841
00:30:42.925 --> 00:30:45.325
and the graphs and we've, we've talked to get all

842
00:30:45.325 --> 00:30:47.325
that information, you know, sorted

843
00:30:47.325 --> 00:30:48.485
and filled out in the chart.

844
00:30:48.485 --> 00:30:51.485
Up to this point now I just wanna focus on driving the car,

845
00:30:52.105 --> 00:30:54.845
or do you like knowing every little detail

846
00:30:55.025 --> 00:30:56.565
that's being adjusted before you go?

847
00:30:57.425 --> 00:30:59.685
<v Speaker 4>Uh, I, I think leading up</v>

848
00:30:59.705 --> 00:31:02.125
to at least a fast 12, I'm very involved.

849
00:31:02.405 --> 00:31:05.425
'cause it's just a me thing here at the speed

850
00:31:05.425 --> 00:31:08.865
where I just always want to know like the COP at the center

851
00:31:08.885 --> 00:31:10.905
of pressure, which is like how much air balance you have.

852
00:31:11.405 --> 00:31:14.105
Um, I just need to know everything.

853
00:31:14.265 --> 00:31:15.865
'cause it's like I'm always bogging

854
00:31:15.865 --> 00:31:16.905
my engineer like, what is this?

855
00:31:16.905 --> 00:31:18.145
What is that? What, what? Like

856
00:31:18.145 --> 00:31:19.585
where are we now with this temperature?

857
00:31:20.085 --> 00:31:22.625
And it's just for me to, to find more confidence

858
00:31:22.625 --> 00:31:25.265
to when I'm out there, I just kind of trust the car.

859
00:31:25.265 --> 00:31:26.385
Right? Uh,

860
00:31:26.605 --> 00:31:28.425
and he kind of does the same with the mechanics, you know,

861
00:31:28.425 --> 00:31:30.025
he just keeps going on and on

862
00:31:30.025 --> 00:31:31.185
and make sure everything is right.

863
00:31:32.045 --> 00:31:35.225
Uh, but once we got to the fast six, I, I told him like,

864
00:31:35.295 --> 00:31:39.065
dude, like you just put on whatever you need here, uh,

865
00:31:39.125 --> 00:31:40.385
on the car, I'm just gonna focus.

866
00:31:40.525 --> 00:31:43.345
I'm just gonna go flat. And there you go.

867
00:31:43.445 --> 00:31:45.345
So the fast six, I feel like you just,

868
00:31:45.475 --> 00:31:46.985
everything changes a little bit.

869
00:31:47.345 --> 00:31:49.905
<v Speaker 1>I mean, because of that, like, you talk about just having</v>

870
00:31:49.905 --> 00:31:52.105
to trust the car and you trust your engineer in that.

871
00:31:52.425 --> 00:31:54.345
I mean, how important for you is that relationship

872
00:31:54.345 --> 00:31:55.665
with your, your race engineer?

873
00:31:56.445 --> 00:31:57.505
<v Speaker 4>It is huge. Um,</v>

874
00:31:58.065 --> 00:32:00.025
I think on a road course it's a little bit different

875
00:32:00.195 --> 00:32:02.825
where you can sort of adapt to things

876
00:32:02.965 --> 00:32:06.025
and you can trust the engineer more in a way.

877
00:32:06.025 --> 00:32:09.905
It's also more dynamic in, in, in terms of, you know,

878
00:32:09.905 --> 00:32:11.505
your braking and you're turning left

879
00:32:11.505 --> 00:32:12.865
and right and accelerating.

880
00:32:12.935 --> 00:32:16.235
Like here, everything is just so fine tuned

881
00:32:16.335 --> 00:32:19.235
and I feel like you need to be part of that.

882
00:32:19.455 --> 00:32:23.635
Uh, it, it just, it also builds that relationship a lot.

883
00:32:23.635 --> 00:32:26.195
And, and you, you engineer actually learns a lot about

884
00:32:26.895 --> 00:32:28.955
his driver during the month of May.

885
00:32:29.335 --> 00:32:31.835
You, he kind of sees you go through all the emotions

886
00:32:31.835 --> 00:32:34.675
and everything and, and you know, Ross that I work with now,

887
00:32:35.225 --> 00:32:36.715
he's, he's new for me this year.

888
00:32:36.715 --> 00:32:38.755
I've had actually had I think seven

889
00:32:38.815 --> 00:32:40.395
or eight engineers in IndyCar.

890
00:32:40.415 --> 00:32:43.475
So I've kind of used to work with, with new guys.

891
00:32:43.535 --> 00:32:46.315
But you know, we, we need to kind of get to know each other.

892
00:32:46.335 --> 00:32:47.995
And this is a big part of that.

893
00:32:47.995 --> 00:32:49.475
When we come back next year, I think

894
00:32:50.185 --> 00:32:51.835
he's already gonna know kind of what I want.

895
00:32:51.835 --> 00:32:55.075
So I think it's a, it's a big part of it and it's important.

896
00:32:56.245 --> 00:32:58.495
<v Speaker 1>Well, look, you got a great card underneath you.</v>

897
00:32:58.495 --> 00:32:59.815
You've had a great qualifying effort

898
00:32:59.915 --> 00:33:01.055
and I wish you all the best

899
00:33:01.055 --> 00:33:02.855
for a great Indie 500, my friend. Thank

900
00:33:02.855 --> 00:33:03.855
<v Speaker 4>You very much.</v>

901
00:33:04.285 --> 00:33:05.415
<v Speaker 1>It's so hard not dropping a</v>

902
00:33:05.415 --> 00:33:06.455
creed line, but I'm not gonna do it.

903
00:33:06.595 --> 00:33:08.135
I'm not gonna do it. I'm not gonna do it

904
00:33:08.565 --> 00:33:09.565
<v Speaker 4>With arms.</v>

905
00:33:09.565 --> 00:33:10.395
We open.

906
00:33:14.525 --> 00:33:15.535
<v Speaker 1>Okay. We are here with the,</v>

907
00:33:15.535 --> 00:33:18.055
the busiest man in the month of May.

908
00:33:18.085 --> 00:33:19.375
Kyle Larson trying to do the double

909
00:33:19.375 --> 00:33:21.095
for the second time here with Hendrick.

910
00:33:21.095 --> 00:33:24.095
And of course McLaren on the IndyCar side. Uh, welcome.

911
00:33:24.095 --> 00:33:25.135
Thanks for coming here. Mm-hmm .

912
00:33:25.315 --> 00:33:29.895
Um, so coming into your second month of May, you know, how,

913
00:33:29.915 --> 00:33:32.575
how much more prepared do you feel having had one

914
00:33:33.125 --> 00:33:34.455
stab at not just Indy,

915
00:33:34.695 --> 00:33:36.695
but doing the whole month? Doing the whole double?

916
00:33:36.885 --> 00:33:39.935
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think, um, I think it's been a little bit</v>

917
00:33:40.455 --> 00:33:41.535
smoother kind of this year.

918
00:33:41.535 --> 00:33:43.975
Like knowing what to expect, knowing that the days are,

919
00:33:43.995 --> 00:33:46.335
you know, although they're, they're long, they're, you know,

920
00:33:46.475 --> 00:33:48.175
you might not be in the car for all of it.

921
00:33:48.175 --> 00:33:50.695
Stuff like that. I felt like last year when I wasn't in the

922
00:33:50.695 --> 00:33:51.815
car, I was like, man, I need to be out there.

923
00:33:51.855 --> 00:33:52.855
I haven't, you know, I need, there's

924
00:33:52.855 --> 00:33:53.695
so much I need to learn.

925
00:33:53.695 --> 00:33:55.175
Where this year it's like, you know,

926
00:33:55.175 --> 00:33:56.735
there's enough time so you

927
00:33:56.735 --> 00:33:57.735
<v Speaker 1>Can't drive for 40 hours</v>
<v Speaker 5>.</v>

928
00:33:58.215 --> 00:34:00.655
Yeah. So I think, I think, uh, that's been nice.

929
00:34:01.075 --> 00:34:03.895
Um, but then also like our car has been

930
00:34:04.135 --> 00:34:05.215
a little bit different this year.

931
00:34:05.215 --> 00:34:07.375
We've had to work, I feel like more to get to this point

932
00:34:07.375 --> 00:34:09.175
where we're now comfortable with the balance.

933
00:34:09.715 --> 00:34:11.215
Um, but all that's been fun.

934
00:34:11.235 --> 00:34:12.495
So it's been different, but,

935
00:34:12.515 --> 00:34:13.735
you know, nothing, nothing too crazy,

936
00:34:14.155 --> 00:34:16.175
<v Speaker 1>You know, for you, you're not coming in with years</v>

937
00:34:16.175 --> 00:34:17.815
and years of IndyCar experience.

938
00:34:17.815 --> 00:34:19.295
You're not coming in with, you know,

939
00:34:19.525 --> 00:34:20.975
this the season up to this point.

940
00:34:21.275 --> 00:34:23.335
The hybrid's obviously been a big talking point for a lot

941
00:34:23.335 --> 00:34:25.255
of the old timers and how it's changed the balance

942
00:34:25.395 --> 00:34:27.975
and not even necessarily talking about how to use it,

943
00:34:28.115 --> 00:34:30.055
but even just how the weight's changed the car.

944
00:34:30.055 --> 00:34:31.215
Mm-hmm . Have you noticed

945
00:34:31.435 --> 00:34:33.295
as big a difference as some of these other guys have?

946
00:34:33.965 --> 00:34:36.855
<v Speaker 5>Well, um, the only thing I would say is that, yeah,</v>

947
00:34:36.875 --> 00:34:39.975
my balance, it just kind of, I feel like, well,

948
00:34:39.975 --> 00:34:41.815
it was harder to get back comfortable

949
00:34:41.815 --> 00:34:42.935
obviously at the open test.

950
00:34:43.095 --> 00:34:44.575
I, I felt like I had a lot of under steer

951
00:34:44.635 --> 00:34:46.175
and then ended up, you know, hitting the wall

952
00:34:46.275 --> 00:34:50.295
and um, so then I was nervous coming here for this one

953
00:34:50.415 --> 00:34:51.295
'cause I was like, man, maybe that

954
00:34:51.295 --> 00:34:52.575
hybrid does, you know, do a lot.

955
00:34:52.675 --> 00:34:55.375
But felt like we had our balance in a better spot unloading

956
00:34:55.375 --> 00:34:56.655
when we came here for the month of May,

957
00:34:56.675 --> 00:34:57.775
or you know, these two weeks.

958
00:34:58.475 --> 00:35:01.055
But, uh, still I feel like when we go to race trim,

959
00:35:01.655 --> 00:35:03.215
I feel like I start out with some under steer

960
00:35:03.215 --> 00:35:04.375
and then now I like progress

961
00:35:04.475 --> 00:35:06.895
to getting a little free as the run goes.

962
00:35:06.895 --> 00:35:09.015
Where last year I just kind of had under steer

963
00:35:09.015 --> 00:35:10.175
and, and had it the whole run.

964
00:35:10.395 --> 00:35:13.655
So, um, I'm guessing that's from the hybrid,

965
00:35:13.915 --> 00:35:16.615
but I also don't have a lot of experience as you know.

966
00:35:16.715 --> 00:35:19.695
So I don't know. Like it's all, it's always new to me.

967
00:35:19.695 --> 00:35:21.375
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. It's almost an advantage in some ways though</v>

968
00:35:21.615 --> 00:35:23.055
'cause you're not, not so used to the car

969
00:35:23.055 --> 00:35:24.335
feeling one way Yeah.

970
00:35:24.365 --> 00:35:27.015
That you can maybe get a little more comfortable Yeah.

971
00:35:27.015 --> 00:35:28.535
With what other guys are uncomfortable with.

972
00:35:28.685 --> 00:35:30.615
<v Speaker 5>Yeah. Maybe I'd like to think ,</v>

973
00:35:31.295 --> 00:35:32.295
<v Speaker 1>I dunno.</v>

974
00:35:32.295 --> 00:35:33.215
Let's go with that. Yeah. You had a,

975
00:35:33.215 --> 00:35:36.255
you had a really good interview after one of your runs on,

976
00:35:36.255 --> 00:35:37.445
on Saturday, uh,

977
00:35:37.445 --> 00:35:40.085
qualifying Day when they were asking if you were gonna go

978
00:35:40.085 --> 00:35:42.725
back out and you were kinda like, bar me doesn't really want

979
00:35:42.725 --> 00:35:44.445
to because it's super sketchy.

980
00:35:44.445 --> 00:35:45.645
Yeah. Coming from a guy that's

981
00:35:45.645 --> 00:35:46.765
raced all the things that you have.

982
00:35:46.875 --> 00:35:47.965
That was, that was really

983
00:35:47.965 --> 00:35:49.285
poignant for me to kind of hear that.

984
00:35:49.345 --> 00:35:50.765
So just kind of talk about for you

985
00:35:51.035 --> 00:35:52.525
what a qualifying run here is like

986
00:35:52.545 --> 00:35:54.165
and why it's kind of so sketchy.

987
00:35:54.475 --> 00:35:58.125
<v Speaker 5>Well, I think, you know, you guys, I would blame it on .</v>

988
00:35:58.325 --> 00:36:00.365
I feel like you guys do such a good job in the booth

989
00:36:00.385 --> 00:36:02.125
of like, make, like you,

990
00:36:02.185 --> 00:36:03.765
you scare us when we're watching tv.

991
00:36:03.795 --> 00:36:04.805
Like, or at least me, like,

992
00:36:04.935 --> 00:36:05.935
<v Speaker 1>We're building up the drama.</v>

993
00:36:06.185 --> 00:36:07.285
<v Speaker 5>It does, man. It does.</v>

994
00:36:07.305 --> 00:36:09.605
So then like, you know, I have my moment where I crash

995
00:36:09.625 --> 00:36:10.645
and on Fast Friday

996
00:36:10.745 --> 00:36:12.885
and I'm like, man, I haven't made a qualifying run yet.

997
00:36:13.505 --> 00:36:15.885
Uh, then I, you know, got done with that first one.

998
00:36:15.925 --> 00:36:17.565
I was like, okay, whew. Made it through there.

999
00:36:18.065 --> 00:36:19.845
But we were really slow and I was like, okay,

1000
00:36:19.845 --> 00:36:21.405
like yeah, we have to go again.

1001
00:36:21.555 --> 00:36:22.725
Then, then we went out

1002
00:36:22.725 --> 00:36:23.765
and, you know, I don't know

1003
00:36:23.765 --> 00:36:25.885
what we ended up like 16th at the time we were

1004
00:36:25.885 --> 00:36:27.645
out and I was like, okay, good.

1005
00:36:27.645 --> 00:36:28.925
Like we could be good here.

1006
00:36:28.925 --> 00:36:30.365
And they're like, yeah, we'll, we'll get ready to go again.

1007
00:36:30.505 --> 00:36:34.325
I'm like, okay, , you know, but you're not gonna

1008
00:36:34.325 --> 00:36:36.005
<v Speaker 1>Say no, but you're also</v>
<v Speaker 5>Not to push for it.</v>

1009
00:36:36.005 --> 00:36:38.565
Yeah. Just because you just know, like to find speed,

1010
00:36:38.825 --> 00:36:40.045
at least in my head I'm like, okay,

1011
00:36:40.045 --> 00:36:41.925
well they're just probably gonna pull some down force off,

1012
00:36:42.185 --> 00:36:44.365
you know, it's gonna, you know, the risk is gonna go higher

1013
00:36:44.625 --> 00:36:46.525
and I don't really feel like crashing.

1014
00:36:46.545 --> 00:36:50.245
You know, I've had two pretty calm crashes in an Indy car.

1015
00:36:50.285 --> 00:36:51.885
I don't really feel like going over on my head .

1016
00:36:52.625 --> 00:36:56.325
Um, so yeah, when the, we, we were on pit road ready to go

1017
00:36:56.325 --> 00:36:57.485
and the, you know, the time ran out

1018
00:36:57.485 --> 00:36:58.565
and I was like, I'm fine with that.

1019
00:36:58.585 --> 00:37:00.725
You know, I'll, I'll start 21st. So . Yeah.

1020
00:37:01.265 --> 00:37:03.685
But yeah, it's, uh, it's just, yeah,

1021
00:37:03.725 --> 00:37:05.365
I think it's more mentally, you know,

1022
00:37:05.955 --> 00:37:08.245
once you get out there, it's not so bad,

1023
00:37:08.265 --> 00:37:10.845
but it's like the unknown of what it's gonna feel like

1024
00:37:10.845 --> 00:37:12.685
before you go out kind of is sketchy.

1025
00:37:12.685 --> 00:37:14.405
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. It's part of the weird part about qualifying day,</v>

1026
00:37:14.405 --> 00:37:15.405
<v Speaker 5>Right?</v>

1027
00:37:15.405 --> 00:37:15.725
Yeah. And it's four laps too. Yeah.

1028
00:37:15.725 --> 00:37:17.125
It's not just one like you're like, okay,

1029
00:37:17.165 --> 00:37:18.365
I can sack up for one lap.

1030
00:37:18.415 --> 00:37:21.245
Right, right. But four  is, uh, is tougher. It's

1031
00:37:21.245 --> 00:37:22.765
<v Speaker 1>Amazing how much the car changes over</v>

1032
00:37:22.765 --> 00:37:23.845
those four laps. Yeah, well

1033
00:37:24.385 --> 00:37:26.605
<v Speaker 5>It doesn't really, or at least mine didn't.</v>

1034
00:37:26.635 --> 00:37:28.765
Like the second one, I didn't touch anything. Right.

1035
00:37:28.765 --> 00:37:30.285
You know, my balance really didn't change.

1036
00:37:30.445 --> 00:37:33.085
I got a little free in to turn to my last lap,

1037
00:37:33.185 --> 00:37:36.365
but, you know, I also was going, you know,

1038
00:37:36.365 --> 00:37:37.765
a couple mile an hours slower than people.

1039
00:37:37.865 --> 00:37:39.845
So maybe if I was going faster it would change more.

1040
00:37:39.945 --> 00:37:42.965
But, um, my, my car, the second run was decent on the,

1041
00:37:42.965 --> 00:37:43.965
<v Speaker 1>On the quality runs.</v>

1042
00:37:43.965 --> 00:37:45.405
Now there's so much going on for the driver.

1043
00:37:45.585 --> 00:37:47.885
You know, you having to shift if it's, there's a wind,

1044
00:37:47.945 --> 00:37:50.245
you've gone down the high bridge, you're adjusting the tools

1045
00:37:50.265 --> 00:37:52.325
for the balance, but then you're also maybe doing the fast

1046
00:37:52.325 --> 00:37:53.445
jacker on the weight jacker.

1047
00:37:53.985 --> 00:37:56.165
Did you kind of get up to speed on all that stuff?

1048
00:37:56.265 --> 00:37:57.525
Or did you sort of take some of it

1049
00:37:57.525 --> 00:37:59.205
and just say, I'm not even gonna bother with it

1050
00:37:59.365 --> 00:38:01.005
'cause it's, it's too much going on? Well,

1051
00:38:01.905 --> 00:38:05.245
<v Speaker 5>No, I, so that was our plan on Fast Friday.</v>

1052
00:38:05.705 --> 00:38:08.445
Um, was the kind of, so like backing up to the open test,

1053
00:38:08.465 --> 00:38:09.845
we had the fast jacker

1054
00:38:10.105 --> 00:38:11.325
and the, the process

1055
00:38:11.425 --> 00:38:12.925
of it was a little different than last year.

1056
00:38:12.925 --> 00:38:14.685
Last year at the time, you know,

1057
00:38:14.685 --> 00:38:16.405
last year I would hold the button, right.

1058
00:38:16.665 --> 00:38:18.245
Um, at the open test.

1059
00:38:18.645 --> 00:38:21.045
I guess IndyCar wasn't allowing that, so you had to like

1060
00:38:21.665 --> 00:38:24.005
hit one button, then hit another button to, you know,

1061
00:38:24.005 --> 00:38:26.485
disengage it or whatever, and I forgot to disengage

1062
00:38:26.485 --> 00:38:28.205
and that's when I went in and smacked the fence.

1063
00:38:28.205 --> 00:38:30.165
Right. So then I'm like, &lt;inaudible&gt;, you know,

1064
00:38:30.265 --> 00:38:32.925
so then we come back for, you know, fast Friday

1065
00:38:32.945 --> 00:38:34.525
and we're like, all right, you know, let's just get a

1066
00:38:34.525 --> 00:38:35.685
run in the first time.

1067
00:38:36.185 --> 00:38:38.165
And then my first run I spin out and I crashed.

1068
00:38:38.225 --> 00:38:41.925
So then, uh, so now I'm going into qualifying day.

1069
00:38:41.925 --> 00:38:43.365
I hadn't completed a lap yet

1070
00:38:43.385 --> 00:38:46.005
and like, you know, I have to do all this extra stuff now.

1071
00:38:46.265 --> 00:38:48.445
So it, uh, it went smooth.

1072
00:38:48.445 --> 00:38:50.485
You know, I, you know, I watched a lot of film

1073
00:38:50.485 --> 00:38:53.765
and just try to like, visualize the laps I guess,

1074
00:38:53.765 --> 00:38:55.245
and what you were doing and what to look at.

1075
00:38:55.385 --> 00:38:58.965
And I thought it went smoother than it went smoother than I

1076
00:38:58.965 --> 00:39:00.365
thought it could have after not having

1077
00:39:00.785 --> 00:39:02.085
for sure finished a run yet.

1078
00:39:02.265 --> 00:39:03.565
So yeah, it was fine.

1079
00:39:03.745 --> 00:39:06.965
But, uh, it is, it is a lot to think about, you know,

1080
00:39:06.965 --> 00:39:09.965
you gotta, you know, between the boost and,

1081
00:39:09.985 --> 00:39:12.125
and flipping the switches, like it's all minor stuff,

1082
00:39:12.285 --> 00:39:13.565
but like, when you don't do it all the time,

1083
00:39:13.705 --> 00:39:15.365
for me it's, it's kind of a lot. So

1084
00:39:15.435 --> 00:39:17.245
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's even guys that do do it all the time.</v>

1085
00:39:17.245 --> 00:39:18.925
Yeah. That still forget 'cause there's so much going

1086
00:39:18.925 --> 00:39:19.925
<v Speaker 5>On.</v>

1087
00:39:19.925 --> 00:39:21.085
Yeah. And then try, if your balance is off, trying

1088
00:39:21.085 --> 00:39:22.805
to keep up with, you know, weight jackers and bar

1089
00:39:22.805 --> 00:39:24.165
and stuff, it would be a lot. Yeah.

1090
00:39:24.665 --> 00:39:27.565
<v Speaker 1>So you had the, the moment in the open test went forwards</v>

1091
00:39:27.905 --> 00:39:29.605
moment Fast Friday went backwards.

1092
00:39:30.105 --> 00:39:33.085
Is there, is there almost something to be gained from that

1093
00:39:33.085 --> 00:39:35.045
because now you've got a better sense of kinda

1094
00:39:35.075 --> 00:39:37.085
what the limit is on both ends of the car?

1095
00:39:37.645 --> 00:39:40.445
<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, and I think, I feel like when I'm at the care</v>

1096
00:39:40.445 --> 00:39:42.005
center doing interviews and I'm like, man, that was,

1097
00:39:42.005 --> 00:39:43.525
you know, it's a good crash.

1098
00:39:43.595 --> 00:39:45.525
Like, I sound like an idiot, you know, or crazy

1099
00:39:45.545 --> 00:39:46.765
or whatever, but I totally get it.

1100
00:39:46.985 --> 00:39:49.485
But yeah, I think, you know, for me, like I wasn't upset,

1101
00:39:49.585 --> 00:39:52.685
you know, after spinning out, you know, I, like you said, I,

1102
00:39:52.765 --> 00:39:55.565
I hit it with the right front at the open test, knew what

1103
00:39:55.565 --> 00:39:57.725
that felt like after hitting a wall.

1104
00:39:57.825 --> 00:40:00.605
And then, you know, I, I now know

1105
00:40:00.605 --> 00:40:02.685
after spinning like what I felt before I spun.

1106
00:40:02.745 --> 00:40:05.445
So it's like when you get to both ends of the spectrum on

1107
00:40:05.445 --> 00:40:09.565
that, it's, it just opens your, your window of feel a lot.

1108
00:40:09.705 --> 00:40:13.775
So I was honestly excited, happy like that.

1109
00:40:13.815 --> 00:40:16.855
I lived through it  and now I know the balance or the feel.

1110
00:40:17.035 --> 00:40:19.975
So, um, obviously you don't want to crash into equipment,

1111
00:40:19.975 --> 00:40:23.295
but for somebody like me who likes to be on the edge

1112
00:40:23.315 --> 00:40:25.175
of control and when you step over it,

1113
00:40:25.175 --> 00:40:26.415
it like you can dial it back

1114
00:40:26.735 --> 00:40:27.855
a little bit and then be better.

1115
00:40:28.275 --> 00:40:29.455
<v Speaker 1>Now in race trim, you know,</v>

1116
00:40:29.475 --> 00:40:31.895
you've talked in the past about how in everything else

1117
00:40:31.895 --> 00:40:34.535
that you race pretty much, there's not as much to do,

1118
00:40:34.535 --> 00:40:36.535
it's not many tools that you can play with, right?

1119
00:40:36.535 --> 00:40:38.495
Mm-hmm . So now that you've been more in race trim,

1120
00:40:38.635 --> 00:40:41.175
are you getting more comfortable trying those tools,

1121
00:40:41.615 --> 00:40:42.655
remembering that they're there, trying

1122
00:40:42.655 --> 00:40:45.455
to use them proactively and kind of manage it over stint?

1123
00:40:45.525 --> 00:40:47.375
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, for sure. Last year I was</v>

1124
00:40:47.395 --> 00:40:49.855
so I think just scared of, you know,

1125
00:40:49.855 --> 00:40:51.615
my balance was comfortable last year and,

1126
00:40:51.615 --> 00:40:53.495
and I would think I was just scared of like, I didn't know

1127
00:40:53.495 --> 00:40:54.775
how sensitive everything was gonna be.

1128
00:40:54.775 --> 00:40:56.655
Yeah. So I really didn't, yeah, I didn't want to,

1129
00:40:56.735 --> 00:40:57.735
I didn't want to crash, you know?

1130
00:40:57.735 --> 00:40:59.535
Yeah. Last year, not that I wanna crash this year ,

1131
00:40:59.775 --> 00:41:01.175
but, um, you know,

1132
00:41:01.335 --> 00:41:03.895
I didn't feel like I was quite good enough to compete,

1133
00:41:03.995 --> 00:41:06.015
you know, for the win or anything like that last year.

1134
00:41:06.075 --> 00:41:08.415
So this year I was like, okay, you know, I need

1135
00:41:08.415 --> 00:41:10.655
to get more familiar with my tools in the car.

1136
00:41:10.755 --> 00:41:14.055
And, um, so yes, I, I feel like I'm very comfortable

1137
00:41:14.055 --> 00:41:16.375
with it, you know, now I'm like gotten to the point

1138
00:41:16.375 --> 00:41:18.335
where I can like move the bar in the short shoot and,

1139
00:41:18.355 --> 00:41:19.735
and all that's fine.

1140
00:41:19.915 --> 00:41:23.255
So I feel like the tools I've,

1141
00:41:23.285 --> 00:41:25.775
I've felt the change too in it, you know,

1142
00:41:25.935 --> 00:41:27.495
I think, uh, which is good.

1143
00:41:27.715 --> 00:41:31.015
So I feel like I've kind of gotten to a happy point

1144
00:41:31.045 --> 00:41:32.255
with moving all that stuff

1145
00:41:32.395 --> 00:41:34.125
and yeah, I feel more prepared

1146
00:41:34.125 --> 00:41:35.605
for the race probably in that sense.

1147
00:41:36.185 --> 00:41:39.525
<v Speaker 1>So I, I imagine goal number one for the weekend is kind</v>

1148
00:41:39.525 --> 00:41:41.325
of complete all 1100 miles

1149
00:41:41.545 --> 00:41:43.925
and then obviously as high up as you possibly can.

1150
00:41:44.225 --> 00:41:46.845
Um, incredible just effort to do it, man.

1151
00:41:46.845 --> 00:41:48.245
I mean, I know how exhausted most people are

1152
00:41:48.245 --> 00:41:50.445
after getting the 500, the thought of then going

1153
00:41:50.465 --> 00:41:52.605
and driving 600 miles and the stock car's crazy.

1154
00:41:53.065 --> 00:41:54.685
But now that you've done it

1155
00:41:55.025 --> 00:41:57.005
and you're about to do it again, I want you

1156
00:41:57.005 --> 00:41:59.405
to name one IndyCar driver you think would have the best

1157
00:41:59.405 --> 00:42:01.245
shot at doing the same thing, doing the double

1158
00:42:01.345 --> 00:42:02.525
and then one stock car driver.

1159
00:42:02.525 --> 00:42:03.605
You think that could do the same thing?

1160
00:42:04.355 --> 00:42:06.525
<v Speaker 5>Well, I, for sure, I would love</v>

1161
00:42:06.525 --> 00:42:08.365
to see like Joseph Newgarden do it

1162
00:42:08.365 --> 00:42:11.885
because he would be in a Penske car in both, you know, you,

1163
00:42:11.905 --> 00:42:15.165
you need to be in a good car, especially in Charlotte,

1164
00:42:15.485 --> 00:42:17.525
I feel like, I feel like here, you know, you can,

1165
00:42:17.945 --> 00:42:19.765
you can execute your way to the front

1166
00:42:19.945 --> 00:42:21.285
and get good finishes that way.

1167
00:42:21.825 --> 00:42:24.085
Um, where in NASCAR you have to have the equipment.

1168
00:42:24.085 --> 00:42:26.845
So I feel like if Joseph physically probably the most

1169
00:42:26.845 --> 00:42:31.285
physically fit guy, you know, in racing , um, you know,

1170
00:42:31.385 --> 00:42:35.045
and being in like the best equipment in both series mm-hmm .

1171
00:42:35.165 --> 00:42:37.005
I think he could do a super good job.

1172
00:42:37.225 --> 00:42:40.925
And he's probably a better oval racer than anybody in the

1173
00:42:40.925 --> 00:42:43.205
field and, and arguably a better oval racer than he

1174
00:42:43.205 --> 00:42:44.245
might even be on a road course.

1175
00:42:44.385 --> 00:42:46.965
So I think it'd be, and it would be huge.

1176
00:42:47.205 --> 00:42:48.965
I mean, already a two time for sure,

1177
00:42:48.965 --> 00:42:51.125
potentially three time guy do it would be

1178
00:42:51.125 --> 00:42:52.245
amazing. Mm-hmm . And

1179
00:42:52.245 --> 00:42:53.725
<v Speaker 1>Then how about from the stock car side? Sorry,</v>

1180
00:42:53.725 --> 00:42:54.725
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.</v>

1181
00:42:54.725 --> 00:42:57.925
And then stock car side, um, I don't know.

1182
00:42:58.005 --> 00:43:01.325
I mean, again, like you'd want somebody

1183
00:43:01.325 --> 00:43:02.765
that can get in a good, good car.

1184
00:43:02.825 --> 00:43:06.045
So again, like a Penske guy, you know, a Blaney

1185
00:43:06.045 --> 00:43:07.445
or somebody would do a really good job.

1186
00:43:07.605 --> 00:43:09.365
I would just love to see somebody get to do it

1187
00:43:09.985 --> 00:43:11.285
in a great car.

1188
00:43:11.295 --> 00:43:14.325
Right. Um, and Penske's got the best stuff here, so Yeah.

1189
00:43:14.325 --> 00:43:17.125
Yeah, yeah. But I don't know. Kyle Busch would be a guy.

1190
00:43:17.155 --> 00:43:18.245
He's just a bigger guy.

1191
00:43:18.335 --> 00:43:19.605
<v Speaker 1>Let's just say you're putting any, any one</v>

1192
00:43:19.605 --> 00:43:20.645
of them is gonna be in the Penske.

1193
00:43:20.645 --> 00:43:21.925
Yeah. So just pick a driver

1194
00:43:21.925 --> 00:43:23.085
that could go into a Penske. Okay.

1195
00:43:23.085 --> 00:43:25.245
<v Speaker 5>And a Penske car. Um, Kyle.</v>

1196
00:43:25.635 --> 00:43:28.845
Kyle, um, I think like Chris Reddick, Reddick would be,

1197
00:43:28.845 --> 00:43:30.645
Reddick would, Reddick would probably be the best

1198
00:43:30.645 --> 00:43:32.605
because he's just the craziest .

1199
00:43:33.125 --> 00:43:35.445
So, um, I think Reddick would be,

1200
00:43:35.595 --> 00:43:37.285
Reddick would do amazing here.

1201
00:43:37.315 --> 00:43:39.085
Okay. I think so. And on a road course

1202
00:43:39.165 --> 00:43:40.205
I would love to see him on a road course.

1203
00:43:40.205 --> 00:43:43.165
Yeah. He is like, he's strong and fit and,

1204
00:43:43.705 --> 00:43:46.285
and really probably the, I would say first

1205
00:43:46.285 --> 00:43:48.605
or second best on road courses in a NextGen car.

1206
00:43:48.705 --> 00:43:50.245
So he would do a good job. There

1207
00:43:50.245 --> 00:43:51.245
<v Speaker 1>You go.</v>

1208
00:43:51.245 --> 00:43:52.845
All right. Well hey, look, we wish you the best in the 1100.

1209
00:43:52.995 --> 00:43:55.245
Yeah. Thanks. And, uh, fingers crossed all goes as

1210
00:43:55.245 --> 00:43:56.245
<v Speaker 5>Well.</v>

1211
00:43:56.245 --> 00:43:56.365
Thank you. Cheers.

1212
00:43:57.315 --> 00:43:59.565
<v Speaker 1>Here with Elio cast, Neve, Elio, it's media day.</v>

1213
00:43:59.745 --> 00:44:02.365
You've done this like 118 times or whatever, .

1214
00:44:03.115 --> 00:44:04.925
This is the quietest media day.

1215
00:44:04.975 --> 00:44:07.085
Every driver that's come in here has been like, oh yeah,

1216
00:44:07.085 --> 00:44:08.245
this is my last thing and I'm done.

1217
00:44:08.245 --> 00:44:10.365
And it's like 11 o'clock. How, what is ? What

1218
00:44:10.365 --> 00:44:11.365
<v Speaker 6>Is happening? .</v>

1219
00:44:11.365 --> 00:44:12.205
I don't know what they're doing. Mine,

1220
00:44:12.315 --> 00:44:14.685
mine is only beginning, I tell you. Okay. All, so you're

1221
00:44:14.685 --> 00:44:15.685
<v Speaker 1>The, you're in a proper media day.</v>

1222
00:44:15.685 --> 00:44:18.765
<v Speaker 6>Oh my God. It's uh, 2, 1 30, I would say. So it's been,</v>

1223
00:44:18.885 --> 00:44:19.885
<v Speaker 1>I nearly came outta retirement</v>

1224
00:44:20.045 --> 00:44:22.005
because they're like, oh yeah, you're done by like noon.

1225
00:44:22.005 --> 00:44:23.365
This is awesome. Like these used to go

1226
00:44:23.365 --> 00:44:24.925
<v Speaker 6>Into, I think these kids are being spoiled right now.</v>

1227
00:44:24.925 --> 00:44:26.485
Lemme tell. I completely agree. I dunno. I

1228
00:44:26.615 --> 00:44:28.125
<v Speaker 1>Think that's the problem is they're making you do more</v>

1229
00:44:28.405 --> 00:44:29.365
'cause you're used to doing more

1230
00:44:29.465 --> 00:44:31.085
So you don't know any different. They

1231
00:44:31.205 --> 00:44:34.405
<v Speaker 6>Send me to one of those, um, uh, you know, houses</v>

1232
00:44:34.555 --> 00:44:36.685
that they kind of like judge who's going.

1233
00:44:36.685 --> 00:44:38.405
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.</v>
<v Speaker 6>Yep. And they send me like</v>

1234
00:44:38.405 --> 00:44:40.365
35, 40 minutes from here.

1235
00:44:40.945 --> 00:44:42.125
I'm like, whoa, wait,

1236
00:44:42.255 --> 00:44:43.485
<v Speaker 1>Don't they normally just go to like</v>

1237
00:44:43.805 --> 00:44:45.245
Speedway? I, I thought I was like,

1238
00:44:45.245 --> 00:44:46.245
<v Speaker 6>What?</v>

1239
00:44:46.245 --> 00:44:46.565
What happened in five minutes?

1240
00:44:46.835 --> 00:44:47.885
<v Speaker 1>It's right there.</v>
<v Speaker 6>I was like</v>

1241
00:44:48.605 --> 00:44:49.805
<v Speaker 1>A hundred home</v>
<v Speaker 6>Because of me.</v>

1242
00:44:49.865 --> 00:44:51.525
Or somebody lives probably down there

1243
00:44:51.545 --> 00:44:53.005
and saw a house like with it.

1244
00:44:53.025 --> 00:44:55.125
But, you know, at the end of the day, it's been great.

1245
00:44:55.235 --> 00:44:58.565
It's been fun. Uh, this hybrid's being a little bit tricky.

1246
00:44:58.745 --> 00:45:00.405
Mm, no question about it.

1247
00:45:00.865 --> 00:45:03.605
Um, to find out, one of the things

1248
00:45:03.605 --> 00:45:05.845
that I'm having a hard time is to find the COP,

1249
00:45:06.035 --> 00:45:07.685
whether it's too much, whether it's too little.

1250
00:45:07.865 --> 00:45:10.805
I'm like, guys, can't you just put two turns of front wing

1251
00:45:10.825 --> 00:45:13.325
and, and, and make that, I don't know if it's

1252
00:45:13.325 --> 00:45:14.485
because the weight mm-hmm .

1253
00:45:14.835 --> 00:45:16.125
It's been so volatile,

1254
00:45:16.945 --> 00:45:20.485
but it's been very, uh, strange, uh, in those, those areas.

1255
00:45:20.785 --> 00:45:23.165
Uh, I actually had a great practice on Monday.

1256
00:45:23.645 --> 00:45:24.885
I felt very, very strong

1257
00:45:25.545 --> 00:45:27.845
and, uh, I said, okay, please don't touch it.

1258
00:45:27.845 --> 00:45:30.805
Don't clean it. Leave as dirty as it is. I don't wanna know.

1259
00:45:30.865 --> 00:45:33.485
And then we found out there was a, a wing from wing

1260
00:45:33.485 --> 00:45:34.485
that was kind of like broken.

1261
00:45:34.835 --> 00:45:35.835
Okay.

1262
00:45:36.345 --> 00:45:38.285
<v Speaker 1>And it's the best. The car felt. It was good.</v>

1263
00:45:38.545 --> 00:45:41.125
<v Speaker 6>It was good. ,</v>
<v Speaker 1>You go off the</v>

1264
00:45:41.125 --> 00:45:42.205
carb days, it be terrible.

1265
00:45:42.395 --> 00:45:44.725
It's gonna be trying to kill you's so loose. What? The

1266
00:45:44.925 --> 00:45:45.925
<v Speaker 6>Broken wing</v>
<v Speaker 1>Bag.</v>

1267
00:45:45.925 --> 00:45:48.125
What, what going on? That's too funny. It is.

1268
00:45:48.265 --> 00:45:50.205
So, so for the hybrid, you know, there's,

1269
00:45:50.205 --> 00:45:51.365
there's kind of two elements, right?

1270
00:45:51.365 --> 00:45:52.525
There's the added weight,

1271
00:45:52.535 --> 00:45:55.285
which changes the weight distribution and the handling,

1272
00:45:55.285 --> 00:45:58.965
and then there's the actual use of the, of the system.

1273
00:45:58.965 --> 00:46:00.005
Correct. Which one

1274
00:46:00.005 --> 00:46:01.285
for you has kind of been more of a challenge?

1275
00:46:01.465 --> 00:46:04.005
Is it getting used to the figuring, the handling out

1276
00:46:04.005 --> 00:46:07.405
with the weight or figuring out how to optimize having this,

1277
00:46:07.875 --> 00:46:10.005
this system that you can use for extra power?

1278
00:46:10.595 --> 00:46:13.125
<v Speaker 6>It's more the handling the balance to find out, you know,</v>

1279
00:46:13.125 --> 00:46:16.525
because obviously the, the hybrid, just when you're

1280
00:46:16.525 --> 00:46:18.605
behind someone in your region, and then instead

1281
00:46:18.605 --> 00:46:20.045
of push the brakes, let's put this way,

1282
00:46:20.045 --> 00:46:21.245
it just push the region.

1283
00:46:21.745 --> 00:46:24.605
To be honest, for me it's like getting, getting confused

1284
00:46:24.605 --> 00:46:27.285
because I'm copying the Felix's steering wheel.

1285
00:46:27.285 --> 00:46:29.605
Okay. 'cause obviously he's there, so like, you know,

1286
00:46:29.605 --> 00:46:32.445
I'll go with somebody, but he goes in the opposite.

1287
00:46:32.465 --> 00:46:35.485
So instead of re uh, uh, deploy here, he goes,

1288
00:46:35.505 --> 00:46:37.645
deploy left and re Jane.

1289
00:46:37.985 --> 00:46:42.205
So in your mind you're thinking you should be like, maybe

1290
00:46:42.205 --> 00:46:45.445
because I'm right-handed, so go right and then left.

1291
00:46:45.705 --> 00:46:48.165
So sometimes I get confused what you wanna have,

1292
00:46:48.385 --> 00:46:50.045
<v Speaker 1>See, you gotta, I'm gonna pass this guy</v>

1293
00:46:52.785 --> 00:46:53.785
<v Speaker 6>And it happens.</v>

1294
00:46:53.785 --> 00:46:56.525
Let me tell you, it happens. But, uh, in the end of the day,

1295
00:46:56.665 --> 00:46:59.645
uh, I don't think the hybrid will be, uh,

1296
00:47:00.175 --> 00:47:01.365
would be that problem.

1297
00:47:01.545 --> 00:47:03.765
It helps, especially if your balance is

1298
00:47:03.765 --> 00:47:04.925
good then in great shape.

1299
00:47:05.555 --> 00:47:06.925
<v Speaker 1>Okay. So you think it's, you think it's</v>

1300
00:47:06.925 --> 00:47:07.965
a valuable tool for the rest?

1301
00:47:07.985 --> 00:47:09.965
<v Speaker 6>Oh, no question. Yes. Okay.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's not, okay.</v>

1302
00:47:10.025 --> 00:47:12.405
See, I'm just, I'm running through this in my head. Left.

1303
00:47:12.405 --> 00:47:14.605
Makes sense to me so that you can still upshift. Yeah.

1304
00:47:14.605 --> 00:47:16.405
<v Speaker 6>That's why he did. Okay.</v>
<v Speaker 1>All right. All correct.</v>

1305
00:47:16.705 --> 00:47:18.365
All right. , because I like, I was like, hang on,

1306
00:47:18.365 --> 00:47:19.445
that what would be natural.

1307
00:47:19.515 --> 00:47:20.565
Okay, now, right, right.

1308
00:47:20.825 --> 00:47:25.245
Um, you do, you still get the same feeling coming

1309
00:47:25.275 --> 00:47:26.605
through the tunnel and,

1310
00:47:26.745 --> 00:47:29.085
and the month of May still feels the same for you now,

1311
00:47:29.425 --> 00:47:31.805
not just because you know you've had No, no, you're right.

1312
00:47:32.105 --> 00:47:33.525
But also you got a new role, right?

1313
00:47:33.525 --> 00:47:35.885
You are a, you are an owner in the team. Mm-hmm .

1314
00:47:36.425 --> 00:47:37.845
So does it still, when you,

1315
00:47:37.845 --> 00:47:39.845
when May 1st clicks on the calendar

1316
00:47:39.905 --> 00:47:41.525
and you drive through the tunnel for the first time,

1317
00:47:41.585 --> 00:47:43.525
do you still feel like you did back in 2001?

1318
00:47:44.085 --> 00:47:45.405
<v Speaker 6>I tell you what the feeling,</v>

1319
00:47:46.285 --> 00:47:48.685
I believe you were always gonna be, that you might feel

1320
00:47:48.685 --> 00:47:49.685
that till this day, right?

1321
00:47:49.685 --> 00:47:51.165
Mm-hmm . Even that you're not in the race car.

1322
00:47:51.905 --> 00:47:53.845
The feeling is, is always there.

1323
00:47:54.625 --> 00:47:57.645
But for me, the motivation is the difference, right?

1324
00:47:57.825 --> 00:48:02.085
Um, man, I stayed the other day until, uh, the day the,

1325
00:48:02.105 --> 00:48:03.325
the time they're allowed to be there

1326
00:48:03.325 --> 00:48:04.365
because they have a curfews.

1327
00:48:05.065 --> 00:48:06.765
And that day particular was 10 o'clock.

1328
00:48:06.925 --> 00:48:10.405
I was 10 o'clock with my engineer figuring it out,

1329
00:48:10.665 --> 00:48:12.805
little details and, and stuff like that.

1330
00:48:13.585 --> 00:48:16.445
Um, it's still, I miss that.

1331
00:48:16.915 --> 00:48:19.485
That for me is the, what I wanna do.

1332
00:48:19.605 --> 00:48:21.205
I wanna give those guys, especially my group

1333
00:48:21.205 --> 00:48:23.845
that is come one, some of their sports cars, some

1334
00:48:24.005 --> 00:48:25.005
of their freelancers.

1335
00:48:25.925 --> 00:48:28.685
I wanna, I wanna give them that special feeling

1336
00:48:28.685 --> 00:48:30.365
that we had in 2021, right?

1337
00:48:30.505 --> 00:48:34.685
So, so yeah, I, um, I am very much excited

1338
00:48:35.275 --> 00:48:36.925
this race, like it was my first run.

1339
00:48:37.465 --> 00:48:38.525
And looking forward to it.

1340
00:48:39.505 --> 00:48:42.805
<v Speaker 1>You talk about that motivation for you.</v>

1341
00:48:43.505 --> 00:48:47.885
Is the motivation just winning indie because it's indie?

1342
00:48:47.985 --> 00:48:50.925
Or is it because five is on the table?

1343
00:48:51.915 --> 00:48:54.925
<v Speaker 6>Well,</v>
<v Speaker 1>Would you still feel this way if</v>

1344
00:48:56.145 --> 00:48:58.685
you were the same age, had the same number of five hundreds

1345
00:48:58.685 --> 00:49:00.405
behind you, but you'd only want it once

1346
00:49:00.785 --> 00:49:02.445
and you weren't going for history?

1347
00:49:03.305 --> 00:49:04.365
Is it about winning the race

1348
00:49:04.465 --> 00:49:05.645
or is it about winning your fifth?

1349
00:49:05.835 --> 00:49:07.285
<v Speaker 6>It's a combination of things. Okay.</v>

1350
00:49:07.285 --> 00:49:10.045
Obviously number five, to do something

1351
00:49:10.315 --> 00:49:11.925
that nobody ever did in this planet.

1352
00:49:12.265 --> 00:49:14.325
Yes. It does motivate you to go out there

1353
00:49:14.345 --> 00:49:15.565
and, and push yourself.

1354
00:49:16.065 --> 00:49:19.005
And, uh, and, but that's not the only reason because,

1355
00:49:19.505 --> 00:49:20.805
but the win is the reason.

1356
00:49:21.365 --> 00:49:22.485
'cause I'm not here to score points,

1357
00:49:22.495 --> 00:49:23.495
right.
<v Speaker 1>,</v>

1358
00:49:23.585 --> 00:49:24.605
<v Speaker 6>It doesn't matter. Right?</v>

1359
00:49:24.605 --> 00:49:27.405
If I finish second or last, it's the same thing, right?

1360
00:49:27.865 --> 00:49:31.165
So the reason we wanna do it is to, uh, to, uh, make sure

1361
00:49:31.165 --> 00:49:34.085
that we get that win and, um, that's why we're going for it.

1362
00:49:34.985 --> 00:49:39.245
<v Speaker 1>So you could only have one ring, one baby Borg at home,</v>

1363
00:49:39.745 --> 00:49:41.925
and at 50 years old, you'd still want

1364
00:49:41.925 --> 00:49:43.525
to be here going for win number

1365
00:49:43.525 --> 00:49:46.245
two.
<v Speaker 6>. I didn't get it. What do you mean?</v>

1366
00:49:46.905 --> 00:49:48.325
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying if you hadn't won, if you weren't</v>

1367
00:49:48.325 --> 00:49:49.445
going fact, oh, okay.

1368
00:49:49.445 --> 00:49:52.285
You'd only won one. You'd still think you'd want

1369
00:49:52.285 --> 00:49:53.845
to be here going for another.

1370
00:49:54.725 --> 00:49:57.525
<v Speaker 6>Absolutely. This is, this place is magical. Is</v>

1371
00:49:57.725 --> 00:49:58.845
<v Speaker 1>There any other racing you still wanna</v>

1372
00:49:58.845 --> 00:49:59.965
do, or is this everything?

1373
00:50:01.025 --> 00:50:03.165
<v Speaker 6>No, this is everything. This is it. That's it.</v>

1374
00:50:03.305 --> 00:50:06.205
In fact, I am doing the stock car in Brazil. Oh, you are?

1375
00:50:06.385 --> 00:50:08.565
Yes. So going to different style.

1376
00:50:09.385 --> 00:50:12.485
So this is something different that I ever done in my life.

1377
00:50:13.145 --> 00:50:16.685
Uh, but, uh, I definitely, uh, this place, in fact,

1378
00:50:16.685 --> 00:50:20.325
they're racing this weekend, so I wouldn't trade a bit

1379
00:50:20.385 --> 00:50:21.565
for, um, anything in the world.

1380
00:50:21.595 --> 00:50:24.285
This is my, the month of May, my birthday.

1381
00:50:24.885 --> 00:50:27.045
I cannot be in the best place to spend my birthday here

1382
00:50:27.745 --> 00:50:29.045
and be here for the,

1383
00:50:29.625 --> 00:50:31.725
for another race in this incredible place.

1384
00:50:32.145 --> 00:50:33.165
<v Speaker 1>How are you enjoying the team</v>

1385
00:50:33.315 --> 00:50:34.885
ownership, team management role?

1386
00:50:35.275 --> 00:50:38.365
<v Speaker 6>It's interesting. Um, um, obviously Mark, uh,</v>

1387
00:50:38.585 --> 00:50:39.845
Jim Meyer is, is incredible,

1388
00:50:40.025 --> 00:50:43.045
but Mike Shank is, uh, he's the operating guy,

1389
00:50:43.105 --> 00:50:44.285
the, the majority owner.

1390
00:50:44.305 --> 00:50:47.005
And he knows what he wants. He has his own style.

1391
00:50:47.505 --> 00:50:49.725
But it's great that, uh, when we actually sit down

1392
00:50:49.725 --> 00:50:53.645
and talk about what can we do, this situation with Andretti,

1393
00:50:53.785 --> 00:50:56.925
uh, sorry, we were with Andretti and then went to Nessi.

1394
00:50:57.315 --> 00:50:59.845
That situation happens and we're discussing sitting down.

1395
00:50:59.845 --> 00:51:01.445
I was like, I said, come on man.

1396
00:51:01.705 --> 00:51:03.325
We have great conversations.

1397
00:51:03.945 --> 00:51:05.605
So to make the team better,

1398
00:51:05.665 --> 00:51:08.485
and I tell you what, it was a great decision between both

1399
00:51:08.485 --> 00:51:12.005
of us, all of us, because as you're seen, the, uh, Felix

1400
00:51:12.225 --> 00:51:15.205
and Marcus are doing really well in the, in the season.

1401
00:51:15.425 --> 00:51:17.245
So it is different.

1402
00:51:17.485 --> 00:51:19.485
I, I, I start getting joy a little bit more.

1403
00:51:19.605 --> 00:51:21.285
I don't wanna be like my buddy Tony can

1404
00:51:22.225 --> 00:51:24.565
<v Speaker 1>To,</v>
<v Speaker 6>To talk to everyone,</v>

1405
00:51:24.635 --> 00:51:25.885
make the decisions to everyone.

1406
00:51:26.045 --> 00:51:27.725
I definitely not, because I'm glad Mike

1407
00:51:27.725 --> 00:51:28.925
is in the, uh, have that role.

1408
00:51:29.425 --> 00:51:33.125
But, um, uh, it, it's great to be part of something

1409
00:51:33.125 --> 00:51:34.885
that when you make, make sense

1410
00:51:35.025 --> 00:51:36.445
and you say something, it works.

1411
00:51:36.705 --> 00:51:39.325
You're like, yes, let's keep it doing it. When

1412
00:51:39.325 --> 00:51:40.765
<v Speaker 1>You're, when you're chatting to Felix</v>

1413
00:51:40.985 --> 00:51:44.445
and Marcus this month, are you talking to them as a teammate

1414
00:51:44.445 --> 00:51:46.085
or are you talking to them kind of in your sort

1415
00:51:46.085 --> 00:51:47.165
of mentor role that you do

1416
00:51:47.165 --> 00:51:48.765
for the other 16 races? Yeah. What's the

1417
00:51:48.765 --> 00:51:49.765
<v Speaker 6>Conversation like?</v>

1418
00:51:49.765 --> 00:51:52.525
It's interesting, uh, with Felix, he is already on his own,

1419
00:51:52.665 --> 00:51:55.245
but, uh, with Marcus special, what happen with him

1420
00:51:55.305 --> 00:51:57.125
and the qualifying, you know, uh, in the morning

1421
00:51:57.145 --> 00:51:59.565
of practice, I'm like, relax.

1422
00:51:59.625 --> 00:52:00.685
It happens to me too.

1423
00:52:01.185 --> 00:52:03.325
So not in those particular situations,

1424
00:52:03.345 --> 00:52:05.085
but I know exactly what you're going through.

1425
00:52:05.465 --> 00:52:07.045
Let me guide you to through this.

1426
00:52:07.155 --> 00:52:08.605
Just take your time, relax.

1427
00:52:09.015 --> 00:52:11.205
Don't go flat out like Mark Andre on the first lap.

1428
00:52:11.265 --> 00:52:13.845
That's not, that's not gonna happen. You know?

1429
00:52:13.945 --> 00:52:17.765
He is the only one that can go and do that. Not just take.

1430
00:52:18.065 --> 00:52:22.445
So it is nice to be able to, um, um, you know,

1431
00:52:22.675 --> 00:52:26.685
give a little bit of a, uh, uh, guidance to someone that,

1432
00:52:26.865 --> 00:52:28.525
uh, I understand, you know?

1433
00:52:28.545 --> 00:52:30.925
So for me it's, it's been great for to doing that.

1434
00:52:31.745 --> 00:52:33.325
<v Speaker 1>Is there anything else on the list?</v>

1435
00:52:33.505 --> 00:52:34.885
Uh, you've done the driving thing,

1436
00:52:34.885 --> 00:52:36.485
you're now in the team ownership thing.

1437
00:52:36.485 --> 00:52:38.725
What else does Elliot caves have on the,

1438
00:52:38.785 --> 00:52:40.325
on the bucket list to check off? Oh my

1439
00:52:40.325 --> 00:52:42.325
<v Speaker 6>God, man, the only thing I haven't done yet</v>

1440
00:52:42.325 --> 00:52:43.925
that I really would like to have an invitation,

1441
00:52:43.925 --> 00:52:45.085
but I know it's gonna be really hard.

1442
00:52:45.085 --> 00:52:46.445
It's probably Lama Okay.

1443
00:52:46.755 --> 00:52:49.125
Lama is the one that, uh, would be a lot of fun,

1444
00:52:49.905 --> 00:52:51.605
but if I don't do it, it's okay.

1445
00:52:51.665 --> 00:52:52.845
<v Speaker 1>Are you gonna try Daytona again?</v>

1446
00:52:53.955 --> 00:52:56.125
<v Speaker 6>Daytona</v>
<v Speaker 1>Four, five. Oh, 500, sorry.</v>

1447
00:52:56.145 --> 00:52:57.805
<v Speaker 6>Oh, I wanna day 224</v>

1448
00:52:57.805 --> 00:53:00.245
because I still, I still three in a row

1449
00:53:00.545 --> 00:53:01.925
and nobody can beat that.

1450
00:53:02.065 --> 00:53:04.285
But, um, Daytona 500 was really fun.

1451
00:53:04.485 --> 00:53:05.965
I would love to it, you know,

1452
00:53:05.965 --> 00:53:07.525
because now I know what to expect

1453
00:53:08.145 --> 00:53:10.325
and, uh, if I have the invitation, for sure, I would.

1454
00:53:11.305 --> 00:53:13.245
<v Speaker 1>So this is such a cliche question.</v>

1455
00:53:13.245 --> 00:53:15.005
You've probably been asked it a hundred times about

1456
00:53:15.275 --> 00:53:16.845
what the fifth would mean to you,

1457
00:53:17.425 --> 00:53:19.165
but have you,

1458
00:53:19.565 --> 00:53:21.285
I wanna go a little bit different, a little bit more fun.

1459
00:53:21.595 --> 00:53:23.125
Have you thought of, you got,

1460
00:53:23.125 --> 00:53:25.485
you've got your signature trademark Spider-Man move.

1461
00:53:25.485 --> 00:53:27.445
When you win, is there something special?

1462
00:53:27.545 --> 00:53:29.725
Is there like an extra level you can take it to?

1463
00:53:29.825 --> 00:53:31.725
If you set the record straight

1464
00:53:31.825 --> 00:53:33.325
and set history by getting five,

1465
00:53:34.445 --> 00:53:35.805
<v Speaker 6>I think the celebration will be the same.</v>

1466
00:53:35.965 --> 00:53:40.325
I hope the, I hope the afterwards will be better.

1467
00:53:40.385 --> 00:53:42.045
You know, I hope I have , you know,

1468
00:53:42.045 --> 00:53:43.525
the roundabout that they have around there?

1469
00:53:43.525 --> 00:53:45.525
Yeah. I always dreamed to have a statue .

1470
00:53:46.085 --> 00:53:47.965
<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay. You want, all right. You want a bro?</v>

1471
00:53:48.065 --> 00:53:51.125
He wants a bronze statue at the roundabout

1472
00:53:51.125 --> 00:53:52.325
at 16th and Georgetown,

1473
00:53:52.425 --> 00:53:53.765
<v Speaker 6>The fans. You got</v>

1474
00:53:53.765 --> 00:53:54.765
<v Speaker 1>It.</v>

1475
00:53:54.765 --> 00:53:55.205
I got it. All right. All right. That

1476
00:53:55.205 --> 00:53:56.205
<v Speaker 6>Would be special.</v>

1477
00:53:56.465 --> 00:53:57.645
<v Speaker 1>You take care of the winning the fifth.</v>

1478
00:53:57.835 --> 00:53:59.605
I'll make some calls about the statue. How about that?

1479
00:53:59.605 --> 00:54:01.725
That's a deal. All right. Good luck this weekend, man.

1480
00:54:01.725 --> 00:54:04.085
Thank you. God.

1481
00:54:04.085 --> 00:54:06.245
Marcus, I gotta tell you, this time of year in the Midwest,

1482
00:54:06.485 --> 00:54:09.845
I really just, I feel my allergies really always just like,

1483
00:54:09.945 --> 00:54:11.285
you know, flaring up.

1484
00:54:11.445 --> 00:54:13.885
I Do you have any idea what I could do to combat those

1485
00:54:14.555 --> 00:54:17.165
<v Speaker 7>Alle Allegra syrups and brain interference</v>

1486
00:54:17.185 --> 00:54:19.245
and you stay non-drowsy and sharp.

1487
00:54:19.955 --> 00:54:22.365
Good for commentating? Yes. And driving race

1488
00:54:22.365 --> 00:54:23.365
<v Speaker 1>Cars.</v>

1489
00:54:23.365 --> 00:54:25.325
Amazing. I'll make sure to have lots of Allegra

1490
00:54:25.385 --> 00:54:26.485
before the big race.

1491
00:54:26.825 --> 00:54:28.205
So that way that sounds like a good idea.

1492
00:54:28.265 --> 00:54:31.205
Am clear of mind and clear of sinus.

1493
00:54:32.325 --> 00:54:33.655
<v Speaker 7>Perfect.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Perfect.</v>

1494
00:54:34.275 --> 00:54:38.375
Um, , that was, that was the most natural plug, I think,

1495
00:54:38.475 --> 00:54:40.055
for a sponsor I've ever heard

1496
00:54:40.075 --> 00:54:42.255
or been a part of. That's fun. Perfect.

1497
00:54:42.255 --> 00:54:44.495
<v Speaker 7>Beautiful.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Uh, do you like your new car colors?</v>

1498
00:54:44.855 --> 00:54:47.775
<v Speaker 7>I love it. I think it looks really cool and it stands out.</v>

1499
00:54:47.775 --> 00:54:49.735
Mm-hmm . That's what I really like about it, you know, it's,

1500
00:54:49.735 --> 00:54:51.135
uh, obviously Devlin.

1501
00:54:51.135 --> 00:54:53.295
He tried to copy us a little bit or that way around.

1502
00:54:53.295 --> 00:54:55.935
I don't know which, who did who? We'll say that. We'll

1503
00:54:55.935 --> 00:54:56.935
<v Speaker 1>Say that he copied you.</v>

1504
00:54:56.935 --> 00:54:59.575
<v Speaker 7>Yeah. Uh, yeah, it does look really cool. I think.</v>

1505
00:54:59.695 --> 00:55:00.935
<v Speaker 1>I think the spotters probably like it</v>

1506
00:55:01.195 --> 00:55:01.735
<v Speaker 7>For sure. Yeah.</v>

1507
00:55:01.735 --> 00:55:03.295
<v Speaker 1>Easy to spot for.</v>
<v Speaker 7>There's a lot of blue</v>

1508
00:55:03.295 --> 00:55:04.775
and white cars this year, I feel like. Yes.

1509
00:55:04.795 --> 00:55:06.335
<v Speaker 1>Way too many. It's very frustrating.</v>

1510
00:55:06.335 --> 00:55:07.575
<v Speaker 7>Yeah. It must be confusing for you guys.</v>

1511
00:55:07.645 --> 00:55:10.135
<v Speaker 1>It's very confusing. There</v>
<v Speaker 7>Is Reena snow,</v>

1512
00:55:10.135 --> 00:55:11.135
<v Speaker 1>David. There is. Yeah, exactly,</v>

1513
00:55:11.135 --> 00:55:12.295
<v Speaker 7>Brian. Exactly,</v>

1514
00:55:12.525 --> 00:55:13.525
<v Speaker 1>Exactly.</v>

1515
00:55:13.525 --> 00:55:17.015
Um, although what is all, what is a little annoying I have

1516
00:55:17.015 --> 00:55:18.855
to say, is that, uh,

1517
00:55:19.325 --> 00:55:22.895
Kirk Kirkwood also got a new livery. Um,

1518
00:55:22.945 --> 00:55:24.735
<v Speaker 7>Looks like my lost your,</v>
<v Speaker 1>It looks exactly</v>

1519
00:55:24.735 --> 00:55:25.815
like your old car.

1520
00:55:26.125 --> 00:55:27.695
There's a number of times in practice.

1521
00:55:27.855 --> 00:55:29.575
I was calling him as you was like, I mean,

1522
00:55:29.575 --> 00:55:31.175
it was probably the first three days I was

1523
00:55:31.175 --> 00:55:32.415
calling the 20. I

1524
00:55:32.445 --> 00:55:34.975
<v Speaker 7>Even see him out on track and thinking, that's my car.</v>

1525
00:55:35.055 --> 00:55:36.775
That's no wait, that's not my car. Yeah.

1526
00:55:37.835 --> 00:55:41.095
<v Speaker 1>Uh, how has your month been in general?</v>

1527
00:55:41.525 --> 00:55:43.095
<v Speaker 7>It's been really good. I think, uh,</v>

1528
00:55:43.785 --> 00:55:46.055
we've been taking it step by step.

1529
00:55:46.145 --> 00:55:47.895
We've been playing it patience, like,

1530
00:55:48.095 --> 00:55:49.095
patience has been the key word.

1531
00:55:49.235 --> 00:55:51.415
And that's something that been successful,

1532
00:55:51.425 --> 00:55:52.735
successful for me here in the past.

1533
00:55:52.755 --> 00:55:54.575
And I think that was one of the things we did

1534
00:55:54.875 --> 00:55:56.215
or I did wrong last year.

1535
00:55:56.235 --> 00:55:57.295
We got a bit frustrated.

1536
00:55:57.295 --> 00:55:58.535
We didn't really have the speed we wanted,

1537
00:55:58.535 --> 00:56:00.175
and then I tried to over push it a bit

1538
00:56:00.235 --> 00:56:02.775
and you make a small mistake and you ruin your whole month.

1539
00:56:02.915 --> 00:56:04.895
So this year it's been a different approach.

1540
00:56:05.055 --> 00:56:07.215
I feel like we are taking it step by step, getting better.

1541
00:56:07.515 --> 00:56:10.415
We had a very solid qualifying weekend, uh,

1542
00:56:10.865 --> 00:56:12.855
which put us in a really good spot for the race.

1543
00:56:12.955 --> 00:56:14.895
So yeah, I've been really, really happy so far.

1544
00:56:15.585 --> 00:56:18.415
<v Speaker 1>Would you say that you were surprised</v>

1545
00:56:18.415 --> 00:56:20.135
to get into the top 12 in qualifying?

1546
00:56:20.155 --> 00:56:21.215
Or is that kind of about

1547
00:56:21.215 --> 00:56:22.895
where you figured your speed was? Uh,

1548
00:56:23.525 --> 00:56:24.925
<v Speaker 7>I, I don't know who I spoke to.</v>

1549
00:56:25.125 --> 00:56:27.525
I spoke to someone before the qualifying

1550
00:56:27.525 --> 00:56:28.565
and I'm like, I think we're a

1551
00:56:28.565 --> 00:56:29.765
eight to 12 kind of car. Yeah,

1552
00:56:29.765 --> 00:56:30.765
<v Speaker 1>It was Kevin, you're talking Kevin.</v>

1553
00:56:30.765 --> 00:56:31.885
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. And I'm like, I,</v>

1554
00:56:31.965 --> 00:56:33.085
I think eight to 12 kind of car.

1555
00:56:33.085 --> 00:56:36.285
And then yeah, we end up, uh, uh, what, 11th and,

1556
00:56:36.285 --> 00:56:37.885
and on Saturday and, and ninth in total.

1557
00:56:38.065 --> 00:56:41.565
So it's, um, that was the feeling where our speed was

1558
00:56:41.565 --> 00:56:43.045
for qualifying, but I feel like

1559
00:56:43.045 --> 00:56:44.205
we are stronger in race trim.

1560
00:56:44.705 --> 00:56:47.645
<v Speaker 1>So for me, watching throughout practice,</v>

1561
00:56:47.845 --> 00:56:52.055
'cause we watched every minute , um, on your team,

1562
00:56:52.055 --> 00:56:54.495
it looked like Kirkwood's car was probably the quickest

1563
00:56:54.835 --> 00:56:58.255
and outright pace, but then as we got closer to qualifying,

1564
00:56:58.255 --> 00:57:00.535
it's like the car just sort of lost a bit of speed.

1565
00:57:00.875 --> 00:57:04.295
So rela 'cause relative to you, it's, it shifted.

1566
00:57:04.435 --> 00:57:07.255
So was that you guys maybe finding a bit more on the 28th,

1567
00:57:07.275 --> 00:57:09.455
do you think it was more of the 27 kind of losing

1568
00:57:09.595 --> 00:57:11.495
and you were sort of where you were expecting to be?

1569
00:57:11.745 --> 00:57:13.615
Which direction was it going, you think? Uh,

1570
00:57:13.615 --> 00:57:16.175
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it was surprising to see Carl struggling</v>

1571
00:57:16.175 --> 00:57:17.215
so much over a qualifying weekend

1572
00:57:17.215 --> 00:57:18.615
because like I said, he looked really strong,

1573
00:57:18.795 --> 00:57:20.015
uh, in, in practice.

1574
00:57:20.015 --> 00:57:21.855
So that's a bit of a head scratcher for all of us.

1575
00:57:21.995 --> 00:57:24.655
Why he 27 car is, is lost performance.

1576
00:57:24.995 --> 00:57:26.095
Uh, he seemed better though.

1577
00:57:26.095 --> 00:57:27.495
Monday practice, I think he'll be

1578
00:57:27.495 --> 00:57:28.535
back and be strong in the race.

1579
00:57:28.765 --> 00:57:32.015
Obviously Colton had his own, uh, dramas there with

1580
00:57:32.015 --> 00:57:34.895
that big, big wreck, so that, uh, puts you back.

1581
00:57:35.515 --> 00:57:38.655
Um, but yeah, for us, if you look at our car, I think we,

1582
00:57:38.675 --> 00:57:40.815
we found something on Fast Friday, uh,

1583
00:57:40.815 --> 00:57:42.535
that helped the feeling of the car.

1584
00:57:42.555 --> 00:57:44.175
So I felt more comfortable

1585
00:57:44.595 --> 00:57:47.015
and you know, that, like on this place, it's like, yeah,

1586
00:57:47.015 --> 00:57:48.615
you look for speed for speed for speed,

1587
00:57:48.995 --> 00:57:50.975
but if you are feeling comfortable

1588
00:57:50.995 --> 00:57:53.575
and confident in what the car is doing, you'll find

1589
00:57:53.575 --> 00:57:55.415
that extra bit from, from just driving.

1590
00:57:55.555 --> 00:57:58.415
So that was a big thing for me on Friday that I think, uh,

1591
00:57:58.765 --> 00:57:59.975
felt like it's translated

1592
00:58:00.035 --> 00:58:01.975
to also our race car on, on Monday.

1593
00:58:02.115 --> 00:58:03.735
So that makes me very encouraged,

1594
00:58:03.735 --> 00:58:04.815
you know, leading into the race.

1595
00:58:04.915 --> 00:58:07.295
<v Speaker 1>So race trim, you feel even better than you did in Qua?</v>

1596
00:58:07.445 --> 00:58:09.415
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, that was a thing. Like we started off really good,</v>

1597
00:58:09.415 --> 00:58:11.015
like in the open test, the first couple days

1598
00:58:11.015 --> 00:58:12.615
of practice here, we were really happy.

1599
00:58:12.635 --> 00:58:14.375
And then we did some things with the car,

1600
00:58:14.455 --> 00:58:16.175
which put it a bit in the wrong direction,

1601
00:58:16.175 --> 00:58:17.655
and then we sort of reset it on Monday

1602
00:58:18.035 --> 00:58:20.335
and put that, put us back to a really happy place

1603
00:58:20.335 --> 00:58:21.855
where I feel like super confident

1604
00:58:21.855 --> 00:58:22.935
in, in what the car is doing.

1605
00:58:23.355 --> 00:58:24.415
<v Speaker 1>So we've got Carb Day</v>

1606
00:58:24.675 --> 00:58:26.295
and then Saturday, whatever that's called,

1607
00:58:26.295 --> 00:58:28.015
legends Day, , I knew there's a name to it.

1608
00:58:28.315 --> 00:58:31.815
Uh, then race day coming up of the, of the days leading up

1609
00:58:31.955 --> 00:58:34.375
of the days we have left in the month, what's,

1610
00:58:34.375 --> 00:58:35.615
which one are you looking forward to the most?

1611
00:58:35.915 --> 00:58:37.615
<v Speaker 7>Uh, I mean, can I say all of them? ?</v>

1612
00:58:38.195 --> 00:58:39.895
<v Speaker 1>Uh, sure. If you explain</v>

1613
00:58:39.895 --> 00:58:40.895
<v Speaker 7>Why mean, no.</v>

1614
00:58:40.895 --> 00:58:42.455
Okay. So, so race day, of course, like it's right,

1615
00:58:42.565 --> 00:58:44.095
it's the best day of the year.

1616
00:58:44.165 --> 00:58:46.135
It's like, uh, always incredible.

1617
00:58:46.275 --> 00:58:48.735
And, uh, being a past winner,

1618
00:58:48.925 --> 00:58:51.175
it's even more special if that's possible.

1619
00:58:51.215 --> 00:58:52.775
I dunno if that's possible. Uh,

1620
00:58:52.995 --> 00:58:55.535
but it, with that said though, like carb day is so much fun.

1621
00:58:55.535 --> 00:58:58.615
It's such a bus here on the, on the IMS during carb day.

1622
00:58:58.615 --> 00:59:00.175
So it's almost always so much fun.

1623
00:59:00.475 --> 00:59:02.375
And then I personally love the parade.

1624
00:59:02.575 --> 00:59:05.015
I think it's so cold to got to go down downtown,

1625
00:59:05.035 --> 00:59:07.015
see all the people, come out and celebrate the race,

1626
00:59:07.015 --> 00:59:09.495
celebrate the drivers, and it's just such a

1627
00:59:09.495 --> 00:59:10.855
cool buildup to the race.

1628
00:59:10.915 --> 00:59:12.895
So yeah, race, it takes the price,

1629
00:59:12.915 --> 00:59:14.255
but the other two days are, are,

1630
00:59:14.315 --> 00:59:15.735
are pretty darn cool as well.

1631
00:59:16.465 --> 00:59:19.215
<v Speaker 1>We're gonna, you know, we're gonna get through the 500</v>

1632
00:59:19.475 --> 00:59:20.815
and I'm, it's gonna go great.

1633
00:59:21.285 --> 00:59:23.645
I can already tell. And we're gonna go straight to Detroit

1634
00:59:23.705 --> 00:59:26.885
as we always do, which is, you know what it is.

1635
00:59:27.305 --> 00:59:28.325
And we've got a bunch

1636
00:59:28.325 --> 00:59:30.805
of races over the next, you know, few months.

1637
00:59:30.985 --> 00:59:32.165
And then we get to the end

1638
00:59:32.165 --> 00:59:34.805
of the season in Nashville in, in, uh, in August.

1639
00:59:34.825 --> 00:59:36.925
And you're gonna, you know, be celebrating your championship

1640
00:59:37.065 --> 00:59:38.645
and you know, the, in the great run that you've had.

1641
00:59:39.825 --> 00:59:43.005
And then you have your, the work doesn't stop, uh, for you,

1642
00:59:43.025 --> 00:59:45.965
you don't get to like immediately slip into vacation mode

1643
00:59:45.965 --> 00:59:47.205
when the season ends, do you?

1644
00:59:47.705 --> 00:59:48.845
<v Speaker 7>Uh,</v>
<v Speaker 1>Not exactly,</v>

1645
00:59:50.025 --> 00:59:51.025
<v Speaker 7>But also not really.</v>

1646
00:59:51.025 --> 00:59:52.565
I mean, yeah, not really. Like, yeah, we have a wedding

1647
00:59:52.865 --> 00:59:54.685
or I , we have a wedding. Yeah, it's great.

1648
00:59:55.075 --> 00:59:56.085
<v Speaker 1>Someone else involved?</v>

1649
00:59:56.565 --> 00:59:59.285
<v Speaker 7>I have a wedding with my wife to be, uh,</v>

1650
00:59:59.505 --> 01:00:01.365
we are technically already married. This is

1651
01:00:01.595 --> 01:00:02.595
<v Speaker 1>Confusing.</v>

1652
01:00:02.595 --> 01:00:04.605
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, we we're getting married in, in Italy. You</v>

1653
01:00:04.605 --> 01:00:05.605
<v Speaker 1>Got a wedding coming</v>
<v Speaker 7>Out?</v>

1654
01:00:05.605 --> 01:00:07.165
Yeah. Yeah. And we are very excited about that.

1655
01:00:07.385 --> 01:00:09.805
I'm very excited that Ira is taking the sort

1656
01:00:09.805 --> 01:00:11.085
of planning part of it.

1657
01:00:11.305 --> 01:00:13.125
So she's doing the heavy lifting there

1658
01:00:13.145 --> 01:00:14.845
and I can focus on winning races.

1659
01:00:14.985 --> 01:00:16.805
Um, but yeah, that's gonna be amazing.

1660
01:00:16.955 --> 01:00:19.245
Lake Como in September. It doesn't get much better than

1661
01:00:19.245 --> 01:00:20.245
<v Speaker 1>That.</v>

1662
01:00:20.245 --> 01:00:22.005
Does not. Where in the planning stages are you?

1663
01:00:22.025 --> 01:00:23.485
Is it like mostly done at this point?

1664
01:00:23.485 --> 01:00:24.605
Everything's pretty buttoned up.

1665
01:00:24.965 --> 01:00:26.685
<v Speaker 7>I think what we did quite well actually was</v>

1666
01:00:26.685 --> 01:00:28.245
that we planned and did a lot

1667
01:00:28.245 --> 01:00:29.245
of things in the winter mm-hmm .

1668
01:00:29.325 --> 01:00:30.845
Because I said like, when I get into my season,

1669
01:00:31.025 --> 01:00:33.005
my head is gonna be like race season.

1670
01:00:33.265 --> 01:00:35.565
So we did a lot of things in, in the winter time.

1671
01:00:35.625 --> 01:00:37.165
And then now when we're in race season,

1672
01:00:37.485 --> 01:00:39.685
I always do like the final decisions and everything,

1673
01:00:39.685 --> 01:00:40.845
but all the like, big things,

1674
01:00:40.845 --> 01:00:42.605
it's already been like, taken care of. So

1675
01:00:42.605 --> 01:00:45.485
<v Speaker 1>Basically you just now get told where to be, what time,</v>

1676
01:00:45.715 --> 01:00:48.285
what to wear, and everything else is pretty sorted.

1677
01:00:48.285 --> 01:00:50.485
<v Speaker 7>Exactly that, which is perfect for me.  love that</v>

1678
01:00:51.025 --> 01:00:53.485
<v Speaker 1>did, did did you get a lot of say in certain things</v>

1679
01:00:53.905 --> 01:00:55.845
or did you even, did you even try?

1680
01:00:56.365 --> 01:00:57.485
<v Speaker 7>I mean, I tried for a while</v>

1681
01:00:57.485 --> 01:00:59.965
and then I realized that maybe it's better not to try.

1682
01:01:00.105 --> 01:01:02.205
So
<v Speaker 1>, this sounds very similar</v>

1683
01:01:02.345 --> 01:01:04.525
to Paolo talking about building his house. Yeah,

1684
01:01:04.635 --> 01:01:05.525
<v Speaker 7>Yeah. It's like, yeah,</v>

1685
01:01:05.905 --> 01:01:07.125
<v Speaker 1>You have to be clever about</v>

1686
01:01:07.155 --> 01:01:08.325
what, you know, you gotta pick your

1687
01:01:08.325 --> 01:01:09.645
<v Speaker 7>Battles. Exactly. There you go. Pick</v>

1688
01:01:09.645 --> 01:01:10.645
<v Speaker 1>Your battles.</v>

1689
01:01:10.645 --> 01:01:10.885
There you go. What's one thing

1690
01:01:10.885 --> 01:01:13.125
that you were like dead set on having?

1691
01:01:13.125 --> 01:01:14.685
Like, what was one thing that had to be part

1692
01:01:14.685 --> 01:01:16.005
of your wedding event?

1693
01:01:16.385 --> 01:01:19.845
<v Speaker 7>Uh, that's a good one. Um hmm.</v>

1694
01:01:20.615 --> 01:01:21.625
What was the one thing?

1695
01:01:21.985 --> 01:01:25.185
I don't know, man, I can't, I'm blanking now. I dunno.

1696
01:01:25.325 --> 01:01:26.825
So Iris, exactly,

1697
01:01:26.825 --> 01:01:29.505
it was not one thing is all I the iris was the bride.

1698
01:01:29.655 --> 01:01:31.545
That was the one thing that was, that was the

1699
01:01:31.545 --> 01:01:32.985
<v Speaker 1>Outside of that Italy.</v>

1700
01:01:33.085 --> 01:01:34.585
Was Italy your idea? Was that

1701
01:01:34.585 --> 01:01:35.585
<v Speaker 7>Her idea?</v>

1702
01:01:35.585 --> 01:01:37.385
No, that was together. We were talking about,

1703
01:01:37.385 --> 01:01:39.065
because she had Greek, uh, roots.

1704
01:01:39.205 --> 01:01:41.265
So we were looking at Greece and then we didn't really find

1705
01:01:41.335 --> 01:01:42.745
like, you know, you wanna find somewhere

1706
01:01:42.745 --> 01:01:44.065
where like this is the place, right?

1707
01:01:44.065 --> 01:01:45.105
Yeah. I didn't really get that.

1708
01:01:45.105 --> 01:01:47.105
And then we started to look at Italy in Lake Coma

1709
01:01:47.105 --> 01:01:50.505
and it was like, both of us, like, this is like, it's good

1710
01:01:50.505 --> 01:01:51.985
<v Speaker 1>Enough for George Clooney,</v>
<v Speaker 7>I mean. Yeah, exactly.</v>

1711
01:01:51.985 --> 01:01:53.385
<v Speaker 1>Exactly. I guess I guess it'll do.</v>

1712
01:01:53.525 --> 01:01:55.185
<v Speaker 7>So, so yeah, that, uh, yeah.</v>

1713
01:01:55.185 --> 01:01:57.385
And then we went down there to sort of look at the location

1714
01:01:57.485 --> 01:01:59.785
and it was just like, outta this world.

1715
01:01:59.785 --> 01:02:01.665
Yeah. Yeah. Like, it's so beautiful. It's so pretty.

1716
01:02:01.775 --> 01:02:04.025
It's like, yeah, it doesn't get better than that.

1717
01:02:04.045 --> 01:02:05.585
So we, yeah, that definitely was,

1718
01:02:05.645 --> 01:02:06.865
was both of us. It felt that

1719
01:02:07.325 --> 01:02:09.465
<v Speaker 1>Big wedding, small wedding, it's pretty</v>

1720
01:02:09.465 --> 01:02:10.465
<v Speaker 7>Big.</v>

1721
01:02:10.465 --> 01:02:11.185
Yeah. Like a hundred and something.

1722
01:02:11.305 --> 01:02:12.785
A bit over a hundred people. Okay. That's pretty

1723
01:02:12.785 --> 01:02:13.785
<v Speaker 1>Big.</v>

1724
01:02:13.785 --> 01:02:14.265
Yeah, it's a decent size. Yeah. I mean,

1725
01:02:14.265 --> 01:02:15.625
<v Speaker 7>For Europe,</v>
<v Speaker 1>I was gonna say that's kind of like the</v>

1726
01:02:15.805 --> 01:02:16.945
<v Speaker 7>Modest Europe for Sweden.</v>

1727
01:02:17.015 --> 01:02:19.245
Yeah, for Sweden. That's a big wedding right here in the US

1728
01:02:19.275 --> 01:02:20.725
it's probably like, oh, that's small wedding,

1729
01:02:21.085 --> 01:02:22.085
<v Speaker 1>Whatever.</v>

1730
01:02:22.085 --> 01:02:22.405
It's the Chinese. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1731
01:02:22.405 --> 01:02:24.325
If you're in the, if you're only barely in the triple

1732
01:02:24.345 --> 01:02:26.045
digits, you're doing, you're doing pretty well.

1733
01:02:26.265 --> 01:02:27.965
Uh, do you have honeymoon plans or,

1734
01:02:28.185 --> 01:02:29.445
<v Speaker 7>Uh, we we're working on that.</v>

1735
01:02:29.665 --> 01:02:32.965
Uh, that's, uh, we are talking about Japan.

1736
01:02:33.025 --> 01:02:35.285
We really would like to go, like Iris never been there.

1737
01:02:35.285 --> 01:02:36.485
Mm-hmm . I loved Japan.

1738
01:02:36.565 --> 01:02:38.605
I used to live there for a year back in the day.

1739
01:02:38.825 --> 01:02:41.085
And, um, so that's definitely on the list,

1740
01:02:41.265 --> 01:02:42.765
but we haven't booked anything yet.

1741
01:02:43.865 --> 01:02:47.085
<v Speaker 1>Sounds like you should probably win this race. Yeah, that</v>

1742
01:02:47.085 --> 01:02:48.205
<v Speaker 7>Would help the, the prize money.</v>

1743
01:02:48.235 --> 01:02:49.685
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. That, that would definitely

1744
01:02:49.685 --> 01:02:50.725
<v Speaker 1>Help it be a much nicer honeymoon.</v>

1745
01:02:50.725 --> 01:02:52.925
Yeah. Or at least much longer honeymoon. Exactly.

1746
01:02:53.225 --> 01:02:55.565
If, uh, if you walk away with a Borg Warner Trophy

1747
01:02:55.665 --> 01:02:56.725
and then, uh, you know,

1748
01:02:56.725 --> 01:02:58.525
nice prize money check, that would help a lot.

1749
01:02:58.545 --> 01:02:59.965
Little, little extra motivation

1750
01:02:59.965 --> 01:03:01.685
for Sunday . Cool, buddy. Best of

1751
01:03:01.685 --> 01:03:02.685
<v Speaker 7>Luck.</v>

1752
01:03:02.685 --> 01:03:02.945
All right. Thanks, man.

1753
01:03:04.665 --> 01:03:06.205
<v Speaker 1>Are you a bus prank kind of guy? No.</v>

1754
01:03:06.465 --> 01:03:08.285
<v Speaker 8>No. I mean, I've been part of it, yes.</v>

1755
01:03:08.425 --> 01:03:11.245
But I'm not really like, are we?

1756
01:03:12.025 --> 01:03:13.445
Oh yeah, we were just going, we're

1757
01:03:13.605 --> 01:03:14.885
straight. Let's, all right, let's do it.

1758
01:03:15.185 --> 01:03:16.965
<v Speaker 1>Bus prank. You're not a bus prank kind of guy? Not really.</v>

1759
01:03:17.225 --> 01:03:19.845
Is that because you're not like that? Kind of,

1760
01:03:20.125 --> 01:03:21.645
<v Speaker 8>I just don't have time to do it.</v>

1761
01:03:21.865 --> 01:03:24.285
<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay. It's just a,</v>
<v Speaker 8>A like, I'm here to work.</v>

1762
01:03:24.435 --> 01:03:25.725
<v Speaker 1>It's a time management thing. Like,</v>

1763
01:03:25.725 --> 01:03:27.565
<v Speaker 8>This is my job. Right. E car driving.</v>

1764
01:03:28.005 --> 01:03:29.165
<v Speaker 1>Interesting. Yep. Interesting.</v>

1765
01:03:29.245 --> 01:03:30.725
I thought I wasn't sure if you were gonna say like,

1766
01:03:30.725 --> 01:03:33.405
you just don't have that kind of menacing mind to think

1767
01:03:33.405 --> 01:03:35.885
of them, or you'd be worried about retaliation.

1768
01:03:36.195 --> 01:03:37.885
It's just I don't have the time.

1769
01:03:38.625 --> 01:03:40.285
<v Speaker 8>Mostly I don't have the time. Hmm.</v>

1770
01:03:40.475 --> 01:03:42.885
<v Speaker 1>Okay. Have you like ever dreamed, like, not</v>

1771
01:03:42.885 --> 01:03:45.205
of actually pulling it up, like if, is there any good ideas

1772
01:03:45.205 --> 01:03:46.765
that have come to mind that you don't

1773
01:03:46.765 --> 01:03:47.805
have the time to pull off, but

1774
01:03:48.895 --> 01:03:49.895
<v Speaker 8>Can't say?</v>

1775
01:03:49.895 --> 01:03:52.165
<v Speaker 1>Oh, just in case one day you've got some free time and</v>

1776
01:03:52.165 --> 01:03:53.165
<v Speaker 8>Yeah.</v>

1777
01:03:53.165 --> 01:03:53.325
And in case somebody actually comes

1778
01:03:53.325 --> 01:03:55.485
after me one day, I've got some backup ideas.

1779
01:03:55.705 --> 01:03:56.765
<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay. So you've just got one in</v>

1780
01:03:56.765 --> 01:03:57.805
the back pocket as like, uh,

1781
01:03:57.805 --> 01:03:58.805
<v Speaker 8>Retaliation.</v>

1782
01:03:58.805 --> 01:03:59.805
Yeah. It's, it's more retaliation than anything.

1783
01:04:00.245 --> 01:04:02.965
<v Speaker 1>Interesting. So, um, what's the best bus lot prank</v>

1784
01:04:02.965 --> 01:04:04.045
that you've ever witnessed?

1785
01:04:04.805 --> 01:04:06.085
<v Speaker 8>I mean, I wasn't a part of it. Yeah.</v>

1786
01:04:06.145 --> 01:04:10.045
But definitely the orbies one that into Connor's hot tub.

1787
01:04:10.125 --> 01:04:11.765
Nothing's happened this year, but

1788
01:04:12.225 --> 01:04:14.485
<v Speaker 1>I'm disappointed you young kids are not really</v>

1789
01:04:14.515 --> 01:04:16.325
keeping up the tradition. We're up. We're growing up.

1790
01:04:16.395 --> 01:04:17.605
<v Speaker 8>Well, there's enough Colton's growing up.</v>

1791
01:04:18.005 --> 01:04:20.005
<v Speaker 1>I should say. That's true. That's true. He is kind.</v>

1792
01:04:20.025 --> 01:04:22.765
And Alex, he's usually, yeah, Alex has a dad now.

1793
01:04:23.105 --> 01:04:24.485
And I feel like,

1794
01:04:24.765 --> 01:04:26.005
I feel like Connor's usually the

1795
01:04:26.005 --> 01:04:27.125
target though. That's the problem.

1796
01:04:27.715 --> 01:04:28.725
<v Speaker 8>He's just too easy.</v>

1797
01:04:29.065 --> 01:04:31.125
<v Speaker 1>He is. He's a very easy target. Yeah. All right.</v>

1798
01:04:31.585 --> 01:04:35.525
Uh, let's talk Indy, um, throughout practice

1799
01:04:37.155 --> 01:04:40.445
runs in pra runs in, uh, race, trim, single car stuff.

1800
01:04:40.745 --> 01:04:43.125
You guys look pretty solid. Mm. Going qualifying.

1801
01:04:43.555 --> 01:04:48.405
Will you surprised at the pace or lack thereof?

1802
01:04:49.405 --> 01:04:50.405
I had you as a top 12 guy,

1803
01:04:50.465 --> 01:04:51.645
<v Speaker 8>Man. So negative right off.</v>

1804
01:04:51.865 --> 01:04:54.765
<v Speaker 1>I'm, I'm I sorry. I saw you as a top 12 guy. I</v>

1805
01:04:54.765 --> 01:04:55.925
<v Speaker 8>Had money on</v>
<v Speaker 1>The top 12 guy.</v>

1806
01:04:56.215 --> 01:04:58.125
Thank you. You saw yourself as a top 12 guy.

1807
01:04:58.725 --> 01:05:00.805
<v Speaker 8>I know. It sucked. Stop telling me . No, it</v>

1808
01:05:00.805 --> 01:05:01.805
<v Speaker 1>Was terrible.</v>

1809
01:05:01.805 --> 01:05:03.405
What did you do wrong? Why did you fail me?

1810
01:05:03.665 --> 01:05:04.885
Why were you awful? Um,

1811
01:05:05.905 --> 01:05:07.085
<v Speaker 8>No, it, you're right.</v>

1812
01:05:07.425 --> 01:05:09.845
It was not what we anticipated at all.

1813
01:05:10.385 --> 01:05:13.085
Um, and we don't have answers for why,

1814
01:05:13.085 --> 01:05:16.525
because we roll into Friday, we do our first run

1815
01:05:16.525 --> 01:05:18.365
and we're like, Jeremy Mills.

1816
01:05:18.365 --> 01:05:20.285
My engineer's like bouncing on the stand,

1817
01:05:20.285 --> 01:05:21.485
like, this is gonna be fun.

1818
01:05:21.555 --> 01:05:22.845
Like, we're gonna go for the pool.

1819
01:05:22.985 --> 01:05:24.805
And everyone in our engineering's excited.

1820
01:05:24.825 --> 01:05:26.045
And then every run that we did from

1821
01:05:26.045 --> 01:05:27.125
there just went downhill.

1822
01:05:27.705 --> 01:05:30.685
And that rolled all the way into Saturday. And, uh, so even

1823
01:05:30.685 --> 01:05:32.085
<v Speaker 1>Throughout Friday it got slower and slower.</v>

1824
01:05:32.225 --> 01:05:35.085
<v Speaker 8>It got slower. Our first run on Friday was our fastest run</v>

1825
01:05:35.825 --> 01:05:36.845
by a big margin.

1826
01:05:36.845 --> 01:05:38.445
Mm-hmm . And then it got slower from there.

1827
01:05:38.865 --> 01:05:40.285
And then we roll back out on Monday.

1828
01:05:40.545 --> 01:05:43.165
We did find something on Sunday.

1829
01:05:43.575 --> 01:05:46.085
Since we didn't drive, we had a chance to go over our car

1830
01:05:46.085 --> 01:05:47.325
and just make sure everything was right.

1831
01:05:47.745 --> 01:05:50.685
And we did find something. If it's actually that, who knows?

1832
01:05:51.065 --> 01:05:53.885
Um, I know Elio, he probably said the same thing.

1833
01:05:54.425 --> 01:05:56.005
Um, 'cause I was talking to 'em earlier

1834
01:05:56.265 --> 01:05:59.805
and it sounds like a lot of people just like rolled out of

1835
01:06:00.485 --> 01:06:01.685
practice thinking they're gonna be way

1836
01:06:01.685 --> 01:06:02.885
better than they actually were.

1837
01:06:02.885 --> 01:06:05.725
Yeah. On Saturday. And it's a, it's a little confusing.

1838
01:06:05.725 --> 01:06:07.325
It's a little bit of a head scratcher, but

1839
01:06:07.515 --> 01:06:09.965
nonetheless, we rolled back out there on Monday.

1840
01:06:09.965 --> 01:06:11.605
Everything was good. We were really fast

1841
01:06:11.785 --> 01:06:13.005
and we're passing a lot of cars.

1842
01:06:13.065 --> 01:06:15.605
So, um, hopefully it doesn't matter where we start.

1843
01:06:15.705 --> 01:06:16.805
<v Speaker 1>So race car feels good,</v>

1844
01:06:16.805 --> 01:06:18.365
feels great. Confident that you can

1845
01:06:18.365 --> 01:06:19.365
<v Speaker 8>Move up a hundred percent.</v>

1846
01:06:19.545 --> 01:06:22.445
<v Speaker 1>How hard is it to move up, starting from the mid twenties</v>

1847
01:06:22.585 --> 01:06:24.085
to try to get your way to the top? I

1848
01:06:24.085 --> 01:06:25.085
<v Speaker 8>Don't know.</v>

1849
01:06:25.085 --> 01:06:26.445
That's a good question. It's been hard the past couple years

1850
01:06:26.445 --> 01:06:28.685
for me, but Joseph made it look really easy two years ago.

1851
01:06:28.685 --> 01:06:30.885
Colton's made it look really easy the past couple years.

1852
01:06:30.945 --> 01:06:32.765
So hopefully we're one

1853
01:06:32.765 --> 01:06:34.205
of those if I feel more

1854
01:06:34.205 --> 01:06:35.445
confident in my car than I ever have.

1855
01:06:35.905 --> 01:06:38.645
Um, to be honest, like we've really not done much to the car

1856
01:06:38.945 --> 01:06:40.805
and we've started with a really, really good setup.

1857
01:06:40.985 --> 01:06:42.285
Um, and the things that we have done,

1858
01:06:42.285 --> 01:06:44.405
they actually turned out, or most of 'em have turned out

1859
01:06:44.405 --> 01:06:46.005
to be very big positives.

1860
01:06:46.005 --> 01:06:49.165
And then we've kind just left the car for the past like week

1861
01:06:49.785 --> 01:06:51.725
and it's been really, really solid.

1862
01:06:52.065 --> 01:06:55.405
And I don't see why we won't be good in the race right now.

1863
01:06:55.405 --> 01:06:56.725
I've, I've never had this kind

1864
01:06:56.725 --> 01:06:58.885
of confidence in a car going into a race.

1865
01:06:58.885 --> 01:07:00.685
Usually it's like you're still tuning on it

1866
01:07:00.685 --> 01:07:02.325
and you're like tuning for conditions on Monday

1867
01:07:02.325 --> 01:07:03.405
and Friday, leaning into the race,

1868
01:07:03.405 --> 01:07:04.405
and you're like kind of

1869
01:07:04.405 --> 01:07:05.445
scared with what you have for the race.

1870
01:07:05.445 --> 01:07:07.045
And it kind of is been all right for us.

1871
01:07:07.465 --> 01:07:08.605
But this is the first time

1872
01:07:08.605 --> 01:07:10.405
that I've been like, don't touch the car.

1873
01:07:10.465 --> 01:07:11.645
It is great. Let's roll it back

1874
01:07:11.645 --> 01:07:13.085
in the trailer every time we run. So

1875
01:07:13.085 --> 01:07:14.605
<v Speaker 1>Are you almost like kind of upset</v>

1876
01:07:14.605 --> 01:07:15.685
that we still have carb day

1877
01:07:17.155 --> 01:07:19.245
because like you would, you would rather just go in it?

1878
01:07:19.245 --> 01:07:20.245
Yeah, no. Once you got as good,

1879
01:07:20.645 --> 01:07:25.485
<v Speaker 8>Honestly, I was, after our first day in the car back, um,</v>

1880
01:07:25.665 --> 01:07:28.445
really like back in April, like I was like,

1881
01:07:28.505 --> 01:07:29.805
we could roll into the race right now.

1882
01:07:29.905 --> 01:07:30.965
I'd be very happy. Really?

1883
01:07:31.065 --> 01:07:33.125
So it, it is a rare feeling to have that

1884
01:07:33.185 --> 01:07:36.045
and yeah, every  every session that we do is more time

1885
01:07:36.045 --> 01:07:37.605
for the people that are not happy with the car.

1886
01:07:37.605 --> 01:07:39.125
Right. To get better to, to get better.

1887
01:07:39.185 --> 01:07:41.645
So in some ways, yes. It's, it's just fun to drive though.

1888
01:07:41.645 --> 01:07:44.685
This place is just like, when you have a good car, it's just

1889
01:07:44.705 --> 01:07:46.525
so much fun to just go out there and pass people.

1890
01:07:46.555 --> 01:07:47.925
Like, you don't care when you get to drive.

1891
01:07:48.025 --> 01:07:50.165
I'd rather like, I just wanna drive the car. So Yeah. Yeah.

1892
01:07:50.265 --> 01:07:51.885
Um, in a selfish way. Yes.

1893
01:07:52.065 --> 01:07:53.365
And, and and,

1894
01:07:53.365 --> 01:07:54.885
and then in a selfish way that you wanna drive.

1895
01:07:54.945 --> 01:07:57.165
Yes. More track times good.

1896
01:07:57.345 --> 01:08:00.965
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, the trick is just not over-engineering yourself</v>

1897
01:08:00.985 --> 01:08:03.285
and getting yourself into a position where it, you make a

1898
01:08:03.285 --> 01:08:04.285
<v Speaker 8>Change.</v>

1899
01:08:04.285 --> 01:08:04.725
We haven't done anything. You're

1900
01:08:04.725 --> 01:08:05.725
<v Speaker 1>Gonna go.</v>

1901
01:08:05.755 --> 01:08:08.605
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Um, conditions wise, we've talked

1902
01:08:08.605 --> 01:08:10.005
with a bunch of the guys, you know,

1903
01:08:10.095 --> 01:08:11.965
we've seen everything this month.

1904
01:08:12.025 --> 01:08:13.605
You know, we've had some rain delays,

1905
01:08:13.605 --> 01:08:17.445
but we've seen high winds, we've seen high track temps,

1906
01:08:17.445 --> 01:08:19.005
like record breaking track temps.

1907
01:08:19.005 --> 01:08:22.005
Yeah. And then we're gonna go into the race it looks like

1908
01:08:22.005 --> 01:08:24.645
with cloud cover kind of cool conditions,

1909
01:08:24.695 --> 01:08:26.645
maybe a little bit different than what we've had.

1910
01:08:27.665 --> 01:08:28.685
I'm not quite sure. Sure. Weather,

1911
01:08:28.685 --> 01:08:30.365
<v Speaker 8>Let's go what</v>
<v Speaker 1>Car day be.</v>

1912
01:08:30.425 --> 01:08:33.645
But like, if we go into a day that's 60 degrees

1913
01:08:33.705 --> 01:08:35.285
and cloudy, are you confident

1914
01:08:35.285 --> 01:08:37.805
that this is a very temperature sensitive environment?

1915
01:08:37.855 --> 01:08:40.325
Right? Yep. These cars are very sensitive to track temp,

1916
01:08:40.665 --> 01:08:42.885
air, temp, wind speed, wind direction, all that stuff.

1917
01:08:43.225 --> 01:08:44.645
If we go into Sunday with something

1918
01:08:44.645 --> 01:08:47.885
that we haven't really seen yet, are you still confident

1919
01:08:47.885 --> 01:08:49.045
that the package you've got has been

1920
01:08:49.045 --> 01:08:50.405
pretty versatile for the rest of the week?

1921
01:08:50.405 --> 01:08:51.685
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, without a doubt. Um,</v>

1922
01:08:52.635 --> 01:08:54.325
it's the same position for everybody, right.

1923
01:08:54.465 --> 01:08:56.765
And I think we've done a really good job of kind

1924
01:08:56.765 --> 01:08:58.325
of predicting what things are gonna

1925
01:08:58.325 --> 01:08:59.445
happen based on temperature.

1926
01:08:59.945 --> 01:09:02.325
And, uh, we've been good in, in all the conditions

1927
01:09:02.325 --> 01:09:04.165
that we've seen, whether it's wind, whether it's no wind,

1928
01:09:04.165 --> 01:09:05.645
whether it's heat, whether it's coolness.

1929
01:09:05.705 --> 01:09:07.325
Um, we've had everything thrown at us

1930
01:09:07.545 --> 01:09:08.645
or thrown at us this month.

1931
01:09:08.645 --> 01:09:11.165
So we're prepared for, for just about anything.

1932
01:09:11.345 --> 01:09:15.125
I'd say, um, with it being cooler,

1933
01:09:15.305 --> 01:09:17.165
you can expect better racing without a doubt.

1934
01:09:17.365 --> 01:09:19.085
I mean, you know, that everybody knows that like,

1935
01:09:19.085 --> 01:09:21.085
conditions are cooler, you make more grip.

1936
01:09:21.085 --> 01:09:22.085
I'm happy about, it's gonna make my job

1937
01:09:22.085 --> 01:09:23.045
feel, it'll make your job great.

1938
01:09:23.045 --> 01:09:24.485
Right? Like, you won't just have a parade out

1939
01:09:24.485 --> 01:09:25.525
there if it's really hot, you might.

1940
01:09:25.705 --> 01:09:27.445
Um, so it's gonna be good

1941
01:09:27.445 --> 01:09:28.565
for the fans, it's gonna be good for us.

1942
01:09:28.595 --> 01:09:31.245
It's gonna make our cars feel like absolute race cars.

1943
01:09:31.245 --> 01:09:32.765
Right. Um, which is fun,

1944
01:09:32.765 --> 01:09:34.765
but it also kind of brings everyone closer together,

1945
01:09:34.765 --> 01:09:36.365
which I think we had an,

1946
01:09:36.585 --> 01:09:38.685
we feel like we have an advantage in race tram,

1947
01:09:38.685 --> 01:09:40.605
and you almost want it to be tough conditions

1948
01:09:40.605 --> 01:09:42.965
because then your advantage might show a little bit more.

1949
01:09:43.385 --> 01:09:45.125
So selfishly, I wish it was a little bit worse,

1950
01:09:45.795 --> 01:09:47.885
even though you'd not like that, but Yeah.

1951
01:09:47.905 --> 01:09:51.445
But, um, you know, it's, it's gonna feel amazing out there,

1952
01:09:51.445 --> 01:09:52.845
like having all the downforce

1953
01:09:52.905 --> 01:09:55.285
and the conditions are gonna be so perfect, uh, for racing

1954
01:09:55.315 --> 01:09:56.965
that it's gonna make for a great show.

1955
01:09:57.345 --> 01:09:59.765
<v Speaker 1>So this is your fourth 500?</v>

1956
01:10:00.395 --> 01:10:02.165
<v Speaker 8>This is my fourth 500. Four 500.</v>

1957
01:10:02.625 --> 01:10:04.925
<v Speaker 1>Um, what, like take the race,</v>

1958
01:10:04.925 --> 01:10:06.405
take race day outta outta the equation.

1959
01:10:06.425 --> 01:10:08.445
What's your favorite part of the month of May

1960
01:10:08.445 --> 01:10:09.965
as a driver thing you get to do?

1961
01:10:10.205 --> 01:10:12.525
Favorite day? What's the, what's the best part of May

1962
01:10:12.525 --> 01:10:13.525
that's not race day for you?

1963
01:10:15.635 --> 01:10:18.645
<v Speaker 8>I don't know. Uh, , I have no idea. .</v>

1964
01:10:19.725 --> 01:10:21.725
I qualifyings Cool, right? Yeah. Yeah.

1965
01:10:21.725 --> 01:10:22.725
Like Saturday is super cool

1966
01:10:22.725 --> 01:10:26.285
because it's like, it's more stressful than the races

1967
01:10:26.365 --> 01:10:29.405
because like you're just on your abso

1968
01:10:29.405 --> 01:10:30.685
or you're at the absolute limit.

1969
01:10:30.905 --> 01:10:32.565
And my engineer loves

1970
01:10:32.585 --> 01:10:35.565
to scare the crap outta me constantly , um,

1971
01:10:35.785 --> 01:10:37.525
and just gimme a car that should not be going

1972
01:10:37.525 --> 01:10:39.125
around a racetrack at that downforce level

1973
01:10:39.545 --> 01:10:40.805
and, uh, tell me to stay flat.

1974
01:10:40.865 --> 01:10:43.565
And if I don't, then me, me, and he's a

1975
01:10:43.565 --> 01:10:44.845
<v Speaker 1>Big guy I wouldn't wanna fight. Yeah,</v>

1976
01:10:44.965 --> 01:10:45.965
<v Speaker 8>No.</v>

1977
01:10:45.965 --> 01:10:48.525
He is. Uh, yes. And, um, you know, it makes

1978
01:10:48.525 --> 01:10:49.885
for an enjoyable day when you get through it.

1979
01:10:49.895 --> 01:10:51.885
We've, we've gotten through it the past three years

1980
01:10:52.375 --> 01:10:54.005
clean, um, which is great.

1981
01:10:54.005 --> 01:10:56.125
Maybe not the best qualifying position that we've liked

1982
01:10:56.125 --> 01:10:57.685
to have in all three of 'em,

1983
01:10:57.685 --> 01:11:01.125
but, um, it just like gives you so much excitement

1984
01:11:01.125 --> 01:11:02.365
and so much adrenaline that

1985
01:11:02.365 --> 01:11:03.405
it makes her really enjoy anything.

1986
01:11:03.565 --> 01:11:05.565
We don't, like this day, this is media day, not the,

1987
01:11:05.585 --> 01:11:06.845
not the best day if I'm being honest.

1988
01:11:07.245 --> 01:11:09.645
<v Speaker 1>Although I've, I've been hearing it's like way shorter</v>

1989
01:11:09.955 --> 01:11:11.205
than it has been in the past.

1990
01:11:12.345 --> 01:11:14.765
<v Speaker 8>Is it? I don't know.</v>

1991
01:11:15.225 --> 01:11:17.485
<v Speaker 1>You guys are all too new. Are you're all too new. Yeah.</v>

1992
01:11:17.625 --> 01:11:19.645
It used to be a whole day FENOs Tim texting me.

1993
01:11:19.645 --> 01:11:20.685
It used to be a whole Yeah. Yeah.

1994
01:11:20.685 --> 01:11:22.405
Been a Tim's texting me. Yep.

1995
01:11:22.635 --> 01:11:24.765
<v Speaker 8>Rude.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we're on air. Okay.</v>

1996
01:11:24.965 --> 01:11:25.965
Favorite part of race day?

1997
01:11:26.905 --> 01:11:28.725
<v Speaker 8>Um, of</v>
<v Speaker 1>The pre-race, like all of</v>

1998
01:11:28.915 --> 01:11:29.915
<v Speaker 8>Yeah.</v>

1999
01:11:29.915 --> 01:11:31.565
Leading up to it. Right. Um, I mean,

2000
01:11:31.565 --> 01:11:33.205
obviously being in the car is gonna be

2001
01:11:33.275 --> 01:11:34.525
what I, what I say is the best.

2002
01:11:34.665 --> 01:11:38.445
Um, and this might come, maybe come across weird.

2003
01:11:38.445 --> 01:11:42.005
Maybe people don't appreciate it. I I mean, people

2004
01:11:42.005 --> 01:11:43.005
<v Speaker 1>Do.</v>

2005
01:11:43.005 --> 01:11:43.525
I promise you somebody won't. Y

2006
01:11:43.755 --> 01:11:44.755
<v Speaker 8>Yeah.</v>

2007
01:11:44.755 --> 01:11:45.845
That's how there's always somebody that doesn't,

2008
01:11:45.845 --> 01:11:49.405
doesn't like me for some reason, um, taps before the race.

2009
01:11:49.475 --> 01:11:52.925
Nice. It is, um, one of the most amazing things

2010
01:11:53.355 --> 01:11:57.005
that you'll ever experience having 350,000 people here

2011
01:11:57.625 --> 01:11:59.445
and being absolutely silent

2012
01:11:59.445 --> 01:12:00.925
where you can hear a pin drop mm-hmm .

2013
01:12:01.145 --> 01:12:04.365
Um, I, there's something so special for, to that moment

2014
01:12:04.365 --> 01:12:05.685
that like, you don't get a feeling of

2015
01:12:05.685 --> 01:12:06.885
that anywhere else in the world,

2016
01:12:06.945 --> 01:12:10.925
and you don't notice how special it is

2017
01:12:10.925 --> 01:12:12.565
unless you've been here and you've witnessed it, right?

2018
01:12:12.565 --> 01:12:15.325
Yeah. So that for me is one of my favorite parts.

2019
01:12:15.515 --> 01:12:16.845
Just the feeling it gives you. Right.

2020
01:12:16.945 --> 01:12:18.285
Um, and it's so special and,

2021
01:12:18.505 --> 01:12:21.325
and it makes you realize why this event's happening.

2022
01:12:21.325 --> 01:12:22.565
Right. Right. It's for Memorial Day, it's

2023
01:12:22.565 --> 01:12:24.085
for Memorial Day weekend, and, um,

2024
01:12:24.085 --> 01:12:25.565
there's a big bigger picture here.

2025
01:12:25.595 --> 01:12:26.885
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Very cool. I, I agree.</v>

2026
01:12:27.005 --> 01:12:28.205
I think that's, I think that's beautiful.

2027
01:12:28.205 --> 01:12:29.325
That's my last 500.

2028
01:12:29.325 --> 01:12:31.005
That was probably the moment I remember the most on the,

2029
01:12:31.065 --> 01:12:32.485
on the grid was, was taps.

2030
01:12:32.485 --> 01:12:34.885
Yep. Awesome. Well, hey, look forward to Taps,

2031
01:12:34.945 --> 01:12:36.845
but look forward to the, the 200 laps after that.

2032
01:12:36.845 --> 01:12:38.885
Exactly. And hopefully it goes very well. And best of luck.

2033
01:12:38.885 --> 01:12:43.645
<v Speaker 8>Yep. Thank you. Of course. Three under the bus there, Tim.</v>

2034
01:12:43.645 --> 01:12:44.645
Sorry.

2035
01:12:46.435 --> 01:12:48.525
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01:12:48.705 --> 01:12:51.885
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