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

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You're not gonna believe it. It's actually an off track

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with h and Rossi this week, which is pretty exciting.

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Um, Alex got a haircut, which is also exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>And we have our, and default, we have our default, uh,</v>

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may, uh, podcast host joining us, which is amazing.

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Do we pay you, by the way?

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<v Speaker 3>We don't pay none. Us . I</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Mean, to be fair, you make the most out of all of us in</v>

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<v Speaker 1>This show.</v>

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Yes. We've established this Tim.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.</v>
<v Speaker 1>Joey Ero joins us.</v>

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That's who Alex is alluding to. Yeah. You're talking to

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<v Speaker 3>You.</v>

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Do we? I thought you were talking Joey. Tim. No,

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<v Speaker 1>We said good podcast person,</v>
<v Speaker 3>.</v>

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I was waiting for you to point, you know, let me know.

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Um, no, last time I checked, I think you just pay me in

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bourbon and kind of friendship.

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That's it. ,

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<v Speaker 2>Huh? Kind of friendship.</v>

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That's, I mean, that's honestly most of my friends.

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<v Speaker 1>That's, uh,</v>
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. You're not alone. Yeah.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So I'll take it. You're</v>

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<v Speaker 1>In good company. You're in good company.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Excited to be here, boys. Yeah. May buddy.</v>

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Welcome. I'm ready to go. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, there's a reason that you're here</v>

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and we're just gonna get straight into it.

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Um, guys, we've got a lot of stuff coming up this month.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, I mean, it's NBA playoffs,</v>

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like the finals are coming, coming Cummin around the

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<v Speaker 1>Corner one last night in NHL playoffs</v>

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as well, which is exciting. Um,

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<v Speaker 2>F1 is racing in some places.</v>

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You know, Cub is in the full swing of their,

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their program. Uh,

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the Cubs are really good.</v>

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Uh, the Cubs are really good.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.</v>
<v Speaker 1>RS</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Are killing it.</v>

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So that's really, that's really what's coming,

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which is, so it's

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<v Speaker 1>Busy. It's</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Busy month.</v>

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It's exciting to be a sports fan. Honestly. It's

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<v Speaker 1>A busy sports month. Yeah. Big</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Sports month. It,</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, shoot.</v>

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Uh, Coke 600. Uh, you know, that's, he

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<v Speaker 3>Mentioned Cup, he mentioned Cup,</v>

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<v Speaker 1>He mentioned that</v>
<v Speaker 2>He did mention Cup.</v>

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That's like the, the Sunday before Memorial Day, right?

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<v Speaker 1>That's correct. Yeah, that's correct. So</v>

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<v Speaker 3>You're saying the, the weekend prior to Memorial Day</v>

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or the weekend of Memorial Day?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, like the weekend of</v>

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Memorial Day is the Monday, right? Technically

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<v Speaker 3>Right. Yes.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>So what we say, would we call that the weekend</v>

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before or the weekend

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<v Speaker 2>Of?</v>

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It's the Sunday prior. Like, like I

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<v Speaker 3>Just say, I think you would say Memorial Day weekend.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Oh, oh yeah.</v>

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That's a good way of putting it. Yeah. There's

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<v Speaker 3>Another big race, right? Monaco.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Monaco was also that weekend. That's right.</v>

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It is a big deal. There's

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of famous people that go to that.</v>

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I've been seeing that a lot. A lot

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of like Brad types, honestly.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.</v>
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Most, most of the famous people</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Specifically Brad, go</v>
<v Speaker 2>There, go there</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Guys.</v>

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We're just joshing ya.

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Any four frigging hundred we're all very excited

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and, um, as usual

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or as, as has become custom on Carb Day.

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We're doing a bunch of stuff and we're gonna tell you about

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all of our stuff at some point,

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but we're gonna focus right now on Carb Day, which thanks

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to the wonderful people

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and partners at SiriusXM have hosted a great setup

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or have, you know, put up a great setup for us, uh, down

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outside the pagoda to host a live show,

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which we will be doing once again in 2025. Um,

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to Joey.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks to Joey, essentially, and, and here's why.</v>

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Uh, Alex and I both have pretty heavy schedules that day,

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and we'll only be able to commit a small

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to quite small amount of time, um, combined to, uh,

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to be present, unfortunately for all of our Offtrack fans.

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So we're like, who could step in with very little notice

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and almost no preparation of, and no briefing from us

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and just wow our fans.

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And it was a unanimous vote for Joey ero.

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So thank you my friend, for joining us on Carb Day.

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<v Speaker 3>Hell yeah, man, I was there two years ago with you guys.</v>

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I remember I had my checkered flag shorts.

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I'm gonna be bringing those back out for this year, which,

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uh, that's really, I think if I'm remembering correctly,

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over the last four years, those are specifically

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just my carb day shorts.

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I don't wear 'em any other day of the year.

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It's a checkered flag carb day. It'd be

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<v Speaker 2>Weird if you did.</v>

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That'd be tough to wear in July.

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<v Speaker 1>He was at, I could at</v>
<v Speaker 3>Aout with that</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Attitude.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>I could</v>
<v Speaker 4>See it. I'm gonna be honest, that picture</v>

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of you, you and I and

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and James with you in that checkered shorts, uh, that was,

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that was on my Tinder profile

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for much longer than I would care to admit. Were you

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<v Speaker 2>Pretending to be Joey? Yeah,</v>

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<v Speaker 4>I just wanted him to think I</v>

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was winning of any of the others. Right. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>They're just like, every,</v>

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every picture is a combination of the same four

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<v Speaker 2>People.</v>

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That is a strategy. So it's very, that is a

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strategy. Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I like that. Yeah. I don't know.</v>

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It must have been a HCH then,

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because I was like 30 pounds heavier all in my face at

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that point, so I certainly wasn't doing it any good at

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that time, but noted. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Dude, what, what's your secret?</v>

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Because I saw you the other day in person

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for the first time in a while and I was

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like, Joey, where'd you go?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, dude. Um, pretty simple.</v>

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Uh, I do at least 50 pushups a day

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and I don't drink soda. And, and

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<v Speaker 1>As Tim chugs his champagne, he's on a similar program.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>And also with having two kids under two, um, my,</v>

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my beer intake has gone from instead of every weekend,

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with the boys to being like once a month on a Friday,

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having a hand too and then

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<v Speaker 1>Having to run back.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>So those, those three things have really been kind</v>

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of the secret sauce for me.

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You know, a lot of chicken, a lot of salmon. Um, yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>It's interesting because, you know,</v>

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Tim is on a fitness journey right now

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and he decided to keep all of those things,

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but just put himself through a half marathon instead.

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So I think you're doing the better job, if I'm honest.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you. I was a little surpri like, it, it, it, I,</v>

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it was wild to me when Tim said,

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and I know you've talked about it,

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but he was like, yeah, I'm doing the

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mini 'cause I was like, you on Rev?

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And he was like, I'm doing the mini on Saturday,

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so I'll probably pretty tired.

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And you know, Tim's a jokester, right. And I was kinda like,

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<v Speaker 1>He's a jokester.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, yeah, you're doing the mini. Okay. Yeah.</v>

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You know, you gonna hand out tequila

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to people, what's going on, .

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<v Speaker 1>And you</v>
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where people were doing that

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and it, it took a lot to, to not stop.

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It was like 10 miles in. No.

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<v Speaker 1>Might get it</v>
<v Speaker 2>Exponentially harder. Yeah.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting. Interesting spot to be 10 miles in</v>

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and b that's where you want to give people tequila.

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But yeah, I, Hey, shout out to you, man. Proud of you, Tim.

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That's awesome. Congrats.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, thanks, man. It was awful. Yeah.</v>

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I don't recommend it. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>There's, right, right.</v>
<v Speaker 2>There's this, it's much easier</v>

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to not do that and just give up some other things. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>There's this famous saying that you can't outwork</v>

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a, a bad diet.

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And so the chicken, the salmon

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and the no sodas and the less beer.

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That's smart. You,

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you're just like, I'm just gonna run a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>To be fair, to be fair, Tim doesn't drink soda.</v>

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He's never drank soda for the entire

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<v Speaker 1>So is that true?</v>

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I'll have a diet Coke every now and then,</v>

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but very, very rarely.

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<v Speaker 3>See, that was, that was really my thing is like I was, uh,</v>

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the, I would have like two straight up Dr.

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feeling wild, you know?

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And so then that all added up.

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I was like, ah, it's a lot of sugar and a lot of calories

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and a lot of not good stuff.

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And I can't tell you, I think it's been close

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to a year since I've had like anything but a diet Coke. So,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's, that was gonna be my next question was did we,</v>

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did we transition over

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to the diet program on the, on the pop

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<v Speaker 3>Scenario?</v>

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We transitioned. Yeah. 'cause you know,

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you gotta wean yourself off a little bit, right?

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Right. Yeah. You gotta have some of those,

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you gotta keep the bubbles in you a little bit some way.

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Have that kind of fix. And so we switch over big,

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<v Speaker 1>Big diet Coke guys on this show.</v>

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Big diet. I also love a Diet Dr. Pepper. 'cause Dr.

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Pepper is the single greatest flavored liquid

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on Earth, in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 3>How do we feel about Coke? Zero.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>He's for it. I'm against it.</v>

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not, I'm not for it. Over Diet Coke. I don't care.</v>

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like, I will drink both

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<v Speaker 3>Either.</v>

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, either</v>
<v Speaker 3>Or.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. I, I have a strong feeling against it over diet if</v>

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it's a, if it's, it's two on the table. Yeah. Guys,

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about our most.</v>

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What do you look forward to the most on Carb Day?

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Right, because like, I, for me,

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I love hearing this from people

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because I haven't, I haven't ever, for me,

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carb day's just a practice day, right, .

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Yeah. And like, yeah, there's more people there and,

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and the, the energy's high

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and there's some concerts that happen or whatever.

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But like, it's, it's very much like the final practice

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session, James, you can relate where you're just scrambling

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of this is actually real and representative.

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and inspire our listeners, um, why Carb Day is

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so awesome in your mind, if they haven't been,

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why they should come, other than obviously seeing

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your beautiful faces in person.

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Like why is Carb Day so cool?

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<v Speaker 3>Carb day for me is</v>

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Christmas Eve of the summertime.

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It is coming together with

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all of your favorite people.

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Some people that you can't help but run into

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because there's just so many of us out there.

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Um, and you got booze.

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You mostly have good weather most of the time on carb day.

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And there's that energy in the air.

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That's the same kind of feeling and nostalgia

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and magic that you feel on Christmas Eve,

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whether you're a kid, whether you're a grown person.

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I feel that same way, that same butterflies in my belly,

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the, the aura, the energy around, uh,

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Indianapolis specifically Speedway in the

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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But even like, that's what's so funny is even if you're,

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and you step outside, there's a different smell in the air.

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There's a different feel in the air.

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or Southport or Lawrence,

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it's like you can almost hear the cars, even though

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you actually can, obviously.

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But that's what I would say is for me, it's Christmas Eve

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of the summertime, all of that magic and the feel

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and the togetherness, um, of being with everybody there at

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that same place, celebrating the same thing at the same time

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with all knowing that, hey, we still got,

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it's just a start we, we got tomorrow.

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And then obviously the big hurrah on Sunday.

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Uh, so that, that's what it is. Christmas Eve of a summer.

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<v Speaker 1>It's, it's, yeah, I love that.</v>

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It's the appetizer, it's the warmup show, Tim.

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Um, no one,

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no one actually worry is worried about what you think.

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So for me, uh, I think card's always been,

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uh, no, you go ahead, Tim.

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What do you like about, do you like Carb day?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I like doing the show with you,</v>

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but that's, uh, I'm losing interest in that

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now.
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<v Speaker 1>I was gonna say. Oh, and recently</v>

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<v Speaker 4>Good to see everybody.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that's just it, right?</v>

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There's just so many more people. So,

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.</v>

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But like, you're, you're talking about this as if it's,

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you're going to see buddies.

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What happens if you don't have buddies?

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Like, is Car Day still cool?

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<v Speaker 3>You wouldn't need buddies. Everybody's</v>

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<v Speaker 4>The buddy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly.</v>
<v Speaker 4>You know? Exactly.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the thing. I loved, I love that day as a driver,</v>

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um, because it was like, okay, now we're, now we're done.

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Now we, now we're just gonna go racing. Right?

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Like we, we talk about this all the time. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>You're not even anywhere close to done though, James.</v>

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You have so much &lt;inaudible&gt; before you're

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<v Speaker 1>Done.</v>

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No, but like, you're done dicking with the car,

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you're done second guessing, you know?

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No. Yeah. Well, you can't drive it anymore.

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So like, well, you're not done.

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All you can do is talk about it.

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Right. You know what I mean? You're done.

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The engineers are done trying wild experiments on you.

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And now it's just like you're gonna make one more last set

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of decisions and then you're gonna, you know,

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put it away and go racing.

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But the, and then you, you,

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you finish your practice session.

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The energy there is wild.

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It's by far the, the biggest day

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of the month up to that point, right.

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To Joyce Point, you just feel that energy.

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You, you can smell it in the air,

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you can feel it in the air.

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The pit stop competition is after practice.

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That's always super fun.

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I always love being the pits Stop competition.

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These crews will work so hard

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and it's nice to give them a little bit of love,

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give them some competition.

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And even, you know, transitioning into this role,

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it's still my favorite day

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because look, you guys practicing for another two hours,

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I wanna blow my brains out.

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I've already talked about it for 46 hours.

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I don't need to do it anymore. So the driving

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part's actually not that fun.

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Um, but then you get the concerts,

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you get the pit stop competition, which I love.

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You get our show SiriusXM live stage,

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all the fans in person I

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<v Speaker 4>1215 to</v>
<v Speaker 1>2 15, 12 15 to two 15, Alex</v>

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and I will be there.

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Or not at some points or not, but Tim

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and Joy are gonna hold on the fort.

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We do have some incredible guests this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Incredible.</v>
<v Speaker 4>I was, was worried when Sirius,</v>

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I know I can't, when Sirius asked us us to do two hours.

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Yeah. When they, when they said,

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you know, can we do two hours?

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And, and I knew that that was gonna be like, not

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with you guys for the entirety of it.

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Right. You'll be there for a good, good chunk of it.

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And then I was like, okay, I think with Joey we can do this.

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You know, we, we can make that entertaining.

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We can keep, and then they hit us with who they have set up

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for us to interview guys.

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We could do four hours. Um, , is there

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<v Speaker 1>Any way that, is there any way that I, there's,</v>

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we have a bunch of cool guests.

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There's one guest ish place thing.

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Do we know when they're coming? I mean, I

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<v Speaker 3>Be just can't wait to welcome them with arms wide</v>

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open
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I, I have put in a request for them

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to be there when Alex is there.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I mean, if I'm not there,</v>

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I might walk to the edge.

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I mean, I'm six feet from the edge right now, ,

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<v Speaker 3>And</v>
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<v Speaker 3>Anyway, you might, you might, you might get  the problem.</v>

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One of my things about this stage though is Yeah,

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I've noticed when I was up there, I was just,

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I kept asking myself

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and I wanted to ask Tim is, can they take us higher up here?

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Because I don't know. Right. If the crowd could see.

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And so I was like, you're making higher on the stage here.

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I just want, you're making such a sacrifice to be there

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that you want to make sure that people can see you.

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Totally. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to talk to Nickelback. Um, anyway, .</v>

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<v Speaker 4>So I guess we're just announcing it then.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>No, we're not. We haven't said anything.</v>

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<v Speaker 4>We're</v>
<v Speaker 3>Just talking about stuff.</v>

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Things seems to go through our

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head for this live show. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>Fair enough, fair enough.</v>

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<v Speaker 1>Just crazy. Uh, Joey, what, what is your like,</v>

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tradition on race day?

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Like everybody, like is, I mean,

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you're like a lifelong fan of this race.

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You come, you do it, right?

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I, you know, whether you've had the bus in the infield

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or like what, you've done it a bunch of different ways.

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But what is your kind of like procedure?

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What's your program? How do you do race day at the 500?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, now the main thing is staying there over overnight,</v>

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no matter what I, I refuse to drive in, um, yeah.

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On 16th or from anywhere on race day morning.

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Uh, so I don't care if I'm sleeping, uh, on a, on a mat

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outside of an RV in the grass that's, uh, you know,

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off Georgetown and, you know, lot two

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or lot six, whatever it is, I'm staying out there.

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So I can wake up at a fairly decent time, you know,

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start getting some booze in me and then make my way over.

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Uh, but now my tradition has become, I go every year

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with my father-in-law and now with my wife.

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And our seats are perfect.

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We're in grandstand B uh,

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we're right at the beginning of turn one.

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So at the end of the pits right

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before turn one happens, we're the very last row

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under the main, uh, awning there.

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And so we can put our backs up against it.

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We're constantly in the shade. It's perfect.

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Um, but yeah, I'd say that's my,

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that's my tradition right now.

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Biscuits and gravy.

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Typically, if my mother-in-law Nice is there,

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she'll whip up some biscuits and gravy for us.

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You were a part of that At the

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<v Speaker 1>Track.</v>

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<v Speaker 3>At the track. Um, gorgeous.</v>

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Have you, have you have, have we told,

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I don't think I've been on since,

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I don't know if you have our, uh,

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race Night Eve debacle from two years ago.

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Have you told that story?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember if I told that story.</v>

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You should tell it though. 'cause

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it's been a while and it's pretty funny. Can't

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<v Speaker 3>Wait.</v>

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I cannot wait. I love a good debacle.

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Okay, so it's, it's 2023.

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It's the second year that I've had, um, the motor home

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inside the track right next to Hinch this time

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because it was his first year not being a driver.

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And so night before the race, you know, him and, and,

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and Becky Hinch are staying in the motor home.

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I'm staying in the motor home with my wife,

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my son, my in-laws are there.

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Right. And Hinch was, hi Hinch was coming to hang out,

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obviously me and,

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and my folks were, you know, kind of three sheets

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to the wind at that point.

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Uh, but Hinch was coming and having fun and hanging

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and Becky was too.

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And we had our dog happy out there. He came out and stayed.

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'cause you know, it's family, it's it's pet friendly out

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there, at least for people who have

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the mud homes inside the track.

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And so our dog, um, was in the motor home

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and my mother-in-law and my wife were going to bed.

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And when I say three sheets to the wind, I'm, I'm,

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I didn't mean that, I just meant

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that we were no staying late and having, staying up late.

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Yeah. And having fun. Me

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and my father-in-law, we had the golf cart inside the track.

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So my father-in-law was like, Hey,

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let's get on the golf cart.

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Me, hinch Becky, my father-in-law, go explore.

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Let's go a little bit night before the race.

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Let's see what this Mardi Gras feel is all about.

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We have a golf cart for god's sake. We can get anywhere.

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This would be nuts. So we're, we're, we are,

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we're we're going outside of the track.

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We're by turn four. Um, we didn't have any lights

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or I forget what the situation was, hinch,

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but yeah, they kept getting pissed that we were out there.

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Maybe we just didn't have the write paperwork or whatever.

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We kept pointing a hinch being like, oh no, he is good.

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He is got us  and  just totally throw me

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and my father-in-law totally throwing him under the bus.

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Right. Um, but we're out there

470
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and then all of a sudden I get a call from, uh,

471
00:17:37.815 --> 00:17:40.535
my mother-in-law and she's like, happy,

472
00:17:40.675 --> 00:17:42.855
got out, happy is my dog.

473
00:17:44.275 --> 00:17:45.775
I'm like, he got out.

474
00:17:45.905 --> 00:17:49.205
She's like, yeah, I, I, uh, my,

475
00:17:49.205 --> 00:17:52.205
the door got left open when I was coming in and out

476
00:17:52.545 --> 00:17:54.165
and he sprinted outta the motor home.

477
00:17:54.455 --> 00:17:56.485
Happy. Got out. He's somewhere inside

478
00:17:56.485 --> 00:17:58.605
of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Okay.

479
00:17:58.615 --> 00:18:01.085
<v Speaker 1>Which is a pretty small place. So it, yeah, tiny.</v>

480
00:18:01.085 --> 00:18:03.245
Shouldn't be hard to track him down. Yeah, right. City

481
00:18:03.725 --> 00:18:04.725
<v Speaker 3>Sized.</v>

482
00:18:04.725 --> 00:18:08.005
<v Speaker 1>It's,</v>
<v Speaker 3>It's 10:30 PM the night before the race.</v>

483
00:18:08.475 --> 00:18:10.885
It's pitch black. I have a chocolate lab.

484
00:18:11.675 --> 00:18:14.565
He's just roaming about. Right. This this'll be no problem.

485
00:18:15.465 --> 00:18:17.725
So we have to haul it back inside the track.

486
00:18:18.825 --> 00:18:21.125
And at this point we're like, we gotta divide and conquer.

487
00:18:21.405 --> 00:18:22.645
I guess. I don't really know how else,

488
00:18:22.715 --> 00:18:23.925
like, we may never find him.

489
00:18:23.945 --> 00:18:27.005
He might just like join the parade laps tomorrow

490
00:18:27.185 --> 00:18:28.565
and turn four and,

491
00:18:28.665 --> 00:18:30.725
and all of a sudden there's a chocolate lab on the track.

492
00:18:31.065 --> 00:18:32.325
But then you found him. Right.

493
00:18:33.185 --> 00:18:35.325
So we go, Hench gets on a scooter.

494
00:18:35.545 --> 00:18:38.245
Uh, Becky's like on the golf cart, I think me

495
00:18:38.245 --> 00:18:39.645
and my father-in-law get in his truck.

496
00:18:39.655 --> 00:18:41.525
We're just aimlessly driving around yelling

497
00:18:41.585 --> 00:18:43.805
for happy in the middle of a pitch Black Indianapolis

498
00:18:43.805 --> 00:18:46.165
Motor Speedway. I'm about to just call's

499
00:18:46.165 --> 00:18:49.085
<v Speaker 1>Like happy, happy people in the driver owner lot are like,</v>

500
00:18:49.265 --> 00:18:51.165
we were until you started yelling

501
00:18:51.435 --> 00:18:52.435
like
<v Speaker 3>.</v>

502
00:18:52.475 --> 00:18:56.125
Yeah, exactly. So I'm like, okay, this is, I I, you know,

503
00:18:56.125 --> 00:18:57.645
it got to a point after like 20 minutes

504
00:18:57.645 --> 00:18:59.525
or so, I was like, I'm calling it in like

505
00:18:59.595 --> 00:19:00.725
it's just a lost dog.

506
00:19:00.835 --> 00:19:03.565
Like , he's gonna turn up, he's gonna turn up.

507
00:19:03.625 --> 00:19:05.125
But like, this is just not happening.

508
00:19:05.305 --> 00:19:08.285
How are we gonna find a chocolate lab that is fast

509
00:19:08.305 --> 00:19:09.845
as hell inside of a pitch?

510
00:19:09.955 --> 00:19:12.245
Like, that's another thing people don't realize is like when

511
00:19:12.245 --> 00:19:13.685
you're not, when the tracks close down

512
00:19:13.705 --> 00:19:15.085
and you're inside there at nighttime,

513
00:19:15.085 --> 00:19:16.765
like you guys now be in the driver's lot and everything.

514
00:19:17.245 --> 00:19:19.645
I mean when you talk about like, you can't see in front

515
00:19:19.645 --> 00:19:21.125
of your face when you're not by one

516
00:19:21.125 --> 00:19:22.565
of the big, uh, scoreboards.

517
00:19:23.025 --> 00:19:25.005
You can't, I mean it is pitch black in

518
00:19:25.005 --> 00:19:26.205
there. And so I was like that that's

519
00:19:26.455 --> 00:19:27.525
<v Speaker 1>Theda is beautifully lit</v>

520
00:19:27.585 --> 00:19:29.125
and everything else is pitch black.

521
00:19:29.615 --> 00:19:30.605
<v Speaker 3>Can't see nothing. And</v>

522
00:19:30.605 --> 00:19:31.725
so I was like, that's it, that's it.

523
00:19:31.825 --> 00:19:33.525
And uh, we looked for about 20 minutes

524
00:19:33.525 --> 00:19:34.765
and finally got a call from Hench.

525
00:19:34.765 --> 00:19:35.885
He's like, I got 'em

526
00:19:36.105 --> 00:19:38.725
and I forget how you even came across him, but some

527
00:19:39.855 --> 00:19:42.245
<v Speaker 1>Shoot, I was, I was like, yeah, I was like ripping up</v>

528
00:19:42.245 --> 00:19:44.205
and down Holman Boulevard screaming whatever.

529
00:19:44.345 --> 00:19:47.085
And there was the yellow shirt outside the deal lot.

530
00:19:47.105 --> 00:19:49.805
And I was like, Hey man, super random .

531
00:19:50.585 --> 00:19:53.205
You haven't seen a dog come by here by any chance, have you?

532
00:19:53.205 --> 00:19:56.685
He goes, oh, it's your dog. And I'm like, we got him.

533
00:19:56.985 --> 00:19:59.605
And he had been found by one of the security team

534
00:19:59.665 --> 00:20:02.045
and like was taken, you know how like the speedway has a,

535
00:20:02.045 --> 00:20:04.325
like a jail that I don't know where it is

536
00:20:04.345 --> 00:20:05.605
or I've never been there, but

537
00:20:06.145 --> 00:20:07.205
we have a jail. I did not know

538
00:20:07.205 --> 00:20:08.205
<v Speaker 3>That.</v>

539
00:20:08.205 --> 00:20:09.005
I'm shocked to find out that there's a,

540
00:20:09.085 --> 00:20:11.405
a jail at the Speedway and I haven't been thrown in it yet.

541
00:20:11.505 --> 00:20:12.605
<v Speaker 1>That's a great point actually.</v>

542
00:20:12.635 --> 00:20:14.085
Well, no, to be fair,

543
00:20:14.115 --> 00:20:17.165
like you're actually moderately behaved in that crowd.

544
00:20:17.435 --> 00:20:18.725
Like they've seen some stuff

545
00:20:19.385 --> 00:20:21.605
and so, uh, so he was like, yeah, hang on.

546
00:20:21.625 --> 00:20:22.645
And they radioed in

547
00:20:22.645 --> 00:20:24.965
and this guy came in a pickup truck from the jail.

548
00:20:25.245 --> 00:20:27.085
'cause they found the dog, they got happy into the car

549
00:20:27.085 --> 00:20:28.365
somehow and took him to the prison

550
00:20:28.425 --> 00:20:29.925
and he was just hanging out there with the,

551
00:20:30.075 --> 00:20:32.925
with the security cards until somebody claimed him.

552
00:20:33.265 --> 00:20:36.125
So we got happy back and always been in the world. Yeah.

553
00:20:36.335 --> 00:20:38.885
<v Speaker 3>Where, where has it though that they did find him out</v>

554
00:20:38.885 --> 00:20:41.845
by turn four and we are staying in the museum lot.

555
00:20:41.945 --> 00:20:44.325
So that's clear across the track. Yeah, yeah.

556
00:20:44.715 --> 00:20:46.205
<v Speaker 1>It's like we're like inside a tube. Does</v>

557
00:20:46.595 --> 00:20:47.845
<v Speaker 2>Does he, is he like a runner?</v>

558
00:20:47.845 --> 00:20:48.965
Does he like to get out at home

559
00:20:49.145 --> 00:20:50.485
or was he does just a new environment.

560
00:20:50.675 --> 00:20:52.245
<v Speaker 3>Okay. It's a big pain in the ass.</v>

561
00:20:52.245 --> 00:20:53.725
Yeah, he got, uh, anytime

562
00:20:53.725 --> 00:20:55.845
that the front door is even remotely, he's, anytime,

563
00:20:55.845 --> 00:20:58.725
anytime he's an opportunity, he is gone.

564
00:20:59.145 --> 00:21:01.005
And, uh, he's, yeah, he's a runner.

565
00:21:01.185 --> 00:21:03.925
So, um, anyways, you asked about the tradition.

566
00:21:03.925 --> 00:21:06.405
Those are some of the traditions. It's nothing crazy. We, we

567
00:21:06.795 --> 00:21:08.045
<v Speaker 2>Meet up, well it's not making tradition of losing,</v>

568
00:21:08.185 --> 00:21:09.205
losing your dog, bro.

569
00:21:09.205 --> 00:21:10.885
<v Speaker 3>Let's not, not that, not that. Right.</v>

570
00:21:10.945 --> 00:21:13.885
But when we meet outside the main gate, um, right there

571
00:21:13.885 --> 00:21:17.085
by the offices right there off 16th and um, in Georgetown

572
00:21:17.265 --> 00:21:20.645
and we draw from the newspaper, everybody gets three draws.

573
00:21:20.985 --> 00:21:23.285
Uh, me, my wife, my father-in-law

574
00:21:23.305 --> 00:21:24.605
and his group of friends he's been

575
00:21:24.605 --> 00:21:25.725
going with for like 40 years.

576
00:21:26.145 --> 00:21:27.285
And we draw three drivers.

577
00:21:27.385 --> 00:21:28.725
And those are your drivers obviously.

578
00:21:28.725 --> 00:21:30.205
And you, you make the pot out there.

579
00:21:30.225 --> 00:21:31.965
So right before we enter, we do all that.

580
00:21:32.465 --> 00:21:35.365
Um, but yeah man, I mean it's just, we're here man.

581
00:21:35.465 --> 00:21:37.045
I'm just Yeah, yeah. I got the hat on.

582
00:21:37.105 --> 00:21:38.325
You guys invited me to do this.

583
00:21:38.505 --> 00:21:41.005
I'm just so, so freaking pumped and, and

584
00:21:41.005 --> 00:21:42.365
and amped to be a part of it

585
00:21:42.465 --> 00:21:44.805
and it's just, uh, yeah, I mean just like I said

586
00:21:44.805 --> 00:21:47.685
with Christmas Eve, it's like you make it past Thanksgiving.

587
00:21:47.925 --> 00:21:50.365
I forget Alex, are you at Christmas tree up before,

588
00:21:50.495 --> 00:21:52.125
after Thanksgiving? Never.

589
00:21:52.335 --> 00:21:53.725
<v Speaker 2>After, after.</v>

590
00:21:53.795 --> 00:21:58.125
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I figured. But you know, I'm like, once I get</v>

591
00:21:58.125 --> 00:22:00.525
to Thanksgiving, even beforehand a

592
00:22:00.525 --> 00:22:01.565
little bit, I'm like, it's Christmas time.

593
00:22:01.835 --> 00:22:04.085
Once I got to the open test a couple of weeks ago,

594
00:22:04.125 --> 00:22:06.125
I was like, Mae's here, it's May, we're doing it.

595
00:22:06.225 --> 00:22:08.125
And uh, just so psyched, man. That's it.

596
00:22:08.265 --> 00:22:09.325
<v Speaker 1>That's a great analogy.</v>

597
00:22:09.505 --> 00:22:13.805
The open test is the Thanksgiving of May. Right.

598
00:22:13.995 --> 00:22:15.285
It's like the cool thing,

599
00:22:15.345 --> 00:22:16.845
but not as cool as the one that's coming.

600
00:22:17.305 --> 00:22:19.725
And yeah, that's, I like that. The open test is the

601
00:22:19.725 --> 00:22:20.925
Thanksgiving of the 500.

602
00:22:21.645 --> 00:22:22.725
Absolutely amazing. Yeah.

603
00:22:22.835 --> 00:22:27.645
Well look guys, so as we said, carb day from what time?

604
00:22:27.905 --> 00:22:29.565
One 15 to three 15.

605
00:22:29.585 --> 00:22:32.525
<v Speaker 3>1215 to two 15.</v>
<v Speaker 2>Close. James,</v>

606
00:22:33.545 --> 00:22:35.645
<v Speaker 1>That's where car's on track at 12, whatever</v>

607
00:22:35.645 --> 00:22:39.325
<v Speaker 3>That was the</v>
<v Speaker 2>Wait, are we, so you,</v>

608
00:22:39.325 --> 00:22:40.885
you're going live in the middle

609
00:22:40.885 --> 00:22:44.245
of practice that's gonna be noisy.

610
00:22:45.045 --> 00:22:47.845
<v Speaker 1>Hmm. Yeah, I thought it was gonna be one 15 to three 15.</v>

611
00:22:48.115 --> 00:22:50.965
<v Speaker 2>That was the original, but that is in practice. 11 to one</v>

612
00:22:51.275 --> 00:22:53.365
<v Speaker 1>Sure is all</v>
<v Speaker 2>Day. Okay. Okay. Well let,</v>

613
00:22:53.465 --> 00:22:54.565
<v Speaker 1>We didn't set the time. Lemme confirm that</v>

614
00:22:54.785 --> 00:22:57.805
<v Speaker 2>By next week, that up higher time, we got</v>

615
00:22:58.565 --> 00:23:00.605
<v Speaker 1>Sometime around one ish, noon-ish.</v>

616
00:23:00.715 --> 00:23:01.765
Between noon and one.

617
00:23:01.775 --> 00:23:04.325
We're gonna be live in the same place, uh,

618
00:23:04.325 --> 00:23:06.765
outside the pagoda just north of the pagoda.

619
00:23:07.385 --> 00:23:11.115
And um, Tim and Joey are gonna be holding it down, Alex,

620
00:23:11.115 --> 00:23:12.235
and I'll be making appearances

621
00:23:12.295 --> 00:23:13.435
as will some very special guests.

622
00:23:14.535 --> 00:23:18.235
And I guess now is probably Tim a good time

623
00:23:18.235 --> 00:23:22.385
to also talk about the other thing because we have a link.

624
00:23:22.805 --> 00:23:26.825
So Yes. Um, as is also somewhat of a tradition, Monday

625
00:23:26.915 --> 00:23:30.345
after qualifying, uh, Monday Practice Day, we're doing a lot

626
00:23:30.345 --> 00:23:32.105
of small intimate live show up in one

627
00:23:32.105 --> 00:23:34.545
of the Tower Terrace Suites, very limited tickets.

628
00:23:35.125 --> 00:23:37.465
Uh, we do have some that we are in charge of selling

629
00:23:37.885 --> 00:23:41.745
and we are going to put up a link, uh, on our socials to,

630
00:23:41.805 --> 00:23:42.905
uh, to purchase those tickets.

631
00:23:42.975 --> 00:23:45.245
Like I said, very limited. We're gonna be there.

632
00:23:45.555 --> 00:23:46.805
Alex May or may not show up.

633
00:23:46.945 --> 00:23:48.605
We may or may not get another driver to swing

634
00:23:48.605 --> 00:23:49.925
by, but we've done it before.

635
00:23:49.955 --> 00:23:52.325
It's always a good time. It's cozy, it's intimate, it's fun.

636
00:23:52.825 --> 00:23:54.485
So, uh, make sure you click on that for those,

637
00:23:54.625 --> 00:23:57.565
<v Speaker 4>And and tickets to that show also include like,</v>

638
00:23:57.625 --> 00:23:58.685
all day at that practice.

639
00:23:58.865 --> 00:24:01.605
Yes. And the Tower, tower Suite, that's, that comes with,

640
00:24:01.605 --> 00:24:03.085
you get four tickets, you get parking passes.

641
00:24:04.085 --> 00:24:06.005
I think that has pit access from there.

642
00:24:06.995 --> 00:24:09.885
It's, it's a good time. And it'll be catered by Jugs again.

643
00:24:10.345 --> 00:24:11.805
<v Speaker 1>Yep. So we got, we got food.</v>

644
00:24:11.805 --> 00:24:14.085
I'll be drunk to be fed, be drunk before

645
00:24:14.785 --> 00:24:15.785
<v Speaker 3>Rev was sick.</v>

646
00:24:15.835 --> 00:24:17.205
That was my favorite booth. I think

647
00:24:18.365 --> 00:24:19.365
<v Speaker 1>Favorite one was Jugs.</v>

648
00:24:19.635 --> 00:24:23.285
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. One of, I had, I had like, I had three,</v>

649
00:24:23.655 --> 00:24:24.965
three favorites probably.

650
00:24:24.985 --> 00:24:26.205
And Jugs was one of 'em.

651
00:24:28.115 --> 00:24:30.365
They had a crazy like Tacho situation

652
00:24:30.395 --> 00:24:33.725
with pulled pork cheese, fried pickles, tater tots,

653
00:24:34.055 --> 00:24:35.055
<v Speaker 1>Tacho.</v>

654
00:24:35.055 --> 00:24:36.725
Oh my God. I just got that. That's incredible.

655
00:24:37.105 --> 00:24:38.445
<v Speaker 3>It was delicious. It was delicious.</v>

656
00:24:39.265 --> 00:24:42.885
Uh, root and Bone was fantastic per usual, my

657
00:24:42.905 --> 00:24:43.905
<v Speaker 1>Guy.</v>

658
00:24:43.905 --> 00:24:44.245
Thank you. Thank you.

659
00:24:44.305 --> 00:24:47.085
<v Speaker 3>Um, me and Ry really enjoyed Root and Bone as always.</v>

660
00:24:47.505 --> 00:24:49.805
And then, um, I forget

661
00:24:49.805 --> 00:24:51.405
what it's called, mambas or something.

662
00:24:51.405 --> 00:24:54.965
It was Marcos. It was, uh, the, the empanada.

663
00:24:55.215 --> 00:24:56.245
There was a Oh, nice.

664
00:24:56.245 --> 00:25:00.845
Fantastic steak empanada by Mambas or something.

665
00:25:01.085 --> 00:25:04.805
M Mamas mambas. But it was, we it was fantastic. Yeah.

666
00:25:04.985 --> 00:25:06.605
Rev was awesome though. Thanks again, pal.

667
00:25:07.585 --> 00:25:09.285
<v Speaker 1>No, of course. All right. Well guys, thanks</v>

668
00:25:09.285 --> 00:25:11.405
for being here, Joey, thanks for being there on Carb Day.

669
00:25:11.585 --> 00:25:13.045
Yep. We, you, we appreciate you.

670
00:25:13.225 --> 00:25:14.285
And I'll be there on the 19th

671
00:25:14.705 --> 00:25:15.705
<v Speaker 3>Too.</v>

672
00:25:15.705 --> 00:25:16.885
I won't be on the stage, but I'll be there having drinks

673
00:25:16.885 --> 00:25:19.165
and having jugs and hanging out, so Yeah.

674
00:25:19.315 --> 00:25:24.085
<v Speaker 1>Love that. Love that for everybody involved. Yes, Alex, I,</v>

675
00:25:24.285 --> 00:25:25.405
<v Speaker 2>I love No, I love everything.</v>

676
00:25:25.645 --> 00:25:28.685
I can't wait. , it's, uh, it's uh, it's December.

677
00:25:28.875 --> 00:25:30.805
It's Christmas time. It's winter in the summer.

678
00:25:31.065 --> 00:25:32.205
And, uh, we're gonna

679
00:25:32.205 --> 00:25:33.285
have a great time, so we'll see you all soon.

680
00:25:34.835 --> 00:25:36.925
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681
00:25:37.145 --> 00:25:40.285
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