{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Choose Wisely, Dale ... We're All Listening","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/choose-wisely-dale-we-re-all-listening","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/sxm.simplecastaudio.com/8402ddef-50ff-4346-b787-d6640c0d98d2/episodes/4ba10eed-5646-4788-8bc8-aded6903e255/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=8402ddef-50ff-4346-b787-d6640c0d98d2&awEpisodeId=4ba10eed-5646-4788-8bc8-aded6903e255&feed=xHwJAwNo","description":"Only have 30 minutes? Spend it the best way you can - with us! It's time for the Dirty Thirty, where you get the best half hour from this week's Dirty Mo Media shows.\nIn Dirty Air this week, Dale Jr. talks about Rockingham and ponders why the Cup Series left the track in the first place — and the possible tracks you could replace it with on the schedule.\nOver on Door Bumper Clear, Mark Martin joined to talk about Corey Heim's incredible start to the season, but his ineligibility for the Truck Series chase.\nOn this week's Bless Your 'Hardt, Amy took inspiration from Ella Langley and Theo Von's conversation on what flower they would be. Her pick for Dale was perfect, and his ... got there eventually.\nLast but not least, on the guest episode this week, Johnny Benson and Dale Jr. discuss their lingering concussion symptoms and the crash that lingered with Johnny the longest.\nThanks for tuning in this week - we hope you enjoyed it!\nDon't forget to check out shop.dirtymomedia.com! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising."},"annotations":[{"startTime":40.6,"endTime":54.3,"type":"concept","title":"Cup Series","url":"/glossary/cup-series","quote":"...a lot of questions around should the Cup Series go to that racetrack. You know, I don't know. I think it would be a good race.","canonicalId":"concept:cup-series","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Cup Series is NASCAR’s top-level stock-car racing series. When they talk about whether it should go to a specific track, they’re discussing how the highest-profile NASCAR cars and teams would compete there.","simplifiedExplanation":"The Cup Series is NASCAR’s main, top-tier racing league. 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The idea here is that some tracks used to get two races, but they’ve been reduced to one because it’s been successful."}},{"startTime":338.6,"endTime":346.1,"type":"concept","title":"geographical footprint","url":"/glossary/geographical-footprint","quote":"old rocking ham NASCAR looks at the geographical footprint a lot, I'm sure, and says, where are we racing?","canonicalId":"concept:geographical-footprint","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.8,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Geographical footprint” means NASCAR’s overall geographic coverage—where races are located across regions and states. The speaker suggests NASCAR uses this to decide where to race and whether adding events makes sense.","simplifiedExplanation":"This is about where the races are spread out across the country. 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