“Nitro” is a type of drag racing fuel used in the fastest NHRA classes. The cars are incredibly powerful and built specifically for short, straight sprints.
Pro Stock is a specific kind of drag racing. It’s a class where cars are prepared to race very fast down a straight track, and the competition is all about making the car run consistently.
Topic
Jordan van de Gryff
They’re talking about Jordan van de Gryff and how he’ll be on the show. The mention is about a racer’s run and the show lineup.
Topic
Jason Logan
They mention Jason Logan while talking about music playing during the racing broadcast. It’s not really a car or tech detail.
The Dacia Logan is a low-cost sedan meant to get you from place to place without spending a lot. It’s usually simpler than more expensive cars and focuses on practicality. If it’s mentioned in a casual list, it’s likely being used as an example of an affordable car.
“Space Wagon” usually means a wagon that someone describes as futuristic or funny-sounding—more like a nickname than a specific car model. A wagon is a car with extra space behind the seats for cargo. In the podcast, it’s likely being used as a playful description.
Topic
Jack Beckman
Jack Beckman is mentioned as a driver being watched “on a screen,” in the context of drag-racing coverage. This functions as a name/topic reference for listeners following the sport’s personalities.
“Fog it” sounds like a product they’re promoting that you can buy through automotive suppliers. The hosts don’t explain what it does in this excerpt, so it’s best treated as a named product.
Calibration services are people who tune a car’s computer settings. They adjust things like fuel and timing so the engine runs correctly with the car’s upgrades.
Oz Racing appears to be a racing team or shop that someone is working with. The mention suggests they’re involved in the racing program being discussed.
A torque converter is what transfers power from the engine to the automatic transmission using fluid. In drag racing, the “right” converter helps the engine rev where it makes power for a stronger launch.
Piston rings are the sealing bands on the piston that help keep combustion pressure where it belongs. Total Seal is a brand known for rings that aim to seal better for performance engines.
“Hidden horsepower” means the car has more power available than you’d think at first. Usually it shows up after tuning or fixing things that were holding the engine back.
“Val Dosta” is being used as a stop on a long drive. They’re saying it has plenty of hotels and places to eat.
Topic
Adele, Georgia
This sounds like a place in Georgia where the drag-racing event happened. The exact name may be misheard in the transcript, but the point is that NHRA boosted the area’s visibility.
This is a segment where the hosts summarize key outcomes from the events they just discussed. It’s essentially a recap before deeper breakdowns later in the episode.
A “truck race” is a NASCAR race where the cars look like pickup trucks. They’re still race cars, just with truck-style bodies.
Concept
fantasy league results
Fantasy leagues are games where you pick real racers and earn points based on how they finish. “Fantasy league results” means the standings in that game.
In racing, a caution flag means something happened on the track and everyone has to slow down. It usually changes strategy because teams may pit while the race is slowed.
This sounds like a name for one of the race stats they track from lap to lap. In the segment, they’re basically saying the team is strong in most categories.
This means the team’s pit crew is ranked 38th for pit performance. If the pit crew is slow, the car can lose positions even if it’s good on track.
Term
No one is passing averages
They’re saying it’s hard for drivers to pass each other right now. When passing is rare, it usually means the track or race conditions make overtaking difficult.
Road course racing is car racing on a paved track with lots of turns. Drivers have to slow down, turn, and speed back up repeatedly, so both the car and the driver’s skill are tested.
Watkins Glen is a famous race track in New York. The hosts are saying it’s a “fast” track, meaning the cars can go quicker through parts of the course.
The Buick Century is a regular passenger car (a sedan) made for everyday driving. It was designed to be comfortable and practical. If it’s mentioned in a conversation about decline, it’s likely being used as an example of an older, more mainstream type of car.
They’re saying the car’s performance was repeatable from run to run. That’s important because it usually means the setup and tune are working reliably, not just hitting a lucky run.
That’s a drag-racing timing for the first 60 feet after the car launches. Faster 60-foot times usually mean the car hooked up well and got moving quickly right away.
A “pass” is one full run down the drag strip. If the times and speeds are similar from pass to pass, it usually means the car is set up well and behaving consistently.
That’s the car’s speed measured during the run, usually near the end of the drag strip. Higher and repeatable speeds generally mean the car is pulling hard all the way down the track.
In bracket racing, “dial your own” means you pick the target time you think you can run. That target time is what you’re trying to match as closely as possible during the race.
Term
ET
“ET” means elapsed time—the total time from the start to the finish in a drag race. Lower ET usually means faster, but the hosts are emphasizing consistency instead of just chasing the best time.
Bracket racing is a drag race where you’re aiming for a specific target time instead of just trying to be the quickest. The winner is usually the driver who runs closest to their target, so launching consistently is the big deal.
An engine build means someone is putting together an engine using specific parts and settings, not just using a stock engine. The goal is usually to make it run the way they want—strong, smooth, and consistent.
Concept
soft side of the engine
“Soft side” usually means they’re not pushing the engine as hard as it could go. That can make it run more consistently and be easier on the engine.
Drag racing on sand is like drag racing, but the track is sand instead of pavement. Because sand grips differently, cars need different tires and setup to get off the line.
“Qualified third” means they were the third-fastest (or third-best) during the timed qualifying. That usually affects who they race next.
Term
top alcohol sand drags
“Top Alcohol” is a drag-racing category where cars use alcohol fuel. “Sand drags” means the race is run on sand, so the tires and launch behave differently than on normal pavement.
In drag racing, “semis” are the semifinal races—basically the round right before the final. If you make it there, you’re already among the quicker cars from the earlier heats.
Term
money car champy cuts pretty good light
“Cutting a light” means launching at the right moment when the race starts. If you leave too early, you can get penalized, so timing is everything.
The clutch is what lets the driver smoothly connect the engine to the drivetrain. In racing, getting it right helps the car launch hard without slipping or jerking.
Term
de rotor screw blowers
A “screw blower” is a type of supercharger that pushes extra air into the engine. More air (with the right fuel) usually means more power, which is why racers use it.
Top Fuel is a drag-racing class. The cars are purpose-built to go extremely fast in a straight line over a short race, using special fuel and huge power.
The start line is where the race begins in drag racing. If you don’t launch well from there, you can lose even if your car is fast.
Term
square tires
“Square tires” means the tires aren’t wearing in a way that gives the best grip. In drag racing, tire grip is everything for getting moving fast right from the start.
A crew chief is the person who calls the shots for a racing team. They help decide how to set up the car and what to do between runs to make it faster.
Drag radials are special racing tires for drag racing. They’re made to grip hard when you launch, so the car can accelerate without spinning the tires as much. Because they’re so sensitive to traction, the track has to be prepped carefully.
Track prep means getting the track surface ready for racing so the tires can grip. If the track isn’t prepared well, the car can spin or feel inconsistent. Drag racing is especially sensitive to this.
“Spray” is a general way of describing something put on the track to change how grippy it is. In drag racing, that can strongly affect how well the tires hook up.
Concept
breakaway track
A “breakaway” track is one where tires grip well for a moment, then suddenly lose traction. When that happens, the car can start sliding right away instead of slowly getting loose.
“Tire broke free” means the tire stopped gripping the road and started to slide. That’s usually when the car becomes harder to control and you have to adjust how you steer and accelerate.
“Survivor” here sounds like a race where the goal is to make it to the end with fewer risks. Drivers usually go easier and avoid getting into trouble, compared to a more aggressive race.
A hood scoop is a raised opening on the hood that helps push more air toward the engine. Racers use them to improve airflow, especially when the car is built for drag racing.
In drag racing, ET means “elapsed time,” basically how long the car takes to run the track. If two cars have the same ET, they were equally fast overall.
A “survival race” means the race was won by the car that made it through without messing up. Sometimes the best strategy is just to stay consistent and avoid problems.
Topic
epping
Epping is probably a race location. They’re talking about how the same driver might do differently depending on the track and the weather.
Norwalk is a place where races happen. The hosts are saying that, on that kind of track, the driver would likely have been able to do well if he’d shown up.
Ferrari is another Formula 1 team. They’re debating how Ferrari’s strategy during the race (like when to pit and what tires to run) hurt their chances.
Leclerc is a driver (Charles Leclerc) who races for Ferrari. They’re saying Ferrari’s tire and pit strategy didn’t help him convert a good starting position into a better result.
Renewable fuels are alternative fuels meant to be made from renewable sources. The idea is to reduce emissions while still letting race cars run in a way fans recognize.
“Normally aspirated” means the engine doesn’t use a turbo or supercharger to push extra air in. So it makes power mainly by breathing air naturally, and that changes both the feel and the sound compared with boosted engines.
Mercedes is one of the F1 teams/brands involved in deciding what future race-car technology should look like. In this discussion, they’re not fully going “non-electric” and still want an electric battery part of the system.
Horsepower is a way to describe how much “power” the engine can produce. Here it’s being used as a goal number for what the future race car should be able to make.
The battery in a hybrid race car stores electricity so the car can use extra power when needed. It’s like a power boost system that also helps the car recover energy instead of wasting it.
F1 rules get updated over time, and those updates can change what kinds of engines and tech teams are allowed to build. This “rules change” is expected to bring back more traditional-sounding engine behavior.
Combustible hydrogen means using hydrogen as a fuel that can be burned to make energy. People talk about it because it could be a lower-carbon alternative to traditional fuels, depending on how the hydrogen is made.
Sebastian Vettel is a famous former Formula 1 driver. Here, the host mentions him because he’s been involved with renewable fuels and has talked about keeping the excitement of loud, high-rev engines.
Term
12 13 000 rpm
RPM tells you how fast the engine is spinning. Higher RPM usually means a louder, more aggressive sound and often a different driving feel.
“Super clipping” is a way of describing how drivers can end up using the car’s limits so consistently that it becomes less about skill and more about following the same optimal pattern. The result can feel like there’s less room for drivers to out-brake or out-drive each other.
The “new rules of Miami” means the latest F1 regulations being applied at the Miami Grand Prix. The host is using Miami as a real-world example of how those rules change what racing looks like.
The braking point is where the driver decides to start slowing down for a turn. Braking earlier or later can change your corner entry and can be the difference between gaining or losing time.
Fernando Alonso is a well-known Formula 1 driver. The host brings him up because Alonso is used as a reference point for criticism that today’s racing can feel less about driver skill and more about the car doing the same optimal thing.
Electric boost means the car uses an electric motor to add extra push when you accelerate. It can make the car feel quicker and smoother, especially at lower speeds.
“Screaming V8” is just a colorful way to describe a V8 engine that sounds loud and exciting, especially when it’s revving high. People like it because it feels more dramatic than a quieter engine.
The pits are where race teams hang out between runs. It’s where they work on the car and get ready to race again.
Concept
methanol moonshine
They’re talking about making methanol fuel at home. Methanol is a special type of fuel that some racing or experimental setups use instead of regular gas.
Topic
Sunday telecast
They mention a TV broadcast planned for Sunday. It’s just about timing, not car tech.
Concept
turbo button
A “turbo button” is basically a switch that makes the car feel faster for a short time. It usually increases boost from the turbo so you get more punch when you press it.
Term
F one car
“F one car” is just a way of saying “Formula 1 car.” The comparison is about how fast and dramatic the acceleration looked.
Term
hybrid harvesting
“Hybrid harvesting” means the car saves energy while slowing down and then uses that stored energy later. It’s like getting some of the energy back instead of wasting it.
Concept
three day event
This means the racing weekend lasts three days. Different parts of the event—like practice, qualifying, and the main races—happen on different days.
Topic
sportsman qualifying
“Sportsman qualifying” is the part of the weekend where the sportsman racers try to earn their spot for the next rounds. They usually do it by running fast enough to qualify.
“Top door slammer” is a drag-racing class for cars that look more like normal cars, especially with doors. They’re still heavily modified to go extremely fast in a straight line.
Pro Mod is a drag-racing class for cars that are modified a lot to go faster than stock. Teams use specialized engines and tuning to make very quick runs down the strip.
In an index class, racers are trying to hit a specific target time. A “585 index” means the competition is organized around aiming for about 5.85 seconds in elapsed time.
They’re talking about a Chevrolet Camaro that’s using nitrous to make extra power. In drag racing, that’s a common way to get quicker acceleration down the strip.
“Tuning” means adjusting the car so it runs the way the team wants. On a race car, that often includes settings that control how the engine makes power.
In drag racing, “testing” is practice at the track. The team uses it to make sure the car is set up right and that the driver can run safely before the real event.
A delay box is a gadget racers use to control exactly when the car’s ignition (or fuel) happens after the start. The goal is to help the car launch more consistently so it doesn’t just spin its tires.
Term
K and R box
A “K and R box” sounds like a specialized control box racers use to help the car launch and run more consistently. The hosts are implying it’s a step up that can improve your chances of winning.
“Off the bottom” means how well the car gets going right at the start, when the engine is at low rpm. Racers care because a strong launch can make the whole race easier to win.
Concept
white whale
“White whale” is a metaphor for a tough goal you really want but haven’t been able to get. In this conversation, it’s the big prize the driver is trying to finally achieve.
Concept
foot swapper
“Foot swapper” is slang for a driver who changes which foot operates the pedals (commonly switching between left/right foot for throttle and brake). In racing, it’s often discussed as a technique that can affect consistency, reaction time, and how smoothly the car is launched or controlled.
A trans brake is a racing trick that helps a car launch more consistently. It holds the transmission so the engine can rev up before you release it to start moving.
Concept
foggit action of the roadster
They’re describing how the roadster is dealing with bad weather or messy conditions. The point is that rain/visibility can change how you drive and how the car feels.
Red Line Oil is a company that makes performance engine oils. People pick it when they want their car’s oil to be better suited for hard driving or track days.
Larissa Motor Sports Insurance is an insurance company for people who drive cars in motorsports. Regular car insurance may not cover track use the same way, so specialty policies can be important.
FTI Performance is a company that makes upgraded transmission parts. People use them when they want an automatic to handle harder driving and shift more strongly.
Company
Marvin Rodak
Marvin Rodak is mentioned as someone helping put the show together. It doesn’t sound like a car part or technical concept in this segment.
Topic
Dallas, the Stampede Speed
They’re referencing a racing event in Dallas. It’s mentioned as part of the timeline for upcoming races.
They’re using a nickname for an area where drag racing is a big deal. It’s describing the vibe and popularity of drag racing there.
Brand
WFO
WFO is the name of the show. In car culture it often means “wide-open throttle,” but in this moment they’re mainly saying the station name.
Topic
Dragster Jeff
They mention a person nicknamed “Dragster Jeff.” It’s likely someone involved in drag racing, not a car part or tech term.
Topic
Donate to Kevin
They’re asking people to donate to someone named Kevin. It’s not related to car tech.
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Formula One, Miami. I know what everybody wants to know. We'll get to that eventually. Everybody, who was the girl? Who was the girl who walked through the camera shot?
Man, what a coup that was. And NHRA drag racing at South Georgia Motorsports Park to return of the Southern Nationals.
We got that. We're going to find out if Matt in Australia did anything out there in his big race down under. We're going to get to all of it. It is going to be great.
I am super excited and I am exhausted.
Now, normally, I wouldn't tell you I'd lie or something like that, you know, but like I got good news, everybody. I got good news.
That's exciting. Ma Ma Ma is home after 69 days in the hospital. 69 days ago.
I, you know, a call was on a Wednesday, went over there and she heard herself on a Tuesday the following Wednesday. I was like, what are we going to do here?
Like, are we going to just, you know, we did it your way. Let's go. We went to the hospital and that was February 25th.
And today is May the 4th be with you. May the 4th be with you. John Forrest's birthday. Star Wars Day.
The entire month of March and the entire month of April have been lost. She got home to her house and was like, oh my gosh, like had had trouble remembering the inside of her house.
Like, I have a beautiful house and she, you know, she came right back. It was really probably a great part of healing.
If you think about it, like seeing all this stuff and, you know, an improvement or two.
But that's where we are. Got back at 7am, 720am from Tallahassee. I flew through Tallahassee, which was kind of interesting.
Next time I might do Jacksonville, but anyway, we will talk about it on the show.
Giovanni Miami schedule to join Sue Morris already ready. And I have put out the Patreon beacon.
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There's a lot of good stuff for the patrons last week's NHRA Nitro with Amber Hartford and a bunch of other people.
Now, man, we had Ron Capps. We had Maddie Gordon on a television shoot. We had Matt Hartford. We had Amber Hartford.
It was really great. We had a good time. It was a lot of fun.
And then Heiner had Eddie Grinachian. And they go out there and they had to race each other first round.
What if not the worst pro stock race in history?
Like ugliest. I still found it entertaining. That's the thing is I can find it entertaining.
What kind of boxing match are we going to watch? We're going to watch a boxing match.
What guys are like, you know, students of the game and they're amazing and the boxing is great or guys are just like swinging and dock ducking, falling, slipping.
Oh, watch it. Doesn't have to be pretty. But yeah, wild pro stock race Dallas Glenn going to be on the show tomorrow.
Who's going to be on the show? Jordan van de Gryff going to be on the show one o'clock Eastern time Jordan.
He's going to run right over. Oh my gosh, I got a story about that.
The Jordan van de Gryff run and Jason Logan playing chariots of fire.
And I don't know if you guys could hear chariots of fire on any chari TV, but the people in the house got an incredible experience.
And the best experience my experience was incredible because watching Jack Beckman run on a screen, the chariots of fire and Jordan running on a screen to chariots of fire.
What I saw with my eyes and ears was incredible. I don't know what everybody else saw.
Some of the some of the royalty music doesn't go out always on an HR TV.
We're going to get into all that Dallas Glenn Matt Smith going to be on the show as well. We're going to have Dallas and we're going to have Matt.
And I think that's probably it. Normally I would invite a Galvin or Josh hatchet to debrief.
I think we'll do that next week before Chicago.
And we'll just put together a nice competent program with those three drivers tomorrow.
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How it went. How it all went down. Matt Clark down there in Oz racing. So cool.
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We had a good time out there. South Georgia. It was great. It was great. Let's bring on close to the show.
Look who made it. Look who made it. I thought he was going to be much later. Giovanni in Miami.
What's up, Gio? All right.
On a great happy Star Wars day to all those who celebrate.
Yeah, a little sadness. I'm celebrating. I'm celebrating the return of my back home.
But you are wearing a New York Yankee shirt. John Sterling.
Well, yes, there is a reason, yes, as as you are about to get into 40 years, right?
Maybe longer play by play voice for the New York Yankees.
It is high. It is far. It is gone.
He was a good guy. Eighty seven. He worked until he was like eighty seven Yankees win.
Yankees win.
Yeah, even Jerry likes it. And OK, also, Sue Morris in the house.
What's up, Sue? How are you?
Yo, WFO. Happy Star Wars Day. May the fourth be with you all. Here we go.
Yes. Star Wars Day. Very cool. There's some new Star Wars stuff coming out.
Geo and I have been like seeing it, like the Grogu movie is going to be out
and there's a bunch of stuff coming out like you're going to have to go to the movie theater.
Yes. The Mandalorian movie, they say, switching it up on us.
We're going to have to make us go to the movie theater. Good.
You know what? I need a reason to go to the movie theater.
I haven't been to the movie theater since the Formula One movie.
Which won an award, by the way, won a Academy Award for best sound effects.
And I think that was good. Good deal.
Speaking of Formula One, Formula One in Miami, all that stuff.
Geo, I don't know. Maybe he went for all I know.
Did you go, Geo?
You know, I had intentions of trying to sneak out there, but early in the early,
not early, I guess midweek around Wednesday of last week,
the baseball player in the house, you know, since it's no longer baseball season,
decided to find some team that needed a player for a tournament this weekend.
And I spent the weekend at baseball fields.
Obviously, Sunday we got rained out.
So, you know.
How was that? You take it rain Sunday, didn't you?
Yeah, yeah, it was.
Well, that's why they moved the Formula One race up from 4pm on the eastern coast to 1pm.
And they got it in without any rain, because from what I understand,
after four o'clock, it was like a downpour.
And you know, in that area, the bottom is really that thunder.
And if there's any lightning within, you know, 10 mile radius of the stadium,
they have to, you know, shoo everybody away and stop the games or whatever's happening.
That's right. Safety, you know.
So, I can tell you, I've seen none of that.
We'll talk about that in the Formula One section.
I've seen none other than.
Yes, I did not go to the autodromo dolphin stadium.
So, the most publicized highlight of the entire event was the pretty girl
walking through the camera shot on, I guess that was Apple with Jensen Button.
No, that's Sky Feed.
That was Sky.
Okay.
Walking through that.
And that was all over my feed.
And I'm like, you know, we're like, who is this?
This has got to be someone.
And sure enough, she is like a famous DJ.
Or maybe she's not famous.
She's just pretty, but now she's famous.
One minute to the next.
One minute to the next.
And then the second most popular thing that happened was Kimmy Antonelli
apparently won the race.
Third consecutive turns out that young man.
He's, he's pretty good.
He's not a bender.
He's a talented race car driver for a teenager.
Yeah.
Lewis called him good.
You know, he did.
Good.
I mean, when you put him in the car, you can drive.
When you do something in Formula One that has never been done before,
I think that makes you pretty good.
You know, this kid's got, well, he won his first three races from the poll,
which were also his first three polls.
And so that's some sort of record or something.
Yeah, that's great.
We'll get into all of that.
NASCAR as well.
I got to watch the last 20 laps of the NASCAR race.
When I got back to the hotel, I flew through Tallahassee and drove an hour
and a half.
South Georgia Motorsports Park is not really near anything.
Val Dosta.
That's its claim to fame.
It's that it's not really near anything.
From what I understand.
Val Dosta is the natural.
End point.
Of day one of a two day drive from the Midwest.
To the Southeast.
For years and years.
So if you're coming from Chicago or Indiana and you're coming down to the
keys or Daytona or four, you know, like maybe not Daytona,
but to South Florida, you stop in Val Dosta.
That's where you stop.
And they've got every kind of hotel and every kind of chain restaurant and
every kind of fast food restaurant and every kind of everything.
It's like a little Las Vegas.
I got it like Viva Val Dosta.
They've got every no gambling, but they've got all kinds of just stuff.
There's nothing to do in Val Dosta.
Until now.
And NHRA drag racing put in that place.
Adele, Georgia.
Put it on the map in a big, big way.
Back to back days of sellouts.
Although Saturday was not announced until today.
The Saturday was also a sellout back to back sellout crowds.
Massive crowd.
Absolute insanity.
A lot of fun.
The rain.
Got us on Saturday and slowed us down, but we got a session in,
which is a miracle.
A miracle of hard work and effort.
And then Sunday you all witnessed Sunday.
We saw the fastest run drag racing history.
And now Saturday.
Yup.
Backed it up.
Yeah.
We saw 345 and 344.
Sean Landon.
And what about Maddie Gordon?
Throwing down the 340.
Maddie over 340.
A couple of them.
That was, that was awesome.
Maddie Gordon's star power continues.
We'll talk about it when we get to the drag racing section.
Welcome, Bobby Graham.
How are you?
I'm doing good.
Good.
Very good.
Good.
So let's get into the quick results.
Chase Elliott wins in NASCAR.
We usually kick it off with NASCAR.
Denny Hamlin was trying to, trying to get up there,
but just couldn't get there.
Alex Bowman, third, Tyler Riddick, fourth.
Chris Buscher, fifth.
Daniel Suarez, Carson Hosevar,
another good effort for Carson,
who I believe won the truck race as well.
William Byron, eighth,
Hubba Wallace, ninth,
and Ryan Blaney rounding out the top 10.
It was, it looked like a pretty fun race.
I'm going to go back and watch it all,
but I just happened to see the last 10, 15 laps.
Bobby Graham,
let's get those updated fantasy league results.
All right.
Now the winners of the race,
it seems to be the day for the old folks.
First place,
Dragster Jeff won the race.
Dragster Jeff.
Don't call me old Dragster Jeff.
But there's an asterisk next to this.
He also tied the bug born for first place.
Oh man.
Look at that.
Bobby.
Second hand lines.
So third place,
Lowes,
Shingons,
it's in third place.
Fourth place,
Bullswell.
Bullswell,
way to go Bullswell.
Fifth place,
Southern Racer X.
Dave.
There he is.
Sixth place.
Mr.
Fantasy NASCAR.
Seventh place.
Beer,
Rita racing.
81.
Eighth place.
Team 12.
Also tied with him is
Henley Damlin in eighth place.
And not releasing their points is 10th place is 365 party girl.
There's our girl,
Megan.
Tied with Top Fuel Champ,
1215.
If you still ain't hanging,
giving up points.
Oh, that's no.
Oh hell no.
Four seasons standings.
First place is still Megan.
With a 163 point lead,
Bullswell is in second place.
Third place,
team 12.
And look at here, up 10 spots.
Your biggest winner,
the Bug Barn is now in fourth place.
Oh, Bobby making a dash to the front.
I'm going to speak in third person,
not to jinx myself.
Fifth place,
be like Biff.
Sixth place,
Nitro AJ.
Seventh place,
he's up eighth spot.
Mr. Fantasy NASCAR.
Oh, no.
Making the move.
Uh, uh, uh, uh.
Eighth place,
Zamboni John.
Keychain.
Way to go,
Zamboni John.
Ninth place.
Represent,
we're part of the Secret Society.
There it is.
You hear the ice.
Shhh.
Ninth place,
Olson's dad's trailblazer.
And in 10th place,
EZE009,
and he's down 390 points.
And that's our NASCAR standings.
Way to go.
Great job,
Bobby Graham.
Great job,
Bobby Graham and world of NASCAR.
You know,
it seems like they're having a good time over there.
Um, you know,
look,
I think about a Tyler Reddick and Carson Hosevar and,
you know,
Bubba Wallace is just like a regular racer now.
And you,
we've had this Connor Zillich,
Shane Van Gisburg,
and we've had this whole,
the sea change happen.
Kyle Bush just turned 41.
He's an old man,
Jerry Atre.
And, um,
He's an angry old man.
That's what he is.
Angry old man.
Chase Elliott wins again.
He's got his second win of the year.
He's only, you know,
him and Reddick are the only guys with multiple wins.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Bubba Wallace finishes 10th
in the top 10 with a backup car.
Ninth.
Ninth.
Yeah.
Finish ninth in a backup car.
Like he crashed first lap practice.
So,
and you know,
that was impressive.
What is there,
their teammate,
the guy in the 35 cars,
he was running up front all day too.
Did he,
did he end up?
Corey Haim.
Yeah.
Uh,
he had,
he had problems at the end.
They, uh,
ran along and yeah.
Look at that.
no,
it wasn't Corey.
no,
it was,
sorry.
The 35 car is,
uh,
sorry.
I'm getting my guys mixed up.
Well,
you're looking for you guys just for Riley Herbs.
M and 11.
Riley Herbs.
Right.
The other one that Kyle Bush had an issue with.
A couple of weeks.
Yeah.
Kyle.
He wrecked the 42 car at the last lap there.
Yeah.
John,
I don't even check he had about enough of him and gave him a
little shove.
He says Hunter came down on him.
But,
you know,
23,
you know,
Michael Jordan and,
uh,
Denny Hamlin,
23 11 racing man.
They,
they've been the top tier team this year.
Yeah.
They really have.
And,
you know,
Hamlin came so close last year.
He's suffered a lot of personal anguish and he's the old guy
and the time it's the tic-tac-tic-tac is happening.
Dude,
he's,
you know,
he's the winningest driver without a championship right now.
Yep.
It's when we,
you know,
when we were kids,
like Mark Martin was that guy.
It's just.
He doesn't want to be that guy.
You know,
maybe now this year that we went back to the,
to the old system.
Yeah.
He might be able to,
it won't be as random as,
oh,
he didn't win the last race.
Right.
Because last year you can,
inarguably he had the best season.
Without a doubt.
And the best playoff.
Without a doubt.
He didn't win the last race.
Even the playoff,
he just didn't win the last race.
Dude,
he was about to win when the,
when that caution flag.
And then they blew the,
the,
the call on pit road that everybody took two or no tires.
You notice they haven't done that the last couple of races.
Yeah.
no,
they stayed out.
The terrible pit crew award now goes to Ryan Blaney,
who,
they should have sat there during the race.
His team is like third overall in all,
in all the stats, you know,
speed,
lap sled,
all kinds of,
all the positive and pit crew 38th.
Oh gosh.
There it is.
No one is passing averages.
It's crazy.
And Ryan Blaney.
Well,
change is coming,
change is coming this weekend,
the first road course race.
We're going to go bowling at the Glen.
That's right.
Bowling at the Glen.
Bowling at the Glen, May 10th.
Catherine leg going to be in the race.
She's going to run for a live fast,
or live fast motor sports.
You know,
Catherine leg who has run in the champ car and,
and the,
and the 500 that'll be interesting.
I like the road course racing, you know,
and the Glen is a fast road course.
Like that's the thing about Watkins Glen is,
is there's different styles of road courses and the Glen is fast.
And we have seen crazy stuff, a big one at the Glen.
And so I'll be excited.
We'll all be home.
It's Mother's Day weekend, right?
It's Mother's Day weekend.
My mother is home.
Mother's Day weekend.
That is super exciting about that.
And bring your parka if you're going to Watkins Glen,
because it's going to be cold boys and girls.
It's going to be cold.
But then again,
the Glen and May is not known for being warm.
Norm for, well, we shall see, we shall see how it all goes.
All right.
So we, we did say at the start of the show,
just because of my psychological frailty,
that this is a one hour, hard one hour as close to the one hour
mark as we can get.
So we're going to just get, we're going to move topics.
Matt in Australia is down there.
Matt, are you, are you there?
Matt in Australia.
Good day, mate.
Good day, guys.
Good day, mate.
How are you?
So we usually do the Australia report a little later in the
show, but most Australia reports are not after you actually
racing.
We did a lot of hyping the big event that you had the second
largest event or the largest event outside the United States
of America.
You had Alan Reinhardt down there.
You, you got to meet Alan Reinhardt, all kinds of good stuff
you raced.
And so I want to move the Australia report.
Certainly the Matt went racing portion of it up into the show
so that you are not pressed for time and feeling stressed.
Okay.
So we've gone to page two of the newspaper.
No, you are just below the fold.
Page one, page one below the fold.
Wow.
Yeah.
How about me with newspaper speak?
Yeah.
I was shocked to see that out quick.
Yeah.
I don't know about stuff.
Yeah.
Yeah.
For everybody born this century.
I think that's part of the decline of civilization.
By the way, newspapers are very, very important.
And the fact that we don't read newspapers is directly
contributing to our being at the stupefication.
That directly people should be reading newspapers.
I just can't agree.
How about just reading?
Yes.
Because historically speaking,
the newspaper was written at an elementary school reading level.
So I don't think that that was helping anybody, you know,
further educate themselves.
I don't think it hurt them either though.
The problem with the newspaper is that it's yesterday's news.
Well, right now.
Yes.
It is yesterday's news.
The thing is though,
it used to take how many days to mail a letter.
Come on.
You know,
you know,
with the newspaper though,
you know about things that you probably don't would never know
or don't want to know if it got you because you'd be like,
Oh,
Oh,
that happened.
Foot the page.
Oh, that happened.
That wears with the algorithms in the screen.
Like you only get stuff that you really want and a lot of stuff
like kids fighting that you don't want.
Anyway, Matt.
100% race weekend.
Do you want the Aussie report and then Matt's race weekend
or round the other way?
Matt's race weekend.
Matt's race weekend.
Come on,
Australia.
You went racing, man.
Come on.
Yeah.
Good weekend.
It was,
it was big and for our,
only our third race meeting back after three plus years
in the wilderness.
It was,
it was tough.
It was,
it was a grind Friday.
We only had my crew chief,
my brother,
nor Brett and Julie there.
And I had a couple of mates that aren't really.
Well,
they're sort of car guys,
but not really.
Right.
They're just happy to be hanging with you,
but they're not really competent to do anything.
We give them a job.
No,
gave them a job.
and yeah,
so we didn't have the normal crew there,
which is understandable given that it was a,
it was a Friday.
Everyone else was at work and we had our three qualifiers.
Went reasonably well.
Yeah.
As over the course of the whole weekend,
we only,
we only got four passes in.
We got three qualifiers and E one.
So just to break the news to everybody out there,
I let you all down.
I didn't get the,
the gold Christmas tree.
However,
it was,
it was a positive weekend.
We got some really good data on the car and we've got it
extremely consistent,
mind-blowingly consistent.
Through our last three 60 foot times were one point one zero
five,
all three of them.
And our last two passes were eight point one three seven
seconds.
Identical.
So,
and over the course of the weekend,
our mile an hour only varied point seven of the mile an hour
from our slowest to our fastest mile an hour.
So that's great.
We,
yeah,
come away from it.
Feeling really good drained.
That's for sure.
Shout out to Sue and Dave.
I was getting the technical input from North Carolina.
And Dave saw,
Dave saw one of my,
one of my reaction times and said,
oh, you need to take a point three out of the box, Matt.
Problem is I don't have a box.
That's the problem.
I'm, I'm,
I'm waiting for a moment to tell you when to get your K and R
pill cubes.
I know.
That's what we are.
We're like,
we got Kevin on,
on speed dial for you.
Just let us know what we'll get you hooked up with K and R.
When appropriate time for me to attack Matt about not having a
delay box.
He was 34.
So that's not terrible.
Right.
Like that's not why he lost.
No.
No, no.
But in, in Q3, this is, this is after Q2.
So Q3.
Yeah.
After Q2,
I get this message from Dave and Sue.
Dave says take point three out of the box or something like that.
Yup.
My neck.
Q3.
Q3.
I went double,
002 red in qualifying.
Yeah.
So that started a couple of text messages back and forth with Dave
and Sue about,
he gave me the incorrect information.
So I took,
I took point three out of my foot box.
Yeah.
They didn't work.
Yeah.
yeah,
first round of eliminations up against a,
a very quick car and a guy who has been racing for a long time.
X national champion.
I dialed
812
and probably went on the conservative side.
I probably should have dialed a 13,
but um,
dialed an 812.
He dialed 690
and ran 6903
to my
813.
hit me at the stripe.
Can't,
can't complain.
Can't, no excuses.
That's just,
that's for drag racing.
And there's the,
everyone here knows better than anyone else.
So, um,
yeah, it was good.
It was a good weekend.
You failed us.
I know I failed you.
Sorry.
That's it.
That's all right, man.
I'm kidding.
You know, like,
I have to say something funny, you know,
like you failed us.
Matt, you are laying,
that car is laying down some great passes.
Well,
it really looks that thing.
It's bizarre, Sue.
And I,
I'm thinking back to my old car.
God love it.
But this thing now,
really.
Yeah.
A little bit.
Just, just a little bit.
It's,
it just does the same thing.
It just repeats.
And I can,
I'm starting to feel it in my,
in my butt.
Yeah.
Every single pass,
it is,
I'm getting the same,
getting the same feel the whole way down the track.
Every single time.
To,
to get
three.
One point one,
zero, five,
60 foot times out of both lanes.
And then the last two passes,
which was in two different lanes as well.
Because we run a dial your own.
We're not,
we're not chasing horsepower or,
or ET.
You are bracket.
You are bracket racing, buddy.
Exactly.
Exactly.
All about consistency.
Yes, man.
You got a Jerry Haas car,
the Kirk Johnson race.
That's underpowered for its chassis.
But still fast.
You're,
you're going to have a very consistent car.
You're going to have a very consistent car.
And so you've got a big opportunity here to go out there
and win races.
When's the next race?
Yeah.
When is the next race?
Come on.
Two weeks,
15th.
Back to our,
back to our state championship.
And I've got it.
I've got the bug back.
I'm wishing it was this week.
No,
but you got time to manage two weeks is right on top of it.
You're here.
Here we go.
It's good.
We've got that special day on a Sunday next weekend, but.
Mom's day.
Yes.
But a big shout out and thank you to Julie.
She double duty all weekend with looking after the crew and,
and helping out, especially on Friday.
Oh, and a special happy,
happy anniversary to you too.
Love birds.
Congrats.
Thank you.
And.
Yeah.
Anyway,
we,
we got the car packed up on Saturday by lunchtime because we were out early.
We watched from racing,
which that'll come up in the Australia report just quickly.
And Julie said,
let's not muck around.
Let's get back to the workshop and on Sunday and get this thing prepped.
So the cars up on projects prepped,
trailers cleaned,
everything's clean.
Car prep's done.
We're basically ready to put it in the trailer and go racing in two weeks
time.
So ready to go.
Julie taking control of this.
I love it.
Exactly.
What you need to do.
My sister from down under.
I love it.
I wanted to do that,
but I didn't want to be the one to suggest.
Right.
Well, no, but she understands.
And so now she's part of it.
She's working.
So let me ask you.
I'm just teasing.
We've got nothing on.
So this is just a joke.
Everything I'm about to say is just humor.
Are we trying to prove a point or are we, we want to win races here?
What?
Are we, do we want to prove a point that we can win without a delay box
or do we want to win races like regular basis?
Like is this door open at all?
Yeah.
Okay.
We want to prove a point.
That's fine.
You can do it.
And showed my,
when I saw my engine build yesterday showed him the data.
He's extremely happy and we're on very much on the soft side of the
engine, I guess you'd say.
And I guess that's what's building the consistency as well.
We're not, we're not on the edge or anywhere near the edge.
That's for sure.
So very happy.
Very happy boy.
Good job.
Good job.
Good job.
Okay.
You can save the rest of the Australia report, I guess, you know,
we'll do that.
We need to hear that.
All right.
Let's talk formula one in Miami.
We see Sacramento racing fan has joined us.
What's up Sacramento racing fan.
Do you sound normal today?
No, you're not.
Keep song.
Yes.
Pick you out and we'll leave.
There he is.
That's so wild.
It's always.
We got dragster Jeff is there.
Hi, dragster.
Hey, man.
It's great to see you.
We miss you buddy.
Yeah.
I miss you guys.
It's been real busy out here.
The sun stays up for a long time on the West coast.
There's lots to do.
Yes.
Yes.
So I saw you in sand drag racing.
Yeah.
Tell us about it.
Yes.
But do it in a quick, concise way because we are on the soft.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Before last we went to Phoenix for the heritage race deal.
Krista Semi in the seven oh pro car.
Qualified third.
So that wasn't too bad.
This time we qualified third again in the top alcohol sand drags
you're up at.
Avonel, which is about two hours north of Bakersfield on high five.
And Semi again.
But at least we get to the semis a lot.
It was wonderful racing with the Chris minor racing team.
Those guys are, uh,
We really had a great, uh, great, great vibe in the camp.
At one point Bob Krista had to run.
Her teammate Bobby Cottrell in the, in the semis.
And, uh,
Of course that guy's in eight times.
And that's how the money car champy cuts pretty good light.
Right.
Still getting used to the car and the clutch and everything.
So, uh, she did all right. The car went a little left. She had to
live.
That's the way things go, but we had a blast.
And I think we go again in June at Lake Ellison or with the,
with the sand car.
It's a, it's a full on Brad Anderson deal with a,
with one of those de rotor screw blowers.
And, uh,
It's a, it's a big power.
Yeah. It's Brittany forces old, uh, a fuel car actually.
Oh really?
Yeah.
So it's built for a little person and Chris statistic very well.
Perfect.
That is very interesting. Good job. Good job.
Good job.
We're doing good guys.
We're, we're happy for it.
I just saw those handrails are looking mean and we're glad you're out
there and glad you're still doing well.
How about, how about I'm either last or first.
I'm in the top five or the bottom five in the darn fantasy.
No, listen, Bobby Graham,
you out right before you got on, you won the week.
You and you and Bobby, I guess tied.
Tied. Yeah. The week before that, I was second to last week.
Before that I was third.
You got to develop that consistency.
Right.
You like Matt Hartford.
I got lucky again.
I guess.
Well,
I think I think three 77.
That's a pretty good point.
Totally Bobby.
Yeah.
It wasn't too bad.
I don't think we have over 400.
Do we?
I'm not sure.
Four hundred is rare.
Four hundred is rare.
Four hundred is there.
I think three nineties probably the highest I've ever seen.
Yeah.
I can remember seeing that.
Well, we done good.
Good job.
Good job.
Yes.
You're Sacramento racing fan.
What's up Sacramento racing fan?
What do you got?
I know you're about to do your big walk is about to go down.
Right.
You're at it in WFO group.
And my donations are.
Not what I had expected.
Okay.
We're failing the donation part of this.
Well,
all the donations I've received so far are from people that
didn't donate last year.
Okay.
So, um,
you know,
I was kind of expecting some people that had donated the last
year to donate this year,
but so far that hasn't happened.
Well, it's not over yet.
Listen, everybody.
I walked Saturday.
I walked Saturday.
Oh, as a plus.
Um, from now until they cut off donations.
Um,
a group has stepped up and they're going to match dollar for
dollar.
So if you think your $5 isn't enough,
it's going to be $10.
There it is.
Maybe that's the thing.
Maybe we need to see a video of you walking.
Maybe you need to post a story like, Hey guys,
I'm out here walking.
Yeah.
I can do that.
Yeah.
You know, like, like what race guitar does.
It's just a logo right now.
We need to see you walking.
All right.
So I'm on the page.
Support me.
Here we go.
Yeah.
Very good.
I can do that.
Okay.
There should be a message in there on that page for me to,
from me too.
Yes.
I see it.
It says, uh, uh, welcome and thank you.
If you would like to donate, please follow the prompts.
If you would like to register.
Yeah.
I don't think that's your message.
That looks more like.
Okay.
For me.
I thought I put a private message in there,
but maybe I'll go back and look at that.
But, um, you know, so anyway, um, I, it's,
you know, mental health is just, it's a dear thing to all of us.
And thank you for your, uh, um, your suggestion.
I'll go out tomorrow and make a training video and post that.
Yes.
Training.
Right.
Right.
You know, people like that stuff.
And it's just a reminder.
Like everyone needs to be reminded over and over again.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Maybe like post it on your social every day,
like, Hey, this week is the big walk.
Oh, I'm planning on doing that.
I did on Facebook.
I didn't go on.
I didn't put it on X today, but I did have one.
When we see it, you know, we'll, uh, you know,
repost.
Yeah.
No, but the training video part, I'm going to do that tomorrow.
Right.
Let's do that.
Cool.
Well, thank you.
Other than that, uh, quite a, quite a weekend up in Georgia.
Yes.
It was what stood out in your mind.
What?
Well, you know, I was thinking about it this morning,
the left lane situation.
Yes.
Right.
I mean, obviously it was good yesterday, Saturday.
It was possible.
My thought is I donated guys.
I just want everybody to know I've donated.
I donated with people with psychological problems.
Not me.
I donated.
So be like me.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And why was it?
What do you.
Anyway.
Um,
I think at some point,
cause cars were getting down it, right?
So.
At some point it doesn't become an excuse more than a,
Oh, we didn't get down cause Elaine is bad.
Yeah.
You know what I mean?
Whereas yes, it's tricky because it's a trip.
But you know,
every track has got its own character characteristics and you
guys haven't been down that track ever.
Right.
Especially top fuel cars and funny cars.
So, you know, I think, but Sunday was good.
The racing was good Sunday.
Um,
what the heck happened to pro stock is beyond me.
ugly as pro stock race.
I can ever.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That.
Maybe Erica's got a chance and then she.
Doesn't get off the start line and.
Square tires.
Yeah.
I just don't know.
Fortunately we have a pro stock crew chief on the staff here at
WFO radio.
He only does shows for the patrons.
His name is Michael Heiner.
Heiner and Hartford ran each other first round and Heiner got
down best run in the first round that I remember.
He actually got them.
I know it wasn't intentional, but it was still bad ass.
Yeah.
And so he has invited elite motorsports engine builder Kyle
Bates on the show.
And I think, I think that's going to happen.
So we're actually going to get a chance to talk with Kyle,
who's, uh, was I think crew chief thing for working with
Troy Coughlin Jr.
So we're going to get some insight.
I talked to Kurt Johnson track specialist from in a venue
concepts and are really.
How is this possible?
The timing of it.
It's just so random.
But Michael Heiner has just entered the chat.
Just like that.
Oh my goodness.
It was like.
I don't need.
Yeah.
Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice.
Heiner.
Heiner.
Heiner.
Yeah.
The third time.
He popped up three times.
I didn't say third time.
Case.
He doesn't have his camera operational just yet though.
Maybe he just wants to listen.
But I talked to a bunch of people and they said that like the
lanes were not exactly equal in terms of the concrete and the
aggregate and all of that.
So it makes sense to me that the reason this track has become a
drag radial Mecca is that drag radial prep masks all that
because drag radial prep is like what NHRA does times five.
It is like flypaper everywhere on the racetrack from edge to
edge.
And that's why it takes so long to prep for drag radial.
This was different.
So some of the the aggregate and there was a seam and it was a
little dish and there was all these issues.
But what do I know?
Let's bring on our resident pro stock crew chief who had a
wonderful show last week.
Did you hear us talking about you?
How did you know to sign?
No, I I literally was just logging on to listen to see what was
happening.
I was just going to have my micro camera on.
We wanted to know like well Kevin was wondering about like the
pro stock like what the hell.
Why was it so challenged out there?
Ah, well what you just went through it's so it's it's radial
versus the world.
It's got a lot of spray on it.
I mean, NHRA did the best they could.
But I mean, probably 2020 hindsight probably should have
scraped to the concrete and then set it on fire and burnt the
burnt the glue off because it was while it was pulling a good
number, it was very much a breakaway track.
So you could get a lot of grip, but when the tire broke free,
it wasn't progressive.
It was instant.
So interesting.
Well, you got down first round though.
Yeah, I got grease.
I can't round, which I touched you earlier.
Do I need to go up and yell at you or shake you or something
like man?
Yeah, I mean, Greg went 51.
Like I should be able to go 52.
No, that was more of a survivor.
That was a survival race and I was not in survival mode.
I was in, I'm not going to let Greg run me out, run me that
much.
I'm not driving.
So the answer is you're going to get that one.
Heiner.
I mean that first round.
Yeah.
If I rolled back up there, I know the double bowl wasn't
was an intentional.
I heard.
I don't know.
Did it wasn't not intentional?
Derek's not really truly answered me.
It was so badass.
I don't care how you shake it.
And I told Hartford after after first round, I said, I believe
I don't hung him out further.
He said, well, you're, you know, you guys, I'm like, I don't
care.
I don't care.
I don't care who it is.
I don't care if it's my mother.
You double ball me.
I'm not going to that thing in neutral.
I'm going to double check my belts, make sure my windows
and that's up.
Got my fire pin pulled.
We're going to double check everything.
All safety equipment before I go in.
Uh huh.
That's just me.
I mean, I'm just, you know, it has to be punishment.
There has to be.
There has to be.
There has to be in all the time in the world.
You have all the people for Hartford to be the one that
didn't punish him for it.
I was going to hang him out.
I really did.
I was shocked.
I was like, oh, let's see.
And then he went.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
You need to test to see how strong his clutch leg is.
Right.
100%.
Oh well.
Yeah.
Sorry.
Well, we got you.
We are, we are on the stopwatch.
We are now in the final quarter of the show.
Is there, are we going to get Kyle on here from Heiner?
Is that happening?
Yeah.
I'm trying to get Kyle Bates on for here for Heiner.
They went to the final.
I don't know what elite calls them, but team princess or whatever
they call them.
But yeah, trying to get, trying to get Kyle over so I can
abuse him on the hood scoops and, but yeah, they had,
they had a good showing.
I talked to Kyle and Mike Palma and Kelly Murphy before we ran
them second round.
And you know what?
We were all just getting not to, to not be loading up at that
moment in time.
Like it's been a lot of races for both of us to, to get out of
first round.
So, but no, they did good, you know, making it to the final.
I thought it was a good race there in the final with him and
Dallas and, you know, unfortunately, going around trying
to borrow gears, I found out that nobody has the gears that
we really need.
So I'm putting an order in for those tomorrow.
There you go.
There you go.
Dallas was 105 to the 60 foot and TJ was 103 to the 60 foot.
Like that is the worst pro stock final that I, I can ever
remember.
And they, what identical ETs like they got there at the same
time, Dallas won on a whole shot.
So it turned out to be a good race.
It was, it was a survival race.
It was epping when it's hot.
It's Norwalk when it's hot, you know, um, frankly, if Chris
McGay would have been there would have been a perfect race for
him to go win, right?
Probably right.
Because on those kinds of tracks, he goes right down the
racetrack.
He's one epping.
He's one Norwalk.
Right down the racetrack.
His car, his car go.
And that would have been a perfect race for him to go out
and win.
And they didn't show up.
But he didn't show up.
Oh man.
If you're not in it.
Hey,
All right, so we didn't delve totally into let's go rapidly
and get some takes on Miami.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
He is glowing.
He's got the rosiness.
Look at that.
And the red shirt.
All right.
that's it did you watch Miami did you watch Miami formula one
did you get it I did I was uh I had it on I actually had it on between rounds just to
see what was happening and uh yeah um obviously a month off has helped those guys tremendously
McLaren all of a sudden looks like McLaren and Ferrari doesn't look like a bunch of gay hoos and
um I believe I'm frankly I believe Kimmy Antonelli is uh something everybody better pay
attention to yeah the real deal is what we call that yeah and uh sorry I would have to disagree
with Ferrari uh your assessment of Ferrari uh they seem to always you know blow this something
because they have Leclerc running third but they put him on a strategy where everybody's got seven
to 10 laps newer tires behind them and so he's just a sitting duck for the second McLaren for George
Russell for Max Verstappen and then you know he puts the car into wall and gets like uh 200 minutes
worth of penalties for driving around a broken car in the last lap well I didn't I didn't say that
Ferrari had changed I said they had a fast car oh if they had an ultra hard tire and they could
pit on lap too they would yeah he's right though the car has been fast and in practice and in
quality but then they go out there on the race and it's uh time to blow the strategy
I mean I don't know what it would cost to get Hannah Schmidt but I think Ferrari should
spend whatever it is I mean they they they've spent so much money on so many other things
and it's like they lose on strategy so much but yeah yeah but in terms Lando also lost on strategy
so yeah well maybe they should have been working with uh uh Department of State over there in Italy
and not let Kimi out of the country and go to you know the Mercedes you know like how does that guy
get away from them I think I think Toto had that young man on lockdown for a while
yeah no apparently so you had him locked away somewhere you know where nobody knew about him
yeah yeah that was it was an interesting race um I thought that the uh
indeed it was it looked like the McLaren had it but then they kind of blew the strategy a little and
you know uh Kimi undercut them and then they would just never able to get back around because
they were one to two seconds behind them the rest of the race the most interesting thing I heard out
of that was I got a text message that apparently the teams which we had heard that in 2030 they were
wanting to go to normally aspirated v8 on renewable fuels but apparently everybody but Mercedes is on
board Mercedes wants is okay with the um normally aspirated v8 but they want a 800 horsepower um
normally aspirated v8 with like a 400 horsepower um battery still involved so Mercedes is not on
board with going non-electric they still want some electric component involved but it does sound like
in 2030 or 2031 uh with the next major rules change that they're they're going we're gonna
have some screaming engines back and it's just a matter of how um simplified they can make the
rules and to get the teams to agree to and sign the concord wow okay you know whatever it is I
like the idea of the combustible hydrogen I don't know if that's gonna be what happens but I think
that would be pretty cool well I think I think with all the um stuff that um Sebastian Vettel has
done with renewable fuels and he's drove drove his own personal cars you know previous Formula
1 cars that have the sound have the visceral feeling of loud screaming engines at you know
12 13 000 rpm on renewable fuel is something that um Formula 1 can get behind and as race fans I don't
care what they're burning is it loud is it fast I mean that this idea of the super clipping and
the stuff even with the new rules of Miami like if you're watching the onboard they're 100 meters
before their braking point and they go into clipping like it doesn't Fernando Alonso said
the best like you could have the cleanup guy driving the car right now because where does the
super clip okay 100 meters later hit the brake and you turn in there's no challenge within it you're
not driving to the point of maximum power maximum acceleration and then all of a sudden trying to
pick your braking point to make the turn in anybody could drive one of these cars right now maybe
that's why Kimmy's doing so well I can't say that I mean you know the kids clearly talented
or total would have put the money and time behind them but um yeah it's not the same we're not watching
the same racing that we were watching when drivers made the difference right now it's it's engineers
and computers that are making the difference not the driver yeah and that's not cool it's just that
simple I don't I don't hate uh the electric components so badly that I have to have it go away
but I kind of think Mercedes is right we you know the electric boost can be part of it but having
a screaming v8 not a quiet turbo silent engine like the screaming v8s were a big part of it man
just the feeling and the sound is a big part of it and you hear those old highlights and there's
just something about it whereas now it's not now again would we have had a race in Miami at the
stadium if they were screaming v8s because geo I think you I'm not saying you can hear them from
the house here but those people that live in the neighborhood next door will definitely have a
different experience
where you're not gonna have the super bowl there to harass it for a while so you can take that noise out of it
No, no Super Bowl at, uh, Dolphin Stadium.
It's no longer Super Bowl worthy because of the, uh, too much stuff on the property.
Did anybody else feel guilty that Matt's working?
Why we're all talking and while I was talking about racing, he hung out with Alan
already did.
Okay.
Well, I missed that off to go back and watch it.
I'm at hanging out with Alan Reinhart.
You never, you never really said that.
Like you, you spent, you spent time with Alan Reinhart in Australia.
Um, we didn't really hang out.
Uh, well, we met, I'm there for a photo.
If you guys, like you're playing the same space, you were in the same area.
You know, no, it was, uh, it was sat down for noon.
Yeah, it was a quick meet.
Um, they, uh, they got their money's worth out of, out of Alan.
That's for sure.
He was like a one-legged man in a three-legged race.
Um, they were, he was running around everywhere and, uh, a good, a quick shout out
before I forget, he did put $100 up, $100 US, uh, to the junior dragster drivers.
Um, if anyone cut a, a perfect light and, uh, and one of the, one of the young
competitors, uh, got that done.
So I thought that was pretty cool.
That's, that's like a hundred and you know, that's a hundred dollars in
Australia, right?
Yeah, these Americans running around the impoverished nations, spreading their
wealth around that's a hundred, that's a hundred and forty South
Pacific pesos, knowing gold coins to the children, watching them fight over them.
I had all you need with the case of beer and tell Alan that it was free to, if
he came over and hung out and you never get rid of them.
I know he, uh, he did say it.
I did see him riding around in the pits in his golf cart.
He had his own personal golf cart and, uh, I, he was too far away from him.
He said, he did say to me, you should have just thrown a beer can out.
And I would have followed it back.
So, um, it's pretty accurate.
That's Alan.
We know it low.
Yeah.
So anyway, I went up, I went up to the tower.
I had to meet up with Wade Oringer, who's also a commentator and he
owns methanol moonshine.
So we've got a lot of mutual friends and, uh, I said, good day to Wade.
And I said, is Alan around here somewhere?
And he was in the booth at the time.
He said, but we've got to go into a TV production meeting in five minutes at
the end of this next class, um, I'll grab him for you.
He didn't tell it.
He didn't tell Alan who wanted to see him.
And Alan just come out, you know, oblivious to who wanted to talk to him.
And he goes, I had this guy money or something.
And I said, no, no, you've got to pay me for my t-shirt that I sent you.
And then he saw me with that.
He saw me with the talk racing t-shirt on and he, the penny dropped him.
Yeah.
We had a good chat.
He said, Joe's been busting my ass to get in touch with you.
And, uh, yeah, he was just super busy.
And, and as it turned out, we went out in E one.
So I had a bit of time up in the sleeve.
We only spoke for a couple of minutes.
And, uh, then he got dragged off to a TV production meeting for, uh, that
they were organizing for the Sunday telecast.
So yeah, that was about, that was about my contact with our, but, uh, he has
emailed me since, and, uh, he said, if he gets invited back to Sydney, I think
it's September is our next, uh, national event, the East Coast nationals
that he's, uh, he's going to reach out.
So one has a bit, have the beer ready for him.
Bring it on to me.
I actually, actually had a few in the, I had a few in the, uh, we call them an
Eski cooler in the, uh, in the trailer by now here.
27 degrees.
What's that?
That's 27 degrees Fahrenheit.
Yes.
That's where Alan wants his beer.
Well, pretty sure that's where it takes out their beer at.
Well, that's about, that's about frozen, but yeah.
Yeah, it's got to have a frosty layer on it.
Yeah.
I've been away too many bars with Alan.
That's, that's when peaks, uh, temperature thing they got is great.
All right.
Let's do a sports collision, uh, as we are hustling along here.
Giovanni in Miami wants to get in here and talk a little bit about what
else going on in the world.
Uh, Giovanni, take it away.
Sports.
Talk about Caps deal.
Caps.
Do you want to talk about Caps?
Ah.
We can start with the NBA playoffs where the first round, uh, was all finished
up yesterday on Sunday in the East.
We had a whole bunch of game sevens over the weekend as, uh, those in the Ohio
area, I'm sure are delighted that the Cleveland Cavaliers hung on and whooped
Toronto in the seventh game in a series in which the home team won every game.
And, uh, actually Cleveland looked like they might pull off the victory in game
six, but Toronto had one of those shots, uh, where they took a three at the
end of the game down by two and it clanks off the back iron goes six feet in
the air above the backboard and lands right in the net for the game winning
three pointer with like under a second remaining.
You know, we really didn't need that entire description, right?
You were able to force a game seven, but then Cleveland stomped them.
Actually it wasn't a complete stomping.
It was a tie game at the halftime, but in the third quarter, they just came
out guns blazing and took care of business.
And now they move on, uh, to face, I guess, uh, the number one seed Detroit
pistons.
Is that who you guys got now?
I believe, uh, yeah.
Yup.
So, and I, here, yes, that series starts, but I don't know that is correct.
The pistons in a cab start Tuesday.
Uh, that will be game one right now, uh, Seuss, 76ers, who also survived the
seventh game, uh, over the weekend.
And this time it's Boston.
They took down the stinking Celtics who, uh, if they're not draining
threes, they just lose games.
And, uh, you know, I gotta say it did make me a little happy to see them go down.
And so the Knicks are battling the sixers and the other, uh, semi-final
and the Eastern conference, the Knicks have a pretty decent sized lead.
They're coming into the half right now.
Understandably the six are coming off of seven game series where they, um, they
were down three to one and they came back and beat the Celtics.
And so, uh, that was, uh, what was going on there in the East on the other side.
We got the spurs and the wolves are going to battle, uh, game one and a little
later, uh, not a little later in just about 20 minutes from now.
And then tomorrow night will be game one of the one, number one seat thunder.
And they played the Lakers, the Lebron's Lakers who, uh, defeated the
Rockets in six.
The Timberwolves were able to beat the Nuggets also in six.
And, um, the thunder just whooped up on the suns in, uh, in the sweep and the
spurs.
So it looks like right now the, the, the West has the best team between the
spurs and the thunder.
And, uh, we'll see who comes out of the East.
You know, um, I don't discount your Cavaliers there because the
Pistons are a weak number one seed, if I may say so, you know, we, we
witnessed it there in that game in that series where they were down three
to one and, uh, they did manage the miracle comeback against Orlando, but
that was a one versus eight.
And, uh, so, um, it's not, I don't see it as an impossibility for
you guys to knock off those Pistons.
Well, that's a, that's a conference game for us, right?
So.
Yeah, no, it's exactly.
And so, uh, so we'll see.
I'm more concerned about Sue being a 76er fan.
Well, Sue is off and off this stuff.
I'm Philly, dude.
I, it doesn't matter.
I mean, how can you be a 76er fan?
And she's off Philadelphia right now.
She's super happy because.
Oh, Megan is too.
Megan and I are off Philadelphia.
These are all, yeah.
Monica, she'll cheer if.
Yeah, don't do it.
If our Yankees aren't going against the Phillies, if.
Tell me Dave's got more sense than this.
I need to text Dave and find out what, what, what.
Dr. J.
Charles Barkley, the sixers, you know, he's a cool dude.
You did not meet the doctor when I was with Larry Nansen, the, uh, uh,
spalding suite at the, uh, 2008 calves, um, home game against the Spurs and
the finals met Dr.
J. Bill Walton, um, David Robinson.
David Stern, I don't know, sat in there for like an hour and a half with those
guys, two hours.
That was pretty cool hung out with Dr.
J. That's hanging out with David Stern, the, the, you know, the commissioner,
the hard-handed commissioner, he was commissioned back then.
It was pretty cool.
It was, it was a good time.
I mean, only because of who I knew, not because of who I am.
I got to meet Kareem at Fremont back in the eighties.
That was pretty cool.
The only pro car I had a little bit of color driving it.
You know, he could stand by the door and with one hand, wipe the entire hood
without moving his feet.
I come up to like Kareem's belt level.
I mean, Larry Nansen more than once was like prop up his arm up on top of my head.
Like I'm kind of hit arm wrapped.
Everyone's watching me when I was standing next to Brandon Miller.
That was, you know, I got mocked for being a short and it's Brandon Miller.
These dudes are up there, man.
They're freaks, dude.
Come on, these basketball players, the short guys are six, three.
Freaks in nature, man.
Yeah.
When I met Jack at the Cavs practice facility, that is.
And that will be back then.
Even then it was like, that's a big dude.
Like he just big, he's tall and wide.
He, that is just a massive pile of man.
You could get on the show master blaster.
Well, Shaq is so big that he, and he fills in that, you know, seven foot frame
that he doesn't look giant.
Like typically these really tall guys look like Wemby that they're long and
when they're stretched out, right?
But Shaq looks like a normal sized human, except these seven feet tall.
Till you meet him, right?
When the camera zooms out, he looks normal, right?
He looks like Matt.
So I've seen him in person.
He, he makes me look like, like a child, like a, like a little boy.
He is giant.
Matt gives us a look because he walked away.
That was great.
Anyway, heading back.
There we go.
I was complaining that the NBA playoffs that first weekend was, was abysmal
where all the games were blowouts.
And it turns out that the first round was pretty amazing.
They played in total 48 games, which is a record.
We had three series go to game seven and three more go to six games.
And so, yeah, you know, all apologies to the NBA, their playoff
first round performances were turned out to be very competitive and lots of fun.
And as we move over to the ice, we were saying Sue's Flyers lost game one
to the Carolina Hurricanes, but they are up two to one with about 10 minutes
to go in the third in today's game two.
And tonight, the other teams involved there in the East is the Buffalo Sabres
and the Canadians who beat Tampa Bay last night in another game seven
in a series in which every game was one by one point.
That was a very exciting series all week.
And on the West, we got tonight, the Golden Knights play the ducks in game one.
And tomorrow, the Avalanche in the wild will play their game two.
Game one was last night, which was a barrage of scoring a game
that ended nine to six.
You think they're playing football or something?
I don't think I've seen a playoff hockey game that was that much scoring.
I don't think there's been that much scoring at a whorehouse recently.
Oh.
Hey, you guys back.
Damn, damn.
Well, we will move on to the quick over the weekend.
The Kentucky Derby, the horse that I gave out was a loser.
Chief Wallaby came in fourth place.
He did not win.
The winner was Golden Temple.
Golden Temple, which is the horse that was has a female trainer,
first female trainer to ever win the Kentucky Derby.
So good for her.
And congratulations from the back came.
It was dead last as they came around the turn and pushed the turbo button.
You think he was an F one car with with the hybrid harvesting
and he took off and brought it home.
Twenty three to one paid out twenty three to one.
That was a, you know, awesome.
It was definitely fun to watch.
As two minutes in sports.
Yes. And it really is a great moment.
Like nobody cares about horse racing, except for the Kentucky Derby
and potentially Triple Crown races afterwards.
But that was wild.
Just watching that was last to first just ran by everybody.
It was amazing.
And the excitement, like you can feel it.
That's one of my bucket list things.
Like I want to see the Derby in person at some point.
And watching the trainer.
Did you see the video of the trainer of her watching it, too?
I mean, she was.
Yeah, she was.
That was pretty cool.
That was awesome.
By the way, during the rain, I had the KB did a pull with a random draw.
I had run a game.
I felt pretty good.
Winner, winner takes all second place didn't pay anything, unfortunately.
Did anybody have the the winner?
Yeah, Dallas is a back half guy.
Kev and truck driver.
Yeah, Kev, we all donated for Kev.
He could go buy a lot more beer tonight or last night.
There you go.
Well, tonight he had a truck yesterday.
I bet it was for tonight.
One race.
Well, everybody's money.
There you go.
Good job, Kev.
That's a good weekend.
Yeah, we go.
Can you hear?
Can you guys hear my kids like singing?
Sirio Karaoke in the bathroom?
No, we hear Matt.
Matt, Matt's work environment.
Yeah, we should like he's like he's full.
He's full send right.
He's supposed to be doing homework.
But he got out of the shower.
He's put the last 30 minutes in there singing.
Ah, well, apparently heard me talking.
Now he's shut off.
Yeah.
It's going out.
Going out over the mic.
That's what they got to make background noise.
You don't want you to hear it.
Or Matt's background noise.
I said, I'm sorry.
I do, man.
I like his background noise just like that.
You know.
Anyhow.
You know, it's just because you're on the car.
Yeah, we just need to ask Matt.
I forgot everything.
Oh, here.
Yes.
We discussed this previously.
A second manager fired an MOB, Philadelphia Phillies,
say goodbye to Rob Thompson and bring in.
Jody, you know who they brought in?
No.
The baseball is the interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Come on, man.
Really?
Yeah, I love that.
Yeah.
Well, you know, to be fair, I think it was a little reverse nepotism.
His son is a GM there.
I like Matt.
I liked him when he was with the Yankees.
I mean, the guy's, you know, a lifer, obviously.
Well, he had retired.
And then, you know, he came back, you know, with the Phillies
this year, like to be an assistant on the bench.
And then, you know, they fired a clean house and they said,
here, Donny, you hold the team back till we figure something
out in the office.
He was the manager of the year with the Marlins.
Like he's had some success maddingly.
I don't know what's going on.
Like they, what do they know about maddingly that we don't know
about mad that I don't know about maddingly.
I feel like he's had success.
Like, why doesn't he get opportunities?
And the answer is probably because he doesn't take crap from
the front office.
He does.
Well, all right.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
He does.
He's had many opportunities.
He manages the Dodgers, the Marlins, and now, you know,
Philadelphia and he's been, he was on Toronto staff just a couple
of years ago.
And this doesn't sound as an opportunity yet.
Like he hasn't, he, why hasn't maddingly won with the Phillies?
He just got the gig.
Wait, there's probably, there's probably an already,
already an article about that.
Three times.
He has a feeling.
Come on.
Joe's probably already saying it.
Why hasn't maddingly won?
Maddingly won.
Come on.
He had more than that opportunities before he came to the Yankees
and that's where he broke out.
He was with the Braves before that.
And he did.
Dude.
Maddingly is not going to be the Yankees manager.
It's just not.
All right.
And he's probably, it's probably best that way.
And by the way, there is no manager now that controls anything
other than at best working in collaboration with the front
office.
All right.
It is now run by the analytics department and the GMs and the
president of baseball operations.
The manager is doing very minimal.
He's in the room in the morning when they're deciding how they're
going to run things and what they're going to do.
And he's pretty much being told what to do.
All right.
I'm going to disagree with that as a baseball guy.
I'm going to disagree with that.
I mean, I think they get involved with analytics and stuff,
but in game management, still in game management.
Front office cannot contact a manager during the game.
They don't have to.
They go over all these scenarios.
Pictures.
They go over all these scenarios.
And in this case, we're going to do this or that.
If this is what happens.
I'm student.
Okay.
So it's a three, two game versus a 12 to two game.
I mean, I know a guy.
We're going to find out.
Call your people.
Call your people.
It is the great debate will rage the AI manager.
I'm with you, Heiner.
I believe that baseball, that's what's wrong with baseball.
If what GEO is saying is true, that's what's wrong with baseball.
And at some level, it's magic.
It's the gut.
It's the gut feeling.
It's knowing that a picture has got to come out,
even though he's got a couple more pitches or vice versa,
that he can hang in there and get this guy.
And, you know, the analytics say to take him out.
So we'll see.
We'll see.
All right.
I believe it.
Listen, I firmly believe in analytics.
I firmly believe in money ball and all that,
but there is still like, especially in Cleveland,
we've seen it, right?
They were, they were, they weren't the A's,
but they were in that low level team that used money ball
to get where they are and where they've been.
And there's still guys like Voight out there
that are still doing things off gut.
You can see it in game.
Like there's no way analytics say to put some of the pinch hitters
he's running there in and it's worked out.
So I guess it also depends on the organization.
Right.
Right.
I mean, there's like a handful of teams now that don't even
have the catchers calling the pitches anymore.
The catcher looks to them to the dugout to get the pitch from
the managers who have already discussed all this.
So they don't even have the catchers.
We also got the Braves in the 90s where the pitchers
called their own catches or pitches.
I mean, I mean, we have it right down here.
The Marlins are one of those teams and their,
their theory is that, you know, they don't want the catcher
having to worry about that kind of stuff.
Look, I don't say I'm not saying I agree with it,
but this is a fact.
I don't like it because
Yeah, I don't like it because the catcher looks down
and sees where a guy's lined up in the batter's box.
You're going to go tight to the plate.
You're going to get chin music.
I mean, that's just what I'm doing.
Yep.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Typically, I mean, look, I agree with you.
I would love for it to be a little kind of like Ferrari
running a baseball team.
But yeah, look, this is what's ruined basketball too.
And this is why I'm happy Boston lost because they are
the analytics team where in their mind, all they do is
shoot threes because three is worth 50% more than two.
But then when you go 70%, 22% on threes, you know,
you get killed and the nights you go 20 for 30,
then, you know, you blow everybody out.
And if you see them, they make no adjustments.
That team doesn't even try to make adjustments.
All they do is just jack up threes and miss it one after
the other after the other one.
You know, it's just to me, I'm not a big fan of that.
And so I'm happy that they lost.
And their coach is a bit of a stoof and, you know,
he's a bit comes across.
Tell us how you really feel.
Everybody wants to be Golden State from 10 years ago.
Everybody.
But they don't have Steph Curry.
Right. That's exactly right.
Right.
When the calf jack up threes, I started screaming.
Yep.
Look, it's just, if you have a, they have a guy running on
a fast break by himself and he stops at the three-point
line to take a three-point shot instead of just going in
and laying it in for us, you know, up for sure.
Come on, Geo, you don't like Boston anyway.
Listen, it's kind of like a crew chief.
You should run 56 all day long and get off the starting line
and instead goes, tries to run 52 because Greg went 51.
Yeah.
There is that.
All right.
Good job with sports collision, Geo.
We're on the home stretch here.
All right.
So let's, are you done?
Is there anything else that we didn't get to?
No, that's it.
Oh, here for, for our boy Troy in the Northwest,
the WNBA season tips off on Friday, May 8.
Who won the golf tournament in, you're out.
Oh, you're not saying.
Oh, good.
Here, I'm going to find out right now.
It looks Cameron Young runs away from the field,
wins by six shots.
Cam Young.
That golf was on in our trailer most of the week.
I believe he was, he might have finished second or third in.
Cam Young definitely had a top five in the, at the Masters.
The PGA put a tournament right up against the Formula One race
in Miami.
I thought that was crazy.
The, the president was there.
Probably the white guy, my friend got a,
had a personal like face-to-face with the,
the president, which was kind of interesting.
You know, being in the same room.
I saw many people complaining about the traffic being stopped.
Being in the same room as the president and he was like, you
know, I call it 40 feet away,
but he sent me a video which was kind of interesting.
Like, you know,
being in the same room as the president is a guy,
I think a big deal.
Absolutely.
Any president, any president, like him or don't like him,
like any president to be in the same room as the president.
I've been in the room of president.
Not that close though.
40 feet.
That's pretty close to a president.
But why would they do it this weekend?
Formula One weekend,
but it looks like everybody did pretty well.
Welcome to Miami.
So much going on this weekend. Come on.
That was just the swinging contest.
That was two groups that said ours is bigger.
Yes.
Well,
the raw hadn't had a PGA tournament here in a few years.
Right.
My guess is that these decisions are made, you know,
long before.
PGA is about to get bigger.
A bunch of people coming back with live golf,
dying with Saudi saying no more.
Yes.
No loss.
No, you are correct.
And so that lesson though is like, I think pretty glaring,
at least to me is that when some crazy person offers you a
lot of money, you should just take it.
I should just take it.
I don't know how long it's going to last.
Right.
I mean,
it kind of sounds like some other things that are going on
in our realm.
Well, it really does.
But think about it.
guys,
they offered money and now they're gone.
It's like,
and these guys still got the money and the guys didn't take
the money.
They don't have the money.
So where's the money?
Well, it's here.
I have it.
Right.
Where's your money?
Oh, I don't have it.
What do you have?
Well,
I stood on my principle.
Those guys,
those guys also now have to work their way back.
Yes.
They ever play anything because
Oh, poor guy.
You know,
poor John Rom took $90 million from the Saudis.
He's got to work.
Oh,
and hopefully,
hopefully he wasn't,
hopefully he wasn't a moron and he actually saved some of
it and
I'm sure he didn't go find Waffle House waitresses like Tiger.
Well,
look,
he's not hurting.
No,
he's hurting.
He just hurt in a different way.
He's not,
his bank accounts not hurting.
He's physically,
you know,
the chaos every time I show up to anything.
He just shouldn't get behind the wheel, man.
Hartford comes on.
Hartford comes on.
There's chaos.
I come on here.
There's chaos.
Joe's trying to time out.
It was so great though last week.
That was awesome.
Anybody just go ahead and check out.
So close it down.
So close it down.
It's fine.
They won't,
they can't be trusted.
I want,
I'm trying to get Gio and Suddu shows all the time together by
themselves and they won't do it.
Heiner.
Send me the controls.
Send me the controls.
I will do a show.
Sue could be my producer.
We got it handled.
We'll get mad on.
We could talk about some crazy stuff going on in Australia.
Oh man,
I would love to do that.
That would make me so happy.
I will say,
we got her on here real quick though.
The Amber Hartford appearance was insane.
That was crazy.
I couldn't believe she actually did it.
I got to watch it now.
I just did the audio.
I got to watch it.
Joe totally baited her into it.
I was,
I was astonished that she made it on because she is so against
that stuff.
She is never does media appearances at all.
And this was her first and probably only.
I just sent her the link like, Hey, in case you never know,
you don't have to,
but you got it and then Hartford pushed one of her buttons about
that she signed on till 2028 and she's adamant about,
she's done after this year.
And so there it is.
It's, it's, it's Heiner is Hartford.
It's me and there's Amber.
And I thought she did great.
I thought she came.
I also have receipts that said she quit,
but she showed up to, to South Georgia.
So yeah.
And I showed them on the screen.
Like if you go back to watching, I hold the text messages up.
Yeah.
I thought I heard her say she may not make the rest of the year.
Yeah.
That's what she said, but yet she was there.
She was there.
She's mad at me though.
She offered me lunch and I didn't reply till a day later.
So I might, I might never get that offer again.
Yeah.
You gotta get strike while the iron's hot.
You know, they were very happy and you ripped paper out of her
book.
But I did.
She's still, she's still not over that.
She's still not over the book.
Well that's going to take a while, Heiner.
Yeah.
Oh no.
She's, she's very protective of her stuff.
Like you can mess with Eddie and Adam and Matt stuff.
No problem.
You take a page out of her book, which, but, but then if she's
quitting, does it really matter?
Because it's probably not her book anymore.
True.
But it is for now.
I have a feeling like everything is her book over there.
At some level, at some level, everything is, is her stuff.
Heiner, you just better watch out cause she'll chase your ass again.
Well, listen, the fastest I've ever ran is when Amber was chasing
me in Denver by far.
Well, probably, probably not.
Probably when my mom was wetting my butt when I was little,
but that's probably second to when I, she was mad cause I didn't
pour beer on her and finished at the top end of the track when
after Matt won whatever year that was.
And so we got back to the pits where she was standing there.
She's like, I can't believe I didn't get sprayed with beer.
Well, you know what I went and did?
Two beer stone cold offs and cracked them.
And then she chased me.
That's great.
There's not enough oxygen up there for a fat man to run,
but I was not going to let her catch me.
I scared that woman.
She got pulled over by fans.
Fans saw the interview and asked for her autograph and like,
that's it.
Like, uh-oh.
The gears are turning.
All right.
Heiner, let's give us a final thought.
You'll be first out.
Oh, yeah.
So, uh, pay attention.
We're going to sometime before Chicago, we're going to do a show
with Kyle Bates, uh, who's a crew chief for, um, TJ and engine
builder and been around the sport for a while.
And, uh, like the rest of us is absolutely addicted.
Like it's some kind of drug.
Um, and, uh, yeah, should be a good show.
Uh, I'm going to bait him into some stuff.
Good.
I'm going to, I'm going to bait him into some stuff.
Kyle Bates will be baited.
Uh, all right.
Good job, Michael.
Thank you.
There he goes.
There he goes.
Final thought.
Oh, I wanted to tell Michael that I thought that show with him
and Eddie was, uh, was really a classic.
We learned a lot and, uh, uh, it was fun to listen to him.
And I think it was fate that they had to race first round.
Terrible.
That was good stuff.
Terrible.
Thanks brother.
Good job.
No problem.
Hey, cancer sucks, you know, my brother's, uh, cancer path has
taken a turn, uh, toward the end.
And, uh, if you know somebody suffering,
say a prayer for him.
Oh, thanks for Jeff.
Sorry.
Sorry to hear about that.
Thanks.
We're going to make every day count.
That's it.
That's it.
No, you don't, you don't.
Thank you.
Thank you.
There he goes.
Matt.
Australia.
Final thought.
That's my fault.
Go ahead.
That's my fault.
Okay.
Sorry, Joe.
I'm going to do a super quick Australia report about the meeting.
Go ahead.
Um, and I'll keep this as short as possible.
Uh, three day event.
We had, uh, 25,000 spectators over the three days.
Uh, Saturday was almost a sell out.
Uh, pretty quiet Friday.
That was just a sportsman qualifying.
Uh, as I said, uh,
and, uh, had a good chat with him.
Um, when you get a chance, Joe,
if you're talking to him, uh, on the mic,
I don't think he was talking it up too much.
He, he did say a lot of times that was, uh,
the facility was, he couldn't believe it.
Um, how good it is.
So it's sort of, I've said this million times before,
but it's, uh, refreshing to think.
We'll have, um,
verify what you think about the facility you race at.
And, uh, yeah, Alan was really,
really, really impressed by the whole facility there at Sydney.
Um, I said we had three over 300 races.
Uh, the 75 proteins were at the event.
Um, top fuel winner was, uh, the Carrot King,
Phil Lamatina that was in all these racing.
That was the first time he's ever won at Sydney Dragway.
So, uh, a big,
big win for, uh, for that team.
He won with the 381.
Most of the fuel cars were running into the three,
we're in the three eighties.
Um, Wayne Newby in, uh, one of the Santos cars,
uh, in round one of qualifying,
ran 371, which was a new track record for Sydney Dragway.
Uh, top fuel funny.
Oh, sorry. Nitro funny car.
Uh, Justin Walsh won that with a, uh, 392.
Um, top door slammer was won by Jeremy Callahan.
Rob Durick ran, uh, one pro stock with a 690.
And, uh, friends across the ditch to Dave Mead
and all the New Zealanders listening, uh, gentlemen,
my name is Barry Plumpton, uh, one pro mod,
which our pro mods a, uh, a 585 index class.
Uh, he won it in his nitrous Camaro, uh, with a 589.
Uh, so big travel and, uh, come over from New Zealand
to, uh, and won, won the event in pro mod.
Um, other than that, just one last shout out.
Um, you guys will remember,
we support a top door slammer team.
Uh, Davey's racing, um, Michelle about three or four years ago
had a horrific crash at Sydney Dragway.
And, uh, as was unable to race ever again,
the doctors said, if you have any sort of accident like that,
again, you'll be in a chair.
Um, since then the team's rebuilt, uh, their youngest son
who was doing some tuning on the car, um, previously
and work with Billy Stockton, uh, over here.
Uh, he's taken the steering wheel and on Wednesday in testing,
he got his top door slammer license, uh, signed off.
And so they went into this, uh, event, uh, as their first race event.
And, uh, he hadn't been in the sixes, uh, sorry, in the fives yet.
Um, over the course of the weekend, he ran 599 at 242 mile an hour.
And in the process, uh, beat 11 times top door slammer champion, uh, John Zappia.
So, uh, actually treating Joe.
So that was a big thing.
Um, I just wanted to shout out to those guys.
Uh, talk calibration still support them.
Um, but to see the struggle they've gone through over the last four years.
Um, with Michelle's health and now she's made a full recovery.
Uh, just the, uh, the emotional battle they've had as a family.
And they've come back bigger and stronger than ever and done a fantastic job.
So just a shout out to them.
And that's pretty much Australia report, mate.
Great job.
Final thought.
Thank you everyone for, uh, for all your support.
All the, um, WFO family that, uh, sent me missed private messages and, uh,
yeah, really made a difference.
And we just got to tune Dave up a little bit on those, uh, delay box calls.
That's it.
I'm pulling for you.
No, listen, I want you to, I want you to, I want you to win a race off the bottom
so that you can catch the white whale and then get yourself a K and R box.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Because like over the timeline, over the timeline of the future,
100 races, if you're going off the bottom, you win one or two.
If you have a delay box, you could win 10, you know, it's like that.
That's all.
We'll be so good at with it, Matt.
It'll be so good.
We'll be winning all the time.
Every week.
It'll be so good.
He's a foot swapper.
He's, he's, he likes swapping feet.
You know, that, that isn't art.
I am.
Oh,
I got a button.
He's off the bottom.
He's off the bottom.
What the hell?
Yes.
Got a trans break.
I'm not, I'm not going to sort it.
I'm.
Well, damn.
Go get yourself a paint our box.
That's it, Matt.
We'll just leave it there, man.
You'll be winning every week.
That's all.
Okay.
Yeah.
I admire you guys.
There he goes.
Matt in Australia.
Yeah, Sue.
Like the guys got a car that runs the same number every time he needs to go get that
box.
And you know, everybody wins the first or second time with the delay box.
Anytime they're like, Oh, it's, it's like, this, this is easy.
Just, this is easy.
And he, he'll just win.
He'll just be winning.
Oh, you know, they say they call it racing.
They don't call it winning in Matt's case.
They will be calling it winning.
That's right.
Like, I'm going to go winning this week.
Bobby Graham.
What's going on around the way?
Yeah.
What's going on around the bug barn?
We got a continuation of last week's everybody.
What's your cards, credit cards, your debit cards.
We had ours stopped.
They sent a new one.
And we had charges on it before the car made it to the house.
Unbelievable.
So she was gone again today.
So, but we got enough people that know.
I mean, y'all can imagine who does this?
Who knows about the card before it gets sent to the person.
Yeah.
Inside job.
Inside job.
Inside job.
100%.
Yes.
But anyway, everybody have a great weekend.
Take care of your moms.
If you got them.
And yes.
Be good.
Way to go, Bobby.
We love Bobby Graham.
He's great.
You're going to Dallas, right?
Bobby Graham.
Yes.
Got a hotel grand tickets already purchased.
All right.
Good work.
Good work.
Here goes Bobby Graham.
Sue, what about you?
We didn't really get heavy into the Sue Morris race weekend.
What'd you do?
Did you go racing?
Did you do anything?
We did maintenance.
We did maintenance.
We put new brakes on the dragster, got new Mark Williams on there.
And man, that pedal is not a question anymore.
So solid, but now we need to get new wheels.
So, but that's all right.
The little foggit, foggit action of the roadster,
because that's going to be sitting for a couple more weeks.
Yep.
But looking to get out, get out next weekend.
So points, race at Greer.
So we'll see if it's going to be a one or two car deal.
So depends if we can get wheels.
But other than that, I have to give a shout out to, you know,
South Georgia Motorsports Park and the.
Roll Tours and the entire family and everybody who helped out.
I mean, they did a hell of a job.
Hats off to them.
It was a fantastic event, you know,
even with my nature and Joe, you brought it up, you know,
my nature rained on them and they still had to sell out on Saturday.
It was impressive.
We were watching on a nature ATV fabulous coverage.
Why we were watching, I know I saw some of the things in the chat,
but, you know, I Logan probably doesn't listen to ignition, but hey, tell Logan,
you know, there's a group of us that are going to miss them. It was,
it was, it was, it was a bit sad to hear that he's, that he's leaving.
So, but hopefully he'll be swinging back again someday,
but I wish him all the best.
No man, he'll come back again.
That's right.
I'll come back.
You know,
we're all devastated.
We're all devastated.
The Jason Logan thing is real guys.
We're all devastated.
He's going to be on life's a drag this week.
He's going to continue to make appearances on like, what's going on?
What are you doing?
Oh, Jerry's making a scratch appearance.
That was Ben.
He pulled my mic, my ear things.
He pulled them back.
I love it.
That's awesome.
That's so awesome.
I wish we had a video there.
They're very happy that you're back, man.
They are.
They're very happy.
They're very happy.
They're all over me there.
But yes, we're very excited about Jason Logan,
but he's going to be getting a gig there at the same place where
he's driving the water cars and a significant everything.
And he's got a 15 year old boy.
He's got a shot to become a professional soccer player and he
wants to be there and all of these things.
And so I hope that's the right thing.
Yes.
Jason Logan is a real friend.
He's a good person.
And so, you know, he can come out at any point like he wants to
come and do stuff at NHRA.
There'll be an opportunity for him.
Well, we wish him the best and as he goes along on this,
on the next chapter and on that note,
don't forget your mom's this weekend.
It's mother's day.
So reach out, give them those extra hugs.
Ours are going to get virtual hugs, you know,
because they're not in the area.
But but now for for your moms and for all of our folks that are
our moms, we wish you a wonderful mother's day.
Enjoy taking your family and, you know,
give that reach out.
So and everybody have a fantastic WFO kind of week.
Yes.
Get her get her done.
Get out there.
Get her done.
Good job, Sue.
Thank you very much.
WFO. Yeah.
Gio, final thought.
Just everyone have a great week.
Happy Mother's Day to all.
Make sure to go out, give your mom a big kiss if you can.
And just remember, you know, the days are long,
but the years are short.
So hang in there.
Yeah, that's it.
Something like that.
Whatever they whatever he said, I agree.
I agree. Good job, Gio.
And yes, John Sterling, the passing of a legend.
John Sterling.
Yes, he had he was, you know, retired already since 24.
So a couple of years we don't hear him on a daily basis,
but he had come in and, you know,
some games like home games,
but he had come in and done a couple of games.
Well, he, he, uh, right.
He started taking time off in the 22 season and he was only
doing the home in the Northeast games, like, you know,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston area.
Um, for those for the last for two, he did that for about three seasons,
but then he retired all out and, uh, you know, 87 years old, man.
He had had a bunch of, uh, heart conditions, you know,
over the last couple of years and, uh, you know, man,
the one thing you could say is that everybody's, uh, you know,
had pointed out John Sterling got to do for a living.
The one thing he wanted to do, he always wanted to be, you know,
up, you know, in baseball and the Yankees broadcast specifically.
And he, he got to do it since 1989.
And I think he did it great.
He did it like a Boog Boog used to not like him.
Boog Shambi used to not like him, but I always liked him because he
gave, uh, character to our broadcast.
You know, not all homeruns are high and far, but he, he did a great job.
He did a great job bringing character to the Yankees.
A Santonian blast.
Right.
Fun, fun to the broadcast.
He worked so well with Susan Waldman and he was very unique.
And that was Michael K.
Before that.
And yes, when he and Michael K.
Were together, they were really great.
So.
And he called the Braves games in the eighties before he came to New York.
Oh, wow.
I didn't know that I knew that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And he was calling basketball games for the, for the nets and, uh,
in the, in the mid.
He's got great pipes.
Come on.
John Sirling had great pipe.
John Sterling, even his name, like, come on, the whole thing.
Maybe.
Well, the Sterling is a made up name.
No, I know.
I'm sure that says my problem is why I'm not successful.
I need to come up with a better name.
You just got to be Joe C.
I don't know.
I don't think that works.
All right.
Good job.
Everyone have a great week.
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You know, like Jason Logan, if he can't do life's a drag, who's going to do
life's a drag?
We got we got our eye on some somebody.
It's going to be very interesting to pick if Jason can't be there.
Who does life's a drag?
You know, these are the moves, the maneuverings that are happening.
I want to say thank you to everybody in the WFO universe.
You know, this thing with my mom and I hope to not talk about this anymore.
You know, like she's in her bed at home.
So happy to not be bothered or poked or for a prick for blood or anything.
You know, they come in every two hours.
So for the last 69 days, every two hours, my mom got no more than like two
hours of sleep, sometimes three hours.
But that's it.
So she's going to get some good sleep tonight, which is, which is great.
So happy to be home.
This has been a nightmare.
I've got experience and I have knowledge now.
I'm willing to share it to people in the WFO universe.
You've got a family member or something in the hospital.
You just got to do your due diligence, but I don't need to share it with you if
you don't need it.
So there's that.
But man, this has been wild, a wild experience.
And I know I'm not the only one who had someone with a health issue.
I feel like it's kind of unique.
69 days seems like a long time.
You know, most people will stay in the hospital for two weeks.
This was two months and change.
So it was very wild, very wild thing.
And I am, I felt it today, like when we got her home and then I went and got,
got her some food and then I got her prescription drugs and then I crashed
like something's up.
So we'll be doing that.
Good news is that's where the race car is.
So now I have another reason to go over there and be by the race car a lot.
You know, you're all right, ma.
You're all right.
Good.
I'm going to be out there.
We're going to race car doing something.
Get ready for Rockingham in October, right after Dallas, the Stampede
Speed.
And speaking of the new tracks, you know, tomorrow we're going to have Jordan
Vandegraaff when nobody talked about the run.
I guess I'll do that tomorrow, the run.
Let me tell you, dudes in race control, not happy about the run.
Not happy.
We have pro modified cars on the starting line.
We're getting ready.
We're getting ready to run a lot of stuff.
And it's like, nope, put the brakes on.
Yeah, it was one of those things where you just got to go with it at some
point.
Oh, tell him to get off the track.
Jordan, could you get off the track, please?
Nope.
So that will be discussed tomorrow.
But we're going to have three new tracks.
Rockingham is going to be much like that, I think.
And the Deep South, man.
Look at all the races.
We got Gainesville.
We got South Georgia.
We got Rockingham.
We got Charlotte.
Drag Race Country.
And the Morris is right in the middle of all of that.
Wow.
All right, guys.
Appreciate all of you.
Thank you so much.
WFO.
Way to go.
Heiner coming on.
Dragster Jeff.
Donate to Kevin.
I did.
This is WFO Radio.
Yeah, welcome to the party.
Bye, bye, bye.
Bye.
About this episode
Weekend racing dominates the conversation, from Formula One Miami’s viral broadcast moment and Kimi Antonelli buzz to NHRA action in Valdosta and Australia. The hosts also dig into track prep, Pro Stock traction, bracket-racing consistency, and a detailed dragster weekend report. Along the way they touch on NASCAR results, Watkins Glen, the Kentucky Derby, NBA and NHL playoffs, baseball analytics, and a few personal updates, including a long hospital stay finally ending at home.
Ignition is back! The crew talks NASCAR in Texas, F1 in Miami, and NHRA at SGMP! The whole gang is in on this one. Our resident Crew Chief Michael Hiner, Matt in Australia went racing this weekend, and Gio in Miami does SportsCollision!
