This means a transmission that’s made or upgraded by companies other than the car’s maker. It’s built to survive and work better when the car is pushed harder than stock.
A torque converter is part of an automatic transmission that helps the engine’s power get to the wheels. A performance one is designed to help the car launch and accelerate more effectively under hard driving.
FTI is a company that makes aftermarket parts for performance cars, specifically things related to the transmission and torque converter. They’re saying they’re growing by partnering with another company.
McLeod is another company that makes performance driveline parts. The hosts say FTI teamed up with them to reach more customers and support more resources.
Top Fuel Funny Car is a category of drag racing with very powerful cars designed for maximum acceleration. The “funny car” look is a special racing body shape built for the track.
Paul Lee is a drag racer who drives a Top Fuel Funny Car. The segment mentions him because he’s connected to the leadership behind the companies’ partnership.
The Denzo Sonoma Nationals is a drag racing event they just went to. The hosts use it as the backdrop for what happened and who they’re talking to next.
HussiePerformance.net is a performance parts and fabrication shop. They’re described as making specialized components and tools quickly, with shipping.
Term
composite caskets
This sounds like a gasket made from composite (layered) materials. A gasket’s job is to seal tight so fluids and combustion gases don’t leak out.
Piston rings are small metal rings on the piston that help keep combustion pressure where it belongs. They also help control how much oil gets into the combustion chamber.
This is about improving how well the piston rings seal in the engine. Better sealing means less “leakage” of combustion gases and usually better power and longevity.
A torque converter is a part used with automatic transmissions. It helps the engine apply power to the drivetrain smoothly, especially when starting off.
“Powerglides” likely refers to the Powerglide automatic transmission used in many drag builds. People choose it because it can be strengthened for high-power racing.
Pro-modified is a type of drag racing class for cars that are heavily modified. It’s one of the categories people use to describe what kind of racing build you’re talking about.
Super Street is a drag racing class name used to describe a rules-based category of street-leaning, performance-modified cars. It typically sits between more extreme classes and more street-oriented categories, depending on the sanctioning body.
A bracket car is a drag racing car tuned to be consistent. Instead of chasing the absolute fastest run, you try to hit a target time as closely as possible.
Larisse Motorsports Insurance is an insurance company focused on race-car owners. The host is saying it helps protect you financially if you wreck a car.
The Miata is a small two-seat sports car made by Mazda. People like it for track days and racing because it’s light and easy to drive. That’s why it’s mentioned when talking about racing insurance for cars used on road courses.
Greer Dragway is a drag racing track where cars race in a straight line. When someone says it’s their home track, it usually means they race there often and know what to expect.
Mark Williams brakes are a specific brand of brake parts. In drag racing, good brakes help you slow down safely and consistently after a hard launch and full-throttle run.
Mac Fab wheels are aftermarket wheels associated with drag racing setups. Wheel choice can affect weight, tire fitment, and how the car launches and tracks down the strip.
Term
Mc Thompson
“Mc Thompson” sounds like the name of a parts brand used on the dragster. The excerpt doesn’t say exactly which part it is, but it’s part of the car’s race setup.
“Dash for Cash” is a special drag-racing event where there’s prize money on the line. Drivers still run timed passes, but the goal is to earn the cash prizes based on how fast you go.
“Dialing for dollars” means you’re racing with a strategy to win money. Instead of just going as fast as possible, you pick a target time and try to hit it so you can win the payout.
They’re using an electric bike to get around at the track. They mention it because their current trailer setup can’t fit a golf cart and the dragster’s setup at the same time.
A “door car” is basically a normal car body with doors, not an open-wheel dragster. It helps tell you what kind of drag racing vehicle you’re watching.
“Dialed 723” is the time the driver plans to run in a bracket race. The goal is to be as close as possible to that number so you win on timing accuracy.
“Cut a light” means you launch at the perfect time when the race starts. If you react well, you can get a head start and improve your chances of winning.
Term
15 on a tree
On the drag strip, the “tree” is the starting light. “15 on a tree” means the driver reacted in about 0.15 seconds, which is how fast they launched after the start.
Term
running on down
This is just describing the car continuing down the track after it starts. It’s basically “keep going and build speed” through the run.
Ernie McDaniel is the person who built the car’s chassis (the main frame and structure). A good chassis builder helps the car launch and handle better on the drag strip.
Van Greer is a racer the host talks about as being really good. They also clarify he isn’t related to the track name, but he knows the scene and shares tough experiences from racing there.
Term
winner circle photo
A “winner circle photo” is the picture you take after you win at the drag strip. The host is saying they got a photo showing they won and were recognized.
The Alpine A110 is a small sports car designed to handle well on a road or track. In the conversation, it’s being praised for being very consistent—meaning it behaves the same way repeatedly. That’s important when people are timing laps or running sessions.
Qualifying passes are practice runs where you’re trying to post your best time. Your results help decide where you start or how you’re matched up in the competition.
A delay box is a gadget that helps time the car’s launch. It can make launches more consistent so the car hooks up better and the driver doesn’t have to guess the timing.
Superstock is a drag-racing class with rules that limit modifications compared with more open classes. The mention implies the driver’s choice about using a delay box may be influenced by class rules or expectations.
Joey Logano is a well-known NASCAR driver. In this race recap, they say he led most of the laps and controlled the race, even with strategy and incidents affecting who stayed close.
They’re talking about a NASCAR race at North Wilkesboro, which is a smaller track. Smaller tracks usually mean cars run closer together, so passing and contact happen more often.
“On the lead lap” means you’re not behind the leader by a full lap. If you get lapped, you’re off the lead lap, and that usually makes it harder to compete for the win.
A green-flag pit stop is when cars pit while the race is still “normal” and not slowed down by a caution. If a caution happens at the wrong time, the cars can end up stuck behind others and lose positions.
A caution is when NASCAR slows the race because something happened on the track. It can bunch cars together and make strategy and pit timing suddenly matter a lot.
Alex Bowman is a NASCAR driver. The hosts mention a crash involving him that triggered a caution, which then changed the race by affecting how many cars were still on the lead lap.
Term
randomizer
Here, the randomizer sounds like a tool that makes picks for you automatically. They’re joking about whether it would have chosen the right race class or outcome.
Drag Racing is a type of racing where cars race in a straight line over a short distance. The winner is the one that gets to the finish line first, usually measured very precisely.
The pit road is the special lane cars use to come in for service during a race. Drivers have to go slowly there, and leaving too fast can get you penalized.
“SVG” is a short nickname broadcasters use for a particular driver. Here they’re saying that driver was leading and doing well.
Person
Matt
“Matt” is likely another person on the show being talked to. They’re part of the discussion about what’s happening in the race.
Concept
chase stand
A “chase” is the playoff part of the season. Your “stand” is where you sit in that playoff race—whether you’re close to being safe or still at risk of missing the championship round.
Season standings are the leaderboard for the whole season based on points. If you move up in the standings, it can mean you’re closer to qualifying for the next phase or championship.
Juan Montoya is a well-known racing driver who has competed across multiple disciplines, including top-level open-wheel racing. In this segment, he’s used as an example of a driver adapting to oval tracks, implying that learning time in the car is key.
An oval is a type of race track that’s mostly sweeping turns, usually run at high speed. It’s different from road courses, so drivers often need time to adjust.
Seat time just means how long the driver gets to drive and practice. The more time they spend behind the wheel, the faster they learn what the car does and how to handle it.
Ferrari is the famous racing team in Formula 1. They’re discussing how Ferrari performed better than before and how their drivers and strategy played out in the race.
They’re talking about Charles Leclerc, one of Ferrari’s race drivers. The host is describing how he was driving and how his actions affected other cars on track.
They mean Lewis Hamilton, a top Formula 1 driver. They’re talking about a penalty he got and how it impacted his race result and championship position.
A five-second penalty means the race officials add five seconds to a driver’s time because of a rules violation. It can drop the driver behind others even if they finish close on track.
The drivers’ championship is the yearly race for drivers to earn the most points across all the Grand Prix. It’s separate from the team standings and tracks who’s leading overall.
Mercedes is one of the top Formula 1 teams. The hosts are saying Mercedes isn’t quite as fast in a straight line as the leading team lately, even though they used to win by a lot.
In racing, improving one thing usually creates a new problem somewhere else. It’s like a chain reaction—make it faster, and now you have to make the rest of the car handle the extra stress too.
Torque is the twisting force that helps you get moving hard. Power is how much “work” the engine can do over time, which affects how fast the car can keep accelerating.
A junior drag racing program is a structured pathway for younger drivers to learn drag racing basics—car control, safety, and competition—before moving into adult classes. In this context, it’s described as a progression from early involvement to later racing success.
“Sports collision” sounds like a named part of the show where they talk about sports more generally. It’s more of a format/segment name than a car term.
“Three pedals” typically means the car has a clutch pedal in addition to the brake and gas. That usually goes with a manual gearbox, where you control the launch more directly.
They’re talking about what the spectators were like at the drag races—how excited and involved everyone seemed.
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Hey everybody. WFO radio ignition is back. We are on the road and I know it sounds a little
bit like the start of NHRA Nitro but me being on the road that is the the easiest way to set it
up right to do to get into the show really quickly as we are at the Muckleshoot Casino
resort in Seattle, Auburn, Seattle or Auburn Washington near just outside of Seattle and super
excited following up the Denzo Sonoma Nationals and just had to do a show. Just had to. I told you
guys last week I said guys no show is not going to be a show. We're going to no show next week.
Can't do it but then all kinds of craziness happened like all kinds of just amazing things of course
Sonoma sold out. What an event that was. It was outrageous. We'll talk about it.
the people. We're going to talk about the like all the great people who are super excited and
positive. No, no, no. We're going to talk about the three negative people that believe that we're
all lying about the sellout. We're all lying about it. We're going to talk about those people. We're
going to talk about them. We're going to talk about Greg Stamfield winning pro stock and shotgunning
multiple goblets of wine and two outlaw light beers. The guy's a hero. He's a beast.
How do you do that? How do you do that? We've got an interview with Greg Stamfield. We'll be on
NHRA Nitro. It's going to happen tomorrow one o'clock Eastern time 10 a.m. Pacific. We'll be
doing that. I also spoke with Jordan Vandergriff on the show. Doug Coletta on the show. Quick
interviews like two and a half, three minutes, that kind of thing. But we will hear from everybody.
We'll also hear from Josh Hatchet, NHRA's director of media relations. We'll talk about
the big lie that we're all telling about the sellout. We got you. What's wrong with people?
We're going to get into all that. Plus, one of the major motivations for this show
is personal. Not personal me, but WFO. Dave Morris wins in the new dragster. We got to hear about
that. Sue's going to be on. Troy in Oregon won $4,000 in a bracket race at Woodburn, Oregon.
Now, I don't fully expect Troy to be on because Troy, you know, bigger and better things,
got to go show, getting ready for the big weekend in the Muckleshoot Casino Resort,
Northwest Nationals. He's going to be our third announcer out here. Our local regional
announcer is really the way I like to say it. So all of that. But we are going to celebrate Troy's
grand victory. And Matt in Australia also raced. We'll talk about that. I want to do that, but it's
going to be one of those shows, right? One of those shows. We're here from the hotel room.
So who knows how long it will last. I do want to shout out to the people who make it possible.
I see everyone signing on. That's great. The patrons are all welcome. Met so many nice people
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Larisse Motorsports Insurance. Shout out to Larisse, Holden Larisse. I see they're now doing
road course insurance. Like if you've got a Mazda Miata and you're racing the SCCA,
they are doing that as well. So cool. Larisse is expanding in the racing field,
but you've got to have a policy, guys. If you've got a race car that you can't afford to just buy
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Jesse Converter's Global Emissions System Incorporated. All right, let's bring on
Sue Morris co-hosting the show this evening. I don't know if we're going to get Giovanni.
Giovanni might be a little busy right now. Giovanni is packing. He's getting ready to get on the road,
but hey, WFO. Congratulations, Dave Morris. Let's talk about Dave's big windows, Sue.
Oh man. We were at our home track, Greer Dragway. It's our home track now that we're down in the
Carolinas. Love that place. Great people, great family. You have a home track. That's like the
bar. Do you have a home track? Yes, you do. Yes, we do. We do. And it is Greer Dragway.
And took the dragster out, basically really the second race on the new combination. We finally
got this thing set up with the Mac Fab wheels on there and the Mc Thompson and this thing,
and the new Mark Williams brakes. I mean, this thing is set up. And so I played crew chief. I
Dave won. Oh, that's why the full focus of the Morris family.
Yeah, I was full crew chief mode. So it was great. It was a hot day. One of those where you
hydrate, hydrate, but we first pass out, then goes down there and it's a 481. Not bad, not bad.
And we're like getting it out there and learning some things. Go out for the Dash for Cash,
Dave's 004 in the tree. And I kept the 81 on it and it goes in 80. It's all good though,
Dash for Cash, right? You're just making it work. Dash for Cash. Is that like dialing for dollars?
Dialing for dollars, Dash for Cash, exactly. So one thing I love, you know, it's not one of the
things I love about Greer. It's like it's a consistent race every time you go. You get your
time runs, you do your Dash for Cash, and then they do a little break on the racing. So, but
yeah, so Dash for Cash, cars running good. Now I'm starting to figure it out. I'm like, all right,
we're tweaking now. We're getting an understanding where this thing is. The brakes, days like bumping
the drags are in really well. So we get out there and we're going rounds. And we get,
the thing is turning into a machine really starting to figure out it's printing tickets as
the saying goes, right? So it's laying down 479s. It's starting to pick up a little bit,
had it towards the end, we're getting there 478, but we're getting down and it was semifinals.
And I go to Dave, I said, well, I said, you're either running yourself or you're running a
door car. And I come down in the lanes. And if you saw us in this setup, I had our electric bike
and days in a dragster, because you can't do the golf cart and the dragster on the same trailer
with our current setup. So I go, I go, zig it on down there with the electric bike, which I love
is my favorite toy. And I come around and, and I look at him and, and he like looks at me and he
goes, and he's pointing at himself. He's like, I'm racing me. Oh, I got the vibe like, Oh, cool,
let's go. You know, so set it up out there and get down there goes and goes a 78. And I'm like,
all right, cool, looking at conditions, everything else. And now we're down to the final and racing
a door car. So the dragster in a door car in the final sets it up. And, and this car was, he was
dialed 723. And I'm like, Oh, all right, well, here we go. Why you better cut a light. Let's go get
him. He gets out there and he was he was 15 on a tree gets down there running on down and, and he
comes up on him and, and he was goes past him and boom gets the wind. It's like, oh,
there we go. And I will tell you, we were going wild with the fact that we actually won at Greer.
Is the heart is a tough track to race at. It's one of those almost like you want to
race with the best, right? And Greer is it's filled with winners. And, and a lot of heritage
there too. There's a lot of generations that have raced there. And dang, it's good racing
and great people, great racing. And when you in there, you feel you feel like you did something,
you know what I mean? So yeah, well, it is I my my my friend, the guy who built my car, Ernie McDaniel
was a really great chassis builder from Miami Hollywood era. But he you know, he his son Ernie
McDaniel, Jr. moved to the Carolinas and talked about racing at Greer through the 90s and how
tough it was. And that guy Van Greer, right? No relation. Excellent racer from there. And
he would just always talk about how brutal it was. And any track that's been around for a long
time, which Greer has, as I understand it, you know, it cultivates it cultivates great racing
around there, like people like they come to rely on it. And everything you said made me a little
jealous, because that's, that's what we were missing. Like a consistent program, we're finding out
consistent stability is sexy. It's like, wow, yeah, you know, it's just they just are there and
they're reliable, reliable, sexy stability. And so winning a Greer is a big deal. Oh, yeah. Yeah,
wait, we had Mike Greer came and he was in our winner circle photo, which we loved. Now Greer
on their points races wasn't a points race. They give out the good way you don't feel obligated to
chase points now. No, no, no, wait, we're still chasing the points there. But I mean,
you know, but, but I will tell you, there's some significant leads. So hey, Bobby, what's
happening? I'm signing on. You know, I was a little worried that we wouldn't get the whole crew on
there because we told everybody I told everybody wasn't doing a show the talent last week. I was
like, I wasn't sure I remember anything anyway. Yes. Yes. So
the chat section is rocking. Go ahead. It was funny because speaking of Greer,
Monnie Bogan was there. Yes. Okay. So and we're walking up the hair and he looks at me and he's
like, Hey, he's like, wait, what are you doing here? Why aren't you at so and so track? I'm like,
Greer is having a race for running the Greer. Here we are. And you know, so, so now it was a
funny story with that we did race Monnie first round and and unfortunately, we did have to buy
after that one day was a little tardy on the tree, but bought back and then it was
full steam ahead. Okay. So you want after buying back? We did after first round. Yep.
Yeah. See, I think this a tremendous deal. You know, I've got some friends that
they don't like to buy back and I scream at them all the time. Why? And well, it's just like a
old school thing or something or maybe like, you know, I'm not naming names, but you know,
want to spend the money like, Oh, I already lost the 80 bucks. And so I don't want to lose another
50 or whatever. And like I'm screaming, you've already spent the money to get here. It's only
$50 or whatever it is. You have to buy back. You have to. No, no, you know, and look,
perfect example, cars running good. I mean, we were, Dave was like, Oh, I just missed it.
You know, and it was like, Oh my, well here, go, go pay your dues.
Now, if like, I actually, you know, I don't know if I
prefer no buyback single elimination, load up and go home, old school drag racing,
bracket racing, like I used to really like that. Because I can, I can get out of first
round a lot. But if available, you must buy back. It's the smart thing to do.
Yeah. I mean, yeah, driving home to point. Yeah, exactly. I mean, like I said, if you're feeling
confident, like, look, stuff happens, right? He, he's staged in and it was like, well, you know,
Oh shoot. So this seems like a perfect time to break in.
And this seems like a perfect time to break in and say, I am on hotel Wi-Fi and who knows what's
going to happen when this thing is going to end. So Sue, let's go if some reason I were to get
frozen. Yes. In the upper right hand corner, you see that and recording button. Do you have that?
Yeah. In the upper right, right? Do you see that? It's red. Do you see that? Do you have one?
You got to confirm that you have it. So if I were to maybe never come back, like, you know what I
mean? Then you can, well, you continue the show for as long as you choose. And then you hit that.
And I know many people are probably thinking like, it would have been a good idea to talk to
about that before the show. And you're right. It would have been.
And we were too busy catching up about the race win and all of that. So if guys, if I were to just
become frozen, Sue, you have the power to just complete the show, say whatever you want. You can,
you can talk about all of that stuff. And then, but I will eventually hear the show just so you
know. But I'm, well, good job. Congratulations. I think it's super exciting. The new drag story has
gone through its whole process and it's already got a win on it. Yes. Yes. And while we're talking
about the WFO universe, we got Bobby Graham up here as well. Troy in Oregon wins. How about Troy?
His first ever win. First Remember, he was nothing. He was not a racer. He was just
a guy who was like, Oh, this is a thing. I can do this. Yeah, you can do it. He got the car.
He made the car race car. He started racing, started promoting racing. This is a very short arc
to his first win. It's a tremendous occurrence. And so Troy, who sent me the photographs, I should
put the photo on the screen, right? What a dummy. Maybe I will hear in a few minutes. Right? But,
you know, we're in a hotel, so it's complicating things. But amazing. So Sue and Dave are out
there racing and winning. And Troy is out there WFO. He's out there getting his first win. And
then there's our buddy, Matt and Australia. Welcome Matt. Come on, Matt. Hey, Matt. Good day,
guys. And Matt's red lighting in first round. Yeah. 2000. You need to put a couple more in
that box. Oh, that's right. The pretend box, the imaginary box was working just great, by the
way. You should have rolled two. You should have rolled a couple in. You should have worn thinner
shoes as I can have to say. 14 on the tree consistently till E1. Thinner shoes. Thinner
story out of the way. The whole reason we're doing the show tonight is because our friend
raised Matt. So yeah, it doesn't have to be like WIC. So my competitor, who I haven't completed
against before in round one, double bulbs me. Really? What a jerk. And it worked. No, it wasn't
working. It wasn't working because I was aware that he had another competitor had told me that
he does that from time to time. Okay. So I just let him sit there. Now, unbewares to me if I had
a left at five to 10 seconds longer. As I went into pre-stage, Bob started flickering. I thought
I saw that on the video. I thought that's what I saw. Your Australian sister said to me,
why didn't you wait just a little bit longer? You just needed like a half a second longer.
That's all you needed. A little bit longer. His car was creeping. He couldn't hold it on the line.
Anyway. Oh my gosh.
Anyway. Matt. So that was anyway.
Whatever. You're in a different place. You're still making early runs on the car.
Seat time, buddy. Seat time, my friend. We would have beat him as well, but that was the
thing. Yeah. Because I read it through anyway. Well, I didn't really realize until half track
that I'd read it, but yeah. Not too worried. When's the next race, Matt? Yeah. What can you do,
man? That's it. It's no big deal. No big deal. You're good. What? Mid-August. Okay. Couple weeks.
Few weeks. We have 34 weeks here. Yeah. So this car, Joe, three weeks. There goes Joe.
Yeah. Oh, there he is. This car is just in 64. It is just crazy consistent. Nice. So I don't know
a 1-1-0, a 1-1-2, and a 1-1-3. Nice. 1-1-0, 1-1-2, 1-1-3. 1-1-3. Okay.
Yeah. You're talking about at the decimal point, right? Yes, after this one.
I'm just checking. I'm just making sure. Yeah. Joe's frozen, isn't he? Yeah. He's a little frozen,
but he'll come back. Don't worry. See, I think it's the experiences normally. Normally, that's me
frozen, and you guys are all chatting away. Right. If he's still got his picture up there,
he can still hear. Yeah. But he may be frozen. Maybe. You never know. Maybe. We'll see. We'll see
how it goes. But yeah, my event, it rained all morning. We'd had rain for the two days prior
to the event. We didn't get on track until 12.30 in the afternoon. What happened? Monica just thought
Joe was really paying attention. Oh, yeah. Focus. Look at that focus on his face. He's so focused.
Look at that. It's intense. True there, Monica. True that, Monica. Say, yeah, we didn't get on track.
I'm back over here. We got two of you. He's bookended. He's bookended. You never left. Oh my
goodness. And you're better now. Look how much you look. I can't see the other me. I can't see the
other me. Sorry. So let's go very quickly. We didn't go. We didn't get on track until 12.30
in the afternoon. They pulled it back to two qualifying passes instead of three and away we
went. But it did get yet again, very cold. Yeah. After E1. And there's part of me after the last
experience was sort of happy that I wasn't racing in that weather. Yeah, winner. That's our winner.
It's just too much. The track got too cold and too much dew. Correct. Yes. Yeah, no need to do that.
I don't need to do that. All right. So everything is going to be at hyper speed here tonight.
You can see my dust. There he is. Hello, Gio. Hello, Newman. Hello. So we got Dave and Sue.
Winner. We got Troy. Matt. First time winner for Troy. I don't like that word
though, Matt. I really don't. I think you're going through a process. I'm proud of you. I'm proud
of you. Every experience 2000, right? Me and Sue, do you think you need a delay box, but you don't
want to do it. That's fine. You know, that's okay. So you know what's funny is I actually
get ready to put a package together. I thought the thoughts you like if we sent Matt a delay box,
would he then feel obligated to put it in the car? And I think the answer is no.
The car came with one. The car came with one. The car came with one. Okay.
This is an ego thing, Sue. He doesn't want to do, he doesn't want to use it.
Then he needs to run Superstock.
Geez. Right, Joe? Maybe that's the new rule. Maybe that's what top sportsmen and top dragsters
should be off the bottom. And we'll see who's really good. Like comp, you know, like comp.
Then we'll see who wants the fast car. I want to see him swap and beat.
I can't help it. What can I say? Oh my God, the guy's going to be great. All right. So Joey
Logano wins NASCAR, North Wilkesboro. Kimi Antonelli wins one. Sue, give us a little NASCAR
as we keep going. Yeah, so NASCAR, North Wilkesboro. Man, the short track. Short track that
keeps up with its reputation. Yeah, Joey Logano, and you had him leading pretty much
he did a record lead. Sorry, I'm slipping to my notes over here. He basically led
322 of the 450 laps. It was the combination. Personal best most laps led in a race for him.
Yeah. Yeah, so 322 laps he led. And there were only six cars on the lead lap
at the end of the race. There was Ty Gibbs. One of that was that Joey, you know, there were not a
lot of cautions and Joey was on it. And so he 18 or so seconds for a lap. So he was going around
and putting guys down a lap, but also was in the middle of a green flag pit stop sequence.
Somebody hit or brought out a caution and it trapped like half the field two laps down pretty
much because he was on a green flag pit stop. That would be the Alex Bowman crash.
Okay, there you go. Yeah, it was Alex Bowman into Ty Loretik.
He went across Ty Loretik. Ty Loretik's nose. And so that kind of really put most of the field
that wasn't already a lap down. It left, I think, 15 or 16 guys on the lead lap.
And then in that last 100 lap sequence or whatever it was, 80 laps or so, I think,
what it actually was, Joey just put like 10 more guys in the lap down.
Yeah. But I mean, I would say overall it was a pretty good race because it's a short track and
there was a passing and there was a lot of beating and banging. But if you're not a Joey Legato fan,
you know, it might have been a little, you know, one of those where somebody is on the setup and
he just pretty much ran away at the race. At the end, I mean, Denny Hamlin was within a second,
the whole last run, but didn't really have anything for him. He got a little closer
about two or three tenths when they were passing, you know, trying to pass through the
lap cars and in traffic. But he really, he didn't have anything for Joey. And he said it at the
end that it was just a joy, you know, how it was on it. Yeah. Joy. Because y'all overall
domination and he pulls himself up from being out, I don't know, about 18 or 20 points. And now
he's about 40 points to the good or something, I believe. Maybe 45 points and up into 14th place.
So he made a couple of spots and you know, I mean, good to with a guy like Logano, you knew that
when he won a race that that was going to happen. And he's the kind of driver that he'll get hot
and won a couple of races now, you know, he's he's a three time champ, man. He is life spread. He is
living up to the reputation that was, you know, all the accolades and stuff that was being talked
about him when he came up. So is he and forgive me because I didn't see the race is Joey still
bald? Oh, yeah. Oh, he's sport. I mean, he's probably got a cul-de-sac, but he shaved.
After after the after he took off the rug, he just okay. So so that's kind of where I'm going on
the deal. It was a rug or it was like hair club, like I like implants because I thought he had
like one of those the sponsor, whoever that sponsor was, I'm pretty sure it was. Yeah. But I
I guess he didn't like it.
What issues? Yeah, he didn't like it. He Let me tell you, as a race car driver,
maybe this sponsorship wasn't, you know, went away and he wasn't going to, he's like, Oh,
I'm not going to pay for this. I'm not going to have that dead raccoon on my head.
So it was like a coon skin cap.
Oh, it didn't look bad on him, but that can't be comfortable, man.
You know, it's got to be hot.
Oh, yeah, man. Get out of here.
But you know, now when him and Ryan Blaney stand next to each other, it's like looking at Burton
Ernie. Oh man. One of the one of the great comedy duos of all time. There's Abbott and Costello.
There's Laurel and Hardy, Burton Ernie. This is great. Great stuff. Great stuff. All right,
so Bobby Graham, give us the most important fantasy results that we need to know.
Oh, Bobby muted. You are all muted. Let's unmute Bobby. I can't. It says that he's muted himself.
Oh, yeah, I did. I muted myself because I got a little fan going here and I don't know if it's
making too much noise. We admire that. Thank you, Bobby. Thank you. I didn't hear it till I put
my hearing aids in. So I made noise. So all right, here we go. Segment standings.
Still, with no changes in the first three places, first place is Bulls Wool, second place,
Royal Flush Racing, 118 points behind, third place, Mr. Fantasy NASCAR, 148 points behind,
up two spots to fourth place, PT 14, 194 behind, fifth place, Be Like Biff, 203 behind,
fifth place, I mean, sixth place, Olson's Trail Blazers. Thank you, Olson, for taking a bad part
out. And Olson's just signed on, baby. He's on there. Hey, hey. Way to go, way to go, Olson.
264, seventh place, Party Girl. She's down three more spots. Come on, Megan. Let's go. Let's go.
You're a hope. Come on, Party Girl. Let's go. Team 12, ninth place, Zamboni John,
tenth place, Southern Racer X. Oh, he's hanging in there. Yep, I'm still hanging in in the limit.
And that does serve for the seventh standings. Good job, Bobby. I wish I could say the same
for Dragon Racing. Who won the week? The person that won the week was Highline Real
Fine. Highline Real Fine? All right. Yes, this is second place. These are worth saying. Fantasy
Clueless in second place. Monica. She was only 17 points behind. Beer Reader Racing was in third.
Tied with Stubbo and Mr. Fantasy NASCAR. Oh, my God, they don't stop winning.
In BT-14. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. And Royal Flesh Racing. Five of them in third place.
Five of them in time for third. I am rough. All right. Eighth place, Gio.
Get in there and not get in third place. Ninth place, Olson's Trail Blazers. And
10th place. Be like Bip. And that's for the race. All right. Tremendous. Well, everyone,
keep on going. Keep fighting. And Drag Race Fract, Bonanza. I don't know how I did. We'll talk
about that tomorrow, maybe. But good job, Bobby. I appreciate you. And Indy's coming up next week.
Drag Race and Bonanza killed me. I did not get one person right in pro stock. You're not the only
one. Whoever did. Nobody did. But that was so exciting. And you know, like,
I was in thousandth place, so I had to be way behind everybody else.
I thought that Jason Galvin did such a good job calling that round, like that round, like,
whatever else, that round was so exciting. Like, and he's getting excited and Courtney's
getting excited and I'm down there. And it's like, it's not, I don't want to say it's good
exciting because I'm not rooting for or against anybody. But I'm just like, this is out of the
ordinary. This one, this one, this one. It was so unexpected. Yeah. Good stuff, man. Yeah, it was very...
Bobby, not even the randomizer picked pro stock. The randomizer was all wrong.
Let me tell you, I had the randomizer first and I changed it because it had
Glenn, it went in the race and I said, nah, he's not going to win the race.
Well, you were smarter than the randomizer. I should have used the randomizer.
Randomizer would have been the way to go. Drag Race, Drag and Bonanza. Great stuff. Hey,
I want to shout out to some people in the chat just to catch up on a few things that people are
saying. Let me make sure I get it right. The suit takeover. Monica says, Matt, just give it a test,
the delay box. Monica, who's not racing, says Matt, just give it a test. And Wes is down there.
Wes, who races? Wes was at Sonoma. We'll talk Sonoma in a minute. Wes was there. I did not see
Wes though. That was unfortunate. Wes says, test it, Matt. Like Monica says, you'll like it.
He says, this is tested. Just try it. You like it. You know, your kid, we're trying to give you
the, trying to give you the mush. You know, eat your mush and you're like, no, I don't want to eat the
mush. Right? He likes it. Hey, Mikey, you won't eat it. Monica says,
I actually picked drivers this time. Congratulations. Megan, my drivers are not helping me out.
Everyone's celebrating each other. They're not listening to you, Megan. What's up with that?
Apparently they're not reading the list here. So
she says, AJ and I were screaming, what the heck? Yeah, no, it was, it was wild. What a wild round
one. All right. Any other NASCAR thoughts that we need to put out there on the table in this
highly abbreviated accelerated program? The only thing I will say is Ty Gibbs is probably,
is definitely kicking himself because he did win. He did win the first stage and then got caught
for speeding in all coming off a pit road. So going to the back and having to fight his way
back again, he still did finish in the top 10. But you know, the fact that he could have been,
he was already putting on a pretty stellar lead. The other call out, Matt, SVG. SVG was looking good.
He was leading laps. And you know, I love the comments too. That was the best. Yeah. I can't
believe I'm leading. Yeah. What do I do now? What do I do? The chase stand. Right. Now,
that about 49 laps. And yeah, moved up a couple of spots in the season standings. And
you know, the odds are that he should, he should make it now. And he's, you know,
I don't want to say you never know, but he's closer to being safe than being out, I would say.
Yeah. The guy is a very talented race car driver. We saw Juan Montoya adapt on ovals. He's
adapting. It's about seat time. And I have no, no doubt. Again, the car is very in his wheelhouse.
And all these people who said he can only drive road courses are totally wrong.
Well, he did. He used to drive Bertrack Speedway back in, back in New Zealand. And I do also remember
maybe four or five years back, they put him in a, the second tier rally car when the World
third in that, like, yeah, he's one of those guys. He's one of those super talents. Yeah,
they can drive anything. It's just like, what are we, what are we focusing on? That's right.
And I think to your point, Joe, the more seek time he gets on the ovals, and it'll just,
it'll come to him or you'll get to it, one of the other or budget at the same time. So, right,
right. I don't think he's, he's there for a short term. So the longer he's there,
the, the better he's going to get. That's for sure. He gives you at least one and more than
likely two to three near guaranteed race wins every year. Yeah, you're not going anywhere.
He's not going anywhere. Yeah. No. So they somehow catch up to him on the road courses. No,
and he's only getting better. No, this guy is good, man. He's good. He could, he could,
who knows, he could contend for a championship couple of, you know, couple of years from now.
So yeah, possibly. Excellent. All right. Let's do formula one. Kimmy Antinelli. I saw clips of
the race. I know Ferrari was able to get up there into the mix. I saw them trying to run. I saw
Charles trying to run down Kimmy at the end and then I had to go before the checkered flag.
But I wasn't dissatisfied with Ferrari's pace, but this race was Kimmy Kimmy from the bowl
onward. Geo, do you have anything you want to add? No, not really. I mean, that pretty much
Kimmy's the fastest. He's got another win. It looks like he's the golden child. And right now,
you know, there's the Ferrari has made great improvements and Lewis had a couple of incidents
of bad luck. He got a crappy five second penalty that probably didn't deserve. I think what I
think Charles, to move Charles made was actually considerably, you know, more worse. And he didn't
get a penalty, but Lewis got the five second penalty. But it is what it is. He still finished
fourth, I believe, of Max. Yes, Max. Max Lewis, Oscar. Yep. And the McLaren showed a little
bit of speed there. And but Kimmy, you know, when the Ferrari had the lead there for a little bit
based on when they pinned it and the strategy and so forth. But Kimmy just ran him down once
he got out there, man. Lewis takes over second in the drivers championship. He's got 159.
Correct. That's what it is. Lewis and George touched in lap one, you know, and whatever. I feel
like if George kind of came across in front of Lewis, but Lewis got a penalty for that for the
incident. And but George was out of the race. No points. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Well,
right now it looks like like Ferrari has gotten some speed, but I don't think they have anything
from Mercedes right now. And the straight line, they're just still not fast enough.
Got to keep working, man. Got to keep working. You never know. But yes, it's going to be very hard
to catch the leading team, but they are getting closer. Remember those early races this year,
the Mercedes was winning by like 10 seconds. And now they're winning by like, what did what did
Kimmy win by? I saw he had like one second lead when I was watching with like six laps to go.
I don't remember. It doesn't matter. But anyway, good job.
What are your thoughts on Oscar? Oscar outpacing Lando again.
Because that's all the talk down here is if Max leaves, which one's going to be replaced?
Yeah, I know. I think I think we discussed it. I think Lando's the guy that's got to go.
I think Oscar's the talent and, you know, on brute speed and also fewer mistakes.
But we'll see if Max does go there, which I don't think Max is going to go there. I think Max is
going to stay. Yeah, because we all want Max to go to break up the band. Yeah,
we'll see. The way he doesn't like this rules package, they'll probably get away from it
as fast as is possible. All right, let's keep moving. Let's keep moving. Good job.
On formula one, you know, as far as drivers championship coming up, they're going to hungry.
They're going hungry. Back to back. Yeah, the hungry. Okay. Back for Ferrari. Hopefully, let's see.
And then after this weekend, they'll be off for the summer break. That's right.
August 23rd. Mercedes leads the constructors with 353. Ferrari's got 285. McLaren's got 195.
So, you know, three tiers pretty much. Ferrari's got to, you know, we need some one twos, man.
We need some one twos. You never know. We could get up in there. You know, to the last
I grapple with the fight to the end, no matter what, you never know what's going to happen.
They could win and finish second and Mercedes could both crash out.
The Mercedes has only been winning and only scoring one car points so that they have cut
into the lead significantly over the last month. Reliability issues. All right, before we get to
sports collision, let's talk a little NHRA drag racing. Sonoma West was there on Friday night.
I want to take a second to address what happened on Friday night. Obviously,
it was not optimal to have the curfew gets hit and we have to send the cars back.
And we were all devastated and angry. Simple as that. Sad. Just a sad deal. I know a lot of people,
you know, aggressively wondering what and why I did some real rudimentary reporting,
talked to a couple of people about rear gears again. And I'm still in the middle of that.
But the people I talked to were confident it was not a competency issue that it was a metallurgy
issue. And the words he treat came out like, and so here's the deal, guys. It's just as simple.
So first of all, that was horrible. Yeah. Because that was one of that is that is the
the best session of the year. That was a zero session. Yeah. And we didn't get to see it because
a part broke on a car and put gear oil on the track. And so we're all devastated and we can be as
devastated as we want. But like, what are we going to do? Right? We're going to like self-immolate.
We're going to pour gasoline on ourselves and light ourselves on fire and burn to death
because we're so upset. No, the answer is no, we're just going to get over it and come back
the next day, which was great. And then Sunday was great, even better. But it was very sad.
The companies that make these gears extremely limited that I hear there's two companies that
will even do the work. You understand that will even do the work. And so maybe someone missed
on something and it sucks. But what if those two companies say, yeah, nah, we're not going to make
these gears anymore. It's not in our self interest to do this, to put ourselves out there like that.
We're not even going to do it. What then we got a big problem, right? You know, they say you need
tracks, you need nitro, you need tires, you need gears, you need gears. Yeah. So I have chosen to
just get over it and move on and not blame anybody and just move on to the next one and hope
that, you know, this new stock of gears, we can sort out what's what and keep going forward.
There's my state. On your up note, no. That's racing, Joe. Yeah. Yeah. Right.
Things break happen. It happens in like in road races, which I used to do or used to crew on
and you make the car that much faster and then the tires don't hold on and then you make it
better a little bit faster with better tires and then you haven't got enough brakes.
It's, yeah, it's never moving. It's a moving target, right? Yeah. Well, now the cars are doing
340 consistently. Everyone's obviously moves their power and torque up that much higher
to be able to achieve that and we've got breakages. Right. And again, like Tony Schumacher and I had
talked about this when they were having issues a while back and it's just a moving target,
you know, we can get mad and it serves no purpose. So we just move on to the next one and trust the
smart people and they will, they will figure it out. They'll get to the bottom of it.
And that's the way I look at it. But Friday night, we had a blast up until that point.
The Friday night session was amazing and we had, we had so much fun.
Gary Selzy in the booth with you and loans was just off the chart was great. I miss Gary
Selzy being out there. He is such a character. You know, I will tell you that the three of you
going back and forth was fantastic. And then Maddie commenting on your hair product and
and him jumping in on it. It was fabulous. So Derek every once in a while is out there and
you know, like I ask him to clip pull clips sometimes, you know, I like when people pull
clips. I wonder if Derek could pull that from Galvin asking Maddie to them zooming in on my hair.
That, that's, that's something that I might like to see 20 years from now, right? Cause
Galvin for putting it out there, it was funny. And you know, I'm laughing like, Oh my God,
of all the things to be known for that, right? And then loans is like, Hey, there's worse things
to be known for. And, and, and Selzy was great. And they were all great. And yeah,
everyone knows it. Put a little time into the hair, right? And put a little time into it.
So, uh, it was funny. It was a funny moment. I was blushing. I was red. Joe, it could be worse.
You could be known for being the bloke from Nazca who's got the mop on his head.
The Coonskin cap. Right. But he's a multimillionaire, Matt. He's a multi-multi-millionaire. I'd shave
my head to make 15 million a year. Some things cover the cost. That's, yes, they do. But we had
so much fun. And then Saturday was a great day. And Sunday was a great day. And we sold the place
out. We announced the sellout. I was wondering, I was thinking to myself, man, how is they not,
how is it not a sellout? Right. And then finally on Sunday, they announced the sellout and they're
like, Oh yeah, all three days. And it was packed. And I just want to address like, give me 30 seconds
guys, like you people out there that are working so hard to try to call the NHRA liars on the sellout.
Like what is wrong with you people? Really? What is wrong with you people that you are working so
hard on this beat that the sellouts are not sellouts? Look, there's an empty seat. The Thunder
Alley program where you upcharge people would seat 20 bucks so they can go down and be close to the
track. Think of how much more money they made. Oh, but they took away seats. They did take away
some seats. They did. They did take away seats. And it's the best decision they ever made for 100
reasons. Number one, those seats over there split the crowd. And some people liked those seats.
And so they chose to sit over there. No, get over there in the main grandstand. So you're in there
and you sell this place out, baby. Number one, number two, now we don't have people walking
from one side to the other split in the crowd. Three, you know, there's stands over there.
And maybe I'm not supposed to tell you this, but oops, someone accidentally told me and now I'm
accidentally telling you those bleachers over there, they are rental. They are rental bleachers.
And so what the track is in the whole X amount. And you know what X amount is? X amount is six
figures. So before you sell a ticket, before you sell one ticket, one ticket, you're down.
You're down six figures. Call it a hundo. hundo for the rent those bleachers, right?
And so now you don't pay the rental cost. Those people over there mixed in with everybody else,
looking like a seller. And while they're over there, you can offer them being on the return road
for an extra $20 to pop. And I'll bet you, I'll bet you 2000 people did that. And you are going
to question the business sense. You're going to question the sellout. You idiots you. You idiots
you. You're going to question that it's real. They just changed the numbers significantly
with that move. And you're going to question it. And you, you know, maybe you should go be a fan
of something else, right? It's just that simple. So don't question, please don't question. This was
the, it was the smartest thing. Oh, and I forgot part four, if we're even on four, you replace the
bleachers that cost you six figures and you replace it with RV camping, 36 spots that was sold out in
minutes. And whatever they sell those spots for times 36.
Don't question the business sense. That was the best move ever. They should win an award
for those moves. And you're going to question it. Sorry. Sorry for the aggressive nature guys.
But they're morons, morons questioning.
Oh, the nature is lying about the sellout. There was a seed outside.
All right, I'm done. Those with the least invested have the most to say, Joe.
Truly, truly. Anything else about results? Doug Coletta wins the race. Jasmine Salinas would have
been a nice win, but Doug, it's just too much. Jordan Mandagriff had the best car, won the race,
dominated, would have been nice. Daniel Wilkerson wasn't his day. They did not have the best car,
the best car won. Pro Stock Greg Stamfield. How was he standing after shot gunning all that wine?
Who knows? We'll ask him tomorrow. Pre-reported interviews and the beer and then two out all
light beers. He called himself something. I won't tell you now, but he called himself
something in the interview, WFO interview that might stick. All right. Might stick.
And any other notes? The kid Grant and Super Comp. There's a great story there. I'll tell it
tomorrow, but him and his dad came up to me. He and his dad came up to me and Pomona years ago,
when he was a little guy, and they said they want to get him in the junior drag racing program.
And then he came and found me in the broadcast booth on Friday before they started racing,
or Friday before first round, maybe. And we talked about him having a good day on Sunday,
and the kid went all the way to the final. Now he's running Super Comp. Yeah.
Yeah. So cool. Non-racer to junior racer to finalist at Sonoma.
Wild. You can do it. All right, Matt, give us an abbreviated Australia report,
then we'll do sports collision, then we'll get out of here while the internet lasts.
I've got nothing, Joe. I raced and I really haven't been over it.
Good. Good job. We appreciate that. Listen, Pat, our favorite Australian is you.
You should know that by now. You should know that. Like as much as we entertain all the good stuff.
Other than the state championship here at Sydney Dragway, as far as I'm aware,
not much happened. Like there was no supercars on. There wasn't any other significant events
on Australia drag racing wise middle of winter. Not a very cold winter, but winter, not the same.
And yeah, I did it. Yes. All right. Let's do sports collision. No, no. Listen,
Giovanni is about to get on a plane in like three hours to come west. And so we want,
I would love for him to post the show. And so I want to get this thing over with sports collision.
Sports collision. All right. As everyone knows, the world's favorite soccer tournament
has come to a conclusion. The World Cup is over. The final between Spain and Argentina
was a giant zero to zero dud. And we finally got a goal at about what, the 106th minute of the game
at the start of the second half of the extra time. And Spain held on to one nothing lead.
They totally dominated the game. It's why we hate soccer because it was just like boring.
All they did was control the ball and say, keep away from Argentina, the whole game.
They were the only ones that had any, any shots on goal and had really
were on the attack at all for, for, for much of the game. Argentina, I think didn't even get
an actual shot until that extra time where at the end they finally, you know, went all on the,
all out attack, but were unable to score a goal. But the best team won, you know, Messi showed out
in, and he's still arguably the best player in the world or at least one of, but the Spanish
were the best team in the whole tournament. They only gave up one goal the entire tournament. And
so it is what it is. And that's it. That was the World Cup. It's over. Spain wins again.
Messi does not win. Actually that what we call here the loser bowl, the third place game was quite
entertaining where it was a six to four game and England went out and put up four quick goals in
the first half. But then in the second half of France came back and got three to make it four
to three before England, you know, got another one, then France got another one. They, you know,
they ended up scoring six goals in the second half, 10 goals total. That was, that was a game.
But that happens because, you know, neither team is really, you know, interested in, in that game
as much, you know, it's, it's the third game, like we said, but that was actually quite entertaining,
the third place game on Saturdays. And so World Cup, we'll see you in four more years. And,
you know, don't want to know about soccer till the next Olympics or whatever.
No, it's not that bad. But yes, I thought it was great. Booking the whole thing. World Cup,
great job. I agree. You know, like it was a nice distraction, kind of like the Olympics is every
once in a while. We'll see him for years. Weeks of, you know, pretty much some kind of sporting
event on every day and entertainment, you know, it was, it was fun. It was fun. Yes, it was fun.
It was fun. It's not our primary thing. It's not the number one thing. Soon as the United States
lost, I lost a lot of interest, but fun while it lasted and I'm not against it in any way.
And good for good for America to have all that money come in. Spain is one of the host nations
of the next World Cup. Oh, wow. I feel badly for anybody that has to follow the United States in
hosting US, Canada and Mexico. All right. Yeah. A three-pronged thing. There was a couple of,
you know, a lot of matches in Toronto and Vancouver and in Mexico City and Guadalajara
and in their big soccer stadiums down there too, you know, right.
Interesting note as well. The Argentinian goalkeeper, who I think kept them in the game
and did keep it to a little draw until the extra time, played with a broken finger as well.
Oh, all right. So that was pretty huge. Excellent note. Excellent note, man.
So yeah, that's what pretty much has been going on in the rest of the second ball world. The golf
was the British Open or just the Open as they call it yesterday. And the guy who won,
who I can't remember his name right now, I will search for it as we keep going,
birdied the last hole to take the lead because Cam Young was in, what is it? At the clubhouse,
he had the lead at nine under and this guy birdied like three out of the last four holes
to take the, to go to 10 under and win the tourney. And I am doing him no justice.
Ryan. Ryan Fox. Ryan Fox. There you go. One of your people over there, Matt. He's a Kiwi.
Yeah. Kiwi, Matt. Well, that final hole, I saw the final hole. His drive on the final hole was
ridiculous. And then like the final hole was just like ripping the rip and he goes up there
and he, and he drains that birdie putt to win the tournament. Like that's how you do it.
It was that second shot that he put it within what I guess about 10 to 12 feet that he had.
Yeah, I'd say I was an eight to 10 footer. Yeah, there you go. But that was incredible.
That's how you do it, man. He ended up, you know, he came back from a, from a few holes back.
Cam Young was, you know, clubhouse leader at nine under and the other American Burns, he, he was,
he started to take the two shot lead, but he shot two over for the day and ended up, you know,
in third. Scotty, you know, made a run there at the end too, but, you know, got bogied. I think
it was 14 and 15 or maybe 15 and 16. And then, you know, just, he would have had to have birdied
the last three holes and he wasn't able to. But that was, you know, that was pretty good though.
It wasn't one of the typical British opens that a lot of weather, you know, bad weather
is a factor. And so that went on off for this weekend too. And, you know, baseball, they went
to the all-star break last week. The American lead won, won the game. They scored three runs
in the first and ended up being, I think a four to nothing or four, yeah, four nothing. It was,
I thought it was going to be an offensive explosion at first, but then it turned out to be
quite the opposite. They went pretty much scoreless to like the seventh or eighth inning
after the first inning. And, you know, they're backing out from the break. Everybody's played
about a hundred games. The Tampa Bay double raise are still leading the, the American
lead yeast over by a game and a half over the Yankees. The White Sox are leading the central
by a game over the former Cleveland Indians. And the Rangers are half a game up on the Mariners
out West in the National League. The Braves are still clinging on to a three game lead over the
Phillies. And the Marlins have been back down to earth after winning 10 in a row. Now they've lost
six and, you know, typical, you know, the Marlins are not a team that should have been 10 games over
500. And so, you know, they're going to regress to the mean after winning 10 games in a row.
But in the NL Central, Milwaukee has got a huge six game lead over the Cubbies. And out West,
the Dodgers are just running away 11 and a half game lead over Arizona. That's what's
going on about 60 games or so left by everybody to go into season. There's, you know, free agency
stuff is going on in the NBA. Everybody is somehow still waiting on LeBron to decide
other people can decide where they're going to go. And hey, just like that, it's the end of July,
you know, what's coming real soon. Right August and preseason before you know it.
Just like that preseason. Excellent. Good job, Giovanni. Baseball all star game last Tuesday,
right? Since we last did the show. Yes, the home run Derby was going on last week while we were
doing the show. And then the all star break games actually. Yeah, Monica mentions Cody Bellinger,
VIP of the all star game. The Yankees don't know them. Let me know. We were there.
A two run single in the top of the first. Yes, Matt question for G. I believe in Australian
coach in the WNBA has caused some trouble and been banned from game for saying an Australian
colloquialism word, which was interpreted the wrong way by somebody else. What's the colloquialism?
She's a protected species. So she's a protected species. Yeah, if you say someone's a protected
species, because we've got so many funny looking native animals down here, we've got protected
species that you can't shoot where you can't legally do anything against. They're like protected.
Like an endangered species kind of thing, but the correct. Well, the Aussie lady is the coach
of one of the WNBA teams said that one of the other girls on the other team was a protected
species. And she's got into all sorts of trouble and had to make apologies. And it was how's this?
It was caught on one of their sideline microphones. While the girls were all in a huddle at the time
out or something, you know what I mean? So it's a protected species. Yeah, it wasn't as if she was
at a press conference and called said, right, right, right. It was it was under a breath and
people heard it right off Mike Mike moment. But yeah, it was it was played to be racist and
so forth and so on and demeaning and all the other work work reasons.
But it's not even entertaining. I don't know if we're going to go there, but seriously, it's
yeah, she's been fined and given a one name for the record and she coaches the Toronto Temple,
which is an inaugural expansion franchise for this season.
Interesting. All right.
MBMBA previously for for two teams since 2014.
All right. Good job.
Today is actually the day. This is very, very recent news. They're Matt Matt with the current
news. Hot sports takes. Yeah. Protected species.
Yeah. Oh, oh, oh, he's Angel Reese too at that.
Oh, really? She said that Angel Reese was a protected species.
It is. We don't understand that here in the States. Like, is that bad? Is it is it meant
to be an insult, Matt? What's the truth? Not at all.
Is that like saying an odd bird?
As she was calling her a species, you know,
that's what they picked up on apparently. But what it actually means is an Australian term.
Lost in translation. Yeah, that's right. They're not touchable. They're the
right, you know, that the like you care. Okay. Like like she's getting special treatment.
Right. Yes. Yeah. She's getting special treatment from the league because she's the star. Angel
Reese is the star. And she's getting the golden child. Right. Okay. Right. Okay. Now it makes
sense. Or it could be that the umpire or referee is turning a blind eye to your indiscretions on
the field. So then Michael Jordan was a protected species. You know,
it looked the other way. All right, guys, let's move on from this because I see Wes and Arvin
down there. They've enabled their cameras. I always like when we get new people on there,
I like if they enable a camera, I want to say what's up to Wes. What's up, Wes? How are you?
How's it going, guys? Good, good. And and Arvin, how are you Arvin? I'm trying to unmute Arvin.
It's not working. How about now, Arvin? Arvin, I meet yourself. There he is. He had the Bobby.
There he is. What's up, Arvin? How are you? Thank you for coming on on board. So Wes was
out at the track. What about you, Arvin? Were you out at the track? Yes, I was.
All right. Was it okay? So thank you very much for supporting the show.
What has inspired you to enable your camera tonight? Well, you sent me the WFO stickers last week
and we got runner up. That worked out good for me. Had to be the stickers, I'm guessing.
That's what people say. It's good luck. It's good luck when you have WFO stickers. Dave's got one
on his car and it went out there and won the race. Troy's got one on his car. He went out there
and won the race. And Arvin goes out there, puts the stickers on his car and runner up,
got to the final round. Wow. That's evidence. Good job, Arvin. Congrats. That's awesome. Everyone
except for Matt. Matt is a failure, but that's okay. We love him. Arvin, do you have a delay box
in your car? No, I also have three pedals in my car. All right. Oh, okay. Clutch guy. Clutch guy,
too. Yeah, that's good. It's good. Cool. All right. All right. Yeah, I admire that the most. Yes.
This was my first weekend in competition, actually. So I don't know how I pull that off.
It's the stickers. It's clearly the stickers. You first race out. This guy gets to the final round.
Wow, Arvin. That is amazing. Congratulations. And Arvin, what track were you racing up?
Brainerd. Oh, okay. All right. Nice. Very good. Good job. All right. So your internet is a little
spotty. So I will say congratulations, Arvin. Excellent work. Let's move over to Wes. Wes,
what's up, buddy? How are you? Good. I was at Sonoma and we were shoulder to shoulder through
the pits after that first time hit on Friday night. Yes, it was crazy. It was packed. Now,
did you and I talk to each other? Did I see you? Was there a moment where, okay. No, you were busy
up upstairs. So I was trying to catch you on the elevator there because I figured that was the only
spot I'd catch you. Yeah. Yeah, that's how with the broadcast booth being way up there, it's a
different kind of vibe. And then Saturday and Sunday, Sunday, I didn't go up there at all,
zero. I didn't go upstairs at all. I just stayed down on the ground level, which is great because
Jason and Courtney had it. But okay, Wes, tell the people, was it a real sellout or was it a fake
media creation sellout? Friday was definitely a real sellout. Like, it was, you couldn't get
20, 30 people deep on the food, trying to get food or beers or whatever. Like,
it was definitely packed. The thing that impresses me, Wes, is how much, and you know,
this is going to sound weird, but how much fun everyone was having. Like that crowd, they,
unlike many of our other crowds, some crowds just watched drag racing, right? These guys were,
they were into it, man. And we said it in years past, but this crowd was like joyful. It was a
joyful drag racing crowd. Like they went, I don't even know what to compare it to. It was really wild.
Well, I really appreciated on Friday night was I got there about 10 o'clock in the morning. And
every driver that you walked around was out signing autographs from early in the morning.
I talked to Jake Coughlin for maybe 45 minutes until he's like, Hey, I gotta, I gotta run him.
And he's been at a couple of bracket races that I have. So I know I'm kind of a little bit personally,
but I talked to Austin Prok for a couple of minutes, talked to Josh Hart for a couple of minutes,
went around the whole, all the pits and really talked to everyone for at least a couple of minutes.
So I was really happy to see everyone out there. That's great. That's what it's all about. It's
what it's all about. All right. Anything else that you wanted to put out there before we let you go?
Other than, you know, it, it was, I was, as soon as I saw the rear end blow, I was out the door
because I knew the parking lot was going to be hard to get out after that. So we saw that
loans, loans, we're watching it. We saw the rear end come up and we, you could just see it. And
loans was like rear end. And I was like this in the broadcast booth was like, no. And Calvin on
the starting line, he, he, we all knew, but we had, we had hope. They had talked about running
them one at a time on the left side of the racetrack. That was discussed. That's what they were doing
at one point. But the math didn't math and we couldn't get everybody in there. And then they
just had to pull the plug. Anyway, while we got you, Wes and Arvin, you know, we end each show
with final thoughts. Why don't you guys offer a final thought starting out with Wes final thought
to the WFO universe? Well, I'd say final thought would be, you know, don't follow what, what you see
on, on the internet, because it was definitely backed at the track.
It was most people, this is one of those things. Most people accept the truth.
A small minority is out there fighting against us because I don't know why, but they are. And so
it is what it is. So you drove pretty fast to your hotel because that's a nice 13 hour drive
from Sonoma. I had a nine a.m. flight. I was here when I like 11. So okay, you didn't drive. There
you go. No drive, no drive. One of these years, I want to do it. I want to do the Pacific Coast
Highway, but it is, it's a 13 hour. You said 13 hours like that. That's too much.
That's more than here to come to Rockingham. So all right, Wes, thank you for supporting me.
Appreciate you bud. Here goes Wes and Arvin. Arvin, final thought. What do you got?
Well, no,
I've had four years on this car and
well, not so don't be scared to try things and work at it and stuff like that.
That's great. Great advice Arvin. I'm super excited to hear more about your story. Send us
some pictures of the car, man. Send us some pictures. Yeah, and I hope I see a bunch of you
in Brainerd for the Nationals and yeah, that's it. I will be there and I know there's a lot of
WFOers that come to Brainerd. So we'll see you there Arvin. Thank you very much. Thanks for
supporting the show and enabling your camera tonight. That's awesome. And there he goes.
Arvin, weighing in. All right, Matt in Australia, final thought.
Arvin, I won't be in Brainerd. Sorry, mate.
Listen now. I know. Don't remind me. I just wanted to say a big thanks to my crew
and my beautiful wife and my two beautiful daughters for all their support on the weekend.
Shout out to my mate, Big Cole. And he was, he didn't make it to the track. He's got some stuff
going on and strength and love to him and thank him for some technical support. And also yet
again, Jeff Cutterja from Race Pack Australia who was at the track who just come up out of the blue
and said good day and was very helpful as well. A big congrats to Dave and Sue on the debut win
of the New Rocket. A huge congrats for his first win to Troy. And I want you, Joe, to
my final thought is I want you to take note of how many times Troy tells you that he won
whilst you're with him next weekend. Oh my gosh, we'll do it. Well, so listen, I am going to be the
first to congratulate Troy. Like that's, that's an amazing occurrence. The fact that he was able to
put it into the winter circle. A guy who cares so much, right? He cares so much. And he went out
there and built a car and it's like, and he's in the winter circle. I am for Pedro. Yeah,
4,000. Yeah, that's dude, $4,000. That would, I would kill, I wouldn't kill for $4,000. But I would,
I would, but yeah, you're right. Maybe we kill him, right? That matters.
You know, do they have it coming? But that having been said, really amazing for Troy. And it just
shows that this is a sport where you can get involved. I just want to get on the
track, man. That's me. I'm back a few phases. I just want to get back to the racetrack. Great
stuff. All right, Matt, good job. Appreciate you. Thanks. Thank you, Matt and Australia. There he
goes. Matt and Australia. Bobby Graham, final thought, words of wisdom. Well, not so much final
wisdom as never believe everything that you see on the internet. AI has caught up with me.
Uh-oh. Oh my gosh, what is this? I could tell it wasn't true because I don't smile.
Oh, who did that? My daughter, my daughter did that to three pictures and put them together
and made that part for Father's Day. I've seen you smile. You were smiling
when you came out of that RV. That's right. You were smiling year to year.
You came out of that RV.
That's great stuff. He had a big smile on his face.
He's got a serious look for pictures. I know that.
Yeah, yeah. Oh no, my dad used to never smile. I used to always tell, I used to try to crack
him up and finally got him to smile at the end of his life. He would smile. My kids were raised
when y'all quit laughing in this house. There was no laughter allowed in this house. They used
to drive that all the time. But they said the hardest part was getting a picture was I squint
when I smile. So they had to get the squint right. Hold that up a little closer to the camera. Hold
that up. Let's see that. Look at Bobby. Yeah, he's smiling a little too much. That's nice though.
That's what gave it away, Bobby. The smile was fake. Too much. Too much. That's what I told him.
I knew it was fake. Oh, man. Way to go, Bobby Graham. Hey, stampede speed right around the
corner. Hopefully everyone's getting their tickets. Get out there. Bobby's going to be there.
Hope to be there with Marvin. My buddy Rick Daddy is going to be racing and the jegs all stars.
The concerts the week before are going to be great. It's like our yearly get together in
Dallas and we spend several days out there. It's always very fun. And so if you haven't yet got
your tickets, that's a big one to go to. And now Bobby makes the big drive. It's going to be a lot
of fun. All right, Bobby. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Giovanni, final thought before you get it on
the bird. You're about to get on the big bird. Yes, WFR everyone. Have a great week all. See you
guys in Seattle. That's it. Giovanni is very smart. Just getting out of there. He's like,
no wisdom for you this week, guys. No wisdom from the Giovanni. Thank you. Way to go, Giovanni.
Well, are you giving me a thumbs up if you're able to post the show? Please give me a thumbs up.
Okay, screw. Final thought. Final thought. Well, first off, I got to give props out to
Terry Y. Song is who we, who was the runner up at Greer. And then a couple,
couple other shout outs. No box winner was Bo Sims and apparently was his first win in a big car.
So that's a big deal too. Just like Troy Gettner's win runner up John, John Versano on that.
But it was, it was a fun weekend. And, you know, I got to reinforce it. If you get out there and do
it, folks, come on, you can this, get out there and do, let's, let's stop fighting about it and
just get out there and whether it's drag racing, you know, go support your tracks, get out there,
go get a burger while you're out there. You know, I hope it's a packed house again this week in
Seattle, Joe, I'm sure it will be. And I hope you guys have a great week also with.
I'm bringing three, man. I'm bringing three. We come across the country. They even get the
long distance award. There you go. So rock that house, rock Seattle. Y'all have fun,
be safe out there. And we'll be watching on NHRA TV. Thank you, Sue. Appreciate you. Thanks for
jumping on tonight, even though we told you there was going to be no show. So congratulations to Dave
Oh man. All right. See you soon. See you there. Y'all Y'all Y'all Y'all. And that leaves me
guys. Thank you so much. One o'clock Eastern time. We are going to be giving me from my room
and Josh hatchet from his room. We're going to break down the race. And I got a couple of interviews
with Jordan and with Doug and with Greg Stamfield. Stamfield's to baby. I like it is good stuff.
And we're going to have ourselves a whole lot of fun. I do want to shout out to some people who
make it possible. Like things like the J, the red line, the RL shirt club RL shirt club.com.
If you were a Patreon, you would see the TV Tommy Ivo shirt artwork that is on the screen.
It's 26 bucks. And you get a shirt every month. And it's something cool like this Alice Greeny
shirt. You don't know what's coming, but something is coming every month. RL shirt club, Don Garland's
the 563. All that stuff. Proc and howl. Guys, Scott's a good guy. He wanted to be involved
with the WFO universe. And one of our patrons is going to get a shirt each month. What's what's
cooler than that? Our own WFO gear. Congratulations, Monica or not. Congratulations. Congratulations,
Monica for doing such a great job. Help us with our show. Congrats on your helping us. Thank you.
No, I meant to say thank you, Monica. Monica is on there burning up the social media town,
everybody. Everything is on sale. We did. If you're a WFO Patreon and you got a mysterious package,
I'm getting a lot of people reaching out to me telling me that they got the wrong package by
mistake and that they're willing to send it back because they weren't, they didn't order anything.
And it's like, Oh, okay. So people are not really into just random surprises come in their way.
But the WFO patrons, you guys did get random surprises coming your way. Not, not every single
one, not just yet, but many packages have gone out and more will go out as time provides. But
some people have reached out to me and they're like, I got a mystery package and I didn't order
it and I didn't want to take something from someone else who deserved it. And I'm like, Oh my gosh,
what a jerk I am. We sent out random surprises guys. And some people got Project Pontiac shirts.
Some people got fine t shirts. Some people got good stuff. Other people got less good stuff.
But people got stuff. So some people got international drag racing hall of fame scotch
classes. People got stuff. And so thank you for being supporters, all you Patreons. If you're
not a Patreon, you did not get stuff, but you get this show and the price is right. It's free.
Thank you for subscribing on Apple and Spotify, Marvin Rodak, rodaxcoffeeandgrills.com guys,
Marvin Rodak, the Patreons, you can join at any time, patreon.com slash WFO radio. And there's
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gets the same thing. How much do you want to help? How much can you help? Right? Maybe you're like,
you're making a million dollars a year. You can help us a lot. And it won't mean anything.
Or maybe, you know, you got two pennies to rub together and you can help us a little. It was
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the team, kind of a limited audience out there. You got to have a race car, right?
Arvin's got a race car. Wes has got a race car. Guys, next time you need gaskets, try David Allen
and Hussey. That's all I can ask. And I think they will. Redline synthetic motor oil, water
wetter. Appreciate that. Matt's over there. He's working the torque wrenches, torque calibration
services, FTI performance transmissions and torque converters. Great job, Paul Lee, this weekend.
Total seal piston rings, Larisse Motorsports Insurance, and Jesse Converters. Thank you,
Jesse. Thank you, Matt Latino and everybody, Eric Latino, everybody who supports the program.
And just like that, guys, the show is over. We'll see you on NHRA Nitro.
This is WFO radio.
Yeah, welcome to the party.
Bye, bye, bye.
About this episode
FTI and McLeod driveline components team up under top fuel funny car pilot Paul Lee, while the hosts dig into NHRA weekend chatter from the Sonoma Nationals—including the claim that “Sonoma sold out.” Between race recaps at Greer Dragway (dial-in talk, Dash for Cash, and bracket timing) and launch-control debates (delay boxes vs “three pedals”), the show also swings through NASCAR and F1 updates. The hosts close with NHRA TV/NHRA Nitro sign-offs, plus a reminder: “never believe everything that you see on the internet.”
Surprise WFO Ignition! On Location at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort, WFO Joe congratulates Dave and Sue on their recent win, and Troy in Oregon on his first race win! We also talk NASCAR and F1! Joe calls out the haters and Matt in Australia and Bobby Graham provide wisdom. This road show is filled with surprises.
