Kyle Busch is a famous race driver in the U.S., best known for NASCAR. The hosts are talking about how much he meant to racing and what he leaves behind.
Lead changes means how many times the lead driver changed during the race. If there are lots of them, it usually means the race was close and competitive.
A late yellow is when the race slows down with caution flags close to the end. It bunches everyone together again, so the finish can turn into a restart battle.
A one-lap shootout is basically a last-chance, one-lap race to decide the winner. With only one lap, you have to be in the right place and make the right move immediately.
On an oval, the high line is the faster, higher-curvature lane near the outside of the track. Running the high line can help with momentum and passing angles, but it can also be harder to manage if grip is lower.
Drafting is when one car follows closely behind another to waste less energy. The car in back can often go faster and use that momentum to make a move.
An outside pass is when you try to pass on the outer part of the track. It can be tough because you have to go farther around the turn, so you need good speed and traction.
The second groove is a lane a bit higher than the main “normal” racing line on an oval. Drivers usually don’t use it unless the track has enough grip or the race situation forces them to.
A restart is when the race starts again after a caution period. Everyone speeds back up together, and the track conditions can make different lanes work better than they did earlier.
The bottom lane is the inside lane near the track’s inner edge. It’s often where drivers go because it can be the shortest way around the turn, but sometimes the outside lanes get more grip.
Term
grippy
“Grippy” means the tires have good traction on the track. When it’s grippy, the car can go faster and turn without losing control.
“Get loose” means the car starts losing grip. If the inside car can’t hold the track as well, it becomes harder to steer and can slide.
Term
pinning somebody down
“Pinning somebody down” means you pressure the other driver so they can’t move freely. You sort of box them in with your position so they can’t block you as effectively.
Momentum here means keeping your speed and control while you’re making the pass. It’s not enough to get by—you have to stay fast and stable all the way through.
“A toe” is basically drafting—getting close enough to the car ahead that the air resistance drops. That helps you gain speed so you can finish the pass.
“Yard of bricks” is slang for a rough, low-grip part of the track. It’s the kind of place where it’s easy to slow down or lose control, so passing there is impressive.
The Indy 500 is a major open-wheel race in the U.S. This part of the show is talking about how the latest Indy 500 ended and what happened near the finish.
A “strategy call” is what the team decides—like when to pit and how to manage fuel—so the car can be in the best position at the end. Even if everyone drives well, the timing of stops can completely change who wins.
Teams track how much fuel the car has and set a target number they need to reach. That target helps them decide whether to push hard or back off so they don’t run out before the end.
“Full push” means driving as hard as you can to go faster. The tradeoff is that it burns more fuel, so teams sometimes have to balance speed with fuel limits.
“Save fuel” means driving in a way that uses less gas—usually by not pushing as hard. Following other cars can help because it reduces the effort needed to keep speed.
“Brake drag” means the brakes are sort of staying on even after you let off. That makes the car harder to move and can hurt speed and wear things out faster.
It’s a plan to make the car use less gas than usual during the race. The goal is to stretch your fuel far enough that you don’t have to pit again too soon, then you can go faster when the timing works out.
A “fuel window” is the sweet spot where you have just enough gas to keep going without needing another pit stop. Teams use it to decide when to drive gently and when they can press harder.
The green flag means the race is officially underway (or restarted). After that, drivers start racing for real and teams begin executing their plan for speed and fuel.
Dixon is Scott Dixon, a very successful IndyCar driver. The point here is that he’s good at managing fuel so his team can plan pit timing and still run fast when it matters.
Palou is Alex Palou, another IndyCar driver. Here, he’s mentioned as Dixon’s teammate, and the key idea is that the team uses radio instructions to coordinate who pushes and who saves fuel.
This describes how IndyCar teams use driver-to-team radio communication to coordinate fuel strategy in real time. When a driver takes the lead, they can instruct a teammate to match pace or time a push so both cars stay within the fuel window while maximizing track position.
A red flag means the race is stopped for safety. When it happens, the cars slow down and the race restarts later, which can completely change who has a good chance to win.
Turn four is just a named corner on the track. Exiting that corner well helps you carry speed into the next part of the lap, which is crucial for passing.
“Turn two” is just a named part of the oval track. When they say someone is chasing off turn two, they mean that’s where the next passing move is setting up.
Term
off the final corner
“Off the final corner” means the moment right after the last turn, heading toward the finish. Whoever gets a better exit usually has the advantage to pass at the end.
“Gen 7” is NASCAR’s name for a specific generation of race car rules and design. It tells teams what kind of car they’re allowed to build and how it’s set up for racing.
Late models are a common kind of short-track race car class in the U.S. Drivers and teams can tune them a lot to fit the track, so setup advice is a big deal.
A “spring” is part of the suspension that helps the tires stay in contact with the road. In racing, teams change spring settings to make the car handle better on a specific track.
A “shock” is the damper that controls how the suspension moves. Changing it helps the car respond more predictably when you turn or hit uneven track surfaces.
The “track bar” is a suspension part that helps keep the axle centered. In racing, changing it can make the car track straighter and handle better in corners.
A “setup” is how a race car is adjusted for a particular track. It’s the difference between a car that feels okay and one that’s actually easy to drive fast.
Adam Stevens is a NASCAR team leader who helps run the car setup and strategy. The point here is that he worked closely with Kyle Busch, so his perspective is “inside the industry.”
A pit call is when the team decides the exact moment to come into the pits. It matters a lot because the timing can help you avoid losing positions—especially if rain is coming.
Here “radar” means the weather radar map teams watch to see storms moving in. If rain might hit soon, it changes what tires and pit timing make sense.
Concept
canceled the race
If the race gets canceled because of weather, the race ends differently than planned. Teams have to adjust their strategy because the timing and rules for finishing can change.
Dale Jr. (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) is a well-known NASCAR driver-turned-broadcaster. The host is quoting him about how surprising Suárez’s turnaround has been.
“On two tires” means the car only replaced two tires during a pit stop. It’s a strategy gamble—sometimes it helps you get back out fast, but the car may not grip as evenly as cars with all four new tires.
Starting on the pole means you earned the best starting spot by being fastest in qualifying. It helps because you’re at the front and don’t have to fight through traffic right away.
“Give the position back” means the team tells the driver to let the other car pass again. It’s usually to fix a position change the team doesn’t want to keep.
“Nose to tail” means the cars are driving very close together, almost bumper-to-bumper. It makes racing more intense and riskier because there’s less space to react.
In F1, drivers talk to their team over the radio during the race. The team uses it to give instructions and strategy updates while the race is happening.
They’re talking about how the team keeps improving the car over time. “Development” here means engineering updates and learning what works, based on driver feedback.
Fernando Alonso is a famous race driver who has won the Formula 1 championship twice. Here, he’s brought up as an experienced driver McLaren used to help the team.
Lewis Hamilton is one of the most successful Formula 1 drivers ever. Here, he’s mentioned because he’s shown reacting positively to a young driver’s speed.
Vettel is Sebastian Vettel, a former Formula 1 champion. He’s mentioned here as another experienced driver who can spot talent in younger racers.
Person
Kimmy
“Kimmy” is the nickname the hosts use for a young race driver they think is extremely fast. They’re basically saying the best drivers see him as the next big talent.
A safety car is used when the track is dangerous, so cars drive slower for a while. It can completely change how a race plays out because everyone is forced to bunch up.
In Formula 2, the “feature race” is the main race of the weekend. The hosts are saying the driver had to handle a messy, safety-car situation and still won.
Kevin Harvick is a well-known American race car driver. In this segment, they’re congratulating him for being officially inducted into the Hall of Fame.
“New regulations” means the sport changed its rules. The hosts are saying they worried the changes would hurt racing, but this time the racing was really good.
Felix Rosenquist is the driver the hosts say won the Indy 500. They explain that he was strong all day—fast in qualifying and making smart strategy decisions—so the win wasn’t luck.
An alternate strategy is a different game plan for when to pit and how to manage tires and fuel. Instead of following the usual timing, the team chooses a different moment to stop that can help them go faster at the right time.
Qualifying is the part where drivers try to set the fastest lap before the race. It helps decide where they start, and being fast in qualifying usually means the car is working well.
“On the front foot” means you’re driving in a way that puts you in control. Instead of reacting to everyone else, you’re setting the pace and making the race work for you.
The Daytona 500 is NASCAR’s biggest race at Daytona. The host says it’s hard to win because you can’t control everything, and big crashes can happen without warning.
The Brickyard 400 is a major NASCAR race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The point here is that it’s a big, high-pressure event where teams bring their best effort.
Alexander Rossi is an IndyCar driver known for competing at the Indianapolis 500 and for dramatic practice-week incidents. The segment references his 500-week crash where he still returned to lead the race despite serious injuries, which is a notable example of IndyCar resilience.
IndyCar is the main open-wheel racing series in the U.S. In this segment they’re talking about IndyCar racing on city streets, which makes it harder and riskier.
“Over corrected” means the driver tried to fix the car, but the fix was too strong. Instead of straightening out, the car swings the other way and can crash.
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Hello, folks, and welcome to Speed with Harvick and Buxton, fueled by Poet.
Kevin and I are here at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where we had a wonderful, and I
mean truly wonderful race on Sunday.
But we were also here, well, I was here in our Indy Car on Fox family, we're here when
we found out the utterly tragic news that Kyle Bush had passed away after a sudden illness.
Kevin, I know you've talked about this on your Harvick Happy Hour pod, and I guess folks,
if you want to hear that, because I don't want to have to ask you that and put you through
that all again, mate.
If you want to hear that, folks, please go and check those thoughts out in full on Harvick's
Happy Hour.
We're going to talk about Kyle's legacy, we're going to talk about the impact that he had
on the motorsports world in this show as well.
But Kevin, if you don't mind, and I think something Kyle might like was if we talked
about racing.
Absolutely.
Something that he loved so much, at a track where he achieved so much and is so revered
and will always be so revered, and we're going to start with the Indy 500, a couple of teams
running tributes to Kyle, ran tribute also on lap 18 to him.
In fact, I think pretty much every car ran his number eight on the side for the running
of the Indy 500 this year.
And what a race.
What a race.
It was an unforgettable day.
Felix Rosenquist won the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 by the slimmest margin
in history after a race in which we'd seen more lead changes than any Indy 500 in history.
It was staggering.
A career-defining win for the Swede, yes.
But he had been quick all the way through this month of May, the fastest driver throughout
qualifying until we got into that, that fast six.
And he played it beautifully.
The team played his strategy beautifully.
And we ended up with a one-lap shootout for the win after a late yellow.
And Rosenquist started that third, and he went side by side with his teammates on the
high line for the entire last lap, somehow pulled a draft on David Maluchas, who looked
like he was going to run to his first ever, not just Indy 500 win, but first ever win.
Could you imagine getting your first win as the Indy 500?
Dude.
Yeah.
I mean, it was...
The part that was the most impressive to me was the outside lap that he ran all the way
around the racetrack.
And it sounds like he ran it wide open.
And typically at this racetrack, you don't ever run in the second groove unless it's
a restart, or you're getting passed and you're slowing down and getting back in the bottom
lane.
But the second groove actually looked like it was pretty grippy, and he had 500 miles
and got a great run there at the end.
It was spectacular.
He just ran the last lap of his life.
And no one passes around the outside at full.
No.
Right?
No.
You can attempt it at three.
Yeah.
Very few have ever tried to do it around the outside of full.
In a stock car, maybe you could finish the pass on the outside on a restart or something
and by pinning somebody down because the inside car is going to get loose.
But very rarely do you ever see somebody pass somebody on the outside when the bottom guy
is actually trying to keep you from passing.
And it was amazing.
And not just that, but to hold the momentum through whilst completing the pass, getting
a toe on the leader, and managing to pass him over that yard of bricks.
It was one of the most incredible finishes, one of the most incredible races.
Where does it rank?
Like, where do you think this ranks as far as Indy 500 finishes?
I don't think I can correctly rank it.
I don't think my experience in Indy car is enough for me in my position to do that just
yet.
Some people are saying the greatest ever.
Some people are saying in the top five, 10, there have been some unbelievable
races run here.
There have been some incredibly close calls, finishes.
For me in terms of 30 odd years of watching Indy car, it was certainly one of the most
thrilling.
And I think a fitting way to end the 110th running of the Indy 500.
And we had a brilliant race, heartbreak for Malucas once again.
God, I felt terrible for the kid.
But it's so interesting.
You see him last year when he finished second, and it was jubilation.
Because he was in the AJ Foyt racing car, nobody expected him to finish that high.
Actually, he finished third on track, but was second after Marcus Erickson got a penalty
post-race.
So even finishing third, he was kind of delighted with it.
And then this year finishes second, and it's just utter devastation for him because he
came so close.
I mean, you come off a turn four and you're looking, he had to look in his mirror and
say, I'm going to win the Indy 500.
And then all of a sudden, just that last surge between the start, finish sign and about
halfway off of turn four, it didn't even look real because all of a sudden, the car
just kept pulling along and got the draft and went by.
And Felix had such a car underneath him.
All month, right?
As I said, in qualifying, he was mesmerizingly fast.
And then the race itself was just wonderful.
We enjoyed every single moment of it.
We got a little sprinkle of rain halfway through, so we had to pause it, then we got back to
racing again.
We had crashes.
We had a late red flag.
Then we got back to racing, then a late yellow flag, then the one lap shootout for the win.
It kind of had, it had a little bit of everything.
And Paddo award finishing in the top six again, Santino Ferrucci.
Every single Indy 500 he's run, he's finished in the top 10, which is just insane.
It's wild how the race kind of flipped as a strategy.
It was all on that strategy call.
All on the strategy call.
Everyone was on the same strategy and then a group, less than 10 drivers in that group
decided they were going to stop early.
And then they basically had a fuel number to hit in order to make one final stop.
Everybody else had two stops left and they were on full push.
Felix and that group were able to pull up to the back of the lead group and just save
fuel behind the guys that had to make two more stops.
And then when they all pulled in, Felix just dropped the hammer and went and we were like,
he's going to run out of fuel.
Right.
Cause you can't, you can't maintain this pace if you're trying to save fuel and it,
and it was, and he was great.
And he was on it.
And then we got the yellows, which fell into his lap and then an award as well.
It was like the McLaren team got on the phone to him and said, you're, you're full push.
You don't have to say fuel now mate.
It's full push.
And you know, it was interesting to hear Paddo talk about his, his car having some
brake drag after the race and not being able to, to do the things that he needed to do.
But I think during that fuel save, it's so confusing for me.
It's probably the first IndyCar race that I've been able to sit down and actually watch
from pre-race to finish, because we've been working every other week that you guys have
been racing, we've been working.
And, and you know, I think that the interesting part to me is, is the, the fuel saving strategy.
And, and you know, the, the IndyCar fan is, is very understanding of the strategy that
goes with it.
The NASCAR fans are not.
They, they do not like fuel saving strategy, but you know, you look at different points
yesterday and at the end, like award was, he was probably 20 miles an hour slow at
some of those points, trying to make sure that they got themselves into that fuel window
to, to make it last.
But it's all day, it's from start to finish from, from the time you throw the green flag
until the time that things start to shake up and, and then, but the amount of times that
they pass them back and forth with the leader is, is pretty amazing because you just, you,
you want to take that momentum and, and you never, the guy saving gas checks up and, and
doesn't want to use, use the fuel while you're leading.
That was fascinating watching those lead changes and then Dixon got in the lead and Dixon is
the master, the, the, the past master at saving fuel and making fuel strategies work.
And he got in the lead and got on the radio to the team because Palau is his teammate
was leading before he passed him and basically said, tell Alex to come with me.
Like we're, we're, we're laying down the hammer.
We're going to go.
And so then they both went and just blasted it and passing, passing, pulling each other
around, but on maximum send.
It was, it was utterly phenomenal and just, you know, a great month of May and I got to
take hats off to, to the whole Fox crew who are here for the whole month of May.
We broadcast more than 60 hours over practice, qualifying the races, the Weenie 500, of course,
highlight for so many, the Weenie 500 and it was just, it's such a celebration of racing
and of motorsports, another sellout crowd, 350,000 plus people here.
Snake pit was kicking off.
It was, it was just wonderful.
Yeah. See, that's the only thing we didn't have.
We didn't have the NASCAR race.
We didn't have a snake pit.
You need it.
I don't think.
I'm pretty sure we didn't have a snake, but we had all the people up until about 2009
when the, when the tires blew apart.
The last time we had a sold out crowd here was 2000.
I think it was 2009 and we ran nine laps at a time.
Oh, wow.
We had a tire that just kept staying down and it was a disaster.
So, but anyway, that's the way it goes.
You know all about close finishes to win and to lose by close finishes.
Oh yeah.
How?
Winning is more fun.
Well, yeah, obviously.
What's that feeling of elation like when you, when you just nick it?
You know, you're like in that situation they were in yesterday, you're just,
you're push, push, push.
And, and I'm watching, I'm watching the race and I believe that the two teammates that were
side by side were like, we're killing ourselves, but I'm not letting off.
And I thought for sure that I thought it was over and then he had, you know,
Rosequis had that, just that, that masterful finish to the pass after they did the whole
lap in three and got to the bottom and got the run off of four.
But I really thought that that was over.
And a lot of times that's the way it is in a NASCAR race.
You get hung up beside somebody and then the leader will, will be able to take off because
you're just slowing each other down.
But when you're in those moments where you're in a draft, like when I won the 500 in 2007,
you know, I restarted I think 30 second with, with like 12, 15 laps to go.
Days of thundershoot and went, went through the whole field and then we had a red flag
got up to like seventh and, and the next thing you know, you're, you're in contention and, and
when you, when you're going around the racetrack and getting to turn four and you're exiting
turn four and, and we were, we were side by side.
And, and when you're in those moments, sometimes I've won a few, lost a few that way, but you're
just, you don't, I mean, you're so oblivious to everything other than hold the throttle down.
Don't care if you crash.
Don't care about anything else other than trying to put yourself in a position to win.
And, and I feel like that's where Rosenquist was yesterday.
He just pulled the gas pedal down if I rack, I rack and, and you just go for it.
And what a month of May for Felix, you know, two weeks ago, he became a father for the first
time. He gets to hold his baby girl and the Borg Warner in the space of two weeks.
Like what a joyous moment for him.
And for, and for the team as well. Right.
This is Rosenquist's second ever win in IndyCar, only his second win.
And his team now, this was only their second win in IndyCar.
And the last time they won was the Indy 500.
They've won two races ever and they've both been the 500.
That's pretty, it's pretty unbelievable to me, but that's the thing that the Speedway does,
right? Like it, there's so much effort and time and history.
And, you know, you got Meyer Schengsuit that puts that car on the racetrack
every year to be able to show back up and compete and do those things.
And it's so unique because, I mean, there's a lot of effort put into the rest of the races,
but there, for the IndyCar series, there's just nothing that even comes close to the magnitude
of, of this event, the magnitude of, of what it means to win it and, and all the things that go
with it and how it sets you up to be an Indy 500 champion and beyond that at Borg-Warner Trophy.
So, you know, I think that, you know, it's just a, it's an amazing story and everything that goes
with it. But I think the other thing that was pretty amazing was your call to the end of the
race. I hope your lip isn't sore because when you're that excited, you've got, you've got that
microphone and you were absolutely getting after it. It was, it was unbelievably, unbelievably good.
So great, great job. Let's listen to it actually.
Side by side, but out front, the young American chasing his first win off turn two.
David Malukas goes to defend. The MSR driver still side by side, but will that play into
Malukas' hands? And here comes Pato O'Ward. Malukas is out in front.
Side by side behind. It's not over yet. Malukas has to defend from
Rosequist. Great run off the final corner. Here comes Rosequist. Malukas defends, who has it?
Over the line. Who's it going to be? It's Rosequist. It's Rosequist. Oh my goodness. Whoa.
Oh, what a month of May.
Hint is like me. I just, I'd stand over in the corner and like, like Clinton might go for it,
because otherwise you get three people in there that are just talking over each other,
but you guys did an amazing job. Thank you. So ordinarily, we know that
Hinch would normally complete the penultimate lap. Townsend will take it through turn one,
and the exit of turn two, and then I'll bring them home. But we had, but I normally bring
us to green. So poor old Hinch is sort of standing. But those guys, man, you can't do what you do
without those two guys. They're just, they're incredible. And Townsend and I played a lot of
golf this month, thanks to the golf course just over behind us out of the windows, played a lot
of golf this month. What was the best score? I haven't broken 100 yet. I'm really bad. But
you know, he sort of said it was like, it was, it was sort of hitting in from 170 yards to within,
you know, like a couple of foot of the pin. And I said to him, yeah, but my swings,
my swing could use some work. And I'm still aiming for that hole in one. And I've watched
that back a few times now. And there are parts of it where like, I could have done that better.
Should have done that better. But that's the, that's the drug of, of announcing, isn't it? That's
the drug of play by play is, it's never perfect. You always think you could have done it better.
But very proud, very, very proud of that man. It was great.
It was fun. And the loveliest thing. And folks have been very, very, very kind online about it.
And the nicest thing is, I hope people can just see how much we love this race and how much we
love this sport. And, and it's impossible in a moment like that, not to let your passion and
your love just sort of spew out of your, out of your mouth. But yeah, man, just a magical day.
And a wonderful race on what was a, you know, a really difficult weekend, as we said on lap 18.
IndyCar paid tribute to Kyle Bush, Romain Grosjean, used Bush's font on his car, Kiffin Simpson,
ran his font for the number eight on his pit stall. As we said, you've already talked at length
about Kyle Bush on your show, mate. Tell so many stories with Caitlin and Mamber. And I want to
talk about him from a slightly different perspective, if we can, which is his legacy,
because we saw some photographs over the weekend of the cup drivers who had raced for him or with
him or who he had helped in their career. But there are so many others in so many championships
that raced for him. How much of an impact, it's still so weird to be talking about him in the
past tense, but how do you think his, his impact will be, will be viewed long term in this sport?
Well, it's hard to measure the complete impact of Kyle because he's, you know, he's impacted so
many people. I think that Kyle from a competitive racing standpoint is going to be, you know,
going to go down as one of the greatest to ever do that because that was Kyle's strength. Kyle was
very smart with the vehicle. He could, we all know that he could drive the hell out of it, right?
But Kyle's biggest strength is his ability, before we got to the Gen 7 car, we'll leave that aside,
but his ability to still get in those trucks and still get in those O'Reilly cars, late models,
he'll get out and he'll tell you to change that spring, change that shock, do this, do that,
put the track bar up. And, and that was one of, one of Kyle's greatest assets was the, was the
mechanical ability that he had. And you go back and you, you watch some of those old videos and
things that go with it about, you know, Kyle being able to be the crew chief when he was about 10
on his legend cars and working with his, with his family on, on their legend cars. And, and so,
you know, watching him, he does the same thing with, with Braxton, right? Like they, those,
those cars are in his shop. Those are his mechanics. He's in there putting the setups on him and,
and deciding how the cars are going to go to the racetrack. And that's just, that's just who Kyle
is. And, and so, you know, I think from a, from a racing standpoint, I don't know, I don't know
that, that people will truly be able to understand that unless you're inside the industry to be able
to, you saw it during the cup race this weekend to, to hear it from Adam Stevens or
anybody who worked with, with Kyle Bush along the way, because as Joe Gibbs put it, he's a local
motive and you can either get on it or you can get run over by it. And, you know, that's just
really how he, he approached everything. And, and, but listening to coach Gibbs talks, the story
that he told about him finishing second at, and I believe it was New Hampshire and, you know,
coach was like, Oh, this is a pretty good interview. And he said, he got done with his, his press
conference and he, and he walked over there and he put his finger up and he said, your cars suck.
And that's just who Kyle was, right? Like he, if it wasn't good, he was just going to tell you,
and he didn't have a filter. And that's what, that's what made him Kyle Bush. And that's why
you either rooted for him or you rooted against him. And, and so, you know, I think it's, it's,
it's, it's tough. You know, Kyle and I, we raced against each other 933 times in the top three
series. Yeah. And yeah, I think we won 24, 25% of the races. So it was, it was always pretty heated
as far as the competition goes. And that was interesting to balance, but got better at the end.
It's interesting what you say about, you loved him or you hated him as a, as a fan.
And again, looking through the comments from folks this weekend, so many of them were like,
I never rooted for him, but I'm, I'm so sad that he's no longer here because he was part of what
made me love NASCAR. He's part of what made me love racing. I got a lot of people reached out
to me from the Formula One world, or we were talking to people in the Indy car paddock this
weekend. And there were so many personal stories of ways in which Kyle had helped them or helped
people that they knew, which is something that for all of his bold, brash, kind of don't give a damn
exterior. There was this incredibly sweet natured person behind it all. I got a message from
my UK agent. She, she was, she was Nelson PK Jr.'s press officer. And she said that Kyle was the
one person who really embraced Nelson and helped him when he came over to America and when he was
kind of finding it hard to settle in talking to Townsend and, you know, the way in which Kyle
helped Townsend's boys racing. And, you know, there are countless, countless stories of people who
have forever been touched and had their lives helped because of, because of Kyle.
Yeah. And that's, that's the hard part for the, for the NASCAR garage, right? You know, it's because
not only did he touch their, their lives, but he was, they were around him all the time and think
about it. He not only did he run the cup cars, but he ran the rally cars. He ran the trucks. He had
his late model team and he was getting other drivers to drive them. He was driving them himself,
but they all had employees. So think about all those different pieces and how many people it
takes to, to run all those teams. It's not like they all ran at Joe Gibbs. I mean, the O'Reilly
team, at one point he had his own O'Reilly team. He had his truck teams. And so, you know, there's
just, there's hundreds and hundreds of people that, that have worked for, for or with Kyle and
in some way shape or form. So, you know, it's, it was always, always fun
and being able to, to compete because I mean, we were, we were pitted against each other to
beat each other. And in that situation, it looked like heavy hatred on the racetrack and it was.
But it was also, you know, as the years went on and it was, it was like, okay,
you, you have to be able to respect each other and, and we can race hard. And we can not like each
other, but you have to respect each other. And I think ultimately that's, that's where that ended
up. And it changed a lot when we had kids. And that respect, that love was shown so much this weekend.
And I know that it kind of been easy for, for everybody over at the Coke 600,
but they still put on a show. They did. Still put on a great race.
They did. It was, it was a remarkable weekend. And, and when you look at Daniel Suarez,
ultimately becoming the winner of the race with an absolutely gutsy pit call there at the end.
And, and, you know, I think that as, as you were looking at the radar, you were like,
well, I don't, it doesn't really look like it's going to rain. And then right at the last second,
that, that little cell kind of had a little knuckle that, that broke off right over the racetrack.
And, and it, it rained for a while after, after they, after they canceled the race. So,
you know, Daniel has been, and Spire Motorsports second win of the season and Daniel, his third
win of his career. But, you know, look, Daniel's worked for a lot of different teams and, and
been in a lot of different situations. And, and to be able to put himself in a position that was
better than, than where he was at Trackhouse last year, I would have told you, and Dale
Jr. said this on the broadcast, I, I would have told you that you were crazy if that was going to
be at best more than a lateral move. And who knew that Spire was going to, to be able to do
the things that they've done this year. He's ran really well. They've gotten better every single
week. He did a great job on those last few restarts to be able to hold off the best in the sport
on two tires and, and they made a great call. So it was great to see Suarez and, and, and Spire
and, and Victory Lane, super happy for, for Daniel and him, his whole team. And, you know,
you look at the, at the 600, we had a lot of guys that had trouble. Chase Elliott spun out on his own,
Austin Cendrick spun out on his, on his own and got hit by Connor Zillich, Chase Brisco,
gotten to the back of, of the 17 car of, of, of Chris Buscher and wound up wrecking himself
as part of the wreck, as well as three or four other cars. So tough night on, on some of those
guys from an equipment standpoint, Redick started on the pole, was right in the middle of everything,
wound up finishing fourth. So it was great to see, at one point we had five Toyotas,
12345 And that, that really shows where they are from a speed standpoint.
Obviously Chevrolet won the race. I think that the, the one shining part of the night that we
hadn't seen in a while is Kyle, or Kyle Larson running upfront, leading laps, running the top
five consistently all night. They didn't, they didn't make any mistakes. So it was, it was a
battle, 600 miles is a long time, Coke, $600, great event, sold out, people everywhere, great,
great night for, for NASCAR. Good. I'm glad you got a, got a good race out of it. Yes.
Also had a great race in Formula One. Yeah. Holy moly. That was awesome. That was a race. Well,
while George Russell was, was running. Yeah, George, not so happy. Yeah. At the end,
where, where, where did we start? Cause there was a sprint and then there was the main race,
and in both of them, it ended up being the battle of the two Mercedes drivers, Kimmy,
Antonelli and George Russell. George Russell won the sprint, but Antonelli was not happy about
being pushed off track by his teammate, Tosa Wolf, got on the radio and basically said,
stop complaining, stop moaning. Then in the Grand Prix itself, they again went to work on each other.
Antonelli got past, but was then told to give the position back by the team.
Russell's engine ended up letting go on him after, I mean, we had 30 plus laps of the Mercedes
drivers absolutely nose to tail pushing each other. And we talked about this before we,
before we came on air. You think about the great Formula One races of the past and the great
battles of the past. They last for a lap. Yeah. 234 maybe five, if you're lucky.
This was 30 plus laps of teammates go in hammer and tongs at each other. It was box office,
absolute box office. McLaren had a strategic nightmare again. Lewis Hamilton fought through
for a brilliant second place. Max Verstappen was third, his first podium of the year. It was a
brilliant race. It is a fourth win in a row for Kimmy Antonelli on a track where George Russell
needed to win to get his head back in the game. And you could see how disappointed George was with
not finishing the race because I think he knows deep inside it's starting to slip away.
It's starting to unwind on him. Yeah. But I thought the radio messages were fascinating
this weekend as well. And Kimmy needs to feel the teams maybe, maybe needs to be a little bit
more around him. Don't you think they're, they're, they're also like they, they're also trying not
to abandon Russell just because they're, they're also, Kimmy's in a weird spot, right? Like he's,
he's winning the races and the team is in a strange spot too because they, they don't want,
they know George Russell can do it. They obviously have known that Antonelli,
that Kimmy is going to come in there and be competitive with everything that, that,
and having a year under spelt and also with everything that they've done from a development
standpoint. But do you think some of that is just a little bit mentally trying to make sure
that George just doesn't unravel? Trying to make sure that he knows that he's
that they're actually around him possibly. I saw it from the other perspective, but that's a,
that's, yeah, that's a fascinating perspective. Look at it. Look at it that way. Maybe they're
kind of, maybe they're overdoing the George love and he's not feeling it because they need George
to feel that it's not all about the new kid. Maybe learning from, and you know, I think it's,
it's quite similar to when Lewis Hamilton came to Formula one as the young upstart,
McLaren had employed Fernando Alonso as a two-time champion to lead the team. And all of a sudden,
here's this kid kicking his butt. And you know, that did not end well. So maybe they've learned
from that. It's really interesting to, you know, typically what I just like to watch. And when
you see Lewis Hamilton picking him up in the air, high five in him, Verstappen's kind of the same
way with him. It's almost like those guys know that they're not challenged, but he's, he's,
he's going to be, he could be the next guy. I think Lewis and Max, and Vettel, if he was
still in the sport as well, I think they see in Kimmy, a kindred spirit, somebody who is rough
around the edges, has blinding speed and youth. And they take, I think a lot of joy in watching
how he goes about his craft. And he's not taking their job. No, that's the other thing. He's not
taking their job. It's not like a, it's not like a teammate come kind of thing, but he's, he, I
think you're right. I think that he feels like he fits their mold more to be like the handling of
the torch. Yeah, exactly. That he's going to be the next great one. If it's going to be anyone,
yeah, like let's hand the torch to this kid. They're not going to, they're not going to hand
it to George and say, you're the guy. It's just, it just doesn't, it doesn't feel the same. No.
And Kimmy is, I think Kimmy is that, that, that guy. It's very interesting.
The dynamics of, and just the interaction after these races. I mean, that's the,
that's the weird stuff that I look at. Right. More news. Stenshawn survived a chaotic safety
car filled Montreal F2 feature race to capture his maiden victory in the championship, leading a
dominant one to finish for road in motorsport. Noel Leon took his first win in the sprint the day
before. And while we're doing news, our dear friend, Mr. Kevin Harvick, we had a round of applause
for him last time. Let's have a round of applause for him this time because properly, officially
in the hall of fame, like it was ever in doubt. Come on, man. It was, it was, well, thank you
first off. And, and I think that, you know, we, we thought that we were, um, in a good position
to be able to, to get into the hall of fame, but you've probably been around me enough now. I'm
not going to go in there. They wanted me to come sit in the room while they were voting. I'm like,
nope, that's not going to happen. There is no possible way. If you want to talk about arrogant,
that is not my MO to, to go in there and think that, is it not a private ballot? It's private,
but you can go, you can go sit in the waiting room while they're voting in the,
in the room and have a conversation. Yeah. Yeah. No. So I sat in the parking lot until they called
me. That's the Kevin I know. I sat in the parking lot, not in the hall of fame. I sat in the parking
lot two blocks away because I just, you know, I just, it just didn't feel right. So, um, but yeah,
it was a, it's a great, it's going to be a great honor to, uh, you know, to give that speech and
accept that award to go into the 20, 20, 27 class, but you feel like, man, it's everything that you
did all the way through this racing journey and all the time and effort and the, the happiness
and the sadness and everything that goes with the ups and downs of, of racing. It's kind of like
you're, you're at this point where it's like, okay, you're going to, you're going to get the
recognition for, for all that work, but it's been a great ride. So here's the thing, right? Scott
Dixon just got put into the hall of fame. Because he's still racing. So I really like it and I,
and I like it for precisely the reason that the last week has been so subdued is that I want you
guys as racers to know how much you're appreciated and how much you're loved in the moment. I don't
want it to get away because when Carl goes in and he will go in,
how it would have been so much nicer for him to have known. And I'm sure he did,
but to have known how much he was loved and respected. I'm all for having legends of our
sport be recognized in the moment while they're still racing. I've got, I've got absolutely
nothing against a current driver. If they merit it, like a Scott Dixon,
inarguably in the conversation for the greatest of all time in IndyCar, why shouldn't he be in
the hall of fame just because he's still racing? Let him know it. Let everyone know it now.
I see your point there and I think it's tough because you just don't, you don't know where
that career is going to end as far as stats and trophies and is it four Indy 500s? Is it five?
Doesn't matter. If you're worthy of the hall of fame, you're worthy of the hall of fame. If you're
a legend, you're a legend without question. That's an interesting debate. Maybe we should
have that sometime. I think that you saw my reaction when you said it. So you kind of know
where I sit on it. Just, just, you know, I think it's, like it's weird to me that once you go in
that, you know, seeing Jimmy Johnson come back and drive a cup car, I get just, it just completely
confuses me. I don't even understand. Once you're in, once you're in, that's it.
I thought you, when you went to the hall of fame, you were supposed to retire, be retired,
you're not racing anymore. But we're, he's come back and run cup cars and we've seen,
you know, we've seen, you know, it just, it's like Mario Entreti. Has he ever officially retired?
I know Sterling Moss never officially retired till he was like 80 or something like that.
Has Mario ever officially retired? Can anyone tell us? I don't know. Who knows?
Well, I think there's a difference. Racing is such a unique sport because it's also a hobby,
right? It's also something that we all used to do as a hobby for fun and go into the race track
and you'd pay to go do it. And that's, that's the passion and love for racing is what creates a
career because it never starts with a career in mind. And I think for, you know, for, for me,
you know, like when I, I retire from cup racing and, you know, that's kind of where
your credentials and everything that you're measured off of is, is done. But there's like,
I'm still going to race, but now I get to go race. And if I finished last, I'm like,
man, I had a great time. Should we go drink a beer now? And it's not like, man,
when you're, when you're racing for a living, it's like, man, we sucked. Yep. We got to,
I'll see you in the shop on Monday. And it's meeting after meeting after meeting.
I look at it like music, right? Like if you get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
most of the bands that get inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they're still touring,
they're still playing like Oasis got in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. They've just come
off the back of a massive reunion tour. Well, that's a, that's a, um... It's a moral dilemma,
folks. That's a moral dilemma. It's That's exactly right. And that is probably the
longest catch up of all your latest news from across the racing world. I would normally say
there's plenty more to come, but I think we'll probably run out of time. So why don't we just
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Okay, mate, driver of the week. It's fairly obvious who I'm going to pick. Who did you pick?
I picked Kimmy Antonelli. Nice. I like that. Yeah. I just feel like that battle that he had
with, with George Russell and the things that, that he did, I feel like he just gets better
every week. And that was not a battle where you had one guy that was going slower and the other
guy catching up. It was a back and forth battle to race. So it was awesome. It really was. And he
is such a force now, leading the world championship by a gap which has never been overcome in Formula
1 history. We are still very early on in the seasons. There's a long way for it to fall apart, but
I don't think it's going to. Dude, it's just that raw, magnetic racing brilliance that I love.
I thought the racing was better this week. Dude, it was great. Like we've given a lot of grief to
the new regulations, but hands down, one of the best races I've seen in the modern era.
We'll also give you credit when you do better. There you go. Good job. That's it.
My choice, shock, Felix Rosenquist, of course. And honestly, it could have been Malukas.
No, it couldn't. He got second. We could have included him on the four. Okay.
We didn't. We're going to break you of this habit. I'm glad you picked the winner.
Of course it was Rosenquist. Good job. Of course it was. And not just for the last lap,
right? He led the race on merit. He and the team took the call to take the alternate strategy.
He was the fastest and the most dangerous looking driver all the way through qualifying,
like Felix didn't just win that thing because of one heroic last lap. He won the Indy 500 because
he was on the front foot from the second they started practicing to the second that race ended.
He gave it everything. And the IMS gods smiled on him and gave him the win that he deserved.
I can't wait. I can't wait to talk to him. Five Swedes have contested the Indy 500.
Three of them have won. That's amazing. Yeah, isn't it?
53 out of five. There's something in the water in Sweden.
Yeah, they have good water in Sweden. We've had our say. This is where you have your say.
What's the vote this week? Let's have a little look and see who's won. And it's my first win.
My first win. Come on. 54% of the vote. Daniel Suarez with 18. Dude, your driver got beaten
by the New York dog from the Indy 500. I can't believe we're the F1 fans asleep this week.
Mate, the Indy 500 beat your driver by 10%.
He still did a great. Maybe they're tired of him winning and they don't even want to vote for him
anymore. Maybe. Well, the New York dog got booed here when they won the win. Really?
Dude, booed. Like properly booed. This crowd absolutely hated that result.
The New York dog? Yeah. Just because it said New York? Yeah, because it's the New York dog.
It's hard not to disagree with them. Right? So yeah. But you folks obviously love the New
York dog. 19%. But not as much as you like. They voted because it was a hot dog.
Yeah. We won't call it a wiener. We'll call it a hot dog. Call it the hot dog.
They voted because they thought it was a wiener mobile. Now it's your turn to be part of this
show. You can reach us, as always, at speed on Fox, across social media. Leave us a voicemail,
213-534-7107. And when you do, let us know your name, where you're tuning in from. Let's have our
first question. Hey, I'm Alex. I'm here from Indy. My question is, who do you think will be
the best person to attempt the double next? Thank you, Alex. It's not a voicemail. It's
in person here at the Speedway. I like that. Yeah. Okay. I'm glad that somebody was outside working.
Who's your pick? That's easy. Hosovar. I want to see it. Yep. No question. Yeah. No question.
He's been around and he's smart enough to know that if there's any question that he's going to
do it, just show up and just to keep answering questions and putting pressure on the team.
So we had Carson up in our booth during the practice week and he was talking about how much
he loved the 500, how much he wanted to race here. And I'll let you in on a little secret.
We started talking and we were like, we started talking behind his back. And we were like,
could we get him an engine? Could we get him a car? Not as a late entry to the 500 this year,
but we were like, could we just get him an ROP session, like a rookie orientation program?
Just give him 30 minutes on track. We don't have to put any times up. Just let him go out and drive
and get the love feel for it. We could stick him in an Andretti car, right?
They've got all the Chili's stickers from when Chili sponsored Carl Kirkwood last year. Let's
just put him out on track for 30 minutes, start a carb day or something like that, let the fans
see Carson and Hosovar in an Indy car. And we were talking to loads of people around the paddock,
like, is there an engine? Yeah, there's an engine. Okay, cool. Is there a chassis? Yeah,
around. And then we were like carb dinos made for TV. He's in Charlotte on carb days. It's not
for work. So, but, um, dude, we were trying, we were trying just to get him in for a few laps.
The great thing about Hosovar is, is he's going to be fast. Yeah. And he, if it rags, he doesn't
care. He'll be box office. office one way or the other. I agree. It'll be great.
Well, we're agreed on that question number two. This is Adam Parcel from Martinsville, Illinois.
I was just asking a question. What do you think is harder to win, the Indy 500 or the Daytona 500?
Thanks. That's a good question, Adam. Well, I haven't won the Indy 500, but I've won the Brickyard
400. And I can tell you that, um, I felt like every year that we came here, just about we were
in contention to win that race and had something happen. I think they're very similar in that
aspect because everybody just brings everything that they have to the Daytona 500 and Indy 500,
Brickyard 400, whatever it is, those marquee events, it's your best engine. It's your most focused
driver. It's your best body. It's, it's, it's all the pieces to the puzzle. So they're usually the
most competitive, hardest races to win. I think for me, the Daytona 500 is harder to win just
because of how many elements that you can't control, right? Like you just, you don't know,
you just don't know when the big crash is, is going to happen. I mean, we have crashes here,
but they're not like super speedway racing at Daytona and Talladega. So I think the,
the 500 was, uh, is a little bit, is, is harder to win just because of the,
the factor of, of so many things can go your way. They're out of your control.
I think, I think the sort of the looming prospect of a big one at Daytona, wiping out however many
cars, it's not often here that you'll see half the thing wiped out in, in, in one go. Yes.
I, I haven't been to the Daytona 500 to be able to answer that question effectively.
You've got to go next year. I don't think I will. I will go next year, but I, I, I will take your
more knowledge and wisdom and experience on that. Um, because I, I'm not sufficiently
qualified. Yeah. And I've never run the Indy 500 and, but just when you look at it, they're just
super speedway racing is just a, it's just in NASCAR is such a different beast because there's
that element of not crashing in somebody else's crash. Fascinating. Yes. Fascinating. I'll be
able to answer that hopefully next year. Once I've been to my first Daytona 500, uh, question number
three, my name's Carter Vandermeer. I'm from Granfords, Michigan. And if you won the Indy 500,
what milk would you drink? Not buttermilk, not buttermilk, raw whole milk. What do you think?
So a couple of years ago when Juan Pablo Montoya last race here, he wrote down chocolate milk.
Oh, I would go with chocolate milk. Is that a, is that a choice? I don't think so. I think you
could have like whole 2% buttermilk. Yeah, I'd go whole milk. Um, yeah, I'd go whole milk. I like
whole milk. I do too. And I don't, I just don't think that if I saw chocolate milk in there, I,
I would, I would look at it as breaking tradition. Yes. I'm, I like tradition. I like to. So
Emerson Fittipaldi drank orange juice after his win back in, oh dude, like, if you didn't drink
the milk, they should have kept the truth. You think, you think the New York dog got booed?
Oh yeah. That got booed. Yeah. That got booed because he, because he owned an orange
grove in Florida. And so that was, you know, selling orange juice and all that. So he drank
orange juice. You can't break tradition. And here, these people in Indianapolis and at this
Speedway that have been here for a long time. It's all about tradition. You, you follow the
tradition or you are not well received. Follow tradition or be damned. That's right. Okay.
I'll go whole milk, milk. Agreed. Question four.
My name is Christian, AKA crank that. And I'm going to ask, what is your favorite pre-race song?
Nice question. Crank that. I like that. I have, I'm, I'm going to guess as to what your
pre-race song is. Mine's silence. I don't, I'd rather just sit in silence and not have anybody
talk to me. And that's always the way that I was. I'd sit in my motor home and I'd turn it,
I'd open the blinds and I'd lock the door, no TV. And if I was, if I did have the TV on,
I would turn the TV on with no sound and watch like on a weekend like this. I'd watch the first
race and then the second race, I'd turn the TV off or the sound off on the, on the TV.
So I like silence. That's my song. I only raced a little bit, but I think if I needed to hype
myself up, I'd probably listen to sabotage by the Beastie Boys. Oh, that's a good one.
Probably listen to that. But I got to say, I thought that the rendition of America, the beautiful
before the Indie 500 this year, was one of the most incredible renditions I've ever heard
to the extent that when the brass kicked in at the end of it, I was standing in the commentary
booth and I literally, I like punched the air and was just like, yes. It was like, it was such a
it was an incredible arrangement. It was, it was, it was jazzy and it just hit all the right sort of
emotional feels. I thought it was even better than the national anthem this year. Obviously,
you know, back home again in Indiana has, we talk of traditions has so much meaning to the folks
here, but America, the beautiful, if you haven't seen it, jump on a YouTube and find it from,
from the 500 this year. It was like, it was up there with, you know, some of the best national
at the Super Bowl for me. It was just magnificent. You need to go back and watch the pre-race
ceremony of the NASCAR race. They had Kyle's wife and Brexton and his mom, dad, Kurt,
there for a dedication pre-race and that led into the 21 gun salute and then into taps.
It's pretty moving. Oh, man. We had, so actually in front of us,
in our commentary box at the front during, during taps, there was a couple and they were holding
up an American flag and they were just weeping on each other. And I assumed it was because
maybe they'd lost a kid who was forces and when the crowds started to separate after them,
he was wearing a yellow Eminem's shirt. And then it was just like,
just straight to the gut again. Like just one after another.
Well, just, yeah. Right, folks, keep those questions coming at speed on Fox on social
media or give us a call on the voicemail at 213-534-7107. And when you do, let us know your name
and where you're tuning in from. What question this week? The double. I think it's the double.
The double. I like that. And particularly because we know it's something
that Kyle wanted to do desperately. Found out this week he had two very, very realistic shots of
doing it. I can't believe it never happened. Neither one came off. Yeah. I can't believe it
never happened. Such a shame. I was actually, I was interviewing Zach Brown the other night and
he said that he was gutted. He was never able to make it happen, but it got, it got close.
Got close with McLaren. Yeah. One of the years, I think one of the years that Kyle ran it.
I saw the M&M's rendering of. Yeah, from JFry. He posted that. Man.
That would have been neat. What might have been.
All right, folks. Buckle up for replay review where Kevin and I dive into the biggest highlights
of the week that we have managed to find on Lineite. We, it's our production crew. They go
through and troll through the internet. So we don't have to. Number one, I did see this.
This is great. Montreal Marshals. I know a vast majority of the marshals in Montreal used to
go to a charity event for them every year. They are a different breed. That's dedication right
there. Look at that. Full dive back through the wall. Dude, that is in front of a car. That's
a limb pick style. So what is the protocol? Like if they sit in a marshall on the track,
they say, Hey, go pick up this carbon. Just make sure there's not a car coming. Yeah.
And if someone's coming, be quick, but I'd love that. Like that's a hold up the 10 card
for that. Hope he didn't land on his head. Dive straight through the hole in the wall.
Absolutely brilliant. Watching the Indy 500 while racing the Indy 500 in the bus.
I don't know what this is. I haven't seen this. What is this guy we were just talking about?
Oh, this is this. Yeah, it's host of art. And what a set of it. That was a bus. Yeah,
he's got a SIM right in the driver's side of his motorhome that he can sit there and work on.
So yeah, that's a great setup. Oh, mate. When we talk about commitment,
and we talk about somebody who genuinely wants to do the double, that's locked in.
Yeah. The only thing we'll make it better is if he could fly his own plane.
Could you imagine that? Fly his own plane. That's more than 1100 miles then. That would be great.
Number three. I have seen this. And this is wonderful. This reminds me of Alexander Rossi,
who we haven't actually mentioned and we'll talk about after this.
He's got it. He don't got it. Oh, but listen, I'm okay.
okay, Mum. I'm okay. He clearly doesn't want his new toy being taken away from him. But just as
Alexander Rossi had a massive accident here in practice, ends up in the hospital, right?
Gets a bolt through his foot, gets a bolt through his hand. He's on crutches at driver intros,
has a carbon fiber splint on his foot, still gets in and leads the Indianapolis 500.
Yes. Pretty impressive. That is Alexander Rossi energy.
I'm okay. I'm okay, guys. I'm absolutely fine. I'm absolutely fine, Mum. Let me get back on my
new toy. Please don't take it away. Lovely stuff. Brilliant. Right. We're almost at the end. So
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truck series opens up, the action packed Nashville triple header in MotoGP should be an
unforgettable atmosphere as always at Mugello in Italy as the home team Jucati fights for
ultimate glory in front of a massive and passionate sea of red clad fans. Kevin,
what are you excited about other than a weekend at home? Yeah, well, I had my weekend at home.
This weekend, I'm actually going to get back in the car. Oh, no, I did not know this. Yes,
I'm going, I'm going to Washington state to Wenatchee Speedway to race super late models this
weekend. So yeah, I'll catch the highlights on most of this stuff. So this from the man who
said that if you carry on racing, you're not allowed to be in the hall of fame, having just
been accepted. I knew you were going to say that. So I set the stage and I said,
I retire from cup racing. I still like to race other things for fun.
So I'm going to go up there and have some fun, which I haven't, I haven't had yet this year.
Sounds like a technicality to me. I'm going to have some fun. I'm not racing a cup car.
I'm racing a late model. Right. Well, that is all we've got time for on this episode,
mate. Thank you so much. Thank you. This has been lovely. Still plenty more to come this week.
Coming up on Wednesday, we will hear from, and we're going to talk to him in a few minutes in
this very room. Indy 500 champion, Felix Rosenquist. If you're enjoying the show and we
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like to see. Thanks again to our friends at Poet who produce high octane bioethanol delivering
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beat zero for Kevin Harvick. I've been more bucks and thanks for watching speed with him
and me where we are Harvick and bucks and fueled by poet. Now let's send you out with the best
wrecks of the week. Yellow's out. Yellow's out and that's Kyle Collette. That's big and the car is
on fire. That's a horrible looking accident. So here's off a tune. Oh, God. Oh, that's horrible.
Over corrected it into the wall. Oh, we get a car in the wall. Turn two. Oh, contact right there.
Hunter Zillich. Malukas goes. Palo goes with him.
Down a big crash behind and that's you got him. That rumble strip, that curbing on the bottom of
turn four has caught out many drivers over the years. Oh, trouble. Daggett's turn lifts off the
ground and saves the wall hard on the driver's side. Back up in front of the pack. Oh, look how
Wiggle got away. Oh, and we have a big one on the back stretch. Got his Catherine leg. He stays
into the throttle there trying to keep it off the wall and at the last second Catherine just
swerves to try to avoid him. Oh, big hit by Chastain. 27 different active.
Sada's got a little bit of a run. Just bumping. Just frustration. Yes, me. Sada was trying to
almost act like there was only two cars there. Oh, 17's around. Into the wall. Everyone trying to
slow down. A lot of more cars.
About this episode
Kyle Busch’s passing sets the tone before the show dives into Indianapolis Motor Speedway drama. Felix Rosenqvist’s Indy 500 win is framed as historic and razor-thin, decided after a late yellow with lane choice, drafting, and a one-lap shootout. The hosts also connect the dots to IndyCar fuel-window strategy and the tension of late-race restarts. Elsewhere, they cover Antonelli’s F1 momentum, Daniel Suárez’s gutsy late pit call, and Harvick’s Hall of Fame conversation.
It is an emotional and action-packed episode of SPEED with Harvick and Buxton, fueled by POET. Co-hosts Will Buxton and Kevin Harvick report from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway following a historic and bittersweet weekend in motorsports. The guys reflect on the tragic passing of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, celebrating his massive legacy and the impact he left on the next generation of drivers.Plus, they break down a historic, photo-finish at the 110th Indy 500, Daniel Suárez’s clutch victory at the Coca-Cola 600, Kimi Antonelli’s F1 dominance in Canada, and a massive milestone for Kevin Harvick himself.
Chapters:0:00 Intro1:25 Felix Rosenqvist Wins Closest Ever Indy 50012:45 Buxton's Call of the Final Lap of the Indy 50016:00 The Legacy & Impact of Kyle Busch23:00 Daniel Suarez Wins Coca-Cola 60026:00 Kimi Antonelli Wins 4th Consecutive30:45 Kevin Harvick Elected To NASCAR Hall of Fame36:00 Driver of the Week39:42 The Racing Line48:45 Replay Review51:20 Final Lap54:00 Best Wrecks of the Week
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