{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Ryan Blaney on Getting Hit in the Nuts, Star Wars, and Dad Life | Stacking Pennies","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/ryan-blaney-on-getting-hit-in-the-nuts-star-wars-and-dad-life-stacking-pennies","audioUrl":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/da281aab-75a8-48f7-afdc-f1b119d87cae.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhJQYXNzZW5nZXJTZWF0BjoGRVQ%3D--8fefffe563646d548c90d8b3b514a7a3fa898263","description":"\n        Ryan Blaney came in on May the 4th and this thing went exactly how it should’ve: Star Wars, Texas, dad life, painful crash stories, and a whole lot of laughing.The guys get into Blaney’s day at Texas, pit-road chaos, becoming a dad, scary hospital moments, racing dads, huge hits, getting kicked in the nuts by race cars, Star Wars paint schemes, Watkins Glen, F1, NHRA, and a bunch of garage stories that went completely off the rails in the best way.This one’s part race recap, part hang, and one of the funniest episodes we’ve done in a while.Drop your favorite Ryan Blaney moment in the comments.Follow: @coreylajoie @skipflores @_stackingpenniesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.\n      "},"annotations":[{"startTime":35.9,"endTime":44.8,"type":"topic","title":"May the fourth","url":"/glossary/may-the-fourth","quote":"All right friends may the fourth be with you and it's not coincidence actually it is pretty striking coincidence the biggest Star Wars fan in\n[44.8s]  The NASCAR garage 2023 Cup champions joining us right here in the nonsense garage. 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