Richard Petty is a legendary NASCAR driver, and the hosts reference him to compare autograph/tattoo requests. Mentioning his name signals NASCAR heritage and the kind of celebrity attention drivers get.
Qualifying is when drivers race for the best lap time before the main race. Your qualifying result decides where you start, so if you mess up, you usually have to fight your way forward.
Pit road is the track area where the crew works on the car during the race. You have to slow down and be careful because other cars and crew members are around.
Reverse is the gear that lets you back up. In a race, trying to go into reverse usually means you’re stuck or made a gear mistake, and it costs you time.
Before the championship playoffs, there’s a regular season where drivers try to qualify and set themselves up for the postseason. Good results earlier help you get in and start the playoffs in a better spot.
NASCAR changes the points when the playoffs start. That reset makes it so drivers aren’t too far behind to still have a chance to win the championship.
They’re talking about which playoff positions tend to give you the best chance to win the championship. The higher you are (like top six), the safer you usually are.
Points can change a lot from one race to the next. So even if you’re not near the front in the standings, a great stretch can put you back in the hunt.
Stage points are extra points NASCAR gives out during parts of the race, not just at the end. Finishing well in those segments can help your season total.
A road course is a race track with lots of turns, more like driving on regular roads than a simple oval. The car setup has to help you slow down, turn, and accelerate out of corners.
“No floor” is a racing rules/aero setup change that affects how air moves under the car. That can change how much the car sticks to the track, especially in corners.
A diffuser is a shape under the car that helps the airflow work in a way that pushes the car down onto the track. More downforce usually means better grip in corners.
Bristol is a NASCAR race track that’s very short and banked, so the cars are working hard through the turns. That can make the tires and braking feel like a bigger deal than at some other tracks.
Horsepower is how strong the engine is—how much power it can make. In a race, more (or different) horsepower can change how hard you can press the gas without losing grip.
Martinsville is a short NASCAR track with tight corners and lots of braking. Because of that, small changes in how the car accelerates and grips can show up quickly.
“Bottom of three” means taking the inside line in turn 3, closer to the track’s bottom. It can be faster because it’s a shorter path, but other cars are usually there too.
“Five car lengths” is just a way to say how much space there was between cars—about five whole cars’ lengths. In racing, that kind of gap can be tight and lead to contact if someone misjudges it.
Racing etiquette is basically the “how you’re supposed to drive around other cars” rules that aren’t written down. It’s about being predictable and not causing wrecks when you’re racing side-by-side.
A short track is a smaller race track where cars are packed closer together. Because it’s tighter, drivers have to be more careful and more consistent to avoid wrecks.
“In-car” means the video is filmed from inside the race car. You see what the driver sees—like where the car is positioned and how close other cars get.
“Collateral damage” here means the crash or aggressive move affected more than the person who caused it. It’s the unintended fallout that hits someone else.
Term
tight clear
A “tight clear” means there was only a narrow opening to squeeze through. It’s a risky move because there’s not much room for things to go wrong.
A pit box is your team’s designated area in the pit lane. During a race stop, that’s where the crew jumps in to service the car and where the driver gets instructions.
“Cleared you” is basically a pass-confirmation. It means the other car is far enough ahead/alongside that you’re supposed to back off and not keep fighting them so closely.
A cool down lap is the lap right after the race where the driver slows down and lets the car settle. It’s also a time when the driver may talk to the team over the radio.
“Radio silence” means they’re not talking on the team radio for a while. It usually happens when someone’s really frustrated or there’s no immediate update.
“Pitting” is when the race car pulls into the pit lane during the race to get serviced, usually for tires. When you pit can strongly change where you end up on the track.
“Stacking pennies” is a mindset about making progress a little at a time. Instead of expecting one miracle moment, you improve step by step until results add up.
“Indy” is shorthand for Indianapolis, where major races happen. The speaker is talking about a stressful point in their career leading into that event.
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Todd Gordon
Todd Gordon is referenced as a key team figure who retired in 2022. In NASCAR, crew chiefs and team leadership heavily influence car setup direction and race strategy, so a retirement can change how the team develops the car.
Downshifting means moving to a lower gear. It helps the car accelerate better, especially when you’re slowing down for a turn or getting back on the gas.
Topic
Jefferson Hodges office
This sounds like a behind-the-scenes moment with team leadership. It’s not really about car tech, more about how the driver was thinking during that season.
Term
light-handed
“Light-handed” means the driver doesn’t yank or overcorrect the car. Smooth, gentle steering usually helps the car stay balanced and grip the track.
A “sim” is a video-game-style driving setup that’s used for real race practice. Instead of driving the car, you practice in a computer simulation to learn the track and improve your technique.
“SMT” sounds like a race-weekend tool that lets a driver study what’s happening on track. Instead of guessing, they can watch data or video/feeds to learn from other drivers’ runs.
Practice is the time before qualifying/racing where drivers get seat time and try things out. It’s when they learn the track and adjust how they drive.
Term
group one
Sometimes track sessions are split into groups so cars don’t all go out together. If you’re in group two, you can still learn by watching what the group one cars do.
It means you’re using the car so hard or so often that parts start to break down faster. Drivers try to push hard, but not so much that tires, brakes, or other parts get ruined too quickly.
Term
drive differently
It means changing how you steer, brake, and accelerate. The goal is to make the car feel right and help you go faster without beating up the car.
Concept
race car driver sun complex
It sounds like a mental pressure thing—like feeling you have to be as good as (or better than) someone you look up to. That mindset can change how you drive and how well you can get the car to perform.
Concept
we got to do more syndrome
It’s basically the feeling that “even if I did okay, it’s not enough.” In racing, that can make someone push too hard and end up wearing the car out or driving less smoothly.
They’re just talking about what it’s like to be a dad—balancing family life with everything else. Here, it’s connected to racing and what kids feel growing up around it.
“Cup” refers to NASCAR’s top national series (the NASCAR Cup Series). “Cup deals” means contracts/arrangements for a team or driver to compete at that highest level.
Topic
pit it on saturday
That phrase means they were involved with the car during the pit stop activity on Saturday. It’s about when the team worked on the car during the weekend.
“NASCAR memorabilia” refers to collectible items tied to NASCAR—like trophies, hats, die-cast cars, and signed gear. Fans and drivers often treat these as keepsakes from specific seasons and wins.
A “loose wheel” is when a wheel isn’t properly secured—typically due to a lug nut or wheel-fastening issue. In racing, that can force extra attention during pit stops and can affect handling and safety.
Term
wheel bangers
“Wheel bangers” is slang for drivers/teams who are aggressive about contact or banging wheels—often used in NASCAR-style talk to describe rougher racing incidents or a reputation for it. The phrase here is used as part of a humorous, exaggerated story about the race.
In racing, “strategy” is the plan for how to run the race—when to pit, how to manage tires and fuel, and how to respond to cautions or mechanical issues. It’s often about maximizing position and minimizing time loss.
A “paint scheme” is the specific exterior livery—colors, graphics, and decals—used on a race car. NASCAR teams often run themed schemes for sponsors, holidays, or special events.
“Two tires” means the crew changes only a pair of tires instead of all four. Teams do this when they think the car doesn’t need full tire changes to be fast.
“Lead lap” means your car is still on the same lap as the front of the race. If you’re not on the lead lap, you’ve fallen behind and it changes your strategy.
To “abort” means to back out of the pit stop plan because something isn’t going right. It can be the safer move so you don’t get stuck or cause a bigger problem.
The “fueler” is the crew member who refills the car with gas during the pit stop. If they’re slow or don’t get the right amount, the team can lose time or run out of fuel.
A “fuel mileage race” means you can’t just drive flat-out the whole time. Teams have to manage fuel so they can make it to the end (or the next pit stop) without running out.
A spot mirror is a small mirror that helps you see cars that might be in your blind spot. Drivers use it to decide if it’s safe to move over or try to pass.
Term
passing them
In a race, “passing” just means getting ahead of another car. It can be tricky when you’re dealing with cars that are slower or behaving differently.
A lap car is a car that’s behind the leaders by a full lap. When you’re leading, you have to deal with those slower cars, which can make passing and staying on track harder.
A “right hook” is a collision where one car hits another from the right side. It usually happens when cars are trying to move around each other and timing or positioning goes wrong.
A concussion is a brain injury from a hit. If someone is concussed, they can feel confused or “off,” and they need to be evaluated and kept safe before returning to activity.
In racing, a hauler is the big truck that brings the race car and team gear to and from the track. After something goes wrong, the car and crew usually go back to the hauler to regroup.
A speedway is a type of race track—usually an oval—built for fast racing. Because cars run close together at high speed, crashes and contact can happen more often.
They’re asking a game-style question: if you could only choose one race car and one track forever, what would you pick? It’s meant to be fun, not technical.
They’re talking about a race location/event. The name sounds like a track or venue, but the exact place isn’t clearly identified in this snippet.
Term
410
In this racing context, “410” is shorthand for an engine size class—about 410 cubic inches. It helps indicate what kind of race car setup you’re talking about.
They’re talking about the season title—how certain wins help you stay in contention for the championship. It’s about standings and points, not a specific car part.
Mercedes is a top Formula 1 team/brand. They’re saying Mercedes cars have been hard to beat lately.
Term
weight is a big factor
In racing, vehicle weight strongly affects acceleration, braking, and cornering. Heavier cars typically need more effort to change speed and direction, while lighter cars can respond more quickly—especially in tight sections.
Term
cg
CG means the car’s “balance point.” If that balance point is lower, the car tends to feel steadier when turning and is less likely to feel like it’s leaning over.
Tire packs are stacks of tires used as crash protection around the track. They change how risky it feels if you run wide or hit something.
Term
minimum speeds down to create some comers and govers
The speaker is describing how NASCAR officials may adjust track conditions or rules to force lower speeds in certain areas. That can increase the number of braking/turning events (“corners and go-overs” as they say), making the racing more technical and changing passing chances.
Term
Dimples
“Dimples” here means small bumps or dents on the track. They can change how the tires touch the ground, which affects grip and handling.
That’s a racing seat made from carbon fiber, a super-strong lightweight material. People use it to save weight and keep the driver more supported in aggressive driving.
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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
The NASCAR garage 2023 Cup champions joining us right here in the nonsense garage. Please help me welcome Ryan Blaney
Thanks guys. Let's go welcome buddy. Well, you smell damn good today. Thank you. Yeah a shower and everything
I think it's just the mustache. Yeah, it's just puts off a pungent scent that's twins here
You put anything in yours. I had I should because it gets dry. Yeah, but I can tell you put a little bit
Yeah, it helps it keep a little moisture. It's like putting stuff in your hair
This is really the stuff that people want to know about you know these days
I had this saying I think I said it a couple a couple of shows ago
I said a man doesn't grow a mustache a man grows into a mustache and
That's true. Yeah, I know and if you don't have a mustache, you don't understand. Yeah, now you don't understand it
So it's good. I I think the mustache is making a comeback
You know people are talking about it and stuff like that. I'm like, I don't know
Where it went like 70s 80s mustaches were
Going on and then they kind of faded into full bearer. They were they were on some VHS tape
I'm sure that you're in the back aisle some some stores
But now they're coming back which is good, which is good
I think that's that's important is so do you have the cycles go when I grow my mustache out, man
It's like Dahmer
So I stay away from it, man
I guess it just gets like the real one or people start taking their kids like get away from that guy
And you're a race car driver. You're willing you're willing somebody dies her hair and that guy's beating you like I don't know
Maybe I should get some highlight
I had those things and that actually when I was winning races back then I need to bring it back
Made the fourth man
It was just coincidence because I think what was after Taladega or last week or so you're supposed to be on boy pivoted to today
Post-Texas and it's Star Wars day. Yeah, I'm not gonna make you slide your pants down to show everybody your Darth Vader tattoo
But I appreciate that it's not that kind of show
Or can it be it's where it's right here on the other side. It's here. Yeah, it's oh my store where stuff is here
Yeah, it's an impressive tattoo and you got you got a mural of your grandfather got my granddad here
Yeah, I'm a great for a while. I haven't got any tattoos in a long time
How often you get people asked you to sign their skin a
A couple of months
Yeah, and I always am like no, you're not gonna get this tattooed are you and a couple of them are like, yeah
I was like, well, don't do that. No, like because that puts a lot of pressure on me
Because they're gonna go right to the tattoo parlor and be like copy it and if it's a bad autograph then like it's they're gonna be
Telling the grandkids back. I'm like, dude. Don't like getting a Richard Petty tattoos one thing. Yeah, like that's super cool
Don't get mine. Yeah. Yeah. I mean all due respect. I mean 18 cup wins still
I mean, it's not this take us not shake a stick
Hey, it's not Richard. Hey, I beg people don't get tattoos like my autograph. We were I've never signed skin
I got you know what?
Certainly get Ryan Blaney's 10 times before you get mine
I'm getting another man's name
Shifting gears Kansas this week. That's where you made you come to Texas. I kept thinking we were at Kansas
I don't know why even like when we were there. I'm like fuck. We're in Texas. Yeah, you're definitely not in Kansas
So Texas, how was your day there multiple holes in the foot for sure started 31st?
I blew qualifying big was your big moment one and two
Yeah, I kind of overdrove it up the racetrack and you know, you're wide open through three and four
So like if you blow one or two, you're you're cooked, right? So
Messed that up before it even got started starting the back
And I thought we were okay in practice and I was surprised how good we were started the race
I think we drove up to like 13th
First run and then I did something on pit road. I've never done before. It's a first for me
So we're coming around the 48
He was ahead of us and it was that weird time of like
We were just enough behind him and just close enough to him to where like his guys are getting to the right side as I'm going around
I'm so like they're as far out as they're going to be
It's like you're swinging really wide trying to get in and pointed
I usually bang bang from second to neutral, but like I'm focused on his guys
I'm focused on trying to get into my box as good as I can and
I was like, well, I'm gonna just clutch it and then go down to first and do all that and
Hold the clutch in wasm as I'm trying to get the wheel back straight and I guess I
Think I'm back on I left it in second. And so they dropped the right banged it like I was in neutral
I thought I was going to first but apparently I was in third
Tried to leave the box stalled it a couple times and then by the time I realized I was and then you can't get it down enough
Yeah, cuz the thing's not rolling. Yeah, so that was a big oopsie. I've never done that one before that's first
So that hurt us set us back again
And then we worked our way up again and then had another issue on pit road you get blocked in and yeah that one time
We had to come around the 48 so I'm bad angle 43 has to come around me. He's worse angle
There was one. I saw you just started in reverse. Yeah
Like they dropped the right and I banged it in reverse like I have to back out of here and
Did a good job of staying at the end and scrounged the tent out of it. That's pretty fast car
Just couldn't really couldn't get right, you know, can't get right one of them when you get buried there, man
It's not you can't make any track position and there was no you guys stayed out ran long at the end
Yeah, hoping for a caution never got it. Yeah, I never got it. Honestly, though that that helped us like stay out the last
Caution I've got some good news and bad news for you. What do you want to hear first bad news? Okay?
You are closer to the cut line than you are to first place. Okay. The good news is your fourth place. Yeah. Wow. Yeah
I saw that's that today. I'm like, that's why yeah, I think I'm like
133 to the cut line but like 160 out of first
It's gonna take a lot to catch Tyler
I mean, I know we're only 11 in but like that's gonna be a lot a little a little
Slight peek behind the curtain for the fans listening
We had our prime talent seminar this week went over to Dales and they showed like all this
You know all the stuff they're working on for graphics and what they're wanting to do better this year
And there's a lot of conversation about how we talk about the chase and talk about regular season playoff leading up to it
specifically the way the
Call it a handicap of points reset is first to 16th
We were talking a lot about it really and truly after all the simulations they've run as they set the you know
Handicap points the top six is really where your champions probably gonna come from unless somebody goes on a Tony Stewart playoff run
Right. Is that something that you guys have even talked about or is it usual every week?
I think we talked about like hey, here's where we would ideally like to be I do agree with you
It's probably like top six or seven and points you have a better shot
But I mean gosh someone could go on a terry. You never know right? I mean
With the way the points swing. I said it a couple weeks ago in the media center like you could have a guy that's
12th 13th go on a go on a heck of a heater and you know, you're you're there you're in the game
So yes, you would like to be I think that top six or so so hopefully we can hang out there
Yeah, in my opinion
There's always and he talks about the just the dog days of summer it gets hot
You start going to gateways are going indie right like the back half the summer really you can separate or you can kind of get stuck
In that low. How do you feel like you and the 12th team are set up right now for that for that push?
We start off the year really good in the last few weeks. Haven't been amazing like
Kansas didn't have a great day tout egg ended up getting wrecked and then this weekend
Just kind of clawed out a good finish, but didn't get any stage points didn't do any of that
So I think we're in a good spot our minor half program is a place. We need to get better
Everywhere else, I feel like we've been really really solid and been in contention to win two or three of them
So yeah, I think we're good, but it's hard to know like where are you where are you gonna be come these summer months?
We got to stretch you
Some pretty interesting races coming up, you know our first or a second road course
I guess so I'm looking forward to that and this weekend at the Glen
But yeah, I think we're in a good spot
We got a little ways to catch up on some tracks, but I think others we've been really close the no floor races
I figure like we've been fantastic. Yeah, what'd you call a no floor?
Simple floor simple floor. Sorry. Yeah. What's that mean? It takes you to the big diffuser up. Yeah, they're simple
Okay, have you noticed anything with the horsepower?
Yeah, a little bit. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, like Bristol even Martinsville like I we've noticed it
Yeah, yeah, how so you can just piss your stuff off easier. I feel like you can pay the penalty a little bit more
I mean
You got to ask for it in little bits, right? Like you can't ask for 200 more
We got was 75 more. Maybe next year we'll get 75 more
Right, so you got to ask for it in little tiny amounts, right? You can't ask for the whole bag of grapes
You got to ask for a stem or two. Did you
Catch up on any highlights from yesterday at all. I watched a little on the plane
So priests went on a epic tirie and yeah, he he didn't need his weedies on Sunday morning
He was just true. So the thing with
With him and Gibbs right in front of me. Yeah, like I was breaking down the car right back
So I don't know what happened through the race like I know I saw this clip of Gibbs kind of washed up the race track
I have not seen this one. Yeah, so here Gibbs is inside the one covers. Okay makes it 54 tight
Okay, before kind of comes up a little bit. That's just a bad spot for you know, that's just a bad spot
I don't think Ty knew that the one was gonna cover clear and
Head back. Yeah
I
There
Thanks for the spot Ryan was not happy obviously with the fifth four earlier
Those tight situations in the three or like they happen all the time like you want the bottom of three especially on restarts like that
Ty got the quick clear. Yeah, I'm gonna try to go in line
They'd both drove in five car lengths past me like they drove away from me
I immediately knew something was gonna happen and I thought both of them were wrecking honestly
I don't know how Ryan didn't wreck also trying to get to the place before so. Yeah
I mean I'm stuff happened before but priest has done refract me there a few years ago
He's got a lot of
Like working for you forever
You have a different racing etiquette being raised the way you were by Dave and being around short tracks stuff forever
And your dad held you to that standard as well
And I think priest is the same way we're like he has that short track kind of grinder mentality where he has like a
Certain etiquette that he races by and then he feels like other people should I think that's where some of his animation comes from
All right, I think you have the same thing. Yeah. Yeah, that's the same
I think everyone approaches a certain way and in that situation Ryan thought that he was kind of over somebody and Ryan's type of guy
Who will when he's over you he'll do it. He'll show it. I mean he
He won't just talk about it. He'll talk about it and he'll do it
So I first time me watching that
especially from the in-car of the 60 I
Believe if if Ty knew how pissed off Ryan was which I don't think that he was I think he's probably just racing and you know
It's collateral damage
Not realizing how pissed off priest was he probably wouldn't have tried to pound it in there in the bottom
I don't think so right if he were to give him a lane then you live a fight another day
Yeah, but reason Ryan was seeing red and he's oh, you're not taking this this yeah
It's a lane's mind now. Yeah
Yeah, I agree if Ty knew that Ryan was so mad he'd left the lane
He wouldn't have tried to cover. Yeah, or like get in that spot like a tight clear, but
He did he did and then he did not yeah Finley goes everything. All right car good. He goes. Yep. Never touched him
Like I'm sure he's like never
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Don't you I'm good to go I
I'll tell you this you might not know this but through the years
Whether it was me and Wade Moore on the car in your younger years when you were a little bit more animated
We would like mark down the times you said f or like a right
What we had quotes in the so there was like a little door in the pit box that we'd open and
Write the quote down we had all these tape quotes of like stuff that you had said
I was talking to lackey Andrew Lackey who was our gasman for a long time last night. He said that one of his favorites was when
we're in the 21 and
Josh Williams cleared you in front of Tony tight and you're like never clear me in front of him again
Yeah, Martin'sville, it was my rookie year in 16 and it was like one of those things like tight clear
Down on a restart like two feet. I'm clear. Josh said I was clear
I'm coming down and Tony had other thoughts and he nailed me so hard and I texted him
I apologize to Tony after the race. I apologize to Tony for being clear
Apologize Tony and he sent me this long. He was pissed still he's like that's the thing with you young kids
You just take what I'm sorry. I mean, I just said I'm sorry
But yeah, he wouldn't love the next generation because now it's all take yeah, but yeah
Don't you ever clear me that close in front of that guy ever?
My favorite one is I don't think has ever been heard by anybody other than team
But it was and it's it was a bad indie has been our Achilles heel forever
We have lost indie together a couple times
The first one was the 22 O'Reilly's car with 54 passes on the last lap
You are super mad at yourself and you didn't say anything
After the race and there was like literal two of two of our picker guys were crying tears at the end of the race
And you just come over the radio like you had taken the cool down lap
You're like pulling down the back stretch and you go
Somebody come down here and punch me in the face
That was it like and then it was radio silence. That was the lowest low point
I think I've ever had like that was 15
So I was running part-time for the Woodbrothers part-time that Xfinny car and like you don't get a lot of opportunities to win
An indie for Roger, you know and anything
And gave it away like just handed it to the 54
I thought I was getting fired like I for sure thought like this is it like Roger texted me and he was like hey come over to
RP1 and I was like
Well, I don't know if I'm gonna run this
Tomorrow I'm done with but he was like opposite of what I thought he was encouraging
Stuff like that which just speaks to the type of person that he is but yeah, that was a rough one for sure
Karen run this video here. Yeah, yeah, I saw this video. Yeah, I haven't seen
I have no social yeah, I don't think I got voted. I don't think it's complaining. I don't think
It's the most on the radio
Yeah, I think we all do
I sometimes complain about how bad I see he gets bad
Maybe Lugano, I feel like he's had some moments at times
Joey answers Ryan Blaney, maybe Ryan Blaney
Ryan Blaney
100% they just hear the clips. Oh my gosh Blaney. Oh, that's the black kettle
Yeah
Is KV going on there and I was like dude, I kind of grew up watching you
Yeah, I thought what you did was right. That's why I do the things that I do. I know you molded me
Yeah, on that side of it. Yeah, I don't think I'm the worst anymore
I think there's a couple guys in front of me nowadays
There's been a lot like we started together on the Xfinity car in the 21 it tell I pitted your truck
Yeah, when the shifter fell off when we raced for the championship
Yeah, but like the growth and working with guys like Penske brings on like Jeremy Boone and just seeing your growth of
Becoming a leader like when you go through
Lowles like alright, so the pit crew was just in the news and rightfully so but not rightfully so at the beginning of the season
How do you go? Okay? I got a I got to be there for my guys. I got to be a leader in the situation
You know, we had our issues at like Phoenix and stuff. It's just like
You just try to become a leader more than anything like just it's okay like we'll get it back
You know, I think you can do that to a point like at some point though
You have to be pretty kind of foot down like we got to get better at this for sure
So it's like a fine balance like I mean being a coach in the NFL is tough, right?
You have to kind of be stern because you're the head coach, but also you have to encourage guys at the same time
so how do you balance that out and
Encourage guys when they're down because everyone has feelings and emotions and they don't want to screw up
No one wants to screw up. I mean I screw up plenty of times
So it's like how do you figure that out and this learning from your mistakes to me is like a big thing
You were like, yeah, but you know, my dad said it best if you race for wins enough
You're gonna lose sometimes and like we're gonna go to Martinsville win went to Martinsville won
So how much has is like has your dad helped with that with his experiences? That's been a huge help
I've been really lucky to have my dad in my corner for my whole racing career and my whole life
And my dad's a lot like me like I am my father's son not the very
Very kind of soft-spoken guy, but you know, we kind of have a fiery side to us, too
And I experienced that a lot as a kid, you know of dad
Be in dad and I look back on it now and I'm like, I'm happy he did that
Yeah, I'm happy. He's he was the way he was because it taught me a lot
I feel like if he went about it and kind of a sugarcoat way
You don't learn from that stuff, you know, and and now as I've gotten older
It's funny like dad's realized like the last handful of years like oh, this is a human adult
Like yeah, I'm going to still be there for him
But I'm gonna step back and just be kind of more of a support type of guy like I'll ask him
Like hey come to Martinsville practice come stand down and one and two go watch them three and four and then
Come talk to me after practice. What do you see? What am I doing?
What are other cars doing or guys doing something different?
And we'll just have a conversation and he's still the first guy I call after every weekend just to whether it's BS or
You know about things or something like that and you know, so he's been a huge huge role model for me and a big help
So and like I said during that
run in 23 we had he was like the
Motivational guy for me of like he fully believed that we could do it and he stuck with it no matter what was going on and
it was funny after
I think after we lost Miami
Yeah, we went to Martinsville and he had you know good quote because I heard hadn't heard from him
I'm like damn dad might not have confidence what we're doing anymore. He might not see the path anymore
And he was like, ah, I got a path still there. He's like he's just a little muddy
But that's what cleats are made for and I was like that's a dad quote
So now he's been awesome man
It's been I've been really lucky to have a dad like that around we talk a lot about mentality and stacking pennies and when things
aren't going right how you get it back and
You know, we talked about thinking you're gonna get fired at Indy and then all the success you've been through
What what was the what are the times like? What are the darkest times you've had in your career?
We've had to pull yourself out of it. I'd say
2022 was rough, you know, we came off pretty good year in 21 Todd Gordon retired
Jonathan's coming in new car had a lot of speed that year didn't didn't win
Well, they're all star race, but that was it and kind of went through a stretch of you know, man
I don't know if I got it anymore. Like I I can't compete. Joey won the championship in 22
We had tough three-way stretch there, too. We're yeah homestead. Yeah, Vegas Vegas
Yeah, it's like a freak thing at homestead downshift set up ship. Yeah access road. Yeah second at Martinsville
So that was like that was a rough little stretch from, you know
22 and till we won the 600 in 23
I'm just like, man, can I can I do it? Like I don't know if my teammates are winning my
teammate just won championship
I don't know if I guess I can't do it like I just don't know if I am
Good enough to be able to do it and so that's why I like the 600 win was emotional for me because it was like I can't
I tried to get better at you know being more confident and stuff like that and we can you know, we can do this stuff and
They could go through those lulls like that and then you got you know the outside world talking
I try not to let that affect me, but it does it does affect you. Yeah, you know, so I don't know
I just feel like trying to shift your mentality of like don't
pressure yourself so much because
Now you got extra pressure of the already added pressure
So just keep believing yourself and trust your guys and trust yourself and hopefully it comes around. Unfortunately it did
I remember sitting in Jefferson Hodges office in a 22 and I started the year with
Syndric won the 500 and then went won the all-star race with you and we had a great year and just being like man
I just feel like we all suck and he's like look what are you talking about because as awesome it as it was to see your
teammate win the championship
It's also like you also sit there like what we can't why can't we do that like it there's it's twofold. Yeah, it's tough
And then you start
Working harder, right? You spend more time in the sim
You have more meetings just to talk about meetings to check the box and then you start grabbing the reins even harder
Yeah, and then the most of the success is when you're letting a rip and you're like you're light-handed, right?
Yeah, overthinking to me is a bad thing like it's good to go through your process and like be prepared
But like overthinking I think is a huge hurt at least that's how I think about it
So like just trying to be more open to things of just like well because people like media will ask like if we have a
New rules package like what do you think? What do you expect? I'm like, I don't know what to expect
So I'm not gonna lose sleep over what I think it's gonna be
I'm just gonna see what it's like in practice and we're gonna go from there
We hear we hear, you know trust the process. I gotta go through my process, right?
It's it's almost like another word like execution like okay
What's executing look like right and now you have so many more tools you have all the tools you could possibly want to be a
Cup driver a couple winter now you you can look at SMT till your retinas burn out
You can be in the sim multiple hours a week, right? You can sit there and look at potential setups
You want to go the racetrack with there's really no end to what you can really work at so like what is
Your process look like during the week. Yeah, I
So we'll go, you know Monday's meetings kind of close a notebook on the previous race
Look ahead a little bit to the next weekend Tuesdays are more of the upcoming stretch
And then Wednesdays are usually just you know media things and stuff like that Thursdays
I try to have a day off so really Mondays and Tuesdays is when me and Jonathan and my group kind of really
Close the book and look forward to the next weekend and I'll do some sim
I'll do sim before road courses just kind of visually get back in that mindset
But like as far as SMT goes I don't wear that thing out like I'll watch it during practice
Like if I'm in group two, I'll watch a couple guys in group one
And then after I get done practice in I'll I'll watch it and you know watch a little qualifying stuff
But I have never been successful at
Looking at guys on SMT and trying to drive like that person
How are you gonna do that? Like you've spent your whole life driving this way
I mainly look at where is where are they faster than me?
How can I make my car do that with how I'm driving it?
Like that's I try not to wear it out because it can like you said you can look at it till your freaking retinas burn out of
Your head and try to convince yourself like I need to do this more and drive differently
And yeah, I think to a case like maybe I'm doing this too much, but
You can't drive like somebody else. I can't drive like Danny Hamlin. I can't drive chase. No should drive like Ron Blaine
Yeah, I just try to drive yourself and try to get your car to where it needs to be so you can drive it
So I really don't spend too much time on that stuff like SMT. I'll
Look a little bit before the week, but I don't I don't
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You're gonna be perfect for me to ask this because I've presented this theory to the podcast
I'm sure at some point in time and to you. I've talked about it. I think
there is a
race car driver sun
Complex there's like a race car driver sun complex and I think chase wears it the most
I've worn it you've worn it because you never feel like you're ever gonna be as good as your dad
Yeah, so there's like this inherent
It's a little bit of we got to do more syndrome. I wouldn't call it a posture syndrome
It's like you have a good day. Well, it's not good enough. Yeah, did you ever get to a point? Did you ever have that?
Oh, yeah, yeah, did you like was there a distinct moment where you're like, okay?
Not that I'm better than my dad, but like I can look him eye to eye
in what we not only are you come from like a
Lineage Dale. Yeah, plenty families big name. Yeah, I mean like you said in my mind
I will never be better than my dad
My dad to me is the best race car driver that has ever sat behind the wheel of a car
And I think any son of a or daughter of a race car driver is gonna say that. Yeah, and I know you have Billy Elliot
Right. Yeah, you know like million dollar bill. Yeah, like that. That's hard to I'm all bill success like I don't know
I just feel like it's there's so much expectations on you because these people watched your father do it and
He wears it. Yeah, and and he definitely has he has to wear it more than anybody
We talk about ass tunes a lot, but we talked about it a lot here from our dads
I just can't picture bill Elliot being a racer driver dad bit chewing chase his ass
He strikes me as a guy that's like not gonna chew your ass. He'll just say something. You're like, oh, no, he's disappointed. Yeah
Yeah, I think bill is more that way. I've got spend good time with bill. Yeah, he's more that like yeah, he would never
I don't think you do better. Yes
Yeah, even if he says something mean it sounds like expecting more. I know like sorry bill
I got a great story with Bill and chase
We're out in Utah. This is years ago. Gosh, we were going to ride dirt bikes out in Utah
and we have we're driving from Colorado to Utah and it's like five hours and
We wake up super early in the morning and chase is already in the truck and he's in the back seat
I got his iPad. He's gonna go take a nap. I'm gonna watch movies. Whatever. I gotta sit front seat with bill
So my god, this would be fun. Yeah, and
Bill does not listen to what he put on the radio. Nothing
No music for five hours
I'm trying to make conversation and bill like he gives you like, you know two sentence maybe answers and I finally just ran out
So we just
Silence for like three more hours
I was like, all right
Yeah, he's just a little with his thoughts in the wind dude. Yeah
Chase is already like I'm setting him up for this
He's like I've been around this my whole life. I know there's gonna be no music. There's gonna be no radio no conversation
I'm sitting in the back. He set me up so good. I got to the truck and I opened the back door. He's like
Oh
It was great though, it was it was fun
It was the one of the most best it was the best car ride I've ever had and then
He puts it in park looks over like hey, man. That's good conversation
Thanks for riding learn a lot about you
I think about old school guys like him and you drove the 21 right you gotta think about Eddie wood
They drove in a ramp truck to Riverside. Yeah, like how cool was it driving the 21?
Like I remember going there when we all got that deal up to store it for the first time
They brought us around bross rolled house to the cherry tree like how special was it driving that 21 and what's your relationship like with like those guys now?
Yeah, I mean I got to drive over there for
Three years two full-time seasons and part-time in 15 and you know got my first one with those guys in Pocono
Hell of a party. That was a great party. Yeah
Back when we could do it and like wake up the next day and not my wife was pregnant as hell. Yeah
Built-in driver. Yeah, that's what they were
They were awesome to drive for like I always you know, I was a huge
Fan of theirs. My favorite growing up was when Ken Schrader drove their car. They had the little Debbie car
I had little Debbie die cast everywhere and
Just that whole family was great
And you know Glenn was around at the time and getting to know Glenn and obviously Leonard is still, you know
I mean kicking ass Eddie and Len are just they're just a great
Family of people but like they they told me something when I
When I was leaving and we were gonna, you know start the 12 car up
They were like, you know, even though you're not driving for us. You're still part of the wood family
Yeah, and it's still that to this day. I love seeing Eddie and Len in the garage if Leonard's at the racetrack
I always talk to him. He always comes up on pit roads. So
Those were some fun years for sure like I'm trying to figure out getting going with a lot of guys on that team
It was their first kind of
Cup deals. It was awesome. You know, it was fun to grow together and have some have some good times
They still treat me like that. They still pick your guys like if you work there, you're still part of the family
Yeah, so I man I
That's such a special
Team and it was such a special time
Like I know that the 12 is great and when we brought the 12 back and we won with it
It was cool, but that 21 man. I tell everybody like that is
Like peak NASCAR being on 21 for me. Yeah, so I pit it on saturday. It was electric
Like I have never been to an arca race or no Riley race. That was not electric in years
It was really cool and there was a lot of energy and then you go into like Jason Kelsey was in the pit
It's all next to his hand it like there's a lot of cool things and it feels like
We we went forever as a sport not knowing who we were who we wanted to piss off, right and like
Cleetus comes in and we kind of feel a little bit
It feels like we're comfortable being who we are and for the first time in a long time
We're like comfortable in our own skin. It seems like I think it's I think it's good. I mean, I don't have
I think cleetus is good for the sport. He's very passionate about racing
Like he's not a guy that is just showing up just for clicks clicks and viewership
Like he cares about what he's doing and he's working really hard to get better and like he does a good job
Like he almost won talladega and that orca race like not too good. No not easy to do and you know people gave him crap for
You know the rocking ham
Oh, we walled this thing in the test and now we got an experience like everyone fucking does it
It's hard. We've all fenced stuff. Yes, like especially when you first go about it
So he is very passionate about it and that's really all you need
Like we're lucky that he has such an interest in it and it's not a show like he has his audience
but he himself is like
Really wanting to perform well. We got some great fan comments here
So this is this is a riff from you know, we're sitting here on may 4 talking about star wars stuff a little bit
So if you're dinner somebody comes up to you at the table and says the sequels weren't actually that bad
I honestly haven't watched more than 10 minutes of a star wars. I haven't seen any of it
Do you finish your meal? Do you leave or do you flip the table? So
in the 70s
George Lucas comes out with the original star wars right and back then when like a new hope came out
Nothing like that has ever been done before so like with the effects all that stuff like it just blew people's minds, right?
So then there's some time passes and then they make then they made one two three
And those kind of got not as good reviews because they weren't as good movies. I didn't think
But I think also people kind of cooled off on the whole sci-fi thing like it was you know, these were in
Like episode one came out 99 everyone kind of copied George and what he did and people were like, you know, those weren't great
And then disney bought it for billions and billions of dollars and then they just made
789 well, it was part of the story but not really part of the story
And I feel like whenever you have a big corporation like disney that buys that stuff
It's just a money machine then it's just getting all the juice squeeze that right and it was already that rag was pretty dry already
So I mean i'm finishing my meal. I don't give a shit if you think they're good
Cool or not like I yeah, that's cool like awesome
I feel like you could act like you did that deal chicago
A couple years ago or what was that a spin-off of the bear the bear. Yeah, and like you've always been you've been in
More I've been a few things. I think you've been cameoed more than anybody. What was the what was the reality show with
Kevin
Kevin james the crew the crew it was the crew. Yeah. Yeah, you and Austin Dillon were in that chicken wings bed in that one
Would you uh consider like taking that up or what if there was another what if there's a part in the next star wars?
I would yeah, I would like to be a part of it like
Why not I don't care. I even told I was like man, I'd be a you only have to see my face
I'll be like a stormtrooper and kill me and like yeah, sure
I can tell my kid like I was stormtrooper number four and he cut my head off like that's cool
You never saw my face, but I'm here. I'm on the credits grogu or a championship trophy
You can only keep one in the house. What was a grogu? Oh grogu is this they made this show called the main allurean and grogu's like the baby yoda
Okay, have you heard baby yoda? That's grogu. Okay championship trophy. I don't care about grogu
Yeah, if you if you had to get rid of all your stuff and only keep one thing
What do you keep from racing? Yep
Oh man, like of my personal that I've driven like if you were like I'm getting rid of every
Sort of NASCAR memorabilia. Oh man
It'd be hard to throw out the championship trophy that one or the polka note trophy first cup one
Yeah, that was just the way you won that too beaten. Yeah
I single-handedly won that race by the way loose wheel bangers
Loose wheel on the first stop put us on our own strategy. Sorry bones. Just like you drew it up strategy sucks
I'm gonna get us off strategy here one more question from fan comments that kairin's got keyed up on the
May the fourth be with you
You're offered one full star wars paint scheme
Any character? What are you going with? Did you get the Darth Vader helmet the bubble ramp?
Uh, it is in the works. So I always when I'm trading helmets with like buddies and stuff
I always try to do
Like if I trade one with Scotty McLaughlin or like new garden or chase or bubble like chase and I swapped our first cup
Wind helmets. We've always said that
Me and Scotty like I traded a wind helmet for one of his wind helmets
So like I try to always do that, but I always got that Vader helmet. Yeah, he didn't win in it
Like the helmet he wanted was a Menards helmet that has like two or three wins on it
So when I brought it over there the other week and I was like, oh, we're finally gonna trade this stuff
And I was like I kind of backpedal. I was like
I want to win helmet
And so
I think the helmet that I want of his he's still running
So I think I have to wait this year
But it's it's his brickyard helmet that I think I'm gonna get which is which will be freaking cool
So it's interesting just see different guys
Style right because Bubba wasn't really into isn't really into trading. No because he's keeps all of his stuff
Right. He's got a wall in his house
with
$9,000 Schuberth helmets
40 of them, right and not one he could care less about anybody else like these are my lids, right?
Maybe did he do with McLaughlin and he got the ones from Scotty this year. Yeah, I'm gonna leave that with the garage
That has some bad juju on
Yeah, he's only like done it once or twice
I'm like maybe the third person he's ever traded helmets with but that's star or something
I don't know to answer that star question. Just a big old ball on the hood would be funny
Yeah, but two of them next to each other pit road this week joey big wreck
That was yeah, we get real sketchy amount of house when you do two tires. What uh, did you talk to him?
What do you have to say about that 30 guys on the lead lap too? Yeah, I mean it always
Gets that way and I was right behind it. I think the 54 was coming out
The 41 was checking
The 22 is trying to see you know clear one lane or two lanes joey hit hit the 41 and
What I got from joey was he was right. There's a lot going on right you're trying to pull out you're looking in your mirror
Listen to your spotter am I clear one or not you're trying to get to your lights
and joey
Joey said that he kind of got where he wanted to be and looked down to his lights to see am I on it
And right when he looked up he was in the 41 like just a terrible timing thing of 41 stopping to let somebody out
And uh, and yeah, unfortunately ruin joey one had missed like if you miss your stall
When do you abort or when like you don't you don't want to stop you got to be like, all right
I'll come back and live to fight another day. That's a tough one. Yeah, I mean if you
You never want to go past and have your penalty, but
It's better than stopping on pit road, especially when there's a slew of guys who just did two behind you the 19
pit balls the week they
Had like three of the fastest stops of the day three of the fastest stops of the year
Best team on pit road on average. So they're and there's dude. There's some dogs on the team nico del and calvin teague
They're both multi-time champions. They probably both have a hundred fricking wins and in all three series
Jared urspramer, he's been with chase since chase drove the nine car. He's been with him this whole career
TJ semki you see him jack dude with the handlebar mustache absolute stud and then last but not least their fueler
John gianato when you're clicking off
Stops that fast every race becomes a fuel mileage race because if you're the gas man
Yeah, you give you no time to get it full. So it's like, yeah, we're gonna run eight twos here. Good luck getting there
You know 20 gallons in it. So it's it's crazy
Or whatever, you know
18 get whatever the mileage becomes because every race eventually becomes a fuel mileage race
If you don't execute it at the fuel man position. So
Big day for them really happy for them another whoa. We talked about the whoa with the 22 on pit road
Did you see the whoa that chris bell had leading race?
I did I saw the replay that this morning
I mean chris first had terrible luck and yeah, gosh, I mean just I've been there before
Now I watched it back and it's easy to see her in the couch and you know rewind it like what was he doing?
Why did he drive into him? He's looking at the 11 underneath. I know because like the deal
But the 11 saw it and bailed the 11 saw him spinning out and checked the 20s getting past the 20 was passing them
I don't know if the 20 was trying like if he was looking in a spot mirror and or he was just trying to gas it up to
Get the hole. I'm not gonna sit here and assume what he was looking at. But I hate to see that. You always hate to see the leader
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Get wrecked by lap car. But yeah, I was nowhere to go
Another whoa for stopping in miami leads some laps get a five second penalty for a exit breach
Spun out lap one two. Yeah, you're dead
The the matters I ever saw you and we've been through dude
You've you've wrecked some shit like where I'm like off CRI Nashville, especially
But Daytona and we were leading and chris bell right hooked you
Yeah, he didn't right hook me. He spun the 54 which I did
You were ready to fight like we like I was like we were getting ready to leave and you came back to the
I sat on 22 big box the rest of race. You were clearly concussed. Yeah came back to the hauler allegedly
I might punch and I'm like boys. We might have to stay and go fight on pit road
So me and chris for actually had a great conversation about
About that here recently was uh, yeah, I was pretty
I mean, I was tasting colors after the race. I'll be honest with you and um
Seeing words. Yeah, seeing words
spelling numbers and um
So I said 22 pit box and it was like the third time I got right hooked at a speedway. So I was like
also kind of upset and
I had some choice words for him after the race probably words that I
Honestly, I didn't really know what I said at the time
and so he and I were flying out to san diego to film this thing for the race and uh, we had a
We had a nice talk about it. I turned around. I was like, hey, man
Remember that time that we wrecked at Daytona and I I said, I'm gonna be honest with you
I don't really know what I said to you and I said if I said something pretty bad
I I apologize if I went over the line. Thanks man. He was like man. I appreciate that. He's like I've been
Steal it over that for like three years
And I was like, oh, I didn't I didn't know you've been I was like, so I said so bad
He told me what I said to him. I was like, you know, I apologize because you know, all that stuff
So that we squashed beef man plane rides you squash beef and uh, it was it was nice
But I was kick Austin. It was your fault. I was concussed. So therefore it was your fault. I said it
But I am sorry
Yeah, he apologized too. He was like, well, I'm sorry that happened and I said, well, I'm sorry
I said what I said and then you'll cheers it. Yeah, you know, yeah
I want to hit three questions. Let's hit three questions and then send this man down the road
One car one track to race at the rest of your life
super late model
at
Winchester's
Yeah, you're gonna kick that out of the Blaney fan. It should have been a 410 at Sharon
I think you could get you don't have much 410 experience, but you're getting that 10 car chair
You might go in y'all star. That's true. The world outlaw is Dale are stacking up. They were they were supposed to race
I think this weekend that all start that all outlaw race was supposed to be at Sharon. It got cancelled unfortunately, but uh
no, I
I just don't have the experience question number two if you had to just lose all of your racing memories
and only keep one
I think I mean, I'm just gonna go back to the championship when we won that race in 24 martinsville
Dude, it was sick. That was awesome
And it all stacked up right like we're trying to defend our championship
Had the race won at miami and I gave it away
And like got to go win martinsville and to come come from where we did
And be able to pull it off and like have a shot at defending and going back to back like that
Fired up moment for me and then seeing everybody on the stage was like
That's a core memory right there. F1's going to canada two weeks in a row here going from miami trucking up north to
What is it autos romo?
Some villanouf. Yep
Doesn't I don't see anybody beating a Mercedes right now. Do you I don't either and
Antonelli's kind of been the the horse in that deal
I think too and I had this thought the other day
It's almost like those things I don't want to make the comparison
But they're kind of like renault go-karts right now where weight is a big factor
Kimmy's like a
Tiny fella right george is like a normal built fella, right? I'm sure that he's giving up some cg there
He's just a little kid. He's a kid. He's just a little kid
But he's on a heater now confidence is high and he's rocking a roll
Something's gonna have to happen because they kind of got him covered big time over there
Yeah, what about walkins glenn? Who's gonna be tough to beat? Who do you think? Yeah?
There's two big news big kiwi. Yeah two of them connor will be good connor needs to have some
Conner in the truck on Friday. We'll see how that goes. He's had a rough rough go of it so far. Yeah on that side of it
But he'll be good
Bush are always runs really good. Yeah, he has a great average finish there. I sound the polar last year. Hey
I qualified svg that was no big deal. No big deal
Let some laps held him off until he decided to stop messing around went on his merry way, but
I didn't see him for the rest of the day, but beat him one time that weekend
I'll look forward to it kota. I qualified fourth. He qualified fifth. I'm like, this might be my greatest achievement
Yeah, and then by lap five. He's I did not even lap five dude. Yeah, I think like seven corners. That was the last I saw them
But I gave us fun while last yeah, but now I'm looking forward to it. We were really good at kota this year
So I'm hoping we have some decent speed there
Walkins glenn is statistically the hardest race track to pass on the circuit if you bolt it all down
You there's only like one or two potential places to pass
But I do I have saw I've seen NASCAR is going to put some tire packs in off of one as well as off the carousel
Yeah, I think all the drivers just say hey, let's keep us on the racetrack get the minimum speeds down to create some comers and govers
Yeah, I think that's a good
Good thing they're doing. We don't like running off the track either. Yeah, like I don't like doing it
You have to do it. So, you know, they try to do they ground they put those little
Dimples in there, you know indents in the racetrack and they didn't really do anything
Who do we have?
I'm not gonna take the low hanging fruit. I'll go busher. I like to see busher
I'd like to see you to get it up too. Yeah, you've been so nice here today. I mean reddick's probably gonna
Reddick win again. You know
Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs been fast this year and get away from pretty so be just fine
And here's also the thing
Every driver is going to work over the last three years harder at road courses. So everybody's accepted like everybody's so good at it
Yeah, there's no
Gap no like it's like a tenth between like 15 cars 15 cars. It's ridiculous. Let's close this thing out, dude
Shall I I'm just blaney on x and then I'm ryan blaney 10 on instagram and that's uh, that's all I got 10 family
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It's it's been fun to grow something completely new that business has always been intriguing to me and like it took two years from the
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Be in production and people seem to really like it. So is that like a limited run like you buy x amount of barrels
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I mean, we went through taste things upon taste things, right? This this guy was
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And we would all sit down a few of partners of mine that are in it like here's what we like
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Yeah, over a hundred
By the seventh one you can't drink too much because they're like, yeah, that's good
You could get a little bit skewed, but it's been a fun process people
They've really supported it and and I hope this year it's gonna keep growing it. It's only online right now
So if you go on our website
You can find it trying to get into retail this year
So that'll be a big step for us if we can we can break into that market. So yeah, good luck on that
Thank you
Please drink responsibly if you're gonna do it partake in some 10 runner a couple things personally Cory's first seat got printed
Carbon fiber seat got to check that out while you're here. We'll walk back here and scope it out
So I've been working on a short track carbon fiber seat got some permits for the powder coach out this week
So build a new building. So we all got cool stuff going on outside of racing
Fantastic, uh, the fireball sticks and under Odell rec league. It's growing for Levi
We played the team that we lost to 19 to nothing the first game of the year came back and beaten 13 to 12
The boys are feeling good. Nice. The old Nick Saban over here. I'll coach him right up. I believe I've got a grand slam
He's on a tear. He's hitting the ball. Oh, Harper hit her first home run this week. Nice. Wait till kids sports do
Dude, it's the best. I can't wait. It's the most frustrating
Most rewarding rewarding thing you're ever gonna do. I'll tell you I'll tell you what everybody's winning today
Because that was a damn good episode may the fourth Ryan Blaney driver the number 12 car. Good luck this weekend, buddy
Thanks for coming on. Welcome back anytime
Appreciate it. All right guys. That's it now if you want the entire conversation all the stuff we talked about all the meme reactions
All the fun stuff that we did with Ryan Blaney right here in studio
Go check it out on the youtube page at second page performance. Y'all have a great week. Goodbye
About this episode
Ryan Blaney covers a wide spread of ground, from joking about his mustache and Star Wars fandom to unpacking a messy Texas race where qualifying, pit-road mistakes, and recovery all mattered. He also gets candid about radio blowups, learning from his dad, and working through rough stretches by staying confident and avoiding overthinking. The back half leans into NASCAR nostalgia, memorabilia, road-course talk, and a bourbon side project that’s now online and aiming for retail.
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.
