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taken out during the race
When they say someone got “taken out,” it means they got wrecked by another car and can’t keep racing normally. It’s basically a race-ending crash or damage.
Term
pole
The pole is where a driver starts the race from—usually because they were fastest in qualifying. Starting first helps because you avoid getting stuck in traffic early.
Term
the chase
In NASCAR, “the Chase” is the playoff run to decide the champion. If you have a bad race, you can fall too far in points to make the playoffs.
Term
88
The “88” is the race car number. It’s how NASCAR fans identify which car made the move or caused the contact.
Term
88 and shoved him all into the fence
They’re describing a crash where one car hits another and pushes it into the wall. It usually happens when the cars get too close and one driver loses control of their position.
Term
exit of turn one
“Exit of turn one” means the part of the track right after the first corner. That’s a spot where drivers are accelerating hard, so crashes can happen if cars get too close.
Term
extra set of tires
An “extra set of tires” means the team has more tires available than they used earlier. Fresh tires can make the car handle better later in the race.
Term
pits
The pits are the area teams use to work on the car during the race. Drivers stop there to change tires and the team can adjust the car.
Person
Cory Hyde
Cory Hyde is the person being discussed in the argument. The speaker says Hyde prepares a lot and is good at managing the race car on track.
Term
correlation or causation
It’s the difference between “these two things happen together” and “one thing actually causes the other.” In racing, people debate whether a driving approach is the real reason for performance, or just linked to it.
Term
momentum based
It means driving in a way that keeps the car’s speed and flow through the turns. Instead of constantly changing speed with the gas, you try to carry momentum through the corner.
Term
throttle time
“Throttle time” is basically how much time the driver spends on the gas. More of it can mean the car can stay fast without losing grip, but it’s also affected by tires and how the car handles.
Term
five seconds of fall off
“Fall off” means the car gets slower as the race goes on. “Five seconds of fall off” suggests a big pace drop at some point, often because tires wear out or the car’s balance changes.
Term
simulators
Simulators are like high-end racing practice machines that help drivers learn the track and how the car behaves. It’s a way to prepare without waiting for race day to figure things out.
Term
2311 cars
“2311 cars” is NASCAR slang for a specific generation of Cup race cars. It’s basically the particular type of stock-car platform they’re talking about when discussing how drivers prepare and drive.
Person
Gregson
Gregson is one of the drivers involved in the argument the hosts are talking about. They say it started early in the race and then came up again after the finish.
Person
Kevin Magnuson
Kevin Magnuson is mentioned as a newer driver in this context. The hosts say he got into a situation with another driver, and it started early in the race.
Term
victory lane
“Victory Lane” is the spot at the track where the winner celebrates right after the race. It’s where the driver goes for the big post-race celebration and interviews.
Term
donuts
“Donuts” are when a driver spins the car in a circle on purpose, usually with the tires squealing. It’s often done as a celebration after a big moment.
Term
pile up
A “pile up” means a bunch of cars crash into each other, usually because one car gets hit and others can’t avoid it. It often starts in a corner where everything is happening fast.
Term
inside wall
The “inside wall” is the barrier on the inside of the corner. If a car hits it, it can bounce or spin the car around and cause more crashes.
Term
steering column
The “steering column” is the part that connects the steering wheel to the steering mechanism. In a crash, it can get pushed out of place or damaged, which affects control.
Car
Lucid Air
The Lucid Air is an all-electric car, meaning it runs on electricity instead of gasoline. It’s built as a comfortable, high-end sedan, and it’s known for being able to drive a long distance on a single charge.
Place
Road America
Road America is a famous race track in North America. It’s been around since 1955 and hosts big IndyCar races, so it’s a big deal when drivers do well there.
Term
wing
A “wing” on a race car is a part that helps the car stick to the track by using air. If it gets broken in a crash, the car usually becomes harder to drive fast and safely.
Person
Christian Lungard
Christian Lungard is the driver being talked about. He started near the back after an early problem, then drove through the pack to win.
Term
engine
The engine is the part that powers the car. If it fails near the end of a race, the driver can’t keep going at race speed, and they lose a chance to win.
Person
Marcus Armstrong
Marcus Armstrong is the driver who was out front. He looked like he was going to win, but his engine failed near the end.
Topic
24 hours of day
Endurance races are long events where the car has to keep going for hours. It’s not just about speed for a few laps—it’s about lasting the whole race.
Place
Le Mans
Le Mans is a legendary long-distance race in France. Cars race for about 24 hours, so it’s as much about staying reliable and consistent as it is about going fast.
Place
Seabring
Sebring is another famous endurance-racing venue in the U.S. The track is tough on cars, so teams have to manage tires and the car’s setup carefully.
Topic
Indy 500
The Indy 500 is one of the biggest races in American motorsport. It’s a very famous open-wheel event where drivers race at extreme speeds on an oval track.
Term
USF Pro 2000
USF Pro 2000 is a racing series where up-and-coming drivers compete in open-wheel cars. It’s a stepping stone toward higher-level racing.
Term
red flag
A red flag means the race is stopped right away because the track is unsafe. Officials use it when there’s a serious crash or danger on the course.
Term
catch fencing
Catch fencing is safety barrier material near the track. If a car goes off and flips, the fencing helps keep it from going farther and protects people nearby.
Term
shunt
A shunt is a sudden crash—basically a hard bump that knocks the car around. It’s the kind of impact you’d feel immediately.
Topic
Sanya E-Prix
The Sanya E-Prix is a Formula E race in China. It’s for electric race cars, and sometimes the final results change after officials review the race.
Brand
Andretti Formula E
Andretti Formula E is Andretti’s team in Formula E, the all-electric racing series. They’re mentioned here because their drivers finished first and second.
Person
Felipe Drogovic
Felipe Drogovic is a Formula E driver. In this story, he finished near the front, but a penalty after the race changed who won.
Person
Jake Dennis
Jake Dennis is a race driver in Formula E. Here, he’s credited with winning after another driver received a penalty after the race.
Term
post race penalty
A post-race penalty is a punishment decided after the race, after officials review what happened. It can move a driver down the results even if they finished first on track.
Term
yellow flags
Yellow flags are a warning that there’s a problem on the track ahead. Drivers slow down and stay alert, usually with restrictions on passing.
Person
Mitch Evans
Mitch Evans is a driver in Formula E. The host says a late crash damaged his chances in the championship race.
Person
Nick De Vries
Nick De Vries races in Formula E. The host points out he’d just won at Le Mans and then came home third in this Formula E event.
Term
Vigate Supercars
This looks like a mis-transcribed name of another racing series. The host is basically comparing how aggressive and chaotic different races can be.
Person
Edo Mortara
Edo Mortara is a driver in Formula E. The host says he kept the lead even though his front wing was damaged and dragging along the track.
Term
tire squealing
Tire squealing is the sound tires make when they’re slipping a bit. It usually means the driver is pushing the car close to the limit of grip.
Place
Pikes Peak International hill climb
Pikes Peak is a mountain race where drivers race uphill on a very twisty, dangerous road. It’s famous because the conditions are brutal and crashes can be serious.
Person
Roman Dumas
Roman Dumas is a race driver. Here, the hosts say he won the Pikes Peak hill climb again and got a big comeback win.
Concept
king of the mountain title
At Pikes Peak, “king of the mountain” is basically the top prize for the best time going uphill. It means you were the fastest in the event.
Car
Ford Mustang
They’re talking about an electric Ford Mustang Mach-E race setup. Because it’s electric, it can deliver strong power quickly, which can help when climbing a steep mountain.
Car
Ford Super
The Ford Super Duty Lariat Tremor is a heavy-duty pickup truck. It’s meant for towing, hauling, and rougher roads, and it also includes comfort features from the Lariat trim.
Person
Patrick Culligan
Patrick Culligan is a driver who crashed badly during the mountain climb. The hosts say emergency teams responded right away and he was taken to the hospital.
Term
medical evacuation
Medical evacuation means getting an injured person to a hospital quickly. In a crash, it’s how they move someone to get proper treatment fast.
Place
UC Health Memorial Central
UC Health Memorial Central is the hospital facility named as the destination for the medical evacuation after Patrick Culligan’s crash. The segment uses it to confirm his condition after the incident.
Person
Ari Vattenen
Ari Vatanen was a famous rally race driver. The hosts are pointing you to his Pikes Peak run because it’s a great example of how a top rally driver tackles that mountain climb.
Person
Michel Mouton
Michèle Mouton is a famous rally driver. The host is asking if the guest liked her video/run, likely because it’s another great example of top driving on Pikes Peak.
Car
Renault Wind
The Renault Wind is a small convertible, meaning the roof can open for driving with the top down. It’s designed to be easier to handle and park than many larger convertibles.
Term
trans axle
A transaxle is the drivetrain part that helps send engine power to the wheels. If it fails badly, the car can’t keep racing.
Term
restarted
In NASCAR, a restart happens after a caution period (like an incident on track) when the field lines up and racing resumes. Getting “restarted sixth” means the driver was placed in the sixth position when green-flag racing restarted.
Topic
Austrian Grand Prix
The Austrian Grand Prix is a Formula 1 race in Austria. It’s one of the big events on the F1 schedule, run on the Red Bull Ring.
Topic
F2
F2 is a racing series that runs alongside Formula 1 weekends. It’s where up-and-coming drivers race to try to move up to F1.
Topic
F3
F3 is another open-wheel racing series for younger drivers. It often runs on the same weekend as bigger events, helping drivers build toward F2 and eventually F1.
Place
Spielberg at the Red Bull Ring
This is a Formula 1 race track in Austria. It’s known for being twisty and demanding, so drivers have to brake hard and manage speed carefully.
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But I don't know that we all expected him to win his first race this year in his 13th start.
That's unheard of.
The truck series is a better preparatory series for Cup than is O'Reilly.
Because there's no engine note, all you could hear is the wing-dragging.
Yeah.
Pike's Peak.
Oh, I love watching it.
You've got to be a little bit unhinged.
You've got to be a little unhinged.
Welcome to Speed with Harvick and Buxton, fuelled by Poet.
Let's talk racing, Will.
There's a lot of racing to talk about.
There is.
It was, what a weekend.
Gosh.
Like, where do we start?
You were in San Diego.
I was.
I was in Road America.
However weekend for both of us, I guess we start on the Naval Base.
Yes.
Well, first off, let me just say that the Naval Base and the NASCAR race turned into
a fantastic event.
Was it badass?
It was unbelievable.
You know, I went Friday to call the truck race and just got to take it all in.
But with the aircraft carriers, the airplanes, the helicopters, the people, and I stayed
on the, I stayed on Coronado Island and just a vibe in town.
I mean, he had race fans who hadn't been to a race before and you could definitely pick
them out.
What their theory was is what they should look like as a race fan.
But just the energy in itself was just amazing.
With the competitors, the fans, the whole town, traffic was not amazing.
But that's a good problem to have when you have a lot of people.
But everything, everything was just spectacular and I just, I can't believe that it actually
happened.
I loved the track layout.
It was way racier than I thought it was going to be.
I liked how physical it was.
I liked the fact that some of the cars were getting air.
It was proper hardcore.
It was.
And I think when you look at the preparation and the simulator, all the drivers knew that
they were going to a race track that was really, really rough.
And I think that the thing that I think they all understood the magnitude of the event,
celebrating America's 250th birthday, the Navy's 250th birthday and everybody on the
base actually helped build the racetrack.
They had their engineers and everybody come help NASCAR put all the walls up and get everything
structurally ready for the event.
So just turned out to be a spectacular event.
And then lo and behold, we have a first time winner, a part time driver with Corey Heim.
That's unbelievable.
That's crazy.
Yes.
And I knew Corey Heim was really good.
I think we all knew Corey Heim was really good, but I don't know that we all expected
him to win his first race this year in his 13th start.
That's unheard of with everything that we have going on with the Gen 7 car and how many,
you kind of put a hundred races on a new driver's timeframe to be able to get to the
point where they can win.
Corey Heim just blew that out of the water at 23 years old.
And I think that when you look at the end of this race and how he didn't, it's not
like he lucked into it.
He had to be kind of a retic to go and fight against the guy in the same equipment, against
the cup field and in a situation to where everybody was challenged to the highest level
at this course to be able to put it all together.
I know SVG wreck, but this is it first thing you've got to do is survive.
You've got to survive because I mean, you look at again, Zillich, you know, he's up
there and fighting.
He's top 10 doesn't make it to the end because he's in that same wreck as SVG.
Everyone expects SVG to just walk it.
But with that kind of a track and looking how tough it was and just just the amount of
contact that was occurring between all the drivers, first things first, survive.
Then race, race hard, race fair, race and actually get your car to the finish.
I love the fact that Redick and him had contact and Redick actually did the honorable thing
and gave that position back at the end.
I'm not sure he would have done if it wasn't his teammate, but it was it was a very honorable
thing to do.
It was honorable, but I always ask myself this question and especially in the championship
fight that he's in, would Denny Hamlin have done the same thing because I know I would
know.
I would have.
What does that show?
What does that show you?
Well, confidence.
I'm not sure what it shows me other than other than the, you know, I think that at that point
you're vulnerable and whether it's if it was me, I would have put myself in a position
to try win the race.
It was an honest mistake.
He got loose, getting in the corner had contact.
I, you know, I know he checked up and let him gather his car and keep the position.
But ultimately I would have given it back if he caught me again.
Right?
Like you knocked him out of the way.
If he catches me, I put myself in a position to let him back.
There's no possible way I would have ever stopped and let him go.
Not possible.
I love it.
Not possible.
I love it.
I love it.
It wasn't without controversy.
It wasn't without incident.
Him and Josef are getting together.
It strikes me that in Heim and Josef are cup has a very bright future and a potential rivalry
there.
Yes.
And Carson, Josef had a fantastic weekend.
I know that that Heim got into his back bumper there and spun him out and, you know, the thing
that I've learned about both of those guys, hard nose racers, and they're not, they're
going to apologize, but they're not going to regret it.
Right?
Like they're, they're going to give it everything they have.
They understand they're going to make mistakes, but they're not going to bow down and, and
you know, you see him get turned around right there off the, off the front bumper of Heim.
But having these two guys go head to head, there is a very, very bright future as far
as the competition on the cup side and Corey Heim being full time next year.
Josef has got himself to a point where he's fast on pretty much every type of course.
And I can't wait to see these two guys in the mix for years to come.
We've got to talk, I mean, obviously 23-11 taking the win back to the, back to the top
and we were, we were kind of questioning whether that would happen.
But a lot of people expected SVG to be the man to beat, took the pole, obviously got
taken out during the race.
What kind of a weekend could you kind of put down on, on SVG?
Cause he's slumped so far down the standings now.
Yeah.
And I think this weekend put him in a position where it's going to be a challenge to make
the chase.
I think he needed to have a very successful weekend to have the ability to make that chase.
I think that this is one of those races that he obviously had circled.
His car, I'll be honest with you, he was not as dominant as what I thought he was going
to be.
He was not thrilled about his race car all weekend.
When we heard him talk in the interviews, you see him get caught up in this accident
when Austin Hill kind of got out of the groove, got into the 88 and shoved him all into the
fence and in the exit of turn one, um, you know, at the beginning of the race, I really
thought that bubble Wallace had the best car.
Those 2311 cars were Stout Corey Heim was right into that, into that mix there at the
beginning of the race as well.
But I think SVG would have been in contention.
I think he would have been in the middle of that battle with everybody as, as they went
through the day.
Now the hard part about SVG is you just never know what's left in the bank.
He's always got something left in the bank.
They left him out on that first run.
Uh, and, you know, so he actually had an extra set of tires laying in the pits that they
could use, uh, if they needed to, but he's just so good at managing his race car and
doing all the things that he needs to.
But I don't feel like he was going to be, um, I don't think he was the dominant car.
Yeah.
This, this weekend.
So, you know, I think overall, I think he would have still been in the mix off of, off
of his ability and talent, but I think he was going to have to carry the car on his
back.
Uh, two things we should probably bring up that we brought up last week.
Uh, number one, Denny Hamlin said that he would like a top 15 and finish 14th.
Pretty good.
Uh, the other thing, uh, your assertion that the truck series is a better preparatory series
for cup than is O'Reilly.
Step forward.
Well, Cory Hyde.
Yeah.
Well, and listen, I don't know if you heard SVG's comments this week about the O'Reilly
series and how he felt like he wasted a year of preparation that he should have just went
to cup and, and figured it out.
Interesting.
And, you know, I think that I think there are still a lot of benefits for the O'Reilly
series and the opportunities that come with that.
But you look at host of our, you hear SVG's comments and point and case with, with Cory
Hyde having a very successful truck series career, uh, dominating that series, going
into cup and not having the struggles.
Now look, I think that the other argument, I think Cory Hyde is, is an exception.
Is that correlation or causation?
Uh, um, I'm going to call it correlation because I think that the way that you drive the trucks
is more momentum based, which the cup cars have become more momentum based and, and,
uh, more throttle time than, than what they used to be.
Now, the thing that you can't prepare for in, in the truck series that, that the cup
series does, like this weekend, there was five seconds of fall off at, at some point.
So, uh, you know, I think that some of that just goes back to the natural ability that,
that Cory Hyde has to, to be able to, to manage the car.
He's a, he's a, just an absolute student of the sport and in his preparation.
He's been in the simulators and, and, and, uh, doing all the prep work and things that
go with the 2311 cars.
So he's got, he's got a lot of ability.
He's got a lot of prep time.
But in the end, on the racetrack, you have to be able to, to manage that race car and,
and every race that he's been in for the most part, he's been competitive up in the front
of the field.
So, uh, there's, there's definitely a debate there as, as trucks, O'Reilly as to, as to
what the best path is.
Uh, we talked debate.
There was a post race debate, post race conversation, uh, shall we say between Gregson and debutant
Kevin Magnuson who got into it during the race.
I think this started right, right at the start really, like, um, in the early laps.
Yeah.
And I don't know.
I mean, it obviously evolved to the point where, where Noah was, was pretty frustrated
and, and just had aborted his race to, to just try to either wreck Magnuson, uh, put Magnuson
in the wall and he never, he never accomplished any of those things.
And, and at this point of the race with this video that we're showing, uh, Magnuson's out
of opportunities and he finally, you know, he passes him and then no one knocks him back
out of the way.
So Noah had completely abandoned trying to race anymore and just wanted to run into the
91 car to, I guess, prove a point.
Um, and look, I, I've been on all sides of this.
I've been like, Hey, I'm, I have lost my mind and going to show this guy what it's all about,
which is where Noah was.
Um, but Magnuson ran out of opportunities right there and just said, look, I've, I've
lost five, 10 seconds to the guys in front of me and, and Magnuson set the fastest lap.
He did a phenomenal job.
By a margin.
And I think that I'd love to see him come back and, and race in the cup series again on the,
on the road courses.
I think that he's got the potential.
He had the speed just trying to, and trying to figure it all out on, on probably the toughest
road course that you could, you could go to.
Uh, but Noah definitely lost his mind there.
And, and then after the race, they had a confrontation talking about it.
And, and the thing that, that it comes back to me is, is, uh, with, with Magnuson is the
suck my balls and it's, it's a Hulkenberg one.
Yeah.
The F one incident.
And, and so, uh, he is not going to back down and he's going to say what's on his mind.
I don't know him well, but everything that I've seen, he seems like a pretty hard nose.
I know, I know Kev well, yeah, you don't, don't mess with Kev.
Yeah.
All right.
Look, what I love about Kev is he's, he's super fast, he's smart.
He's a hard worker.
Um, he's very passionate and, uh, he'll get the job done.
And I, I love the way he approached the weekend.
I love the way he went into it.
I think the fastest lap is, is a just reward for that.
Um, but as you say, you know, Gregson's trying to show him what's what.
And in the end, you know, Kay Mag just actually ended up showing him what's what
and just went, you know what, I've had enough of this, give him a little tap.
And I think sometimes, and you know, I think that I think
Noah loses sight of what he's actually there to do.
I'm not, I'm not going to pull punches.
He was driving like a dick.
Like he was, he was literally like at points, he's break checking him.
He's slowing up.
He's weaving around the place.
It's like, dude, just like get over it, race your race and try and pull
something out of this because you're, you're messing with the, the wrong guy.
Like Kevin doesn't give a damn who, who Gregson is.
Right.
If it was, if it was Hanlon or Larson or anybody of any note, then he might
sit up and take notice.
Right.
But he's not going to care that somebody who's about as, as sort of relevant to
him as I don't know.
I don't, I don't really see that it's, it's, it's, it's a fight worth having
cause Kev's just going to do what Kev did, which basically said, you know, fuck
about, find out.
And that was, I was literally what came out of Kev's mouth.
And, um, yeah, I just, I just thought it was.
And I think on the radio, when you listen to Magnuson's radio, he's like, just
please guide me through this and tell me what to do here because I don't really
know what to do.
Yeah.
And, you know, he didn't want to do what he finally did, but I think he'd
finally had enough.
I think, but he did, he sort of, he gave him a hit, which was just like, I'm
here.
And then he gave him a little nudge, which was like, I'm coming through.
And then the third time it was just like, I'm just done.
And I think sometimes it, look, Noah's a great kid and, and great for our sport.
But I think sometimes he's looking for the headline.
Interesting.
So you think he wanted that confrontation afterwards for the, for the highlight
reel?
I think that I don't think he would have, I don't think he's shy and away from
it.
And I think that, you know, getting that headline is like, oh, I can, I
can make a point with this guy and get, get some good headlines because I didn't
have a very good day.
But if you're going to, to do all that stuff, you might as well
just wreck the guy, right?
And be done with it.
Because ultimately it was dragging the whole, the whole field back from, from
where he was and they lost a ton of time.
So, um, but those things happen and they give us something to talk about.
It was, it was great.
And, um, I think it'd be great to see Kevin back, um, doing road races.
I think he would be quite adept at turning his hand to ovals.
If he had the time and the opportunity.
And as we were saying last week, the testing time, which is so important.
But, um, I think, I think cup would be a wonderful home for Kev.
I think he's got the temperament for it.
I think he's got the pace.
Yeah.
He'd be, he'd be grand.
It'd be a great show.
Yeah.
And ultimately, you know, I think this is one of the key points before we get,
get done with the cup series here.
19 points heading to Sonoma.
That's Tyler Reddick's lead in the points.
And I think that Tyler was in a position to, to build on that points lead and,
and get that gap built back up to Hamlin.
Hamlin made a decent day out of, out of everything he did.
He, his car won the race and, and finished second in the race.
And, and we're contending for the, for the win up there.
But, um, 19 points heading to Sonoma.
And I think that that is a massive, a win for, for Denny Hamlin.
When you look at the regular season championship.
Big time.
Shall we look at O'Reilly?
Absolutely.
Because frankly, I'm amazed the cup series ran as short as it did.
When we compare O'Reilly and the trucks this weekend, which were each,
some of the longest races those championships have ever seen.
Yeah.
Well, it was the longest truck race.
But when you, when you look at O'Reilly, Austin Hill, um, ultimately wound up
passing Taylor Gray for, for the win there.
I really thought, uh, Quaple was, was going to win this race and, and they,
they ran him down there at the end of the race.
He had control before that, that last pit stop and, and Austin Hill doing Austin
Hill things makes it happen at the end of the race, um, you know, with, with
battling there with Gray, but, uh, emotional win for, for RCR, getting back
to victory lane with everything that, that, uh, Austin has had to do, uh,
replacing Kyle Bush and, and being in victory lane, you saw him do the donuts
around the, the Kyle Bush eight there on the racetrack.
And, and I think all those guys are under a tremendous amount of pressure,
uh, doing, and, and, uh, the things that they're doing, trying to fill the hole,
uh, that, that, the void that, that Kyle Bush has, has left and just wrap your
arms around the emotion of everything.
But Austin was doing a great job in the cup race too.
I think that running that cup car is going to help them get their, uh, O'Reilly
series program back doing exactly what they did this weekend.
Uh, he was doing a great job in, in the cup race and made that mistake with,
with Conor Zillich, uh, a little too much speed in turn one when, when he
caused that, that pile up, uh, in the first corner of the cup race.
But, uh, that didn't, didn't even match the, the cup
wreck didn't even match the O'Reilly race wreck.
I mean, the hit that, that Sam Merit took was absolutely unbelievable.
It almost ended up in Los Angeles.
Yeah.
He clipped that inside wall there and it just shot him immediately to the left.
And 19 cars in, in this pile up, um, and the, the wall took a beating.
It broke the wall in half on, on, on this hit right here.
So, uh, turn one was a challenge.
Uh, and, and I think that once they start piling into that, that outside
while you put that inside wall right there, it moved the steering column up.
I don't know how I saw the onboard.
It was unbelievable how far it moved that, that steering column up, but
some big hits, uh, in, in turn one this weekend.
Big time.
Um, shall we move to trucks?
Yes.
I was actually there.
You were, I was there for this one.
I had your dulcet tones on the, on the hotel TV far longer than I thought I was
going to, I'll be honest.
I'd say it was a journey.
I settled in and thought this would be a nice early evening.
I'll just, you know, tune in and, and get an early night before, uh, before
everything on track and, and we went, what, two hours over broadcast.
Oh, at least.
Yeah.
It was, it was a lot.
We had the sunset rule, uh, come into play right here, uh, with, with the end
of this one, but, uh, uh, rife, uh, missed the, he missed the chicane coming
to the checkered flag, got a little, I don't, he might've been looking in the
mirror, just a lot of nerves for a young kid that hasn't been in that position
at, at this level.
And then you had what I would consider on the honest way to being a veteran lane
rigs, and he had the, the, the best one liner that you could possibly have right
now in a, in a road course interview.
Did you hear it?
You need to repeat it for the folks at home.
Well, I'm, I'm, I'm going to, uh, um, I'm going to do my best to, to repeat it
here.
He called himself lane rigs for Bergen, I think is, is what he said, referring
to Shane van Gidsburg, uh, and he paid Shane his respect
and, and said, look, I'm just, yeah, you know, having fun lane, lane van Riggs
Bergen, lane van Riggs Bergen.
So it was, um, it was, that was one of the best one liners and that's a better
way to end than his old, uh, we'll have to go back and find this clip.
But at one point he had some shoulder problems and he was up on top of his
truck celebrating and he went to wave his fist in the air and his shoulder came
out of socket and they had to, uh, get him down off the top of the
truck and put him, uh, put his shoulder back in and then they started
celebrating again.
So that one liner was way better than throwing your shoulder out.
Yeah, much better.
But what, what a great event.
The truckers did a great job.
Uh, we started off practice with a bunch of chaos, uh, turns 14, 15 and 16 really
became the, we learned quickly that those were going to be the problem
corners that last corner had a, had a bump in it, uh, right in the middle of
the corner.
And if you would get just a little bit off, offline right there, it would
throw your vehicle up the racetrack a little bit into the marbles right there
and just pound the outside wall.
And our friend, Jamie McMurray didn't go so well for Uncle Jamie.
No, Uncle Jamie had a, had a tough time this weekend, uh, wound up hitting that,
that turn 16 wall and, um, you know, ended, ended his day.
But good to see Jamie back in the field.
I know the fans were excited and, and overall absolutely unbelievable weekend
in Coronado.
Uh, we forgot to mention, uh, manhole covers flying up, but I don't think
there's time to discuss that, you know, and little, listen, it
happened when Formula One went to Vegas for the first time, you know, it's,
it's just these things that happen on first time courses, all fixable.
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Uh, right time for a voicemail from James, uh, who's in Rochester, New York.
Hi, this is James from Rochester, New York.
Um, my question is, um, after this past weekend in Coronado based in
San Diego, California, uh, would you ever like to see a NASCAR racing weekend
on the streets of New York city?
Yes.
Next question.
Yes.
Yeah, I would agree.
And I think that the politics and everything involved with it would be tough
to get through.
I'd love to have an Indy car race in Washington.
I think we can work the politics.
If you can work the politics out for that.
Well, right now the politics are probably easier to work out in, in, in
Washington than New York.
I don't know.
Like, I'd love it though.
Like Mandami's all in on, on the next, like all in on sport.
Maybe, maybe we get one worked out.
Maybe.
But I think that the thing that I would like to see, I would not.
It was an absolutely incredible weekend.
But on the Naval base this weekend, but let's not screw it up.
Let's not do it again.
Let's leave it with the impression that we had now.
Oh, you don't want to go back to San Diego again.
I, I, I think we've made this mistake before.
I think that, um, you know, when we've done the clash and in LA at the
Coliseum first year we left, it was spectacular.
Second year wasn't as spectacular.
Third year, everybody was tired of it.
I think leaving that lasting impression of an absolutely spectacular event.
Now I, I would, if you want to stay in California, we could go to, uh, Edwards
Air Force Base, we could go to a different Air Force base.
I think that the, the concept of the event is spectacular.
And we had an absolutely spectacular weekend.
I just want to leave after one.
But how, how does that work from an investment perspective?
Because it costs a lot of money to put on a race.
Yeah.
And so for the promoters and the, you know, the event organizers down there,
if you have just a one and done, are you ever going to recoup the expenditure of putting it on?
Well, I think, I think a lot of the walls and everything came from different places.
Yeah.
Um, you know, so they're going to have to get the walls and everything from,
from different places.
And there's a lot to it.
I, and, and I think that, you know, when you look at Chicago and you look at the,
the event that, that they've had here, I honestly, I think Chicago is a good market.
But I, I think there's better markets.
I think that, that we could go to Denver and somewhere in the Northwest, Idaho, Utah.
I'm with you on pushing the Northwest.
Utah, uh, New York city.
I mean, there are just, there are places that, that New York city.
Definitely not Northwest.
Yeah, but I'm just, my point is we could take this thing to so many places
instead of just going to the same place.
Right now you've had a spectacular event.
If we go back there in three or four years, let's do it again.
But doing it back to back.
And, and I know there's a lot more to it from the promoter and the money and everything that,
that goes with it.
But, you know, I think that, um, if you left right now,
it would be remembered as a spectacular event no matter what.
And I'll leave it at that.
Uh, one circuit, which definitely wasn't.
Uh, one and done.
Road America.
Yeah.
Created in 1955, one of the oldest, most historic and most popular circuits.
Anywhere in North America, home to the IndyCar race this weekend,
we had an absolute barnstormer packed out, jam packed, as you can see with fans.
It's always such a popular race.
And my guy, my pick for the weekend actually,
despite the fact he had a pretty horrible qualifying and started down in 12th place,
took contact on lap one and broke his wing, fell to the back of the field.
Christian Lungard battled his way through and took the win from last place at the end of lap one.
Unbelievable.
Dude, what a drive.
It was incredible.
Absolutely incredible.
I gotta, gotta take my hat off to Marcus Armstrong,
who was leading the way until his engine went with just a few to go.
That would have been Marcus's first ever IndyCar win and it was robbed from him.
And don't forget, it comes just a few weeks after that Indy500,
where he was robbed on the last lap as well.
So, galling for Armstrong, brilliant from Lungard.
His road race results this year are a second at Barber,
a win at the Indy GP and a win here at Road America.
And he could have won at Barber as well,
if it wasn't for a team screw up in their final pit stop.
He is, honestly, right now,
I don't think there's a driver in IndyCar as good as Christian Lungard on road courses.
And I include Alex Pillow in that.
Wow, that's a big statement.
Pillow did lead.
He ultimately came out behind Felix Rosenquist
under a safety car from his pit stop.
But then did the most un-Alex Pillow thing and didn't hit his button in time
in the pit lane and got a pit lane speeding penalty.
So, fell to the back of the field.
Still finished fifth, because it's Alex Pillow.
But, you know, that's just the way it goes.
Great day, great race.
David Maluccas comes home second again.
David Maluccas is winning the P2 championship still,
also yet to win an IndyCar race.
But there was kind of chaos throughout the day, throughout the field.
But chaos all the way to the end.
Graham Rahall, who we've talked about a lot this year,
and I've nominated him for Driver of the Week
because he's been on this incredible run of podiums for the RLL team,
which hasn't consistently been fighting for podiums over the last few years.
But he sort of had a podium and then his next race has been terrible.
And then he had a podium and his next race was terrible.
His last race in St. Louis was terrible,
so I'm like, he's probably going to have a podium today.
Third place going into turn, a Canada corner down there, you see.
He defends from willpower, but defends, I'm going to say, a little too hard.
And is it six of one, half a dozen of the other here?
Like, does power being there turn him, or does him defending turn himself?
I'm erring towards his secondary move back across to cover power,
actually turned him into the, I'm not sure.
When I was watching the race, and I think that for me,
the first move to the right when you block, that's your move, right?
That's your defense.
And I think that when you see him come back to the right, naturally, in Will's mind,
I'm saying, okay, he's blocking, I'm going to go to the outside,
and I'm going to try to cross him over,
because he doesn't have the appropriate line going in the corner.
Typically, that's how I view those incidents, right?
You get your block, and the guy behind you is going to go to the outside
and try to cross you over, and you're going to race off the corner.
But I agree with you.
I think that when Ray Hall goes back and looks at this,
he's going to look at it and say, I made my block,
I didn't leave him enough room.
And ultimately, you don't get to go twice.
No, no, I'm with you on that.
In all of that, Kiffin Simpson gets past Will Power, crosses the line in third.
But then, and I still, I'm supposed to be the commentator on this championship, right?
And I still can't get my head quite around how they ultimately determined
that power finished third instead of Simpson.
I guess it's because they threw a full course yellow,
and then they took it at the timing line behind.
But if they'd taken it from the timing line behind,
then Graham Ray Hall still would have been in the race.
So then Ray Hall would have been third, but it's not.
It's power.
And then Simpson's, you see, when it's that confusing,
it shouldn't be that confusing, right?
It should just be really, really simple.
Well, there should be, again, in NASCAR,
we'll go to the last timing loop on every caution.
But at the end of the race, they go to cameras, photos, all the things
to put the cars in a proper order of when the flag comes out.
But it's just like, it's the, when it's on the last line.
It hates for it to be confusing.
Yeah, I just crossed the line.
That's the result.
Anyway, here's what Graham Ray Hall had to say after the race.
You know, you're making a mistake and they take your,
lick your wounds and move on.
You know, you don't need to ruin somebody else's day,
particularly when you're fighting for P3 or 4.
I just, we'll get it.
You can't turn back time, so it is what it is at this stage.
But I can tell you that, you know,
I'm certainly pretty frustrated with him.
And he's made a lot of rookie mistakes this year.
He continues to do it.
I just don't get it.
I don't get it.
And clearly, you know, the pressure's getting to him
and he keeps doing the same things over and over.
It's pretty annoying.
Please, Graham.
I think Graham full of, you know,
certainly his fair share of piss and vinegar
in there after the race.
And to be expected, you know, he's literally,
he's just come out of the medical unit
and probably, you know,
adrenaline still coursing through his veins and all that.
I think on reflection and probably having watched
the replays back last night,
he might have a different view of it.
I'm not sure.
But to your point, I'd agree with you, mate, entirely.
He moves to the right to defend.
At that point, it's a right-hand corner, right?
Hit your anchors.
Roll in.
You can still open the steering wheel up
and push Will a little bit wide on exit.
And then you're still going to have the line up the hill,
sweeping right through the left.
The very last corner is a right-hander.
Chances are Graham comes home with a podium
by forcing the issue as he did
and by moving left back onto the racing line.
Where's Will supposed to go?
There's no track left.
So Graham ultimately, I think, pitched himself into that.
Which is a shame,
because it would have been another great podium for him.
But yeah, we move on.
We move on.
Also in the news over the weekend,
a lot of chat going on in the paddock
because it's silly season, right?
And that means contract renewals and who goes where.
Like, either nothing's going to happen
or everything's going to happen.
And the biggest talk of the weekend,
and by the way, we have to say,
none of this is confirmed, right?
None of this is written in stone.
This is just rumors and chat.
But we love to speculate, just like the rest of you.
It's all speculation.
It's all rumors.
And you hear different things,
but then when you start hearing the same thing
over and over from different sources,
you're like, okay, maybe there's something to this.
Felix Rosenquist, winner of the Indianapolis 500,
will not be at Maya Shank Racing next year.
That's the big rumor.
Apparently he's got an offer, but we don't know from where.
And it could be one of three teams.
It's either Andretti, McLaren, or Gnasi.
Now, it's fascinating with certainly two of those
is he's raced for McLaren and Gnasi before.
So as a team that's already determined
that they didn't want to renew him,
now having a change of mind and want him back,
is Andretti really seriously in the hunt for him?
And if that's the case, then Marcus Ericsson,
who's actually having a stellar season,
we knew it was a contract here for Marcus,
is Marcus definitely out of Andretti?
And if he is, and they want to replace him with Felix,
well, then where does Dennis Halger go?
Because Dennis Halger is an Andretti driver,
and we'd assume that Dennis Halger would be taking that seat
if Ericsson moved on.
So that's a big question.
If it's Gnasi, Gnasi don't have a seat,
except maybe they do, because Scott Dixon had an exclusive
negotiating period with Gnasi, that has come to an end.
So Scott Dixon now is able to go and talk to other teams
if he wants to, and the chat rolling around
is that he might have been given an offer from another team.
And we're all trying to figure out who it is,
and the only one that makes any sense at all is McLaren.
And maybe not to race in IndyCar,
but perhaps to go and link up with them
in their new hypercar squad.
Because when you look at McLaren launching their golf clubs,
who did they get on board, right?
They got Justin Rose, and they got Ian Polter, okay?
So it's not like a Bryson DeChambeau
or a Scotty Schaeffler or somebody,
like one of the current, like, cool guard.
It's one of the legends, right?
One of the old guard who is still swinging, right?
Still at their peak, not necessarily one of the new gen,
like one of the old boys who's wicked mega.
What a statement that would be for Zack
if he could grab Scott away from Chip,
and we know there's no love loss
between Zack Brown and Chip Gnasi,
and say to him, come and race hypercar.
And by the way, you can have a car at the Indy 500
for as long as you want.
So that's a fascinating one.
But all of the additional permutations everywhere else,
it's like, it might end up that almost every team in the sport
has a new lineup next year, somewhere, somehow.
If the dominoes fall, and we repeat,
none of this is confirmed, none of this is 100%,
it's just rumors, but it's fascinating.
Yeah, so let me ask you something.
What does that do to Scott Dixon's legacy
if he doesn't IndyGnasi?
Well, that's a fascinating thing, isn't it?
Because do drivers go in search of...
So let's say Scott moved on to McLaren to race an IndyCard.
Would he want to go and do that,
knowing that McLaren aren't ready to fight
for a title at the moment?
Does he risk it all in trying to turn that around
and move them back up?
Does he commit to Gnasi again?
I don't know.
It's interesting, right?
Yeah, because he's in the twilight of his career.
Scott is in the conversation as the greatest of all time.
He is definitely on the Mount Rushmore
of all-time drivers in IndyCard, right?
His place is secure.
Do you risk tarnishing that by moving somewhere else
and trying to create something
when you're in the twilight of your career?
I would vote no.
Yeah, so go and do something else, right?
Go and create something.
And we know he's mega in endurance, right?
He's a winner, you think, at 24 hours of day,
you think of race at Le Mans, Petty, Seabring,
always phenomenal, right?
If he could lead that McLaren hypercar, that would be...
That would be great.
And I'd love to see him end his career.
If he's going to end his career,
I'd love to see him end it at Gnasi.
Yes.
Because it's such a great legacy of partnership
that they have had throughout the years.
And everything, when you think of Scott Dixon,
you think of Gnasi, right?
You think of Gnasi.
And I hope it ends in a very good way with he and Chip.
Yeah.
Because they seem to have had a great relationship
through the years, but I wouldn't mind him
running in a different car.
And I don't even have an opinion or have a dog in this fight.
It's Scott Dixon's decision and career.
But I would rather see him end on top where he is at Gnasi.
If he comes back and runs the Indy 500 for McLaren,
that doesn't bother me.
If he came back and ran a full season,
I think it would be, it would just not be who Scott Dixon
has been throughout his whole career.
He could end on a very high note, end on a great relationship,
go have some fun in the supercars.
And if he even wants to come run the Indy 500, right?
That's it.
I mean, look.
Do what you want.
Who knows.
And it's all rumors.
Other rumors are that Conor Daley is very much
in the conversation for a return to a full-time seat
next year with a proper budget at a proper,
like one of the probably higher level midfield teams,
which would be amazing.
Rena's VK's names being thrown around for a seat.
Kyle Collette, the rookie, really impressive.
He's being talked about a lot.
So there's a huge amount going on.
And we have Miles Rowe, who had that brilliant win at St. Louis
in the Indy Next race.
We had him on the warm-up show on Sunday morning
in Road America, and he seems very confident
that things are moving in the right direction,
certainly for an Indy 500 ride next year.
That'd be great.
Well.
That should be great.
So yeah, all good, man.
Yeah.
And I think that the great part about all those moving pieces
is it seems like there's a lot of interest
in a lot of different drivers.
And there's still some money that is involved in all this,
but it's not all about the money.
No.
And it's great.
It's about the driver.
But if there are one or two major dominoes,
and when they fall, it looks like we could have pretty major.
Well, think about this.
You're only two months from being done.
Mate.
The season's over.
It's pretty much done.
We've got up mid-Ohio, and then I'm home for two weeks.
And then I think we've got, I think then we're away for six weeks,
and then the season's done.
Yeah.
It's wild.
It's crazy.
Yeah.
It is wild.
Right.
Indy Next, Lockie Hughes snapped a season-long slump.
Finally, with a spectacular pass for the win performance
in the opening leg of the Indy Next double header at Road America.
Hughes held off his teammate, Joss Pearson,
to secure his third career victory,
marking a monumental 100th win milestone for Andretti Global
in Indy Next competition, or Indy Lights,
as it used to be known.
Indy Race 2, Indy Next Race 2, the winner, De Tulio,
was actually stripped of the win after the team muddled up
their qualifying tires and their race tires.
He drove brilliantly.
And the thing is, the poor kid has had so many pole positions
this year, hasn't converted any of them into the win.
Right.
Converts it to the win.
Sorry, mate.
Wrong tires.
Out.
Oh, that stinks.
So, yeah, he's done.
And which meant that Matteo Nanini, pardon me, Matteo Nanini.
I'm glad you heard to say that, Nami.
Yeah, thanks.
Inherited the win with Timmy Kachow coming home.
Second, USF Pro 2000.
This was, I don't know if you've seen this.
This is scary.
Horrible, horrible, massive crash at Road America.
Airborne flip into the catch fencing.
Obviously a red flag, but VRD racing rookie Colin Aitken
walked away with only bumps and bruises.
Absolutely horrible shunt.
And that is just a, Road America is one of the most
spectacular places that I've ever been, but it is fast.
Oh, yeah.
And when you see these cars fly around like that,
it is unbelievable that everything.
Look at that.
Yeah.
Just mangled.
But yeah, lucky boy, lucky boy.
And we once again are incredibly grateful for the safety
that we have in these cars and at these tracks.
But it is a, yeah, it's, and Road America is terrifying.
Like you get out on the grass there, you get bunched up,
you go airborne, it's bloody scary, bloody scary.
Lot of speed at that place, but what an unbelievable facility.
Glad he's okay.
Well, when we talk about terrifying moments coming up next,
we're going to check in on one of, if not the most terrifying
race on the international motorsport calendar.
But first, what's trending on social parking robotics?
Have you seen this?
No, I have not.
This is awesome.
What is this?
It's a Hyundai robot.
This has got to be in Japan.
To move, to move vehicles.
So this is a, this is pretty creative here, Will.
And basically you're not going to need a parking attendant
because that thing is going to tow it right to you.
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Again, it's time to look at MotoGP where Gikati's Mark Marquez
reignited his championship charge.
One last time out, one this time out.
Back to back MotoGP victories with a tactical triumph at Brno.
The sensational win continues something of a summer surge
for Marquez, catapulting him right back into serious title contention.
He's cut the leader, the leadership gap back to 40 points to Marco Bezeki.
But Bezeki's championship lead over Jorge Martín is down to single digits.
And that, Kevin, is because our dear friend of the show, Marco Bezeki,
just because he's a friend of the show, he's not immune from taking the hit on this.
Folks, if you haven't seen this, I find this unforgivable, to be totally honest.
He was banned from the weekend, barred from racing during the Grand Prix
because during the sprint race on Saturday, lost his bike
and then proceeded to completely lose his cool.
That's putting it politely.
Slapped to Marshall, twice.
And none of it even makes sense to me.
Yeah, and then he just full on slaps the guy right there.
Next one, boom, bang.
Like that's, sorry, but that's...
That's overboard.
It's uncalled for.
Yeah.
It's uncalled for.
I saw the onboard from the bike and the poor chat,
like he lifts, he goes to lift the bike up
and I think he accidentally pulls the throttle.
And it's obviously, it's in neutral I think at the time,
but he pulls the throttle and you can hear the engine rev.
But he's just trying to lift the bike up and give it back to him.
You know, he's just doing his job.
And we've said it before, Marshall's a volunteer.
They go there for the love of the sport.
They go, they're not paid for their roles.
They do it for the love of the sport.
The least you can do is give them some respect.
Physically assaulting somebody, it's not on.
And frankly, I think that Bez is lucky to only have that one,
ultimately a one day ban.
I kind of feel it should have been something quite a bit harder than that,
but unforgivable and not something that you ever want to see.
No. And you see right here him going over and apologizing to the Marshall the next day.
But that's what lovely.
It's too late.
But it's during the damages during the warm-up session.
Right.
Right. Could have done that at any time in the weekend.
He's standing down at that turn all the way through the weekend.
Yeah.
Why did he do it during the warm-up session?
Optics.
Right.
Because he knows he's going to get caught on camera.
Sorry. But that no, that's for optics.
If that was genuine, you'd do it any other time.
Like I'm sorry.
Yeah.
That that doesn't that doesn't wash for me.
Yeah.
Well, it's a it's terribly unfortunate situation for for sure that it came to that.
And I think when when you look at his his championship and and the responsibilities
that you have over the weekends, it creates all kinds of new problems.
When you're not going to get paid, you're you let your team down.
There's just a ton of things that that, you know, that it sets off.
And, you know, you think it also puts you in a position to where if you do something
there, you have a moment again that it doesn't get better for you the next time that it happens.
You can see he's he's clearly emotional.
And you sort of, you know, wiping away some tears there.
And I don't doubt that the contrition is real.
I just think you could have picked any other time to go down there,
other than when you the cameras were going to be on.
And I think for me, it would have felt a little more sincere.
But there you go.
But, you know, yeah, it is it is what it is a great rider.
But, you know, and and and again, we know that, you know, adrenaline is coursing through.
Oh, yeah.
And and you you lose your marbles sometimes when when you've got adrenaline
coursing through your body like that.
But that that kind of thing is not too far step too far.
OK, mate. Time ahead.
Dan under Cam Waters has revived his supercar season in wonderful fashion.
Took the Darwin Triple Crown.
Triple Crown does what it says on the tin, basically.
Three races at Darwin.
Whoever scores the most points over the three races takes home the Triple Crown.
And Cam got a win.
Two podiums.
Brilliant. Good weekend.
Great weekend.
I'm glad to see it back on the right track for KM.
I know over the past couple of years it's kind of been up and down.
But glad to see him back on top.
So he topped the weekend point standings by 18 points, holding off a fierce challenge
from the penright racing duo of Matt Payne and Kai Allen.
But what this does for the championship overall is he now sits third in points,
but miles off the top two, 169 points off the top two.
Matt Payne is second.
Brock Feeney still leads.
And they're only split by 15 points.
So that gives you an idea of just the job that those two are doing at the top.
It's pretty, it's.
Well, it'll be a spectacular race to the finish between the two at the top because
I love supercars.
Supercars are so much fun to watch.
I just, I enjoyed everything about it.
It's always competitive.
It's always a little bit not rough, but it's very aggressive.
It's, yeah, they don't, they don't hold back.
No, they don't hold back at all.
I would look and I keep saying this.
I want to see Indy Cargo racing in Australia or New Zealand.
And I want us to do a double headed weekend, just like we did with you guys in Phoenix
earlier this year.
I think an Indy car, super cars, double headed would be great.
Total fever.
Like sign me up.
Let's go do surfers.
Let's go do Hampton Downs.
Let's go do Bathurst.
Let's do Bathurst.
Don't be, well, that'd be challenging.
That'd be bad as, we'd love that.
We'd love that.
And Andretti Formula E's Jake Dennis and Felipe Drogovic took first and second at the Sanya
E-Prix to lock down a historic first ever 12 finish for Andretti.
That was until Drogovic got a post race penalty.
So Jake Dennis kept the win.
It was as always in Formula E, a wild affair.
There was a red flag, bunch of yellow flags, but Jake Dennis brilliant job
to take the win at the Sanya E-Prix.
Championship leader Mitch Evans suffered a blow to his title hopes with a late collision.
But as we said, Drogovic dropped down the order with a post race penalty,
which put Pepe Marti second.
And Nick De Vries came home third just a week or so after his Le Mans victory.
Mitch Evans leads the championship over Olly Rowland by 19 points after 11 races.
Well, Formula E is always, we talk about aggression in Vigate Supercars.
Formula E always winds up tearing some stuff up.
So it can be very entertaining.
The cars sometimes are just like a little bit too big for the track.
And so you get a bit of contact and into the walls.
And it was actually great fun watching Edo Mortara during that race,
hanging onto the lead with a front wing that was hanging off and dragging around the track.
And because there's no engine note, all you could hear was the wing.
That's the part that I can't get used to with the Formula E stuff is you hear
the tire squealing and the wings dragging.
It's so, so different to watch a Formula E race.
It's very strange, but the racing is great.
They do race on guys.
And honestly, like when I look at the lineup in a Formula E race,
crazy what it's become, the driver lineup.
But it's always been great.
But you've got to look back the last five, 10 years,
there were a bunch of drivers in that championship who I wish had either had their F1 shot
or who had made the jump over and done IndyCar.
But IndyCar and Formula One's loss has been, without question, Formula E's gain
because they have a stellar lineup of absolutely incredible drivers.
Right. We promised you one of the craziest races or motor sport contests of the season.
And they don't come any tougher than the Pikes Peak International hill climb,
where Roman Dumas claimed ultimate redemption at the hill climb,
storming up the mountain to capture his sixth career king of the mountain title.
He was piloting the ferocious, all-electric Ford Super Mustang Mach E.
He is, of course, as we know, a racing icon.
And he conquered the grueling 156 turn course in eight minutes and 18 seconds,
absolutely demolishing the regular combustion powered field by over 11 seconds
and getting revenge after just missing out on the overall crown last year.
That is just one thing that I have no interest in doing.
What, Pikes Peak?
Oh, I love watching it.
You've got to be a little bit unhinged.
You've got to be a little unhinged.
It is. And as you see in some of these highlight videos of almost disaster,
disaster going off the off the side of the mountain, it is treacherous.
Well, yeah, talking about that, mate.
Patrick Culligan suffered a violent crash during his charge up the mountain.
Culligan's number 720 machine went off course, triggering an immediate emergency response
and a medical evacuation to UC Health Memorial Central,
where officials confirm he is, thankfully, awake, alert, and in stable condition.
Pikes Peak has always been terrifying, remains one of the great challenges
in international motorsport.
That is a fact.
And I'm glad to hear that he is OK.
And I think that even though it is a challenge, it's still got to be one of the biggest
thrills that you could possibly, when you make it to the top of the mountain,
and you see all the diversity in the types of vehicles that go up that mountain.
It's a pretty wild event to watch.
And of course, it's paved now, but that wasn't always the case.
Did you imagine?
I mean, I see photos of Uncle Bobby going up there and it's wild.
If you've never seen, go and check out.
It'll be on YouTube.
Ari Vattenen's run up the hill.
I think it's called Skydance or something like that.
Just search Ari Vattenen, A-R-I, space, V-A-T-A-N-E-N, Ari Vattenen.
Rally legend.
Go watch his run up Pikes Peak because the sun is so low,
it's just blinding through the screen, and he's just throwing and up mate.
It's one of the greatest videos of all time.
It's absolutely.
I'll have to check that out.
Dude, I like introducing you to rally videos.
Yeah.
Did you like the Michel Mouton one?
I did.
That was a great documentary of her quest through the rally world.
So pretty fascinating.
Cool stuff.
Right.
Coming up next, we'll check in on the short track circuits.
All right.
Well, the NASCAR Arca series was at Berlin Raceway this weekend,
and Joe Gibbs Racing prospect Max Reeve finally won his first national Arca series
event, led the field for 162 laps, a great battle at the end of that one.
The NASCAR Advanced Auto Parts Weekly Series.
That's a mouthful.
Yeah.
The NASCAR Advanced Auto Parts Weekly Series in local short track racing.
So basically this is NASCAR Weekly, and you race at your home track, right?
Cool.
And so at Langley Speedway, Connor Hall, been a cars tour competitor,
NASCAR Weekly competitor at Langley Speedway.
He has won his eighth consecutive race at the track this weekend.
Wow.
Quite the feat.
Not something that has been totally not like Connor Hall.
He's won a lot of races at Langley.
So that's a very historic track in Virginia, and Connor Hall has had a lot of success there.
So good week for the NASCAR Weekly Series and Arca Series.
Awesome stuff.
Should we talk World of Outlaws?
Absolutely.
Let's do that.
David Gravel cashed, I think probably the biggest check in World of Outlaws history.
In fact, it was the biggest check in World of Outlaws history.
Let all 40 laps at his Speedway to capture the Hypebank Nationals and pocket a staggering 300,000
dots.
That's a nice payday.
How do they keep paying that?
I don't, it makes no sense to me.
It's absolutely wild.
A lot of cash going around in the sprint car world.
Beautiful stuff.
Yeah.
Controlled the field from pole position, weathered multiple mid race stoppages,
lane shift, you know, all that.
Yeah.
Secure the payday.
300 grand though.
I'm still blown away by the 300 grand.
Hunter Lawrence, by the way, has completely tightened the screws on the 450 pro motocross
title, fighting to a dominant win at High Point Raceway.
The elder Lawrence brother paced the field wire to wire in both races, forcing championship
leader Jet Lawrence to settle for second overall.
Annie Trim Jets points lead down to a razor thin two point margin.
Oh, those family conversations ought to be fun.
Should be great.
Yeah.
Very entertaining.
Right.
Time for driver slash rider of the week.
We have, as always, a choice of 41 from the world of Moto GP.
That man, Mark Marquez, back to back Moto GP wins.
My pick, Christian Lungard.
So that's your pick.
My pick, Christian Lungard, last to first.
I mean, come on.
I wasn't going to pick anybody else.
Do you know what?
I was thinking about Marcus Armstrong, because he drove so well.
And to be robbed of your first win by an engine failure is just so cruel.
But you knew you wouldn't win if you didn't pick the winner.
I don't pick to win.
I pick who I believe is worthy.
I am offended.
You don't pick to win.
No.
I thought everything about racing was going to win.
I pick who I think is worthy.
And then I just hope the fan base agrees with me that they're the most worthy.
But I don't look at them and think, who's the most likely to win the vote?
I look at it and think, who do I think had the best?
Well, here's what I've learned is the fan base is never going to completely agree with us.
But I've always lived in a 50-50 world.
Who did you pick?
Well, you know who I picked.
Corey Hymes.
Of course.
And we also had Cam Waters.
Cam Waters from Supercarsie.
On there.
I think I know which way this one's going to go.
And I won't be surprised if it goes the way I think it's going to go, because,
yeah, 59% for Corey Hymes.
Honestly, I'm not shocked.
And I'm not annoyed about it, because hell of a drive.
Unbelievable.
I'm telling you, this kid, and we've been on this for a couple of years,
and he's just been in these awkward opportunities where he doesn't,
now he's in an awkward opportunity where he doesn't have a full-time ride.
One, virtually half the truck races last year and did very well in the wind column the seasons
before, but this kid is going to be an absolute star on the cup side.
13 races in.
When we're over here allotting 100 for the rookies to come in, this kid wins in his 13th
race at one of the toughest courses you will ever be on.
How much do you think that hurts someone like a Connor Zillich who arrived with so much
pomp and ceremony around him and so much expectation that a Corey Hymes in just 13
races as a part timer can turn up and just get it done when, you know, Connor, who we rate
incredibly highly and we know has a bright future, is having such a difficult season.
Yeah, and I don't think Connor's cars are what 2311's cars are.
Who does have a car like 2311, right?
Yeah, but you don't have to crash him.
And I know this weekend was not his fault.
You know, you've got to finish races to get the experience that you need.
I think that Corey Hymes' demeanor and his mental, he is mentally strong.
When the kid talks and he's in a frustrating situation or something went wrong,
he's just, he's just really, really capable of saying the right things,
but also delivering a message, right?
Like when he won a couple of weeks ago against his teammate, Caden Honeycutt,
and basically in the end of the conversation, he just said he just needs to get thicker skin.
And he moved on.
And he said it confidently, straightforward.
I just, I like everything about the Hymes situation.
Before we finish this week's show, man, like just rolling it straight back to the start
and what we were talking about with Corey and Carson.
And I guess bring Connor into that as well.
How excited are you for what stands in the very near future for Cup?
This brand new generation of young, exciting drivers
who I think are going to get the fan base, you know, hyped up.
There's the next few years look so, so promising.
Yeah. And I think we'll just use the Hymes and hosts of our situation from this week this weekend.
Those guys aren't going to back down to each other.
And that's what makes rivalries.
And when you have rivalries like that, Brent Cruz is the same way.
He's mentally strong.
Now he made a mistake this weekend, went in the wrong gear, blew the engine up,
blew the trans axle up, but they just threw him into Christopher Bell's car in the middle of the race.
And, you know, it's exciting for NASCAR to see all of these personalities,
but these really hardcore racers that are not going to give in to each other.
And aren't, aren't afraid like host of ours, not afraid.
Corey Hymes is not afraid.
We haven't seen, we haven't seen Zillich in, in the mix of, of racing for a wind
in a controversial situation on the Cup side.
We've seen it with he and SVG, you know, on the O'Reilly side and he handled it really well.
He's well spoken, great kid.
So, you know, now it's just, and this is where you see who's got it, right?
On the Cup side from a mental capacity and we've seen Zillich struggle.
We saw, you know, Brent Cruz get in the car, Christopher Bell's car this weekend.
I think he fired off.
They restarted him sixth and kind of got banged around in the middle of the pack
and ultimately made the mistake and ended their day.
But overall it's an exciting time for the NASCAR Cup series.
You get those moments and those years where you have a generational crossover
because there comes a point at which the old guard have to step away.
Yeah.
And a new generation come to the fore and I think for Cup it's looking.
It's looking strong.
Crazy, exciting, man.
It's going to be fun.
Talking about exciting folks, where is a big weekend of racing ahead?
Sadly, no Indy car.
Sadly for you.
I get to go home and see my kids.
In Formula One, it's the Austrian Grand Prix, believe it or not,
our James Hinchcliffe will be out there.
James doesn't have a weekend off.
James just doesn't do weekends off.
Hinchcliffe will be there.
In Austria for the F1 Grand Prix, also F2.
I'd imagine F3 will be there as well.
In Spielberg at the Red Bull Ring, beautiful track.
One of my favorites to visit.
Anything that they've got their name on to obviously, usually pretty nice.
It's really beautiful.
It used to be the A1 ring before that.
It was the Osterreich ring.
So it's existed for years and years.
Great track but beautiful part of the world.
Absolutely stunning.
Yeah.
Great schnitzel.
The weird thing is, within like a five mile radius of the track,
you can't buy a soft drink in any restaurants or anything that isn't Red Bull.
So it's Red Bull Cola, Red Bull, Bull Tonic, Red Bull Ginger Ale,
like literally Red Bull everything.
That's hilarious.
NASCAR Cup Series races at Sonoma.
O'Reilly races at Sonoma.
ARCA races at, not Sonoma, Elco Speedway.
I love Sonoma as well.
You don't get Red Bull at Sonoma.
You get wine.
Yeah.
Beautiful, beautiful wine.
Heart of the Wine region.
Cracking track.
Love Sonoma Cup Series is there.
IMSA is at Watkins Glen for the six hours of the Glen.
The NHRA is at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio.
The World Rally Championship is at the Acropolis Rally.
Apparently, we're calling it the Rally of the Gods.
That's a new one on me.
I always call it the Acropolis Rally.
Is that its new name or is that just a nickname?
Well, I'm not sure.
I don't know either.
It's a good nickname.
Yeah.
Maybe it'll stick.
Maybe it's been around for years and I just never knew about it.
Very nice.
That's all we've got time for on this episode,
but there's still plenty to come this week.
Because on Wednesday, we hear from Nick DeVries.
In fact, we just did that interview.
Yeah, what a great guy.
Isn't he?
I did not know Nick before we did the interview,
but carries himself really well.
And before we get, I'll let you get too far along to end this show.
I have a question for you.
Oh, OK.
You're headed back home this week, right?
Yes.
So you're going back to London.
I have a question.
Don't ask me about the Prime Minister.
No?
No.
Well, you just quit this morning.
I'm really more curious about your attire when you go back home.
Oh, well, you didn't send me a picture, so I took your picture.
And I decided that is this really going to be the new dress?
So I was very fortunate to be invited to a wedding in the week.
It was a Scottish friend of ours and an Irish friend of ours
were getting married in Ireland.
And the invitation said that the dress code was kilts and cocktails.
OK.
As an Englishman, I wasn't sure if I could wear a kilt
because it's obviously Scottish national dress.
So I asked David Coulthard, and I said,
is that cultural appropriation?
And he said, no, no, it's a sign of respect.
But just don't wear a family tartan.
If you don't have any Scottish lineage,
you can get a tartan that is like a neutral tartan.
So that's a non-family tartan kilt.
So you can wear it as a sign of respect
to your Scottish hosts and Scottish friends.
And wore it, the Prince Charlie waistcoat and jacket
and all of that and the high socks and the brogues.
And I've got to tell you, I did go full Scotsman on it.
Really?
It's warm and yet air conditioned.
It's probably the most comfortable thing I've ever worn in my life.
I said to my wife, can I wear this every day?
And she was like, absolutely not.
Yeah, I would agree with her.
She keeps wanting me to go for walks, and I don't like walks.
But wearing a kilt, I would stride across the Highlands.
Absolutely glorious.
I genuinely, I want to wear a kilt every day.
It's the most comfortable thing.
And let's just say tartan army, absolutely rocking.
I don't think the city of Boston wanted them to leave.
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About this episode
From street-race chaos to road-course mayhem, Harvick and Buxton connect the dots between how drivers survive contact and how series preparation shapes performance. They break down why Corey Heim’s first win felt “unheard of” in the Gen 7 era, then debate sportsmanship after a position was returned. The conversation turns to track physics and wreck dynamics—cars getting air, wall hits, and even a “sunset rule” finish—before circling back to what makes racing so unpredictable.
Original notes
On this episode of SPEED with Harvick and Buxton, we break down one of the most insane, unpredictable weekends in modern motorsport history.
NASCAR completely rewrote the playbook by building a temporary, 16-turn street circuit inside Naval Base Coronado, and the inaugural Anduril 250 delivered pure chaos. 23-year-old phenom Corey Heim stunned the garage to capture his first career Cup Series victory for 23XI Racing after a late-race battle with teammate Tyler Reddick. Plus, we break down the explosive on-track and pit-lane feud between Noah Gragson and former F1 vet Kevin Magnussen, Shane van Gisbergen's heartbreak, and how the Cup Series championship fight has narrowed to a razor-thin 8 points between Reddick and Denny Hamlin heading into Sonoma.
The drama didn't stop in San Diego. The boys dive into an unforgettable weekend at Road America, where Christian Lundgaard pulled off a miracle—charging from dead last on lap one to inherit a stunning IndyCar victory for Arrow McLaren. We also look at Alex Palou's pit-lane heartbreak, the dramatic tire disqualification in Indy NXT, and a horrifying catch-fence flip in the USF2000 Championship.
Plus, full coverage of a wild international slate:
MotoGP: Marc Marquez throws himself back into the title hunt with a tactical masterclass in Czechia, while championship leader Marco Bezzecchi receives a weekend ban after an aggressive physical altercation with a track marshal.
Pikes Peak: Romain Dumas claims ultimate redemption and "King of the Mountain" honors in the all-electric Ford Super Mustang Mach-E, while we send our best wishes to Patrick Culligan after a frightening high-speed crash.
Supercars & Formula E: Cam Waters conquers the Darwin Triple Crown, and Jake Dennis controls a red-flagged thriller in the Sanya E-Prix.
Short Track & Dirt: David Gravel pockets a staggering $300,000 at the Huset’s High Bank Nationals, Max Reaves breaks through in ARCA, and Connor Hall extends his flawless win streak to eight at Langley Speedway.
We wrap up the show by crowning our Driver of the Week nominees and looking ahead to a packed calendar featuring F1 in Austria, NASCAR at Sonoma, and IMSA's iconic Six Hours of The Glen!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - A HISTORIC race weekend in San Diego
02:20 - Corey Heim WINS his 1st CUP Series race
04:00 - Heim and Reddick BATTLE late
05:35 - The bright future of NASCAR"s young drivers
06:18 - SVG's disappointing WRECK
08:15 - The Truck Series continues to CHURN OUT prospects
10:10 - Kevin Magnussen & Noah Gragson have BEEF
15:30 - Austin Hill wins his FIRST road course race in O'Reilly
18:30 - "Layne van Riggsbergen" is born in the truck series
21:00 - VOICEMAIL QUESTION!
24:00 - INDYCAR returns to Road America
24:45 - Christian Lundgaard CHARGES from last to first
26:30 - Graham Rahal & Will Power make contact LATE
30:30 - INDYCAR silly season could be EPIC
37:00 - INDYNXT wrap up
39:00 - A HORRIFYING wreck in USF5000
39:00 - What's TRENDING on social
39:55 - Marc Marquez' SUMMER SURGE
40:30 - Marco Bezzecchi gets BANNED for what?!
44:00 - SupersCars are BACK
45:00 - Jake Dennis wins the Sansa E-Prix
47:50 - The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is INSANE
50:45 - Short-track roundup
53:00 - Driver of the Week
58:20 - Final Lap
1:03:16 - Wrecks of the Week
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