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Speaker 2: Always very surreal. I think we've come to the end

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Speaker 2: Miles Row Hello, thanks for joining us trackside ninety three

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Speaker 2: to five one oh seven five the fan in Indianapolis

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Speaker 2: landon Koons is in our studio. We are dockside for

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Speaker 2: So I tend to think this is more coming from

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Speaker 2: the F one side, And there's a reason why they

431
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Speaker 2: just again they said, well we're going to announce by

432
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Speaker 2: Mexico City. They didn't do it. They're stalling. They want

433
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Speaker 2: to wait as long as they can. Is it because

434
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Speaker 2: they want to see if there's.

435
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Speaker 1: Any way that they can get Alex below could be

436
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Speaker 1: a couple quick thoughts on Alex I went back and

437
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Speaker 1: kind of looking at the season stuff. At Milwaukee, he

438
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,639
Speaker 1: outqualified the field by two tenths of a second on

439
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Speaker 1: a short oval one mile track. Two tenths of a

440
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Speaker 1: second at Milwaukee. That's pretty impressive. Secondly, I was with

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Speaker 1: him during the IMS test the other day and I

442
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Speaker 1: was just I was just couldn't believe how built, how

443
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Speaker 1: rock solid he is these days, and bigger he really

444
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Speaker 1: has gotten bigger. And anyway, just a couple quick observations.

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Speaker 2: One of the other interesting notes we saw out of

446
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Speaker 2: this McLaren trial where people are taking strays and we're

447
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 2: learning all kinds of things. Rio here at Kawa, a

448
00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 2: Toyota factory driver we learned through this paid three point

449
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Speaker 2: five million dollars to take part in free practice one

450
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Speaker 2: for McLaren unbelieved in twenty three point five million dollars

451
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Speaker 2: to do a forty five or an hour minute practice

452
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Speaker 2: where he got basically nine laps or whatever it was.

453
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Speaker 2: I don't know how they adjudicate this because things like that,

454
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 2: if Polow would have been available, they would have not

455
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:17,199
Speaker 2: collected that money, yep. And you know they would have

456
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Speaker 2: not collected the Nolan Siegel money that they've collected, that

457
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Speaker 2: some of that has come out, and so on and

458
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Speaker 2: so forth. You know, the f one thing I've seen

459
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Speaker 2: this comment in their world they really need to add

460
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Speaker 2: an extra pit stop to start their races. Are struggling

461
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Speaker 2: again for entertainment. One pitstop races are not it. They're

462
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Speaker 2: going to need to figure that out. And the more

463
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Speaker 2: and more I think about this Apple deal, I also

464
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Speaker 2: understand they're smarter than I am, and maybe the messaging

465
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Speaker 2: on all of our Apple devices is going to bring

466
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Speaker 2: in viewership. But I think this is fantastic for Indy

467
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Speaker 2: Car in any other sport that has a traditional television

468
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Speaker 2: contract for right now, there is a limit to how

469
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Speaker 2: many streaming services people will get. I am fascinated at

470
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Speaker 2: what the number is going to be next year. But

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Speaker 2: it's not going to be one point three million people watching,

472
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Speaker 2: and it's not going to be take a million off

473
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Speaker 2: of that, and it's.

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Speaker 1: Not going to be ESPN showing highlights and talking about it.

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Speaker 2: It's just not yep. Okay, So what else have we

476
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Speaker 2: not covered? We've got a couple of more minutes I

477
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Speaker 2: think left in this segment. What else do we have

478
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Speaker 2: that we need to knock out before we chat with

479
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Speaker 2: Jamie Little. I don't know if I mentioned it or

480
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Speaker 2: didn't go ahead. Well, I did see that Daytona is

481
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 2: going to move back a week. They're worried about the

482
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Speaker 2: Super Bowl moving and they don't want to be on

483
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Speaker 2: the same weekend, So their season is going to start

484
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Speaker 2: a little bit later, starting in twenty twenty seven. They've

485
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Speaker 2: already got a date for the Daytona five hundred and

486
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty seven that will be February twenty first, to

487
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Speaker 2: avoid I head to head clash with the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Did I mention that all I am tickets are now

489
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Speaker 1: on sale?

490
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Speaker 2: That's really mentioning.

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Speaker 1: I think that's big, and it does show two sports

492
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Speaker 1: car races in the fall, plus all the traditional dates

493
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,679
Speaker 1: that you know we know to be true around the

494
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Speaker 1: Indy five hundred and the NASCAR weekend and so forth.

495
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Speaker 1: So all those tickets, the Sancio Grand Prix, Miller Like

496
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Speaker 1: Carbon Day, Legends Day, the five hundred Cores, Light Snake Pit,

497
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Speaker 1: all those things, vintage racing on the twenty twenty first

498
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Speaker 1: of June. So all those tickets are on sale now

499
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Speaker 1: at IMS dot com.

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Speaker 2: Few questions via the Xbox. Christensen says, what are the

501
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,119
Speaker 2: plans for Penske entertainment if the captain is no longer involved?

502
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,880
Speaker 2: As Fox pursue at one hundred percent stake, what happens

503
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Speaker 2: to Team Penske. These are all questions that we cannot answer.

504
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 2: Not that we're avoiding it, but we don't know and

505
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Speaker 2: probably only few people know what the succession plan is.

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Speaker 1: Well, not only that, it's it's so complicated that that

507
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Speaker 1: I guess I'd be surprised. You know, how Team Penske

508
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 1: goes in the future might be another story. But the

509
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 1: essence of the speedway I think stays in the Penske family.

510
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Speaker 1: But it's really hard to say. I mean, there's who

511
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Speaker 1: would have just even what six years ago? Could you

512
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Speaker 1: have predicted where we're at today? You can imagine six

513
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 1: more years.

514
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 2: Greg is very involved, it's more than just Roger. His

515
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 2: son is very involved in the racing business at this point.

516
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Speaker 2: Mohammed says, because we're at in the off season, some

517
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Speaker 2: things I'd like to see all cars have onboard cameras.

518
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Speaker 2: How can a big series like IndyCar just have a

519
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 2: few We need to see in the races on TV.

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Speaker 2: The fuel percentage and seeing who is on which tire

521
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Speaker 2: for the whole race, not moments. So I would like

522
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Speaker 2: to see and I know everyone would like to see

523
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Speaker 2: an onboard and that is being efforted, but it also

524
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Speaker 2: costs money. But I think that is a goal to happen.

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Speaker 2: I don't know that it's going to happen next year,

526
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 2: but we'll probably keep getting more and more on boards.

527
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 2: So when it comes to the graphics like that, you

528
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 2: know it's there's no right or wrong way. But one

529
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,239
Speaker 2: thought is you can only put so much information on

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Speaker 2: the screen, so that's why it often gets flipped back

531
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Speaker 2: and forth. I think there is an argument that you'd

532
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Speaker 2: like to see what tire they are on at all times,

533
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Speaker 2: but do you have to and then you want to

534
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Speaker 2: show other things. It just gets to be a little

535
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Speaker 2: bit much. But that's a consideration and the fuel percentage.

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Speaker 2: So here's my opinion, and it's only opinion. I don't

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Speaker 2: want to know. And this is something I've been thinking

538
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Speaker 2: about in imsiraces that now it's showing a percentage of

539
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Speaker 2: energy and I don't like that. I like the uncertainty

540
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 2: and us guessing and the drama. Are they going to

541
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Speaker 2: make it? I don't want to see that he has

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Speaker 2: three percent left and he can still do that one

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Speaker 2: last lap, So I would prefer that remain a bit

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Speaker 2: of an unknown. It's not all not everyone agrees, and

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Speaker 2: I'm okay with that. It's a competitive advantage too. That's

546
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Speaker 2: fun to you know, people make decisions based on estimations

547
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Speaker 2: of other competitors, and so I think that's a competitive,

548
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Speaker 2: a competitive thing that you know, there's no reason for

549
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Speaker 2: us to know if he's down to three percent. Let's

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Speaker 2: just let's just let it play out. Maybe this is

551
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Speaker 2: self serving because I like to have a purpose on

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Speaker 2: pitt Lane to go up and ask the engineer, hey,

553
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Speaker 2: can you make it? Knowing he might be lying to me.

554
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Speaker 2: But that's all part of the fun of the game.

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Speaker 2: Whover's the most honest, who has the best poker face?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we got to leave some things to

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Speaker 1: the imagination. I think that's a great one. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: change our viewership in terms of, you know, our interest

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Speaker 1: in the event, so we don't need to know that.

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Speaker 2: Doug Ivy twenty twenty five says should be a topic

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Speaker 2: on this week on track Side is twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Penske's worst year Across motorsports since nineteen ninety nine.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I'm glad, he said, since night ninety nine, because

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Speaker 1: it doesn't get any The worst year was nineteen ninety nine.

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Speaker 1: This year does not compare to nineteen ninety nine. It

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Speaker 1: just doesn't. They lost to.

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Speaker 2: Drive vertically an IndyCar. It clearly is statistically. I don't

568
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 2: know about NASCAR. Yes, they don't have anybody in the

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Speaker 2: final four, but they still had some moments. They won

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Speaker 2: the weather Tech Championship, so they still won a championship.

571
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Speaker 2: It was yeah for them, probably was their worst year,

572
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Speaker 2: but their worst year is still better than a lot

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Speaker 2: of people's really good years. So that's going to be

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Speaker 2: one of the great stories. How do they bounce back?

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Speaker 2: It's still I still expect to see more personnel changes

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00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 2: and assignments clarified before next year. And Lynn underscore IndyCar

577
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 2: says well, dale Coin announce his second driver by Halloween.

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Speaker 2: Who do you think it will be? I believe, he

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Speaker 2: said on a broadcast. So he's made that promise. It's

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Speaker 2: going to happen. And I hear that they still want

581
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Speaker 2: to have Halloween is tough, Halloween is fried. I don't

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Speaker 2: know that it's going to happen by Halloween. But I

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Speaker 2: do think it's going to happen by mid novemberish yep, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 2: all right, Jamie Little and Grojean would still be a

585
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Speaker 2: decent bet, is it. I don't know. We're just guessing

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Speaker 2: with Dale. I'm going to say it's I'm going to

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Speaker 2: say it's not Roma at this point. All right, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna say it's going to be someone else, all right,

589
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Speaker 2: is my best guest? All right, Jamie Little joins us

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Speaker 2: in a moment on Trackside. Hi, this is Alexander Rossi

591
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Speaker 2: and you're listening to Trackside. Trackside continues Stockside for the

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Speaker 2: day in the evening ninety three to five, one oh

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Speaker 2: seven to five the fan Kevin Lee in Fort Lauderdale,

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Speaker 2: and I have my Fox Sports teammate Jamie Little here,

595
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 2: who will be calling the Championship Truck Series race the

596
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Speaker 2: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Friday night on FS one.

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Speaker 2: She's also one of the hosts for the Fort Lauderdale

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Speaker 2: International Boat Show and part of our Indy Car on

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Speaker 2: Fox team as well. So we've got a lot of

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Speaker 2: things we can talk about. First of all, are you

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Speaker 2: prepared for me to be responsible for how you look

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00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 2: on television. I am your field producer for this fine

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Speaker 2: program you are.

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Speaker 4: This's going to be fun.

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Speaker 7: Obviously you've been part of it as long as you know,

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Speaker 7: way before I was even here. But we've never actually

607
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 7: worked together in the field, so I think it's going

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Speaker 7: to be a lot of fun. I mean, it doesn't

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Speaker 7: get better than this, does it.

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Speaker 4: Kevin? You come down here.

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Speaker 7: We're literally surrounded by multimillion dollar boats and.

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Speaker 4: It's absolutely beautiful.

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Speaker 7: It's a little chilly at home, so I don't mind

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Speaker 7: being down in Fort Lauderdale for a few days.

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Speaker 2: So if I write it, Jamie will say it, stay

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Speaker 2: classy San Diego and stay classy Fort Lauderdale. I think

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Speaker 2: the first edition of this show, I believe I heard

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Speaker 2: December seventh on FS one, and there are many many

619
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Speaker 2: riairs on FS one and FS two over the winner.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's talk NASCAR. What's really interesting right now

621
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Speaker 2: is the debate over the championship Formats and the Cup

622
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 2: is one thing, but in Infinity and the truck series,

623
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Speaker 2: it all comes down to one race has been one

624
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 2: driver and each series that has been massively dominant. What's

625
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 2: the reaction going to be if those two dominant drivers

626
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 2: don't win the championship this weekend in Phoenix, it won't

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Speaker 2: be good.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you that.

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Speaker 7: You know, it seems like NASCAR race fans, you just

630
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 7: can't make anybody happy right now. They're just for some reason,

631
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 7: there's so much negativity out there. It's like we've had

632
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Speaker 7: this playoff format for so many years now, but all

633
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 7: of a sudden, everybody wants it change. And I understand,

634
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Speaker 7: you know, my personal opinion, I would like to see

635
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Speaker 7: the final round be multiple races, because one race it

636
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Speaker 7: just isn't fair. You blow an engine something out of

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Speaker 7: your control. Like Corey Heim and the truck series a

638
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 7: couple of years ago, he was wrecked, nothing to do

639
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 7: with himself or their performance, their truck, and that could

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00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 7: happen again here on Friday night. They have one shot

641
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Speaker 7: at it. Corey Heim has dominated, he has rewritten those

642
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 7: the storybooks, you know, the staff books are all corey

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Speaker 7: Heim now eleven wins on the season.

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Speaker 4: But he could go in.

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Speaker 7: There on Friday night and something could happen at the

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Speaker 7: drop of the green flag. So I would like to

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Speaker 7: see it improved, you know, in some capacity. And it

648
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Speaker 7: sounds like NASCAR is working on that. But to your point,

649
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,280
Speaker 7: if he doesn't win the championship, it's going to be crazy.

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Speaker 7: I wouldn't want to work in radio on Monday. People

651
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 7: would be lighting him up in Saturday with Connor Zillach,

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Speaker 7: She's done the same thing. I mean, he is an

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Speaker 7: incredible talent. He's a generational talent. He has dominated this

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Speaker 7: year in Exfinity and it's his championship and if he

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Speaker 7: gets taken out, whoses the championship, it won't be good

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Speaker 7: for NASCAR fans.

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Speaker 2: Now in the Cup Series, when you consider the track

658
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Speaker 2: and recent performance, do we have a favorite in the

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Speaker 2: final four?

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Speaker 4: Gosh, it's hard to say.

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Speaker 7: Obviously, Kyle Larson has won the championship by winning there

662
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Speaker 7: before William Byron I feel like he's good anywhere. But

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Speaker 7: then Denny Hamlin has the most experience in this situation,

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Speaker 7: you know, being under the gun and coming to Phoenix

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Speaker 7: and knowing what's on the line. And then you have

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Speaker 7: Chase Briscoe who's just like, you know, this is icing

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Speaker 7: on the cake. His first year at Joe Gibbs Racing,

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Speaker 7: they've got three wins this year.

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Speaker 4: It's like, let's go out and see what we can do.

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Speaker 4: And by the way, he's.

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Speaker 7: Won Phoenix before, so there's no clear cut favorite at

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Speaker 7: this point.

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Speaker 2: I don't think I admit I'm a little bit biased

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Speaker 2: towards Chase because he's such a nice young guy and

675
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Speaker 2: he came from so humble origin sleeping on the couch,

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Speaker 2: sweeping floors. Has just made his opportunities. I think this

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Speaker 2: would be one of the greatest stories that we've seen

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Speaker 2: where he's come from to have a chance to win

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Speaker 2: a championship. He's an Indiana guy, by the way, for

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Speaker 2: those that don't know.

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Speaker 7: Absolutely he's a Hoosier and right now it's good to

682
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Speaker 7: be in sports in Indiana. I just feel like all

683
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 7: signs point to go and win. But I'm with you.

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Speaker 7: I keep talking about our colts and the Pacers, what

685
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 7: they did last year, the fever. I you football, and

686
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 7: now you've got Chase Briscoe who just want to race

687
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,399
Speaker 7: two weeks ago and punched his ticket to the championship run.

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00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 7: It's incredible. We knew how talented he was, but he

689
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 7: wasn't able to showcase that until he came to Gibbs

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Speaker 7: and he has this organization around him. But I think

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Speaker 7: it would be a huge story for him. To your point,

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Speaker 7: I mean, all these drivers find their way to Cup

693
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 7: through different ways, different avenues, but this guy comes from

694
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 7: such humble beginnings, but his world has been racing and

695
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 7: to get this opportunity, he didn't come with a big check.

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Speaker 4: He is there based on talent.

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Speaker 7: Performance and personality and he's just one of the good ones.

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Speaker 2: Jamie Little is joining us. She'll be on the call

699
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Speaker 2: for the NASCAR Trucks race on Friday Night on FS

700
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Speaker 2: one part of our IndyCar on Fox team for a

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Speaker 2: couple of events big ones, Saint Pete and the Indy

702
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 2: five hundred this year. What was it like to get

703
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 2: back in the IndyCar world, not all the time, but

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Speaker 2: enough to kind of all right, yeah, I know these people,

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Speaker 2: I know what's going on here.

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Speaker 4: I loved it.

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Speaker 7: If you saw me at Saint Pete, it was like

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Speaker 7: I only had a couple of weeks lead up time

709
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Speaker 7: knowing I was gonna get back in and.

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Speaker 4: Be with you guys.

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Speaker 7: But to learn everybody, to see those familiar faces as well.

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Speaker 4: I was on cloud nine.

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Speaker 7: I had the best time at Saint Pete and then

714
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Speaker 7: to be back at the Indy five hundred, I'd covered

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Speaker 7: it for eleven years, Kevin, But I wasn't a Hoosier

716
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 7: back then, so I've been living in Scienceville. Now we've

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00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 7: been there for seven and a half years. It was

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00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 7: awesome to be back, and what a great time to

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Speaker 7: be part of IndyCar.

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Speaker 4: It's just growing at LEAs and bounds.

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Speaker 7: And to see that this year with Fox, we knew

722
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Speaker 7: what they can do and how they can promote events

723
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 7: and it came out full swing. And now Fox is

724
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Speaker 7: bought into IndyCar. That's what it means to them. So

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Speaker 7: I just hope I'm back for a couple of races

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Speaker 7: with you guys next year. But how cool is this

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00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 7: Craftsman Truck Series is going to Saint Pete next year,

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00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 7: so they'll be racing the same weekend as IndyCar and

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00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,880
Speaker 7: hopefully we'll all be there together and cross promoting.

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Speaker 4: It's going to be fun.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I would think they're going to bring the booth to

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Speaker 2: Saint Pete for truck, so then if you're there, you

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Speaker 2: might as well work the IndyCar race as well to

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Speaker 2: get ready for the five hundred. Most people know that

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Speaker 2: broadcasters need to be diverse and have other business interests

737
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 2: because there's no certainty in anything. So you've got a

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Speaker 2: new venture in the Indianapolis area, tell me about it.

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Speaker 7: We're always working on different ventures. So people called me

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00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 7: the cake Lady because they knew us as nothing bunk cakes.

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Speaker 7: We had three bakeries in town. We sold those about

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Speaker 7: a year ago, and my husband's always looking for the

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Speaker 7: next thing. So we just opened Crave Cookies and Soda.

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Speaker 7: It's in the Nora Plaza kind of up by North

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00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 7: Central High School if you know where that is, off

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Speaker 7: eighty sixth Street, and we do amazing cookies. People always

747
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 7: say it's kind of like crumbled but better. So I

748
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,799
Speaker 7: like the competition, and we do those loaded sodas, the

749
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Speaker 7: dirty sodas that all the teenagers is all the rage.

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Speaker 7: So come in and give us a try. Tell them

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00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 7: you heard us here right here on the fan, and yeah,

752
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 7: we just opened literally two weeks ago.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to venture off the grid in Avon Plainfield

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00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 2: sometime soon and make a road trip to try this out.

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Speaker 2: All right, watch Jamie on FS one coming up on

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Speaker 2: Friday night, and then check us out on the Fort

757
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 2: Lauderdale International Boat Show mini airings starting in early December,

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Speaker 2: I think December seventh. Our first one is on FS one.

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Speaker 2: We'll see what we missed and more coming up in

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Speaker 2: just a moment. Trackside ninety three to five one oh

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Speaker 2: seven five the.

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Speaker 4: Fan, Hi, this is what Power and you're listening to Trackside.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Trackside on a Tuesday night. Kevin has

764
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Speaker 1: moved on to the rest of his business this evening

765
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: down in Fort Lauderdale. It's a tough job, but Kevin

766
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: is excellent about, you know, getting out of the cooler

767
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Speaker 1: part of the year in Central Indiana and doing the

768
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Speaker 1: work of the boat show down in Fort Lauderdale. So

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Speaker 1: good for him. Meanwhile, we're here to kind of wrap

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Speaker 1: up this evening show. I want to call your attention

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Speaker 1: to Jake Query's interview today with Alex below here on

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Speaker 1: this station. You can find that interview at one oh

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Speaker 1: seven five to fan dot com. It's probably ten minutes.

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Speaker 1: It's a really good listen. I always enjoy Alex Polow.

775
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Speaker 1: I think those of you have followed along with this

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Speaker 1: show know how much I enjoy those conversations. He gives

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Speaker 1: you as much as he can. He's entertaining, he's got

778
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Speaker 1: an energy and enthusiasm, and I think the one thing

779
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Speaker 1: that was very clear with Jake today was was just

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Speaker 1: how much Alex has appreciated and valued the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: immerse himself as an Indy five hundred winner and as

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Speaker 1: a four time IndyCar Series champion in the local community

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Speaker 1: with the sports teams. He has been to a handful

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Speaker 1: of old games. He's smacked the anvil to get the

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00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: crowd fired up before the game. So he's done those

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Speaker 1: kind of things. He has. Over the weekend gone to

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Speaker 1: an IU football game. He had a chance to be

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Speaker 1: on the Big Show and the noon kickoff program of Fox,

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Speaker 1: and they had a milk chugging contest among students. Many

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00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 1: of you have seen that on social media, but that's

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Speaker 1: a good watch. The winner of that milk chugging contest

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00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: amongst students got a wreath placed over there over their head,

793
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 1: courtesy of Alex Pullo. And then Alex took a bottle

794
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,399
Speaker 1: of milk and poured it on top of the mascot's head,

795
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,239
Speaker 1: the big Bison with the Big Harry and now very

796
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: smelly milk drenched bison. And so that was that was

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Speaker 1: fun to see. And so I listened to Alex talk

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Speaker 1: about his experience the difference between being a race car

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Speaker 1: driver and a football player. He noted, you know football

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Speaker 1: players caring around of football and being chased by by big,

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00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: big linemen that quote, you know, they're trying to kill

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00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: each other, he said. In my sport, you know, I'm

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00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: trying to chase people and being chased, but we do.

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Speaker 2: It quote in a polite way.

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Speaker 1: So just to just the kind of stuff that makes

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Speaker 1: Alex Paloso endearing the conversation with Jake. Jake knows how

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Speaker 1: to press the right buttons to get good answers from people,

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00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: and and certainly he spent a lot of time with

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Speaker 1: with Alex over the last you know, several months to

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Speaker 1: have that kind of rapport. The other thing Alex was

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Speaker 1: asked about was the trial and that's going on between

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Speaker 1: he and McLaren Racing. Obviously, there's not a lot he's

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Speaker 1: going to share, but he did say he thought the

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Speaker 1: resolution to this dispute would come after the first of

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Speaker 1: the year. Now I don't have any grand illusions that

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00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: it couldn't happen before that, but that's what Alex had

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Speaker 1: to say. So we'll see if that comes after the year.

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Speaker 1: That's all we have time for tonight. I appreciate you

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Speaker 1: joining us for Kevin and Lannon Coons back in the studio.

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Speaker 1: My name is Kurt Cavin and we'll be with you

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Speaker 1: next Tuesday night to talk IndyCar racing in the Indy

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Speaker 1: five hundred and all things motorsports. Up next at least

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Speaker 1: nine innings of World Series Baseball.

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Speaker 2: Here on what a seven to five of the Fan