The Dale Jr. Download - 454 - We've Got Some New Hardware for the Studio

Episode Date: May 25, 2023

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and co-host Mike Davis are back once again to wrap up the Dale Jr. Download week. The guys react to their stunning interview with Slugger Labbe which answered a lot of questions about the Dale Earnhardt Inc. days, and provided some closure to the turmoil the team experienced in 2005. Also, we hear from the Short Track Insider and play another round of Guess the Driver. Check out Dirty Mo Media on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DirtyMoMedia  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What do you think? Didn't get them? I mean, of all things to say. What? Family picnic sometimes. Are you kidding me, Mike? Are you kidding me, Mike? Oh, my God, that is hilarious.

All right, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Dale Jeter Download here in the Bojangles studio with my best friend, Mike Davis. Mike, hey, I got a surprise for you, buddy. Oh, really? Yeah, we're going to start this show with a surprise. Let's do it. We're going to break right into it. I've been working with, you know, we got Marty Lindley working here in the shop as a crew chief.

That's right. All right. That is Butch Lindley's son. Butch was one of the best, if not, arguably the best short track racer around the late model sportsman ranks in the southeast in the late 1970s. Drove this red 16. If you know the Lindley legacy, you know that car. And you know we have a lot of great stuff in this room, right? We sure do.

A lot of it's our stuff. and a lot of it's yours yeah a lot of it's my stuff but you know that hood over there not a real hood this number two door

it's a door we just made everybody knows that there's a couple real authentic pieces of sheet metal the number three acedalco and the 31 and 8 but it's all mine

we have we have one really really cool piece that I think that we all know is one of our favorites and it's the dick pit board sign right

that is a real pit sign that did Dick Trickle used. How many times did he come in and tag that pit sign on his way into his pit box? And it's authentic. Well, I've got a surprise for you that today we're going to pull down one of these two doors behind you. I think we'll leave the eight up there and pull the 31 out.

Thank you. We're going to leave the eight up there. And I got a door that's going to replace it. All right. So Marty, come on in. All right. So Marty Lindley coming on the Dale Jr. Download on a Thursday. I like this.

Oh, look at this. There it is. Wow. Wow. So put that over there, lean it up against the wall at the 31, and that's where that's going to go. So Marty, come on over here and sit down. This man is in the middle of his workday, being a crew chief at junior motorsports,

so we've got to be quick. But Marty has had this door for how long? Oh, gosh. It's original door from 1981. 1981. Right. All right. And when did you get it? Gosh, I've had it probably 10 years. Yeah.

It originated. It was a door. Ray Dillon, Dylan, Dillon chassis built my father, ASA All-Pro car back in 1981. And he wanted a very first All-American 400 with it. So they sold the car locally in Greenwood, South Carolina. And about 10 years ago, the people that bought the car gave me the doors back. So when they bought the car, they bought the car, they must have took doors off. They did.

They changed the whole body. Whole body. And so they kept it. Yep. That is the coolest thing about some of these pieces is, is not only is it rare, it's one of one of one of one of one of one of one of one of one of one. That it would have never found you. So I know. know having my own pieces of dad's stuff that's authentic like this. I know how important

this is to you, but you volunteered, you have each door with the left and the right. You volunteered to bring us one so that we can put it up in our shop. That's amazing. Yeah, cool. We're just glad for you to put it up in here to honor my dad that way. It's awesome. Yeah, well, we appreciate that. I just wanted to surprise you, Mike. This is going, all of these things, man, they put off a really good energy. That's what makes this room so special is pieces like this. And we got a new, a new piece in the, in the, in the studio that I think is going to, uh, to help us create some amazing content, have some great interviews. I mean, think about the people that actually have, uh, you know, that have, have not only watched him race, but actually worked on some of his

race cars that'll come through here, set at this table. Yeah, the name Butch Lindley comes up frequently, does it? It does. I mean, that's how prevalent and how important he was to this whole racing scene and it's just a testament to his career which is you know one of the greatest of all time right well i want to thank you for doing that i couldn't believe you were going to let us borrow it so it's it's yours it's here we'll shepherd it take care of it we'll take care of it that's right yes sir and when they hang it up we won't put any new holes in it yep good right we'll use all original i'll make sure i know how that important that is yeah we're just happy for you to do it my mom will be tickled to death to hear this know you're doing that so i can't wait for to find

out. All right, buddy. Well, thank you, man. All right. He's going back to work. He's going back to work. He's going back to work. To build a winning race car. Back to finding speed for the Charlotte Charlotte race this weekend. Got the Sportsman 300 on Saturday at Charlotte. That's right. Marty's going to go out there and try to put us in Victor Lane. So that's that, man. That is so cool, man. I really do, I really do appreciate that. And to be honest with you, I'm ashamed to say that Marty worked here a long time before I realized he was Butch's son. I didn't know that until, you know, some time ago, but like, Butch Lindley's a legend, man.

Yeah. He was, I'll say this and wrap it up, but he was, he was so appreciated, Butch that, you know, Butch passes away in a crash, and Marty is, Marty is trying to get opportunities in racing as a driver, but also as a mechanic. He's doing whatever and everything he can to try to make a living in most of the Motorsports. And I remember he lived somewhere down near Greenville Pickens or somewhere in that vicinity. And I was riding with Dad's Bush team, Tony Senior, Tony Jr. I think Dad was still driving the car, but I was going with them to Darlington or somewhere to race. And I was so lucky to be

with the guys in the 15-pastrovan. I hardly ever got to go on these trips. But we stopped off an interstate exit ramp and Marty jumped in the truck, jumped in the van with us, to go. with us and i was like they i remember them all talking about hey this is marty this is butch son this is where he's a great kid gonna he was a teenager then and uh so i mean he's been well respected at least in the circles i've been running around in and to have him actually here working as a crechey for us is a is such a surreal thing um appreciating the the the legacy of the the lenly last name and know that he's here trying to help us get to victor land that we may win together would be pretty incredible.

I couldn't imagine what our dads would think of that. They would think it's cool. Did Marty stop you one day and just say, hey, I got this piece. I want to, you know, display it in the studio? He told me about the doors, and I thought of the idea of the – I said, hey, what are you going to do with them? And I thought he's going to restore a car, whatever. And he is going to eventually restore a car using that body in those doors.

but I was like, hey man, until then, you know, where are they sitting? He's like, oh, they're just laid up and I've got them stored away. And I was like, hey, I'd love to put them on the wall in the studio. He's here every day. He knows we'll take care of it and they're not going to go anywhere. And I was like, just bring either one of them if you would, and he's just happy to do it. But I like, that's the real racing history right there. And that, that to me is what belongs on the walls in the studio.

I love my stuff, of course, but like the Kale Yarborough uniform, thinking about the laps Kale ran in that, sitting in that seat bouncing around in Kale Yard or in Junior Johnson's Chevrolet that's the kind of history that makes this room what it is, makes this table what it is, and makes our

podcast, I think it's what makes our podcast so great. It also makes this place popular on the shop tour so now that when people and if you're listening to this, not for real, they love coming into the studio and so this Butch Lindley piece will be something that they can really enjoy

So we had a great interview yesterday with Slugger Labby. I enjoyed it. I knew a lot about Slugger, but it was fun to learn more. I thought, you know, he's really good about details, remembers a lot about his history and remembers more about his own career than I do mine. But, you know, bounced around a lot. I thought your idea or you picked up on how similar his career was to suitcase Jake, and he had sort of that same happenstance or same habit of, you know, becoming restless, right?

That's the way to put it. Sometimes he was moved out, but other times he would just say, yeah, this ain't for me. This ain't working. I don't like the way I don't want to communicate or maybe I don't like the way they're communicating to me. It felt like Jake Yilderish. But he did have these spans where he was very dependable, very had some longevity, like with Michael. And where he's at currently with Toyota. He's been there for a really long time.

But it's great to talk to him, catch up. I thought he was honest and transparent. I'll be honest, it was nice to get some of the North Wilsonboro stuff off my chest. I'm feeling just a little bit better about just being able to get all that out of my system because, yeah, I don't know. Well, listen, you definitely, you came in Tuesday feeling like it was. I don't know, you weirdly felt responsible for it, and I didn't think that that was, I think you weren't being fair to yourself, but at least you were being honest with us. But the fact of the matter is, is that the way that show started versus the way this one did

with Butch Lindley's piece going into the studio, vastly different. Vastly different, right? I was, I wrote a bunch of notes down that I didn't even use for Slugger, but only one thing. See, you know, we were just sitting here talking. He just kind of would take us down the road of all. these things. The only thing that we didn't touch on was he almost died of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. He had a bout with that that was actually very, very serious that I didn't get, you know, we didn't get the chance to get to. When was that? It was, he was actually a crew chief.

It was actually during one of his, one of his runs as a crew chief. I'm not exactly sure exactly what year it was, who he was working with, but apparently it was really severe before it got diagnosed properly and that he could get the care that he needed to get turned around. That was one, that was kind of the only thing that we didn't touch on. He touched on a lot of things that I didn't expect or know about, right? Like what? We had a lot of research. We had a lot of good research on him.

Bobby Marcus, that works in several different positions within our organization here at Dirtymo Media, does a lot of research for us for our guests. A lot of times, you know, I lean heavily into some of that stuff that Bobby brings to the table, but sometimes with our guests, you know, the guest is so well known or what have you, that it's, you know, that you hardly even look at the page of information, right, to bounce around and find things to ask. But, you know, there were just some things where, I think, him, you know, him clearing, him being honest about his experience with Jeremy Mayfield and then wanting out of his contract.

act. His honesty around his time with Kenny Irwin and how all that went down. You know, I thought he was respectful, but also gave his truth, you know, and didn't, you know, didn't mail in the answers. But I thought, you know, and he's still in the business, right? And that's a particular difficult position for some of these guys that are still working in the industry to be in, to come in here and actually say, hey, man, this is exactly what happened.

and this is how that hurt or that bother the mirror. I got angry with this guy or whatever. And a lot of guys that are still working in the industry are really kind of protective and guarded about being honest because they have to go back in that garage the next week and face a lot of the people in our industry that are maybe a little careful about who they spend their time with. Very clearly political.

I mean, that's the thing he hates about it. I wonder about this from you, though. Are you comfortable? Let me back up. When we have Slugger Labion, the way we had Steve Mill on, and the way we're going to have Richie Gilmore on soon, you know, obviously I'm fascinated by the DEI days, as I'm sure most of our listeners are going to want to hear each person's versions of that.

But I'm curious, and I don't want to take it for granted, but how comfortable or uncomfortable are you when we go rehash those 2001 to 2004, 2005, you know, days? It's comfortable and uncomfortable. You know, there was some good points and good times, wins, and moments that we did well where those are very comfortable to talk about. But like, you know, him saying, hey, man, I came over to your house at 6.30 in the morning,

and y'all were still partying from the night before. And there were still a lot of people there. And you were supposed to be going somewhere, and you had forgotten about it. And that is embarrassing, you know, after all these years. I feel like that in the moment when I was living that life, I thought, you know, I'm the Budweiser driver. Partying's part of my job. I think that's a fair thing, right?

Yeah. I mean, it felt like I was doing no wrong. Now I know better. You know, after all these years, now I know better. So sitting here across any of the people that worked at DEI, Steve Meal and Michael, I mean, I've had, I'm faced with having to admit, not doing the right things, not making the right choices, or even saying maybe I did something or said something that was detrimental to them.

Like Michael brought up a moment where he was like, you went into the media and went after me and told them people that you didn't think I was part of the team. or part of the future. And so, yeah, that happens in this room, and it's an honest moment where you've got to be like, okay, yeah, I was a real jerk, or, yeah, I was making some bad choices, and I shouldn't have been the person in charge.

I shouldn't have been the one to make that decision because I obviously clearly made the wrong decision. And so that, yeah, it's uncomfortable, but I'm not opposed to having those conversations. I know when somebody from the, comes in here, there's going to be some moments where I'm going to have to sit there and go, yeah, I bear some responsibility, right? Because I am not, you know, no one is squeaky clean in all of that. And, you know, well, maybe there's some people that are, but I certainly wasn't.

You know, I could have done things better differently. I could have been more professional. I could have had my head on straight and been more career focused. But, you know, So it's so far in the review mirror now that there's nothing you can really do about it other than say, yeah, I admit I should have done something different in that moment. And I hope that's good enough for Slugger or whoever else is across the table. I think it is good enough. I think it's also somewhat necessary, and I don't even know if you realize it or not. But like, you know, I think back to Ty Norris when we had him on a year or two ago. You know, there's a lot of things that are said about those days that people have been harboring.

And I said it yesterday that it seems to me as somebody that's completely objective and was not around during those particular years, especially in the aftermath of your dad's death, was that there was a lot of misunderstandings based off of just the natural human grieving and the fact that nobody was really in their right mind. And that's okay. But you know what? In the case of Ty Norris, he kind of carried for two decades thinking that you were mad at him or you didn't like something. And the fact of the matter is you don't even remember it that way. You don't remember something. And so, like, I think that some of the things you might be embarrassed about, like, I don't remember that or I don't.

It's actually, in a strange way, somewhat healing a bit because people can at least get out on the table how they remember it and maybe issues that they had. And then they hear you say, yeah, I don't remember that. But sometimes it's just, it's necessary. I hope that it is healing. And the one thing I think that I'm worried. about is that it would dig up an old argument. An old disagreement

would be a new fresh one created for no reason at all, right? I don't want to throw anybody under the bus and if there is, you know, everybody's going to have their version of what happened, and that's fine. I'm not going to dispute

anybody's truth. They looked at it through their lens and how they experienced it. And I'm I'm not, I'm not going to get in the way of that. I think, you know, if, I, that's, I don't mind talking about DEI, but I do not want it to create any, you know, friction or, be a source of frustration with anyone, um, that was involved in it because, you know, that would be the, the last thing I would want to do, you know, so it is a bit

touchy or is a, you, it's a little dicey, you know, when you, when you, when, you, when, you, when, you sit down with somebody who's been part of that organization and they're going to come in and go, hey, man, this is how I saw it. Yeah. And you're like, all right, I know that other people that were part of the organization are listening to this conversation and are going to have a different opinion about this, right? Yeah. And just because I'm sitting across the table from someone telling their truth, it's not that I'm, it's not an endorsement.

You know, I don't know. I think that I appreciate you saying that. think that what we might sometimes forget, and I hope it doesn't get lost on anybody listening to our podcast, is that frankly, I look at DEI as a reason to celebrate an extraordinary achievement through what was extraordinarily tough times. DEI, we can sit there and pick about, pick at the negative things and whether you can even pick about, you know, the ownership or the management or this crew chief or that crew chief. DEI, and it, at its best, was phenomenal watch.

phenomenal racing. And it was a great. And at its best, it was a really, really, really fun place to be. Absolutely. And I pass this thing every day coming to work. And I look at it as a man, what an amazing company this was at its height. Yeah. At its hype, man, just so fun to watch.

The personalities, you know, Steve Park, you know, winning at Watkins Glen and getting up on that car. And then Michael Waltrip, you know, what the story of him, not being able to win a race and then going in there. I mean, like, he is, there's just so many positive things that I hope that the people that come in here, we may have to get through the crap, but I hope that they come out feeling appreciated. Yeah. Because they were part of something special. Yeah. Well, all right. So I want to make sure that everybody remembers.

I know you know the Coke 600s this weekend, and Indy 500 is as well. That's right. I will be in Indy, working with NBC. It's on Sunday at 11 a.m. Eastern on NBC and Peacock. And we're going to have a lot of fun. fun out there. I think I'm working with Steve LaTart in the morning a little bit, and then back to the pit box with Torrico and Danica. So anyways, it's going to have fun. It's always an experience. You have no idea what's coming in Andy. It's every, every end of 500 I've been to has been

unlike the others. Yeah. And I think they're saying that this one's going to be quite competitive. We're going to play some games, Mike. All right. Prepare to lose. Yeah. Before we do that, though, I was talking to myself. Before we do that, though, let's jump into some Short Track Insider with Hannah Newhouse. Welcome back to another episode of Short Track Insider, where I am actually on site at the Sharon Speedway, out in Ohio for three days of racing with the World of Outlaw Late Models. So as we record this, it is a Thursday afternoon, but man, what a crazy last seven to ten days of racing that we've had, starting all with last week with North Wilkesboro.

Of course, we talked about it on the last episode with the Cars Tour, Pro Late Models, Super Late Models, all the way in through the weekend. I mean, we had tour type modifides on track. You had dirt late models. You had pavement late models. You had sprint cars running on pavement and on dirt. You had midgets. You named it.

I mean, if you didn't get the chance to watch all sorts of racing this weekend, you most definitely missed out. So there's way too many things to try and recap and tell you who won where. So just to pick out a couple of them, one of them being the Tony Holman Classic, which was ran on Monday out at Terre Haute. Brady Bacon was able to break through on that one and get his first Tony Holman Classic win, which is so crazy to believe. And then two days of racing took place at the Millbridge Speedway.

Milbridge, of course, out in my neck of the woods out in North Carolina, hosted the extreme midgets presented by Toyota. They ran both Tuesday and on Wednesday. And, man, Kenan McIntosh was the class of the field. Of course, winning on Wednesday, knows his way around that place. But it wasn't without a pretty good little fight from a, some of the local drivers that stood up and tried to take one away from him. So again, as I say, this is Thursday, so plenty of racing this week.

But one driver before we get into what to watch this weekend that I definitely felt like we needed to catch up with was the driver Brendan Queen who found Victory Lane at North Wilkesboro last week for the Cars Tour. We talked about it. But man, I definitely wanted to hear from him because what a cool opportunity, what a great win to be able to add to that resume. He's continued to build a name for himself, that resume, that roster. is growing and, you know, to get a win like North Wilkesburg is absolutely incredible.

So we caught up with Butterbean, Brendan Queen, about his win with the car store at North Wilkesboro. This win, obviously, to me, is the biggest of my career. And, you know, the car store is so tough from first on back to 30th. Everybody has a shot to win. It seems like every week. And one week you can be on top and the next week can be 25th. So it's such a humbling sports and a humbling series, to be honest with you. It's the toughest thing I've ever done away from Langley going into this tour this year,

but this win at Wilkesboro to me means more than anything I've ever accomplished. And at the same time, I think it's probably the biggest win of the year on the schedule, just of how historic the track is and how much it means to everybody to see the track come back to life. I mean, the last race here, I wasn't even born. So just to be able to say I've rode the lift is something special now. the emotions of winning this race at times I wanted to cry at times I wanted to scream and holler

it just as it was sinking in and realizing what we accomplished as a team that's what it was all about I mean I'm the lucky guy that gets to hold the wheel and get the spotlight but that lead pulling performance 03 team everybody from the shop

to the motor man to the chassis man to the crew chief everybody involved on that whole team is the ones that made it happen and being able to ride that lift and watch them enjoy the moment and celebrate with me in Victory Lane. That's what it's all about.

So cool to hear from Brendan again. I mean, just even talking to him on the phone before we recorded that, he couldn't even believe that he had the opportunity to win a race like that. And, you know, like he'd mentioned, one of the biggest races in late model stock racing and he's now got that on his resume

and I'll be curious to see what momentum that pushes him forward through the rest of the season. But all right, let's shift the focus, what to watch this upcoming weekend. Again, as we speak, it is Thursday. So tonight, there is a lot of racing action, even really just kicking the weekend off, starting with the Show Me 100 with the Lucas Oil Late Models. They're down in Wheatland, Missouri, and, you know, this is one of the bigger races in Dirt Late Model racing. You can watch all Lucas Oil racing on Flow racing. So that is all weekend long for them. Also, it's a little 500 week at Anderson. So make sure you check that out,

one of the most prestigious sprint car races on pavement that happens each and every year, leading into, of course, Indy 500 weekend. As I'd mentioned, the World of Outlaw Late Models are at Sharon for a three-day show starting tonight. It's $6,000 to win, and then Saturday man a big paycheck on the line for some drivers. So you can watch all World of Outlaw case late model stuff on Dirt Vision. And as well tonight, Southern Super Series runs at Hickory Motor Speedway. And then, of course, you've got the USAC Sprint Car is at Circle City. This evening, you can watch all things USAC sprint cars, of course, Circle City, I believe right outside of Indy.

You can watch them on Flow Racing. So switching over to Friday now, you've got the World of Outlaw, Noss Energy sprint cars at Atomic on Friday and on Saturday. So a two-day show for them, and you can watch them on Dirt Vision. And then you've got the All-Stars at Port Royal on Friday. They were at Bridgeport on Thursday, and they will be a two-day show at Port Royal, Friday and Saturday. of course in the Pennsylvania area in, I said Mechanicsburg last year or last weekend. But that is not correct. Port Royal is not in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

All things, all stars, you can watch on Flow Racing. Then you've got the USAC sprint cars at IRP on Friday. And the Smart Modifieds are back in action at Franklin County. You can watch them, of course, on Flow Racing as well. And last but not least, you've got the NASCAR Willemodified Tour on Saturday. They are at Lee USA, which of course, is up north, and all NASCAR wheel and modified tour things can be watched on flow racing. But just to preview into next week a little bit, because there still is some midweek racing

happening. The World of Outlaw and Noss Energy Sprint cars go to Lawrenceburg on Monday. And then the High Limit Racing Series is back in action on Wednesday at Tri City, which is right outside of St. Louis, right outside of the Gateway area, kind of leading into the race weekend for NASCAR. NASCAR goes to Gateway next weekend. So they're really just kicking off. actually a full week of racing at Tri-City,

which we'll get into that next week on Short Track Insider because there'll be plenty of racing at Tri-City all weekend long. So again, guys, man, crazy to think May is coming to a close, but it's only just starting to kickstart the busy part of short-track racing. So plenty to watch all weekend long, no matter what discipline of a race fan. And I highly suggest and encourage you, you know, if you're a pavement late-model fan,

maybe try watching some dirt late-model racing, or if you're a late model fan in general, maybe try watching some sprint car racing and midgets because there's just so many great races happening this weekend in so many different ways to watch. So we'll have you covered next week, of course, and each and every week here on short track and feather. All right, so good job, Hannah.

It's awesome to hear about all the great things going on and grassroots racing and short track racing all across the country. And she does such a great job with that. Yes, she does. We're going to play a game. Guess the driver, but it's a little bit different. All right. And I've looked at the page, and I see the difference.

across the top we're going to have the team owners Michael Waltrip racing Stuart Haas Racing and Chip Gannasi Down the left side It says NASCAR Cup Series Sonoco rookie of the year and the

Coca-Cola 600 Yes So like a winner of the Coke 600 who drove for Gannasi Stuart Gannasi Stuart Gannasi I have no clue So you tell me

Yes so the driver raced for one of the race teams on the top and they won a championship one rookie of the year or won the Coke 600. So a driver's got to fit that criteria. I believe Dale won last time. Dale, you can go first. You control the board.

All right. That's my sound fix for my answer. Do a drum roll. Man. Is he on the timer? I think Michael Walter Pracing and the Coca-Cola 600 is going to be David Ruderman. Correct. Whoa. Whoa. Do you want to be X's or O's?

I just need to know for my score sheet here. I just put my name in there. All right. David Ruderman, bottom left, then, now it's too much. All right, so I can't use rudiment on anything else. No. Oh, that's so hard. I know. Hold up, hold on, hold on.

Let me ask a question real quick. Yes. So, like, is the driver did this thing in that car? No, no. He just ran for that race team. as well. And then he also was a rookie of the year. Oh, so he didn't have to win the 600 in Michael Waltrop's car. No, not necessarily.

No, not necessarily. No. I thought it would be too easy if I did it that way. Okay. Gotcha. So, okay. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you knew that, Mike. That opens it up a little bit. Right. Okay, can I just say Kevin Harvick for the middle one?

Stuart Haas Racing rookie of the year? That's correct. All right. That's Dale. I'm going to say Rookie of the Year and Michael Waltrop Racing is I just had it

Golly Brian Becker's No No No Ain't running rookie of the year I don't think so No 4

It was Casey Kane Okay Top left Cup Series Championship Michael Waltrip Racing Dale Jarrett How which I'm to say Top left Yes correct

So Mike Bottom right you can win unless I get it first That's the deal. Chip Ganassi Racing and the Coca-Cola 600. I'm going to say Jamie McMurray. Dang.

Correct. Chip Ganassi Racing Cup Series Championship Top right. Kyle Larson. That is correct. You guys are knocking this out before I can write up. So I can win if I get this middle bottle.

Oh, shit. I see that. I was going for my own way. Why? Because I didn't know. Because I was actually planning on getting that bottom right. You just took it from me. Oh, man.

Dang. I was... I'm not paying attention. All right. Oh, but he can't... Okay. You can't use the same driver twice. Yeah, you can't use Kevin Harvin.

No. Well, I guess it's to get this one right, and I know it's one of two. Tony Stewart. For Cox 600 and Stewart Haas Racing? The bottom room? No. Incorrect. Not bottom right.

Bottom middle, sorry. Bottom middle. Incorrect. Okay. Then Tony Stewart for the top center Cup Series Championship Stewart Haas Racing. Yes, correct. Winner.

No, you're not. Yeah, I am. Yes, he is, won the top. How? I got all the ones at the top. Oh, you did. I think the answer. See, the same thing, I wasn't looking at the bottom.

You were looking at the top. So was Kurt Bush to 600 for Stuart Hauss? Oh, yes. Him, Austin, Dillon, and Mark Martin also would have went there. Austin Dillon? Yes, he ran for Stuart Hoss and so of Mark. Austin Dillon ran for Stuart Haas? In that 14 when Stewart got hurt.

That's crazy. Mike you won. Good job, Mike. That was fun. I kind of like that one. A little different. A little different. To the wire.

Yeah. Down to the wire, Mike. Came down. Guess the driver. That was fast. It was. I'm actually. We were much better at that one.

Um, than most. I'm still looking at the board. I'm trying to figure out if Michael Waltrop Racing and rookie of the year, uh, would you be able to figure that one out? I have moved on. I have moved on.

Yeah, okay. I do not stick around for the loss. It was Brett Moffat, by the way. Brett Moffat. Oh, that was going to be.

I was like, he knows this. Wow. That's where the time was going to be made up in this, uh, episode. Come down to that. Bank on that.

This is sort of like the Wilksboro, uh, all star race where, you know, it could have been long, but it wasn't because we didn't have Brett Moffitt. This is an abbreviated show, but just want to tell everybody, man, we've got some pretty cool ideas coming down the road.

We've talked about it on the podcast before, and I'm only mentioning it now because I worked on it all day yesterday. All right, let's go ahead and say it. Oh, we're going to release the name and everything. Have we talked about the name? I'm looking at the adult in the room, Tiff Powers. Tiff says no. We haven't released the name.

So we should. Let's do something better with it. All right. I'm not announcing now. All right. So anyways, I've got this really cool podcast I'm working on, and Bobby Marcos and I are working on it together. And I'm actually, I don't think I've, I'm not how to say this the right way, but I've probably worked on this harder and been more involved in the creative on this than anything else I've done here with 30 Mo Media. Yes.

I would think that's right. I mean, lost speedways you were, but I, I tell you what, I mean, Lost Speedways, you relied on a lot of other people. We're relying on you for this one. Yeah. I mean, you are 100% carrying the load on this one. I can't wait to release this and show everybody what I'm working on. I think it's a freaking awesome idea, and I hope everybody enjoys it.

But we'll see. We'll see. It's one of those things. It's a risky take. Yeah, no, I think people will enjoy this. You think so? Okay. Absolutely.

All right. Absolutely. Well, it's something that's going to populate our Dale Jr. download time slot at certain parts of this of this season. So we're always, we love having guests. We love doing our dirty air segment and all that. But this is going to be kind of woven into into the year at certain parts. But I'm really excited about it. It's taking a lot of work. It's hard, it's hard to, it's really whatever you put in. Like I've, I wrote the first episode and then I've now rewrote it.

So it's kind of a... And I'm sure I could go back and rewrite it again if I wanted to, but at some point you've got to just put it out there. Anyways, that's going to be fun to see how everybody reacts to that. But anyways, until we can tell you what it is... Yeah.

We're going to put together some cool release video or something. What do y'all got in mind? That. We'll do something clever with it. We're doing a cool release video. Yep. All right. Until then, I hope y'all have a great weekend. We'll see you next week. back here again, same time, same place, but Coke 600.

Hope it's a great race. Everybody going out there to see the Xfinity or the Cup Cars run. JRM fan day today. Yeah, J.R.M. Fan Day. That's right. So hopefully we see some people out here. All kinds of people in town for Charlotte Race Weekend. And then the Indy 500, don't forget.

Yeah, have fun in Indy. 11 a.m. Eastern NBC and Peacock for the Indy 500, and that's where I'll be. I'll see y'all. All right. Check out Dirtymo Media. On Twitter, Facebook. TikTok and Instagram.