Hello beautiful people welcome to our humble about the Thunderdome on this next getting hit Thursday April 13th 2020 for the sports club and starts now It's in the air and I don't know if you can feel it at home But it is palpable here in the Thunderdome because one of our own is no longer gonna have a naked-ass left-ring finger Mm-hmm. No, no one of us that works in this Thunderdome has been with this company since the beginning and has been a friend of mine Literally since high school one of us is an Italian man that used to roam the streets of Pittsburgh for a generation after generation In generation we thought there was a chance this man was untamable thought he was gonna run wild. He's gonna be solo dolo forever Why then is Italian woman came into his life and they found love and what is love? Is it not this longing for togetherness and is that not the reason why you say I want to be with you forever?
That is real love and we're just a couple days away from celebrating it completely back in Pittsburgh for Nick congrats Thank you guys to con you've got he did not want us to say any of that But nope who would I be right if I didn't utilize my platform to embarrass the fucking shit out of Nick Sure because he doesn't like anything to be made about him doesn't like any attention at all this weekend all ass Yeah, oh no more odors. Okay. I think he's given a speech. Oh, okay.
He's given a speech. I do believe right aren't you given one? All eyes on Frank he's gonna look incredible. I believe the hair is gonna be Dynamic it's a big one and Nick we're proud you pal.
Thanks man. All right. We'll be on the bride That's the goal this week. Okay, but if I be a man I agree completely but you'll be right there You know what I mean two eyes two people that's right kind of learn of all the wedding photos from my wedding He was like certainly all the photos or of Sam, but I'm in every single one of them Just like dang it.
You look good. You look good. So remember that, you know, I was wrong you at all times I don't think I realized that because your eyes were on the bride. That's good advice.
Thank you Yeah, so just know that that's happening, you know cuz you're in every single photo It's a celebration of YouTube out if yours if your wedding as well not that Carly isn't obviously the incredible piece of this entire thing But the humans that are showing up at this wedding representing this particular Italian side. Oh, yeah This will be awesome. We're all gonna celebrate you dude. Thank you for doing what you're doing It's giving us an opportunity to have a legendary weekend back in Pittsburgh.
Yep one thing I won't do I'm not stopping at the casino. Why? No, I gotta have to okay You do say you're gonna say you're gonna do arena So this is what I do every time I get back to Pittsburgh which used to be much more often than it is now obviously married wife But you know about to give birth through our first baby So I don't get to get back business is out here families out here life is out here So I don't get to get back as much but every time I've gone back I've stopped at the casino rivers casino downtown before going and meeting anybody anywhere sure so drive across 70 the most boring drive of All-time across Ohio. It's the same fucking photo for five hours straight across straight.
It's really just straight as a arrow five hours That's all you gotta do get the rivers go in there. I have never won has to be over 90 times probably 100 times. I don't think that first walk in whatever I've ever won now through weekends You have up days and up nights at that casino, but inevitable you're gonna lose at that casino And I think this time I'm gonna be an adult. I got a baby on the way.
I'm not just going in there and losing no No, I'm going back to Pittsburgh to celebrate love. I'm not going back to go and go to the south side You know golf with the boys on the entire golf course. No, I'm not doing it. I'm celebrating love this weekend.
So I'm not even going to See Holy shit We do have a lot of time so what I think we got to stop by I guess breakfast I can't wait to get back to Pittsburgh these two men will be there to talk to table at Boston Conrad Taichman Connor's doing the wedding Yeah, okay Negotiating the way one half of the hammer down Cowboys tone dig has been doing cardio every single morning to go good in this particular Tops because he's it tone digs Connor's doing the wedding all blue. What do you mean? By who? By Nick and car oh yeah, what's up?
I don't disagree there. I'll move by though. I'm excited. Do you have this thing or to straight it?
Oh, yeah I wrote it a few weeks ago. I feel pretty good about it got some other eyes on it Alright, so you and have piece of paper in front of you? I'm thinking I'm gonna get a black book and I'm going to Bingo glue or staple words that I'm saying into it smart. That's like Jimmy Fallon's.
Thank you notes. Yeah. Yeah, yeah Boom already written there in there and he's just a reminder. That's brilliant by the way Yeah, I've seen him like this is smart.
This is a very smart idea big brains are over there So incredibly innovative you're doing that in the book and you told everybody's so kind of ruins K-Fate No, no, it's okay. I fit no matter what at some point. I was gonna say like I wasn't obviously wasn't just reading this off I thought my head what if you did memorize the whole thing and just fucking happy pretty sweet Yeah, I mean, there's no time I still could but really I'm thinking about and I kind of brought this to my attention is you know Maybe something goes wrong with the bottom half of my suit and I'm up there in Jim shorts and Jim shoes Yeah, cuz you're not packing anything else out of swim cuz why would you go that's not gonna go well for you? Call me.
Yeah, listen. I was all where I can't where I can't where I can't where I tank top already going in I was already given like some instructions. I don't know if you can be balls out at the wedding I think the appreciating job is in every photos. Oh my god right here.
Oh, yeah Yeah, I got a few of them. I'm gonna make sure if I see the camera guy About the pictures it's about the love right you're right. You're right. I'm just trying to remember for after You know I will be in some of the photos also on stage today's a man who will be with us at that wedding not in the wedding But they get us a gift for the wedding right?
Yeah A bunch of diamonds from tasia diamonds over there in the diamond district of New York shout out to pooch and a guard Oh, yeah, yeah, great shout out to 14 year NFL corner back Give you that was very cool of you. Let's dive into it. He's officiating the wedding honey feel about you're gonna be there I feel really good. I talked to Connor.
I didn't talk to him last night. I had got me a little risk But what I said we got talked to him about this. I think you're well prepared and I have my already I was told him the first thing first thing first is don't fuck up the names. Yeah, don't fuck up the name What you want to know you're good.
You know these people exactly. I'm not worried about the names You're not just getting hired as an outside independent party. No in the group. I'm part Yeah, exactly.
I know them both personally I'm in the group and really when I look at the whole thing It's only you know, it's three minutes of talking that I'm not just looking down reading what I thought about clap in their moments for a Pause for applause pop pop posits to like We'll see we'll see I'm not I'm not planning any pops any pops. I'm hoping there's one or two But I still don't know, you know that's the only toss up in the whole thing I don't know Nick are there any pops you think if you guys have any conversation about how many pop posits He should be scripting into his officiating of the wedding thing You know, I don't really think about it. That's kind of the comment depends on delivery I suppose exactly it all depends on how I say it and one of them is the debate about Nick and Frank You know, I still have to figure out what I'm gonna do. They let all the cats on the back true.
Sorry. I apologize I apologize I will say in some businesses where things are potentially scripted sure if you choose to go off script better be good Yeah, better to be better be good There's been some legendary moments in a lot of different businesses when you go off-screwing somebody would go off-script And then their career would take a complete change a trajectory north a rocket ship would be put on that particular person's back to the top And they'd have great success if you're gonna improv. Yeah, then there's also people that have done that it's been terrible in there Well, okay, yeah But like there's only one wedding exactly to fight anyone right you're not gonna be doing another one That's right. I'm probably never gonna be ordaining another buddy.
I think you should be pretty comfortable up there Yeah, I think you should take some liberties. I saw my wedding obviously Carly cares much more than Nick does I was soon because like how my wife was they have dreams of what these weddings are gonna be like Yeah, you know what I mean? So I was I get these signs there Yeah, part of the thing is thinking that maybe Zito instead of the black book I just have to see kneel down in the middle of the aisle with cards I'll think right now about how much panic and alarm is going through the bride side of the wedding. Oh, yeah I'm going to come say so there's something next to yeah because he knows yes to yeah, but we are a few weeks ago I mean the bride's mother actually did tell me like hey I don't care what you do up there just don't fuck this up for my daughter, okay?
Well, that's but how that is such a broad thing That's like a conduct detrimental to the team. Yeah, they put that contract and it's like oh this tweet is detrimental to the team It's like how how it gave motivation how I was making fun of myself Well, just because it was you're fine this that may or may not have happened to me a few times those tweets might still be on the internet And we're never gonna get deleted ever because they were completely wrong But don't fuck this up is a pretty wide net like you know, there's a lot of different ways to fuck something up. Yeah That's not pressure on your shoulders now. I We're going for you.
Yeah, let's run a good show up I celebrate love right foxy. Yes, sir. Actually, you know in high school college I filmed a lot of weddings So my advice to Connor would be to really make it about yourself. That's why everyone's there You got a quick five ten minutes to crack some jokes.
Okay, everyone laughing good vibes And then yeah, they're getting married cool, but this is your moment Yeah, and when you because when we're sitting in there, we're trying to settle in two Yeah, you just get right to the business like some of us might miss it, you know Some of us might not know what's going on here. We want the ties wedding that was a show. Oh, yeah I was a beast. Hey, that was a show.
We were kind of in the back so we got a chance to enjoy more I think people up front not as Comfortable giving reactions, okay, but for us we got that was a fucking awesome wedding in the in the place that it was where was it was George what no, yeah, George Washington used to worship there So we walked into this place ties get married up into England in a town that just stacked on top of each other Speaking of Watertown four square miles 40,000 residents. That was where the Boston bombing That documentary really really awesome. I really awesome on Netflix right now. It's three part series So that's my first time in that area.
We drove across a bridge going into this town It was like oh, I'm back in like the 1300s right now And then we go to that church and in a performance was there it was a smashing success the venue We're getting married at is like an incredible Pittsburgh venue. I mean, it's gonna be like an incredible thing. Yeah, it should be pretty sick It's incredible architectural feet. Let's go are we standing in the way that are we standing near you?
Yes, yeah, there's different ways to do that. I've been to things where they're sitting down me too I don't want people standing Catholic, so we're flanking you exactly Wow. Yeah, I'm Jacked up about it. I'm free feet from you four feet Yeah, five feet.
Uh-huh. Oh, yeah, I'm looking straight and right, you know, I don't need to look left at any point to us Yeah, I do not need to do it. I We're gonna crush it. Hey, we can't wait to celebrate you Sorry, thank you.
We pumped up. Can't wait for you guys all to experience the city and the love yeah I'm pumped to go home also. Let's think about the Michael Scott thing that we showed you before maybe jumping gun on introducing the pride and You know new husband Nick before they kiss so I I'm not an office fan I do I am a fan of it. Yeah, I have never sat down and just watched it There's people that have watched every episode numerous times.
I'm not that person my wife is though Just saw Michael Scott crush. I'm a wedding the earlier for the first time. Oh, man. That was correct.
Let's not do that No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, there's a big day huge day very excited already I already had all this on the foxy said foxy line. No, I know that foxy's got no idea I already know like the points in it for instance when they kiss. I know hey look I have a couple more lines, but I need to step away somebody can get some good photos of just them too smart Yeah, I have those points. So Bob Kavoy already from Bob and Tom.
Oh, yeah, they mean Sam's wedding he crushed He was incredible and he was no he was no quick five. He was to the script. He was doing it. Yeah in the way What did it was very deep in his sweet dress up bulk out?
Oh, yeah, we love you ball Alright, let's dive into some news that has happened around the NFL and I mean Nick in marriage pretty big news He was huge. Oh, yeah, we're off tomorrow. Yeah. Oh, that's right.
Yeah, I delayed that until 16 minutes in I didn't want to say it. I don't love it, but it has to happen. This is a holiday. Oh, yeah What's happening with Nick is an absolute fucking holiday and I am pumped about it Whatever you need from us Nick, you know, you got us for the next few days and for the rest of your life fell Okay, thank you guys.
You're too kind. All right. Let's start Charles Robinson of y'all who sport Yeah, okay Charles Robinson who is y'all who sport. Yeah the face of it.
Okay. We know that because he's been on the program numerous time friend of the Program. Yes, Charles Robinson is now reporting and I did this on wah and yeah, yeah, we'll be in touch We'll be in touch which is a sports show. Yeah, I don't know if it's Green Bay or if it's Milwaukee But I used to play tackle for the Packers.
So it's a Packers radius Charles Robinson who's an insider for y'all who sports and is y'all Who sports said on that one that basically there was already a deal made it was already done a 2023 second 2024 guaranteed first and you're willing to give something back in 2025 and the Jets don't want it Why because Aaron Rogers said that he was potentially thinking about retiring and that kind of scared Woody Johnson and now They're trying to figure out what the future things are. Yeah, so that's an interesting thing that Charles Robinson breaks that news Because if what he Johnson did not know that information after spending what an 11 hour. Yep, tripping, California That is house whenever I believe there was great vibes were said by all people So if what he doesn't know that after that meeting and then they still are in the middle of negotia That's interesting. That's an interesting little wrinkle I think in the entire conversation between Aaron and Woody and Aaron in the meeting that he sat with the Jets and what Aaron has said to the Jets that Aaron would come on this show and say that he was 90% retired 10% back Whenever he went into the darkness then while in the darkness we think not 100% sure while you're stripping balls like Queens gambit Yeah, right He said if I can find another motivation, I'm gonna keep going I think he was looking for it He was also thinking that he was gonna maybe go back to the Packers the Packers basically told him before he went in the darkness Take your time however much time you need then we got out of the darkness Yes a hole in the ground in Oregon that had very nice facilities Yeah, but absolutely no like he said the tone had changed They said we're basically moving on to Jordan love we will figure out something to do with you and boom That was the chip on his shoulder and he was back and running pretty much That's kind of how I took the conversation I don't know what that is But if he was to come on the show and say that and didn't tell what do you that or any of these conversations whenever they read That is house in California when he took the jet what he Johnson bazillionaire owner of a few companies one that Yeah, he certainly have a interest busy human I think we could probably assume So if he's not busy that means he's just completely retired not to touch and doesn't do anything Right, so to take the time to fly and go meet with Aaron talk there and have a full day together You know each other might have one in a hole then we fall we put a black out curtains around the whole house Yep, we don't I waska maybe they ship some tea not saying what he would do that I think Floyd who knows what they did if he was learning that on our program and not from those conversations I see that's an issue right time.
I would say that would probably be a little bit of an issue Yeah, for sure and that was I mean like everything else aside That was kind of my biggest takeaway from reading this whole thing was like holy shit When he was on the show like you know everyone was like why are we still talking about this guy like everyone was locked in Pins and needles about what he was gonna say and apparently like a lot of people legitimately had no idea What he was gonna say like to think that the owner of the Jets was learning this shit the same time that we were is Fascinating and wild certainly fascinating if this is really what's going on right now now Trey We can go ahead the information about what he Johnson flying to Aaron Rogers before anybody else So I assume he has pretty good connections over there greenburg right one of the loud He's in two all-fames. I assume he has some good ones So if they knew that as well I wonder what their feelings are on either why they didn't release it or if they have a little bit of worries about maybe this deal Getting done whenever everybody was just leaning to believe that it was certainly getting done. What are your thoughts on the pack man? I don't know if I trust this resource.
Whoa, okay The show Greenie Man for the just fireman at first of all hold right well fireman at it. Whoa when they're good Yeah, he's been killed a couple times now, but fireman when they're good fireman at What are they do who got the Pokemon Gary Vee Gary Vee? Yeah, you got the Pokemon Yeah, yeah, so like how all of a sudden you get this valuable information. I don't know a lot of the guys You know just listen and listen he did say V friends is his Pokemon.
He did I do like the fact that you remember that Oh this guy thinks he created the next Pokemon incredible business. Yeah, if V friends becomes the next Pokemon Oh, yeah, I love it. I love it because as soon as he said that that was my first thought to like oh, okay So that's how he's viewing different that is potential massive business for that fucking guy You took it same way hysterical you're right though Well a lot of us are confused on how but Robinson's been inside for a long time Where's it y'all who sports like saying you worked at my space. Yeah, he's been around a long time He's been in game long time over there.
Y'all who maybe what he did find out when he was on here about 90% because if they went If they flew out to Aaron's house and Aaron opened the door because like guys I appreciate you flying out here But I thought he would let off with like hey, I'm 90% retired. So what were they doing there for the other 10 hours? Well, that's what we're kind of saying we got to pivot away from this I'm sure we'll dive back into it whenever AJ Hawk joins us in about 38 minutes because AJ would know all of this Well, he knows he knows and remember he's withholding information. You know what I mean?
Oh, yeah, I'm fine when he's speaking What he's saying well, that's already out there. Isn't it? That means okay, so he feels okay, right? Saying this more people as it's already out there.
It's not in breaking news He sits in a spot where he doesn't so I'll be excited here What his thoughts are on the potential development that woody Johnson did not know that Aaron was close or contemplating retirement whenever He was don't in that dark hole out there in Oregon fascinating stuff joining us now And whenever I say fascinating I only say that because the sport is so goddamn exhilarated Yeah, when you're talking about way back in the day moon Shiner's going prohibition air They would have to outrun some fucking cops because they wanted to spread the happiness of booze around to different states and south and other places Those cars being so souped up so goddamn powerful with though Then go on to become a racing series in these fucking cars will go 200 miles an hour They would go in circles. They would go on road courses and hundreds of thousands of people were getting incredibly intoxicated while watching and screaming their fucking lungs up Ladies and gentlemen, that's where the NASCAR has great that has returned That's right announcing on his Twitter this morning a six week hiatus is done from an accident while snowboarding ladies and gentlemen the 2020 season champion J. Silly Hey sweet mustache First things first is that how it normally look is that what you normally are do you have the five o'clock shadow with it? Kind of just looking super cool.
Yeah, no, I like it's a little trashy, so it's good We're we're headed in might as well come in with splash this weekend. So I'm ready. Okay, so you're back six weeks away So how long it's been? Yeah, I've been six six weeks.
So it's yeah the first four were pretty slow last couple gone by a little quicker I was I was cute. I watched a lot of the stuff on this the Aaron Rodgers topic. It's funny. I tuned in you guys are talking about that So crazy stuff going on.
Where's he gonna land? Well, that's interesting. I mean we should be talking about your massive comeback for NASCAR Which by the way race this weekend Martinsville Sunday 3 p.m. Eastern on Fox Sports one nine is back in the race We can't wait to watch that.
Do you feel like is there drivers rust or anything like that? Uh six weeks away or you playing on simulators? What are you doing? Why you can't really work out because of the injury?
What was the injury? Yeah, it was a couple fractures on the top of my tibia So it was really more around my around my knee than it was I guess my lower leg, but hey, I'm not a doctor Tibia's this one Tibia's that one. Yeah, holy shit. That's pretty powerful.
Right? Like shit. I see people on Saturday nights. They just bang them off of each other's rights.
You know any UFC Just bang bang bang. That's powerful. It didn't look like those guys. You know those guys they hit a good kick And they've seen them breaking in half.
So unfortunately it wasn't like that. So it was it could have been a lot worse Okay, I'd be incredibly painful though. What happened where we want to we want a pipe where we we jumping where we just on some fresh Pow, what were we doing? No, I wish I would I told listen I've told this to my close friends and obviously I'll tell you guys too, but I do not have a cool story for this.
I was not in the park. I was not in the pipe It was just yeah, it was just a perfect storm I need to side that that was the ball game that day so damn went down down for the count We'll start to hear about that happy you're back Are we gonna take anything from this going forward because NASCAR obviously incredibly pumped that you're back the world of the sport is much better Whenever you're in it, are you are we never snowboard again or what are we thinking about? No, I don't I don't think I'm gonna hang it up forever. I think you got it.
I think you got it right So I just obviously I hate that it happened, but I've been I've been doing that for a long time Vincent I've worn a lot over the years so I You could you could trip and fall walking up the stairs and be out this weekend So I think you have to live your life and you got to you got to take a step out from from this world I mean it can consume you a lot of different ways So and I think that would go for a lot of sports really So I think you have to have that disconnect and snowboarding certainly one of those for me and I don't anticipate me skipping that Because of all this it's unfortunate, but we'll we're on the back and now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel So a lot of season left which is good. Oh, yeah, we're pumped that you're back there. How long you've been driving hold on? Pretty much my whole life I started racing go cars and stuff when I was about eight so yeah, it's you know much like anything and And probably more so nowadays as we seen with other sports to you know Get start this stuff so young and if you don't you can easily get behind and you just develop those skills And you learn these little things here and there probably when you don't even realize you're learning them at a young age So yeah, I've been driving for a long time.
I've enjoyed it. It's been a fun. It's been a fun road Obviously nowadays. It's pretty serious on on the cup side But yeah, I enjoy it and gonna ride away as long as I'm having well You're just beating everybody whenever you're at your zone through high school Did you know that you're gonna be a professional racer because I think it's just like the standard thing right?
And I'm an Indianapolis, so it's a little bit different with IndyCar But like very young people are racing we there's a couple go-kart tracks here where you can go and these carts are moving Oh, yeah, I use are like 35 I want to say like 40 mile an hour carts while you're flying around like other places have you know go-karts and bumper cars and things like that Here, it's like you see families with their kids training like you're you're it's open track time almost and I'm in there That is a small tiny that is a small cockpit you guys are operating in and I'm getting like Burn from the seat belt here and then there'll be some six-year-old or seven-year-old just bumping me out of the way like racing Just absolutely crushing it. Have you been like that your whole life is your family in racing? Did your did your parents build the carts that you were driving because I think I've seen a couple of those documentaries as well And did you know you're gonna be a professional driver? Yeah, I know you're it's interesting.
I Especially being up around Indy. I mean certainly kids are racing go-karts that are really really young age and it was no different for Hey, they're good though. They're good though. These little fuckers are good.
Oh, yeah, I mean They're a problem dude. They're an actual problem It's super impressive and and you see that across all forms of different types of racing I mean as you go across the United States that there's different parts of the country that have more Dominant racing series and different areas and most of the time it really depends on where you grow up is to where and what path you choose To go race like you know dirt racing might be really really big in a certain part of the United States And then to your point right there and Indy you have a little bit of both right? You have the Indy car world and they have some asphalt tracks that kids can go race on I also have a lot of dirt racing up around your area too So it depends on where you're from but for me Yeah, I was I'm from Georgia my dad race for a long time So certainly certainly been around it my whole life and where I lived It was you know a certain type of car and series that was popular and typically that popularity Brings the most competitive field and you want to be challenged you want to find that competitiveness in your region So everybody's passed a little different, but yeah mine fortunately worked out and is able to at least you know Make a job out of it now make a job you're coming back and they're fucking celebrating about you did it Yeah, you did it your champion, but you're a top your highest level you did it. I don't know you snowboard You're obviously naturally a race car driver So you're you know a little bit somewhere in there right?
When the fights happen in NASCAR here. I love it. I think your fans probably love it What is what is the stance from the league? I guess on fighting and what are your thoughts on it and how much do you try to avoid that because it's always it?
We love it, but it always looks bad for both parties both parties and I'm getting blamed for it immediately So it's not a fun thing. I don't think for you guys, but we love watching it happen What is NASCAR stance on it and what are your thoughts about it? Yeah, look it definitely is exciting And I think people people love it and it gets people talking which is a good thing from a competitor standpoint I do think there is a like I get it. You know everybody wants to fight and crash and all that stuff especially people don't follow racing or have Much we don't want you to crash bro.
We wish that you were on a half-fight with us Orton did a fucking make twisty. Yeah, we want you to do great I'm with you But you know it definitely is it is one of those things where people enjoy seeing it But from a competitor standpoint I do think there is a point that it becomes a distraction for you and your team to go perform well And that's that's just life right when you're not when you're not thinking about what you need to be thinking about on the weekends It's gonna eventually have an impact on your performance. So the little things somewhere. Oh, you're saying the little things lead to big things Ah professional sports.
Oh, you guys are athletes Listen, I've never been one to claim to be an athlete. I don't think I'm very athletic, but it's uh, it's interesting That's the whole other debate because you're competing it does take dexterity. There is a skill that you can practice and become better It's craft, but there's no real points to be scored. So it's I was upon us on the bottom realm You know what I mean of professional athletes and things like that would say I'm right there with you Okay, I'm right there with you.
Okay, okay. Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, you play a pickle ball. I've never played pickle ball I'm gonna beat the fuck out of the NASCAR drivers But but but snowboarding I can't stand up so that's athletic Yeah, you know what I mean like there is I assume you're an athlete and you're right Athletes are probably ever drive better than the non athletes that are driving if I had to guess if I had competitive juices and things like that You think that or no? Man, you if you saw some of the field and watch them dribble basketball you would potentially change your mind It's bad, huh?
Some of them some of them are bad. I would like to think I'm not the most least athletic in the field But I wouldn't say I'm the most either, but yeah, man Yeah, but on the flip side of that on the flip side of that there's a lot of people that can dribble basketballs really well You know like do like but if they had to sit there for three hours three and a half hours How long these fuck races are and then just one slight boom out and potentially in some deep shit? Yes, there's a little bit of a difference conversation there depending upon how you judge an athlete so you guys don't piss in the suit anymore I heard there's like new science and how long is this Martinsville race? Are you worried about how long it is and how much weight do you lose?
Yeah, you know, I've never it took really good question I've actually been asked that a few times here lately and I need to weigh myself in the summer I would say my guests would be like five pounds or so I don't have a great number, but that's the biggest thing I feel like with racing is it just the environment is super uncomfortable It's very hot in the car and you're certainly there for a long time You don't have a lot outside here moving around so that physically I think that's the toughest part that probably doesn't get Understood enough. I guess from a physical aspect But yeah, you know it's one of those things that the more you do it I think you have to nail on that is a craft right and it's it's a very unique craft at that It's not one that you can go to the sporting good sword and pick a race car and go practice So it makes it difficult that to answer your question about Martinsville Yeah, it's 400 laps, which you know typically the Martinsville races have been 500 in the past So I'm glad that I'm glad baseball strategy. Yeah, yeah, take a hundred off Yeah, we're trying to try to cut down that TV time as y'all know TV runs everything so yeah I think it's gonna be tough for sure. I'd be lying if I didn't think it was gonna be tough But I have been Chevrolet has a simulator we can get in there and kind of practice some of these things Is that real is that how real is that if I can simulator why be able to tell if I can fucking cut it or not by hitting the apex of the turns I'm glad I'm based going for Right here.
You know what I mean? Just the fact that you knew what an apex was is kind of impressive Thank you, you're already off to a good start. Thank you and I'm getting your marbles You know what I mean? I'm I'm a driver out there, but I think I'm too big.
I think I'm too big Is that it's not real though because you can't feel because I guess there's something to people that can go above 180 Be like a below 180. I think there's like a cut off some people can handle it some people can't is that real? You know the speed actually I think you become super accustomed to the speed It's like I tell a lot of people's like going down the highway when you're going when you're going 80 and everybody's Realistic 5 don't be a fucking asshole. Yeah, yeah depends on where you live right?
Oh, yeah, right 70 70 you're on on the interstate here, and then you know the speed limit 75 obviously you're going to be 85 to 80 Yeah, so you know comfortably at 80 Yeah, then at that point it's everyone's going the same speed and it's very much the same for us I do feel like there is a sense of for a while There's probably a thrill in the speed but then after you kind of get used to that I don't think that that's much of a thought and it's more just about the you know beating the next guy the competition aspect of it It's not so much I would say most any NASCAR driver would tell you or any race car driver in general would tell you that the speed is not It's not a thrill anymore. I mean it's not it's not really exciting. I think you get I watched I watched his documentary on Mark Leclerc He was this guy that was just climbing like the peaks of the highest mountains in the world And he was just doing with no strings on on this ice pick and then also the other guy that had documentary was the foul tunnel How it's honed like these I watched one of those which one the outside on the climbing one I it was one of the ones that was on Netflix. I can't remember the name free so but hey That might have been it I mean they ended up I assume he passed away like he was on a trip and look clear Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what that's called.
Yeah, the alpinist is what that was going Yeah, that one came after free solo who had a lot of yeah, Alex on was interviewed in the alpinist And he won like an Oscar for them They won like a something for it It was but watching those humans operate like oh they have no fear Do you feel like you're one of those types of people because no I think it's very different I don't think you're gonna find me free climbing of icy canyon Definitely soft that's hono there. You gotta be you have to be a little messed up. I think to find that fun, right? I mean, well, that's I think they have they don't have the thing.
Yeah, the fear fear complex or whatever. Yeah, so the only way they can really feel anything Is like to be very close. It's like I feel like they have no feeling so it's like something in their brain is off a little bit That's why I wonder with you guys you're strapping yourself to rockets pretty much and flying around like this far from each other with things That happened in the past. I think it's incredible, you know admirable trait to be able to just say fuck it and go do it So I think you're a little fucked up too pal I mean, I'm in a good way in a good way in a good way.
That's compliment obviously you heard the way I delivered it If you're to write that out though, I would not be and then I could potentially end up in a lawsuit, you know, that's right That's happened before this particular office back. Hey, that's right. That's right. That's right.
You know the deal You know exactly the deal. Yeah, yes, I do. Pac-Man has a question for it. Chase, how did you say earlier?
The speed is not really what you looking at around the track. We're into speed and We got a good car collection. When you offer the track what your car collection look like what you driving on the day-to-day Basically and when you want to step up the speed off the track what you drive it That's a great question and this is not probably the norm I think there are some guys that collect cars. I've just never been a car collector I don't really have a collection of cars that the driving aspect and the racing has been my fix that's been my speed fix forever I've never really needed anything else.
You're driving me down there. Chase, you're driving me down. Yeah, if Chevrolet sold a nice minivan, I can sit there. I think they do.
I do. I just like Sadam's had one. He was calling into our chauffeur. I think they got the full Yeah, the whole thing.
I think there's a lot of fun. Yeah, it's I think it's a ton of the Tahos in a minivan. Oh, you got any Tahos in a new minivan? What are you family like?
I should have looked into this. What's your family life? You're looking at it right now. Yeah, yeah.
Hey, how old are you? 27. Congrats out there, bro. Live your life.
No, yeah. Thank you guys. I couldn't even imagine what it's like for you to think about it. Did you expect the reaction that you were coming back?
I guess. We should have known this. We don't follow NASCAR as closely. You know, I know a couple people over in that world.
We've backed up cocktails, cobblush a few different times have turned on races have watched races have been interesting, but don't follow the sport as closely as like other sports. Did you expect reaction of your comeback to be as big as it feels like people are fucking pumped? Chase, you're a dog, dude. Yeah.
Yeah, people are probably more excited than I would be coming back, you know, on the outside looking in. But they've been, they've been great. And just being, you know, being back in the shop the last couple days. And I've been removed from from a lot of those activities and just being around your peers and your teammates and you know, you go to we go to battle every weekend for 38 weeks a year.
Right? It's, you know, it is a lot of time on the road and these guys become your family. So when you get back and you hear people say, man, we're excited to have you back. We're looking forward, you know, getting you back in the car like that stuff's really cool.
And that's been, that's been really nice. And the fans have been great. And they've been super supportive too. And I hope I hope we can put on a good show and get back on this weekend and have a good run.
It's going to be it's going to be tough, but I'm looking forward to get back on the road. Is this racetrack your style of racetrack? Is this a good one? It has been good to us in the past.
We we won there in 2020. So that was a good that was a good run for us. We were okay there last season. And this is the first time that the series has gone there this year.
So we'll see. It's going to be interesting. Let's go. Yeah.
Let's get it up. And then when you're doing that burnout, you know, you're feeling so cool. Oh, afterwards, how cool was it? You just feel like the coolest human alive whenever you're doing that in the middle of somebody's track.
Like, yeah, clean up is rubber for the next year. I'm going to fucking go ahead and let I conquered this. This track is that is the feeling of that. Yeah.
Absolutely. That is your time. You have earned. You've earned your right to tear up the.
Grass or the the pavement or whatever as much as you want. You earned that. You earned that right. So yeah, pretty much you're right.
And if it wasn't you, if somebody else won, they be proven right in your face. That's right. That works. You're a drifter.
You're the drifter. We get figure eight. So what do we do? Straight circles.
What are we doing? Not by trade. You know, but yeah, I'd like to switch it off. I mean, you know, sometimes.
There's an avenue. Yeah, there it is. There she is. Be the old be the old one to that day.
That was good. It's always good when you beat your buddy, right? Oh, yeah. Anytime you beat your friend, he runs second.
We always like to remind each other that. Yeah. No, it totally depends. But I wouldn't say I'm a drifter by trade, but I can make it work.
One I need to drink afterwards. Obviously get five pounds worth of water back in you depending on the tracker drinking something that they have. We haven't any any beers. Ever celebration.
We whiskey fan. Well, considering I'm sitting here at a Coca Cola shoot fixing to take pictures for Coca Cola. Oh my God, those are so good. Coke zero.
Coke. So smooth. Yeah, I better plug them. But you know, the Coke then leads to extra regular activity.
Coke then then. Yeah, Coca Cola. Talk about Coca Cola just because, you know, someone whenever they're dropping that in the commercials best Coke ever. All right.
I've heard so many people say that in parties in bathrooms, in stalls right next to me. I don't know if that's possible. We've all heard it. Coca Cola.
Don't be assholes on the internet. Ty has a question for you, Chase. Chase, I think most like casual NASCAR fans or people who don't really watch at all. One of the issues is how much parody there is.
Like there's been so few guys. I mean, you got, you know, obviously the Intimidator. I got him right here. I just remind me every day.
But you got guys like him and then, you know, Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Gordon, guys like that, who kind of transcended the sport. But now it seems like, you know, while a lot of people know you guys, like someone news winning almost every weekend, do you think they're going to, you guys are going to get to a point where someone kind of transcends the sport again? And it's like very clear, clearly obvious. Like, oh, this guy's head and shoulders better than everybody else.
Yeah, that's a really good question. And I honestly think the answer to that is no. And I think that's because every time we have a new rule change and we have this new car come out that, you know, has tried to level the playing field, the more you level playing field, the harder it's going to be to be different. And the reason those guys were such icons is because they were different over the years.
They were very good race car drivers and they also have very good equipment to drive. And those two things combined at the right time led to their dominance. And I think right now the cars are becoming so much the same that it's becoming very difficult for drivers to be different. And the harder it is for us to be different, the harder it's going to be to pass up through the field and do all those things and really dominate.
So yes, I think there's going to be, you know, time periods where a guy might go on a hot streak and win two or three races in a month or in two months. But those consecutive championships that we saw out of Jimmy and seven championships from Dale and Richard and those guys, I think that's going to be really hard to do. And especially in a short period of time, just because the more the cars are so close, there's so many good drivers that it's just, it's going to continue to be more and more challenging to do that. Great question, though.
But I think the answer is no. OK, time brings up a great point. A lot of engineers, right? That's the big thing in IndyCar.
Like who has the best team? Almost the engineers, the brains behind it? That can kind of cook everything. And I think they're trying to gain just a little bit of an edge.
You guys doing the same thing with NASCAR? As I assume the engineers are very important to that whole process. And what type of rules have they added that have made the cars like so similar? It's a limit on how many horsepower it's a build of the car.
What are those types of things that you think affect at all? If you any part on the car that you can see, there's a rule that is surrounded it. And that's anything from how the engines are built to how the bodies look. Hey, because people were, hey, hold on though, because there were some real geniuses that were able to put together some engines.
Definitely there. Everybody else. Tim Allen out there in the garage, put together his hot rod. There's other people that do that.
They do it different ways and they find out little tricks and they steal some horsepower. That was like a weapon that teams used to have, right? And now it's kind of, they kind of get rid of all that? It totally was.
And there were guys that really changed the game over the years. And different areas in engine building was certainly one of them. But yeah, now there's just so many specs and rules that all these parts and pieces have to abide by and be built by. That it lanes you in a very similar position car car.
And also at the same time, it makes what might have seemed like a very small advantage 10 or 15 years ago. The tiniest of advantages now shows a bigger difference on track than it used to because of the similarities. So it's just, it's just changed. And as time has gone on, I think everyone kind of knows what it, what they want to make their car go faster.
Like what those magic knobs are to make it, make it quicker. It's just a matter of finding a way to do that. And that process is becoming more and more. So what is it?
What's the advantage? And it's like strategy, wheelbase, pit stops, driving? Like what are the advantages? Because it seems like if everybody has the same weapon, so like if every quarterback can throw the exact same ball.
Then like how do you make the, because that's what the car is right? They're all pretty much the exact name. What are the what are the little advantages that like good strategy, I guess is the biggest part of it? Yeah, strategy is a huge piece of it stops.
That's I don't think gas that type of shit. Yeah, you do need gas to make it to the end. Yeah, but when don't some people roll the dice go a little bit longer than other people in different positions? Like is that's how you gain the advantage, I guess?
It is. It is. And certainly from a driving standpoint, you can still find advantages driving. And you're just you're trying to push that limit just a little further than the next guy.
But yes, strategy plays a huge role in the races and when to pit, when to put on tires, all those things and it changes throughout an event too. But aerodynamic advantages over the years have become king. Arrow is something that's talked about every weekend and how the bodies are built, how they're manufactured, finding advantages on the body of the car to manipulate the way the air flows is the probably the biggest piece of the puzzle, I would say. Aerodynamics matters, why I used to shape my right leg, you know, for when I was planning this.
Yeah, I heard the wind smoother. Yeah. Actually, I got that big fan and put some color in it. Just like they do in those car commercials.
And I just swung my leg a bunch of times left like out of the wind right like in the wind, because that's only one of matters. And I found out that if I shave the outside three quarters, whoa, just like putting on a Lambo. So that's what I did work for me. So you know, I guess aerodynamics working everything, Chase.
And that certainly makes sense when you're talking about racing cars. Tongue dudes has a question. Speaking of strategy, I feel like every race that I've seen over the last couple of years, like two laps left, the person in first is getting passed by second and third because they're drafting with each other. Like is that strategy there that like does anyone want to be in the lead with two laps left or is that like a position you want to be in or you rather be chasing in second or behind?
I mean, depends on the track that you're racing at. It sounds like you've been watching Daytona or Talladega. So if you're if you're leading those races, there's two pieces, two strategies sides to that. One to be leading is obviously a good thing.
If the race runs around to the checkered flag, you probably don't want to be leading. I do think the guy in second has a good advantage. The problem with that is if someone wrecks between the start finish line of the last, you know, the start of the last lap and then by the time you get back around the race ends. Hey, why don't you guys stop doing that, Reckon?
Hey, I understand. I've been voting for that for a long time and it just doesn't work. How do I don't know how you guys avoid some of those? Yeah, there's some like highlights.
Yeah, there's some close calls. No, just cars that going over and like you can't as you're watching at home, you're like, holy shit. And then he showed like a a sky cam and it's like you literally just squeaked by with like a eighth of an inch. Yeah.
And if not, your car's potentially going into a full it's been it is what you sign up to do. And what you all sign up to do is actually bananas. I mean, it is a real thing. Connor has a question for you, Jason.
We'll let you go. Obviously, a very important day. Nines back, man. Yeah.
Times back with a cool mustache. Yeah, yeah. Chase, I assume you probably saw some of these shows on Netflix like full swing and breaking point. Obviously the formula one show has ever been a conversation amongst you and the peers like, Hey, to get more eyes on this, what if we did some sort of show and kind of follow each driver throughout the season?
Yeah, they we've kind of done a form of that, but definitely would love to see it on an Netflix level. You know, I think what what drive has survived it for F1 really led to full swing, right? And you think about it, that was such a hit that that was what led to them doing it with the golfing with the golf guys. But yeah, I think I think it would be a huge home run if they could sell that and pitch that to Netflix, you know, that's such a great platform.
And I know you know, cool dudes over there. Cool dudes. Where now? NASCAR.
Oh, I mean, some of them are okay. I hope they're okay. But I guess your question. Yeah, I think it would be really good.
And it would just tell the story more. I think that's what it did for F1, right? Is there such a story behind what goes on every week that you would have never known by just watching a race? And they have some great characters to write, you know, those personalities of those guys made that thing special.
So I think it'd be cool if they can get on that type of platform. I think it'd be a big deal. We'd love to watch your episode, sounds like you're an absolute legend. Congrats on the quick recovery from something that sounds devastating.
Congrats on coming back. And let's go go to win Martinsville. Hey, how about this? You go ahead and win that thing.
Should we do top three? Got to win it. First race back. First race back.
Top three is a big deal though. Imagine if he comes to second his friend wins too. Yeah. Oh, I thought that would be a bummer for sure.
You don't want to come. We're not talking about stage one stage too. We're talking about that. I don't like that real change.
We're talking about the whole other. Yeah. How do you feel? Is that on every race the stage thing?
Oh, yeah. We got stages every week. You want to win stage three for me? For me points don't matter now.
I'm so far out. So the win is the only option for us. If you're not first, you're last. Oh, yeah.
With that being said, you get first this weekend. We'll give a hundred thousand dollars to a charity of your choice. The world is better that you're back in the NASCAR seat. We can't thank you enough for joining us today, brother.
Yeah. Thank you guys so much. Enjoy your show and best of luck leading into the upcoming football season and all the offseason shenanigans going on. Well, the lawsuit you can say good luck with the lawsuit if you want.
Or that. Ladies and gentlemen, 2020 champion of NASCAR. Chase Elliott. Yeah.
I got the man. Great stash. Great stash. And you say like, keep a little trashy.
Yeah, with the shadow. Like from Georgia, his dad, should have done research. It's on me. That hosting is that NASCAR legend, like 50 years race or something.
Really? I believe who? Bill Elliott. I don't remember when we'll use the fucking spin.
Yeah. Yeah. Running with Bobby LeBani and the boys. Yeah.
Martin used to have the fucking pool. They go at it. Every once in a while, just pop on a race and I'll start watching it. And you can turn it on to the part that's incredibly boring where they're just no matter what the race is.
I've tried F1, Indy car. I think it's the same. NASCAR. Same thing.
Racing as a whole as a sport. You turn it on and there's nothing going on. It is tough. Okay.
You watch his four straight laps of nothing happening. And they're just like, Oh, he's going for a pit. It's like, I feel like I'm watching practice right now. They're taking some hot laps around there.
I don't want to sound like I don't want to sound like a rude or anything. But yeah, but if you turn on and there's some fucking real racing going on and some action and you just so happen to get maybe a yellow or I mean, there's some real start maybe coming back out. Yeah. I'm watching the Supertrex fucking Daytona.
Tall day. Tall day. He knew you said that you didn't like the way these stages are changing everything. Second place you're probably going to win.
First place to set up. I mean, start the race. You finished the race. What are we fucking restarting six times?
Dr. Diggs loved. Oh, yeah. That was their tradition.
Because you know, I was they had me when they were younger. So they would go on party on Saturday night and then they would take naps on Sunday and sit me in front of the TV and watch the cars go around and serve them. Well, nine's back. It's in your blood.
That's back. That is the thing about racing too. Like the best part of it sometimes is when they're in the cities, like when they're doing those F1 in whatever whatever whatever. Any part was in Nashville, I think?
Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And they had like the track on some streets, right?
That's sweet. Yeah. That's unbelievable. Yeah.
That's cool. That's what this one does Miami Vegas. That's very famous. I think they do.
They have a track there. Oh, okay. Yeah. I just can't do it.
I'd love to. What's your problem? Any kind of race. I'll just gave us a great area.
Well, I was going to say if he's in contention, like I'll check it out. But outside he wants to send a text I chase in his race. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Funny car John Force was your your all. No, I used to be the big whatever smoked Stewart was and he blasted that kid and killed him. So I had to stop watching that.
That was so that depot get up. Come on. That's very sad. That was a sprint car race here in Indiana.
That's a smokes in Indiana guy. Yeah. That was I was more hurt that he didn't have one of the new car vids. Who this guy?
Yeah. Many of them. Yeah. Because there's new Corvids.
That's what I drove as a pace car driver for Grand Prix here in Indianapolis. Whoever was supposed to do it. Backed out late. Kidney lately.
I got like a Hail Mary call like, Hey, he's cracks back. We need to legit. It was like it was like, is there any change you can get to the track tomorrow at like one o'clock to pass this like certification or certification that Chevy would have to give you to be the pace car driver for this Saturday's race? I'm like, yeah, I think I could figure that out.
Brand new vet. This thing was clean. I can drive a stick obviously. So that helped out with the whole process there.
But yeah, so I had to pass a test. I didn't press my show up in the tank top obviously. They didn't know who I was. They didn't know who the person who was supposed to be doing it was.
That person backs out. They know who I was local person. So the Indianapolis motor speedway basically called me and asked me to do it. It was awesome.
It was I was in there with already lying back. I believe at the time had the fastest recorded lap at the Indy 500 to Indy 500. Like a hundred and some years old or whatever. So he was sitting passenger seat and I was like learning racing because it was a street course.
I was like 13 turns. I really, yeah. It was like, I was really I was really it was a black it was a go cart. Yeah.
But I was with a fucking Corvette. And I assume that I would not be able to win any of those races. You know, just because that kid's been racing since he's eight years old forever. He's been learning leverage in turns and set up and speed and shifting his whole life or whatever.
But I enjoy getting out there. I really do. You said we like speed up. Well, that's why I bought that Shelby 600 some more spots.
Like, okay, I can go take this thing to attract maybe drift it a little bit and do it all. That'd be a fun profession. But also insane on the back. I got a buddy named Cheddar who does.
Shot Cheddar. Cheddar Bob. Yeah, Cheddar Bob. He does drifting and four wheeler.
But he is the most unathletic human in the world. Okay. All right. So you just said that that guy was a mathly sound like you said because I come six and a half in the middle of it.
Sound like that's why that was kind of sitting in your brain there. Yeah. Shatter out. You thought as he was talking about, like, somebody's got a camera with basketball and you thought yourself fucking Cheddar can't.
Yeah. He can fucking drive a car from here to California. Some of his stunt drivers, like the way they can manipulate vehicles like that. Now, Jay Leno was in the car with one.
It just rolled over 14 times. He almost died. Yeah. That was a professional driver.
Some of those people use these cars as a goddamn tool. Almost. That'd be a fun thing to be able to do. These NASCAR drivers are very talented.
We're obviously big fans of Chase Elliott. Congratulations to Chase. They're much more comparable though to like the climbers are saying versus like basketball and football players. Very much.
Yeah. That's the trick that they have. Not everybody else has. We have breaking news.
The Washington commanders are officially sold. They don't have any data. They neither has reached an agreement in principle to sell the commanders for six Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy to a group led by Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Josh Harris. Harris's group includes billionaire Mitchell rails.
I think of Pittsburgh and former NBA star Magic Johnson who was on the Today Show a couple of weeks ago saying, damn, oh, that's what the opportunity and blister normally Dan certainly did. And normally when Dan's being talked about on any show, everybody's saying Dan Snyder is a fucking rat. Everybody else goes back. I'm not saying I'm just saying normally.
So whenever he got a chance to see Magic Johnson on one of the biggest morning shows saying, Mr. Dan Snyder is a good man and hopefully he'll bless us. I wonder if that was a little bit of gamesmanship for Magic to kind of get this deal over the finish line because allegedly Bezos was going to be in Bezos wasn't going to be in Bezos was allowed to be in if he wanted to be in and then Bezos was officially out. We wanted to dance.
Snyder just had a spike and hold on to this thing because everybody kind of wants him to sell instead. Magic, Josh, and Mitchell rails, I assume among others are able to get into the commander's game. Six billion for the team. They're gonna have to build a new stadium or they're gonna change the name we don't know.
But congrats to all parties, including the commander's fans. New Money in the NFL is good for the lead Tonya initial thoughts. No, yeah, you the last thing you just said there was probably the people who are just most ecstatic is the commander's fans because they have dealt with potentially one of the worst owners of all time for a long time. There's been numerous conversations where we thought Dan Snyder was either going to be forced out of the NFL or he was going to sell the NFL to make his life less hectic.
Remember, this man has been scrutinized by every single human that has ever had a microphone in front of him because of the way he operated and did his business. Just a couple weeks ago, there was an article written about how much money he's going to make from when he bought the commanders to when he's going to sell it all the while being one of the worst business people of all time. He has never talked about in positive light. So we thought there was a chance that if he was offered multiple billions of dollars, he'd say, you know, I want to make my life easier.
I don't want to deal with the bullshit anymore. I'll just ride around in my goddamn yacht, park it into Polian's Island. And this will be my life now. That was what I do.
But there was also a thought that Dan Snyder doesn't do that. Dan Snyder loves being in the fucking fire. Dan Snyder stands in the paint and tries to foul people as they're going for dunks just so he can get dunked on yet again. That is what Dan Snyder does.
He's officially out of the NFL. Good news and congrats, I guess, to the Snyder's for getting six billion dollars for a team that if you read all the exposés was run relatively poorly and hasn't had success in a long time. But the fan base is massive. Yeah, and Josh, Mitch and Magic now immediately become babyface.
Like for them, they get to come in, there's a report card that they can actually look at and be like, Okay, this is what our players need. This is the stuff that they've been lacking over the last I don't know how many years and they can basically change what we think about when we think Washington, which is the poop pipes and the bad football team and Dan Snyder being the worst owner in the NFL. Poop pipes were the ones that were bursting in the stadium multiple times throughout the season because the stadium hadn't been updated in so long. People are sitting there watching this abysmal commander's team that had numerous exposés written about it on a very, very, very public newspaper.
And these people are still fans of the team. They're saying, damn it, you guys aren't making it easy for us to be fans of your brand. They pay tickets. Hey, we're through thick and thin.