1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Arrow dot Net isn't just a podcast. It's twenty different 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,519 podcasts a r r oe dot Net something for every 3 00:00:08,599 --> 00:00:11,919 flavor and need, such as view from the Writing Instrument. 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,279 It's all about those of us that have been chosen 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,039 to write, to hear from the authors, to go into 6 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:22,920 your deep way of thinking, to understand your paths, situations 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,199 as well as you're healing. It's called view from the 8 00:00:26,199 --> 00:00:29,239 Writing Instrument on arrow dot Net a r r oe 9 00:00:29,679 --> 00:00:34,039 dot Net. Enjoy your exploration. Good morning, Preker. How are 10 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:34,799 you doing today? 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 2: Morning? Bud? Doing well? 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: Dude? I got to ask you the super question. I'm 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,960 here in Charlotte. You know we're surrounded by the Charlotte 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,479 Motor Speedway. We can run up there to Morrisville anytime 15 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,600 we want to. We are so spoiled in this section 16 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:48,159 of the world, and especially when it comes to the 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,640 toys of racing. When before you made that move to 18 00:00:51,679 --> 00:00:53,840 the to the to the booth, did you do the 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,240 play by play inside your imagination? Because it seems like 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,119 every time I get into a legend, or if I 21 00:00:58,159 --> 00:01:00,359 get into even just a go cart up around the 22 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:03,079 Morrisville area, I am doing play by play the second 23 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:05,040 I put my butt in that seat. 24 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: That's actually hilarious you mentioned that, because I absolutely have 25 00:01:09,359 --> 00:01:12,359 had times where I'm in the race and I'm making 26 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,280 a move and in my head, I'm like, this is 27 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,640 what the common tables are saying. And like when it 28 00:01:16,719 --> 00:01:19,159 was when I was working NBC in the pits, i 29 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:22,400 would think about Rick Allen calling the move and it 30 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:24,760 was so funny because I'd be like, I know exactly 31 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,280 what he's saying right now. If they're watching me all 32 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:29,480 my time, I've definitely done that. 33 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: And that walked through the pits. I wish the entire 34 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:34,560 world would take the time to walk through that, because 35 00:01:34,599 --> 00:01:39,920 those are teams physically working. That is teamwork, that is actual, 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,000 and it's so inspiring to be a witness of that. 37 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. No, the pit crews are insane athletes and just 38 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,400 a reason that you know, they're usually college football players, 39 00:01:52,439 --> 00:01:56,000 baseball players, maybe occasionally some who have you know, tried 40 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,319 to get in the NFL or the MLB and they 41 00:01:58,319 --> 00:02:01,280 want to keep that competitive juice is flowing and they 42 00:02:01,359 --> 00:02:04,040 end up in the pit crew realm. And you know, 43 00:02:04,079 --> 00:02:07,079 it's such an intense thing because they do this pit 44 00:02:07,239 --> 00:02:09,639 stop which happens in you know, in the Cup Series 45 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,879 now ten seconds. That is incredibly you know, physically demanding. 46 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,919 But they're also jumping in front of a car that's 47 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,960 coming at them at sixty miles an hour or in 48 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,240 set of you know, twenty cars. And the crazy thing 49 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,520 I always say is like, imagine don't do this obviously, 50 00:02:25,759 --> 00:02:29,680 but imagine on a highway just walking out in front 51 00:02:29,719 --> 00:02:32,400 of everyone that's coming down that highway and thinking they're 52 00:02:32,439 --> 00:02:35,639 gonna stop. I know they're gonna stop. So it's insane 53 00:02:35,719 --> 00:02:38,840 what they do. And those guys, they're they're incredible athletes. 54 00:02:39,039 --> 00:02:41,240 And you know, the reason the pit stops have gotten 55 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,680 to be twelve seconds in the Orailey Series and sub 56 00:02:44,759 --> 00:02:48,120 ten seconds in the Cup Series is because of the 57 00:02:48,159 --> 00:02:51,759 athleticism of the you know, the individuals are doing on 58 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:52,400 those pictures. 59 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,439 Speaker 1: Well see, that's the reason why I love what you 60 00:02:54,479 --> 00:02:57,919 would sew as well as the NASCAR Exfinity Series is 61 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:00,879 giving to fans because if you can't get to Charlotte 62 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,080 or if you can't get to Talladega and you want 63 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,319 that pit row experience and you want to be on 64 00:03:05,479 --> 00:03:08,319 that right there at surface level, you guys are there. 65 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,680 You totally freaking get it, Parker. 66 00:03:11,719 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, we do and you know, we get those cameras 67 00:03:14,039 --> 00:03:16,599 that are like right there in the pit box and 68 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,719 you can see them hop off the walls the car's 69 00:03:18,719 --> 00:03:20,840 coming at them. And I think it does a good 70 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,639 job of explaining it. But to your point, until you 71 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,680 stood down there and seeing those seeing that in action, 72 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,919 there's nothing like it, and the sounds that are happening, 73 00:03:31,039 --> 00:03:33,840 and just how loud it is, and the smoke and 74 00:03:33,879 --> 00:03:36,159 the you know, sometimes the brakes are on fire and 75 00:03:36,199 --> 00:03:39,120 sometimes the fuel light's on fire, and you know, you've 76 00:03:39,159 --> 00:03:42,599 got the lug nuts flying off on the five lug cars. 77 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,080 It's it's insane and it looks you watch all happen 78 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,039 in ten seconds and your mind can't even fully conceptualize 79 00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:52,960 what just happened. A car came in, four tires were changed, 80 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,120 it was fueled full of fuel, and it's gone, and 81 00:03:55,159 --> 00:03:58,000 you're like, what the heck just happened. So it's I 82 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,520 do agree, it's one of the most insane visuals in sports. 83 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,199 But see, you really, you know, we do our best 84 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:05,879 to try and show it on the TV, but untie, 85 00:04:05,879 --> 00:04:08,680 you've experienced it in person, it's hard to explain. Well. 86 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,719 Speaker 1: The thing is is that if you miss it within seconds, 87 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:14,039 you're gonna get a smell, and that's what you're gonna 88 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:15,919 have for the rest of your life, is the smell 89 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:16,839 of those tires. 90 00:04:16,879 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 2: Man, I know, burnt rubber. It's an addicting thing. I've 91 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:24,519 been looking for a candle that could put that in 92 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,160 my house, but I've never been able to replicate it. 93 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,800 There's something about it. There's something about the you know, 94 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:32,680 the burnt fuel, the burnt rubber and everything that just 95 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:37,360 mixes together and doing intoxicating cocktails of smell that you're like, man, 96 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,920 this is you just immediately think, oh, yeah, this is racing. 97 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:41,439 Love it. 98 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:42,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, because the first thing you do is you start 99 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,720 looking for the screen to find out, Okay, what did 100 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,199 I just miss? And then and then to me, you're 101 00:04:46,199 --> 00:04:47,879 living in your past, and it's like, that's why you've 102 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,759 got to pay attention. It's it's I think it is 103 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,920 the fastest sport on the planet. I know they're hockey fans, 104 00:04:54,079 --> 00:04:59,079 but NASCAR Infinity is exactly the fastest sport on the planet. 105 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I don't know many sports besides motorsports that 106 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,160 are going over two hundred miles an hour. So if 107 00:05:06,199 --> 00:05:09,560 they are, I think they've they've probably got bigger issues 108 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,160 if they're going to nuber two hundred miles an hour. 109 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:15,199 So I think to your point, it is, and that's 110 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:17,519 why I love motorsports. So I think it's one of 111 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,959 the most unique sports in the world. I think it's 112 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,959 one of the most beautiful sports in the world. When 113 00:05:22,639 --> 00:05:27,079 you think about this man in machine, this inanimate object 114 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,680 that you're asking to do things it absolutely doesn't want 115 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,079 to do, to try, and you know, go up against 116 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,800 thirty eight or thirty nine competitors who want you to 117 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,319 lose as desperately as they want to win, right, and 118 00:05:40,399 --> 00:05:43,399 so they're gonna only be one winner every weekend. And 119 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:48,240 so I think it's just it's such a incredible sport 120 00:05:48,319 --> 00:05:52,319 in that sense. And that's what you know, drew me 121 00:05:52,439 --> 00:05:54,639 to it. It's why I love it. It's why I've 122 00:05:54,959 --> 00:05:58,360 spent my whole life in it, and it's something that 123 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,759 you know, I intend to be a part of my 124 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 entire life because I love it so much and I 125 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,399 think it's so cool, and it's just got so many 126 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:10,600 unique factors and features that you can't find anywhere outside motorsports. 127 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: And what you guys do with NASCAR's expanity on CW 128 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,120 is the fact that you understand that there is a 129 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,959 storyline there, and I say, I would love to be 130 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,120 in a board meeting where you go, this is what 131 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,680 we need to put our focus on, because if we 132 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,240 don't keep that story alive and keep it moving forward, 133 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:28,920 they're going to drop off. I don't want them to 134 00:06:28,959 --> 00:06:29,439 drop off. 135 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 2: I knew. 136 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,879 Speaker 1: Actually, I think you guys have mastered the cliffhanger. You know, 137 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,920 how to keep us there and make sure that we 138 00:06:35,079 --> 00:06:36,879 don't check out during those commercials. 139 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, well we try, you know, and I think for 140 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,040 a lot of that is of course we you know, 141 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:45,800 we have ideas as to what the storylines and that 142 00:06:45,879 --> 00:06:47,600 weekend are going to be. But the great part about 143 00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:49,639 live sports you can do all the preparation of the 144 00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:51,680 world and think you know how it's going to work, 145 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,720 and then it, you know, flips it on the head, right, 146 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,920 and you've got to be prepared to tell that next 147 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:58,720 set of stories or how that happened or why that happened. 148 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,000 And I think that's something that you know, it's consistent 149 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,040 across all sports broadcasting. For NASCAR, you know what's unique 150 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,800 for us as all the teams play at the same 151 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:11,360 time on the same field. Right, And so you've got 152 00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:14,240 to find the balance of trying to tell the most 153 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,839 important stories on that day, maybe the stories of the 154 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:20,879 season that are occurring that might not be as obvious, 155 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:22,759 and so, you know, there's always a balance there. We 156 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,800 try our best to strike it. I think, you know, 157 00:07:24,879 --> 00:07:26,920 last year we did a really really good job of that, 158 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:28,600 and you can always get better and take it the 159 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,639 next level. And so yeah, I think that's that's that's 160 00:07:31,639 --> 00:07:36,079 sports broadcasting in a nutshell. But it's for this sport. 161 00:07:36,399 --> 00:07:40,160 It's it's it takes a very dedicated group of people 162 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,920 that we have on the CW that love the sport. 163 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:47,720 They you know, built their lives around it. They would 164 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:50,079 be watching if they weren't working in it. And because 165 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,959 of that, they're passionate about it and it comes out 166 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:54,040 in the broadcast and we're very lucky to have it. 167 00:07:54,079 --> 00:07:56,279 Speaker 1: Man, you've got to take me inside that helmet that 168 00:07:56,279 --> 00:07:58,879 you're wearing, the or your IFB. And the reason why 169 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,079 is because the seed double you is so quick to 170 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,600 go from seeing to scene to scene to corner, corner, corner, corner. 171 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,480 Now let's go to the pits. I would love to 172 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,399 know what it's like to have that if beyond when 173 00:08:08,439 --> 00:08:11,040 you're sitting there listening to everybody else, Okay, you're up 174 00:08:11,079 --> 00:08:13,120 boom and they're on, and then when they finish, now 175 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,000 you're on and here you go, Parker, and then you 176 00:08:15,079 --> 00:08:17,199 pass it on. I mean it's like it's like holding 177 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,759 on to an NFL football and you've you're going to 178 00:08:19,839 --> 00:08:21,560 take that ball across the line. It's just going to 179 00:08:21,639 --> 00:08:22,959 take a lot of players to get there. 180 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a ballot, it's a ballet in some respects. 181 00:08:26,279 --> 00:08:29,560 You know, that's our director, that's our director Roger Vincent, 182 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,360 our producer Kill Combs, who are making these decisions, uh, 183 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,320 in sync with what we're saying and seeing. And you know, 184 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,399 it's it's always the whole team working in sync is 185 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,120 the biggest thing. And you know when those moments happen 186 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,720 where we're seeing something and as before we leave and 187 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:49,679 get to saying it, they've moved the camera to that 188 00:08:49,799 --> 00:08:52,240 exact same because they're seeing the same thing we're seeing. 189 00:08:52,279 --> 00:08:54,799 And so it's yeah, it's just a you're always looking 190 00:08:54,879 --> 00:08:58,399 for that balance and we you know, quickly had it 191 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,279 with everyone at CW, which was a very really rare thing, 192 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,000 and we've been able to build on that it's it's 193 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,559 just such a fun thing when it all works out 194 00:09:06,799 --> 00:09:09,200 and the right you know, the right pictures are on 195 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:11,879 the screen with what we're saying, and when those two 196 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,960 gel and match up, it's a wonderful viewing experience. And 197 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,279 you know, it's something we really pride ourselves on. 198 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: Would you ever get into that production team in the 199 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,799 way that getting better control of those cameras because those 200 00:09:22,799 --> 00:09:26,200 things right now are identifying like an array of roses. 201 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,360 The coloring is unbelievable, The up above shots are just spectacular. 202 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,279 You're creating such an oh wow on the CW. 203 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think I'm gonna leave that to professionals. 204 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,879 I've been in the control room for a lot of 205 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,879 broadcasts and I can tell you it is complete and 206 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,440 utter chaos, but controlled chaos in some respects. And you know, 207 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:52,399 those those individuals who work in those control rooms are 208 00:09:52,519 --> 00:09:55,279 very talented what they do, and they, you know, take 209 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,679 years to master it and understand exactly what they need 210 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:00,759 to be looking at. And for those direct I mean 211 00:10:00,799 --> 00:10:05,039 they're looking at a wall of forty tiny ruttle streams 212 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:07,919 that are showing all the different camera angles, and they 213 00:10:07,919 --> 00:10:10,879 are you know, calling out where to go and remembering 214 00:10:10,879 --> 00:10:13,639 where those cameras are and what those screens are, and 215 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,519 it's just I mean, if you you get the chance 216 00:10:16,519 --> 00:10:18,240 to be in a control room for a live sporting event, 217 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,960 especially NASCAR, I think it would blow a lot of 218 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,879 people's minds what they're dealing with and what they're you know, 219 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:27,399 the level they're operating at for such an extended period time. 220 00:10:27,399 --> 00:10:31,200 But the amount of focus and concentration is you know, 221 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:34,039 rivals being in the actual race car in some respects, 222 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,440 and the adrenaline is high because when you're when you're alive, 223 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,320 it's you know, there is there is no takebacks, there's 224 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,279 no rewinds, it's what happens happens, and so you know, 225 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,200 you've just got to be working in sync and it's 226 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,039 incredible to watch. 227 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,399 Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Parker Kleiegerman coming 228 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:59,799 up next. CW's NASCAR Exfinity Series is back and we 229 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,960 are back with Parker Klegerman. How are you exercising your 230 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,759 skills as somebody who does the improv, because when you've 231 00:11:06,759 --> 00:11:08,879 only got let's say a thirty five second or a 232 00:11:08,879 --> 00:11:11,519 fifty second window, and you've got to be spot on 233 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,159 there are no scripts, and people need to understand that 234 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:18,919 there are no scripts. It's coming from your gut, yeah 235 00:11:19,039 --> 00:11:19,399 it is. 236 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,519 Speaker 2: And you know, for me, I've been very fortunate to 237 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,000 work in TV since twenty fourteen, you know, an on 238 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:33,360 off capacity and the thing about you know, some people 239 00:11:33,399 --> 00:11:35,039 are like, did you do media train all the stuff? 240 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,600 I didn't. But the big thing for me was that 241 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,399 I actually found racing on the TV when I was 242 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,200 nine years old. My family got cable and they had 243 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,120 the Speed Channel and I saw racing for the first time, 244 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:47,279 and I was like, I want to do that. But 245 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,360 it was my only connection to racing. My family wasn't 246 00:11:49,399 --> 00:11:52,440 involved in or anything. So for many years, the only 247 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:55,879 you know, connection and way I could consume racing was 248 00:11:55,919 --> 00:11:58,559 on the TV. And so when I got into TV, 249 00:11:58,639 --> 00:12:00,879 I would just think to myself, with nine year old 250 00:12:00,879 --> 00:12:02,759 Parker want to hear? What? What do you want to see? 251 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,440 And that guided me pretty well ever since. So, you know, 252 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:10,080 I think through osmosis in some respects I really picked 253 00:12:10,159 --> 00:12:13,399 up on what they did all those years that got 254 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,720 me so infascuated with this sport and to fall in 255 00:12:16,759 --> 00:12:18,240 love with it, and so I try to bring that 256 00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:22,399 same energy in that same passion and thought process to 257 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:26,440 my own TV work. And I think the thing that's 258 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,799 been a common thread for me though throughout it always 259 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,919 is that I just love race cars. I love racing. 260 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,320 I love race cars, and I'll love it for as 261 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,919 long as I'm on this earth. And because of that, 262 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,720 you know, if I wasn't on the TV, I would 263 00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:41,919 be watching. And so I make the joke sometimes, you know, 264 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,320 they're like, why did you go on the booth? I 265 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,159 was like, well, I'd already be watching the race. I 266 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,200 might as well get paid to do it. So, you know, like, 267 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,080 I'm just a big fan who happens to be one 268 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,320 of the first to get to respond to what happens 269 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,679 and to you know, to watch it with millions of 270 00:12:57,759 --> 00:12:58,799 others at the same time. 271 00:12:59,039 --> 00:13:01,799 Speaker 1: So now is that you're saying, Yes, I am a 272 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,039 armchair quarterback NASCAR fan, And yeah, they actually chose me 273 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,120 because they think I've got something to say. I mean 274 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,720 it's because I because I think you're a fan first. 275 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,399 That's what I feel first from you. 276 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: Yes, I under said, now, that's absolutely me and really, 277 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,000 I mean I would be watching, So I think put it. 278 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,480 It's like if I wasn't there, I'm watching at home 279 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:28,000 or on my phone or whatever, because I you know, 280 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,559 I just love it, and so it's it's the only 281 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,039 sport I loved. I don't really like other sports. It's 282 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,279 not the only thing I watch and pay attention to. 283 00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:41,120 And so it's it's something where I just happen to 284 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,240 be at the right place the right time to get 285 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:45,639 the opportunity to do it as a job as well. 286 00:13:45,879 --> 00:13:49,039 And so it's it's a very rare, unique thing that 287 00:13:49,279 --> 00:13:52,960 I'm very grateful to have, and you know, I just 288 00:13:53,279 --> 00:13:54,759 I really just have a lot of fun with it, 289 00:13:54,919 --> 00:13:57,440 and because I love it so much, and so I'm 290 00:13:57,519 --> 00:13:58,759 very fortunate to be in a position a. 291 00:13:59,159 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: Well, it's because of people like yourself there, Parker, that 292 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,399 it's not that sport where the people of the past 293 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,559 are long gone and forgotten. You get NASCAR or any 294 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,879 type of racing, people together and they're going to bring 295 00:14:09,919 --> 00:14:11,960 their dad in, who race for this guy? Or was 296 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,159 the mechanic for that guy? And all of a sudden, 297 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,879 the stories and and all of the barbecue breakout. 298 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. I like to say when racers get together and 299 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,000 have a few drinks, they just talk about how awesome 300 00:14:23,039 --> 00:14:27,840 they are. So I think that's a pretty consistant theme 301 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,879 in racing. I don't know why. Maybe it's in sports 302 00:14:29,919 --> 00:14:32,679 in general, but I can tell you no matter who 303 00:14:32,759 --> 00:14:35,960 in what forver racing or what they did in racing, 304 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,639 when they get together, they like to tell racing stories 305 00:14:38,639 --> 00:14:42,480 and talk about how awesome they are. And yeah, that's 306 00:14:42,679 --> 00:14:44,639 I don't we don't quite do that on the TV 307 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,840 as much, but we you know, we're we're watching in 308 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,440 the same way that in the way we broadcast. I 309 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,720 feel like in the booths with Adam Alexander and Jay 310 00:14:53,799 --> 00:14:56,440 McMurray's we make this joke all the time. It's like 311 00:14:56,639 --> 00:14:58,279 we would be saying the same things if we were 312 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:00,360 hanging out on the couch watching this at all. Right, 313 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:02,279 we just have to have michaelsphones in front of us, 314 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,759 so it's it's overall. That's why I think makes it 315 00:15:05,799 --> 00:15:06,879 such a good time. Man. 316 00:15:06,919 --> 00:15:08,879 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. I wish people around the world 317 00:15:08,919 --> 00:15:11,799 could come to the Carolinas and just experience our back 318 00:15:11,879 --> 00:15:14,919 roads because we all know what that connection to moonshine 319 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,000 and stuff like that. But until you get on those 320 00:15:17,039 --> 00:15:20,240 back roads and those dirt roads, now you understand why 321 00:15:20,279 --> 00:15:23,519 those early day drivers of NASCAR drove the way they did, 322 00:15:23,679 --> 00:15:27,240 and how today's drivers are just as just oh my god, 323 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,120 they're just so into the game even more. 324 00:15:30,519 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a great point. It really is. 325 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:35,799 And I think that's just the common thread of why 326 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,360 this all started and why it you know, continued to 327 00:15:38,399 --> 00:15:42,120 grow and what it became is that people love fast cars. Yes, right, 328 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,879 they like the idea of driving fasts. Great roads are 329 00:15:45,919 --> 00:15:49,399 great roads, and so you know, that's what built many 330 00:15:49,399 --> 00:15:52,159 of the great grace tracks we have in America is 331 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,519 that you know, people probably were looking at roads that 332 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:58,159 they drove in their hometown and thought that that corner 333 00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,679 was really good. What if I made that into a 334 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,919 corner on a racetrack. So it's like, yeah, that's a 335 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:04,960 great idea, let's do it. And so I think those 336 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,039 are some of the best racetracks there are is when 337 00:16:07,039 --> 00:16:10,399 they're designed that way. And I I definitely see that, 338 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:16,200 you know, the the the knack for driving that you 339 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,799 know you have out of the Southeast, and what built 340 00:16:19,919 --> 00:16:24,159 nascars is I think still there today because it's the history, 341 00:16:24,159 --> 00:16:26,799 it's the legacy of the sport and it's kind of 342 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,399 the core thing that created what it is. 343 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: Do you get the body jerks when you're studying one 344 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:32,600 of these games. I mean, when there's something going on. 345 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:35,120 Let's let's just say that we're down there, you know, 346 00:16:35,519 --> 00:16:38,080 at the big, big track, and all of a sudden 347 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,200 you're doing play by play. Do you jerk your body 348 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,159 when you know somebody should have moved? Because I do. 349 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:43,840 I'll sit there and I'll go, oh my god, I 350 00:16:43,879 --> 00:16:45,840 would have gone, I would have done right, And your 351 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,320 body was in it before your mind jumped in it. 352 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've done that for sure. I find Jamie McMurray 353 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:54,639 and I, you know, sit next to each other of 354 00:16:54,679 --> 00:16:56,759 the booth. We we hate each other in the arm 355 00:16:56,799 --> 00:17:00,480 often that's one of the non verbal communicate we have. 356 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,720 But hey, look at this, why are they doing that? 357 00:17:03,879 --> 00:17:05,759 Or oh man, that was that was close? Or that 358 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:09,000 was a good move, and yeah, I think you actually 359 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:10,799 have those. And you know, one of the things that 360 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:14,920 I think Jamie and I have often is when you 361 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,400 see a really hard wreck, you know you having been 362 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,400 in those moments and felt that, we have such visceral 363 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,599 actions to it because we felt it before. And Adam 364 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:26,200 will look at us and be like, I don't know 365 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,759 if that looked that hard. We're like, oh, no, man, 366 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,720 trust me, trust me like that. That hurt a lot. 367 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,240 He'll be feeling that tomorrow. So it's like we just 368 00:17:34,279 --> 00:17:39,519 had that experience that allows us to know what they're 369 00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:43,480 going through, right, And I think that's something that in 370 00:17:43,519 --> 00:17:47,240 all sports, when you have those former athletes in the booth, 371 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,519 you know, you can sense that because they go they 372 00:17:50,559 --> 00:17:52,680 go to that place in their mind where they felt 373 00:17:52,759 --> 00:17:56,519 that same thing or or you know, experience that same moment. 374 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,359 And that's such a powerful thing because you know they've 375 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:01,400 been there and felt that. 376 00:18:02,079 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 1: You know, the world is getting ready for Daytona. But 377 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:05,839 I got to tell you something, and maybe it's just 378 00:18:05,839 --> 00:18:07,920 a Carolina thing, but the fact that you guys were 379 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,720 in Winston Salem and you do North Wilkesboro and stuff 380 00:18:10,759 --> 00:18:13,599 like that still charges up my battery because those tracks, 381 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,359 even though they're short tracks, My god, they bring that action. 382 00:18:18,759 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's super cool. You know, Northwolksboro is awesome. The 383 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,640 history there is amazing. It's been really cool to see 384 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,079 that place resurrected and the way it has and to 385 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,240 know the O'Reilly series is going there, and I just 386 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,920 think the vibe up there is awesome, and you know, 387 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,559 the history is amazing and when you come upon that place, 388 00:18:36,599 --> 00:18:39,359 you can't help it sense the history and so definitely 389 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,240 excited we're back there. You've got place that reminds you know, 390 00:18:42,279 --> 00:18:44,079 that place reminds me a lot of Martinsville, which is 391 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,720 incredibly historic. So I love the short of tracks. I 392 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,920 think they're awesome. They put on great shows. You don't 393 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,960 need to eat a ton of speed to put on 394 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:56,160 a great show, right with race cars, but they're going 395 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,200 faster than anything else can go around there, which is 396 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:58,680 pretty cool. 397 00:18:58,759 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: Now, I know I'm gonna traps into time here, but 398 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,680 the thing I just I have to ask you, with 399 00:19:02,799 --> 00:19:05,119 a people going two hundred miles per hour, does life 400 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,920 move just as fast as it does for the rest 401 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:08,759 of us or is it in slow motion when you're 402 00:19:08,759 --> 00:19:10,000 moving two hundred miles an hour? 403 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 2: Well, I guess we'd have to get into the quantum 404 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,200 physics series there to understand exactly how that's working. But 405 00:19:16,279 --> 00:19:18,400 I can tell you this. When you're at dates Hunter 406 00:19:18,519 --> 00:19:21,279 Toadeyga and you've been in the pack for you know, 407 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,519 call it twenty laps, and you're racing at the front, 408 00:19:23,759 --> 00:19:25,559 you have no idea you're going two hundred miles an 409 00:19:25,559 --> 00:19:28,440 hour other than the idea that that you're you know, 410 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,160 the sounds and the wind and all that stuff. But 411 00:19:31,559 --> 00:19:33,880 what's amazing is that when you go to pit and 412 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,200 you slow down, yeah, suddenly become very apparent that you're 413 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,200 going two hundred miles an hour. It's a very odd sensation. 414 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: Man, Come back to this show any time in the future. 415 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,039 The door is always going to be open for you. 416 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,079 Speaker 2: Appreciate it. Thank you, Bob, thanks for having me on. 417 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,279 Speaker 1: Will be brilliant today. 418 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 2: Okay, sir, we'll do we'll do.