WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:05.559 This week and the I Racing Downship, we recapped some 2 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:08.759 of the most fun special events and simmers look at 3 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:10.679 the start of the season for two of our biggest 4 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:14.759 d sports series and welcome special guest Steve Luvender to 5 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:26.839 talk about fifteen years of trading bos all this and more, Strappy. 6 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:34.880 What Mores and down Shift. I'm your host, Greg West, 7 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.439 I'm back of the boys, Kevin, Bobba and Chris Leoni. 8 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:39.960 We've got a great. 9 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:42.200 Show, a great day. Oh, I'm so excited. 10 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:43.759 Episode sixty something. 11 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:45.399 That's awesome that we're going to have a great show. 12 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:48.240 I'm going to have a great show because Kevin's had 13 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.200 a whole pot of coffee and a red bull. 14 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:52.479 Yeah, most of a red bull. There's a little left. 15 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.719 Yeah, you and your We're not going to get into 16 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:55.679 your red bull. 17 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.000 I'm just enjoying our red bull. How about that. We'll 18 00:00:59.039 --> 00:00:59.359 leave it at that. 19 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:02.240 Kevin has a lot a red Bull. There's more red 20 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:06.120 bull than you can buy. Even that it's weird anyway. 21 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.120 Anyway, I'm highly caffeinated today and I'm ready to go spunky. 22 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.000 Would you say spunky, Chris? 23 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.439 I would not use that word in any context. Greg, 24 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:20.959 what have we been up to Chris Well. We boycotted 25 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.359 the Super Bowl. Emily and I had a nice steakhouse. 26 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.879 So uh had a great meal. Had a great meal 27 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.519 Sunday night at uh gibb It Hill, a few downs down. 28 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:30.519 I've been there. It's a that's a great place. 29 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.879 Yeah, taking her back for the anniversary and a couple 30 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:33.319 of week you. 31 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:34.719 Yeah, did you get a raise or something? 32 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:40.400 Yeah, I'm gonna. I could only go there once a year. 33 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:41.120 You're going twice. 34 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:45.200 Hey, it's a second mortgage, Yeah, exactly, it's the it's 35 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:49.239 the whole second mortgage sold the rats. Yeah, yeah, of 36 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:51.120 course would I give for those ten dollars? 37 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.480 I don't know what the rats? Yeah, usually people pay 38 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:57.359 to get for somebody to get there. 39 00:01:57.480 --> 00:01:59.760 Yeah, everything else is more expensive nowadays. I'm sure rats 40 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:00.359 are you. 41 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:03.120 Know it's not more expensive these days? Hi racing? 42 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:04.840 That is well said. 43 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:08.319 You know what, in a world where inflation is exploded 44 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:10.919 and we get a lot of crap about our pricing, 45 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:14.719 we have not raised prices one cent. I'm pretty proud 46 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:14.960 of that. 47 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:15.639 It's pretty good. 48 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:16.840 I was not in the outline. 49 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:21.759 That was not in the out. 50 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.800 But yeah, that's something that I want to wait. We 51 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:26.039 have not raised prices one cent? 52 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:28.039 Wait, do you mean to tell me that we've missed 53 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.080 Turned one of the show? When does that happen? When 54 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:33.960 have we ever hit Turned one of the shows? I 55 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.159 told you where the spect me out of podcasts? 56 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:37.120 The thing I saw? 57 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:39.280 There's one exits an off track? Is that? What this is? 58 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.680 This is a four x Yeah? Have you listened to 59 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:46.919 the show before? Was I watched that? I got it? 60 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:50.479 I saw just perusing Twitter a little while ago, and 61 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:56.479 it was a DTM and they ran the tight turn one, 62 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.560 not not the finger quotes easy turned one, but the 63 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.400 full like twenty mile an hour ninety left. 64 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.680 Yeah, I wouldn't even send people there? And yes too 65 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:07.439 with that. 66 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.599 Yeah, it was really good because the reason we changed 67 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:13.719 the layoup Anyway, Kevin, what have you been out? 68 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:18.439 Gosh? Well, what I've enjoying the winter? When skiing, getting 69 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:22.159 out there, some snowshoeing, you know. Wow, I'm you know, 70 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:24.439 trying to enjoy make the best of winter, you know. 71 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:26.319 Okay, but how much do you enjoy it? Do you 72 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:28.560 still snow blow or are you a shovel person? 73 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:29.639 I have a snowblower? 74 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:33.080 Okay, yeah, okay, Kevin's full memory, He's he's got a snowblower, 75 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:34.479 and then he got a new lawnmower. 76 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:35.080 Got a riding tractor. 77 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:38.000 I mean, yeah, he still mows as long as though 78 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.719 we got like what a foot of snow on there. 79 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:42.039 It does have a cup holder in it, you know 80 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:46.080 that was there? You go for water for water, of course, 81 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:47.360 of course, of course. 82 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:48.639 It's well, there's water in it. 83 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:50.319 No, it's a cup holder for red Bull. 84 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:51.479 Now, yeah, there you go. 85 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:55.319 Red Bull Mowing a lawn does not super appealing. 86 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:57.479 How about you? What have you been up to? 87 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.400 Oh, I've been doing some I racing. I've been doing 88 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.280 a little Ira sing race in the M two series. 89 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:04.120 Nice sick fan. 90 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:04.599 Nice. 91 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.719 IM gonna do another series, and we're gonna talk about 92 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.199 here in a little while. I was down in Florida 93 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:11.479 a few weeks ago. I went to the PJ show. Nice. 94 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.199 That was fun, except it was cold in Florida, which 95 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.319 was defeating the purpose wear a heavy coat. 96 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.480 I was in Taytona a few weeks ago as well. Yeah, 97 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.319 there was this big race that I went to and long, 98 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:25.920 it was long, but everybody said it was cold and 99 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.360 it was like sixty and I was like, that wasn't 100 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.519 sixty When I was. It was minus two when I 101 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:34.319 left New Hampshire, so sixty. I was like, this is 102 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.879 pretty nice, but locals thought I was pretty cold. 103 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.839 So no. I was in Charlotte for a couple of 104 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:40.480 days and we got snowed a couple of days I 105 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.879 was there. We're brought it with me. Yeah, bad luck. 106 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:48.399 We're bad at warm weather. Sorry, but great show, Kevin, 107 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:49.319 We have a great show. 108 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.160 We have a guest. We do have a we haven't 109 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:52.360 had a guest in a while, but we have a guest. 110 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:54.000 Are we not going to tease him or he'll probably 111 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:55.040 be in the title anyway. 112 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.160 Probably be in the title. But I'm going to say 113 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.560 it right now, but you show my thunder. 114 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.600 Oh sorry, okay. 115 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:07.279 Steve Luvendernder not Lavender, No no, no, no no, Founder 116 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:10.920 of Trading Paints. Fifteen years strong, over four hundred thousand members. 117 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:13.000 It's a pretty cool service, Steve. 118 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:15.519 They make the best T shirts. 119 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:16.920 They do, and we're going to talk about that. You 120 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:19.720 will talk about Trading Paints, what they do, how they 121 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:21.399 got started, how they've grown. 122 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.399 How Kevin hasn't given me the free code that Steve 123 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:25.040 sent him for me to get my second Trading Paint 124 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:26.759 T shirt because the best T shirt on the face 125 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:27.240 of the planet. 126 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:28.639 We can talk about that. 127 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.000 They're like the softest T shirts. 128 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.439 Did I mention that I'm wearing one and it's super comfortable. 129 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:35.680 And I mentioned I don't like you very much. 130 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:37.920 You mentioned that twice already today, but. 131 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:42.000 I'm sure we'll get to three. But besides our special 132 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:44.079 guests that we haven't had in a while, we're going 133 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.519 to talk about special events. We had this really big one, 134 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.000 the biggest one in the history of sim racing, uh 135 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:51.120 not too long ago. We did some charity work with 136 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:54.680 Dale Junior's Foundation and some really goofy penalties that kept 137 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:56.319 me and Alexander's busy all. 138 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.480 Night hitting buttons and kept my team in pitt Lane. 139 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:04.279 Gosh, it wasn't just your nim. We'll get into that. 140 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.120 We got some more special events coming up we're gonna 141 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:09.680 talk about. We're gonna announce all of our year long 142 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:12.879 series on this show. We got some really some. 143 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:18.079 New stuff, stuff popular. We like new stuff we do 144 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:22.240 like we do, yeah, especially new T shirts from trading things. 145 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.199 Give me the code. We're gonna talk about es sports. 146 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:27.920 Last night, Ean Ascar Coo Coo E Racing Series Ding 147 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:33.040 kicked off at Daytona. We have the Porscha Tag, Horry 148 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:36.800 Es Sports Super Cup, ding World of Outlaws Pro Series 149 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.639 because Chris didn't write the whole name, and we're gonna 150 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:42.639 talk about MC sports Global Championship where Kevin's going. 151 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.240 To Okay, sounds like a plan. 152 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:47.199 That's our outline, which is is I think an a 153 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:48.800 p a well formatted. 154 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:52.439 But if we're going to talk about formats, it seems 155 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:54.360 like every time we get one of these from Chris, which, 156 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:56.879 by the way, thank you, but they are always in 157 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:57.560 a different format. 158 00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:57.879 Yeah. 159 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.800 The inconsistency is that we talk about now. 160 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:02.439 I almost kind of like it. 161 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:05.160 It's even Sean Shaker nod in his head. It was like, 162 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:06.240 I'm going to Sean. 163 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:08.839 I don't think Sean has a hot mic today. 164 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:16.240 Oh I have, Oh Sean, Sean, I'm. 165 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:19.959 Here to defend it. And he's probably punchy because he 166 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:21.040 was here late last night. 167 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:23.759 He was. But we have monitors in both ears for 168 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:27.079 the first time. So I'm very happy about it. 169 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:28.720 So nice work today, Thank you. 170 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:33.000 Let's get into it. Special Events Daytona twenty four, biggest 171 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.720 special event in I racing history, twenty three thousand over 172 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:42.000 twenty three thousand total drivers super excited about that. What's 173 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:45.160 what's Chris Other's debut for about five different cars in 174 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:45.680 this event? 175 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:49.399 Yeah, this was the Yeah, this was the first Daytona 176 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:52.319 twenty four for first of all, the Ferrari four ninety 177 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:54.000 nine P first. 178 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:54.879 One for the hypercar. 179 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:58.079 Yep, yes, first one for that, but then the the Acura, 180 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.199 the Corvette, the Mustang and the seven twenty s McLaren. 181 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:03.160 It was the first Daytona twenty four. 182 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:04.399 For all he's been paying attention. 183 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.439 Yeah, well he didn't say the complete names of the 184 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:07.759 cars as he was. Now that's what I say. 185 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.079 No, no, no, I said shorthand. But still, hey, I 186 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.240 had to do something. Well, you guys were interviewing. 187 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.199 Thinks has a different outline because none of that, none 188 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:15.360 of that. 189 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.759 I didn't even read. That was that's under Just to 190 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:23.120 give me section two a I number two. 191 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:25.560 Just to give you all a little glimpse into how 192 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.360 the sausages made. We do the interview first and hell them, 193 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.480 that's when I do my notes five minutes beforehand. 194 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:34.279 So it makes him look smarter than us because he 195 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.080 knows more about what we're about to talking. 196 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.919 Hard to look smarter. No, that's that's tea in that one. 197 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:42.559 I mean, Sean's got the brands in the room, He's 198 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:43.399 the one that has the pots. 199 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:45.399 Back to the Daytona twenty four, what did we have 200 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:46.919 sixteen different. 201 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:48.600 Cars, sixteen different vehicles in him? 202 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:48.919 Now? 203 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:50.799 I remember when I got laughed out of the room 204 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:51.799 and I asked for seven. 205 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:53.519 Yeah. Yeah, we've come a long way. 206 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:54.840 We've come a long way. 207 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:55.559 It's pretty cool. 208 00:08:55.679 --> 00:09:02.159 So soup, Yeah, amazing, great race, some big names racing 209 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.799 in it, and uh yeah went off without a hitch too, 210 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:08.919 which is always super exciting. You knocked up with the race. 211 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:11.039 It was good, It was good, it was fantastic. You 212 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.320 knocked on wood. That's just a habit. 213 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:15.360 Oh okay, I mean yeah, that's fair enough. 214 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:16.039 Isn't wood? 215 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:16.679 Is it? 216 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:21.360 That's like that's like particle board, It's like would anyway, 217 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:23.559 moving on to the show is nominally about iRacing. 218 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:24.320 Phenomenal. 219 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:25.879 Oh. 220 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:28.720 We also had a kind of spur of the moment 221 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:32.360 laid edition special event the Dale Junior Driven to give 222 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.559 four hundred, which was goofy to say. 223 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:38.240 The lead's super fun, super honored to be a part 224 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:40.159 of it. To raise a lot of money for a 225 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:40.600 lot of. 226 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:44.600 Money over seventy thousand dollars d foundation. 227 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:45.600 That was really cool. 228 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.879 And Kevin, you participated with the now so mini stocks 229 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.039 at Iowa four hundred laps. For those of you that 230 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.559 maybe not are familiar with the oval stuff mini stock, 231 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:59.360 little car, slow car, Yes, Iowa typically little track, but 232 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.000 since little car are on it like a super speed 233 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.440 it was a super speedway. It was. It was. It 234 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:08.720 was a fairly approachable combination. Sure it was not stressful 235 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:11.519 other than the you know, massive amount of crashes. But 236 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:16.840 we could community members could purchase penalties. Yes for people 237 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.480 they could. 238 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:19.559 And that's where the stress came in for you. 239 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:23.840 Just hitting buttons. But for a hundred bucks you could 240 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.279 black flag somebody, make him come and do a drive 241 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:27.559 was a drive through stopping go for you? 242 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:28.519 Drive to drive through? 243 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.879 Yeah you were, You did more than a few of them, Yes. 244 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:32.559 Drive through. Yeah, I got familiar with Pitt Lane. It 245 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:36.159 was not as bad as Nim was my teammates. 246 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.759 Yeah, yeah, like my I still think the funniest thing 247 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:42.399 Max for staff and penalizing Nim talking about flipping the 248 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:43.000 script there. 249 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:44.120 Yeah, that was. 250 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.320 That was more than mildly entertaining. 251 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:49.679 But we had a great team, so it was me. Yeah, 252 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:53.519 you had entertaining. It was Nim Uh and Casey Crowen. 253 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.399 So it was a case. 254 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.519 We nominated as team captain because we said you can drive, 255 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:01.559 so you figure this out. And he was helping with 256 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:04.799 strategy and strategy they're talking about like how long we 257 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:06.480 should run each ten and then it was like, well, 258 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.480 how many times is Nim going to go through? This 259 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:12.480 is going to screw up your fuel calculations. So we 260 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:13.919 just kind of went with it. But it was so 261 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:16.679 much fun. Uh, Steve and I raced here in the office. 262 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:18.200 You were here, both you guys were here. 263 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.000 Yeah, I popped him. 264 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:21.799 You were hanging out half Chris and and Greg. You 265 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:25.200 were given penalties and coordinating with the Dale Junior Foundation 266 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:26.919 and doing all that. But it was super fun to 267 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:30.000 do it all in the office. Uh, it was just 268 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:30.639 a fun experience. 269 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:31.080 It was fun. 270 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:32.639 We had pizza, which I needed. 271 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.320 Something to do, so I was your Coca Cola runner. 272 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.519 Yeah, Chris got me a coke and even got me pizza. 273 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.399 The broadcast guys were working that night too. 274 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:39.679 Yeah. 275 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:42.720 Yeah, sound guy Sean was here doing I was on 276 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:44.879 the board, was on the board. I was a lot 277 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:45.879 of fun. So it was fun. 278 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:46.120 It was. 279 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:46.960 It was. 280 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.000 You know, for me, one of the really fun things 281 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.840 was seeing some members we have that haven't been on 282 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:54.559 the service for a while. They came back from the 283 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:59.320 past just for this event. Came several ogs in the field. 284 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:03.440 Taylor Junior obviously racing TJ was was in there racing 285 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:08.840 CJ Majors, a bunch of Cup drivers I can't even count. 286 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:10.600 I mean there was there was a bunch of those. 287 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:13.120 Yeah. 288 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:15.440 At some point Kelly Earnhardt got my number and started 289 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.879 instead of using a middle person to to uh to 290 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:22.159 hand out penalty, she just started texting me directly. She's like, 291 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:23.000 I'm good for it. 292 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:26.159 Okay. 293 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.480 I was like, man, my life has changed so much. 294 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:34.200 It was a good time. But yeah, great, great event. 295 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.000 That one will be back in some capacity. Yeah, that was. 296 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.279 That was a ton of fun fan favorite. We got 297 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.639 a lot coming up this week in Daytona five hundred, 298 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.480 which actually I think first race for Daytona five hundred 299 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:46.120 and the n I S Series is tonight. 300 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:47.519 Nice are you racing in it? 301 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:52.000 No? Okay, now that's five hundred a lot I'm gonna 302 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:53.519 race in a series. Were gonna talk about a little 303 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.440 bit though, okay. So and then we had Bathroost twelve 304 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:57.080 hour coming up here in a couple of weeks GT 305 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:01.080 three's at Panorama. What could possibly go wrong? This is 306 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:04.559 the event that everybody, you know, the bop balance and performances, 307 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:07.240 talked about all the time in GT three's and I 308 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.919 just think it's hilarious. For this event. Every car is 309 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:11.679 going to be dinged up, every car is going to 310 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:15.440 be wrecked. This is like the least impactful BOP. 311 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:16.080 Of the year. 312 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:19.480 Yep, just keep it on the track. 313 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:22.799 Easier said than done. Did you watch the real one? 314 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:27.919 There are some big hits. Yeah, some big hits. The Mercedes. Yeah, 315 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:28.879 I forget the driver's name. 316 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.279 It was a big Wreckord Wow, big wreck. 317 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.320 Yep, no fun there. They were trying out the damage model, 318 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:36.840 that's for sure. But yeah, So lots going on in 319 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:40.840 special events land pivoting over now. This is a section 320 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:44.840 two bulletpoint B Kevin, Oh, that's me, that's you. 321 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:49.200 NASCAR twenty five. NASCAR twenty five. So that's the console 322 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.440 game we're working on. We've talked about it before. Not 323 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.399 the only one, not the only one, but it's the 324 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:57.600 NASCAR console game we're working on. Right. So latest update 325 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:00.120 is we've announced that there will be four series in 326 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.159 it ARCA all the way up to Cup. So it's 327 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:04.000 a first time in a game that you can really 328 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.279 do that full NASCAR career, just like many of the 329 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.679 heroes that we watch on Sundays have started in ARCA 330 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:10.399 and work their way up. 331 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:14.840 So to Cletas yep cles getting started in ARCA, he's 332 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:16.879 got to make it all the way. He's starting his 333 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:17.879 career exactly. 334 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:23.639 So that's exciting. We're starting to put some more information 335 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:25.960 out because people have been asking, and I would expect 336 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:28.960 that in the very near future there'll be more information coming. 337 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.279 So I would stay tuned to our social channels to 338 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:33.000 see what we talk about. 339 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:36.000 You're walking that line really because I'm like, I know 340 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.799 the things that you're. 341 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:39.320 Like almost, so just pay attention. 342 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:42.000 This is like a huge edition of Ina something. 343 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.559 So anyway, lots of cool stuff. We also have a 344 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:48.840 team of people going down to the Daytona five hundred, 345 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:50.559 not just to watch the race, but to meet with 346 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:53.080 teams drivers, get more people involved in the game. 347 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:54.240 So get out of the cold. 348 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:56.240 Get out of the cold. Although I heard it's going 349 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:58.039 to rain on Sunday at Daytona. 350 00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:59.799 Let's hope not. Yeah, that would suck. 351 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.440 Suck. Yeah, But anyway, So, lots going on with NASCAR 352 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.639 twenty five. More to come in terms of announcements very soon, 353 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:10.799 and excited to continue to develop that game for a 354 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.279 fall launch. That's what. 355 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:18.000 More info hashtag soon, hashtag soon, hashtags soon. All right, 356 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:21.919 Moving on now. Section two C I'm gonna, I'm gonna. 357 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:24.440 I'm gonna bring you in Chris, We're gonna talk about 358 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:28.320 it is a year long series announcement time mid I Racing. 359 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:31.000 For those of you that might be new to the service. 360 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.759 Not only do we have twelve week series, but we 361 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:35.000 have some series that progress throughout the year, some of 362 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:38.960 which are loosely mirroring like the real world calendar. Others 363 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.919 are just spreading races out just to give somebody, to 364 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.840 give people something different to look forward to. We have 365 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.919 some fan favorites that are back then this will be 366 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:50.600 Chris is gonna write a story about this today. I 367 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:52.000 know this because we talked about it earlier and I 368 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:53.919 asked him, Hey, could you write a story about this? 369 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.799 Yes, I could do that. 370 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:59.000 That would be great. But yeah. Nurber Ringing Durance Championship 371 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.519 are the I Racing kind of parallel to yell in 372 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:06.360 nine races at the Nurburgring, mostly four hour races, one 373 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:10.759 six hour race. Uh, sixteen different cars this year. 374 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:11.840 Awesome. 375 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:15.279 Yeah, if you're if you're that, that's a that's a 376 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:18.000 whole thing happened in there is a thing. Yeah, so 377 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:21.720 very excited about that. That has become a massively popular series. 378 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:23.879 Over one thousand entries per race. 379 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.039 That's pretty solid. 380 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.639 And yeah, with sixteen different bakes, it's a it's a 381 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:29.600 lot of diversity of car selection on the track, a 382 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:32.879 lot of fun M two BMWM two coming to that series. 383 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:35.279 That'll be the the. 384 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:38.759 Token free car. Yeah, the Craventic. The twelve hour series, 385 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.519 the series that started kind of as nothing is just that, 386 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:43.480 hey let's try this, and now it's a fan favorite. 387 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:45.799 I think you're four of that, so it'll be it 388 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:49.440 expands from four twelve hour races last year, so we're 389 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.480 adding a fifth race and the last race of the 390 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.159 year will be a twenty four hour race. I did 391 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:58.840 Barcelona because they run a twenty four hour race at Barcelona. 392 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:02.279 I like it small format, changing cars because in the 393 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:05.079 real world they race some GT threes and they put 394 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.680 I Racing stickers on them. Go figure. 395 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.119 So what are we running in I Racing. 396 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:12.880 We're gonna go GT threes Porsche Cup, Okay, in GT fours. 397 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:13.680 I like it. 398 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:17.599 It's a cool like it. We don't do that anywhere else. 399 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.079 It's a good mix. 400 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.720 Yeah, it'll be a good time. So pretty excited about that. 401 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:26.480 That kicks off. I think in April. Uh, the I 402 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:29.640 Racing Indy Car Series is back. That's when it starts 403 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:31.880 in like three weeks. I probably should put a form 404 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:35.240 post up about that. Probably format as last year kicks 405 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.799 off at Seabring. 406 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:37.319 Probably should build the schedule too. 407 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:40.440 That's done, Okay, Larry's already done the artwork. Travis has 408 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.440 done the heavy lifting. The perfect They've done it. They're 409 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:44.680 very well organized. I am the weak link in the 410 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.359 chain on this. I think I'm gonna run that one. 411 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.799 I've been actually practicing a little bit. 412 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.200 That's just didn't you weren't you an eedy car guy 413 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.680 before you started on I Racing? 414 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:55.240 Yeah? I like single seaters. It's kind of my thing. 415 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:58.079 I think anything that looks like a hot wheel or 416 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:00.720 matchbox car, that's that's what a race car should be 417 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:04.079 like in my mind. So yeah, pretty excited about that. 418 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:06.640 I g B T the I Rasing Grand Prix Tour, 419 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:10.720 which loosely mimics the real world Formula One schedule that 420 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:13.319 is back this year as well. And then we have 421 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:16.599 some new ones. Chris, I'll go first, because I only 422 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:16.839 have one. 423 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.759 Yeah, yeah, did you mentioned and I s did we 424 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.160 mention that? 425 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:21.559 I mean that, Well we have you know, I asked 426 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.880 we talked about that or exist start. 427 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.200 Talking about Yeah, we said, by the Daytona five. But 428 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.480 that's part of a big but it's part of a 429 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.000 bigger series. 430 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:30.039 Yeah, n I s the NASCAR I Racing Series, which 431 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:32.599 kicks off tonight. We alluded to heavily. That follows the 432 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.359 real world schedule. That that that that starts tonight this. 433 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:40.359 Week and runs until October whenever. The yeah, real series 434 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.319 November November. 435 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:46.079 Yeah, NASCAR series got longer, gotcha. So yeah, very very exciting. 436 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:48.640 So under the new one sorry new ones, Yes. 437 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.599 All right, this will this one will appeal to tens 438 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:55.200 of I Racers'll be there'll be probably few hundred people 439 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:58.559 in each. We're gonna do the Vintage Grand Prix Tour. 440 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:03.000 Vintage Vintage Grand Prix Tour using the Lotus seventy nine, 441 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:07.519 a very similar schedule to the seventy eight F one series. 442 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.279 All right, seventy eight F one calendar, a couple of 443 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.799 editions in there, and it loosely follows. So pretty excited 444 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:16.319 about that, and then the rest Chris has to talk about. Yep. 445 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.240 These are all four short oval series. There are two 446 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:22.759 dirt ones and two paved ones. So the paved ones 447 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:26.640 feature the super Late Model and the Tour Modified, and 448 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:29.759 those are running about twenty races each. They both started 449 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:32.400 at New Smyrna within the past couple of weeks and 450 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:37.799 they'll wrap up around Thanksgiving Myrtle Beach for the modified, 451 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:39.799 five flags for the super Late Model. 452 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:42.880 Gee, you I wonder why no idea? In fact, this 453 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:46.160 the Winter Derby, not the Snowball. The Winter Derby is 454 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:49.200 actually housed within that series. 455 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:51.559 For this season, which is a very cool development. 456 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:55.599 Yeah, very cool, fun fact. Yeah, I think I'm right. 457 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.359 I could be wrong. 458 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.920 Something new everything. 459 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.960 Well, now that you've said it, I mean you got 460 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.319 you have ten months to figure it out. 461 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:05.000 Graik Tyler, Travis, Hey, if we're not doing it, we 462 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.119 are now. We're doing it now. 463 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:09.960 And as for the dirt folks, they started a little earlier, 464 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:13.160 both at Vlusia. The super Late model and the four 465 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:16.880 ten sprint car each with their own nearly forty races 466 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:19.400 in each of those. So if you're a if you're 467 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.079 a big dirt guy, you got plenty of racing to 468 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:24.319 do over the course of this year until you wrap 469 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:27.319 up in early November the dirt Track at Charlotte, just 470 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:29.279 like the real World of out Laws World Finals. 471 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:33.559 Fancy. Yeah, this is the cool stuff I really like 472 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:37.279 that we do here in I Racing. We've been I 473 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:39.759 Racing over the last couple of years has find ways 474 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:42.839 to get more people involved in these shorter format races 475 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:45.680 and maybe a little bit more casual experience. I've been 476 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:48.240 accused us on several occasions of ruining I Racing with 477 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:50.640 these shorter sprint race format races. But this is the 478 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:53.079 kind of stuff that I actually think is really cool. Yeah, 479 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.000 because this is the stuff that we can do that 480 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:58.599 a lot of people can do. Is the full length, 481 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:02.799 one hundred percent racist and you are in that series 482 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:05.400 and that's that's a lot of fun. So very excited. 483 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:07.920 There's a little bit of everything here. If you're on 484 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:10.640 I Racing, there is some sort of year long series 485 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:13.480 that that should have some sort of like analogous appeal 486 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:17.160 to you. So we're we're really excited about that. We 487 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:19.880 might expand the schedule even more, maybe later this year, 488 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.519 but that's nic. 489 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:23.960 Those are great additions. So I think that, like you said, 490 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:26.039 members will be excited because it really hits all the 491 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:28.960 different markets, different groups of races that we have. 492 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:31.519 I can tell how excited you are right now, very 493 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:40.359 h take a red bull, do it all right? 494 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.799 Moving on? 495 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:42.519 All right, we got a great interview, as we alluded 496 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:46.640 to earlier, Steve Luvinder from Trading Paints celebrating their fifteenth anniversary. 497 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:49.440 They're running in parallel with I Racing. If you see 498 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:52.440 pretty paints on your service, you're probably running in the 499 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:55.759 background and may not even know it. So, without further ado, 500 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:59.240 mister Steve livin here. He's been on here exactly one 501 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:02.200 time as of today. The most famous person that you 502 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.839 probably don't know their name in I Racing because pretty 503 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:09.200 much everybody listening uses something he built. Mister Steve Luvender 504 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.680 from Trading Paints. 505 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:16.000 Welcome probably, oh thanks everybody. 506 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:20.480 To be here. It's quite an introduction. Yeah, I like 507 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:22.759 to build you up and then we just all crumble off. 508 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:25.160 So don't disappoint this better be a good interview because 509 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.440 you know, people are expecting well, I'm sure you will 510 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:30.160 disappoint perfect. 511 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:34.000 Oh so trading paints you started, but fifteen years ago, 512 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:35.680 big anniversary for you guys, right. 513 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:40.039 Yeah, we just celebrated our fifteenth anniversary. We launched in 514 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:45.160 January twenty ten. So it's a different time online, different 515 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:48.039 time on I racing back then. So excited to be 516 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:54.640 here fifteen years later, with much different kind of direction 517 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:57.240 than we set out with the media initially, where it 518 00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:59.079 was just kind of you know, you upload your paint 519 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.039 steam and that's it. We're you know, a full community 520 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:06.200 of nearly four hundred thousand eye racers who were sharing 521 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.400 their work and kind of getting noticed and published and 522 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:14.559 still doing the basics of exchanging and having you know, 523 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.440 paint schemes and irashing at the same time. 524 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.720 Nice. Back then you only had to support about a 525 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:21.599 dozen cars, I think or something, and now it's more, 526 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.599 well more than that. 527 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:27.079 So yeah, it's funny because during special events, Steve and 528 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:30.200 I actually exchange a text message that just says good 529 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.680 luck or something to the to the to that effect, 530 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.839 because you know, servers and whatnot. But Steve, you text 531 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:37.839 me during the days on the twenty four was it 532 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:41.440 nineteen thousand Trading Paints members out of twenty three thousand 533 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:44.480 or twenty three thousand drivers? You had nineteen thousand accounts 534 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.119 online at once. 535 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.880 That's when we texted. We ended up getting up to 536 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.480 twenty three thousand. So definitely shout out to you guys 537 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:54.480 on the I Racing side. We're putting on such a 538 00:23:55.000 --> 00:24:00.200 successful event. We're just glad our servers didn't go down to. 539 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.720 Right exactly. 540 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.240 But no, it was a great event and it's really 541 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:08.359 cool to see this that they ton of twenty four 542 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.039 and become what it is in I Racing, just this 543 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:13.799 premiere feature event, the biggest event in some in racing, 544 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:17.799 it really is. So it's nice to exchange those texts 545 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:20.119 to good luck and good luck and godspeed. 546 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:23.480 We've had some good ones, we've had some that were 547 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:26.079 more like, hey, we're with you at. 548 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:28.599 Different times too. I'll have to say though, but your 549 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:32.519 service Trading Paints really helps enhance that event, right, So 550 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:36.079 it wouldn't be as big as it is without what 551 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.920 you guys do. So it's super cool that you guys 552 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:40.720 are involved. You know, you're involved in the background, like 553 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.799 people don't necessarily think about it like they set up 554 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:45.960 their Trading Paints account and then just do stuff right, 555 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.359 and then they get into a race, and everybody's card 556 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:48.960 looks cool. 557 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:51.480 Right, But that's like, isn't it the biggest compliment you 558 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:53.599 can give a service like Trading Paints. You turn it on, 559 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:56.279 then you forget about it because it just works like 560 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:58.279 that is the biggest compliment I think you can give 561 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.319 to a piece of software. 562 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.880 That's our goal, at least we want to. We haven't 563 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:08.079 historically been super loud and in your face about things, 564 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:11.240 so I'm glad that our kind of role has been 565 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:16.799 to quietly be there and let these people's let's let. 566 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:19.559 The rasearch do the speaking. 567 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:23.880 So it's kind of established our mission statement actually as 568 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:27.640 part of our fifteenth anniversary, and it's to unleash the 569 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:32.319 creativity and personality of SIM racers everywhere. So our job 570 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:35.119 basically is to be that platform. We're not the ones 571 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:39.920 being creative, We're the ones allowing everybody else, all the 572 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:43.279 artists and designers and racers to express themselves. So I'm 573 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:46.079 really proud that we have that role and just to 574 00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.799 be a part of the IRIS and community that way. 575 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:50.920 We are kind of in the background, sort of by Designs. 576 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:53.240 That's super cool. I noticed that this year you have 577 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:55.240 kind of up your game on social and stuff. You've 578 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:58.400 been putting more stuff out on Instagram and elsewhere, and 579 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:01.759 that's fun because the stuff you guys deal with is 580 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:05.599 perfect for social right. Awesome paints, awesome shots, so super 581 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:07.400 cool to see that everybody should follow you guys if 582 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:09.680 they're not. So it's kind of wild. 583 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:12.960 We launched the same year as Instagram launched in twenty ten, 584 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:15.480 so it was kind of wild that we didn't have 585 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:17.839 any sort of present so welcome to twenty Instagram until 586 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.400 this past year. 587 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:20.920 So you're responsible for the growth of Instagram, is where 588 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.359 I'm hearing. 589 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.000 That's exactly it. 590 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:26.720 Yeah, responsible for all good things. 591 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:29.519 Yes obviously, And I mean your guys is in house 592 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:32.279 paint shop that you know you kind of alluded to 593 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:35.359 earlier but really glossed over for those of that have 594 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:37.799 not had the opportunity or to go in there and 595 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:42.000 try it. You can really create some amazing paints without 596 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:45.599 any external tools like Photoshop or anything like that. It's 597 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:47.400 kind of a one stop shop. And there's some great 598 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:49.759 sponsors in your garage. Steve. I have to admit I'm 599 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:52.720 I'm a huge fan of some of the sponsors you 600 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:54.559 can put on your car. 601 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:57.759 Yeah, we do have some fun ones in team Builder. 602 00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:01.359 Not everybody wants to put a a real company logo 603 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:03.680 or go out and try to find sponsorship to put 604 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:07.200 them their hiercing paint schemes. So we loaded up Paint 605 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:10.480 Builder with some fictional brands. A lot of the things 606 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:13.200 are either you know, made up terms you hear in 607 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:16.920 the iras and community. Something like wall glue comes to mind, 608 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.960 you know, the kind of phenomenon where you get stuck 609 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:22.599 in the wall and stick in the wall glue. That's 610 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:24.920 a sponsor in our paint shop and paint builders. So 611 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:28.079 there's a couple of throwbacks also from like the old 612 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:32.519 pavirus days, which you know, it's fun to see some 613 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:36.400 of those from twenty thirty years ago. But lots of 614 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.119 fun little things like that just to kind of I 615 00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.839 like to just go in and goof around. I'm not 616 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:43.319 much of a painter, but it's fun to go in 617 00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:45.880 a paint builder and put something together with you know, 618 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.759 fake sponsors. 619 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:48.680 Just some irony right there that you're not much of 620 00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:50.599 a paint builder, but you are the king of. 621 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:54.839 You are the king but let's go back. Let's throw 622 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.720 back fifteen years a guest, since we're kind of celebrating 623 00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:58.920 your anniversary here. You know, what was the impetus? 624 00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:58.960 What? 625 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:03.240 What was that moment They're like, hey, I what if 626 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:06.319 we did this? I think we could do this, like 627 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:09.440 talk us through the genesis of trading paints. 628 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:15.319 Yeah, so back in late two thousand and nine. We 629 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:17.440 launched in twenty ten. So late two thousand and nine 630 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:21.720 on the old old I Racing forums. Of all people, 631 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:25.400 they learn our junior posted the fact that I Racing 632 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:27.960 was going to be adding custom paint schemes support in 633 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:31.039 the following build, which would have been January twenty ten. 634 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:35.240 He kind of had this idea of, like, I Racing's 635 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:38.160 not going to host these third party paints and try 636 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:41.200 to serve them to all the users. What if there 637 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.359 was kind of this central exchange or a weekend people 638 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:49.079 can upload and download paint schemes. I kind of saw 639 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:51.119 that as like as it called action. 640 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.720 It was like. 641 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.079 I want to do this. 642 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:57.000 I love paint schemes, I like websites. 643 00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.480 You know. 644 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.160 It was just kind of a. 645 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.640 At the time I had a. 646 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.519 That's called racing two thousand and three seasons still had 647 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:09.680 quite a big following. So I had a website in 648 00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:16.000 that community for exchanging setups. And I have always been 649 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.920 more of a pain scheme person that I've been a 650 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:21.680 going fast speaking setups kind of person, so feel that 651 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.599 I mean, it was just kind of like, Okay, we need. 652 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:27.119 To make this happen. 653 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.039 So I went to. 654 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:34.559 Sean Brandt, who at the time was running a it's 655 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:36.640 called it was called Race Points Manager, just like a 656 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:40.160 league management software kind of thing, and I was like, hey, 657 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:43.720 can you help me build this. Here's my design, here's 658 00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:49.519 my idea based on what Dale Junior said. So he 659 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:51.680 agreed to it and kind of took a couple of 660 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:54.160 weeks and we worked together and kind of rolled out 661 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:57.279 V one in January twenty ten. It was super basic. 662 00:29:57.400 --> 00:30:01.880 It was just you upload your car, you browse the 663 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:06.319 website and then make a zip file of all things 664 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:11.319 to choose other people's paints and download them and manually 665 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.839 put them into igh racing. So that was that was 666 00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:16.160 fifteen years ago. Obviously things are a lot different now 667 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:19.680 we have, you know, the download or all these things 668 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:22.400 to make it a lot easier. But that was the 669 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:25.559 story of kind of how it began fifteen years ago and. 670 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:28.200 Now it's absolutely exploded. I mean, did you ever think 671 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:30.599 that this was going to become you know what it 672 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:33.599 has become to that, I mean, in your wildest dreams. 673 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:39.480 Definitely not. We didn't even have a showroom when we launched. 674 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:42.200 The showroom's kind of like the central piece of Trading 675 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:46.200 Paints now because people can show off their skills there. 676 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:49.559 They can go, you know, if you're not a designer 677 00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:51.960 kind of like me, you can go browse it and 678 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:55.480 see what people have created and with things in racing 679 00:30:55.559 --> 00:31:00.960 with one click. So definitely wasn't the goal at first, 680 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:04.039 and actually the showroom specifically was kind of built from necessity. 681 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:07.519 It was we had this issue where, you know, the 682 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.480 only thing you could. 683 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:11.960 Upload the Trading Paints was your personal paint, and then 684 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.240 anyone can download them and be exposed to view them. 685 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:18.039 So we have a problem where people would, you know, 686 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:20.160 say hey, that's a cool paint scheme. I'm going to 687 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:23.160 do this and put it on my account. So we 688 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:28.160 had this issue of people stealing paint schemes and some 689 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:30.279 people were fine with it. Some were like that's cool, 690 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.359 Like I think it's really cool that someone is racing 691 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:35.079 my car. Other people were like, hey, I want some 692 00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:40.000 credit for that completely justify obviously, So you know, we 693 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:42.400 decided to go in the direction was like, what if 694 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:46.119 we lean into this, make the showroom so you can 695 00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.079 go onto it, upload your work and click race and 696 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:51.720 other people can enjoy it. So now that's kind of 697 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:53.920 become the central part of Trading Paints. You go to 698 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:57.279 Trading Paints dot com and you see the showroom. You 699 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:00.599 can browse through six hundred and fifty thousand uploads from 700 00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:04.400 the very talented artists in the community and just about 701 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:06.599 anything you can think of, and it's it's super cool, 702 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:12.119 but no, definitely not hot where. 703 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.599 We thought this would go. 704 00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:14.720 So I'm really proud of what we build it in 705 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.920 the community that has always had our backs all along. 706 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:20.200 So it's it's been really wonderful. 707 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:23.359 Well it's Kevin Alluded, you know, you really is such 708 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:26.119 a cornerstone of what I Racing has become, and it 709 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:29.680 let it it brings the racing to life in a 710 00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.880 way that you know, that's not something that we could 711 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:34.480 we could manage ourselves. And what I think a lot 712 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:36.160 of people don't understand is, you know, Training Paints and 713 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.160 I raising we are we are completely separate instities. Obviously, 714 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:42.599 we have interest that align and we do work very 715 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.400 very well together. Uh, but you know they're they're two 716 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.720 totally separate companies. 717 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.079 Uh. 718 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:51.160 But you, you guys, you compliment us in such a way. 719 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.599 We talk about in I rasing a lot, how many people, 720 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:57.680 how many members have memberships that don't race because they 721 00:32:57.759 --> 00:33:01.319 actually just paint and and sharing that with the community. 722 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:03.319 You know, It's like instead of painting minis, which is 723 00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:05.680 obviously a hobby of its own, there are so many 724 00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:08.000 members that we have that are just they just want 725 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:10.839 to just paint cars. And that's that's just such a 726 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:13.440 cool thing and really cool thing that you've you've fostered. 727 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:16.880 But are you still making candles? We haven't exchanged candles 728 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.279 in a while. 729 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:21.359 You're right, I've paused the candle making. 730 00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.240 Greg. 731 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:26.920 You sent me a candle. It was wonderful, And after 732 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:29.920 that I kind of wound down my candle making. I 733 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:33.640 can't I just couldn't get the ratio of wax descent 734 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:36.599 and everything right. So I also spent a couple of 735 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:39.480 days just making like wordy candles at a time, and 736 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.920 it's like, Okay, now my house is full of candles. 737 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:43.799 What am I going to do with all them? That's 738 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:46.640 a lot of work. I make one at a time. 739 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:53.359 That's hand crafted with love. There you go, well, yeah, 740 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:55.759 but thanks uh Steve for there is one other thing 741 00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:57.519 we have to talk about is that you have a 742 00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:01.279 store where you sell Trading Paint skin and if people 743 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:03.599 don't know, you make the best T shirts. Oh my 744 00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:07.160 gosh so and I'm wearing one right now, so thank 745 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:10.400 you very much. It is the best T shirt ever. 746 00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.760 So if people don't have one, they should go to 747 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.440 your store and buy one. 748 00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:16.119 And if Kevin will ever send me the code that 749 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:20.559 you so magnanimously sent us for I Racing staff, I 750 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:22.239 will have two Trading Paints T shirt. 751 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:23.920 There you go, all right, I'll see, I'll see if 752 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.360 I can do that. 753 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:27.079 Yeah. I wore my Trading Paints T shirt yesterday. It 754 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.760 was quite good and I was very happy about it. 755 00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:31.280 Nice. So keep up the good work that's cloth on 756 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.960 Trading Paints and your T shirts. 757 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:34.920 Thank you. 758 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.280 For whatever reason, I'm super particular when it comes to 759 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:41.639 T shirts. I've had some shirts where they have like 760 00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:44.280 really cool designs and prints on them, but like it's 761 00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:48.119 like the itsiest, foxiest shirt you've ever seen. So for 762 00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.920 the trading paint shirts, I was like, if we're going 763 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.360 to do this, we're going to do it right. So 764 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.639 that's the highest compliment you could give. 765 00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:57.519 No, there, I have multiple people that think have gone 766 00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:59.760 to Kevin for our company shirts like just get whoever 767 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:04.400 an they're the past. So yeah, nice, nice job there. 768 00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:07.480 I'm picking a vend Thanks for taking the time with 769 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:10.840 us today. I appreciate it, and uh yeah, looking forward 770 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:13.800 to the next fifteen years because yeah, if you're around 771 00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.880 fifteen more years, it's it's probably good for my career 772 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.320 as well. 773 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:19.239 Yeah, well we can probably have you on before fifteen, 774 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:21.679 before the thirtieth anniversary, we can have you on again. 775 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:24.039 Yeah, yeah, absolutely, friend of the show. 776 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.440 I have to wait for fifteen more years. 777 00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:31.760 I'd be delighted whether it's fifteen years or senior than that. 778 00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.920 But thank you very much. 779 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:35.480 All Right, thanksty, have a great day, and we'll get 780 00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:37.719 back to the show. All right, let's talk e sports. 781 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.960 Last night, we kicked off the NASCAR Coco Cola I 782 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:46.159 Racing Series Ding at Daytona Ding ding yep, Oh. 783 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:49.800 God, what can we say about this series now more 784 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:53.400 than a decade and a half. Incredible prize pool more 785 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:56.320 than half a million dollars. We got through the Daytona 786 00:35:56.360 --> 00:36:00.199 clash that was Parker White. Parker White almost swept dayton A. 787 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:02.360 King this close, but you can't see. 788 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.440 They can't see your fingers when you say no, no, 789 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.000 they can't. 790 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:08.840 But they could hear. They could hear close. Yeah, they 791 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:10.039 could hear how close it was. 792 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:14.639 We've got a lot of new teams that have come back, 793 00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:17.840 but it was Steven Wilson shifting over to the returning 794 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:23.119 folks Spier Motorsports taking that victory at Daytona. A couple 795 00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:26.159 of cars reckoned behind him, but very dramatic, finished, very 796 00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:28.840 cool race. A lot of new teams this year, a 797 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:32.000 couple of returning teams. I might or might not know 798 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:34.239 a little bit about one of those returning teams. 799 00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.000 Jim Beaver. 800 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:40.199 Yeah he's back, He's yeah, I knew that well. Well, 801 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.800 Jim is also selling T shirts. 802 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.920 But are they soft? 803 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.920 I believe so. 804 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.280 Do you have a code? 805 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:47.079 I feel like we need some samples to compare. 806 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:50.559 Yeah, all right, well I'm here for how about this? 807 00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:52.599 We'll do that on a different show. I don't want 808 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:55.639 to steal Steve's thunder because I got my medium No, 809 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.719 I got my medium shirt in and Steve's a not. 810 00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:01.360 As Chris through the size and the Yeah. For folks 811 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:04.239 that don't know, Chris has absolutely transformed his body over 812 00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:06.840 like the last year, and he's in a medium T shirt. 813 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.360 He walks in this morning. First thing, I was like, 814 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.400 this shirt's a medium. 815 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.159 Hey, it's not tight. 816 00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:16.639 I have to go absolute applause. It's really good. Done 817 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:18.679 a good job of making some healthy choices. 818 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:23.800 I appreciate it. Yeah, and Greg, considering your athletic expertise, 819 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:28.119 the fact that you've there, considering that you've been my 820 00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:30.159 hype guy over the past six months, I mean that 821 00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:32.599 makes me feel like I'm actually doing something, so I 822 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:36.480 should probably should probably give my nutritionists a nice little 823 00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:39.079 bonus there. I didn't know it was your hype guy, 824 00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:42.280 but you're the one who comments on it the most. 825 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:45.679 I mean, if you're recognizing it, I feel good. You've 826 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:49.480 done a lot more athletically than I ever have. Anyway, 827 00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:52.559 to get back to the Coke series, Tuesday's eight pm Eastern. 828 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:54.480 We're going to Las Vegas next. It's going to be 829 00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:58.079 a really cool schedule this year. Rockingham makes it series 830 00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:02.599 debut later in the year in Lagos is the International race. 831 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.119 I like it. 832 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:05.920 Yeah, it's gonna be it's gonna be a really cool schedule. 833 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:07.480 And seven thirty is countdown to green. 834 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:10.199 Seven thirty is countdown to green. Don't miss that countdown 835 00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:12.679 to green. Get a get prepared with all the storylines 836 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.440 and everything going on, knee race, and then eight pm 837 00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.719 to tune in for the green flag. 838 00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.159 Perfect. 839 00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:22.199 But that's not all. But wait the more there's more. 840 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:26.159 Kevin Portion, tag Hoyer, E Sports super Cup is back. 841 00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:30.000 It's back. We're two races in already and some great racing. 842 00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:33.679 Next race is Saturday, so there's three in a row. 843 00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:39.559 It's been great racing already. This last week there was 844 00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:42.320 a segment I don't know a few laps to go 845 00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:45.360 the leaders side by side for an entire app. It's 846 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:48.440 some of the best racing you can see in a broadcast. 847 00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:51.119 Link in the description below, we can link to it. 848 00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:54.960 But it's been fantastic. Uh. Sanchez is leading the points, 849 00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:58.239 so that's uh, that's pretty cool. There's some big names 850 00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:59.079 that came back. 851 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.760 That wasn't in the bullets. You knew that off the 852 00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.559 top of your head. 853 00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.519 I sort of pay attention. 854 00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.880 I'm proud of you. That's good. 855 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.159 But so Sanchez is leading the points, but he hasn't 856 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.320 won any of the races yet. 857 00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.519 Right. 858 00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:13.159 Oh oh no, I'm not I'm not disagreeing. I'm just 859 00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:15.400 saying that that's a really tight series. You've got four 860 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.199 different winners in the two sprints, in the. 861 00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:20.039 Two features so far. Absolutely, it's the sort of thing 862 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:23.280 that you know, you you you have a bad sprint 863 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:25.719 race and you start in the back, and you might 864 00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:29.400 have a really bad weekend, you know. Uh, conversely, you 865 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.679 know you can pick up a ton of points if 866 00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:34.000 you do well in both races. So I think you'll 867 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:36.079 see a lot of flip flopping on who's leading or 868 00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:39.519 who's close to leading the championship throughout the seven week season. 869 00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:42.519 So looking forward to that. We've got, like I said, 870 00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.440 a race this weekend on Saturday, and then a couple 871 00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:46.360 of weeks off and then we're back on so mid 872 00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:49.280 season tournament, right, mid season tournaments coming up. But I 873 00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:51.679 don't remember what track that Saxon Ring, thank you, Yes 874 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.880 I should have known. 875 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:54.639 Yeah, that's a new one for this series. 876 00:39:55.960 --> 00:40:00.440 But wait, there's more World of out Laws Pro a series. 877 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:04.760 Chris yep Logan Rumsey takes the Championship ten thousand dollars 878 00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:07.679 prize went down to Vlusiah Speedway Park to get celebrated 879 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:10.440 with the real world World of Outlaws season opener. Now, 880 00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:14.880 this was just a really interesting format this year because 881 00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.719 we switched between the four tens and the Super Late 882 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:20.119 Models race after race. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So guys like 883 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:23.400 Logan Rumsey, Kendall Tucker. Those were the two heavy hitters 884 00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:25.320 in the championship and both of them have been front 885 00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:27.840 runners in both of those classes when we ran them 886 00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:30.599 a separate series, and you know, the cream rises to 887 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:33.559 the top, and that was that was Logan Rumsey and 888 00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:35.880 he had it locked up by qualifying in the final race. 889 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:39.320 So congrats to him, certainly, somebody who's been in those 890 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:42.119 series for quite a while and then finally got that 891 00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:43.800 rightfully deserved championship. 892 00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:48.760 Okay, there's one more. There is one more, all right, 893 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:53.760 more IMSA Esports Global Championship. Friends at good friends. We 894 00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.960 had a good call with him yesterday. 895 00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:57.679 We did. Ems is a great partner. But their series 896 00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:01.679 wrapped up at the beginning of January. There was a 897 00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:04.840 four race season for them that started I think in November. 898 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:10.119 Some really big name teams and drivers uh, two classes 899 00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:13.159 GTP and gt D. Williams z Sports took the championship 900 00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:15.760 in GTP and Redline in g t D. So no 901 00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:18.960 surprises there that the heavy hitters performed well. There are 902 00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:22.159 also some surprise guests in some of the races. Uh, 903 00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:24.960 really good competition. I'm sure that we're going to do 904 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:27.159 more with him so this coming year as well. So 905 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:32.920 it's foreshadowing hashtag soon, hashtag soon. 906 00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:34.800 Curious curious what that's going to be. 907 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:37.599 I don't know, I don't know. I don't know. Maybe 908 00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:39.920 that's the next podcast we can talk about that, can 909 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:43.239 we I don't know, it's our podcast. That is a 910 00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:47.679 really cryptic maybe a guest suggestion. Maybe we could get 911 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:52.880 Max from guy Sean Max from I like that. 912 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.679 I bet he. 913 00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:57.159 I bet he'd joined us. He's a personable guy. Yeah. 914 00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:59.800 Oh man. He jumped on the call yesterday and Steve 915 00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:02.079 was not quite there yet. Steve jumps on the call 916 00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:07.719 and we're just talking. Steve was mortified for two seconds. 917 00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:11.719 It was great, fantastic. Really, remember I broke the pace car. 918 00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:14.119 I do remember when he broke them pace car. We 919 00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:16.840 haven't been invited back, so no. 920 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:20.320 Oh, well, thanks for listening to this episode of The 921 00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:22.599 I Racing down Shift. Don't forget to rate, review, and 922 00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:25.719 subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else. Chris is 923 00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:29.320 put this thing for Kevin Bobbitt, Chris Leoni, sound guys, Sean, 924 00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:31.639 and Cisco, who's out there. I think he was doing 925 00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.360 something helping out. 926 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.840 Yes, thank you. 927 00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:36.519 Thanks, I'm Greg West and we'll see you on the tracks. 928 00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:38.440 Cisco gave me a thumbs up, so that's that's good. 929 00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:40.800 Nice through the soundproof room.