THE MODIFIED MINUTE – EPISODE 23: “TWICE IS NICE!”

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We are now there.
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This week on the modified minute.
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Yeah, ever since I was young, I've had big aspirations of making it into NASCAR.
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And uh over the course of my career, you know, when we when I got older, it was with the people that I had around me, it was feasible.
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So we uh I made the move to Ray City USA, Mooresville, North Carolina.
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Getting our sizes dialed in where people want them has been you know has been a bit of a challenge.
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Right from the onset.
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The first race, you know, New Smyrna, we didn't see too much trouble.
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People said a few things about it, but heck everybody was just using the product for the first time.
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And we didn't really, you know, so we we felt pretty good coming out of there.
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And then Martinsville, we started to see some sizing issues, meaning our accuracy of the of what the size on the tire was that we had measured it, was not was not reality.
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I don't think there's much of a difference really from what my you know from me to my dad.
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I mean, he always raced respectfully and and you know was was very good at what he did and uh was a very smart driver, and I feel like you know him and I are very similar in that, and uh, you know, we don't really force force issues or you know, go and go for a gap that doesn't really exist.
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Uh uh no real differences, honestly.
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I I think you know, from what I hear from a lot of people, like uh we're very similar.
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All that.
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Along with Hot Dog of the Week and Throttle Down.
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So tighten those belts because this week's modified minute is next.
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They're called the Mod Squad.
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Ground Pounders, the men that live by the grace of God and 600 horsepower.
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They are open-wheeled race cars, flung low to the ground and ready to rumble.
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Here they come to the strike, down to the fence, back flying in the air.
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Here comes John Pete Jr.
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And off the corner to the wide com.
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Here's Jack.
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Welcome to this week's edition of the Modified Minute.
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Now, this week we've got three great stories from the world of modified racing.
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Since he was a kid, Anthony Bellow has been working his way through the racing ladder.
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He hasn't just been along for the ride.
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He's been improving himself every step of the way.
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He continues to challenge himself.
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Time to get you up to speed in the modified world.
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The holiday weekend saw tons of modified action.
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On Friday, it all started at the Stafford Speedway, the 20-lap SK Light main event.
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Sloxum is there.
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Downey back to the third spot.
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He's not done yet.
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Here they come.
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On turn number four, here's Swaksham making the bin down underneath Amanda West.
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Bloxham was able to cut under West off of turn four.
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They race side by side off of two.
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This is for the lead.
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Down the back straightaway.
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West gets a nose out ahead, but Bloxham has it for third lane.
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They're racing even through three and four.
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RB three to the inside.
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Amanda West in the outside lane, trying to keep that 15 car wound up, and that's where she has been comfortable a lot of this season.
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They are side by side, second time by up the back stretch.
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The entire front half of the field is two by two.
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West a little bit behind, but Bennett shoves her ahead of Bloxham going into three.
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Meanwhile, Bennett comes to life as they come off the turn.
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Side by side at the slide.
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They're almost evenly matched.
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Amanda West is back in command.
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Great racing up front.
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West with the left turn gets down in front of Bloxham and holds on to the lead.
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White flag is out, one lap to go.
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He's all over the back buffer of Amanda West.
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Top three nose to tail.
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Bennett goes in high.
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He's gonna try and get a wheel up on West coming off a two.
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Can't do it.
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Down the back stretch.
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Top three together with two turns to go.
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One final shot into turn three.
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Here comes Blox into the inside of Bennett.
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Amanda West blocking the inside of the racetrack.
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For the first time in over two years, Amanda West is back in victory lane here at Stafford.
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I'm speechless.
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We've had a hard end of the year or middle of the year, whatever you want to call it.
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Um, getting hurt a couple times, which um wasn't fun, and I was ready to kind of say I'm I'm ready, I'm I'm not I don't want to keep getting hurt in a race car, so um, this pays off.
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Um I don't even know what to say right now.
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I I we were struggling uh half the year with with our other car, and um unfortunately it got destroyed one night, and um the minute we brought this thing out, it was a rocket ship, and I knew we would be back here soon.
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Then it was 40 times around with the tracks SK modified division.
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Here's green and racing back at Stafford in turn two.
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Here comes the SK for Green Three wide up front, Muller to the inside, puts Fuller in the middle.
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It's Flynn that has the lead.
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Is on second as Fuller still stuck.
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Muller out trouble in turn one, Fuller's in the wall, John Punio's in the wall, Alex Pearl is in it, Martello Raprano might have gotten the piece.
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He comes to a stop.
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And here comes Fuller, three wide again.
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Again, Moller makes it three wide.
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Look like Izzo and Flynn were touching tires on the front stretch.
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Muller capitalizes it, gets out ahead by half a comes Chapman again, right to the bottom of the racetrack on Mowler.
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Time by top two have been side by side at the front of the field.
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Moller in the outside lane, Chapman on the bottom, plannery looking on with nowhere to go from the first spot.
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Owen to the inside of Chapman, has a wheel up on about the back stretch, almost made contact.
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Owen down to the apron, trying to get up alongside.
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Tom Owen is your brand new leader.
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And it happened again! Tyler Chapman are shuts off on running in second, and he's out of the race.
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Seven laps to settle this one.
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Owen Christopher, side by side of the front as they go to one.
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Christopher has a runoff of two on the outside.
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He's gonna pull to the bottom.
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Owen tries to pluck, but Christopher is there!
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They go into turn number three, off turn number four.
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They are almost three wide.
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Wow, down the front straightaway.
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Bello is locked up on the car, and we've got a spin.
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Marcello Rufrano goes around in the 88s, does a 360 trying to keep on rolling.
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Anthony Flannery pulls away, but about a half a dozen or so cars.
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Now one car goes aflame going into turn number one.
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A bit of a flash fire for Flannery.
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Up to speed, we are green here at Stafford.
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Seven laps to go.
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We'll see what they have going into turn one in the speedy drive.
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But Christopher's got the advantage on the high side, and he's just about clear of Owen off of turn two.
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Owen trying to stay alongside, but he can't do it.
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Christopher takes the lead.
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Up the track goes Christopher.
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Here comes Owen trying to get a tire up on the inside, down the back straightaway with the push from Rocco.
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There's side by side for the lead.
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Tom Owen found a hole in an opening.
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He'll come off turn number four.
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The white flag is up.
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Todd Owen is back in command of this effect.
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Owen tries to lead Christopher on the outside to give Rocco a chance to get under that 82.
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Owen is clear with the lead.
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They're side by side for second.
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It's Rocco on the inside.
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Christopher up top behind Owen.
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That allows Todd Owen to get away, but isn't enough.
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Everyone behind him drives in deep off of turn number four.
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Checkered flag is out, and Todd Owen picks up his second win of the SK modified season.
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You know, Michael's tough.
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You know, he's uh he ain't gonna give you an inch.
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And uh I gave Deed the thumbs up on a way by it.
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I don't think without his push down the back stretch, I get by him.
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So uh Keith helped me get that win for sure.
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It was a two-day affair at the Waterford People.
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Saturday night, it was the SK modified.
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Green flank is up, we're off and underway, and they go down into turn number one, side by side.
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It is Gallo, it is Rocco on the outside trying to dispose of data.
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The all-time speedball wigler leads the pack.
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Rocco trying to put some daylight between those two drivers, and finally it is Flair, he's able to shake off the Pulio machine, but not yet.
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JP still digging in down low.
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We have a three-way tussle for the trophy, and coming out the other side, it is John Puglio, the Mr.
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Rudicard leads the way.
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Big trouble as Rocco is around on the gas and the rough Holly restarts off.
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Here come the in-scame out of five.
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And off we go, and it is side by side through turns one and two.
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Puglio, the lead off the turn.
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Following in line is Flannery, a shove to the back bumper to try to upset the timing.
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White flag left.
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We are gonna just one more to go with the bowl.
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Puglio leads the way.
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Flannery trying to dig in and get one final shot as they go into the last two turns.
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They whistle their way off turns three and four.
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Twin checkered flag on Mike Halbert! Around goes Puglio! He's hit by Landstrom! Wow!
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Flannery got into Puglio and crossed the line in front, only to be penalized for avoidable contact.
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The win was awarded to Nicholas Hovey, with Nick never having led a lap.
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Definitely really wasn't my best race.
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Um those guys were uh getting really physical up there ahead of us.
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Um I don't know, I seen Anthony get shuffled back.
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I don't know what happened there coming out of four, but at our swigo speedway, the Wheel of Modified Tour went at it in the Toyota Modified Classic 150.
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Pierce hangs on to it.
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He has led them all thus far.
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Emerald in the second spot, settling into line, maybe saving his stuff still early on.
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Emerling still on the offense going after the lead, but he's gotta think about defense as well because Jonathan McKennedy has real head.
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Here we go.
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Emerling gets it wound up in the outside lane, beers to the bottom.
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Patrick Emmerling becomes the second different leader of this event.
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Here comes Jonathan McKennedy to the inside of Beers for second.
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And Hirschman out of shape in turn one tacks the inside wall.
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Patrick Emmerling, Jonathan McKennedy, will go back under the green flag with still about uh 35 laps to go as they go back to turn number two.
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Check that 42 laps to go as I get the map right off of turn two and up to the back straight away.
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Everly to the inside, but knock it away from Jonathan McKennedy.
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Patrick Emerling on his way to win another coming on the mod classic here in the Oswego Speedway.
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As a healthy 1.8 second lead here into the final lap for Patrick Emmerling all by himself.
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Free and clear of traffic, looking for win number two of his career here at the Oswego Speedway.
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Number 13 of his career on the NASCAR Wheel and Modified Tour.
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Patrick Emmerling wins the Toyota Mod Classic 150.
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This is a home race for us.
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So this is uh a track that I grew up on.
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Um racing ROC and sport mods, and um just really special to come.
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And uh this would be my home race on the tour, so um, as far as the wheeling tour goes, I'm just uh super excited.
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On Saturday night at the Carteret Speedway, Rain forced the postponement of the Smart Tour Clash at Carteret to Sunday afternoon, and Sunshine greeted the fans that afternoon for the 99 lap main event.
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The smart modified tour is ready for battle on the Carolina Shore, and it's only by the grace of God and 600 horsepower that we are racing with the Carteret Clash.
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Brandon Ward trying to get the top spot.
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Baldwin not giving up on it just yet.
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Ward is first.
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Here comes Carson Lofton trying to sneak underneath Baldwin for second.
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Ward and Baldwin on the front row.
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What's gonna happen here?
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Toe-to-toe at the green flag hard.
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Can Baldwin stay on the outside if he can get that run?
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He might have a shot.
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Gets a decent run out of two, but Brandon Ward pulls a half a car length on him, dives in there into three.
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That's gonna be the hardest part to pass on the track.
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And he's gonna clear Carson Lofton immediately on the middle down.
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And it's that buck down in turn number four that kind of unsettles that card a little bit and has allowed Carson Lofton, just like he did before, to get to the inside.
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You see Baldwin take that sweeping bark to try to get the run.
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But he might get freight drained right here by several competitors.
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Here comes Carson Lofton.
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Lofton on the inside of Brandon Moore.
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Lofton makes it look easy and takes the lead with 65 laps to go in the corner at class.
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15 laps to go in this race, looking for his third victory of the season.
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And he is pulled to over a two and a half second lead over Luke Baldwin.
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And then he goes for this way all the way up to third.
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Look at that gap between first and second.
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Incredible performance today by McJe Grady Racing 15.
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The L and R transitions on the side of that race car.
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He has set sail right now, just a huge advantage for this car over second place.
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One lap to go for Carson Lofton.
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The fans are starting to get on their feet and cheer for the 15 because they can recognize a dominant performance here today.
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And this one is going to be special for Carson Lofton because he will pick up his ninth career win in the Smart Modified tour and tie his father Bryan on the all-time wins list with the series.
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And this one just means a lot.
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Really cool.
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I've always struggled with this place, so finally get a win here.
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It's pretty cool.
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Then on Sunday, the Monaco Modified Cry Track Series tackled the third mile shoreline oval, where Matt Herschman took the top spot with a one-second margin of victory over Jonathan McKennedy while Ron Silk finished in the third spot.
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You know, you just take the good days when you have them.
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I mean, we we've been racing for three days here and uh came up short the previous two, so we obviously didn't do everything right those days, but uh today kind of everything seemed to just fall into place.
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It indeed was a busy weekend, but rest assured, you're now officially up to speed.
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Here's a look at the championship chases, brought to you by SignPro, exceeding your expectations.
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Patrick Emmerling's victory at Oswego extended his wheel and modified tour lead over Austin Beers to 15 points with just two races left on the schedule.
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Jonathan McKennedy remains within striking distance, trailing Emmerling in third by 26, while Steven Kopsick and Matt Hurston round out the top five.
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After last weekend's Carteret Clash, Danny Bone leads the smart modified tour point standing with 377 points, holding a 14-point advantage over Ryan Newman, who has 363.
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Jake Crumb sits third with 350 points, with Brandon Ward in fourth, while Burt Myers rounds out the top five.
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Jonathan McKennedy's second place finish at Waterford on Sunday kept him atop the tri-track standings.
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But Ronnie Williams and Ron Silk find themselves tied for second.
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Cal Bonsignor is third, and Matt Swanson fills out the top five.
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Next up is the fall final at Stafford.
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On the local scene, the standings at Thompson remain the same with Keith Rocco leading Tato, and by 14, Danny Cates is third, 35 points behind.
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In the tracks SK Lights division, Kevin Davis holds a 12-point lead over Austin Goff, with R.J.
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Marcot sitting in third, 19 points behind the leader.
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The battle for Stafford's SK Lights title heated up with Tyler Barry, narrowing Nick Angleson's margin to just four points with just four races left.
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Dalton McCarthy, Chris Matthews, and Cassandra Cole round out the top five.
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Stafford's SK modified battle sees Keith Rocco on top of the standings, with Friday's winner Todd Owen sitting second.
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Jonathan Julio drops the third, with Marcello Rapano and Mikey Flynn filling out the top five.
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No modified action at Riverhead last weekend, so the great modified standing see A.J.
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DeSantis holding a slim eight-point lead over Michael Berner and Richie Davidowicz for a tide for second.
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In the tour-type standings, Owen Grennan holds a six-point lead over Mark Stewart, with Chris Young, Chase Grennan, and Matthew Brody rounding out the top five.
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Waterford Desk Lights were idols to their championship chase, shows Robert Flox in third, still holding on to a sizable margin over Kevin Davis and Will Anderson.
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Despite the Saturday night penalty, Anthony Flannery holds on to the top SK spot, but Todd Owen narrowed the margin to just three points, while Nicholas Huffy's fourth win of the season leaves him in third, just seven points behind.
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Anthony Bello has been behind the wheels since he was a kid.
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He's worked his way through the ranks, proving himself along the way.
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He's a former Thompson SK Lite Modified Champion, a modified racing series rookie of the year, and a winner in Stafford's very, very competitive SK Modified Division.
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He continues to challenge himself against some of the best modified drivers in the Northeast.
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From SK modified competition in Stafford, towards Light Modified.
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He is also pursuing a late model career, having moved to Mooresville, North Carolina.
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Now it's just 20 years old.
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He's already built quite a raging resume.
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So let's meet him in this week's SK Soundings.
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Well, Anthony, let me start off by saying New England modified racing fans are absolutely ecstatic that you've come back up to run Timmy Jordan's car on Friday nights at Stanford.
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But dude, that's a hell of a haul from Mooresville, North Carolina every week.
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Yeah, you know, uh thankfully uh comes out of Concord.
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Into New Haven, so uh it makes it easy for me, the hour and a half flight uh each way.
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But yeah, no, I mean it's not it's not really the easiest thing in the world.
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Um I have a little time in my schedule down south, and you know Timmy's Timmy's been a factor in my racing for many years now, so to to run for him and uh you know brings him a lot of joy, and I know he has a lot of fun doing it, and I have a lot of fun working racing for him, so it just works out nicely.
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Let's talk a little bit about your journey.
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Starting in Bandoleros, uh at a very how old were you when you first wheeled a bandolero?
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I was ten years old.
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Uh we started at Bethel Motor Speedway in White Lake, New York.
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Yeah, just a youngster.
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And and you got a taste of victory.
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You were uh crowned a champion, and next thing I see you move into the legends cars like so many of your generation, and uh you instantly took to that as well.
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Yeah, you know, the the legend car factor, uh you know, especially that you see nowadays, so many kids that use the legend cars like as a stepping stone.
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Like I think that's a big factor in uh building yourself career-wise, racecraft wise.
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Like, I think like legend car racing is is very good for many drivers.
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You know, you you get the the shifting on your restarts, you know, you get used to doing that, and um, you know, with with four shocks on the car, you you you feel your pitch and roll in in the car when you're driving, you know.
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They don't have a crazy amount of horsepower, but the power to weight ratio is is different.
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And um they're a hard car to drive, you know, power steering, short wheel base, small tires.
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It's uh they they in my opinion, it's helped me through my career, so that's why we chose to go down that legend car route.
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And then it didn't take you long.
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You score your first SK modified victory.
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Do you remember that night?
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We actually started racing SK modifieds at 14.
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Uh we actually went to Mananock first and ran three races up there, and then we went to the New London Waterford Speed Bowl.
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Um ran there for the for the back half of 2020.
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We had that late opening due to COVID.
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Um and we actually got a rookie of the year.
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We actually didn't win a modified race until um the following year.
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I was 15 at New Smyrna.
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Uh but 14 was my rookie year.
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We did well.
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I laughed at the end of the year and and uh had a good showing with the SK, and then the following year, that's when we we won our first race at New Smyrna with the 602.
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Let me ask you this.
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You you have so many uh really outstanding accomplishments, and you're only 20 years old.
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Why did you move to Mooresville?
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Well you know, ever since I was young, I've had big aspirations of making it into NASCAR, and uh over the course of my career, you know, when we when I got older, it was with with the people that I had around me, it was feasible.
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So we uh I made the move to Ray City, USA, Mooresville, North Carolina, and um you know it's it's it's been good so far.
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Um I'm teamed up with Fetch Motorsports down here, and they're a great group to run for.
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I ran for Mike Darn Racing a little bit on the late model stock side, and um you know that's why we that's why I wanted to make the move and do it, you know.
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Like I thought if I want to be a NASCAR, I gotta be where it's at.
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So and down here in Mooresville is where it's all happening.
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How good does it feel though, while you're pursuing your dream?
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And we all hope that like Ryan Priest, you fulfill your destiny.
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How does it feel to get back behind the wheel of a modified on a regular basis?
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It's fun, you know, it it keeps me in the card.
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Or seat time, uh, as always, seat time's key.
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Um, but yeah, you know, I Scafford and DS Pick Division is a stepping stone that I took when I was younger.
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I believe I was 16.
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Um you know, it's a it's a tough class.
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It's uh you get a lot of competition, a lot of people are equal, and um it really teaches you a lot of racecraft on Friday nights.
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It's uh, but you know, like it's it's fun for me now to go back and as much as I've learned since then, um, to come back and race some modified and implement what I've learned.
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And it's been showing on the track pretty good, I think.
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Uh, you know, these last four weeks.
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Um and plus, you know, it helps when you got someone who's setting a car upright.
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You know, Timmy Jordan knows his stuff, he's been running SKs for a long time, and he's one of the best guys in business, in my opinion.
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Well, as I told you last week, your first outing at Stafford earns you the hot dog of the week award.
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And then just this past weekend, let's just say you decided you wanted to become a hell driver and you wanted to be a stunt driver.
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They are almost three wide.
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Wow, down the front straightaway.
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Bella is locked up on the car and we've got to spin.
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Tell me how that all unfolded when you got launched uh after after uh Anthony Flannery lost control directly in front of.
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Yeah, I mean, all I saw was 82 doorcraft game long stone in the front three.
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And then I knew we was we walked up the track pretty good, and I figured there'd just be some check-up.
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Um I didn't think it was gonna be that much, but uh just from inside the car again, I had I believe it was uh Corey DeMateo on my inside.
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I couldn't really go to the bottom, and I was kind of stuck in the middle.
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I I just held on and tried to tried to not hit the 25, obviously, but there was just no choice, and I think we ripped his oil cooler off, and um, but lucky enough it wasn't too much damage, it didn't rip a wheel off or anything like that.
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So we landed, I slid through the grass and I kept going.
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I kept for our momentum.
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What would it mean for you to win before the season's out at Stafford?
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You know, to to win at Stafford again would be a um be a big confidence thing for me.
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And I know, you know, the the whole Timmy Jordan racing crew would love it too.
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And I know him and his dad worked so hard in that garage uh all week for me.
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So to plan it for them and plan it for the guys who show up at the track and help me out and really got my back, it would it would mean more.
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It meant a lot to them, and it meant a lot to me to get back in Stafford to you know, a place I grinded my teeth for so long when I was younger, and to to put back in Victory Lane and show what I've learned, it means a lot.
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What would what's next on your agenda for uh your your southern late model efforts before the season's out?
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So our next um I run the Nashville Fairground Speedway full time with Fetcher Motorsports.
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Our next race is October 3rd.
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Um that's a hundred lap race, and then um Nashville has two more races than they have the big uh all-American 400 weekend in November.
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Um so that's that's really on the agenda for the rest of the um year down here going forward, and then next year's a different story.
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Well, we're gonna stay glued to what you accomplished down south.
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Uh, you're chasing a dream, and one of the things that I've learned in all my years in racing, if you stay at it long enough, my friend, those dreams will come true.
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In the meantime, it's good to have you back home.
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It's great to see you running as well as you do at Stafford Speedway and continued success for the remainder of the season.
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And thanks for joining me today.
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Thank you, Jack.
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I appreciate it.
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You know, for years, NASCAR has not allowed wheel and modified tour teams to install cameras in their cars during a tour event.
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But that may change soon.
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NASCAR Regional has been beta testing video options with an eye towards safety.
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Recently at Stafford's GAF Riverhead Building Supply 150, Austin Beers carried a camera, and thanks to NASCAR Regional, we get to bring it to you in this week's Throttle Down.
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This is Throttle Down Time, where you get to ride along inside a modified.
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Brought to you by Waddell Communications, your Northeast track side dealer for radios and repair.
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Hop on board with Austin Bears and his spotter Jack Ealy in Stafford's Wheeling Tour 150.
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Uh-50 left, all five years.
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Do you have any right front damage?
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I don't think so.
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I didn't come down, did I?
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I don't know.
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I didn't fucking it was spinning out on that screen.
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It was it was embarrassing what I was like, damn it.
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Thanks for my hardware, guys.
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Scott, damn it.
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Don't even bother stopping your finger to fit.
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Scott Junode is the director of racing for American Racer Tires.
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He has spent years working with racers, teams, tracks, and sanctioning bodies.
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And this year, with American Racer the sole supplier for NASCAR's wheel and modified tour, the journey has been, well, shall we say, with its ups and its downs.
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But as American Racer completes their first season, I thought we should visit with Scott.
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He enters this week's Crew Call spotlight.
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It's Crew Call, brought to you by Ferguson Contractors, building excellence since 1925.
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Well, Scott, I appreciate your agreeing to come on and join us here on the Modified Minute.
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Without going all Bill Nye the science guy on me, can you explain to someone like me what the challenges are to creating and having an effective short track tire?
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Well, I think that it starts, you know, obviously there's two components to it.
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There's compound and there's construction.
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Um construction being, you know, how does the tire um how is it going to react under load?
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You know, how's it, you know, how is it going to deform, distort, that sort of thing.
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And compound is, you know, how does it react in a particular track condition?
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So, you know, all those flex points and without without being able to, you know, I'm not the tire designer, but without being able to go through all of those things, all of those flex points, you know, and where the tire flexes, that's all important.
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Um, so that you don't over-flex in one area and under flex in others, and you can distribute that stress evenly across the carcass.
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So I don't know if that answers your question.
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There's a lot of challenges that go along with it.
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Well, and and and you decided to enter into the NASCAR wheel and modified tour community this year.
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And uh I, you know, look, let's paint it accurately.
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You have faced more than your share of challenges, but you guys have been very, very hard at work.
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What has been the biggest task that you've had to tackle week in and week out?
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I think um getting our sizes dialed in where people want them has been you know, has been a bit of a challenge.
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And right from the onset.
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The first race, you know, New Smyrna, we didn't see too much trouble.
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People said a few things about it, but heck everybody was just using the product for the first time.
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And we didn't really, you know, so we we felt pretty good coming out of there.
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And then Martinsville, we started to see some sizing issues, meaning our accuracy of the of what the size on the tire was that we had measured it was not reality once the tire was heat cycled.
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And so it so we chased that really for several races until we until we figured out um really, you know, and it was it was an internal problem on how we processed the tire.
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So we were able to, without giving away those secrets, of course, uh, we were able to narrow it down as to what it was that was causing, you know, causing our issues and made significant improvement.
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That was our biggest challenge.
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Um we continue to have uh you know the the teams want more grip, they always want more grip.
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Well, look, teams want teams want more grip, race car drivers want to go faster, car owners want the tires to last forever.
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And and and some people, and some of the cars want give up, want a lot of give up.
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Uh which, okay, and that's I understand that because they feel they're you know that they're more skilled than the next guy, and that they can deal and handle that that that situation better than the next guy, and then therefore gives them an advantage.
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So yeah, there's it it's uh it runs the gambit on those things.
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So anyway, that's that's that's what I would say has been the ch the biggest two challenges is is the grip.
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And and the grip one I think it continues.
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Um it continues on uh you know, into next year of you know, what are we gonna do working with Gary at NASCAR, the series director with Gary Putnam.
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You know, what changes do we need to be making going into next year?
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What you know, what testing do we need to do?
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So that's all ongoing.
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And right now we've pretty much settled in on how we're gonna finish the season, and and then from there we can we can look into look into the future.
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It's always been a moving target.
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And you certainly, based upon your work experience, focusing on short track racing, whether it's dirt, late models, asphalt, 20 20 plus years, a good year, almost 30 there, and now almost 14 at American Racer.
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So it's like, how would I put it?
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This is your first year, and there's going to be a lot of bumps in the road.
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But when you look at when you look at the response that you've gotten from the car owners, I'm gonna discount the drivers for a minute because it's the car owners that want to work 1,000% out of the tires that they get.
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Have you gained on it in that regard?
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I think that I think the the car owners have been very supportive, if that's your question.
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Um you know, there's some of them that we talk to that are that certainly seek us out and talk to us.
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I mean, we're not we're not typically uh going out and uh uh you know, going out and trying to talk to the car owners themselves, but the ones that have come to us have all been pretty much have been pretty supportive, with a few exceptions, but not nothing, you know, nothing bad.
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I mean, it's all been constructive, I guess, is the best way to say it.
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There's been no um, everybody wants it to work.
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I I I've been really happy with working with the teams and with NASCAR on trying to get the package where we want it.
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Well, without naming a specific car owner, I had a conversation with him just a week ago, right here on the modified minute, and he had nothing but praise for the ability for them to give you and your company feedback and know that what you're trying to do is answer that feedback with solutions.
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Well, I I think that's why we're in this game.
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Um, if we don't, if we stop doing that, I think we're gonna be in trouble.
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Um I I you know, we're like I said, this is our first year with these guys.
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Well, the thing that I think that we've noticed, I've noticed, and our team, these are very serious racers.
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These are not these aren't these aren't these guys' bass boats.
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These guys are serious about this.
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They want answers.
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They they they go to the racetrack with the idea of competing and competing at a high level.
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And I think we've received And so maybe that's what you heard from this team owner is that I think we respect what they're trying to do.
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And and certainly we plan on continuing to do that.
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So it helps us.
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Well, I have to give you credit because after uh Loudoun, and there were a lot of people that were worried, including your company, as far as it's like being the monkey on top of the first rocket ship, weren't quite sure what was going to happen.
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But you circulated what I thought was a very, very thought-provoking letter in thanking all the competitors for the way they all tried to row in the same direction and try to roll with the punches.
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Um the letter that we that I wrote was thanking them and NASCAR really for working with us and for helping us uh get to get things dialed in where they needed to, certainly on race day.
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Um that that was genuine.
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We I I I that was I was serious and sincere about it in the letter.
00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:26.880
Um the because that weekend started, I'll be honest with you, when we went out for the first practice and and we blistered a couple tires, a couple of left rears, I thought, oh my gosh, what's gonna happen?
00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:36.719
Because once you're in the confines of Loudoun and you're all your tires are there, there's no escaping whatever's gonna happen.
00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:42.320
And so it it it goes from a oh my gosh, what do we got going on?
00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:44.800
So is there any kind of solution?
00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:52.159
Um as it turned out I think everybody uh pretty much uh that was the first practice.
00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:59.440
The track was, you know, they went out, they had the guys that had lizard hadn't really scuffed their their tires.
00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:05.440
And so as the track took, rubber got you know further into the second practice, etc.
00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:07.519
Everything calmed down.
00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:14.960
So you know, it it worked out pretty well, and and the race, frankly, was one of the best.
00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:17.679
Yeah, one of the absolute best.
00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:28.639
And that's good because you could cancel your phone message to the food truck guy that you were gonna buy the food truck from because you wanted to be out of this business.
00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:35.199
I gotta ask you a question that's not related to the world of NASCAR.
00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:47.840
But I've been hearing rumors that uh the High Limit Racing Dirk track series that's so so spectacularly successful, that that's on your radar at American Racer.
00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:49.199
Can you confirm or deny?
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:51.280
No, yeah, I can confirm it.
00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:56.239
I mean, we've been trying, we've been talking with those guys for several years.
00:46:56.480 --> 00:47:06.400
And so um, you know, we we think there might be an opportunity to talk with them uh going into next year, and we're certainly gonna we're gonna we're gonna try that.
00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:11.440
Um we make a very, very good dirt uh sprint card tire.
00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:12.559
Very good.
00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:18.480
Um and this it would make some sense for at least for them to take a look at it.
00:47:18.719 --> 00:47:28.320
So um yeah, that's definitely on the radar, and and we've been in contact and had some discussion with those folks, and um as we have every year.
00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:37.519
So I mean it this is no different really than previous years, but um I think I think that maybe they're a little more serious uh this this go around.
00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:51.119
Well, I appreciate your visiting, and uh we're down to the tail end of the wheel and modified tour, and there's no question in my mind that when it's over, you'll be back bigger and better and more effective than ever.
00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:58.559
You're hard at work, all your engineers, all of your people that are on site, and that from someone like me does not go unnoticed.
00:47:58.719 --> 00:48:00.239
Thanks for joining me today.
00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:01.840
Thank you very much, Jack.
00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:03.599
I appreciate you having me on.
00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:08.800
You know, we've never had a driver win two hot dog of the week awards in a row.
00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:10.960
Well, that changes this week.
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Take a look.
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:17.920
It's now time to reveal this week's modified minute hot dog of the week.
00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:20.320
Someone who stood above the rest.
00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:31.360
Brought to you by Hummel Brothers, Quality Meets, the top dog in modified racing, 100% quality since 1933.
00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:43.280
Eddie Hodgson supports it never raced its gas resource feedback until Saturday night, Toyota 150, and like that standard, his qualifying ever was a disappointing seven.
00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:47.440
Then his team incurred a penalty during their pit stop.
00:48:47.840 --> 00:49:01.280
Eddie Hodgson took two tires on his first pit stop, and then took a third tire, but because it was all under the same auction flag, he got put a lap down and a penalty, and that's why he stopped a third time.
00:49:01.599 --> 00:49:04.960
Hodgson got a lucky dog with 60 left go.
00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:08.800
And once back on the lead left, turned to wick up on his mind.
00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:23.039
Start to the fight continues with determination to never give up attitude after the penalty on the pit lane for Teddy Hodgson, battling for the position right now and press right to the end.
00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:24.639
And earned a fourth place.
00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:27.679
Following a lap down due to a penalty.
00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:29.599
You took that third tire though.
00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:34.000
Start from one lap down to finish fourth, put on a show at the end.
00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:37.519
How big was that third tire for you guys to get going in the long run?
00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.800
Oh, it's that was huge.
00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:40.800
I mean, it was just a miskealing pivot road.
00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:45.360
I misunderstood the rules and thought we could take three and one stop and just, you know, that wasn't the rule.
00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:49.840
So had the server penalty and just, you know, I was a little hot in there, not gonna lie.
00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:59.440
Uh just I didn't want to go lap down like that, but you know, I had to keep calm and cool and just you know, keep focused.
00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:01.679
And we ended up doing that at the end there.
00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.800
Never quit it.
00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:08.880
That's dead, and it earns his second consecutive Hot Dog of the Week award.
00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:20.800
You know, when both your grandfather and your father are racing legends, stands to reason that you might follow them into the sport.
00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:23.760
And that's the case for Austin Beers.
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He started racing at the ripe old age of 10 and quickly moved up the ranks of the modified world, and last year at age 22 became the youngest wheel-in modified tour champion.
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He's chasing for a second title this season, and he is in this week's Racer Spotlight.
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It's Racer Spotlight Time brought to you by Riverhead Building Supply.
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When build better, build stronger.
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All right, my man.
00:50:54.159 --> 00:50:57.039
I need to uh chase down a rumor, okay?
00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:03.119
I was told a couple of weeks ago that your first race car was a pedal car.
00:51:03.760 --> 00:51:04.960
Yeah, yes, sir.
00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:11.119
That was at the uh north-south shootout uh the old Concord race, uh Concord Speedway.
00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:14.639
Uh I was a four-time North South shootout pedal car champion.
00:51:14.719 --> 00:51:15.920
That was where I got my start.
00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:17.760
You grew up around racetracks.
00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:19.119
I mean, you were a track brat.
00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:23.199
Your dad was an outstanding modified driver in his own right.
00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:37.280
So my question to you is, where and how are you different than your grandfather's approach as a car owner and your father's approach driving for his granddad and on the tour for as many years as he did?
00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:43.039
I don't think there's much of a difference really from what my, you know, from me to my dad.
00:51:43.119 --> 00:52:00.719
I mean, he always raced respectfully and and you know, was was very good at what he did and uh was a very smart driver, and I feel like you know, him and I are very similar in that, and uh, you know, we don't really force force issues or you know, go and go for a gap that doesn't really exist.
00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:03.920
Uh uh no real differences, honestly.
00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:07.840
I I think you know, from what I hear from a lot of people, like uh we're very similar.
00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:11.360
So basically you're telling me the apple doesn't fall that far from the tree.
00:52:11.679 --> 00:52:12.960
Yes, pretty much, yes.
00:52:13.360 --> 00:52:20.079
You know, Kevin Harvick once said, he I don't know if you're aware of this, Kevin Harvick was a was a state champion wrestler.
00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:23.440
And you have wrestling in your background as well.
00:52:23.599 --> 00:52:35.039
And he always has said that wrestling provided him with a very, very minimum minuscule edge because wrestling teaches you discipline and also muscle memory.
00:52:35.280 --> 00:52:38.320
Do you see it the same way as oh happy Harvick?
00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:39.519
Oh, yeah, for sure.
00:52:39.679 --> 00:52:44.559
I feel like it helps you hit the same line every lap, gets the feel of the race car right away.
00:52:44.639 --> 00:52:53.440
And uh yeah, I I think wrestling definitely has helped me, you know, with the discipline of going to these races and lap after lap trying to hit the same hit the same marks.
00:52:53.760 --> 00:52:59.920
Let me ask you, what was it like when your dad tried to teach you to drive that stick shift so that you go racing the hobby stocks?
00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:02.719
Uh it was actually pretty, it was pretty funny.
00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:09.760
Uh, you know, me with my you know squeaky little voice back then uh uh screaming no because I kept stalling it and stuff.
00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:12.159
Uh he has a pretty uh pretty funny video of it.
00:53:12.320 --> 00:53:16.800
So uh I got it down pretty quickly, thankfully, and we were able to get on the track pretty quick.
00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:24.639
And you started the win pretty quick as well and climb up the ladder pretty quick, but always calling Mahoney Valley your home.
00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:29.760
And you certainly uh, you know, the the beer's legacy is pretty strong there.
00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:40.239
When you started racing on the real ROC level modifies, uh, was it a big jump or did you take to it kind of like a duck to water?
00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:47.360
It was a big jump for sure, because I went from honing and you know, not really traveling, ran sport mods at Evergreen.
00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:54.639
Uh, but then we we took our my sportsman car and pretty much ran with the tour modifies with my dad's old tires.
00:53:54.800 --> 00:54:09.840
So I was just going out there and learning each track each uh that whole year, you know, running Spencer, Lancaster, Chamong, Lake Erie, all those places, and then we finally put uh tires on for Lake Erie for the race of champions 250.
00:54:10.079 --> 00:54:12.320
And with our sportsman car we ended up getting fifth.
00:54:12.480 --> 00:54:22.239
Uh so that was that was a pretty cool moment for us because you know, Matt and my dad were one, two, and then we ended up getting fifth with our sportsman car in the in the biggest race for uh the race of champions all year.
00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:31.679
All right, you make the move to the NASCAR wheel and modified tour, and then you get hooked up after I think it was a two or three race deal with Murph.
00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:32.239
Was it four?
00:54:32.320 --> 00:54:33.360
Yep, it was four, yep.
00:54:33.519 --> 00:54:37.280
Did you know going in that you were you were auditioning for the ride?
00:54:37.599 --> 00:54:42.800
I honestly like looking back on it, I didn't know how much of a how big of a deal it was at the time.
00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:54.719
Like I remember, you know, driving up to the shop with my dad, and I didn't really know like I wasn't really following the tour at that time, honestly, because you know, my dad wasn't running it, and you know, we were focused on our own racing.
00:54:55.119 --> 00:55:01.280
And uh yeah, so we we went up to their shop and I was like, oh my goodness, look at this place, it looked like a cup shop.
00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:02.320
And I was like, wow.
00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:10.320
And then I met Murph, you know, obviously didn't understand him at the at first because he's very Irish, but you know, now I got a good sense of what he's saying.
00:55:10.800 --> 00:55:12.960
And uh yeah, we just hit it off.
00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:25.679
Um I I honestly I get nervous meeting people, but when I met Met Murph, it was like we just clicked like that and uh you know we bonded really well, and I didn't realize how big of a deal it was, and it it truly changed my life.
00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:38.559
It really changed your life one year ago, too, when you decided to chase for a championship and used I think the wise approach, and that was in order to finish first, you first have to finish.
00:55:38.800 --> 00:55:40.960
You put together an incredible record.
00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:56.239
Were there ever times when you had to like pull the reins back knowing that you were chasing a championship and that well you could you you could throw it down into the corner, but the price that you would pay would knock you out of the chase for the wheel of modified tour title?
00:55:56.480 --> 00:56:03.039
Uh I don't really think there was a moment like that because I try not to whether I'm you know running for a race win.
00:56:03.119 --> 00:56:09.039
I mean, obviously this the Sizzler I think is an anomaly because I did kind of sense something from the moon there.
00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:16.000
Uh, but uh I honestly don't try to you know force issues or or throw it into the corner and and try to move somebody out of the way.
00:56:16.079 --> 00:56:29.440
So uh there wasn't really a moment where you know I I was very aggressive to the point where I had to think, all right, I gotta you know calm down a little bit because uh you know with my racing career I've won four to five championships already.
00:56:29.519 --> 00:56:34.400
So I've I've been in those situations of you know, I just need to get the points here and and not force an issue.
00:56:34.800 --> 00:56:45.760
The night that you won the title, describe to me the feeling, the emotion, just the excitement, not just for you, but for the team, for your dad, for your family.
00:56:46.480 --> 00:56:50.400
Yeah, well, well, first, like for me it was numb at first, right?
00:56:50.480 --> 00:56:52.559
You know, you don't you're like, what did you just do?
00:56:52.639 --> 00:56:53.599
Like, what did we accomplish?
00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:55.760
You know, you dream of it as a kid, right?
00:56:56.079 --> 00:57:00.239
Um, and then you know, I was chasing that chasing priest's record, obviously.
00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:11.280
So it was it was numbness, then relief, and then just a boatload of happiness, and you know, just seeing the smiles on everybody's faces, and obviously Justin came over and congratulated me, and that was really cool.
00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:15.840
And just seeing everybody that came up and congratulated me throughout the garage, uh, it meant a lot.
00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:21.119
And uh, you know, to see Murph and Sly and my dad, the whole crew, uh, that ecstatic.
00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:22.079
It was awesome.
00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:25.119
I want to talk to you for a moment about having Sly in your corner.
00:57:25.360 --> 00:57:39.920
Hooking up with Sly there and and with the Kalem Motorsports team, it was it was a blessing because I mean he's just so known and he's so easygoing with what we have, and we have such a good relationship of you know what I tell him what the car needs, and he knows exactly what I'm saying.
00:57:40.079 --> 00:57:47.760
And uh it's been awesome to work with him and the pedigree he has of you know the drivers he's worked with and won with and has all these championships.
00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:55.039
I mean, I'm not a historian or anything, but I think he now has the most championships with the different with different different drivers.
00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:56.719
Yeah, I think he has the most.
00:57:56.880 --> 00:58:02.320
So uh that's just so impressive, you know, go from Stefanic to priest and now you know has a championship with me.
00:58:02.480 --> 00:58:05.920
So uh it's awesome to work with him, and uh he's just the best.
00:58:06.239 --> 00:58:08.079
I'd like to ask you a favor though.
00:58:08.239 --> 00:58:14.000
All right, all season long we've been working to get Sly on the modified minute.
00:58:14.159 --> 00:58:18.800
It's not that he's been avoiding us, but he doesn't understand Zoom.
00:58:19.039 --> 00:58:25.840
Yeah, so we had we had it all scheduled, and then uh you know he sends the Zoom link, but he can't get onto it.
00:58:25.920 --> 00:58:29.840
So at Seacon, I loaded Zoom onto his phone.
00:58:30.400 --> 00:58:35.199
When you see him next, will you show him how to use the Zoom app?
00:58:35.519 --> 00:58:40.960
Because he just says, Look, all I do with a phone is I text and I answer phone calls.
00:58:41.119 --> 00:58:43.360
I don't know about this newfangled stuff.
00:58:43.679 --> 00:58:46.559
Yeah, yeah, I'll be I'll be sure to uh hook him up with that.
00:58:46.639 --> 00:58:48.480
Yeah, I'll be sure to get him going right.
00:58:48.719 --> 00:58:52.639
All right, so you're on the chase to uh to repeat.
00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:54.880
You certainly are in the hunt.
00:58:55.119 --> 00:58:56.559
Time's running out though.
00:58:56.719 --> 00:59:04.480
What have you guys sat down and like mapped out a strategy as far as or do you just hey, we'll take the wins whatever way we can get them?
00:59:04.800 --> 00:59:11.280
Yeah, uh, you know, obviously we have a is a there's a decent gap now, you know, considering our series and the size.
00:59:11.440 --> 00:59:13.519
Uh, you know, 18 points is a lot for us.
00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:15.760
So we need things to go our way.
00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:18.880
Uh we're just gonna go out there the next two races and try to win.
00:59:18.960 --> 00:59:21.599
You know, do do kind of what Justin did last year, right?
00:59:21.679 --> 00:59:24.239
You know, Justin went out and got all the points he could.
00:59:24.480 --> 00:59:27.119
And uh these next two races, that's what we have to do.
00:59:27.280 --> 00:59:29.119
And whatever happens, happens.
00:59:29.280 --> 00:59:31.840
Uh it hasn't been the greatest year.
00:59:31.920 --> 00:59:33.599
Um, you know, we haven't won yet.
00:59:33.679 --> 00:59:34.880
Uh, we've been consistent.
00:59:34.960 --> 00:59:37.199
We just had you know two hiccups, one at New Hampshire.
00:59:37.920 --> 00:59:38.639
Oh my goodness.
00:59:38.800 --> 00:59:40.719
It is Austin Beers Austin Beers.
00:59:41.039 --> 00:59:46.079
Austin Beers with the opportunity to take advantage of the troubles for Patrick Emmerling.
00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:52.639
Just a decent finish inside the top ten would certainly give him the point lead, if not give him a pretty significant point lead.
00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:54.719
This is disastrous for Austin Beards.
00:59:55.039 --> 00:59:58.400
In Stafford, we're you know, we didn't have the finishes we deserved.
00:59:58.480 --> 01:00:02.960
And um the GAF Riverhead Buildings Machine is now underway.
01:00:03.119 --> 01:00:09.599
Oh, contact up front! Austin Beard spins in front of everybody, and we have a mess at the bottom of the racetrack.
01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:13.760
John McCoy mostly honestly, I think it was my fault, uh, especially New Hampshire.
01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:16.000
We had a race-winning car and I I messed it up.
01:00:16.079 --> 01:00:17.360
That's what I do at New Hampshire.
01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:19.920
It seems like I always make one mistake that ruins our day.
01:00:20.079 --> 01:00:23.119
Um, but you know, you live and you learn, and uh, we'll go from there.
01:00:23.199 --> 01:00:26.079
But you know, we're focused on Riverhead and Thompson and see what we can do.
01:00:26.320 --> 01:00:28.639
Well, I'll give you the the one at New Hampshire.
01:00:28.880 --> 01:00:32.079
But it was no fault of your own what happened at Stafford.
01:00:32.320 --> 01:00:40.800
And in fact, uh, listening to your comment, uh, because we did we did get your onboard when you go, did I come down on him?
01:00:43.280 --> 01:00:46.480
Hang on to it, lock it down, lock it down, lock it down, lock it down.
01:00:47.440 --> 01:00:49.440
I didn't come down, did I?
01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:55.679
You were really you said WTF without saying it, okay?
01:00:56.000 --> 01:00:58.079
Yeah, I mean, it's Justin, right?
01:00:58.320 --> 01:01:01.920
He's a four-time champion you wouldn't expect any it's it was just a mistake.
01:01:02.000 --> 01:01:06.800
And um if it was anybody else, I would be probably snapping out.
01:01:06.880 --> 01:01:19.199
But it being Justin, you know, someone who he's a good friend of mine, and you know, obviously the predigory he has with four-time champion and all these race wins, and uh just he's been kind of a mentor for me when I got to the tour.
01:01:19.360 --> 01:01:21.360
So uh yeah, I couldn't be too mad.
01:01:21.519 --> 01:01:22.880
It it happens.
01:01:23.280 --> 01:01:27.519
Well, we are certainly happy that you decided to join us here on the modified minute.
01:01:27.599 --> 01:01:31.679
There's an awful lot of people that are in your corner rooting for a two-peat.
01:01:32.159 --> 01:01:33.760
They can make a three-peat out of it.
01:01:33.840 --> 01:01:34.719
Who the hell knows?
01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:40.480
And uh by and large, it's only it's only a handful of races left.
01:01:40.639 --> 01:01:47.199
And the polar opposites Riverhead the Bull Ring, which you do very well at, and then of course Thompson at the end.
01:01:47.360 --> 01:01:51.840
Good luck to you, and uh we'll catch up with you down the road at a racetrack, okay?
01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:52.960
Thank you very much.
01:01:53.039 --> 01:01:54.480
Thank you for having me on.
01:01:54.719 --> 01:01:59.039
It's Tyler Barry's turn to tackle our segment called Either Or.
01:01:59.599 --> 01:02:04.880
It's either or, where our guest must choose one or the other.
01:02:05.760 --> 01:02:07.199
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Tyler, I don't know if you're braver than Dick Tracy, but I convinced you to be part of either or, so are you ready?
01:02:21.920 --> 01:02:22.880
Oh, I'm ready.
01:02:23.119 --> 01:02:23.440
Okay.
01:02:23.840 --> 01:02:27.840
First either or is either Walmart or Target.
01:02:30.000 --> 01:02:31.679
Uh Walmart.
01:02:32.000 --> 01:02:32.639
Why?
01:02:33.519 --> 01:02:34.639
I don't really know why.
01:02:35.039 --> 01:02:38.639
I just I think that's just where my mom and dad went, so that's where I went.
01:02:38.800 --> 01:02:49.360
It's they're right at where I live, they're right across the street from each other, so it really doesn't make a difference, but well, I guess this Walmart is just the way we always went, so okay, Walmart it is.
01:02:49.519 --> 01:02:51.679
Alright, these are house chores, okay?
01:02:51.920 --> 01:02:52.480
Alright.
01:02:52.880 --> 01:02:57.679
Vacuuming the living room or washing the dinner dishes.
01:02:59.119 --> 01:03:01.760
Um probably vacuuming.
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I guess reason would be like, you know, my if anybody knows my grandfather's yard, he like he kept it, you know, we called him happy acres.
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It was golf course.
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And so I kind of took the pride in that when he passed to trying to keep it up like that too, and you know, make the line straight.
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So I guess vacuuming kind of my mom always said that too, and that she'd make me vacuum and say, you know, treat it like you're mowing the lawn to get every spot.
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So I always, you know, try to treat it like mowin the lawn.
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Okay.
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When it comes to transportation, when it comes to getting somewhere, do you prefer to fly or drive?
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Um, probably drive.
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I guess every race car driver would probably say that, but I mean, I don't mind flying, it's nothing like that.
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Just it I like I like driving, so it's you know, it's on the plane too.
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You know, everybody's just on their phones or reading a book, and I like driving with people talking and you know, having a conversation.
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And like I I look back when my grandfather when he would take me places and you know having conversations, talking about racing and his racing back in the day, and just all those stories.
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I loved it.
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All right, but when you do have to fly somewhere, do you pick a window seat or an aisle seat?
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Uh window.
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You want to look out that window, right?
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I like looking out the window, and if I'm sleeping, I like to lean on something.
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Okay, and finally, uh Buckies or the Waffle House.
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Uh um, I alright, I'll be honest, I haven't had either, but I will say Waffle House because every morning for breakfast and um as a kid was waffles.
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So I'm sure Waffle House.
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I'm sure I'm sure you you made the right choice.
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All right, my friend, you made it through.
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Great answers, and uh thanks so much for being part of Either Award.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Well, that's going to do it for this week's edition of the Modified Minute.
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We've heard from three people who possess a true passion for the sport of the Mod Squad.
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Austin Beers, a young driver who's already made history and is now chasing a second NASCAR Wheel of Modified Tour title.
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Anthony Bello, another young driver who's been climbing the modified racing ladder since he was a child, and Scott Junode, working behind the scenes to help provide the tires that put the power, talent, and technology to the test every time the modified hit the track.
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Three different paths, but one common thread.
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A passion for modified racing.
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And that's what makes the sport so special.
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It's the drivers, the crews, the owners, the tire people, the tracks, and the families who have given so much to keep modified racing forward.
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Austin, Anthony, Scott, we thank you for taking the time to join us.
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And to all of you who watch, listen, share, and support the modified minute, a sincere thank you too.
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We'll be back next week with more stories, more people, and more from the world of modified racing.
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