Racing Anecdotes and Paint Shop Visit

big. Um, it didn't blow up. But he was right. It It ran out of power at the end of the straightaway because it was a short track motor. I don't know what they did. Cam heads, all that kind of crap, but but uh Ernard Jr. funny funny was cuz Junior said he was he was faster and he had a hotter motor in and Rous was third. I forget who was who was driving. I think Burton, somebody else. and and Junior come on the radio to his old man and he says, "Uh, I can't I can't get to him coming off the corner. I can c catch him going in the corner. I'm going to have to move him a little bit." And Nhard said to him on the radio, "There's two people you don't f with. You're talking to one and the other one's in front of you." So, when Nhard told me that the next day at Vegas, I was I was pretty proud of that. He says, "Uh, but I was good friends with Dale. Uh, he helped me get this building started. uh could go over there all the time, talk to him, was fortunate enough to drive his car for him at uh he was struggling. He was blaming his crew and I went to drive for u I was over here in this building in Enoville living and he he said, "You have to come and drive my car where we're off on that cup weekend." And I said, "No." I said, "I'm not I'm not going I'm not doing that, Dale." I said, "Uh I promised Pat the kids I was taking them to Carolyn." He said, "You'll be at Carol." So that went on for like 2 3 weeks. And he said, "You you need to drive my car. I promise that you will be back." And he when he said that, I said, "What if it rains?" He said, "I promise you'll be back." Cuz Dale had his own airplane, everything. So I I went with him. Best time I had ever at a bush race. Got in the truck at Tony and Tony Jr. He had a black hauler. We drive up there. Got my own motel room. I couldn't believe that. Nobody but myself. I was like, "Wow, this is cool." went to the track, practiced, didn't do nothing to the car, told him what it was doing. Tony Jr. and and the senior fixed it. And I said, "You guys got it pretty damn good." I I tell you, it it it's it's excellent in my opinion. So, um Dale flies in. He was at Michigan at the IRock race. He goes, "What do you think, Jimmy?" I says, "Car's car's a little on the snug side for the first few laps and then it just comes dead neutral." I I would think you're in good shape. That some came from the rear of the field to the lead to race. He was a race car driver. If you looked into the dictionary, Dale Nhard's face would show you…