Evolution of NASCAR and Fan Engagement

stop we change that cooler out and put a cooler with water in and uh and take that lead out and you'd probably have 50 75 lbs lighter than Yeah. So anything to get a competitive edge. Did you ever uh witness any funny stuff like that that never got caught other than like the the cooler again? Oh, there there were there were a lot of things that that were done. I mean, you know, and uh they would hide lead shot in the uh in the car in the in the roll cage. And so, um, they have a trap door and when the car was making its warm-up laps before the race started with the pace car, they'd pull, uh, the wire and it would open the trap door and the lead shot would fall out of the car and the all the tracks were banked and the lead shot would roll to the bottom of the track and, uh, you know, uh, your car would be maybe 100 pounds lighter or whatever. And uh you know uh we weren't the only ones that were doing it back then. It was it was kind of common I believe. President Carter with Bobby Donnie Allison and my mom and dad. The first Super Team DW and Neil Bonnet. My dad with Junior's Dog Red Dog. Uh Carcraft Magazine Allstar. My dad won that. Marty Robbins and Don Wyinners. Uh Wes Broth, my dad T. Wayne and Dan Henley, [clears throat] dad Marty, that's Tallaladega Super Speedway in the background. Larry Carrier that built Bristol Dragway and the Bristol Motor Speedway. my mom and dad in his tea bucket. That's a motor that came from Richard Childress's Bill Jr. and uh my dad and Paul Cameron from uh there's dad with um Charlie Pride at the Vantage Championship when they sponsored Vantage Golf. Bobby and dad. dad with Jeff Bird and Brian Tracy from NH. These pictures are awesome. Yeah. Dad and Tim Richmond, dad and Dale Emman. That was at uh believe that was Rockingham. Dad with the King and Governor Holless Houser when he was governor of North Carolina. Uh they used to R.J. Reynolds used to give the crew chief that sat on the pole a toolbox. Dad and Junior at a still. They named a road after my dad in Watkins Glenn. Uh that's Jerry Clara. That was at the Winston Racing Series banquet. That's Marty Robin's son, Ronnie Robbins. It's when my dad went into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Dale Senior and Teresa with my mom and dad. That's when he won the 87 Championship. Uh Steve Neil who was a congressman, Roslin Carter, Flossy Johnson, my dad at the White House, Junior and Flossy, my mom and dad and Jerry and Maryanne Long, chairman of R.J. Reynolds, dad…