August 21, 2025 • 32 mins
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Breaking Brett Jensen kicks the show off by talking about early voting turnout and the passing of a Charlotte legend, Humpy Wheeler. With early voting starting uptown at the Hal Marshall Center, Brett predicts only 45 voters turned out Known as the “P.T. Barnum of Racing,” Wheeler passed away at the age of 86, surrounded by family and friends. Jensen reflects on Wheeler’s extraordinary impact on motorsports, highlighting his visionary leadership that helped transform Charlotte into a major racing and sports destination. From introducing night racing to revolutionizing fan engagement at NASCAR events, Wheeler’s innovations left a lasting legacy both in the sport and the region.
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hi, Oh, Let's go oh, Let's go oh, Let's go The.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Post on eleven ten and ninety nine three WBT Bred
Jenson here with you on this Thursday night edition of
Breaking with Brad Jensen.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
What fifty five minutes and before.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
The Panthers kickoff against the Pittsburgh Steelers here uptown, I believe,
at Bank of America Stadium anyway, Seven four five seven
eleven ten is the telephone number. That's also the exact
same number for the WBT text line, which is of
course is driven by Liberty Buick GMC. A couple of
things we're going to get into tonight, the passing of
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a Hempe Wheeler and even if you're not a NASCAR fan,
he had such a profound impact.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
On our area.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Belmont native went to Belmont Abbey College. His dad was
an athletic director there, I believe. And then the things
obviously he did at Charlotte Butter Speedway, so we'll get
into that also. Like I said, just a lot of
things going on with early voting starting today and early
voting is being held at how Marshall uptown, the how
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Marshall Center. I am not being I am not joking.
I am not joking. I want to know, and the
numbers won't come out for a while tonight. But the
only thing you can vote on in the primaries if
you're a Democrat is the Democrat primaries, like like city
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council at large or a couple other city council seats.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
That's it.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
In Republican primary, you've only got one and that's the
Christopher Cary and Sarah Chakra primary. So it's uptown. It's
a difficult place to get to. How many people you
think voted today my guess, and we're gonna check this
for tomorrow. And if I'm within ten, I'm gonna have like,
(02:26):
I'm gonna make Isaac buy me a box of recy Cups,
all right, a box of Racis because that's what I eat,
like damn near every day here at the show. That's
my chocolate fix, Recey Cups, the big four pack. So
I'm gonna make him buy me a three dollars and
twenty one four pack of Racy Cups.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
My number that I'm gonna say is.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Forty five people voted today on the first day of
early voting.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
That's gonna be my guest.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
What do I get if you missed by more than ten.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
How about I don't cuss you promise really, I'll think of.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Something, all right, if if if I'm off by ten,
so if it's less, if it's if it's the thirty
four or less or fifty six or more, I'll buy
you a Pacersi's cup.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
One cents is what they cost.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
That was good, right, So but we'll get into that.
I mean, there's there's other things going on. We'll get
into some of the races and all that. But and
it's just weird how they're doing early voting for the
city elections and stuff like that. And know that one
since sales tax is not on early voting, that's in November.
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That's a November okay. So anyways, real quick, I do
want to make a statement about yesterday. So yesterday was
a big Combarra's County day and how Cabrera's County is
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the gift that keeps on giving. Well, got some more
information about Cabarets County today and we'll get into that momentarily.
But I said something where I had some information wrong
and I want to correct.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
That real quick.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So Chris Mesmer, the former chair of the Cabarras County
Commissioners who's now up and rally because he got appointed
by the seat by the Cabars County GP. You know
they're in lockstep, and so the Cabars County GP appointed
him to this North Countina send a seat because the
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local party is the one who does the appointing when
it comes to the state races. Just make sure you
guys understood that. But anyways, I said, he and his partner,
former partner, and that was Chris Newton.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You know, they had a business together.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
He had no Chris Newton had no county manager experience
and Chris Mesmer hired him as county manager.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Had no government experience at all, Right, And I knew.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Their business didn't do anything, And I inadvertently said the
business went bankrupt. I had been told by many, many people,
including people close to amusement or that the business failed.
But I used the term bankrupt and it did not
go bankrupt. You can have a business that doesn't do
anything that doesn't go bankrupt. And so basically it was
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basically they Chris and Sean, they started an LLC. They
invested money into research to do and then they determined
that there were too many regulations to do what they
wanted to do, and they did not move forward, so
nothing ever happened. So I just want to make sure
to make sure I clarify. I want to be fair
and accurate. If I said that they the business went bankrupt,
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that was inaccurate. It just never got off the ground
because it was never gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
So I just wanted to make sure I was accurate
about that.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But speaking about Cabert's County, Jeff Jones, the Cabars County Chair,
he put this statement out looks like on Facebook just
moments ago, and here's what he had to say. You know,
last night we had Laura Lindsay on and we also
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had Kenny Wertman on. Two county commissioners, both Republicans, both
on complete opposite ends of the spectrum and the way
they think they should handle things. Jeff Jones said, here's
my official statement concerning the events this week. Again, he's
the chair of the Cabars County Commissioners. On Monday, after
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a closed session to discuss personnel matters, the Board of
Commissioners voted three to two to terminate the contract of
the on a manager with cause by law. Those discussions
remain confident, must remain confidential, So I cannot share details
what I can well not according to some of your
county commissioners, but he continues. What I can say is this,
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the Board acted within its authority and according to the
process the law requires, and a process designed to ensure
decisions are made properly even when they are difficult or controversial.
I know this decision has sparked strong reactions. Many of
you care deeply about the leadership of our county and
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that passion is a strength. But speculation and rumors only
fuel division and uncertainty. They get in the way of
the work that matters. Our focus now is on restoring
stability to the role of county manager, so this incredibly
important position can continue to provide the steady leadership and
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direction our community deserves. As chairman, my responsibility is to
keep the focus where it belongs on stability, accountability, and
forward progress for Caberras County. Our institutions are strong, our
community is stronger, and when we choose unity over division,
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we always come through moments like this better than before.
All Right, it's a very well written statement. And if
he wrote that himself, which I tend to believe that
he did. Then there you go, there you go. It
is interesting although not all county commissioners adhere to the
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closed session rules. I know Laura was quite upset and
made her feelings known about a lot of things. But again,
as I stated last night, anyone with two functioning brain
cells had to know that this was eventually going to happen,
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had to have.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
For the very same.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Way that the previous three people, when Chris Mesmer was
actually there, voted to kick out the county attorney and
the county manager, not giving them thirty days to find
other jobs, not informing the other commissioners that a boat
was coming down the pipe when it had already been
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decided upon.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Doing it right then and there. You can't get upset at.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Other people when they do the exact same thing you did,
and Democrats all over the country are finding that out
you started things, Republicans do the same, and then you
cry foul.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Really, I would hope that you're better than the Democrats.
I would hope.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
You did it, and then you get pissed off when
others do it. Literally did it six months ago, and
then you are just taking aback that the audacity at
the audacity to do what you did. So anyways, Jeff
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Jones putting out a statement about that. So we'll see
maybe the things in Comers County will be quiet again
for the next few months. Welcome back to Breaking with
Brett Jensen. Okay, so we have an update. And Isaac
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and I changed the bet a twelve pack of our
favorite beverage. And I mean it tells you that, you know,
Isaac went to Abstate when his favorite beverage is bush Light.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
But that's okay, it's a quality beer.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
So anyways, and I said, I'll just do I'll keep
it simple, keep it simple, stupid. So I just said,
all right, fine, I'll do Corse Light, Corse Light versus
bush Light.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
So the updates just came out and I lost.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Kay.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
I was actually surprised, and then I was like, oh, well,
maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, Like, I'm surprised it
was this high. Now, remember this is the first day
of voting, and usually like there's a big surge on
the first day of voting. Okay, just just I want
everyone to keep this in mind. One hundred and fifty
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seven people in mckelmber County voted today a county. Of
one point one million, one hundred and fifty seven people
voted today, which means I said forty five people voted,
which will probably be the number tomorrow because oh it's
the first day, and a couple of candidates may have
been out there at how Marshall uptown at.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
That little center.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
So one hundred and fifty seven out of one point
one million people voted today.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
As long as it was more than fifty five, I
do not care, Yep, yep.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
So I got some stuff coming up from Isaac Yep,
dang it, dang it, Isaac Man, I lost that one
that upsets me, that actually upsets me.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
I wanted to show you so badly. Oh, I know
what I'm talking about.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
This was the first time breaking bread Jenson has been wronging.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
But dang it, real quick, there's like all kinds of
stuff talking about major scenes going on at Villanova University
and there's like shooting activity.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Trying to figureut what's going on.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
There are a thousand police cars there at Villanova is
in Philadelphia's in the outskirts of Philadelphia, but it's in Philadelphia.
And then they just came across and said there is
no active shooter at Villanova. I don't know if that
means there was and they took them out or it
was a false alarm, but I can tell you there's
about five hundred cop cars that showed up.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
So we'll keep you up to date.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
But as of right now, ABC just said no active
shooter at Villanova, even though Fox News broke in, ABC
broke in, CNN broke in for a quick hot minute.
CNN hasn't updated anything, so we'll see. So if there's
any extra news about Villanova, I will totally keep you
updated on that.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
And the fact that I lost this bet to Isaac
not happy. It just ruined my night moth Friday night.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Yeah, it's and it's yeah yeah considering considering what's coming, well,
you might get it next week.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Whoa, whoa, No, that was not the deal. Call in,
tell them that's not fair.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Oh all right, So one hundred and fifty seven out
of one point one million voted today.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
That's good to know. That is good to know.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Many people estimate real quick before we get to the news.
Many people think that the tally will be somewhere around
fifteen percent come November. Fifteen percent of the eligible voters
will vote in November for municipal elections. I was going
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to guess that it was going to be somewhere around
eleven percent, but maybe the ones since sales tax will
be bring people out to vote that normally don't vote,
and I tend to think that's not a good thing
for Republicans. I tend to think that's not a good
thing this in the primaries. I don't know if we're
gonna get to ten percent in the primaries, honestly don't.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
And I'm being sincere.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
We may not get to seven percent a voter turnout
in the primaries.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
City Council at.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Large, the Christophercari race, along with Serry Chakra for City Council,
and a couple other district primaries like what's going on
with isaac'scroll Tjanna Brown? So like, there are some primaries,
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but the most almost all of them are on the
Democrat side, minus the one Republican primary. So I don't
know if we'll get seven percent or voter turnout or not.
Because there's no reason for people in Huntersville or Matthews
or anywhere else to vote. The only people impacted are
the people here in the City of Charlotte that have primaries.
Nobody else has a primary in the rest of the county.
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All right, when we come back, let's talk a little
bit about Humpy Wheeler. He was a true icon and
a true legend in the city, Charlott Mota Speedway, Belmont
Gaston County. At all, we'll go back to breaking with
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Jenson seven O four five, seven, eleven ten. I'm going to, honestly, Isaac,
I'm going to bring you a twelve pack about god
forsaken bush light that you drink, and it is going
to be I'm gonna leave it in my car for
over the weekend and it's gonna be so hot, and
it's gonna be going over bumps and when you finally
crack it open, it's gonna spew everywhere. Hot, warm, spewy beer.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Dude, that's how I drank a mean stone cold. Do
the you gotta do like shotgunning it exactly. Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
So in all, in a serious note, Humpy Wheeler died
last night, surrounded by family and friends at the age
of eighty six.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
And he is a legend, and.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Yes, a legend in NASCAR, and he helped build NASCAR
by the things he was doing at Cholomoter Speedway. Like
people freaked out when he built the condos at Charlotte
Motter Speedway and he built a speedway club, They're like,
are you are you high? Like what do you think
in how that work out? Then everyone's tried to start
doing it right with their speedway clubs.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
And everything else. He did that.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
He's the one that implemented night racing and figured out, Okay,
we can't have stadium lights at the track because it'll
blind the drivers. So we've got to use a special
reflector way that will light up the track but won't
blind the drivers. And so the lights shoot from the
ground up to and then back down.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
And it's like a whole thing, right, reflect reflectors. It's brilliant.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
He's in the Belmont Hall of Fame, I believe, if
I'm not mistaken, and I know he's in the Gaston
County Sports Hall of Fame, you know, with the likes
of like James Worthy and Sleepy Floyd and at all.
So I was a little surprised some of the local
stations didn't do a bigger thing about Humpy Wheeler.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
It was almost as in passing.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Thankfully, NASCAR did about a three minute tribute to Humpy
Wheeler and he's extremely important to the city is Charlotte.
He helped people from out of state want to actually
come to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the race. I mean again,
thirty years ago, Charlotte was nothing. It was considered a cowtown.
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And here's how you know. Here's how you know the
associated press when they when you see like what's a byline,
you know, and they have the like if you're reading
a newspaper or whatever and it'll say dateline, like Los
Angeles and Los Angeles will be in all caps or whatever.
When you have Los Angeles, they don't say Los Angeles
comma c A or c AI L or you know
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cl rather California, right, they don't have the initials of
the state.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Charlotte was Dallas.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
They don't put Dallas KMMA TX for the associated price
because people know Dallas Charlotte. It was Charlotte COMMA end
period C period. You had to have North Carolina in
the dateline. Now, some of that was because people got
to confused with Charleston, West Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina,
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so they would have Charlotte.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
But Charlotte was nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Thirty years ago, forty years ago, it's what like like
basically Winston Salem Greensboro is today.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
It's what that's it. It's nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
But Humpy helped change that by bringing people to Charlotte
and making people, oh, you know, I really like that
Charlotte area.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
It looks like a nice place to raise a family.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
And again born in Belmont, went to Belmont Abbey College,
stayed local and became a big league. But NASCAR did
tribute to him, and so this is a NASCAR production.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Few people understood the grand spectacle of NASCAR better than
h a Humpy Wheeler. For thirty three years, he was
racing's foremost track promoter, bringing a sense of scale, wonder,
and imagination to events at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Wheeler was
born in Belmont, North Carolina, in nineteen thirty eight, the
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son of a local college's athletic director.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I saw these cars with numbers on van pulled. I
just got totally fascinated by racing.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
He dabbled in driving, but Wheeler found his calling as
a promoter, building races in the Charlotte, North Carolina region
into cant miss events. In the late nineteen sixties, Wheeler
became the director of Firestone Tires Motorsports program before landing
the job of President and general manager of Charlotte Motor
Speedway in nineteen seventy five. From there, he became the
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face of the speedway and revolutionized the way fans experienced NASCAR.
Wheeler's signature initiatives were modernizing facilities and amenities, as well
as the pre race events he staged to drive fan engagement.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Hunty was showman.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
He was nicknamed the Pepe Barnum of racing.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You always wanted what's he going to come up with
this time out?
Speaker 4 (21:21):
He knew to be something totally different and bizarre than
anybody down.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
The fort From flying school buses and boxing matches to
Robosaurus and military exercises. The stunts, as Wheeler loved to
call them, gay fans a reason to buy tickets on
top of the on track action.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
It's fit the audience.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
He likes stunts.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
He loves stunts.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
You need to do some crazy stuff.
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Part ring master, park businessman. He was always looking for
the next big thing to drive sold out crowds and
provide a memorable experience for the fans.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
It's just making sure the person really has an extra
good time. The most important thing that we're doing is
putting a little technicolor in people's lives.
Speaker 5 (22:07):
In nineteen ninety two, he revolutionized night racing, leading a
project to make Charlotte the first track of its size
to run a race under the lights, revitalizing the All
Star Race under the promotional banner one Hot Night.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
I cannot imagine how bland NASCAR would have been without
Humphy Wheeler.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Wheeler had a big personality and was an outspoken observer
of NASCAR at large, sharing opinions on what the sport's
future should hold, as well as who was likely to
win the upcoming race at his track. He was also
close with many drivers, offering advice and friendship as they
navigated their careers.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
So I'll leave you with one thing, and I'll steal
a little bit from an Irish blessing, and that is
to tell you today, I hope that to bring the
fly waves slowly on you today until we made again.
May God hold you in the poem of his hand.
Speaker 5 (23:08):
Humpy Wheeler was a true showman and a larger than
life presence in the story of NASCAR.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
So NASCAR Productions put that together.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
It's on YouTube and like I said, I just I
thought it deserved more than fifty seconds. This guy was
an absolute legend. I had the privilege to interview him
multiple times at a time. The two biggest people at
a time. He was the biggest person in sports in Charlotte,
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and then George Schenn, who brought him the Hornets in
nineteen eighty seven eighty eight.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Eighty nine season. But George shen and Humpy Wheeler were
by far the two biggest entities. And I don't mean
Ric Flair.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Yes, Ric Flair was like a god here, but I
mean like sports management responsible for all of that. And
then later became late later came Jerry Richardson, right, But
it was Humpy Humpy Wheeler. It was George shupset at
other people when they do the exact same thing you did,
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and Democrats all over the country are finding that out.
You started things, Republicans do the same, and then you
cry foul.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
Really, I would hope that you're better than the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
I would hope you did it, and then you get
pissed off when others do it. Literally did it six
months ago, and then you are just taking aback that
the audacity at the audacity.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
To do what you did.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
So anyways, Jones putting out a statement about that. So
we'll see, maybe the things in Combers County will be
quiet again for the next few months. Why would you
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cry loud.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
The way?
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Welcome back to breaking with Brett Jensen.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
A few more minutes here, about five and a half
more minutes here on this Thursday night. Don't have to
be really nice Thursday night, seven four five, seven oh
eleven ten. And again, guys, make sure you follow me
on x at Brett Underscore Jensen for all the latest
and breaking news in and around the Charlotte area. Hurricane Helen,
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excuse me, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Aaron, Hurricane Aaron.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Off the coast, and I saw something like.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
Hurricane Aaron batters the East coast, batters the East coast?
Speaker 3 (26:12):
Really batters is the word that you.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Want to use to describe what's happening on the East Coast?
Speaker 3 (26:20):
Really?
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Apparently, CNN, you and I have very different definitions of
the word batter. Interesting, but let's not forget when's the
last time? And again, I use this term loosely, but
when's the last time a hurricane battered North Carolina?
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Almost exactly eleven months ago Hurricane Helene.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
And what happened the last time the state of North
Carolina declared a state of emergency, which Josh Stein, the
governor did this time for a Hurricane Aaron. What happened,
Governor Roy Cooper committed malpractice against the citizens of North Carolina,
specifically the twenty five mountain counties. You didn't have the
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army ready to go, You didn't have the National Guard
ready to go. You did almost zero. In the immediate
days following, you did nothing nothing. Josh Stein has ran
laps around you. Josh Stein did more in his first
month as governor than you did in three months. For yeah,
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three months, he did way more than you. And now
Roy Cooper thinks, just the people of eastern North Carolina
are going to forget about Matthew and he thinks to
twenty five counties in western North Carolina are going to
forget about Hurricane and Helene. And just what a complete
and utter, disgraceful failure Roy Cooper was. And he didn't
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care because he went off to Harvard and started teaching
at Harvard.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Of course, of all places for woke Roy Cooper to go,
of course, it was Harvard, the man that marched with
BLM while you're supposed to wear a mask and took
off the masks.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
The same man that closed all.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
The restaurants and bars and breweries but then opened up
the breweries and restaurants even though breweries weren't serving food.
Many breweries weren't serving food. Then he said, well, I
tell you what, as long as you have a food truck,
you can open up a brewery. I'm sorry, I didn't
realize food trucks prevented COVID.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
But meanwhile, bars that.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Actually served food, and you're labeled a bar in North
Carolina if you sell less than fifty percent of your
sales or less or less than fifty percent of your
sales are food, so fifty percent or more of your
sales are alcohol, you're considered a bar. And there are
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many many bars in North Carolina, especially Charlotte, that might
sell forty eight percent of its profits come from or
forty eight percent of its sales come from food, forty
nine percent come from food, But yet they weren't allowed
to open at all. But yet you could have a
brewery as long as that had a food truck, because
you know, follow the science and the data. Remember that
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one how many times do we hear that one science
and data, data and science and doctor Mandy Cohen that
some moron media outlet in North Carolina dubbed North Carolina's Mom.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
But Roy Cooper, you failed COVID miserably.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
You tried to shut down the churches, You lost a
law suit, you decided not to appeal, and you may
have been the worst governor in the history of the
country when it comes to handling FEMA and aid to
its citizens following natural disasters.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
I tell you who's next.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Right up there with you now is Karen Bass, the
mayor of LA and Gavin Newsom, the governor California.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
When it comes to LA, you.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
Raised how many millions and millions and millions of dollars
for the stupid concert? And how much money went to
the house is what twelve dollars? And you raised hundreds
or one hundred million dollars or eighty million dollars whatever
it was, And everyone's going, hey, where's the money? Yeah, sorry,
nice job. I'm picking the charity ladies and gentlemen. They
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kept it all basically, at least that's the belief. So anyways,
Roy Cooper as Hurricane Aaron quote batters end quote the
East coast. We're quickly reminded of how you completely failed
the citizens of North Carolina and complete and compete, completed
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complete mail practice against us or the twenty five counties
down west, twenty five counties because of you, and because
of FEMA and because of Joe Biden, even when they
had roads washed out and voting places washed away, high
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high expected, higher than average, higher than normal turnout. That's
how much of a disaster you were as a governor.
Let's just remember that. So everyone keep that in mind
when you're worried about Hurricane Aaron battering the East coast.
And now through the month of September it's hurricane season.
It's officially here. So every time there's a hurricane, just
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remember how proud Rod Cooper served you. Alright, everyone, TJ.
Richie is coming up next. My name is Brett Jenson,
and you've been listening to Breaking with Brett Jenson.
Hi, Oh, Let's go oh, Let's go oh, Let's go The.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Post on eleven ten and ninety nine three WBT Bred
Jenson here with you on this Thursday night edition of
Breaking with Brad Jensen.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
What fifty five minutes and before.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
The Panthers kickoff against the Pittsburgh Steelers here uptown, I believe,
at Bank of America Stadium anyway, Seven four five seven
eleven ten is the telephone number. That's also the exact
same number for the WBT text line, which is of
course is driven by Liberty Buick GMC. A couple of
things we're going to get into tonight, the passing of
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a Hempe Wheeler and even if you're not a NASCAR fan,
he had such a profound impact.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
On our area.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Belmont native went to Belmont Abbey College. His dad was
an athletic director there, I believe. And then the things
obviously he did at Charlotte Butter Speedway, so we'll get
into that also. Like I said, just a lot of
things going on with early voting starting today and early
voting is being held at how Marshall uptown, the how
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Marshall Center. I am not being I am not joking.
I am not joking. I want to know, and the
numbers won't come out for a while tonight. But the
only thing you can vote on in the primaries if
you're a Democrat is the Democrat primaries, like like city
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council at large or a couple other city council seats.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
That's it.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
In Republican primary, you've only got one and that's the
Christopher Cary and Sarah Chakra primary. So it's uptown. It's
a difficult place to get to. How many people you
think voted today my guess, and we're gonna check this
for tomorrow. And if I'm within ten, I'm gonna have like,
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I'm gonna make Isaac buy me a box of recy Cups,
all right, a box of Racis because that's what I eat,
like damn near every day here at the show. That's
my chocolate fix, Recey Cups, the big four pack. So
I'm gonna make him buy me a three dollars and
twenty one four pack of Racy Cups.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
My number that I'm gonna say is.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Forty five people voted today on the first day of
early voting.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
That's gonna be my guest.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
What do I get if you missed by more than ten.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
How about I don't cuss you promise really, I'll think of.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Something, all right, if if if I'm off by ten,
so if it's less, if it's if it's the thirty
four or less or fifty six or more, I'll buy
you a Pacersi's cup.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
One cents is what they cost.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
That was good, right, So but we'll get into that.
I mean, there's there's other things going on. We'll get
into some of the races and all that. But and
it's just weird how they're doing early voting for the
city elections and stuff like that. And know that one
since sales tax is not on early voting, that's in November.
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That's a November okay. So anyways, real quick, I do
want to make a statement about yesterday. So yesterday was
a big Combarra's County day and how Cabrera's County is
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the gift that keeps on giving. Well, got some more
information about Cabarets County today and we'll get into that momentarily.
But I said something where I had some information wrong
and I want to correct.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
That real quick.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So Chris Mesmer, the former chair of the Cabarras County
Commissioners who's now up and rally because he got appointed
by the seat by the Cabars County GP. You know
they're in lockstep, and so the Cabars County GP appointed
him to this North Countina send a seat because the
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local party is the one who does the appointing when
it comes to the state races. Just make sure you
guys understood that. But anyways, I said, he and his partner,
former partner, and that was Chris Newton.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You know, they had a business together.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
He had no Chris Newton had no county manager experience
and Chris Mesmer hired him as county manager.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Had no government experience at all, Right, And I knew.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Their business didn't do anything, And I inadvertently said the
business went bankrupt. I had been told by many, many people,
including people close to amusement or that the business failed.
But I used the term bankrupt and it did not
go bankrupt. You can have a business that doesn't do
anything that doesn't go bankrupt. And so basically it was
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basically they Chris and Sean, they started an LLC. They
invested money into research to do and then they determined
that there were too many regulations to do what they
wanted to do, and they did not move forward, so
nothing ever happened. So I just want to make sure
to make sure I clarify. I want to be fair
and accurate. If I said that they the business went bankrupt,
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that was inaccurate. It just never got off the ground
because it was never gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
So I just wanted to make sure I was accurate
about that.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But speaking about Cabert's County, Jeff Jones, the Cabars County Chair,
he put this statement out looks like on Facebook just
moments ago, and here's what he had to say. You know,
last night we had Laura Lindsay on and we also
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had Kenny Wertman on. Two county commissioners, both Republicans, both
on complete opposite ends of the spectrum and the way
they think they should handle things. Jeff Jones said, here's
my official statement concerning the events this week. Again, he's
the chair of the Cabars County Commissioners. On Monday, after
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a closed session to discuss personnel matters, the Board of
Commissioners voted three to two to terminate the contract of
the on a manager with cause by law. Those discussions
remain confident, must remain confidential, So I cannot share details
what I can well not according to some of your
county commissioners, but he continues. What I can say is this,
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the Board acted within its authority and according to the
process the law requires, and a process designed to ensure
decisions are made properly even when they are difficult or controversial.
I know this decision has sparked strong reactions. Many of
you care deeply about the leadership of our county and
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that passion is a strength. But speculation and rumors only
fuel division and uncertainty. They get in the way of
the work that matters. Our focus now is on restoring
stability to the role of county manager, so this incredibly
important position can continue to provide the steady leadership and
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direction our community deserves. As chairman, my responsibility is to
keep the focus where it belongs on stability, accountability, and
forward progress for Caberras County. Our institutions are strong, our
community is stronger, and when we choose unity over division,
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we always come through moments like this better than before.
All Right, it's a very well written statement. And if
he wrote that himself, which I tend to believe that
he did. Then there you go, there you go. It
is interesting although not all county commissioners adhere to the
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closed session rules. I know Laura was quite upset and
made her feelings known about a lot of things. But again,
as I stated last night, anyone with two functioning brain
cells had to know that this was eventually going to happen,
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had to have.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
For the very same.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Way that the previous three people, when Chris Mesmer was
actually there, voted to kick out the county attorney and
the county manager, not giving them thirty days to find
other jobs, not informing the other commissioners that a boat
was coming down the pipe when it had already been
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decided upon.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Doing it right then and there. You can't get upset at.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Other people when they do the exact same thing you did,
and Democrats all over the country are finding that out
you started things, Republicans do the same, and then you
cry foul.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Really, I would hope that you're better than the Democrats.
I would hope.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
You did it, and then you get pissed off when
others do it. Literally did it six months ago, and
then you are just taking aback that the audacity at
the audacity to do what you did. So anyways, Jeff
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Jones putting out a statement about that. So we'll see
maybe the things in Comers County will be quiet again
for the next few months. Welcome back to Breaking with
Brett Jensen. Okay, so we have an update. And Isaac
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and I changed the bet a twelve pack of our
favorite beverage. And I mean it tells you that, you know,
Isaac went to Abstate when his favorite beverage is bush Light.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
But that's okay, it's a quality beer.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
So anyways, and I said, I'll just do I'll keep
it simple, keep it simple, stupid. So I just said,
all right, fine, I'll do Corse Light, Corse Light versus
bush Light.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
So the updates just came out and I lost.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Kay.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
I was actually surprised, and then I was like, oh, well,
maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, Like, I'm surprised it
was this high. Now, remember this is the first day
of voting, and usually like there's a big surge on
the first day of voting. Okay, just just I want
everyone to keep this in mind. One hundred and fifty
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seven people in mckelmber County voted today a county. Of
one point one million, one hundred and fifty seven people
voted today, which means I said forty five people voted,
which will probably be the number tomorrow because oh it's
the first day, and a couple of candidates may have
been out there at how Marshall uptown at.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
That little center.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
So one hundred and fifty seven out of one point
one million people voted today.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
As long as it was more than fifty five, I
do not care, Yep, yep.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
So I got some stuff coming up from Isaac Yep,
dang it, dang it, Isaac Man, I lost that one
that upsets me, that actually upsets me.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
I wanted to show you so badly. Oh, I know
what I'm talking about.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
This was the first time breaking bread Jenson has been wronging.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
But dang it, real quick, there's like all kinds of
stuff talking about major scenes going on at Villanova University
and there's like shooting activity.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Trying to figureut what's going on.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
There are a thousand police cars there at Villanova is
in Philadelphia's in the outskirts of Philadelphia, but it's in Philadelphia.
And then they just came across and said there is
no active shooter at Villanova. I don't know if that
means there was and they took them out or it
was a false alarm, but I can tell you there's
about five hundred cop cars that showed up.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
So we'll keep you up to date.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
But as of right now, ABC just said no active
shooter at Villanova, even though Fox News broke in, ABC
broke in, CNN broke in for a quick hot minute.
CNN hasn't updated anything, so we'll see. So if there's
any extra news about Villanova, I will totally keep you
updated on that.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
And the fact that I lost this bet to Isaac
not happy. It just ruined my night moth Friday night.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Yeah, it's and it's yeah yeah considering considering what's coming, well,
you might get it next week.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Whoa, whoa, No, that was not the deal. Call in,
tell them that's not fair.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Oh all right, So one hundred and fifty seven out
of one point one million voted today.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
That's good to know. That is good to know.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Many people estimate real quick before we get to the news.
Many people think that the tally will be somewhere around
fifteen percent come November. Fifteen percent of the eligible voters
will vote in November for municipal elections. I was going
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to guess that it was going to be somewhere around
eleven percent, but maybe the ones since sales tax will
be bring people out to vote that normally don't vote,
and I tend to think that's not a good thing
for Republicans. I tend to think that's not a good
thing this in the primaries. I don't know if we're
gonna get to ten percent in the primaries, honestly don't.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
And I'm being sincere.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
We may not get to seven percent a voter turnout
in the primaries.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
City Council at.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Large, the Christophercari race, along with Serry Chakra for City Council,
and a couple other district primaries like what's going on
with isaac'scroll Tjanna Brown? So like, there are some primaries,
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but the most almost all of them are on the
Democrat side, minus the one Republican primary. So I don't
know if we'll get seven percent or voter turnout or not.
Because there's no reason for people in Huntersville or Matthews
or anywhere else to vote. The only people impacted are
the people here in the City of Charlotte that have primaries.
Nobody else has a primary in the rest of the county.
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All right, when we come back, let's talk a little
bit about Humpy Wheeler. He was a true icon and
a true legend in the city, Charlott Mota Speedway, Belmont
Gaston County. At all, we'll go back to breaking with
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Jenson seven O four five, seven, eleven ten. I'm going to, honestly, Isaac,
I'm going to bring you a twelve pack about god
forsaken bush light that you drink, and it is going
to be I'm gonna leave it in my car for
over the weekend and it's gonna be so hot, and
it's gonna be going over bumps and when you finally
crack it open, it's gonna spew everywhere. Hot, warm, spewy beer.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Dude, that's how I drank a mean stone cold. Do
the you gotta do like shotgunning it exactly. Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
So in all, in a serious note, Humpy Wheeler died
last night, surrounded by family and friends at the age
of eighty six.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
And he is a legend, and.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Yes, a legend in NASCAR, and he helped build NASCAR
by the things he was doing at Cholomoter Speedway. Like
people freaked out when he built the condos at Charlotte
Motter Speedway and he built a speedway club, They're like,
are you are you high? Like what do you think
in how that work out? Then everyone's tried to start
doing it right with their speedway clubs.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
And everything else. He did that.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
He's the one that implemented night racing and figured out, Okay,
we can't have stadium lights at the track because it'll
blind the drivers. So we've got to use a special
reflector way that will light up the track but won't
blind the drivers. And so the lights shoot from the
ground up to and then back down.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
And it's like a whole thing, right, reflect reflectors. It's brilliant.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
He's in the Belmont Hall of Fame, I believe, if
I'm not mistaken, and I know he's in the Gaston
County Sports Hall of Fame, you know, with the likes
of like James Worthy and Sleepy Floyd and at all.
So I was a little surprised some of the local
stations didn't do a bigger thing about Humpy Wheeler.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
It was almost as in passing.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Thankfully, NASCAR did about a three minute tribute to Humpy
Wheeler and he's extremely important to the city is Charlotte.
He helped people from out of state want to actually
come to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the race. I mean again,
thirty years ago, Charlotte was nothing. It was considered a cowtown.
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And here's how you know. Here's how you know the
associated press when they when you see like what's a byline,
you know, and they have the like if you're reading
a newspaper or whatever and it'll say dateline, like Los
Angeles and Los Angeles will be in all caps or whatever.
When you have Los Angeles, they don't say Los Angeles
comma c A or c AI L or you know
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cl rather California, right, they don't have the initials of
the state.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Charlotte was Dallas.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
They don't put Dallas KMMA TX for the associated price
because people know Dallas Charlotte. It was Charlotte COMMA end
period C period. You had to have North Carolina in
the dateline. Now, some of that was because people got
to confused with Charleston, West Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina,
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so they would have Charlotte.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
But Charlotte was nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Thirty years ago, forty years ago, it's what like like
basically Winston Salem Greensboro is today.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
It's what that's it. It's nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
But Humpy helped change that by bringing people to Charlotte
and making people, oh, you know, I really like that
Charlotte area.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
It looks like a nice place to raise a family.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
And again born in Belmont, went to Belmont Abbey College,
stayed local and became a big league. But NASCAR did
tribute to him, and so this is a NASCAR production.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Few people understood the grand spectacle of NASCAR better than
h a Humpy Wheeler. For thirty three years, he was
racing's foremost track promoter, bringing a sense of scale, wonder,
and imagination to events at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Wheeler was
born in Belmont, North Carolina, in nineteen thirty eight, the
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son of a local college's athletic director.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I saw these cars with numbers on van pulled. I
just got totally fascinated by racing.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
He dabbled in driving, but Wheeler found his calling as
a promoter, building races in the Charlotte, North Carolina region
into cant miss events. In the late nineteen sixties, Wheeler
became the director of Firestone Tires Motorsports program before landing
the job of President and general manager of Charlotte Motor
Speedway in nineteen seventy five. From there, he became the
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face of the speedway and revolutionized the way fans experienced NASCAR.
Wheeler's signature initiatives were modernizing facilities and amenities, as well
as the pre race events he staged to drive fan engagement.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Hunty was showman.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
He was nicknamed the Pepe Barnum of racing.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You always wanted what's he going to come up with
this time out?
Speaker 4 (21:21):
He knew to be something totally different and bizarre than
anybody down.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
The fort From flying school buses and boxing matches to
Robosaurus and military exercises. The stunts, as Wheeler loved to
call them, gay fans a reason to buy tickets on
top of the on track action.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
It's fit the audience.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
He likes stunts.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
He loves stunts.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
You need to do some crazy stuff.
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Part ring master, park businessman. He was always looking for
the next big thing to drive sold out crowds and
provide a memorable experience for the fans.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
It's just making sure the person really has an extra
good time. The most important thing that we're doing is
putting a little technicolor in people's lives.
Speaker 5 (22:07):
In nineteen ninety two, he revolutionized night racing, leading a
project to make Charlotte the first track of its size
to run a race under the lights, revitalizing the All
Star Race under the promotional banner one Hot Night.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
I cannot imagine how bland NASCAR would have been without
Humphy Wheeler.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Wheeler had a big personality and was an outspoken observer
of NASCAR at large, sharing opinions on what the sport's
future should hold, as well as who was likely to
win the upcoming race at his track. He was also
close with many drivers, offering advice and friendship as they
navigated their careers.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
So I'll leave you with one thing, and I'll steal
a little bit from an Irish blessing, and that is
to tell you today, I hope that to bring the
fly waves slowly on you today until we made again.
May God hold you in the poem of his hand.
Speaker 5 (23:08):
Humpy Wheeler was a true showman and a larger than
life presence in the story of NASCAR.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
So NASCAR Productions put that together.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
It's on YouTube and like I said, I just I
thought it deserved more than fifty seconds. This guy was
an absolute legend. I had the privilege to interview him
multiple times at a time. The two biggest people at
a time. He was the biggest person in sports in Charlotte,
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and then George Schenn, who brought him the Hornets in
nineteen eighty seven eighty eight.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Eighty nine season. But George shen and Humpy Wheeler were
by far the two biggest entities. And I don't mean
Ric Flair.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Yes, Ric Flair was like a god here, but I
mean like sports management responsible for all of that. And
then later became late later came Jerry Richardson, right, But
it was Humpy Humpy Wheeler. It was George shupset at
other people when they do the exact same thing you did,
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and Democrats all over the country are finding that out.
You started things, Republicans do the same, and then you
cry foul.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
Really, I would hope that you're better than the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
I would hope you did it, and then you get
pissed off when others do it. Literally did it six
months ago, and then you are just taking aback that
the audacity at the audacity.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
To do what you did.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
So anyways, Jones putting out a statement about that. So
we'll see, maybe the things in Combers County will be
quiet again for the next few months. Why would you
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cry loud.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
The way?
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Welcome back to breaking with Brett Jensen.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
A few more minutes here, about five and a half
more minutes here on this Thursday night. Don't have to
be really nice Thursday night, seven four five, seven oh
eleven ten. And again, guys, make sure you follow me
on x at Brett Underscore Jensen for all the latest
and breaking news in and around the Charlotte area. Hurricane Helen,
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excuse me, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Aaron, Hurricane Aaron.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Off the coast, and I saw something like.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
Hurricane Aaron batters the East coast, batters the East coast?
Speaker 3 (26:12):
Really batters is the word that you.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Want to use to describe what's happening on the East Coast?
Speaker 3 (26:20):
Really?
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Apparently, CNN, you and I have very different definitions of
the word batter. Interesting, but let's not forget when's the
last time? And again, I use this term loosely, but
when's the last time a hurricane battered North Carolina?
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Almost exactly eleven months ago Hurricane Helene.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
And what happened the last time the state of North
Carolina declared a state of emergency, which Josh Stein, the
governor did this time for a Hurricane Aaron. What happened,
Governor Roy Cooper committed malpractice against the citizens of North Carolina,
specifically the twenty five mountain counties. You didn't have the
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army ready to go, You didn't have the National Guard
ready to go. You did almost zero. In the immediate
days following, you did nothing nothing. Josh Stein has ran
laps around you. Josh Stein did more in his first
month as governor than you did in three months. For yeah,
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three months, he did way more than you. And now
Roy Cooper thinks, just the people of eastern North Carolina
are going to forget about Matthew and he thinks to
twenty five counties in western North Carolina are going to
forget about Hurricane and Helene. And just what a complete
and utter, disgraceful failure Roy Cooper was. And he didn't
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care because he went off to Harvard and started teaching
at Harvard.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Of course, of all places for woke Roy Cooper to go,
of course, it was Harvard, the man that marched with
BLM while you're supposed to wear a mask and took
off the masks.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
The same man that closed all.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
The restaurants and bars and breweries but then opened up
the breweries and restaurants even though breweries weren't serving food.
Many breweries weren't serving food. Then he said, well, I
tell you what, as long as you have a food truck,
you can open up a brewery. I'm sorry, I didn't
realize food trucks prevented COVID.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
But meanwhile, bars that.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Actually served food, and you're labeled a bar in North
Carolina if you sell less than fifty percent of your
sales or less or less than fifty percent of your
sales are food, so fifty percent or more of your
sales are alcohol, you're considered a bar. And there are
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many many bars in North Carolina, especially Charlotte, that might
sell forty eight percent of its profits come from or
forty eight percent of its sales come from food, forty
nine percent come from food, But yet they weren't allowed
to open at all. But yet you could have a
brewery as long as that had a food truck, because
you know, follow the science and the data. Remember that
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one how many times do we hear that one science
and data, data and science and doctor Mandy Cohen that
some moron media outlet in North Carolina dubbed North Carolina's Mom.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
But Roy Cooper, you failed COVID miserably.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
You tried to shut down the churches, You lost a
law suit, you decided not to appeal, and you may
have been the worst governor in the history of the
country when it comes to handling FEMA and aid to
its citizens following natural disasters.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
I tell you who's next.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Right up there with you now is Karen Bass, the
mayor of LA and Gavin Newsom, the governor California.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
When it comes to LA, you.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
Raised how many millions and millions and millions of dollars
for the stupid concert? And how much money went to
the house is what twelve dollars? And you raised hundreds
or one hundred million dollars or eighty million dollars whatever
it was, And everyone's going, hey, where's the money? Yeah, sorry,
nice job. I'm picking the charity ladies and gentlemen. They
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kept it all basically, at least that's the belief. So anyways,
Roy Cooper as Hurricane Aaron quote batters end quote the
East coast. We're quickly reminded of how you completely failed
the citizens of North Carolina and complete and compete, completed
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complete mail practice against us or the twenty five counties
down west, twenty five counties because of you, and because
of FEMA and because of Joe Biden, even when they
had roads washed out and voting places washed away, high
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high expected, higher than average, higher than normal turnout. That's
how much of a disaster you were as a governor.
Let's just remember that. So everyone keep that in mind
when you're worried about Hurricane Aaron battering the East coast.
And now through the month of September it's hurricane season.
It's officially here. So every time there's a hurricane, just
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remember how proud Rod Cooper served you. Alright, everyone, TJ.
Richie is coming up next. My name is Brett Jenson,
and you've been listening to Breaking with Brett Jenson.
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