Bella's Corner - Episode 2 - Hailey Hein, Gray Leadbetter, Aaron Cuevas, & Becker Chase - The Dirt Life

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome to the Dirt Life Show with your host, George
Hamill.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Welcome to the Dirt Life Show.
I am Bella Breschard.
This is my co-host, georgeHamill, hi, and we are recording
episode two of Bella's Corner.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
Dude, tonight's going to be an awesome show for you
guys.
Bella has lined up a bunch ofcool guests.
Who do we got Bella.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
We have Hailey Hine, gray Ledbetter, aaron Kuevas and
Becker Chase.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
What's a pretty stacked lineup dude.
How hard was it getting allthose people on the show?

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Pretty easy.
They're super cool.
Outgoing people.
They're ready to talk.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Well, give yourself a little bit of credit though,
too.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
Because you reached out to them and they accepted
man, so it must be that you'repretty cool too, All right.
Maybe, I think today's episodeis going to be pretty cool.
We already got some commentscoming in, so, man, episode two.
Did you know that there's akind of like a secret in
podcasting?

Speaker 2 (00:54):
No.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
If you make it past your seventh episode, then
you're destined for success.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Well, we got five more to go, so yeah, there you
go.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
All right, so give us a little bit of a rundown on
what we're going to talk abouttonight.
Do you have kind of like atheme that we're going to talk
about?
Because I know that some ofthese people are young, some
have a little bit more success,but you have something in common
with most of them.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, so two of them are girls, two of them are guys.
So we're going to kind of talkabout, like, the women in the
industry, but we're also kind ofgoing to like venture out of
racing a little bit into likewhat they do in their regular
lives that have something to dowith racing.

Speaker 3 (01:30):
So it'll be a little more personal.
But I know you and I both loveracing, but I'm a huge fan of
life.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, yes, so I agree .

Speaker 3 (01:37):
All right, do you mind if we talk or thank a
couple of our sponsors realquick?
Then yeah, actually, you knowwhat?
Before we do that, telleverybody that they can share
the show on Instagram, facebookand listen to it on iTunes.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, so you can share this live on Instagram
right now, so that all of yourfriends and family can watch us.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yep, yeah, and then anytime you guys want to go back
in the archives, you can alwaysgo and check it out, like, if
you're driving across country tothe next race, like Bella's
going to do this weekend, youcan hit it up on iTunes, spotify
, all those networks.
You can even hit it up onYouTube.
We don't give very many peopleon YouTube, but you can hit it
up on Facebook as well.
All right, so let's thank a fewof our sponsors.

(02:13):
We share a couple sponsors likeKMC, so you want to thank them.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
I want to thank KMC for your guys' wheels.
You guys are very reliable.
Motul and Evil Powersports.
Thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah, all those good companies Evolution Powersports
actually been helping us quite abit with our new satellite
streaming project.
We're going to have a live feedor live stream with those guys
this weekend at the Best in theDesert, what's it called the
Laughlin Desert Classic.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Laughlin Desert.
You're going to be there too,right, Bella?
Yes, I am.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
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appreciate all their support.
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(03:22):
Canopies Actually just talkedwith Kyle today.
Him and Doug Matag and KeeganKincaid are teaming up.
All three of them are teamingup for the Baja 1000.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
That's so rad.

Speaker 3 (03:32):
Dude, it's going to be pretty cool, right?
All right.
So who's going to be our firstguest tonight?
Bella?

Speaker 2 (03:38):
Our first guest is going to be Gray Leadbetter.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
All right, let's see if Gray, if you want to join, we
can also invite you as well.
Let's see if she's on herealready.
We're going to get Gray on injust a second.
You want to do a little introfor Gray?
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (04:00):
Gray is 18 years old, from North Carolina.
She's made many differentvehicles, even motorcycles.
She was nominated for theOff-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame
for the.
Short Course Impact Award yes,so let's get her talking.

Speaker 3 (04:16):
That's actually pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah, no, really cool .

Speaker 3 (04:19):
That's a feat in itself to be nominated for the
Off-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame.
And she's so young too, right.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
Yeah, 18.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
That's wild.
No, it's pretty crazy.
There she is, Hi.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
Gray.

Speaker 3 (04:31):
Hi Hi Gray, how are you?

Speaker 5 (04:34):
Good, you guys.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
We're doing pretty good, man, so where are you at
right now?

Speaker 5 (04:39):
I am home, believe it or not.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
Where do you call home?

Speaker 5 (04:43):
Morgan to North Carolina.

Speaker 3 (04:45):
Whoa.
That sounds like NASCAR countryto me, though, oh yeah.

Speaker 5 (04:49):
I'm an hour and a half outside of Charlotte, so I
try not to consider myselfNASCAR country, but it
definitely is.

Speaker 3 (04:55):
Oh, you're one of those.
You're just Off-Road Girl, hugeOff-Road Girl.

Speaker 5 (04:58):
Preferably.

Speaker 2 (05:01):
Well, should we get started with some questions.

Speaker 5 (05:04):
Go right ahead.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
So you finished third in the truck championship.
Getting there is a challenge,and how did you make that happen
?

Speaker 5 (05:12):
Yeah, this year, what definitely has ups and downs
every time that I was able tofinish a race without something
happening or going wrong ormaking a mistake on my half, we
finished on the podium, so thatwent very good Overall.
It was obviously a lot tougherof a season than it was last
year, but it was still justincredible.
I mean, the class at one itselfis amazing.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yeah, congratulations , by the way.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, massive congratulations are in order.
But I noticed one thing thatshe just said.
Like she said, there was a bigdifference between this year and
last year.
Maybe we should dig into that alittle bit more.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, tell us about that.

Speaker 5 (05:48):
So last year there wasn't many trucks just because
it was only truly the first yearthat the class had been started
and raced.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
What class was that?

Speaker 5 (05:57):
It's called Prospect, so V6 sports speed age pattern,
but the class had just gottenstarted last year, so there
wasn't many of us, but withthere not being many of us you
could finish last and still geta lot of points, so it actually
made the points very close.
I think we went to the lastround last year with a two point

(06:19):
difference If that it mighthave been one or it might have
been tied, I don't remember.
And then this year it was allabout consistency and everything
was going really good and wentgood throughout the year.
We just had some bad luck onour half towards the end of the
year.

Speaker 2 (06:33):
And then talking about this year too, you raced
side by side in Nitro Crossright.

Speaker 5 (06:37):
Yes, the Nitro Cross stuff is really fun.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
Out there in mid America.

Speaker 5 (06:43):
Yeah, the truck there is racing in.
The truck was insane.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, no, I bet.

Speaker 3 (06:48):
That did look actually really cool.
Did you try to?
Well, you did that on UTV and aProspect.

Speaker 5 (06:55):
Yeah, so I raced the Nitro Cross race back in June
there in the side by side, andthen I raced the truck race.
I think it was like three weeksago.

Speaker 3 (07:03):
They did a different, like a hybrid track, though
right, it wasn't the exact sametrack.

Speaker 5 (07:08):
Yeah, so we go back.
So for the like normal shortcourse races that they run there
, and for the champ races thatwe did, we run back into the
wood section, the track thatthey'll race.
And then for the Nitro Crossstuff, we only ran half of it,
so we only ran the front half ofit.

Speaker 3 (07:27):
What should you like better?
Because I feel like that wouldbe totally different, because
you're going to be like way morepacked on the track right, like
all the drivers are packed intogether.

Speaker 5 (07:36):
Not necessarily.
It wasn't as bad as you think.
There weren't many cars forNitro.
There's aren't.
So because it's a one, you showup in a race and you drive for
Scottie Lawrence.
So there weren't many cars, soit wasn't too bad.
I preferred going into the back, just because it adds something
different.

Speaker 3 (07:55):
Yeah, it probably gives you more opportunity to
pass in a battle, I guessbecause it was.
Is it tight back there or no?

Speaker 5 (08:02):
Oh, it's not too bad.
Actually, most of the passeswould happen in the back half,
just because it's not so much ofa one lane section of the track
.

Speaker 3 (08:10):
Yeah, more technical, not as wide open.

Speaker 5 (08:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (08:13):
Did you get to ride that part too, Bella.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
No, I did not.

Speaker 3 (08:16):
Oh, you didn't.

Speaker 2 (08:17):
I don't think so.

Speaker 5 (08:18):
Yeah, you did.
You went into the back.

Speaker 2 (08:20):
Yeah, yes, yes, you caught on the big tail and you
go to the right.
Yeah, yes, I did.

Speaker 3 (08:23):
How was that part, was it?

Speaker 2 (08:24):
fun.
It was tight, it like towardsthe back, like near the trees
and stuff.

Speaker 3 (08:28):
But it was pretty fast paced, yeah.
What Gray said like good forpassing.

Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yes, I would say, you just have to run a smooth line,
like if you're not payingattention, then this stuff can
go wrong pretty quick.

Speaker 3 (08:41):
Oh, like you could hit stuff or somebody could
shove it in on you.

Speaker 2 (08:43):
It's just like it's a fast paced track, Like you
constantly have to be on top ofit.

Speaker 6 (08:48):
Yeah, for sure.

Speaker 3 (08:50):
Dude, I'm a huge fan of that, though.
Like I feel like I would likethat because that like gives you
way more, like way less time tothink but way more time to have
action.

Speaker 2 (08:57):
Yeah, I agree Speaking of racing and stuff
like that, but being a girl inthe industry that is male
dominated, you have made apretty big platform for yourself
.
Obviously, who is your firstrole model when you first
started racing?

Speaker 5 (09:17):
Not sure.
I think, if we go back to likewhen I very, very started at the
beginning, being a female wasalways actually phylic for my
projects.
That's how I started, yeah.
And then I don't knownecessarily on the female aspect
, sarah Price is one of thepeople that I've looked up to
just because she's done so manythings in the off road world.

(09:38):
I'm pretty sure she's going torace Dakar this year, yeah, but
away from her it would be Traviswith Trana, who I'm thankful
that I get to be a part of andmeet and work with now in a way.
But I still look up to him justbecause everything that he's
ever done has been incredibleand he's been somewhat
successful at it, right, buthe's just obviously been

(10:01):
successful in everything thathe's done, yeah that's pretty
cool.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
Do you guys know, like, how hard he works to get
that success?
Do you guys realize that?

Speaker 2 (10:09):
Pretty hard.

Speaker 3 (10:11):
But those are good lessons to learn, though, right,
gray, because that means thatyou probably work just your butt
off just as much as he does,because to achieve your goals
too right.

Speaker 5 (10:20):
Yeah, for sure, it definitely is an inspiration.

Speaker 2 (10:22):
Yeah, it's not really something that we do alone,
though.
Following up to anotherquestion, who's your main
support system?
Obviously, we have, likesponsors and stuff that are a
huge help, but outside of that,like your family or your friends
, you know, what do they kind ofdo to get you out there?

Speaker 5 (10:38):
Yeah for sure.
My family, my dad, supported mefrom day one.
There was a point in time whenI was growing up that he tried
to get me to stop.
Not in the way of he doesn'tsupport me, but he was like we
can go Disney World, we can goanywhere you want in the world,
we can go on conferences, we cando this.
I was like no, I want to race.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (10:56):
I would rather give up everything else than race.
Once you start, you can't getaway from it Exactly, and he's
by far been my biggest supporter.
I mean, there's obviously otherpeople here and there.
My friends have been a hugesupport.
They've supported me since dayone of our friendship.
Whatever timeline that is, yeah, and they try to come to as

(11:16):
many things as they can, yeah.

Speaker 3 (11:18):
That's really cool.
Yeah, that's especially like.
That's important too, because alot of people don't realize how
much actual outside support ittakes to get racing done, right,
to get a race done oraccomplished.
And that's cool that you have asupport mechanism like that.
Did you always have that or didyou like kind of work your way
up into it?

Speaker 5 (11:35):
My family has definitely always been there for
me.
Friendships have gone and comeover the past, however many
years now.
I became homeschooled in fifthgrade, so then after that time I
kind of all my friends camefrom race tracks and grew from
that.
So there was just that, andthen there's been many people

(11:56):
along the way, plus the teamsI've worked with, the families
of teams that I've worked withthat still support me from to
this day.

Speaker 3 (12:02):
Yeah, that's good that you have that loyalty in
your program too.
One of the things that Ithought would be a kind of a
cool question to ask you, gray,is because we have a lot of kids
that will comment in or messagein the dirt life show how to
like get racing going and stuff.
And you just mentioned likepeople have come and gone in
your program, right, like thatcan affect younger kids a lot,
right, because they think thatthey're doing something wrong or

(12:24):
one of the guys is super niceat one point and then super bad
at another point.
How did you manage all thatstuff and the emotions that come
along with racing?

Speaker 5 (12:32):
Yeah, for sure.
I mean I've kind of just youjust have to stick to it and
know that in the end, it's justyou like.
You're going to have your teambehind you, you're going to have
your family behind you, you'regoing to have whoever that
you're working with at the time.
But in the end, racing is oneof the only sports where it is
just you like, you're not with aphysical team, like you would
be with football, soccer,whatever.

(12:54):
So you have to make thedecisions by yourself and
obviously you have supportsystems around you that you
slowly can build.
That'll help.
But overall, I mean it's yourdecision because you're the one
that matters.
Your team matters in the endbecause they are the people who
get you the wins.
They're the people who get youthere and are backing you all
the way.
But going from team to team orplace to place, I mean it's all

(13:17):
your decision.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
Yeah, I totally agree .
Banks.
One six nine said how do I beatGray Ledbetter in a race?

Speaker 5 (13:29):
Race me November 9th.
That's all I say.
The next night we'll see, yeah,you'll see if they can beat you
.

Speaker 3 (13:38):
though right Gray is going to fight you till the
checkered flag, that's for sure.

Speaker 2 (13:42):
Banks can't.

Speaker 3 (13:44):
Who's banks?
One six, nine, do you know them?

Speaker 5 (13:48):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah.
Just a little bit, just alittle bit.
He's cool, I guess.

Speaker 5 (13:54):
Just maybe.

Speaker 2 (13:58):
You race pretty much all over the country, huh.

Speaker 5 (14:01):
Yeah, for the most part.

Speaker 2 (14:03):
So there's a lot of tracks to choose from.
If you had to pick a favoritetrack, ERX.

Speaker 5 (14:09):
Okay, up in Minnesota , I think that's by far my
favorite.
I've raced some pretty coolplaces, but it's just the
elevation change they have thereand the fact that the dirt
there is always perfect.
It can downpour the day beforeand the dirt is perfect the next
day.
I don't know how they do it,yeah, but there's just something

(14:30):
special about that place, yeah.

Speaker 3 (14:31):
Motorcross.
We call that chocolate cakeChocolate cake.
That racetrack looks so sick.
I've always wanted to go there,always.
You know what?
The video that I loved the most, that I wanted to go there.
I don't know if it was Johnnyor CJ, but I think it might have
been Rodney.
He uses pro turbo YXE, I don'tknow and he backed it in in one

(14:52):
of the corners there like a profour and was all the way
backwards going into the cornerand then shot out like a
freaking rocket and the dirtlooks so good.

Speaker 5 (15:01):
Yeah, it's always perfect there.
I don't know what, necessarily,what kind of dirt it is or what
mixture of whatever they havein it, but it is perfect
everywhere and every class too.

Speaker 3 (15:12):
It's like the secret, secret dirt.

Speaker 5 (15:15):
Yeah, pretty much.

Speaker 3 (15:17):
Oh, let me see Okay.

Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah and then.
Oh, I did want to know ahighlight of your racing career,
because you have so muchhighlights.

Speaker 5 (15:29):
I don't know.
I think coming out with the winlast year in the truck and then
ending up winning thechampionship, going into last
weekend pretty much tied, thatdefinitely says heavy on it.
Because I was the, I literallyhad no idea, like I know that
many female there hadn't beenmany females in the pro classes.

(15:51):
But when I came off the trackand I walked up to the podium
and they're like they announcedit was like the first female to
win a pro champ race or whateverit was I was like wait, what,
wait, what?
Like?
I don't think, like yes, I'm afemale, but I've also grown up
doing this my whole life andgrowing up for dirt bikes
especially.
You just get used to it.
You don't really, you don'tsingle yourself out.

(16:13):
So it's just like I was like oh, really, yeah, and then the
same thing with winning thechampionship.
That just didn't feel real.

Speaker 2 (16:20):
But I think it is.

Speaker 5 (16:23):
And then I think, even away from the off road four
wheel sports, it was racing theK team junior supercross
challenge in like 2013 and beingon a 50 DC dirt bike and going
on the supercross track.
That has still not felt real,and it's been 10 years, that's
crazy.

Speaker 3 (16:41):
Yeah, that's super cool.
And plus they treat you likerock stars at that race too,
like for the little kids.
So one thing that I noticedthat she was saying Bella was
like she doesn't necessarilythink that she's an advantage or
disadvantage, she's just aracer, just like everybody else.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Right, yeah, I was.
We're going to talk a littlebit about that with Hayley Hine
too, because she's coming onsoon.
But yeah, I do want to likebring up, kind of like.
Not necessarily bring up thegirls in, like the racing
industry, but just like you know, make them a little more.

Speaker 3 (17:12):
Yeah.
Well, you know, what I thinkhas the most effect on it is
like everybody will always saythat a girl's at a disadvantage.
I don't think that at all.
No I don't either, but I thinkthat the girl's mindset puts
them above that right, becausethey can think past all of that
stuff.
So it gives them a strongersense of ego when the helmet is
on and it gives them a strongersense of personality so that

(17:34):
they can compete with these guys, cause they basically have to
have an extra superpowersuperpower to be able to compete
, like it's so cool.

Speaker 2 (17:41):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 5 (17:44):
Yeah, I try to.
I think the motor sports is oneof the few sports that you,
that a female and male are atthe same level.

Speaker 3 (17:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (17:55):
Because it's not like it is physically demanding, but
it's not like it would be if itwas football or basketball or
soccer or something like that.
I think those are reasonablefor having, you know, women's or
you know what I'm trying to say.
But I think racing is the onething, like even dirt bikes
they're the separation becauseit's so physically demanding.

(18:16):
But motor sports and carswithin itself, like I think
males and females can be on thesame level all day long, right.

Speaker 3 (18:23):
So she mentioned Ashley Filik, or Filik, how you
ever you pronounce it?

Speaker 5 (18:27):
Filik.

Speaker 3 (18:28):
Yeah, Filik.
So I got to actually ride withher once at Palo Raceway.
This was like way back like2008-ish or 2010 or something, I
don't remember.

Speaker 2 (18:37):
I was two.

Speaker 3 (18:39):
Yeah, it was a long time ago, but I got to ride with
her at that time.
And for anybody that doesn'tknow, is she deaf and mute or
just deaf, like I don't know?

Speaker 5 (18:48):
what it is, but either way she's deaf.

Speaker 3 (18:51):
Yeah, so when I was riding with her like I use my
ears a lot to ride right,because I would control the dirt
bike and stuff from that butshe was so flipping fast Like I
could not believe how she couldgo so fast.
And then I researched herafterwards and she said that she
uses like all these othersenses, like being able to hold
on and being able to know thevibrations, to feel all the gear

(19:12):
she's in and stuff Like that isthe mindset that I'm talking
about, and not that everybody,like you guys, have the same
mindset.
But you guys use extra sensesto be that much better than what
other people are.

Speaker 2 (19:23):
Yeah, I mean, girls are better, just saying.

Speaker 6 (19:27):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (19:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (19:31):
There you go, like the Pro Eagle guys.
Look at what they were justsaying.

Speaker 2 (19:35):
If you're a racer and competitive, then it doesn't
matter what sex or race you are.

Speaker 3 (19:39):
I agree 100%.

Speaker 2 (19:47):
So, Gray, what does your race schedule look like
next season?

Speaker 5 (19:51):
Not sure yet.
I wish I could give you theanswer to that.
I know that coming up thisseason we still have Nitro Cross
.
We're very well horse passNovember 9th and then Glen Hell
on December 9th, I believe it isthat's your birthday weekend.

Speaker 2 (20:10):
Right, it is my birthday is.
December 8th.
Well, I'll be there.

Speaker 5 (20:16):
I don't have excited, but yeah, I think that's what
we have set for this year andthen working on plans for next
year.
Yeah, not sure yet, pretty muchout in the open, but up for
anything.

Speaker 3 (20:29):
Which race are you looking forward to more Glen
Hell or Wild Horse?

Speaker 5 (20:33):
I've spent time at where Wild Horse Pass is.
I've never seen the track perse.
I think I'm excited for GlenHell, and though just because of
what the atmosphere I think ofit will be.

Speaker 3 (20:47):
Yeah, the Cali vibe is super cool, but Glen Hell and
it tears up cars.

Speaker 5 (20:51):
Yeah, well, good thing it's on Scotty Warts.

Speaker 4 (20:58):
Exactly.

Speaker 2 (20:59):
Shiflice34 said easier question Fave discipline
four wheels, two wheels, tricksor racing?

Speaker 5 (21:07):
Four wheels, is that anything?
Four wheels?

Speaker 3 (21:10):
What's the reason?

Speaker 5 (21:11):
Dirt.
Honestly, I love dirt justbecause I grew up on dirt bikes
but definitely anything.
Four wheels what's the?

Speaker 3 (21:18):
reason that four wheels you like better than two
wheels, because I've always beena big two wheel guy.

Speaker 5 (21:23):
I love two wheels.
I still get on a pit bike, butthat's about the most that I'll
do.
I just try not to hurt myself.
Yeah, I know that if I ever getback on a big bike I will
probably end up hurting myself,so I try to stick to either just
messing around on a pit bikeand having fun or four wheels.

Speaker 2 (21:42):
Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 3 (21:43):
You know how pit bikes are Bella.

Speaker 2 (21:45):
Oh yeah, that's not my route, yeah.

Speaker 3 (21:53):
You got anything else for her?

Speaker 2 (21:54):
No, I think that was it.
I think that wrapped it up forme.

Speaker 3 (21:57):
Well, I got one more question for her.
So, gray, what kind of advicewould you give?
Well, let's just focus on youngwomen.
What kind of advice would yougive young women to get to a
similar point in their racingcareer, like what you have,
because I'm going to justpreface it by saying it was a
lot of hard work and you'restill young there was a lot of
trials and tribulations thatyou've gone through, and every

(22:20):
young kid wants to be closer towhere you are.
So what advice would you givethem?

Speaker 5 (22:27):
I think for the most part it would just be like like
I said earlier, just likesticking your head into it and
knowing that in the end it'sjust you.
And it's not like in a negativeway, because you obviously will
always have people who supportyou.
But you just have to like.
You can't take what otherpeople will say about you being
a girl or about you being young,because some of the old guys

(22:47):
just don't want the new upingplumbers.
I don't know why, becausethat's the people who build your
sport and that's the people whoget it out on social media or
get it out on whatever it mightbe.
But you just have to reallyjust stick to your head mentally
and just know that you are yourown person and to get yourself
out there and as much as I hateit you have to be on top of

(23:08):
social media.

Speaker 2 (23:09):
Yeah literally it like puts your name out there.

Speaker 3 (23:13):
Yeah, totally, you have to do it.

Speaker 5 (23:14):
And it's even if you don't want to, it's the one
thing that will.
It's the one thing that's theworld has gotten to, and you
have to do it no matter what,and it's in a way, it sucks
because it's like you have toshow talent to, but at the same
time, social media has becomemore important.

Speaker 3 (23:31):
Yeah, Well, but one thing that she said there is you
block out all the noise, right,like so you have noise from
haters, you have noise frompeople on social media and all
that stuff, and I think that'sfantastic advice.
Especially well, you kind ofjust proved our point.
Like Bella is younger than meof course, I'm the old guy, but
like she wants to help otheryoung racers and she wants to
educate people and do interviews, like that's the exact thing

(23:53):
you're talking about, gray, juston two different steps of the
platform.

Speaker 6 (23:56):
Yeah, for sure yeah that's pretty cool, man.

Speaker 3 (23:59):
You guys are forging your way through this off-road
industry, I know, so keep it up.

Speaker 2 (24:03):
We're the next.
We're the next legends.
I love it All right.

Speaker 3 (24:12):
You got anything else you want to talk about Gray, or
should we just have Bella?
Should we have her?
Thank all her partners andsponsors.

Speaker 2 (24:17):
Yeah, who do you want to?

Speaker 5 (24:18):
thank.
Um, yeah, I don't think I haveanything else to say.
Of course, thanks to my familyI wouldn't be anywhere without
them Ryan Beat, who helped me beso successful in the trucks
this past season it's beenincredible.
Everybody else who's helped mealong the way.
I could say you would thankpeople for hours if you wanted
to, to be honest, because Ican't remember half the stuff or

(24:40):
half the people that have comealong the way and however many
years it's been, but I couldn'tbe more thankful.
And, of course, thank you toBella for having me on here.

Speaker 3 (24:48):
Doing a great job, Bella.
Thank you, Gray.

Speaker 2 (24:50):
Thank you so much.
All right, so who's next?
Next is Becker Chase.

Speaker 3 (24:57):
All right, so we're going to get Becker Chase on.
Let's see here that he alreadyrequests Nope.
All right, do you have a littleintro for Becker, because
Becker is pretty young.

Speaker 2 (25:16):
Yeah, Becker is pretty young.
Becker is Becker the Wrecker195.
He's 12 years old and hecompetes in a pro and a desert
car, which I think is crazy.

Speaker 3 (25:26):
That is pretty crazy.
How can you reach the pedals?

Speaker 2 (25:28):
I don't know.
I was very short when I was 12.
So I have no idea.

Speaker 3 (25:33):
That's cool that he does, because I remember calling
a couple races that Beckerraced and he was just pinned
everywhere, yeah.

Speaker 2 (25:39):
No, yeah, I think he's won a couple of
championships in Texas OutlawSeries, so he's got a couple of
championships under his belt.

Speaker 3 (25:49):
Oh, that's right.
That's where I think I did endup calling the race, and I don't
know if I've even met him.

Speaker 2 (25:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (25:56):
He's a pretty little guy, isn't?

Speaker 2 (25:57):
he, yeah, he's got the coolest personality ever.
But yeah, racing desert racesat the age of 12, like that's
crazy.

Speaker 3 (26:06):
All right, becker.
So we invited you on buddy.
Hopefully you got the invite.
Make sure your Instagram app istotally updated so that you can
get on and talk with us alittle bit.
If you don't get on in a coupleof minutes here, we're going to
go to our next guest, who Ithink is Hailey, hein or Erin,
is it?

Speaker 2 (26:23):
It's Hailey.

Speaker 3 (26:24):
OK, so yeah, so we're going to have to do that if you
don't get on pretty quick here,buddy.
So jump on as quickly as youcan and hopefully we can talk to
Becker.
When was the first time youactually met Becker?

Speaker 2 (26:36):
The first time I actually met him.

Speaker 3 (26:37):
Yeah, was it in Texas .

Speaker 2 (26:39):
No, I've known Becker , probably since I've started
racing.

Speaker 3 (26:42):
Oh really.

Speaker 2 (26:43):
He was little yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:45):
That's kind of cool actually.

Speaker 2 (26:46):
Yeah, we've kind of.
Yeah, our families are prettyclose.
He's a pretty cool kid.
His whole family races too.
Oh, really, yes, yeah, I justthink it's crazy that the kids
are so young and they're racingbig desert races.

Speaker 3 (27:06):
We saw yeah, at the California 300, we saw some
really little kids in RS1.

Speaker 2 (27:11):
Yeah, it's crazy to me.

Speaker 3 (27:13):
There we go.
View the requests.
Let's see if we can get them onhere now.

Speaker 6 (27:29):
Hi Becker, hi, how are you Good, how are you?
I'm good, this is George.

Speaker 3 (27:36):
Hi Becker, Hi George, I've seen you a few times,
buddy.

Speaker 6 (27:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (27:42):
Yeah, so we wanted to talk about what'd you say Hold
on.

Speaker 6 (27:50):
Oh.

Speaker 2 (27:51):
Sorry guys.

Speaker 3 (27:54):
Hi, no problem.

Speaker 6 (27:57):
No, that's foot.

Speaker 4 (28:00):
They can see.

Speaker 2 (28:02):
What's up.

Speaker 6 (28:04):
What's up?

Speaker 2 (28:05):
I kind of wanted to talk a little about you desert
racing at Bing.
I mean, 12 is pretty old kindof, but I think it's crazy that
there's so much fully grown menout there probably up to 60
years old.

Speaker 3 (28:21):
So let's reformat that question a little bit,
because I think that's a goodway to put it.
So, desert racing has ages allthe way from little kids in 170s
, who are maybe five years oldall the way up to guys that are
like Larry Rossler, who areupwards of I think, 60 or 70
years old now.
Right, it's pretty crazy.
And if you look at it as aratio of numbers, Becker is all

(28:43):
the way on the bottom of that.

Speaker 2 (28:44):
Yeah, no, it's crazy.
I can follow up with a question.
You are a pretty young desertracer.
What skills has desert racingtaught you so far?

Speaker 6 (28:54):
It's been teaching me how to more how to save the car
than just beating on it likesplits in short course, and then
, like my skills, has beenchanging a lot more because it's
a lot different from shortcourse.

Speaker 2 (29:12):
Right, so you have short course experience too,
obviously, but what's the bigdifference between them two?
Like racing in a tight shortcourse track compared to being
in the middle of the desert withnot as much boundaries.

Speaker 6 (29:28):
Yeah, you have to like.
The skills are a lot moredifferent than like.
The car is a lot bigger, itgoes a lot faster.
You have to get your stamina up, so you have to train a lot.

Speaker 2 (29:41):
Yeah, and so for that long mileage, Is there stuff
that you do outside of racingthat helps with training?

Speaker 6 (29:47):
Yeah, I love mountain biking and they're biking like
sometimes and football.
I do football a little bit andthen that's really it.

Speaker 3 (30:01):
That's a lot.
Where do you live, Becker?

Speaker 6 (30:04):
I live in Blocker Center, California.

Speaker 3 (30:07):
Oh, right on.
And then I kind of want to knowwhat kind of mountain bike he
has, Bella.

Speaker 6 (30:15):
I just picked up a new commensal.

Speaker 3 (30:18):
What the heck is that ?

Speaker 6 (30:19):
So it's a type of bike like a mountain bike?
Yeah, so what it is?
It has the force you all theway up to like the handlebars
and then just a biggersuspension in the back, oh dang.

Speaker 3 (30:38):
So it's more like a dirt bike.
Does it have any like anE-assist or anything, or no?

Speaker 6 (30:43):
No, no, it's just for going downhill and like park
basically.

Speaker 3 (30:49):
Homeboy likes to mash downhill.
I can guarantee you that yeah.

Speaker 2 (30:52):
Yeah, you have a family of racers, I do know that
.
So how cool is it that youshare like a passion with your
siblings too, because I knowthat they race some a little,
don't they?
Oh?

Speaker 6 (31:08):
no, not really.
It's just my dad and my grandpaand me, right?

Speaker 2 (31:12):
So does your dad co-drive with you in the desert
races.

Speaker 6 (31:16):
No, he doesn't.

Speaker 3 (31:17):
Yeah, you got to kick dad out.
Man, I know he's right behindthe phone.
We can talk as much trashbecause we can't see him.
Yeah, how come you don't wantyour dad as a co-driver?

Speaker 6 (31:31):
Because he's racing.
He'll be racing like the same.
He'll be racing the same raceas me, but just in his truck, oh
, ok.

Speaker 3 (31:40):
Oh, that's cool.
So you guys are on the track atthe same time.
Yeah, hey, you know there isstrategy behind that too, right,
because you know, like if hecomes into the pits or you come
into the pits afterwards, youguys can bring each other parts.

Speaker 6 (31:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (31:54):
Just in case, buddy.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
Yeah, what is the most challenging experience
you've ever had to face inracing?

Speaker 6 (32:08):
It's a hard one, but probably trees.
I've been racing in a row.
I hit a little bit of a tree.

Speaker 2 (32:18):
Hey, we're twins, it's OK.

Speaker 3 (32:22):
You guys just like taking trees out or what.

Speaker 2 (32:24):
They're just in our way.

Speaker 3 (32:25):
Oh god really.

Speaker 2 (32:28):
They just jump out of nowhere.
Huh, I know right.

Speaker 3 (32:32):
Did you like totally wipe out a tree, or like what
was the deal?

Speaker 6 (32:37):
So the first race.
There's three trees and I wentstraight into the middle of them
and I give my turn my wheel aslight bit.
I got hung up, so it took me acouple times to do it.
So then I got back out and theguy that was right behind me got
into first place.

(32:57):
So then I had to go in and takemy time.

Speaker 2 (33:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (33:05):
He learned it so quickly yeah.

Speaker 2 (33:08):
No, there's a lot of stuff that with desert racing,
if something happens, you justget right back up and figure it
out from there.

Speaker 3 (33:15):
So yeah, For some of the people that don't know the
difference between desert racingand short course racing, if
they're listening to the show,short course racing is usually
on some sort of closed circuitenvironment.
If you know motor cross, youwould know super cross and motor
cross like that.
It's very similar to that, butdesert racing is a lot more
drawn out.
It's more of an endurance sportor endurance motor sport,

(33:36):
because you have to be hydrated,you have to take on food and
all of this different stuff.
So it's a completely differentform of racing.
It's pretty cool that you guys,as kids, are already starting
that stuff Like.
It's got to be pretty cool,don't you think, becker?

Speaker 6 (33:50):
Yeah, it's actually really cool to get into the
desert instead of short course.

Speaker 3 (33:54):
What's the coolest part about it?

Speaker 6 (33:57):
Probably the coolest part of it is just getting to
see the terrain and stuff likethat, like it's a lot more
mileage than short course,because it's like five laps
sprint in short course and thenyou have like 400 miles you have
to split up.

Speaker 3 (34:18):
Completely different form of racing.
I think it's pretty cool and ifyou're a young kid like what
you're talking about, becker,and even you, bella it really
trains your mind to be focusedfor a long duration of time.
That's completely differentthan short course, because in
short course you just go outthere, knock it out and you're
done.

Speaker 2 (34:38):
Yeah yeah.

Speaker 3 (34:40):
So what did car one fabrication have to say about?

Speaker 2 (34:42):
car fabrication said let's see becker's victory dance
.

Speaker 3 (34:48):
Have your dad hold the phone real quick, and then
we can have this be our.

Speaker 6 (34:56):
You know it.
What was it all right?

Speaker 3 (35:01):
Let's see the moves that come on.
Let's see it.

Speaker 2 (35:04):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 3 (35:07):
That was pretty good dude.
I Like it.
So when you get on the victoryor in the podium, you always
have something special to do, orwhat?

Speaker 6 (35:16):
Oh, it's work, Of course.
Yeah, that's my little thing,but now I'm dead, I just stay in
the car.

Speaker 4 (35:22):
You got to keep it going, buddy.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
Go ahead and read the comments Bell.

Speaker 2 (35:31):
Chuck said Bella likes razor barbed wire to oh
did you smash into a bar wire,oh yeah, you do.
You experience a lot whenyou're desert racing.
Yeah, some stuff just is worthstaying in the car.
You don't need to know aboutthere, yeah, yeah, well, george,
do you have any questions?

Speaker 3 (35:51):
No one thing that I like of that you were asking.
Like when you ask Gray, I Think, personally, when I was a
little kid and I was racing dirtbikes, like I had to come up
through the ranks pretty quickly, right, and I had a big support
mechanism around me and Ireally like that.
So if becker's cool with it andif this is this is your
interview, bella but I'd like toask dad a question too and see

(36:11):
how the family vibe is with bothof them.

Speaker 2 (36:13):
Yeah, I'd be sick.

Speaker 3 (36:14):
Would your dad be okay with that becker?

Speaker 6 (36:16):
Yeah, he should be fine all right.

Speaker 3 (36:19):
So, Dad, how's it going guys?
Yeah, very well.
How are you?

Speaker 4 (36:24):
Doing alright, doing alright.

Speaker 3 (36:26):
All right, give yourself a quick introduction
and then we'll go into aquestion about the family.

Speaker 4 (36:31):
Travis Chase.
Chase Motorsports have beenracing since 2005.
Rookie the year in a class oneBest in the desert race.
A bunch down in Baja raised.
A bunch up in here in theStates was Legacy's spec truck

(36:52):
champion got a.
Got quite a bit of history inthe desert.
My dad's been racing since 83,so he's obviously the one that
got me into this and got mehooked on this, which is way
better than any drug out there.

Speaker 3 (37:06):
Believe that man Well so a lot of a lot of ecolades,
right?
Or a lot of accolades, right,bella?
So one of the things that Ilike to always ask the family's
dad is obviously it was passeddown from your father to you and
you guys are kind of keeping itpassing down through those
generations.
Does it take a lot of patienceand support when you do those?
I don't know what you want tocall it.

(37:27):
You want to call it like thepassing of the guard or the
handshake off to the nextgeneration.

Speaker 4 (37:32):
Yeah, so it's.
It's pretty funny because likewhen my dad kind of handed it
down to me, he didn't let go.
We, we tag team for quite awhile actually we shared driving
duty in 1600 and theneventually up to class one when
we kind of got into the truckstuff the spec truck and trophy
truck he didn't really, hedidn't really want to want to

(37:53):
get into that, he was alwaysbuggy guy.
So it's kind of nice.
He still are crew chief.
He kind of runs everything.
He runs all the spits forBecker and I, which is kind of
nice because it takes all thepressure off me.
And then so then I startedracing spec truck and the short
course was kind of nice becausethen I could keep Becker I'm
going and occupied and I canhandle that stuff because we

(38:14):
weren't racing at the same time.
But now the Becker's gotten intoDesert racing makes a little
bit easier because we have crewsalready spread out throughout
the desert.
But it's it's a little bit more.
It messes with me a little bit.
I'm always kind of wonderingwhat's going on with him, you
know.
So generally I tend to finishahead of him.

(38:34):
I have had one DNF this yearwhich was not not awesome, but
but it was nice because I'd beable to finish circle back and
then see where he's at or catchhim at the last couple pits.
Yeah, that was pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (38:47):
It is kind of cool though and like.
So you have a little bit ofsimilarities with all that stuff
below.
You know, like with your dad,and he said Andy said what's up
to Travis, yeah, but I was abandy.
I Like this because it reallygives like a sense of Teamwork.
Right, because it's not justthat helping at that point, like
it's a whole team and then dadsteps in when he needs.

(39:09):
So I love that man.
Like that's one of my favoritethings about the in quotes, dirt
life or the racing industryright, because you always have
that.

Speaker 4 (39:20):
Yeah, 100%, and it's and it's not just immediate
family.
I mean you have all thesepeople and these volunteers that
come out to help you at everysingle race and they become
family.
You know, and there's guys.
I mean we do race shop everyTuesday night.
We have a good group ofvolunteer guys and there's about
10 guys that come to the shopall the time.
Um Becker, now that he's older,he comes down and helps us as
well when it's not a schoolnight or something.
But I mean they become familyand we're celebrating birthdays

(39:43):
down there.
Guys said, oh, I'd ratherthere's no place, I'd rather be,
and we get cakes and a wholebunch of, a whole bunch of stuff
.
So it's these guys become yourrelatives Pretty fast because
they're putting their lives onhold to come help you in the
desert on random weekends.
You know right, that is so cool.

Speaker 2 (39:59):
Yeah, it's not just a team, it's it's family, it's
family yeah yeah, 100%.

Speaker 3 (40:04):
All right.
So I don't know if you can holdthe phone a little further away
, but I'd like to ask Becker aquestion why he's with you.
Go over your butt.
So the main thing that I wantedto ask, becker, if you can hear
me, is what is one of thebiggest things that you look up
to your dad for and to follow itup?
How are you gonna beat him atthat thing?

Speaker 6 (40:26):
So my biggest things for my dad he's like so, like
Smooth in the desert, like hemakes like all the like nice
lines out there and like justquick and smooth.

Speaker 3 (40:41):
That's one, yep.

Speaker 4 (40:48):
Come on right now as a father, that's that's one
thing that I'm actually really,really looking forward to Kind
of slowing down my man Maybe notslowing down my program, but
kind of backing it down a littlebit and then eventually getting
him and sharing Driving duty inthe truck at some point and
then and then working our way toRelinquishing my seat and then
having him go in full-time.

Speaker 3 (41:09):
Yeah, I can only imagine like how, how much
gratitude and how much love andHappiness you'll get from that,
because that's such a cool likewe just talked about passing of
the torch.
You know what I mean and Ithink it's cool.
But I still, I know there's afew years left in Travis and I
know there's gonna be somecompetition on the track at some
point.

Speaker 4 (41:29):
Oh yeah, there will be for sure, 100% I mean.
So we still have our fiveunlimited car that we won the
thousand with a couple years ago.
That's gonna be Becker's nextstep.
I'm gonna keep them in pro nafor a couple years, unless it
gets picked up or something youknow by somebody.
But that five car being a shortwheelbase car, semi-hoor, high
horsepower, it's gonna teachthem how to control a car, and

(41:51):
so then once we go to that andthen we'll, then we'll kind of
get them up into the truck ranksand and hopefully by time he's
16, 17, 18, then he'll be kindof ripping along pretty good.
And you know, I don't knowabout you guys, but Bella,
obviously she's gotten theseopportunities.
I never got these opportunities, I mean, until I was 30, you
know.
So it's pretty cool to kind ofsee it trickle down and get
these kids in there and in alittle bit sooner than later

(42:13):
what you TVs have brought awhole another level to the sport
and opportunities for the kidstoo.
So, man, yeah, cuz I grew upriding dirt bikes and racing
dirt bikes, I mean.
And then once my wife and I gotmarried, it was kind of one of
those I don't want you on a bikeanymore, as soon as she Came
and watched me race down in Bajaand it was like, okay, well
then let's start thinking aboutwhat we're gonna do.
And my dad had an old 1600 inthe garage and that's kind of

(42:35):
how our whole program gotstarted.

Speaker 3 (42:36):
Yeah, see, that's perfect.
I love it.
Bella, if you don't mind, I'dlike to ask Becker one more
question.
Go ahead, what's your favoritesnack that mom makes for the
weekends of the races?

Speaker 6 (42:50):
probably uncrustables .

Speaker 4 (42:52):
She doesn't make them , but she was super quick and
easy.

Speaker 3 (42:57):
So, travis, I've heard it's got to be 99.8% of
all off road racers loveuncrustables, right, and they
love that I'm going right now.

Speaker 4 (43:06):
Man, that's what my crew lives on.

Speaker 3 (43:07):
We just pack a whole cooler full of uncrustables
every kind you can wish for, andthey just eat them throughout
the day and so, like the amountof money that off road has given
back to the uncrustablescompany, why can't we get a non
endemic sponsor like freakinguncrustables to come on the side
of the truck 100%?

Speaker 4 (43:24):
I mean, that's a full factory deal right there.
We need it Nationwide brand.
Exactly.
I like Brian Carr's comment too.
Thanks, Brian, I'm sure you'rein the same boat with Chase
buddy.

Speaker 2 (43:36):
Careful what you wish for Travis.

Speaker 3 (43:39):
It's okay, the passing of the guard is the next
step, so we love it.
All right, let's wind down theinterview, bella.

Speaker 2 (43:45):
Yeah, thank you so much.
Is there anybody that you'dlike to thank for your racing
program?

Speaker 6 (43:49):
I would love to thank my mom, my dad and my grandma
and grandpa.
They have like super bigsupport my whole Chase crew,
chase Motorsports, kmc BOTdesigns, ebc brakes and it's
like a BFG.

Speaker 4 (44:10):
Yeah, we got a few people that help our program out
and we can't do it without them, especially being a family deal
.
So I just want to thankeverybody.
And hey guys, without you guysdoing this type of stuff and
bringing on back and stuff likethat man, that's huge for him
because he's never done anythinglike this and it's pretty cool.
He worked his way through itpretty good.

(44:31):
He did a great job.
So thank you guys so much.
Yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 6 (44:35):
Thank you guys so much for having me on.
Yeah, thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (44:38):
Thank you, guys.
I do have to say, though, I'vehad Becker on my list of her
over a year now, really, andthen so, yeah, having you be the
catalyst and making it happen,bella has been really important
too.
So, travis, I do appreciate ittoo.
I like the way that this stuffis going and the kids having a
little bit more control in theindustry, because it's our next
step.
Man, I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (44:56):
I'm glad.

Speaker 4 (44:57):
Not a problem, guys.
Thank you for everything.

Speaker 2 (44:58):
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (44:59):
See you, guys All right.

Speaker 3 (45:00):
So who's next?
Take it easy, Bye guys.

Speaker 2 (45:04):
Next is Hailey Hine, which I'm really excited about.
I am too, man Hailey is such acool girl Like.

Speaker 3 (45:13):
I've got to meet or hang out with her probably five
times now or so, Really.
Yeah, and I think one interviewthat I did with her was last
year at the Laughlin DesertClassic.
So it was like pretty muchalmost exactly a year ago, so
all right, so I invited Haileyon right now.
So, hailey, if you are watching, please accept the request and
we'll get you on and have a goodconversation.

Speaker 2 (45:36):
Hailey Hine is 19 years old, from Arizona.
She's attending NAU formechanical engineering, which is
pretty rad.
She has a history of racingside by side in works, but also
desert co-driving for KaydenMcCackeren.

Speaker 3 (45:49):
Dude, that's a pretty big task.

Speaker 2 (45:50):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (45:51):
Driving for Kayden and then also running your own
program man.
Right.

Speaker 6 (45:55):
Hi Hailey, hi George, hi Hailey.

Speaker 3 (45:58):
How are you?

Speaker 1 (46:00):
I'm good.
How are you?

Speaker 3 (46:01):
Doing pretty well.
You sounds like you've beenbusy.
Man Bella gave you a fantasticintro.

Speaker 1 (46:06):
Yeah, thank you for that, bella, it was very nice.

Speaker 2 (46:09):
Yeah, so I do want to start off, because we ended
your intro with co-driving forKayden McCackeren, so I do want
to ask you co-drove for him inthe Baja 400 for about 100 miles
, right?

Speaker 5 (46:25):
Yeah, it was 120.
It was a rough day for me.
Yeah, how was that?

Speaker 1 (46:31):
So not great.
I ended up picking up a stomachbug the morning of race day, so
I went as far as I could andthen handed it over to Tyler,
which was a bummer, but I stillgot to be part of it, yeah.

Speaker 2 (46:43):
That's pretty cool though.

Speaker 3 (46:44):
Yeah, but that stuff happens though, dude you just
got to do what you can andthat's actually really a good
testament to your I don't knowwhat.
Do you want to call itdedication to the team and to
the racing, because most peopledon't even show up and they have
a stomach bug like that?

Speaker 1 (46:59):
Yeah, so I was talking to a few other crews.
It seemed like it was goingaround, which was a bummer, so
I'll save the details.
But if you saw me on the startline hanging out the window, no,
you didn't.
Oh.

Speaker 2 (47:14):
Well, I did also want to talk a little bit about what
you're going to school for.
So you're going to college atNAU and you're majoring in
mechanical engineering, correct?
Yes, so you're going to ask diddesert racing, or just racing
in general, have like a play orthat, or like inspire you to?
You know, get a degree inmechanical engineering.

Speaker 1 (47:36):
Yeah, so ever since I was young, my dad would just be
working in the shop on his racecars and on work and stuff.
But I always would enjoybuilding things.
I would just pick up a piece ofmetal and build something, and
so it's the whole act of, youknow, drawing things out and
designing things and thenbringing them to life.
So that really got me going.
And it's funny because evenbefore I got into race cars I

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saw the Polaris around and I gowow, I really want to be a
Polaris engineer, like I want tobuild the next race car.
So that's what set it off.
And now here I am, yeah.

Speaker 2 (48:08):
That's crazy.
And even like going to the Bajaraces and seeing, like, kind of
, how Polaris really puts theirpit teams together and like yeah
, it's just a whole learningexperience.
That's really cool.

Speaker 1 (48:19):
Yeah, being able to pick the engineer's brains is
pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (48:23):
When you think about those types of I don't know what
you want to call it personalitytraits, and also decisions that
go on along with thosepersonality traits, you consider
yourself like you know how theysay, like life, left brain,
right brain, where you'recreative or you're logistical or
whatever like.
Where do you put yourself?
Because I think that has a lotto do with how you excel in the
path that you take.

Speaker 1 (48:43):
Yeah, I feel like I'm a good dabble of both.
Obviously, this degree is it'svery demanding in the work and
the time.
So I'm balancing getting all ofmy work done in the weekdays
and in the time that I have offso that I can go watch other
races and be a part of otherraces on the weekends.

Speaker 3 (49:00):
Dude, how hard is that, though, dang?

Speaker 1 (49:03):
Yeah.
Yeah, it takes a lot oforganizing, but I get it done
yeah.

Speaker 3 (49:08):
Is this your personal assistant, like me?

Speaker 2 (49:10):
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
And then, on top of that, youwere an intern for an IndyCar
racing team.

Speaker 1 (49:16):
Yeah, which is pretty cool.
Yeah, this summer I was one ofthree interns for the women in
motorsports program at ChipGanassi Racing and so they
brought us in for differentthank you, thank you.
So they brought us in fordifferent parts of the shop.
So they had one girl.
She's now a senior inengineering at her school, so

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she spent a lot of time in theengineering department.
We had another girl in the ITdepartment and then I got to
spend time in the shop so I wasphysically working on, you know,
the gearboxes, the shocks, thebody of the cars, all of that,
yeah, that's pretty cool, Dudewhat?

Speaker 3 (49:50):
was your favorite part.
That sounds like so much fun.

Speaker 1 (49:53):
Probably being at the racetrack, because I got to be
a part of the pits so I would dosignboard and fire bottle,
which was pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (49:59):
I guarantee there was Very, very high, intense Dude.
Her Instagram probably had somany FOMO DMs.
Oh yeah, like people just like.

Speaker 2 (50:06):
No, I was foment over there.
I wish I was there, yeah.

Speaker 3 (50:12):
We had a comment.
Come in Bill.

Speaker 2 (50:14):
Really is an incredible person.
She always has a smile, saysChuckers 22.
Yeah, actually.

Speaker 3 (50:21):
So just that comment by itself.
Sometimes, when you have such abusy schedule, it's very
difficult to always have a smileon your face, right?
That's another way we can tiein that same kind of question,
Bella, like how women in motorsports and how she overcomes
things because there's a lotthat she has going on in her
brain.
There's a lot that she hasgoing on with her time.
How is it like being able tokeep a smile on your face and to

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be able to really put all thispositive vibes forward?

Speaker 1 (50:48):
Yeah, I think I'm just looking forward to my next
steps, always because you knowthere's something new around
every corner and the fact that Iget to be a part of so many, so
many different things, such asthe players team, and then you
know, I go to school and it'sjust I feel like I'm doing
really good and I'm gettingthrough it and I'm making it
happen for myself is reallykeeping going.
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (51:08):
That's crazy that she says that because she's so
young, right Like I'm realizingit a lot later in life, but I
used to think that I wasaddicted to dirt bikes and I
used to think that I wasaddicted to racing and all this
stuff, and I've done a lot ofcool things in my life, but you
know what I realized in the pastfive years?
I'm mostly addicted to progress.
Yeah exactly.
And that's what drives me isalways being better, and it
seems like you're the same way.

Speaker 1 (51:30):
Yeah, yeah, I always try to be, and you know, it's
just so different, obviously,having to let go of racing for
the time being.
But again, like I said, I'mlooking forward to the next step
and when I'm done, hopefully Ican get back into it and build
something up for myself.
So that's keeping me going tooGood for you.

Speaker 3 (51:46):
Do you still get to ride and drive and stuff like on
the weekend?

Speaker 1 (51:50):
Yeah, so when Glamis comes back around we'll be there
, but other than that, just theco-driving, and then we chase a
lot of races for our friendsBrent Fox and them.
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (51:59):
Yeah, she's a busy girl.

Speaker 2 (52:02):
Oh yeah, I think, even like the works races that
we were doing, you know, andstuff, kind of just taught us
all of that like havingdedication and just motivation
to keep going, yeah, but andthere were just small races too,
compared to these big, likeVegas, torino races, you know,
but that's that's kind of wherewe learned like all of our life
skills.

Speaker 1 (52:22):
Yeah yeah, that was my thought too when you were
asking Gray questions about howbusy she was.
But just the fact that you know, I did works racing when I was
in high school and, as you know,we would have a race a month
sometimes too.
So once I was done with school,I'd go to work with my parents
straight after school and then,you know, once I left work, it
was back home to work on therace cars and prepping for the

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races, but then also get myhomework done.
So I think my mind is just sotricked to being busy all the
time that I'm just, you know,always looking for something to
do.

Speaker 2 (52:52):
Yeah, a race life is a busy life, dude that's a
perfect way to put it Exactly,yeah.
And then what I was talkingabout with Gray.
I brought it up with her butbeing a woman in the industry,
industry, industry you got it.
Okay, scratch.
What advantages anddisadvantages do you think you

(53:14):
have?

Speaker 1 (53:17):
I honestly wouldn't say that there's many
disadvantages.
I mean, we're all on the trackat the same time, we're all
racing the same car, so at theend of the day it comes down to
how well you can drive that carand how you can be competitive.
So obviously, you know I had alot of time doing that and
racing against other people.
So it kind of just puts you ina place where it's not your sex

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or who you are, it's just howyou're doing.
So I would say that that'ssuper important for being a
woman in you know the industry.
And then the advantages,honestly, are that you know we
just were women.

Speaker 2 (53:53):
I don't know it's cool, we're just a girl.

Speaker 3 (53:56):
Did you know, like I forgot what the there was a
female race, oh, it's DanicaPatrick.
And when she was doing IndyCarstuff they did some sort of
study like how she reacted andlike her reaction times and how
she was calm and like herheartbeat and all of these
different like medical sciencethings, and it was actually
showed that she could performbetter than most males, just by
the science and her body and allthe things that they were

(54:17):
tracking.

Speaker 2 (54:18):
Yeah, yeah, we're just programmed a little bit
better, just kidding, I'm justkidding.

Speaker 3 (54:23):
I love it.
Keep that confidence girl.

Speaker 2 (54:29):
I think that was all of my questions, but do you have
any questions?

Speaker 3 (54:32):
Yeah, I do so.
Since you're, like, involved inracing so much, does that mean
that you want to stay in racingas an occupation, or stay in
motor sports as an occupation?
Or if somebody came along andwas like, hey, we got this super
boring corporate job likebuilding missiles, would you
want to do that?
Or do you just like racing thatmuch?

Speaker 1 (54:52):
I'd have to say I really like racing, Like I say.
You know, seeing the Polariscars was really my like go to
get into engineering.
So I think that's where I wantto go.
If not, maybe I'll make my next, my own brand of UTVs.
I'm not too sure where it'sgoing to go.
I still have a few years tofigure it out, even though I'm

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always thinking about it.
But it'll come when it comes.

Speaker 3 (55:16):
Yeah, exactly, and you never know.
Like, timing is always a thingthat I've learned has been a key
instance to your six, keyingredient to your success, and
so, like, who knows what will belike after you graduate.
You know how?
When do you graduate?
A couple years from now.

Speaker 1 (55:31):
No, so I've already knocked off a semester, so I'll
get out in the fall of 2025.
So two more years.

Speaker 3 (55:37):
Okay, perfect, yeah, so by then there's going to be a
massive or increase in the waythat side by sides perform and
the how far they've come up inthe ranks, and there's going to
be all kinds of new productsthat come out to support those
things.
And since you're in the middleof it right now, who knows what
your brain's going to come upwith in the next couple?

Speaker 1 (55:52):
of years Exactly.
Yeah, yeah, that'd be cool.

Speaker 3 (55:55):
So all right, Bella, I think we should ask her to
thank her sponsors.

Speaker 2 (55:58):
Yeah, please thank your sponsors and everyone who
supports your whole program.

Speaker 1 (56:02):
Yeah, so I got to thank my family for keeping up
with me, obviously, and then Igot to thank.
Caden for you know, letting mebe a co driver and learning all
the ranks in Baja and getting tohave that experience on my end
and then with that, the wholePolaris team and everybody that
supports them for building thosecars and having that seat for
me to be in.

Speaker 2 (56:22):
Yeah, that's pretty rad.

Speaker 3 (56:24):
I think it's cool.
You know, what I just thoughtwould be a fun joke from now on
is like every like.
If I ever get on the podiumagain, I'm just going to say I'd
like to thank my mom and dadfor giving birth to me.

Speaker 2 (56:32):
See you.
Yeah, my mom and dad, andthat's about it Just drop the
mic and bail, you're good.
Thank you so much for answeringall my questions.
Yeah, thank you, I love yourbellows corner.

Speaker 6 (56:44):
It's super cool.

Speaker 3 (56:45):
I love it too, you did a great job, Haley.

Speaker 2 (56:47):
Yeah, thank you.
Thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (56:50):
All right, we'll see you at the races, girl.

Speaker 2 (56:52):
Yeah absolutely Bye.

Speaker 3 (56:54):
All right, so now we got to get on Erin huh Later.

Speaker 2 (56:57):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (57:04):
All right, let's try to see if we can get him on here
.
All right, aaron Kuevos, we gotan invite sent out to you, so
let's have you join real quick,and then he'll be our last
interview and then we're gonnahit the road, man.

Speaker 2 (57:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (57:16):
Aaron.

Speaker 2 (57:16):
Kuevos is 16 years old, from Texas.
He started racing quads anddirt series to racing pro in the
classes in mid America.
But what I think is pretty coolis that he does mostly, if not
all, the work on his cars.

Speaker 3 (57:31):
Like you.

Speaker 2 (57:32):
Yes, he does all the work and he preps it and works
on them and you just don't seevery many kids doing.
You know, like you do see himbut like not all the time.

Speaker 3 (57:43):
Yeah, well, that's a lot of work.

Speaker 2 (57:45):
Right, but he teaches himself Wait how old did you
say?

Speaker 3 (57:48):
Aaron is 16.
Is 16 and he's doing all this.

Speaker 2 (57:51):
Yes, imagine he's sitting in my neighbor.

Speaker 3 (57:52):
Really, yes.
Imagine 15 years from now.
Oh yeah, how much he's gonnaknow because of how much he's
learned doing all this stuff sofar.

Speaker 2 (57:59):
I think it's pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (58:00):
I do as well, and he must have a family that supports
him pretty good too.
Hi Aaron.

Speaker 7 (58:05):
How you been.

Speaker 2 (58:06):
Good, how are you?

Speaker 7 (58:13):
Okay, sorry, I couldn't hear you.

Speaker 3 (58:14):
Oh, that's way better .

Speaker 7 (58:16):
You got some sweet while you're gone, so All right,
first things first.

Speaker 3 (58:25):
Let me see that hat dude, that hat's sick.
There you go, got a.

Speaker 7 (58:29):
Max's hat Big shout out to the guys at Max's entire.

Speaker 3 (58:33):
Yeah, oh, that's one of my favorite KMC shirts this
is fully repping right now.
Dude, he's got the orange andblack just matching the whole
kit, dude, perfect.
What's your first question forhim?

Speaker 2 (58:46):
My first question is so you have a pretty long
history of racing for how oldyou are, but where did you kind
of start, like what series, whatcar?

Speaker 7 (58:57):
you know, I started at works on my quad, mini quad.

Speaker 2 (59:04):
Right.

Speaker 7 (59:04):
When I was about like six or seven around there it
was a while ago and we raced onthe 50 for a year and then did
quads for another two years andthen moved up to the 170.
What made you want?

Speaker 2 (59:19):
to do that change from quads to cars.

Speaker 7 (59:24):
I liked the cars more and my parents thought it was
safer.

Speaker 2 (59:28):
Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 3 (59:30):
That's the first thing that I was going to say
too, but, like dude, it musthave been so much fun though,
like being a kid and just likehaving the opportunity to go out
and put yourself in the dirtlike that.
Like how many times did youcome away from the track with?
Just like the biggest smile onyour face, no matter what
position you got.

Speaker 7 (59:46):
A lot Like at the beginning.
It was always fun.
It's always been fun, Like it'sjust.
It's a nice feeling to go outthere.

Speaker 2 (59:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (59:56):
Well, especially if you could be with all your
friends too, right, yeah,actually, this is a really good
question.
So from a young age, aaron knewhow it was to be a friend and
like play off the track and be afull competitor when you put
your helmet on.

Speaker 2 (01:00:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:00:13):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (01:00:15):
You can be friends off the track, all you want, but
once you're on the track, yourgoal is to beat him, no matter
what.

Speaker 2 (01:00:22):
I 100% agree.

Speaker 3 (01:00:23):
And their goal is to beat you too.

Speaker 2 (01:00:25):
Don't, let, don't get it twisted.

Speaker 3 (01:00:28):
Don't sleep on your friends, because they might come
out swinging one moto.

Speaker 2 (01:00:32):
Yeah, yeah, what I think is pretty cool, which is
one of the reasons why I kind ofdid want to do an interview
with you too.
I feel like every time, likeafter the Texas races and stuff,
if you had to work on your caror something, it was always
mainly you.
I know you have a great supportsystem, but you're so willing

(01:00:52):
to like work on your own carsand to teach yourself what tools
to use and like where it goeswhat, and stuff like that, which
I think is pretty cool.

Speaker 7 (01:01:04):
Yeah, I just want to make sure, when I go back out
there, I'm prepared as well as Ican be.

Speaker 2 (01:01:11):
Yeah, yeah.
Did your dad teach you kind ofhow to like do everything, or
did you just sit there and kindof do it?

Speaker 7 (01:01:17):
yourself.
Yeah, yeah, he taught me a lot,especially like when I used to
race the 800, I had to learnbecause he had some health
issues and I needed to step upif I wanted to keep racing,
which it was worth it to mebecause, well, I love racing.

Speaker 2 (01:01:36):
Yeah, that's pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (01:01:38):
One of the things that's really valuable about
that is and I realized this alot in my program because I was
responsible for most of themaintenance on all the vehicles
that we had in our professionalprogram but when you touch every
bolt on the car, you have a lotmore confidence in your race
car.
The second portion of that isthat you can almost feel
everything in your hands and inyour butt and your feet when

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you're driving, because you'relike, oh, I knew what happened
when this came loose and Itightened it and I loosened it
or it was broken or whatever itwas.
So you have that like extraconnection with your car that a
lot of people don't right.

Speaker 7 (01:02:12):
Yeah, it's definitely given me more confidence,
knowing like what does what andsay the front's loose, I can.
Either I'll know if it's like awheel or the steering rack
itself, or if it's just like arock in the tire.

Speaker 2 (01:02:33):
Being able to point something out like because you
know you work on the car, youcan feel what exactly is wrong?

Speaker 7 (01:02:39):
I can feel what's wrong or what's happening with
it.

Speaker 2 (01:02:43):
It makes everything so much faster and just.

Speaker 3 (01:02:46):
Well, has that ever benefited you?
Like after you came off a raceand you were like, dude, I did
so crappy that moto man, like Ineed to step it up for the next
moto.
And you get back in, you have adebrief with your team and
you're like you know what?
I got an idea and then you worktogether and you solve it.

Speaker 7 (01:03:01):
Yeah, we've worked on like moving the sway bar, like
tightening or stiffening it orlike tire pressure, knowing like
if we need more grip or moretraction or less of it.
And yeah, just small minortweaks that will make a big

(01:03:26):
difference sometimes.

Speaker 3 (01:03:27):
Yeah, totally Well, like in Havasu, the track gets
really rough.
Ruddy, there was a lot ofundulation in the car.
So if you loosen up your swaybar you can get a lot more.
You know flex in the vehicleand stuff Like.
If you know how to do that andother people don't, that gives
you a massive competitiveadvantage.

Speaker 2 (01:03:42):
Yeah, yeah, that's pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (01:03:45):
It is cool and he's learning at a young age.

Speaker 2 (01:03:47):
Right, it's something that you'll carry with you,
probably for the rest of yourlife, you know.

Speaker 7 (01:03:52):
Yeah, definitely grateful, because it's taught me
like how to be more, morerespectable, have more respect
for people, that like go outthere by themselves and work on
the car and do well, and likeit's nice to see that my hard

(01:04:13):
work will pay off too Well, yeah, and even more respectful to
the car itself, so that you canactually make the car last
longer, too right?
Yeah, like once we get back herewe wash it.
We check basically all thecorners, every nut and bolt,
make sure nothing's loose orbroken, and so that we don't

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have to worry about it.
And it makes us not have toworry about stuff breaking in
the middle of a race or inpractice.

Speaker 3 (01:04:46):
Oh, another level of confidence.
Do you ever feel like, becausemy crew chief he was like he
loved racing but he liked beingin the passenger seat, you know,
like he wasn't, like he wastotally fine being the crew
chief, right, and he would ridewith me if he needed to, but he
didn't really have any ambitionto race Like you are.
You're a racer, right, but like, let's just say, the

(01:05:06):
opportunity, like in I don'tknow a couple of years, like you
turn 18 or something and thetop trophy truck team was like,
hey, you wanna come work with usat a race, would you do it?

Speaker 7 (01:05:19):
I think so.
I definitely consider it, but Ialso love racing at the same
time, so it's also a hard choiceto choose.

Speaker 2 (01:05:30):
Right.

Speaker 7 (01:05:31):
Because it's one thing to just be out there and
watch and it's another to be onthe track and like race.

Speaker 2 (01:05:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (01:05:38):
I agree with that, but I just enjoy the sport.
Like watching races is fun, butI think driving out there is
funner.

Speaker 3 (01:05:47):
Yeah Well, once a racer, always a racer, right.
And?
Your answer was spoken like atrue racer, but there is benefit
to learning the backend of theoperation though, too.

Speaker 7 (01:05:55):
Yeah, yeah, and sometimes I'll come out here and
I sometimes just enjoy workingon the car.
Yeah, learning it, because it'sjust nice to learn your car
more.

Speaker 2 (01:06:09):
Right, when you learn it, you learn how to become a
better driver and it, yeah, yeah, excelling like working on the
car, will excel on the track.

Speaker 3 (01:06:22):
One of the questions I wanna ask is like what I asked
Becker to how many times haveyou eaten a sandwich with just
grease all over your hands inthe garage?

Speaker 7 (01:06:33):
More times than I'd like to admit, that's like the
norm for any mechanic or anylike wrench guy, always eating a
dirty sandwich.
Yeah, Like even at the track,like if we need to quickly get
ready for the next moto ifsomething broke.
Like just having a sandwichmidday.

Speaker 2 (01:06:56):
Oh, yeah, nice dirty hands.
I think I've seen it.

Speaker 3 (01:07:01):
A little grease never hurt anybody.
What's that comment right there, Belle?

Speaker 2 (01:07:04):
Si, Rino, Si, I think , said any advice for someone
who wants to be a pre-runner adaily driver for the first time.

Speaker 3 (01:07:14):
Build maybe.

Speaker 2 (01:07:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:07:21):
Wait, let me see that comment it was just any advice
for somebody that wants to builda pre-runner or a daily driver
for the first time.
I think just get in to get init, dude, like just start
building, man.
There's no other way to do it.

Speaker 2 (01:07:34):
If you have a passion for it, it'll come naturally.

Speaker 3 (01:07:38):
Oh, Looks like his internet might be bogging out a
little bit Belle.
Oh, okay, sorry, what was thatyour internet was bogging out a
little bit.
But yeah, I mean like just getinto it, like there's no other
way to do it.
Are you gonna build something?
Just like start building?

Speaker 7 (01:07:53):
Yeah, start building.
Definitely learn from otherpeople when you can, because
that's always a good thing.
Don't be afraid to ask otherpeople about any tips or
anything about that.

Speaker 3 (01:08:09):
That's actually one really good point that you're
bringing up.
Erin is like I see personallyand Bella, you can answer this a
little bit too.
Do you see younger kids being alittle bit scared to ask
questions?

Speaker 2 (01:08:19):
Yeah, I do.
I feel like racing kind ofimpacts that, because people are
watching you race so you haveto like.
You kind of have like pressureso you don't want people to like
you don't wanna ask questionsbecause yeah, it changes the way
that people view you, or yourconfidence level or something,
Right?
People might think, oh, theydon't know this, they should or
something.

(01:08:40):
But really it's like that's howyou learn Ask questions and
observe people, like if youreally wanna be successful.

Speaker 3 (01:08:49):
That's the only way to do it and never be good or
not too good, right.
So in a business world, or inany type of racing or operations
or whatever it is, usually thesmartest person in the room is
the one that sits there andlistens and then asks questions
at the end, because they takethe information as much as
they're given and then they fillin whatever gaps that they had
in their head and they take allthat information and make

(01:09:11):
themselves better, rightafterwards.

Speaker 2 (01:09:13):
You always have to be willing to learn and willing to
expand your mind.

Speaker 7 (01:09:17):
Yeah, like I know, I used to be scared to go ask
other people about the trackwhen I was younger, but I've
learned a lot from just beingable to go ask simple things
like I don't know, clutchingstuff that'll make a difference,
and just learning from some ofthe better people.

Speaker 3 (01:09:38):
Yeah, dude, don't ever call clutching simple dude.
Clutching is like the mostgnarliest science I've ever seen
in my life, like if you knowclutching, please.
I'm gonna ask you a billionquestions, dude, because I still
don't get it.

Speaker 7 (01:09:52):
Yeah, it's a sensitive like clutching
sometimes can be really likesensitive, Like you'd need to
change like five grams of weight.
Yeah, Take it like, take yourad.
It's insane sometimes.

Speaker 3 (01:10:09):
Dude, that's exactly what I was talking about, about
being able to feel it like withyour butt and your arms and your
legs and stuff, cause, like Istill to this day, I'm just like
I'd rather shift the car, butlike, if you know clutching, you
know clutching.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:10:23):
Yeah, that's pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (01:10:25):
Dude, I'm gonna have Aaron work on the pro.

Speaker 2 (01:10:27):
I know I trust him with any part.

Speaker 3 (01:10:31):
Thank you.
What else you got Belle?

Speaker 2 (01:10:35):
I think that's it for me.
Oh, and biggest highlight ofyour racing career.

Speaker 7 (01:10:42):
Ooh man, that's hard because, like for like winning,
or like something I just reallyenjoyed Anything.

Speaker 3 (01:10:53):
Well, I'll help you answer this question a little
bit, cause I'll answer it formyself too.
One of the biggest highlightsof my racing career was not when
I was professional and off-road, it wasn't when I was
professional in dirt bikes, itwas when I was an AD expert and
I crashed in the first turn andI ended up getting second by
like three feet at the finishline and this was a matter of 15

(01:11:14):
minutes.
Like it was crazy because thelevel of competition was so
intense.
But you know what the best partabout it was and why I'll never
forget it is because I was likein this zone that nobody could
ever like pull me out of.
Like I had tunnel vision and Iwas just doing like perfect laps
and just ripping corners.
Like I'm kind of gettinggoosebumps right now thinking

(01:11:35):
about it.
Have you ever had any momentslike that?

Speaker 7 (01:11:38):
Yeah, I think probably the highlight of like
personally for me was last yearat the first round at, or the
first round I raced at MAO where, like it was battle between me
and the friend and like it wasfun, like it was a good race and
that I thought I think I earned, like through trying not cause

(01:12:02):
anyone else broke, but through,like I won it and it was happy,
like yeah, yeah, you earned it.
Yeah, it's just a feeling that,like, you always want to
remember, cause it's one of thebest times of your life when
you're out there.

Speaker 3 (01:12:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (01:12:20):
Especially when you come home with Wynn Dude exactly
All right.

Speaker 3 (01:12:23):
so JP Perez said clutch his propeller head, stuff
, dude, it really is like.
And then Jason Hess says whatup, what up, jason, he's all the
way in Texas watching you,bella.

Speaker 2 (01:12:32):
Oh, look at that.
Thank you.

Speaker 3 (01:12:35):
I think Aaron did a fantastic job on this interview.
Should we have him thank hishomies and all his family?

Speaker 2 (01:12:39):
and friends.
Thank everybody that supportsyou and your program and go
ahead.

Speaker 7 (01:12:46):
I'd like to thank my parents for stuff, cause they've
been here since step one, andmy sister, cause she's always
telling me like the I kit can doif I just try hard enough, and
she's always there to support me, and my sponsors they help make

(01:13:08):
all this happen as well.
Right, like it'd be a lotharder to be out there if I
didn't have them.
And, yeah, my friends, causethey're always cheering me on
and racing against them One ofthe best things about being out

(01:13:28):
there.

Speaker 2 (01:13:29):
Yeah, and then the last but most important question
Always what is your favoritetaco?

Speaker 3 (01:13:39):
Ooh, I mean, we need details here, buddy.

Speaker 2 (01:13:42):
Yeah, like everything .

Speaker 7 (01:13:44):
Street tacos at Best Stored Just straight.
That maybe a little bit of line.
Okay, salancho, you run guac ornot?

Speaker 3 (01:13:53):
Salancho maybe, huh, do you run guac or not?

Speaker 7 (01:13:58):
No.

Speaker 3 (01:13:59):
Dude, he just runs it straight up yeah.
Dude.

Speaker 2 (01:14:03):
That's a real way to go.

Speaker 3 (01:14:04):
I know El Pastor does sound really good right now.

Speaker 2 (01:14:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:14:08):
Now you got us thinking about food.
Should we just say eff it andjust like start going to get
tacos and having podcasts fromthe taco shop?

Speaker 2 (01:14:14):
I guess we should.

Speaker 7 (01:14:15):
Yeah, dude.

Speaker 3 (01:14:19):
He's like yeah, perfect yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:14:21):
Aaron's a foodie like me.

Speaker 3 (01:14:23):
Where you headed next , Aaron.

Speaker 7 (01:14:26):
Next round's at MAO for the last race of the year,
and then they're running a newseries next year all across the
US, so we're hoping to be outthere, yeah, but Well, good luck
to you Next round.
Thank you for everything.

Speaker 2 (01:14:44):
Thank you for answering all my questions.

Speaker 3 (01:14:47):
Thank you for having me.
Yeah, you did a great job, dude.
Yes, we'll see you at the races.
Bye Bella, bye George, byeLater, later, all right, so he
did a great job.

Speaker 2 (01:14:57):
Yeah, he did.

Speaker 3 (01:14:58):
I think Aaron is destined for media.
Yeah, to be honest with you.
Okay, so we got to thank oursponsors.
Why don't you do those three,and then I'll do the rest, and
then we'll hit the road.

Speaker 2 (01:15:10):
Yeah, I'd like to thank KMC Wheels for great
product.

Speaker 3 (01:15:14):
Yeah, just like Aaron did.

Speaker 2 (01:15:15):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, repping them MoTool and
Evolution Power Sports.

Speaker 3 (01:15:21):
All right.
So what does Evolution PowerSports do, though?
They just create horsepower.

Speaker 2 (01:15:25):
Yeah, all day, basically, if you want to be
fast go to Evo.

Speaker 3 (01:15:29):
Yeah, we saw those guys yesterday or the day before
.
Oh, right on, they got somecool stuff going on over there
at Shopping Phoenix.
So thank you everybody forwatching as well.
We really appreciate it.
Thanks to the guys at MaxisTires Aaron has podium hat on
Really appreciate them.
The guys that are at ShockTherapy use code DirtLife.
Get yourself some savings atShockTherapycom.

(01:15:49):
Jail audio guys.
Man, I can't wait for you guysto hear the system at Camp Razor
.
It's going to be pretty sick tobe able to play tunes at the
hill.
As long as you're racingproducts and Vision Canopies, we
really appreciate it.
But, bella, we can't do itwithout everybody that watched.

Speaker 2 (01:16:05):
Yeah, thank you to every single person that joined
this live and listened to all ofour questions and just talking
to the youth and everybody.

Speaker 3 (01:16:15):
Chewdown yeah, number three is next.
Yeah, all right, thank you guys.
Thank you, see you guys later.

Speaker 1 (01:16:21):
Thanks for listening to the DirtLife Show.
See you next week, love you.

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