>> Jonathan: Foreign.

>> Jonathan: It's March Madness, almost end of

March, and you are listening here to another episode

of Chase and Birdies.

Exciting. Golly.

>> RB: This is very exciting. This is very exciting. I mean, you

look.

>> Jonathan: It looks great right now. My podcast partner Pepe

finally got his camera back in the mix. He's

got his new microphone set up right now. And you even

sound better.

>> RB: Everything's better. I feel better. I

look better in this camera. Um, I got a big

light in my eyes. This is what it used to be like back in the day, boys. So it was

nice to get a little break away from it.

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>> Jonathan: Dude, how about the hand drawn shirts

that we had someone mock up? Yeah, our boy

Hammer. How sick are those

with. With the like there? It's like vintage hand

drawn.

>> RB: Yeah, it's a cartoonish too.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, that's sick.

>> RB: I love how they spelled nemicolon, though.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, we got to take the O out, add the A. I understand.

Um, so it's good to be back here on Chasing Birdies.

And we have a pretty cool guest today. Daniel Dye is

joining us here on the podcast. Races,

nascar, little trucks, fast

cars, gets around the track, and naturally is

a golf addict. But, um, I felt like my head this past

weekend was in a racetrack mode because it was the first weekend of

March Madness, dude. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday,

you're just dialed in all day, man. You know, just

bets flying everywhere.

>> RB: I mean, it was just. Saturday was a

lackluster day. Um, definitely

donated. Um, but Thursday

and Sunday were pretty strong for me.

So, um, it.

>> Jonathan: It wasn't. I think the feeling

of March Madness was good. You know, naturally,

the energy and whatnot. But there wasn't

other, um, than the Maryland game where the guy hits the bank shot

at. At the buzzer. It really

wasn't that. There wasn't anything crazy dramatic this

year. You know what I mean?

>> RB: There were no. There were a lot of blowouts. There

were a lot of blowouts. And then, um,

like you said, there was really only one quote

unquote, game winning shot. That was

Maryland. Um, yeah. So that

was different. See, though, dude, I mean, it was, it was exciting. It

was, it's. It's back. It's March Madness. Is back.

And I'll tell you this much, Matt George called me

and chirped me for. Oh, you picked all the

favorites. Like, like that's rookie mistake. Blah, blah, blah,

blah. Well, buddy, all the

favorites are still in it. And you're in

29th place out of 2019 people or whatever

it is. 32 people. So

I don't know. I mean, I realized I'm. I'm

probably about 16 or 17th, but that's better

than 29th. So where I'm from.

>> Jonathan: So, yeah, no, I'm picking the bracket, the

bracket challenge. It's tough. It's a lot of fun. I

love doing it, uh, especially with you, bud.

And yeah, it's tough, man. You. But that's

what I was going to say. You know, you picking the favorites is not terrible

because with the way the nii. Well, nil

is working and all these teams just are spending

the money like, you know,

look at Arkansas. I mean, granted, they

weren't anyone that thought was going to be a threat, but

I don't know, it's just.

>> RB: Look at Arkansas. Look at Kentucky. Yeah,

Kentucky. They were bounced in the last, uh,

two years, I think in round 64, sweet

16. Their ex coach,

you know, John Calipari, is now at Arkansas. He's in a

sweet 16. So, hey, I don't know.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, it's gonna be great. Sweet sixteen's kicking off

tonight. Uh, it's gonna be awesome.

>> RB: But what a finish on the PGA Tour, too.

>> Jonathan: That was.

>> RB: Victor Hovland and Justin Thomas were throwing

blows, and, uh,

Victor Hovland came out on top,

which was. It's nice. I mean, he. He's kind of got

a little monkey off his back, too. He, um, was getting criticized

for not winning as much, so he's in the

winner circle. It's nice to see Justin Thomas starting to

play better. I like where his game's going. He had 62

at the Players, didn't do well on the

weekend. Um, but then he carried that

62 over and into this week, and

he has played extremely, extremely well this week.

>> Jonathan: I saw on when during the players, I saw

mackerel was like, plus 600 to win

before Sunday's round went off. So I was like,

that's like, I mean, JJ Spawn going to

get it done. I don't know. Maybe under some pressure. Probably not. So I threw some

coin on. On McElroy and

I'm like, oh, man. So Monday he gets it done.

But, yeah, you look at those guys, McElroy, and you just

said, Justin Thomas. Good to see him playing some good golf.

You know, uh, Scheffler kind of hasn't been

in the mix to date so far.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Um, but you know what? The first major is

right around the corner, and that's where my man

seems to kick it into overdrive.

>> RB: Yeah, Augusta's pretty close, so.

>> Jonathan: But Daniel

Dye, introduced to us through Neil Walker. Shout out,

Neil. And, uh, actually play some golf with

Ian Patrick and Neil down at Pinehurst. And big golf nut

pilot, probably the first race car driver

we've had on.

>> RB: It is the first race car driver we've had on,

bud, so.

>> Jonathan: So I'm. I'm excited to hear what he's got to say.

>> RB: Uh, my big question is, how do you drive on a normal

road after going 200 miles an hour?

>> Jonathan: Right. That's a. This is going to be so fun

because all these questions like, how do you feel about driving a golf

cart?

>> RB: Yeah, exactly.

>> Jonathan: What we. Curb jumping. What are we doing?

>> RB: Yeah.

So, I mean, without further ado, let's roll it on

over to Daniel Dye.

>> Jonathan: Let's do it. We got a fast

driver on the podcast today. And I just

told Pep, Daniel, I said, you know, I don't know

if we've had anyone like this

on the podcast before. So for the listeners out

there, Daniel Dye is joining us here

on Chase and Birdie's. Chasing more than birdies

in life, though, it sounds like to me. But, uh, especially at 21

years old.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, chasing, uh, chasing checkered flags is

what I do. I do chase birdies, too,

occasionally.

>> RB: They, uh.

>> Jonathan: They are very good at staying away from

me. Uh, but I, uh. Yeah, man,

it's, uh. Racing's been a big part of my life for a long

time. Um, and obviously got

to meet a bunch of cool people, and it's.

It's kind of what. What led me to you guys. So excited to be. Be

on this with y'all today.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, man. We're absolutely stoked, too. It's like,

that's the way of life, you know, one person to the next, and here we are,

and then we're brothers in arms. It's all good.

>> RB: Well, well, funny enough, the day this episode's dropping,

Daniel the bucko season is

starting.

>> Jonathan: Perfect.

>> RB: The first game this Thursday,

um, for the Pittsburgh Pirates. So did you happen

to. Because I know that you love the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Did you happen to see the Paul Skeens quote?

>> Jonathan: I did not.

>> RB: Oh, man. Basically, he

came out and said that he's sick of watching a wild

card video from how many years ago, and that's Sad

that that's what the Pirates are, uh,

um, you know, basically still playing that there hasn't

been a playoff series or anything like that, and he wants to change

it, so. That's exciting. Get somebody in here with a little bit of a

voice.

>> Jonathan: Yep, a little bit. It's good having. Having heart. Somebody

that wants to not just, you know, not

innings, go home. So cool.

>> Jonathan: So you. You're a Pirates fan?

>> Jonathan: I. So I. My dad and the whole

Dye family grew up in. In Franklin,

Pennsylvania.

>> Jonathan: Cool.

>> Jonathan: Um, story that I'm sure we'll get into later.

My dad actually has the car that

Roberto Clemente won when he

won the MVP, the World Series in 71 to

1972. Dodge

Charger SE. Um,

and I'm sure we'll get into that. We got time for that. But.

So, yeah, Pittsburgh Pirates, Penguins,

Steelers, and then Orlando Magic.

But it's, uh, yeah, I'll

Pittsburgh around here.

>> Jonathan: So. Are you related to Pete?

>> Jonathan: No. I know. I wish. No, that'd be. That would have

been cool. We can say yes for the sake of the podcast.

>> Jonathan: I just get it.

>> RB: Pete Dust. Stepson.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, Well, I was gonna say that redheaded stepchild. This is

his. Uh, he just came out. He just got his DNA tested,

and apparently he's related to Pete.

>> Jonathan: I saw something don't do 23andMe. So I'll hit up

ancestry.com and see if we can, uh, we'll

check it out.

>> RB: So let's go. Because we met

you because of Neil Walker. Played, um, for the

Pirates forever. He was your childhood favorite

player, which is kind of a cool story. Um. Um, and

you guys just recently played golf in Pinehurst, and he was telling me

about the Roberto Clemente, um,

car that your father has. How the heck did

he acquire that? And does he still, like. Does

it. Does he use it still?

>> Jonathan: No.

>> RB: Just sit there.

>> Jonathan: No. So when it was first. When it was

first done, um, he did drive

it, like, maybe one mile, maybe

two. Um, but no, it only drives

on and off the trailer. But so the story of

that is. So the

car. That car is actually what Roberto drove to the

airport, um, on what, New Year's

Eve, um, when the plane crashed.

And, um, so it sat at the

airport for a while and eventually came home,

um, and sat in their home

country for. For that long. For what, until.

When was the All Star game in Miami?

2016. 14 ish.

17.

>> RB: 2016 ish.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: Not sure.

>> Jonathan: And.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, no idea. Um, sounds good.

>> Jonathan: Uh, it just. It sat there all that time, and they had

talked about it a Little bit. And he tells a story a lot better than I do.

But, um, it sat there and they

were gonna try to get on a boat, but a boat

takes longer. And eventually it's like the week

of, or the week before the auction that they

do, um, at the All Star Game every year to, you

know, self signed bat sign, baseballs, jerseys,

you know, memorabilia and stuff. And

the car is on the, on the, uh,

list of things they're gonna sell.

And my dad saw that. Actually my sister was looking through,

looking for a father's, uh, day present.

My dad's birthday is around Father's Day too. So,

um, she saw that, she's like, hey, look at this. And he was

like, well, all that's wrong. It said it was a

1971 Dodge Charger, which is

1972, because it was, you know, the end of the year,

it's like, we'll get, we'll start seeing 20,

26 cars coming out soon. Um,

and anyways, long story short, it's on an

airplane, on a cargo plane coming over to the

States, um, coming to Miami.

And then they wouldn't let it in the building because the All Star Game was

sponsored by Chevrolet and it was a Dodge. And they

said it's a 1972 Dodge.

It's 50 years old. Why does it matter

now? Um, anyways, wasn't in the

building. He's bidding against the owner of the

Clemente Museum in, in Pittsburgh

in Garth Brooks. And,

uh, and I just fought

for what was generally

not a very nice car at the time. Um,

and then threw all, all sorts of, uh,

not all sorts, but, but threw a decent bit of money at it

to make it look like brand new, just like it does in all the

pictures with Roberto and, uh, his wife

standing next to the car when, when they had it. So there's a bunch of cool pictures

that he's got. It actually sits in the showroom. He

owns dealerships, uh, in Daytona. Sits right in front of his

office. Um, it's covered up every month like a

custom car cover with pictures of, of

Roberto doing charitable work and he and his wife standing

with the car. Um, but on the

21st of every month. So three days

ago it was uncovered, um,

and it's uncovered on the 21st every month. But

it's a pretty, pretty cool thing. It's his most prized

possession.

>> RB: That's so cool.

>> Jonathan: That's a great story. I'm glad, I'm glad you took time to answer

that question because

you don't like, how would you end up with that

car.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: There's the story.

>> Jonathan: Crazy in my. Roberto is my dad's hero. Growing up

being, you know, just all he did was play

baseball. Actually golfed a lot, uh, when he was a kid. But,

um, my dad was born in 1960, so that's,

you know, when he's a kid, that's Roberto's

obviously the guy on the Pirates. So. Yeah, um,

that was, uh, was just.

>> RB: Something that's always an incredible story.

>> Jonathan: And his whole office, he's got Roberto jumping

to catch a ball on the biggest wall in his office,

like, kind of like a. That's not a mirror, a mural.

It's like a wrap of the picture. But,

um, yeah, I mean, it's just still

the biggest Roberto Clementic fan to this day

and. And kind of lives. Roberto said something when he was

playing and doing all. He did a lot of charitable work, and it was something

along the lines. And I'm sure we could look it up and get it exactly.

But if you. If you're on the

earth and you don't make any change,

you don't spend time doing something to make

other people's lives better than you wasted your time. And

whatever the actual quote is, is up, um, in my dad's office,

too. That's kind of how my dad lives. And

he's been through stuff where he was, you know, health problems as

a child and real close to, um, not being

able to go any further. And, um, just

that's. That kind of has inspired him to do a lot of good work. So. The

car has raised hundreds of

thousands of dollars for charitable work. Franklin

Little League looks the way it does right now because of the Clemente car

and the money that we raised with it. Redid the fences and the

scoreboard just redid Franklin Little League,

um, couple different charities up there, a couple charities

back home in Daytona Beach. But, um, man,

it's. It's a.

It's a cool thing. 71 MVP, Inc. Is actually the name

of the charitable organization that,

um, kind of operates what the Clemente car

does.

>> RB: So has the Roberto Clemente

Museum tried to get this car off of him since.

>> Jonathan: So we. The part of the deal was, once it was

finished, my dad brought it up there and let it sit in the museum

for might, um, have been a week

or two or something. But they. They put on the radio,

and it was known that it was there. So a lot of people came. And that

was part. I think we had an event right after it was

first done. We had an event there, uh, at the

museum, had an event,

um, at some

auditorium kind of place, uh, in Franklin.

And that's where we got a lot of the money for the,

um, Little League fields.

Um, but, yeah, I mean, it's done a lot of cool

stuff. We gave away a yellow and black Dodge

Demon. When the Dodge Demons first came out and raffled it

off, I think I forgot how many tickets we sold. But at 210

a piece for a ticket, um, it just. It's

a lot of. A lot of cool stuff. And you. It'd be cool if y'all had

my dad on, too, that he. He'd tell a story a lot

better. Um, and also a much better golfer than

I am, too.

>> Jonathan: Well, you know what? Yeah, I mean, but

you're the man.

>> Jonathan: He. I've gone faster than he has, so

that's. There's that.

>> Jonathan: So are you, like, pro?

>> Jonathan: What?

>> Jonathan: Pep. Go ahead.

>> RB: Oh, I was gonna say real quick, did Neil tell you

the story about his dad with Roberto

Conte?

>> Jonathan: So that's the craziest part of the who.

So me and my grandma

would watch a lot of baseball games together, whether we're at,

you know, lunch after church or at our house or

whatever. And always,

Neil was my favorite player, and so was hers. Even

when he went to other teams, we still

rooted for whatever Neil had going on. And then the Pirates.

Um, and then I meet a

guy at a race. Mid Ohio.

2023 NASCAR Truck

Series race at Mid Ohio. I'm standing talking to my friend

Colby Howard. He was running. I forget what truck he was

running. He was also racing that weekend, though.

Um, and Colin Dunlap,

who does radio in Pittsburgh,

was, um, there, and his son Declan is standing there with a

hat, waiting for me to sign it, and I can

talk to Colby later. So I just kind of shoot Colby away and

signed Declan's hat and start talking to him.

Dude, I kind of do the same thing for a lot of people when I

have the time to actually talk to the fans, you know, where y'all

from? Um, in college

said, Pittsburgh. That's cool. We're all Pirates, Steelers,

Penguins fans. Neil Walker's my favorite baseball player.

And college, like, oh, yeah, I know Neil,

right? Yeah, right? You know Neil Walker. Okay.

And anyways, and I actually don't

even have. I don't have any social media at this point.

I log into my Instagram, like, once every two

weeks, see if anything cool happened. And I log in that

Monday morning, and Neil Walker

follows me on Instagram. This is the

weird. And. And honestly, like,

I. I always idolized Neil. I had

signed Jersey baseball in my room forever.

And. And he had, like. I don't know, what is, like

15,000 followers. Like, that's weird. Like,

that's a lot of followers. But Neil Walker, I'm

like, I thought it'd be more. So I text him, like, if this

isn't fake, this is the coolest thing that's ever happened in my

life. And he's like, no,

it's me. Colin told me about it.

Uh, told me that you mentioned me when y'all were talking at the

race and yada, yada, yada. And, um,

man, that is the coolest thing ever.

And. And I told my dad about it. And,

um, then he told me the. The Clemente story about, you

know, Neil's dad is supposed to be on that plane.

>> RB: It's crazy.

>> Jonathan: So it's weird that, like, Roberto

Clemente, where

we're gonna get crazy here is the reason that Neil Walker is

my favorite baseball player.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: Wow.

>> Jonathan: So it's connecting the dots.

>> Jonathan: That was just kind of a sign. I felt

like it was a sign for my grandma. Right? Like, my grandma kind

of checking in. And, um,

I don't know. It was. It. It was cool. And then when Neil asked me to

golf a couple weeks ago, I was again,

like, this is just

crazy stuff.

>> Jonathan: That's the type of guy Neil is, man. Neil

is, without a doubt, one

of the best humans walking the earth.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: No doubt about it. That's. That's just the type of

guy he is.

>> Jonathan: It was kind of disappointing how cool he was.

Like, uh. He was like the normal dude. He's supposed to, like,

fly away at the end is what I expected. Like, I figured he was

gonna, like, you know, probably just take off after we

go. Yeah. And he, uh.

And, I mean, no, we got

there, he was, like, excited to see me. Like, that made

no sense. Like, who am I? And,

uh. And then, you know, he spent four hours

golfing. And again, I'm like, still.

Like, I. I remember being at spring. We go to spring training every year

and screaming at all the

players. Right? But I'd always. I thought I was so cool as a little

kid. Mr. Walker, Mr.

McCutcheon. Like, they ain't gonna. They're not gonna ditch.

Oh. Because I'm being polite. They're gonna come sign my hat. No.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Uh, but it was,

uh, finally, you know, all these years later,

I caught up to him. So it was, uh. It was cool.

Golfed, went to the brewery. Uh, the.

The Pinehurst Brewery at, uh.

It's like 10 minutes from the golf course, went to a little Italian

restaurant, um, afterwards.

And, I mean, just like you said, the coolest dude

down to Earth. I mean,

was. It was. It was pretty wild. And then just still

texting. Um, I'm gonna text him and tell him that I was doing the podcast. I'm

sure he already did, but, uh, but I mean, just

super cool dude. Looking, Looking forward. I'm trying to get him to

race.

>> Jonathan: I know. Yeah, that would be dope, man.

And. And, you know, that's one thing I got to be honest. And I don't know about

Pep, but, like, I. I've

watched races. They're on tv. Kind of

turn it on, you hear the sounds. Everyone says going there is a

completely different experience, uh, which I've

never done. So that is something that I need to do while

I'm. I'm walking on Earth.

>> Jonathan: You're always, always welcome, man. It is. It is absolutely

a. A crazy experience.

Um, we actually had Alvin Kamara

hanging out with the team this weekend. Uh, you know, the football

player, he was hanging out, uh, at Homestead this weekend.

David Ortiz was there Sunday.

Um, but, yeah, man, just a. Just a cool

experience. I grew up being a race fan. Um, and,

you know, finally, at this point, I'm. I'm

doing what I've always dreamed of doing. But, um, yeah, I

mean, on tv, you see the cars going fast, but

until they blast by at 200 miles

an hour, and you watch them put a full tank of gas

and four tires on it in nine seconds.

Ah. And you're standing 30ft away from those guys doing

it. Um, you. You don't really.

You get a. You get a good sense for what's going on when you get to

experience it in person.

>> Jonathan: So you mentioned the Dodge earlier, and then you mentioned the

Dodge with you. So are you. Are you, like, pro Dodge?

>> Jonathan: I am not. I race for Chevrolet

and drive a Chevy

Suburban. So it is. Uh, it's. It's a

little. It's a little awkward driving, driving home to Daytona

beach, and when, uh, I go see my dad at the dealership, park there

in a Suburban. But, uh, no, glad to be a part of

the. The bow tie brigade.

Um, but yeah, I'm a

happy, uh, member of Team Chevy.

>> RB: And where do you live at right now? Are you in North Carolina

or.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, Concord, North Carolina. So about 20

minutes north of Charlotte.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Pep had an Impala once.

>> RB: Yeah, boys.

>> Jonathan: He loved it.

>> Jonathan: Oh, yeah.

>> Jonathan: So, yeah, I mean,

in North Carolina, it is kind of race heavy population,

dude. What. What kind of got you into that, though? I'm just curious because

you're young. You. How old are you? 21.

>> Jonathan: 21. Yeah. Well, and, but yeah, I

know my friend. My family's from Pittsburgh,

but so I. My dad's story, he, you know, started

washing cars. Lot Porter selling cars.

Uh, manager of a dealership. Finally got his own dealership. So

cars have always been in the D family in your life.

>> Jonathan: I got.

>> Jonathan: My uncle owns a Nissan dealership.

The. Another uncle works for my dad. Another

uncle is a finance manager at a dealership in

Pennsylvania. So it's all cars

always been race fans. Um, my Dad's

first Daytona 500 was

1970, something with my grandpa.

Um, and then just kind of worked his way to Daytona beach.

So came to Daytona 500 as a race fan.

Eventually ran a dealership in Huntsville,

Alabama. Made his way to Daytona. Once he started making

money, uh, he kind of raced as a hobby. And then

at that point, when I was. I think I was

7 or 8 when I started. So it's just kind of one of those things.

You're just like, you put your kid in T ball. My dad

put me in T ball too, but put, uh, me in a race car

pretty quick too.

>> RB: So when did you start, like, driving?

>> Jonathan: Well, I was seven. Was like my first seven or eight, I

think. I think I practiced at seven and started racing at

eight. Um, but small cars, nothing like big like

it's on the street. But at 14 is when I started

racing like full body stock cars.

>> RB: I mean, Bash was still building Legos at 14. You're out

there driving.

>> Jonathan: I'm still building Legos at 21, so that's okay.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, but I mean,

that's insane to me. No, it is. And

what I'm, um. It's got to just be in your

blood. That's all I can say because it's

got to be in your blood because there is a risk factor

in this whole profession. I mean,

you know, you're going how fast you going, you know what I mean?

Something can go wrong. But at the end of the day, this is your

passion, this is your love, and this is what you're good at.

And so that's what I'm saying for you, it's like innate. It's

kind of like it was in your blood.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I mean, it. I think,

you know, I played a lot of sports growing up. I played

baseball, basketball, and race. I played a little bit of like flag

football in middle school. Um, baseball is

probably my best sport and the one that I probably enjoyed

the most um, until it

got time to like, really commit to one and for whatever

reason it was racing.

Um, and uh,

and man, it, it's something that

I, I maybe didn't fall in love with

immediately. But. And honestly

this, uh, about a year ago

is when I kind of switched. I've been racing forever

obviously, but about a year ago I kind of switched my

whole mentality to go with racing and

my work ethic and the whole thing. This is the most in love

with it I've ever been. And

you're right, there is a, there is a risk factor, right?

There's. Things can, can go wrong. You can crash,

you can hit a wall. I mean, I've had a couple

concussions. I mean, people, people get hurt

sometimes, but people get hurt playing

baseball. People get hurt fishing

wiffle ball.

>> RB: I mean, I can have my ankle playing wiffle ball.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Um, you can get hurt doing

anything. So for me,

honestly, in the race car,

especially like on a long green flag run, we just raced

Homestead Saturday. We ran the last

until caution was seven to go. We ran

100 some laps straight.

40ish second lap times. That's

quite a bit of time you're dialed in,

focused on getting every tenth of a second out of your

lap. That is the most

peaceful my life ever

is, is going what, 170

miles an hour down the straightaway, getting on the

brakes, getting the car turned back in the gas, just

doing it over and over and over again. There's

nothing right. I've got, I've got my helmet on, I've got my

earbuds in. My spotter is telling me where the other cars

are if, if needed, lap time, stuff like

that. But I'm, I'm not thinking

about anything. I'm not. There's nothing on my

mind but what is going on in that moment.

>> RB: So you have like, basically like earbuds in

AirPods.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: And you have somebody that's telling you, hey, car

three's left side.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Yep. So we've got.

There's a lot of radio activity, um, during

a race. So we've got. On channel

one is myself, my

spotter, my crew chief, and then

occasionally the, the guy that runs our team, his name

is Chris Rice. He'll come on there and say some things,

um, if he feels the need to.

Um, and then that's all I have

access to. Channel 2 is where the

spotter and the crew chief will talk to not really clutter up the radio

that I hear. Um, and Chris Rice will talk on

there a little bit more too. And that's where more detailed

information is said. And then what the spotter deems necessary to

tell me, he'll tell me on channel one. Now, the spotter

has access to both of those at the same time.

Um, and then the crew chief has access

to both of those. And then, like, a little intercom system

where we communicate with our teammates. So I drive the 10 car. We

have the 11 and the 16 that also race in the NASCAR

xfinity series under colleague racing. Um, and those

crew chiefs talk to each other at the same time with Chris and the

engineers. Um, so there's a lot of radio

stuff, but, yeah, I'll have, I'll have

my earbuds in. They're molded to my ears. Generally,

no sound gets in. Uh, then I'll put my head

sock on. Fireproof headstock. Kind of protects my neck. Goes down

to about here. Ish. Uh, helmet

on. I'll plug my earbuds into the

helmet. The helmet has a cord that plugs into the

wiring harness, uh, for the radios.

Um, and then I've got a button on my steering wheel. It's a push a talk. And

I got a microphone inside my helmet, so when I need to

talk, I push the button. They hear me just like a, Just like a headset, like you see in

the movies.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. It's fascinating because this is not anything

that I've ever been, like, privy to. So, um, I'm just

curious. I got so many questions in my mind. I'm, like, thinking about this,

but, like, you know, the main question is, like,

you get road rage, but, like, I would like to

know what you. What it's like driving with you on the

interstate.

>> RB: Yeah. Like how.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, the road rage thing. Sometimes I. My road rage

on the, on the streets is

a lot more fun than the road rage in the race

car because I, I, I can

control the car, and if somebody's being an idiot. I had a guy the other week,

like, we had to merge, and he's just not letting

me in. So I kind of just made room and sucked my way in,

and I get the double bird in the mirror.

So, like, the only reasonable thing to

do in that situation is slam on the brakes.

>> RB: Yeah, right.

>> Jonathan: Um, and then he. We're

going the same direction for a minute.

Um, and. And

then I go in the turn lane, and he's gonna

keep going. He stops next to me and rolls down the window.

He's like, you want to pull over? And I went down the window. And

I normally just, like, look at him crazy and

make him think that I've got something wrong with me or something.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: And I'm like, all right, yeah, let's do it.

I'm £150. I will never pull

over. I will lose every

fight. But I knew he wasn't gonna do

anything, too, and I kind of cranked the wheel and he drove away. That's the fun.

But in the race car, road rage is a whole

different thing. There's a lot more at stake in a race car. When people

are stupid at 180 miles an hour versus 50,

it's a little bit of a different ball game. Yeah, it, uh,

hurts more. Uh, it costs Matt

Colleague money. It costs me money for what

I'm getting paid for where I finish. That, uh, it

cost us points because we're racing for a championship.

So, um, that you. You kind of keep

a notebook. Um, you know,

who's done what when. Um, you

raise some guys a little bit differently that maybe

race a little more aggressively.

Um, and then some guys, you race with a lot

more respect. Um, so it's,

uh, like I said, the Notebook thing is, is real.

You'll hear, if you'll hear.

Go to a race and something happens. You'll hear about the. The

Notebook. Um, race car drivers with their helmets on

are kind of like elephants. We never forget. Uh, there's people

that I still owe a couple. Um, but it's

not like you go out the next week and wreck them right away.

You. You get them when it matters. Um, you're not going to

go wreck somebody for 12. But if we're. We're coming to line for a

win and you wreck me, uh, let's

see. I'm not going to be

specific, but there's one specific thing that I'm thinking

about. But if you wreck me this amount of years ago

at this half mile

in Indiana, then,

uh, and we're coming to the start finish line

for a win.

>> RB: Right.

>> Jonathan: Uh, I'm probably gonna race you a little bit differently because there's

some history there. So.

>> RB: So can you communicate?

>> Jonathan: I'm Googling that.

>> RB: Other drivers or no, no.

>> Jonathan: So you used to be able to. There was like a

year where they had. You could go to a different

radio, and it was just an all drivers channel.

>> RB: Just chirping. Everybody chirping.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. That was like, a mess. So, like at Daytona,

Talladega, you see everybody's drafting. So,

yeah, the draft is where, like, two cars will get

in line or however many you can. And what

happens there is like, this car will take

air off this So a bubble kind of forms around

your race car. When you're going 180 miles an hour with

the resistance of the body in the air,

you'll come with that bubble to the car in front of you. That bubble kind

of take air off the spoiler of the car in front of

you, giving them less drag.

Now you're in their wake, having less drag on your nose.

It's just all it does is create less air resistance, helps

you go faster. Um,

so. But you have to work together. You have to kind of have

friends. Um, and they used to do that.

They used to have a channel where you could go and, hey,

24 car, you know, we're ready to

try something different here. If you want to go to the top lane, we're ready for you.

Um, but they went away with that. That's. I'm sure it

got messy at some point. It would. I. I'll tell you, there's a lot of people that

don't like each other in the XFINITY series. It'd get.

It'd probably get messy. Now.

>> Jonathan: I was just gonna say, do they not like each other on the track, but outside

of the track, they're copacetic. Cool. Or is it like

globally? They just like this guy. He's a douche.

>> Jonathan: There's. There's some of that. Uh, there's both ways,

right? So the worst,

the best example that unfortunately, is the worst

for me. My best

friend, Jesse Love, he drives a two car for Richard

Childress. He won Daytona this year.

First race of the year. He. He won Daytona.

Um, we started 12th,

right? In about 10th lap, four.

Uh, he gave a little bit of a bad push.

Nothing intentional, but wrecked the 20

car. Brandon Jones, yellow Menards car.

And I'm running the top lane, and he wrecks the car and it

shoots right. And the only other car that it

hits is the 10 car.

And so I'm wrecked out on lap four.

And at that point, I hated race

car driver Jesse Love. But

human being Jesse Love is still my friend. And, uh,

I'm still generally happy that he

won. Less happy because of what happened.

Um, but obviously he didn't mean to. And he and I have talked about it

since. But yeah, there's. There's. When you

put your helmet on, friendship kind of goes out the window. I've got.

Connor Zillich is a friend of mine. He drives the

88 car for. For Dale Jr.

Um, but he's not. Jesse's kind of my

teammate. Our team and Richard Childress racing kind of Work

together. So I race Jesse with

more lenience than other

cars that aren't our teammates or whatever. Um,

so Connor and I are friends, but I'm not necessarily

going to race him like a teammate. I'll race him a little bit nicer because

he's my friend. Maybe um, like

a Ford or Toyota. I'm, um, I'm gonna.

It's gonna be impossible to pass me and.

And I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get around you.

>> RB: I'll tell you this much. There's nothing like a NASCAR

brawl. Boys like after the

race and one of the drivers confronts another

driver and then all hell breaks loose and everybody's

involved.

>> Jonathan: Well, there's some, there's some good old boys in the, in the, in

the garage area. The like Austin Hill

that is. He's from Georgia. He's probably

205 pounds. Just, just

big, ready to rock. And uh,

that is not a guy that I have any intention of pissing off

anytime soon.

>> RB: So what I. What I don't. Ryan, I don't know if you know

this either, but he. Dan.

Daniel flies private too. Like he's a

pilot and uh, he flies to a lot of

his races, um, which is really cool. So

I mean you've got like Fast and Furious in you,

man.

>> Jonathan: The plane thing is a whole lot different though. That is a lot

scarier than the race car. I'm m going like half the

speed, but it hurts

to fall down on the ground if you're in the air. So you got to

be a lot more careful in the airplane. There's a lot more going on.

>> Jonathan: Are ah, you flying solo?

>> Jonathan: I am now. So I actually have not finished my license

yet. I haven't. I've flown to a couple races,

um, but not by myself yet. Uh, I'm gonna finish my

license here now that it's warming up in Charlotte.

Um, but uh, yeah,

I've done all it takes to fly solo. I actually fly to

Pinehurst is where I do most of my solos.

>> Jonathan: It's um, like more county.

>> Jonathan: 60 nautical miles. So yeah, fly from

Concord to Moore County Airport.

>> RB: Sticks in there every time and peg.

>> Jonathan: It up or what I have twice. Yeah, I've just thrown them in the back

seat of a Cessna 172. Tell my instructor I'm

going to solo and uh,

yeah, fly right over the golf course coming in from. From

Concord too.

>> Jonathan: You should. I uh, had two buddies

in my life that get a little bit of road rage.

One of them is actually. It's probably a

problem. You be in a car with him, and he

just starts. It's like. I don't know if it's like

a Tourette's type situation with people. I don't know.

I'm serious. But. But the other person

is in this chat right now, my man Pep. I.

I can't tell you how many times he'll call

me. It's like he's calling me because

he wants to be on the phone with someone while he's about

to just tackle someone going 65 in the

passing lane. Like, he calls me last week and

says, hey, there's this guy, you know, and he's

chirping at me about something. I'm giving him the

finger. I'm yelling at him. I'm doing all this

shit. Listen. You can hear him yelling. Listen. So I'm

listening.

>> RB: I'm, um.

>> Jonathan: I'm like. I don't. I don't hear him yelling, bud. But.

But he eggs people on all the time, Weaving him

in and out the finger

out.

>> RB: I just drive. I drive so much for what I do in my

life. And I just. I. I'm sure you feel the same way. You just

don't have time for these people, right? Like, you drive like a jerk

off.

>> Jonathan: Rolling 55 in the left lane. That's the one that gets

me.

>> RB: Well, that. But I'll tell you, it really bothers me, this

move. Oh, my God. Wears me out.

Is nobody like the sign, the big sign

that says yield when you're coming off an exit,

and nobody knows what.

>> Jonathan: Yield means at the

same time?

>> RB: Yeah, I can't get over. So you're getting mad at me. I

can't get over. You're supposed to, like, technically slow

down. Here we

are. And that's whenever I, um. That's when I start letting

him fly.

>> Jonathan: My thing is when people are going slow in the left lane, I'll get in front of

them, slow down enough that they have to try and

pass me, and then they move. I'll finally gas it up and

go away. Just to, like. That's like, I'm as a good

Samaritan to the people coming behind me.

>> RB: So you talk about these cars wrecking,

okay. In these NASCAR cars.

How much does one of these cars cost? Or what's

the range of,

uh, a car?

>> Jonathan: Yeah, that. I don't know. Um,

it's a. It's a difficult question. And I'm gonna

guess that, like, a. The. The

quality of cars that we put together,

after we pay the people to make the chassis, we pay the

engine shop, we. You Know,

pay the body shop. So,

like, after we put the bodies on, they put the suspension

on. M. Gosh, um,

engine.

>> RB: I mean, you're talking like half a million dollars

here.

>> Jonathan: No, I don't think that far, but

I don't think we're far from a

quarter.

>> RB: Oh, wow.

>> Jonathan: It's all. By the time it's all put together.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: But I don't know. I. I really. It's just.

It's difficult because. And you can do it cheaper and you

can. You really can't do it a whole lot more expensive than how

we do it. Um, but you can do it cheaper. So we've got

the best engines, we've got the best parts, we've got the best

bodies. Um,

so it's, uh. Yeah, I mean,

but all the good teams are throwing all their

money at all the same things. So. Yeah, I mean,

I. I guess if. If

you. If you wanted to build one

perfect car, by the time you paid everybody and

bought what you needed to probably 250

ish in. But that's a guess.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: And their light is. I mean, they don't weigh a damn

thing.

>> Jonathan: Uh,

3250 is

what we have to weigh. We take the green flag.

>> Jonathan: Wow, that's pretty. That's

pretty awesome. It's good stuff.

>> RB: So how do you. Again, like, how Ryan kind

of asked you, but, like, how are you driving 200 miles

an hour, then you go and get in the car at 65 miles an hour.

How. Or like when you're driving a golf cart, are

you like, what? Like, I can get a run fast.

>> Jonathan: Golf cart? What's going on with that?

>> Jonathan: The golf cart. The golf cart one is fun because then you're just. You just run

into your buddies. I mean, you're not. If, If Ben Bridgers

from Pinehurst is listening. I don't run into anybody in a

Pinehurst golf cart bin. I promise. But,

uh, I, uh. I mean, I don't know. It's just

different. Right? I mean, I don't. I'm not. Honestly, I'm not a huge

car guy. Uh, that's. That's the one

kind of misconception that, like, when I talk to fans for

a minute or whatever, they, you know, I have a.

Something. So I like. I don't know. I don't even know how to.

>> RB: I don't know if that is, um.

>> Jonathan: Like I, I like I said, I've got a

Suburban. Um, that's what I

drive. I like big cars.

Um, I've got a Tahoe coming.

>> RB: Those are the new Tahoes are sick.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, that's what I got. A red one all blacked out.

Um, but red paint. Um, because all. Most of my cars are

red with champion container. Um,

but, uh, yeah, I mean, I go as fast as

I need to on the weekends and slow it down a little bit. Obviously. I like

to get places quick.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: But I'm not. I'm not going 100, bobbing and

weaving through lanes. But I, you know, set the cruise to

82, 83, and just ride down to wherever I'm going.

This is kind of like the opposite of if you're getting chased by an

alligator, as long as you're not the fastest guy,

then.

>> RB: But you're the smartest, so.

>> Jonathan: Sure.

>> RB: Yeah, you gotta be smart.

>> Jonathan: Some would disagree. Some of my competitors probably

disagree.

>> Jonathan: I. I do enjoy having the radar

detector, though. A couple of the whips.

>> RB: I mean, nobody but the.

>> Jonathan: They got the laser now. That's how they get you. They like. It doesn't. It doesn't

read the laser.

>> Jonathan: Well, this one? Yeah, this one picks up the laser,

though.

>> Jonathan: Oh, does it?

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: How much was it?

>> Jonathan: Like 700?

>> Jonathan: Oh, yeah. I spent 200 on mine. Mine does not pick up a

laser.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, mine picks up laser. And I

don't speed, but sometimes I like to hit it and feel it a little

bit. In West Virginia, I think if you. If

you get caught speeding over 100 miles an hour,

and maybe this is a. Maybe this is. Maybe this is a

law across the country. I don't know. But I

know, I know in West Virginia, if you get caught

going over a hundo, you're

automatically going to jail.

>> Jonathan: I thought it was. I think, and I may be wrong, and

this probably right. Just talk to my girlfriend about

this yesterday, uh, or Saturday.

But you'll see that girl that's, like, all popular because of her

mugshot, that she got arrested for speeding. Uh,

in whatever state that was. It's. It's

25 over or double

the speed limit is a mandatory arrest. So, like,

anything over 60 and a 30 is a

mandatory arrest or anything over 95 and a

70. But I don't know how we can. Look. I don't know what.

North Carolina is probably taking a minute.

>> RB: I think she got arrested twice within, like, 20 minutes.

Or she got pulled over twice within, like, 20 minutes.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Oh, really? I didn't look into it.

>> RB: Um, I. I clicked because of her image,

but whatever.

>> Jonathan: So what.

So golf man, you, um, you love the

pursuit of chasing birdies. It sounds like

you kind of got that bug in you. Um, you

play? You got some buddies you play? Or do you just take it but yourself?

I mean, what are you doing?

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I mean, I. I don't have a problem golfing

myself. Um, it's nice enough here

in Charlotte. We got enough nice golf courses

that, uh, everybody else around here likes golf too,

so there's not. You're really not gonna get to play by yourself

much. Um, but I do like playing my buddies. Most of

my racing buddies golf. Jesse, uh, Connor,

both those guys I told you about. And then Brent Cruz is another one that races

that we golf with. We're playing Wednesday.

Um, but yeah, it's honestly something I got

into. Probably May of 23. I

haven't been playing much, um, play very long.

Um, but I like it. Just be outside and.

Um. Something my dad's really good at. He went to

Bethany in West Virginia on a full

ride. Uh, and, you know, 1932 or

whatever it was. So it was.

Ah, you know, he's. He's really good still. He's probably a.

He's probably a 2

or a 3 right now, and he's 64.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Um, I'm probably.

I don't know, probably 15. It's nothing. I'm not

great. I have sometimes glimmers of

hope. Um.

>> RB: Keeps you coming back from work, right?

>> Jonathan: Yeah, it's always at the end, too. Yeah, exactly.

Triple 12, 13, 14,

double 15. And then like. Oh,

par. Uh, par 17, 18. Nice.

Uh, but Pinehurst is close. We got a house at Pinehurst.

Um.

>> RB: Oh, you do?

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Nothing. Nothing wild, but I didn't know that. Uh, yeah,

so I go over there when I can.

Um, honestly, thinking about going, which. I'm glad I

said this now. Gotta, um, look at,

uh. At tee times for Sunday, we raced

Martinsville Saturday. Uh, so

it's. We're close. We're not flying anywhere.

>> RB: Right.

>> Jonathan: Um, so thinking about going and playing Sunday, if the weather's good.

So, um, yeah, nice to just shoot over there.

Members over there. So just get on the golf course and go.

>> RB: I love that. Is it.

>> Jonathan: Is that, like, something to do with the FedEx cup and golf is.

It's kind of the same thing. I don't know.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: So.

>> Jonathan: So there's three NASCAR National Series. There's

the NASCAR Truck Series. That's what I raced in last

year. There's a NASCAR Xfinity series. That's what I race in

now. And the highest level

of NASCAR competition is the NASCAR Cup Series.

So for me,

kind of a decent way to look at it is,

uh, because golf is so hard and so many people play

golf. I'm probably like a good

guy in the Corn Ferry Tour right now.

Um, I got you.

>> Jonathan: Okay. But it's a great analogy because it's.

>> Jonathan: Hard to use like AAA baseball. Right. Because

there's however many triple A

baseball teams there are with how many ever players,

you know, 30, 40 people on a roster.

Um, it's, uh, it's hard to

say that because there's only, there's

only 30 full time NASCAR Xfinity drivers. There's only

35 full time NASCAR

Cup Series drivers. So the top 65

drivers in this, in the sport are at

the top two series.

>> Jonathan: Um, yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Jonathan: So that's, that's where I'm at. I'm one step from the top right

now.

>> RB: Well, I was just.

>> Jonathan: You're gonna get to the top.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, that's. That's obviously the goal. And that's, that's kind

of my plan every weekend is.

It's kind of an audition. Um, you know, try and

do all the right things. Be good on camera, be good in the race car.

Maximize every thing you can. I think teams

look hard at restarts, so you don't want to

lose spots on restarts. That's just when we all line up next to each other

and green flag comes out. That's what everybody's the

closest. That's your time to

maximize. That's your time to score, basically,

uh, and get closer to the

front. Uh, pit roads a big thing. Just maximizing

your time on pit road. Try to make it

as quick as possible. We can't control the pit crews, but they do

measure driver time on pit road, which is

just we, we run our lights is what we call it. You'll hear about running

your lights. That's just being as close to the

speed limit as you can the whole

way down pit road.

Um, and we don't have a speedometer. We are, we do

some math and we try and keep it at like,

you know, 42,

40 rpms is like that's

49.9 miles an hour when the speed limit's 50. Because

if you touch the speed limit you

sped, uh, then you have to start at the

back.

>> RB: Oh my gosh.

>> Jonathan: So obviously I didn't know any of this. I know nothing about this.

>> RB: So.

>> Jonathan: And I'll just be honest. Terrible host, but it's just the

truth.

>> RB: My father in law and my brother in

law love nascar. Um, but

how quick you pull in

to change the tires, what's the time like,

what do you expect out of Your crew.

>> Jonathan: So the cup series is different. Uh, they

run a, uh, one lug, one lug nut configuration.

So they, they only have to pull off one larger lug

nut, um, to take off each tire.

Us, we have five. So we're five on, five off. Just kind of like a

streetcar. Um, so

a good pit stop, which I don't have our. Our

sheet yet.

>> RB: Yeah. Let's review these numbers from this past weekend. Like, is this

acceptable or not?

>> Jonathan: We can, we can go to the. We go two weeks back. We can go to

Vegas and look at this.

>> RB: So you got 20 nuts to pull off if we're

taking all four.

>> Jonathan: Yep. Vegas, uh, should

have. Okay, no, um, let's

go to Andy Street. Andy street

is the,

uh, he is the

technical director for the XFINITY program at

Richard Childress Racing, who is our, like,

technical alliance. Uh, that's how I'm getting this

from. All right, we've got.

>> Jonathan: This is all real.

>> Jonathan: This is a hit road heat map. So they're in the

middle. Like, we're

generally going the same speed all the way down, but for whatever

reason, NASCAR's computer system is reading our speeds

faster in the middle for some reason.

Um, okay, so driver

time. Uh, I didn't

do great. My best stop

was the

41st.

Best out of, uh, let's see,

probably 200 some pit stops. So I mean, not awful,

but not good enough. We want to be somewhere in the top

30 for every stop. But we

had interesting stuff going on. So anyways, best, uh, four.

Our best four tire stop that day

was, uh, 15.44 seconds.

That's taking off four tires, putting four

tires on and putting a full tank of gas in it.

Now that was fairly slow

because we were bad at Vegas and we were taking,

uh, basically it's not a wrench like what you

think of a wrench is, but putting adjustments in the car

with a. With a tool that. The tire

changer does that and that takes his time away from actually

changing the tire. Um, make an adjustment to

the chassis to fix the handling of our race car. So the best

stop all day was 13.66

seconds. That was the 20 car. Joe Gibbs Racing

lap 94 that, uh, was best four

tire stop. The, uh, best average was the two team.

They. Their average of three stops is 14.26

seconds.

>> RB: So your bet your best to the best is 1.8

second difference. Okay, that's a big

1.8 seconds is a big difference. Correct.

>> Jonathan: For sure. Yeah. So that was that they didn't. They didn't have

A great week, but we put them in a bad spot because we were

making changes the whole time. So these cars that have fast

pit stops aren't making big swings at it. Um,

they're. They're. All they're doing is taking off four tires, putting four tires

on, and fueling the race car. Us, uh, we were

making changes to the. Trying to make changes to the handling of the

car.

>> RB: So how many guys do this? Four.

>> Jonathan: Oh, you've got a jackman, two

tire changers, and

a tire carrier. Which is it, four or five? I think it's

five. So two carriers, two

changers. So I think it's five.

>> RB: Hypothetical. Ryan and I.

Ryan and I get three buddies that come in.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: What would you.

What would you say would be, like, a

good number for us changing all this and filling the tank up

if you've never.

>> Jonathan: Never done it before?

>> RB: If you be 10 minutes.

>> Jonathan: No, it's not as crazy as you think,

but, yeah, I don't think I.

>> RB: I think the tire up. What are you talking about?

>> Jonathan: That's the problem is the tires are heavy.

>> Jonathan: Well, but you'd be picking them up.

>> Jonathan: If you're faster than

35 seconds, that'd be pretty

good. So, like, if you were close to double.

Um, but that's. That's kind of

moving.

>> RB: That's pushing.

>> Jonathan: Um, that's kind of moving. I'm giving y'all some credit right

now.

>> RB: That might be like the 10th.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I don't think if.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I mean, if we give you a little bit of practice, I bet you. Yeah.

Sub 30. But I mean, first time, if

you.

>> RB: I mean, I'd probably lose one of the nuts.

Like, it would just be debacle.

>> Jonathan: Well, that's the thing. We glue the nuts on the

wheel that's getting ready to get put on. So when you

take them off, they're going. So they come so fast

off that they just fly off,

and you just leave off and they go away. And then the

neck, the wheels put on the. The lug

nuts already glued to the hole so that

the changer can now just.

And leave. Yeah.

>> Jonathan: I mean, it's got to be chaos.

>> Jonathan: And I'm coming in at 50 miles an hour, coming to a

stop in a couple feet,

and I'm not trying to hit these

guys, and they're just jumping in a moving car, getting

ready to change the tires and put gas in it.

>> RB: Going from that as your profession to the golf course

must be such a nice change for you, because

golf, so to speak, is relaxing, and

you're just kind of moseying around. Right. And it

has to.

>> Jonathan: I'll take your word for it. It's not very relaxing when I play

it, but, I mean, yeah, it

is. It is a nice change of scenery, like

you said. I m Mean, it's fun

to. To kind of cool down, relax.

Um, but, man, it's. It's kind of the same

thing, right? Like, I just was telling you about that. That long run at Homestead

where we ran however many laps

back to back, and, I mean, you're focused. Your mind doesn't wander one

bit. That's. That's when golf is going good, is when your pace

is good. Right?

>> RB: Right.

>> Jonathan: You get to the ball, you hit the ball, you

drive to the next shot, you get ready, you hit it, you're in a little bit

of a rhythm. Then you catch a group of

four guys that escape the nursing home, and then

everything goes.

>> RB: C ball, hit ball, fine ball.

>> Jonathan: Yep.

>> RB: Well, I'll tell you. I'll tell you this much. I was looking at the

Xfinity schedule bash, and,

uh, Saturday, May 31st,

we have to mosey on down to Nashville, Tennessee.

>> Jonathan: You're there. I mean, if you want. If you want to be there, we got

it easy.

>> RB: We're. We're really tied in with a bunch of the country music

boys. And, you know, if you can stay. If you're

able to stay Sunday, uh, and play some golf on Sunday,

we've got some six spots we could do it at. Uh,

after.

>> Jonathan: We'll plan on it. We'll go ahead and lock it in. I'm there. We'll get you all out

to the race, put you on the pit box, changing

tires, or, uh, we're gonna keep you out of

the. Out, uh, of the. Out of the pit crew this week. Maybe the next

time.

>> RB: Okay.

>> Jonathan: But, yeah, put you on the pit box. You'll see all the, you know, data and

stuff. The team has access. I mean, like I said, it's. It's a whole

different experience. And, um, Nashville's cool. I finished second in

Nashville last year.

>> RB: Let's go.

>> Jonathan: So, uh, gotta, uh, be nice to get a. Get a checker

flag there.

>> Jonathan: Well, man, we'll be rooting you. I know. My man IP Ian

Patrick's been sending us all the low down.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I don't get any more attention on instagram

from the IP has got it. D.

He just had the number 10 golf cart the other day. Dude, he was on it. He

was pumped about it.

>> RB: Oh, uh, dude is the funniest human being

ever.

>> Jonathan: 51 years old and He's a

man. When we golfed, I think he shot

70 maybe.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: And, and I think, I guess I was just so star struck the

whole time, I didn't notice. But I mean, he didn't do anything.

Like there wasn't any like, holy moly. That was

spectacular. That's, that's what the good golfers do.

There's nothing spectacular in either way.

They don't make huge mistakes. Like when I'm chasing

my golf ball across the green and I've already

passed the hole three times back and forth. That's where my

score goes. 85. But

guy like those guys, I mean, like Neil hit

a, pulled a couple, but still

is on the green and three and, and

one putts and it's just like they're,

they're scrappy.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: It's just a whole different golf game for. He's a good golfer.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, no, it's good. It's good stuff, man. They're good

people. And I'm happy you got to meet him. And because of that, we got

to cut to hanging out with you here a little bit. I learned a hell of a

lot today here.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: On my own podcast, I learned so much, which is great. That's

what the way me and Pep should have it. So,

my man, I'm going to keep rooting for you and, and we

appreciate, uh, you coming on the show.

But before we end today's

episode, we're going to turn it over to the tapping

segment with Pepe doing his

thing, asking you some questions here that

might, uh, be weird, probably repetitive, but at the end of the day,

a little comical. So here he goes.

>> RB: All right. Most times you've gone to the

bathroom on yourself in a race.

>> Jonathan: Uh, just once at

Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery,

Alabama. Long red flag.

I think there's a fire. So we're sitting there for

35, 40 minutes, just sitting there

with my thoughts. Uh, I've. Now,

I've tried other times because it's gotten bad, but.

Nope. Just. Just one wow.

>> RB: Favorite race of the year.

>> Jonathan: Uh, probably Daytona to start the

year just as a kickoff. That's my home race. Being from

Daytona gets, um, everything going.

>> RB: So I like that one dream for some dead or

alive on the golf course.

>> Jonathan: Um, my dad,

uh, let's see. Man, I don't

know. I, I almost. I. My dad probably

Tiger woods

and I can't even

think of another guy that.

>> RB: Roberta Fuente just, uh, for my dad.

>> Jonathan: I. Yeah, probably that least favorite golf

club that changes

so often right now. Probably

my three. Would I Think I don't know all

of them at the moment.

>> RB: And last question, which I have a good idea.

I know what you're going to say, but what are you chasing?

>> Jonathan: I'm chasing checkered flags, but I'll be chasing

birdies, uh, in the other time.

>> RB: Well, we're going to be watching you chase these checkered flags. We

wish you nothing but success the rest of the year,

and we appreciate you coming on chasing birdies.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Daniel, my man. Thanks again for coming on.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I appreciate it. Do it. Do another time soon.

>> RB: That's me in a nascar, boys. What's up,

man? My man, Daniel Dye. What a story.

That is. Like, the kid's 21 years old.

Full circle, how we met. Neil

Whitaker, his favorite player growing up.

Roberto Clemente is his dad's favorite player

growing up. Yeah, Neil's dad with Roberto.

Uh, it's just. Isn't that crazy how the world. World works,

dude?

>> Jonathan: That is.

>> RB: And there might be some content coming of

us changing tires, because I want to see what we can get it

done. I told him 15 minutes.

He said that'd be too long.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I'd be on the 15 minutes, dude, but we can do it.

You. Oh, yeah. I mean, I could do it

under 15 minutes, and I think you can, too.

That was. I didn't really, like,

there was just so much interested in that.

That world because that's something that I've never been

exposed to. You know what I mean? And it's like you're

behind a wheel. I. I like to. I don't want to get into

this in the episode because of time, but, man, I do like to hit

the gas a little bit. I like to get it going a little bit.

But you get to that point where you're just like, okay, um, I'm coming back

down. You know, you get a little adrenaline rush, but I can't

imagine that feeling for hours, just

ripping it around in a circle.

>> RB: I mean, in a circle, my issue would be

I pee every 20 minutes. So, like, I would

need, like, new diapers changed on me

at the pit stops.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, no, it's very, uh. It's very

cool, man.

>> RB: I mean, and he's on a. He's on a

incline. He's doing really well,

and he just had a top 10 finish.

And it sounds like we might be going to a NASCAR race by

Xfinity series.

>> Jonathan: No. Um, first time for everything. And I'm all. I'm all game

for that, I'll tell you that. So that'll be a

blast.

>> RB: Would that be A blast. I mean, my luck,

I'll end up knocking a switch off or something. I'll ruin the whole thing.

>> Jonathan: Thing.

>> RB: But, uh, data tracking

or whatever. But that's so impressive to me how

quickly they are changing everything. Filling the tank up, going.

You know, there's no speedometer. You have to judge it.

Um, and again, like, for him to go to a golf course,

I'd be like, this is the slowest thing I ever played my whole entire life. What are we

doing here?

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Total opposite. But he loves it, so.

And that's great. You know, 14

seconds to do that is just insane.

So hats off to you, Daniel. I know I'll be watching you.

And I've been up to date with him. You have been, too, because of

Ian.

>> RB: So we're in the mix.

>> Jonathan: We're in the mix. We're in the mix.

Um, so, bud, the weekend's here.

Just about. Just about. There's still some basketball. The

Sweet 16's kicking off. The elite eights kicking

in. Uh, who do you got right now

winning. Winning at all right

now as it stands?

>> RB: Well, I got two sides of that, Okay? I mean, one side,

I got Duke in our bracket, which is

whatever. But. And I'm a

little bit of a pickle here because I just took

Arizona. I threw down 50 bucks to win

3200 for them as my sleeper to win the whole

thing.

>> Jonathan: No way.

>> RB: And Arizona plays Duke,

so I'm gonna know where I stand real quick.

>> Jonathan: Well, let me tell you this. I

got M. Florida going, and I got

Zona beating Duke in the Sweet 16 in my

bracket.

>> RB: Hot damn. I mean, dude, I literally, I. I put

that bet in. 3,200 bucks

for 50 investment.

>> Jonathan: You. I never had the FanDuel ship before, but

I just got it just for funsies. Just.

But the parlay builders are my absolute, absolute favorite,

dude. I mean, you're never gonna hit him. But the odds they give you on, like,

a 10 teamer or 12 or 14, even a

16 bagger is ridiculous. I'm like, what

the hell? And you got. It's just for fun.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: I mean, you're losing. It's donation, you know?

>> RB: Right.

>> Jonathan: But. But,

uh, it's good, though. My man. Three

weeks away. The Masters is here.

>> RB: Yeah. And I saw you up at our favorite spot this past

weekend, grinding it out in the simulator. Uh, so that's

good for you.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I was, uh. I was there at NEMI this past

weekend. Nemacol and Resort. And I was

doing a damn thing. Met the new pro in the learning Academy hitting

some balls, working through the things. Great

spot to be. The resort was kind of bumping for

March, so it's probably a four

foreshadow of what's going to happen in the summer because they're really going to be

busy. Gusto's just kicking ass up there. So make sure you people

go over to now nemecollen.com. check them out. Take

your family, friends, whatever you have in your

life. They would love it. Something for everyone. And we're

happy to be partners with Nemacolin.

So, um, that's where the two man event is.

>> RB: Yes.

>> Jonathan: Uh, amen to that.

>> RB: Chasing birdies too, man. July.

So July 27th to 29th, we got,

um, more than last year, so that's a lot of fun. But

with that, man, like, I'm not in a NASCAR car where

I can just go to the bathroom right now, but I

really do have to go to the bathroom. Okay. And,

um. Okay, so without further ado,

you all have a kick ass week.

Make sure you go to chase it under square birdies. Check

the new cups out that I've been drinking out of. They are really nice.

Which I gotta tell you, Bash, great job on these because they are

cool. Um, they keep my coffee so

hot and hot and my tequila

cold. So it's a nice little balance.

>> Jonathan: So, yeah, you'll be able to get those here

soon in our pro shop. So, as

always, thank you all for tuning in to this week's episode of

Jason Birdies. Thank you to Allie, Emily and Ivo

over at Simpler Media for putting this

thing together. And as always, Jacqueline

Di Paterio, Rachel London, for all your social

media help. You guys enjoy your

weekend, have a good time on the golf course,

watch some B ball and we will catch y'all

in two.