One year ago today I went to @MeansRacing52 to film the shop video with Jimmy. When I walked in he was on the ground welding under a chassis. He stood up and said “I never shake a man’s hand sitting down” and that stuck with me. My dad never told me that. Both my grandfathers were gone before I was 12. The videos are great.. but the little things like this that come with making them are priceless. I appreciate anything to be learned from this generation and take it upon myself to keep those things alive. Even if I am only one person. Everything starts with one person.

Mass media assumes viewers are dumb and can only handle surface level information. Which just isn’t true. This level of breakdown is EXACTLY what broadcasts need to hook new fans. Brad has been criminally under appreciated for a long time and I think lately people are starting to realize how much value he brings in multiple facets. I hope we see more of this.

Most of this could be accomplished with high quality vinyl in layers instead of printing everything on one sheet and sticking it on like a billboard. Paint is still king but vinyl is more capable than it’s being utilized as on most race cars.

Man, I miss painted race cars.

I remember watching this show when it came out on a super tiny tube TV in the back of my dad’s motorhome. There should be something like this in present day.

Kyle’s last win coming in the 7 truck for Spire is crazy. Spire ran out of Kulwicki’s former race shop before they bought KBM and moved everything there.

You gotta see this. Mark Martin's Compound Turbo 2027 Newell Build: Cummins X15 Turned Up - ... youtu.be/hHQRihdR23g?si=jotC… via @YouTube

Follow @stapleton42_ for the coverage of the @PDI_Performance compound turbo installation and dyno test. Whoever guesses closest on HP and Torque will get a follow from me.

Getting ready to make more power than a ⁦@NASCAR⁩ here. Stay tuned to my Instagram or Facebook for all the details including dyno testing.

Really awesome @stapleton42_ video with @StenhouseJr and @mikekelley at the old @RFKracing shop. Hearing about Ricky’s come-up and even a cool story about him cutting up @Elliott_Sadler ‘s 2010 Pocono crash car. Highly recommend. youtu.be/TdUWfX5ZEiU?si=l9q5…

140231. No idea how I remember that because I hadn’t used a school lunch since 6th grade probably. Always brought my own. But I can’t remember what I was doing 5 minutes ago.

Amen

Performance GM truck enthusiasts know the spare the Yukon chucked out is one of the most coveted 6 lug factory wheels ever made. Ok maybe it’s only me and like 3 other people.

"When they talk about this day, they're going to talk about my dad." 35 years after his dad passed in a crash at Stafford, @AndyJankowiak wins his first ARCA race.

The last NASCAR car to make me interested in the street going version was the Chevy SS. It was unique and being the cup car gave it something to stand on. Camaros and Mustangs stand alone and won’t ever carry an identity as “what they use in NASCAR” like the SS did.

This is the guy they’re booing, leave Andy alone :(

If it were full size ones like Tahoes Explorers etc with mandated ground clearance absolutely could be cool. This chubby compact car hatchback thing with a tuner wing is not an SUV 😂

This may be true but I also remember being 7 years old in 2003 hearing people complain about how the new common template Monte Carlo body looked ridiculous and nothing like the street version anymore. I preferred the 00-02 era more even as a kid.

Next Gen sounds so bad in comparison to the O’Reilly car. Crazy to hear them back to back like that

The O’Reilly series is great racing and sets the bar so high that it makes Cup race product the following day feel like a letdown. If they mess that O’Reilly series up it’d be a generational fumble and absolute tragedy.

If they ever make any of the top 3 series EV based I’m out. Maybe I’ll make history videos about airplanes or literally anything else.