Christy Edelbrock On Family Racing History And Building Grit

Jeep’s World Cup George Washington Giveaway

Don Armstrong 0:02

And we'll time car talk, and this is our bonus hour, and we're going to get to our regular show, uh the time slot, uh coming up here in just a couple of minutes. I did want to mention uh that and uh also uh an interesting story that I thought I'd throw in here. Jeep is giving Americans named George Washington a reason to closely watch the World Cup this year, an ad campaign that launched June 11th that promises free 2026 Wranglers to one hundred people legally sharing a name with the nation's first president uh if the US team wins the tournament. Uh the massive soccer spectacle played every four years features forty-eight teams, as you well know, and of course they're doing that as well in Houston. It's a massive stage expected to draw billions of viewers around the world on TV, and the latest unconventional marketing move from Jeep, a campaign starring comedian Elisa Schlesinger. Never heard of her, but that's not my generation, I don't think. Uh last year touted the Grand Wagoneer as the best vehicle to have sex in.

SPEAKER_05 1:03

What?

Don Armstrong 1:04

That's what it says here. Schlesinger also is part of the latest effort called All In on America, a Jeep's chief soccer officer. She reveals the World Cup giveaway while sitting below what she labels a historically accurate image of General Washington in a Wrangler. The portrait mimics the famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware with Continental Army soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The irreverent spirit of the George Washington premise goes along with the more humorous tone the brand has taken recently, as well as they should, said Oliver Francois, marketing chief for Jeep Parent Stallantis.

Jeff Dziekan 1:43

Okay.

Don Armstrong 1:43

All right.

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Don Armstrong 1:44

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Meeting Christy Edelbrock In Granbury

Don Armstrong 3:34

It is the in-wheel time confusing talk show today coming to you from the Lone Star Street Rod Association State Car Run here at Hewlett Park in Granbury, Texas. Just ahead, another guest, and her name is Chrissy Edelbrock.

Jeff Dziekan 3:49

It sounds familiar.

Don Armstrong 3:51

It does ring a bell, doesn't it? Just ahead. We've got that coming up, as well as uh uh some other features. Uh, and we invite you to stay with us for the next couple of hours here on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show. Howdy, along with Mike out of this world Mars, we always need more Jeff Zeken. Chief Engineer David Ainsley sitting over here. I'm Don Armstrong. Glad you could join us today. Thank you so much. Do you go by Christine?

SPEAKER_01 4:15

Christy.

Don Armstrong 4:16

Christy. Well, we got it all wrong all the way around.

SPEAKER_03 4:19

Both times. Even after we wrote it down, we still got it wrong.

Don Armstrong 4:24

This is an ongoing theme this morning, so my apologies.

Jeff Dziekan 4:27

You can call him Bob. I'm Frank.

Don Armstrong 4:29

You can call me anything.

Jeff Dziekan 4:30

Anything you want.

SPEAKER_00 4:31

Eddie Mo and Jack.

Don Armstrong 4:33

There's that too, yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 4:35

Curly down in the end.

Jeff Dziekan 4:36

Yeah.

Don Armstrong 4:36

Christy Edelbrock is our guest, and I know that you know the uh last name for sure. And uh we were just having a little conversation where we're in the commercial break about uh where she lives today. Now, you know, Edelbrock and and most of the early hot rod stuff came out of Southern California, and she confirmed that she was born in Southern California, and I said to her, Where do you live? Here Granberry. So there's a Granberry. So uh so when did you move here?

SPEAKER_01 5:05

Two years ago.

Don Armstrong 5:06

Two years ago.

SPEAKER_01 5:07

I went I went straight from the Indy 500 to here and took possession of my property on the lake.

Don Armstrong 5:14

Wow. Are you proud? Are you happy? Do you love it here?

SPEAKER_01 5:17

Oh, I love it. Love it. You know, the small town vibe. It's not that small though.

Don Armstrong 5:22

It's not as small as people would think. Oh, I've never heard of Granberry. Well, it's up there. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 5:27

It's a secret. Yeah. Yeah, right.

Don Armstrong 5:29

And if you want to go to Neiman Marcus, you know, Dallas Fort Worth is just up the road.

SPEAKER_01 5:33

I know. It's not too far. Yeah. Yeah.

Don Armstrong 5:35

So uh

Recession Pressure And Keeping The Brand Moving

Don Armstrong 5:36

a couple of years that you've lived here, and um I assume that you're somehow still affiliated with the Edelbrock Corporation.

SPEAKER_01 5:43

Yes. Okay.

Don Armstrong 5:45

Well, explain that to me.

SPEAKER_01 5:47

Well, from my dad, we just had um the ninth anniversary of his passing a couple days ago. So um you know the recession of 08 and 09 was very difficult on anything automotive. Yes because of the big three and the TARP money and all of that. And uh banks wanted out of everything automotive, no matter what it was. And you know, the recession pretty much tanked business. And so at the time we had never we had never asked the banks for any kind of money ever in our history. And uh they wouldn't support us. So we had to start looking for partners, lots of consultants, all that. You know, it was a change for a lot.

Don Armstrong 6:33

Because you inherited the company from your dad.

SPEAKER_01 6:36

Well, my dad passed seven or eight years ago, nine years ago.

Don Armstrong 6:41

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 6:41

Yeah. And so at the time of his passing, that's when it changed hands. Okay.

Don Armstrong 6:47

Oh, I see. Okay. Yeah. So so are you are you obviously affiliated by name. Are you affiliated at all with the company anymore?

SPEAKER_01 6:55

Well, I work with the company, you know, to uh so you're the you're the yeah, the ambassador, you know, press and the the Sure. There's not many people blessed to have the last name Edel Barack. So um, you know, I do what I can to support. And, you know, I've been in this ever since I was little, little. Yeah. You know, my parents took us everywhere when we were young. The US Nationals, pim you know, the Pomona drag races, you know, SEMA shows. I remember being, you know, this high and looking up at adults and cocktail parties and going, What do I say to these people?

Don Armstrong 7:32

Sure.

SPEAKER_01 7:33

You know, so it was uh always a family business.

Don Armstrong 7:36

So when you were when you were that young, your dad was still alive, would did he ever explain to you and and and school you on exactly what a

Learning Foundries Blueprints And Manifolds

Don Armstrong 7:46

manifold is? I assume that he did.

SPEAKER_01 7:49

Well, a manifold was pretty easy to figure out compared to other products or component parts. Uh we built two aluminum foundries in San Yacento. Oh wow. I worked at the first one uh that we built, the Green Sandcast Foundry for ten years, figured all that out. I knew nothing about the foundry business. I I I was uh competing in show jumping, Olympic show show jumping before that and had uh my own business. Wow. And so then I moved to corporate in Torrance. That's where our manufacturing facilities were, and corporate offices and that.

Don Armstrong 8:27

And it's a very industrial area, isn't it, Torrance?

SPEAKER_01 8:30

Kind of, but now it's uh the the homes around where our our facility used to be are over a million dollars. That doesn't surprise me, yeah.

Jeff Dziekan 8:39

Well the industry brought it in, obviously. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:42

Yeah. So my dad had a tendency of putting me in places that there were issues and he needed help, and so I kind of became like the fixer, you know, shooter, yeah. Running to the flames, and um because I grew up with we had a lot of long-term employees, that it was their one and only job, and they watched me grow up. So when we were working together, they'd be like, No, I'm not gonna tell you what that is, that keeper, you know. The keeper, yes. They'd have all these little nicknames and things. So I'd go out to the shop, get a keeper, figure out what it did. I taught myself how to read blueprints. Wow, you know, because that is awesome.

Don Armstrong 9:25

What a great story.

SPEAKER_01 9:26

Oh, I you know, from soup to nuts, I basically taught myself, you know. I asked my dad when when I was a teenager, I said, I'm gonna go work in the dining room. Perfect. And he said, No. Well, I said, What do you mean, no? You don't need to know anything about that. I said, Why not? Learn it all. So, girls, women, get out there, bug your man, go to auto shop. There's great auto shop at Granbury High, you know, get involved, get your hands dirty. You this is an industry that is a lot of fun, it can take you a lot of places, you meet great people, great stories, and to me, when you understand the the history, you know, it helps you understand your path forward. You know, and and you develop a passion like this that can stick with you for life and it can lead you to places that you may never ever have had the opportunity to be involved in.

Jeff Dziekan 10:28

Well said. You know, absolutely and we we talk with a lot of folks through through the educational systems where you know the shops and uh the dealerships

Why Women Should Get Involved

Jeff Dziekan 10:36

and uh what you can do, all the avenues you have out of school or maybe taking some co-op classes and interning. So we do know those kind of uh processes and things, but to hear it actually from someone to say that uh very well said.

SPEAKER_01 10:51

Thank you. And don't be afraid to ask questions. No question is, you know, too small, too big. Uh get out there and teach yourself. You know, my grandfather was self-taught. Uh the family business in Eldora, Kansas was a grocery store, and the grocery store burnt down. My grandfather was 14, so he and his older brother went to California, the land of opportunity, to make money to send back to the family to rebuild the grocery store. And so my grandfather just started reading books, you know, playing around, tinkering, all of that, just like Henry Ford. You put a tool in someone's hand and look what happens, you know? And two weeks before Pearl Harbor, my grandfather went 122 miles an hour on the dry lake bedroom. Yeah, and people were just like, What? Amazed. Yeah, yeah. It was his daily driver that he flat toed out there. He didn't even have a truck, nothing. And you know, streamlined the whole thing. No oil pump. You can see them all crouched

Grandparents Dry Lakes And Hot Rod Origins

SPEAKER_01 11:58

down, you know, one hand on the steering wheel, the other hand through the wheel, working the pump. And that's what started it all. And then post-war, you know, the hot rod era started to flourish. And, you know, racing midgets from San Diego to Santa Barbara five days a week. And, you know, later, um people would come up to me and say, you know, if your grandfather hadn't have done what he did, hot rotting wouldn't be what it is. That's exactly true. That's very true. And the first time someone told me that, I almost fell over. I'm like, what? What are you talking about?

Jeff Dziekan 12:34

And you look around, you just look around this event, you know, how many of the Edelbrock products are on these vehicles? Yeah. Probably many on just one.

SPEAKER_03 12:43

And not only that, but the influence of those Edelbrock products early on that that led to other people building. And the copycats sort of. Well, the copycats, but still it's just part of the industry has grown because of people like your grandfather.

Don Armstrong 12:56

And let's not forget that that that we started off with the low rise, you know, two-barrel carburetor uh intake manifold, and you know, I'm gonna put a four four barrel on it. And then and then it wasn't enough. Let's put a high rise on it. So it was this constant grocery store of manifolds for me anyway.

SPEAKER_01 13:15

New product. We were super big on new product, you know, very foot forward in that entity there. And um, you know, I mean, we're older than NASCAR, NHRA, Hot Rod Magazine, all of that.

Don Armstrong 13:29

And influenced all of those. All of it.

SPEAKER_01 13:31

Right. We were the only ones with a dyno, you know, so the teams would come actually to Southern California, work with our guys on the dyno. Murray Jensen, a guy that worked with my grandfather. He he handled all the NASCAR guys, and you know, I mean, they had a hell of a good time hanging out in our place.

Don Armstrong 13:49

Sure. I'm sure. I can only imagine.

SPEAKER_01 13:52

And I didn't get to go in the dino room, darn it. I said, Dad, what if uh you my tire goes flat? Well, just call us. I'm like, no, I want to know how to change the tire.

Don Armstrong 14:03

I figured it out later in life, you know, but I'm sure that I'm sure that he was a helping hand in a lot of your projects that you had when you're going through this educational, self-educational stuff that you were going through. Dad, how do you do this or why did you do that? And I would imagine that he would explain.

SPEAKER_01 14:19

My dad was just a great storyteller, you know. Um, you know, just so many memories of all the years experiences. Yes. And, you know, uh Vic Sr. was not an easy guy. You know, he passed away at 49. And he and Katie, you know, my grandmother, um, you know, depression, you know, lived through all of that. Grandma Katie, she worked for a family in Beverly Hills as a as a maid and lived with the family four days a week. Went home on Friday night, and she saved her money from that job to buy the very first pattern for the flathead. Really? Yeah. Wow. So it was totally grassroots, you know, and that's that's the whole family. No, totally. That's the way we grew up, you know. We were working every summer. Um, when we were little, it was really cool because we charged for catalogs back in the day. And people would write letters in.

Don Armstrong 15:23

I forgot that. You used to charge for catalogs. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 15:27

Why not? Yeah. But that w that's the way that it was. And and people would tape four quarters across the bottom of the letter, you know. So here we are with my grandmother. You know, we take the quarters off, we stuff the envelopes and everything, and all our friends are at the beach, you know. But you know, I mean, I think I think America needs more of that today. You know, take your kid to work, show 'em your harb hobby, get 'em involved, you know. Social media is so toxic.

SPEAKER_03 15:56

Yeah, do something with your children. And yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:59

Do you have children?

Don Armstrong 16:00

Sorry, Jeff. You have children?

SPEAKER_01 16:01

Yes, I do. And how old are they now? I have an amazing son who is in the horse business that I was in, show jumping. And uh he runs a training and sales barn in our property in Temecula, California. Okay. And he is now uh in Europe at the south of France, uh, showing there with uh one of his top clients, which I'm extremely jealous. I mean, I I got to compete in Germany and Holland for a a bit, but nothing like the south of France. Yeah, he didn't need any help. Yeah, you couldn't talk about it. Well, I just couldn't quite figure out how to get there and when, you know.

Jeff Dziekan 16:39

I think time schedules

Trades Work Ethic And Social Media Pushback

Jeff Dziekan 16:40

and things. But you talked about the education and you know, going out there and doing that like you just spoke. Now the big thing is not going to college, taking up a trade, uh making starting a business. So that's kind of the talk going on now in this twenty-first century for these young folks. Uh, but that's also good. Uh good point to make because I got a granddaughter that wants to be a nurse. Yeah, that you do require college for that. Uh but if you want to have somebody that wants to work on a car, well then you have to get into the automotive side of it. Not necessarily college, but there's other avenues you can do. So yeah, I I agree with that.

SPEAKER_01 17:14

What keeps some of the young people of getting into automotive is you know, they don't want to work at a dealership where you just plug it into the diagnostic. You know, because that's not a DLB, yeah. Right. And so, you know, we've got Grand Bury High is a great automotive program, you know, all all this passion here. And so what I share is just, you know, get some passionate about something. And you know, get your hands dirty and start something small and stay under the radar. You don't need to be a big, big company, you know?

SPEAKER_03 17:49

Yeah, but uh that's back to the social media thing. It's got these younger kids so trained that that's that's the important part. Well, it's 20 years ago it was nothing. Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_01 17:59

Have them come to you. Right, right. Social media is toxic. I think we need to work hard to move that, you know, to the past. It has some good benefits, but not all the time. You know, we don't need to advertise and market only on Facebook. Yeah.

Don Armstrong 18:16

I think that's a real Although we do love you, Facebook, for taking this show live right now. There is that. So thank you for that aspect of it. Don't tune, don't turn it off, don't turn it off. We're not only on Facebook, there's other avenues too, but that's just one of the things that we're doing. You know the gist of the going in. That was a good point. Touche. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:36

Well, listening is one thing. Yeah.

Don Armstrong 18:40

That's true. And uh, you know, we've we've done okay over the years doing this show, so uh we're we're we're happy with that.

Jeff Dziekan 18:46

Do you have any other projects going, personal projects that you're involved in with the company or not with the company right now.

SPEAKER_01 18:53

I'm busy. I have eleven acres on the north end of the lake. Okay.

Don Armstrong 18:57

You need somebody to mow it once in a while, or David's got a mower.

Jeff Dziekan 19:00

David's got a lawnmower.

SPEAKER_01 19:02

I need lots of things, and and that's where I've seen the gaps and the opportunities here because you know this town is growing pretty quickly. And so now while the opportunities are out there still, you know, that's when you want to get involved to get your feet wet. And you don't need a college education to, you know, have a long business.

Don Armstrong 19:24

But you know what the one the one thing is the personal satisfaction that you get out of success in whatever it is that you choose. And people forget that. And you know, it's kind of like rebuilding an engine and you crank it up for the first time and it runs, you go, see, all those weeks of work that I put in it, there it is. Yeah, and the naysayers. You can't you can't buy that, you have to do it yourself in this huge sense of right.

SPEAKER_03 19:52

Well, no, you can't.

SPEAKER_01 19:53

Right. And it's an accomplishment. And you know, so what does social media give you? Oh, I want to be an influencer, you know, and and i is that an accomplishment, you know, because 90% of the product that they're promoting is not any good anyway. So, you know, I think honesty is the best policy. Hard work, don't be shy, go up and extend your hand and introduce yourself. You just never know who you're gonna meet.

SPEAKER_03 20:20

That's true. You know, we get to meet you.

SPEAKER_01 20:22

Just like you're all looking so handsome.

Don Armstrong 20:28

Listen, we we our shirts are all prepped and the knives and everything. Very impressed.

SPEAKER_00 20:33

Don't be talking about t-shirts and won't even recognize you by that, right? That's it.

Don Armstrong 20:43

Uh well, it is uh an honor and pleasure uh to have you here and to meet you. Thank you very much. What a wonderful person. Uh yeah. And uh great history, great family, and uh uh I'm I'm impressed.

Jeff Dziekan 20:56

You're not the type of person that gets tired of talking about it.

SPEAKER_01 20:59

No, no, because you know, I I spent so much time with my parents, with their friends when I was younger. I enjoyed hanging out with their friends more than I did people my own age. Exactly. And so it was a lot of life skills that I learned because of that, because my parents took us to a lot of places when we were young. And again, that's an opportunity. And you know, I was shy as a kid, and you know, you just gotta learn to stand up for yourself, speak out, get involved, and and be passionate about what you're doing, no matter what it is. And you'll have multiple passions, which is even better. You know, charitable initiatives, all of that. Giving back is a very special thing. And rewarding. Very rewarding.

Don Armstrong 21:45

Yep.

SPEAKER_01 21:45

Yes.

Don Armstrong 21:46

I spent uh twenty years as a volunteer at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and part of me uh is what you see today because of that. Right. And I would have never guessed that when I first started out. And for the party, baby.

SPEAKER_01 22:01

You know?

Don Armstrong 22:02

But it evolved and it became a passion and uh you know, I will never forget it. And uh it that's what you're talking about.

Charity Car Shows And Real Community Impact

SPEAKER_01 22:09

I started a a charitable car show uh years ago in uh old town torrents. I didn't have it around the company and our facilities. Uh a young girl that I met, she wanted to get more into event planning and she had a small car show down in Redondo Beach. I brought one of our collection. Poor thing, she had like twenty cars. And I said, Well, if you really want to do this, you know, let's get started and put something together.

SPEAKER_03 22:37

Right.

SPEAKER_01 22:38

And uh my son was going to study table after school, you know, because I was working till all hours of the night and by the time I got home h he sure as didn't want to do his homework with me. And so the next the the first car show in Old Town Torrance, they gave us the whole town. I mean, just went off with a hit, thank goodness. Because the night before I was deathly afraid. Oh, people will think they that I know what I'm doing in regards to a car show. I have no idea. No idea. And so that was a huge hit. And then I moved it to the corporate location around a distribution center, and of course I had to have a party the night before. Oh, yeah, yeah. So we had a big gala party, we had silent auctions, we had these Letterman jackets for Edelbrock, and Jay Leno's a good friend, and you know, Parnelli Jones, and so I got all these guys to sign this Letterman jacket. It sold for twenty thousand dollars.

Don Armstrong 23:43

Way to go.

SPEAKER_01 23:44

And that went so well, we put up another one and we got everyone else that was you know, that was there to sign it again. Ed Iskandarian, you know, Ed Pink, you know, all of the great guys.

Jeff Dziekan 23:57

But that's getting back to the first original show that she wanted to do that you supported her. That's what it is.

SPEAKER_01 24:03

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it was over an eight year period we raised about six hundred thousand dollars for um a small school in the local area of Torrance uh that worked with complex challenged children. And nine out of ten of these kids were one step into institutional care because their parents had no idea what to do with them, you know? And you know, autism, Asperger's, those children, they're nine times out of ten they're brilliant, genius level. But it's just how you connect with them. Yes, and you know, our school systems, kids don't all learn the same way, you know. So things evolve and we need to, you know, give them what they need. So they say open them up to bring that out, stay inspired and want to move on and have a fruitful life, you know. Yeah.

Don Armstrong 24:59

Good stuff. We're coming to your house after the show.

SPEAKER_01 25:04

I have a beautiful I can only imagine, and uh we're coming.

Don Armstrong 25:08

That's all there is to it. Okay, we just invited ourselves because we want to spend more time with you. Uh we've got another hour and a half to go on the show, and then we'll then we'll be over. But it's a true honor and pleasure to have you here.

SPEAKER_01 25:18

Oh, great. Anytime. I'm happy to do it.

Don Armstrong 25:20

So we'll be you'll be getting a phone call from us l sometime later in the year.

SPEAKER_05 25:23

Do we turn left at the summit?

Don Armstrong 25:26

Exactly. Christy Edelbrock, thanks again. Thank you very much for the time. Thank you guys.

Where To Watch And Listen To In Wheel Time

Don Armstrong 25:31

Hey, Inwheel Time invites you to join us uh 10 to noon, Central Time, every Saturday for our live show about all things automotive, and we hope that you'll want to get a whiff as well. And don't forget, we're on podcasts all throughout the week. Go to inwheeltime.com. What else? What am I missing there, Mars?

SPEAKER_03 25:49

The stop point so we can hit the buttons to the time. Okay, so the park.

Don Armstrong 25:52

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Jeff Dziekan 27:57

Well, we're fortunate there's a nice breeze coming through. We do have our little fans going on, but there is a nice breeze, so it is, and we're very thankful for that. No mosquitoes. Yeah.

Don Armstrong 28:05

There's no you'll notice that the lighting may not be perfect for us here, but I will tell you this it sure beats the heck sitting out in the sunshine.

Jeff Dziekan 28:12

Yeah, it does. So there's

Cadillac’s Formula One Moment With Herta

Jeff Dziekan 28:14

that.

Don Armstrong 28:14

All right, uh time now for Jeff's motor minute.

Jeff Dziekan 28:16

Yeah, well, I we haven't talked about Formula One in depth, or I haven't, and I haven't talked about Cadillac and I used to not like Formula One. Well, I'm I've I'm I gotta hanker in because of the Cadillac. I got you. So Colton Herta uh is going to be driving the Cadillac. It's been announced uh just recently this past week. Colton Herda, he's part of the Indy Racing League. Uh he stepped into Formula One this past weekend in Barcelona, which we're gonna talk about during the racing calendar if we get there. Uh but he's gonna be running the Cadillac. He's a 26-year-old American kid. Uh walked away from his successful career at Indy and joined the high-tech and Formula Two racing with an I on Formula One. And that's like the NXT series in Indy or the ARCA. It's the lower series. Uh he's it's required to do that. So Herder will compete the first in the Cadillac this Friday, which was yesterday. He replaces Perez at the Circuit di Catalunya. Barcelona. Uh I practice you, let me know. I practice that word Catalunya. Catalunya. Yeah, Catalunya. Uh i that's my Spanish.

Don Armstrong 29:18

Well, I think that that goes hand in hand with Cadillac, too.

Jeff Dziekan 29:20

Go ahead. I speak Brazilian. Uh-huh. Uh Barcelonian. Uh so it's the Spanish Grand Prix, traditionally a favorite venue, the team. A little familiar with Brazilian, but not in that regard. Okay. Um how much does that cost you? Uh off of one of the uh FP1 sessions. I lost my place. He had a time in the simulator in Charlotte. He learned the track and the track procedures and you know, did all that on the off season. And he's working with the team in Silverstone, his team, the Cadillac team in Silverstone. Silverstone is in Europe. Yes. So very nice. They got a track and all the good stuff. So uh long story short, for the minute, uh he's testing, he's gonna run the formula FP2, he's getting into Cadillac, and the person he's replacing uh is not happy. Perez is not happy because he hadn't been performing, but you know, they they kind of put him aside. So there you go.

Don Armstrong 30:10

They put him aside.

Jeff Dziekan 30:11

They put him aside.

Don Armstrong 30:12

So what happened to Jeff Seekett? Ah, they put me aside.

Jeff Dziekan 30:14

They put me aside. He didn't perform well, and the Cadillac team says, okay, we're gonna take Herta, he's gonna take a place for the Did he ever win Indy?

Don Armstrong 30:22

Herta? I know that he was successful in the series.

Jeff Dziekan 30:25

He's won the kids won some races, uh, but he hasn't won any championships or anything. Interesting. He's a good driver.

Don Armstrong 30:30

You

Mitsubishi’s Nissan-Sourced Pickup Plan

Don Armstrong 30:31

know, I have made fun of Mitsubishi for quite some time on this show.

Jeff Dziekan 30:34

Like forever.

Don Armstrong 30:35

Like forever, since day one. Well, they're trying to pump it up. We're going to pump a U.S. uh Mitsubishi will enter the increasingly crowded U.S. mid-size pickup segment with a new truck sourced from Nissan as it tries to lift its sagging business by siphoning sales from the market leading Toyota Tacoma, Chevy Colorado, and Ford Ranger. The new entry will be built by Nissan at a U.S. factory, according to a person familiar with the plan. Mitsubishi did not detail a launch timeline, but Nissan Frontier mid-size pickup is expected to get a redesign around 2028 as part of Nissan's rollout of a new frame-based vehicle architecture that will underpin the Xterra SUV and other products built at its Canton, Mississippi plant. Pickup will be part of Mitsubishi's three-pronged plan for reviving the U.S. operations. And I will say this that they employ a lot of people, and as long as they don't build the car, they do great. I I don't remember the name of the vehicle that's been around for a while now, but when it first came out, I thought, well, dang, this is a pretty nice vehicle. We'll come to find out it was built by somebody else with the Mitsubishi name on it, and they put, you know, front and rear ends on it, and everything would look good.

Jeff Dziekan 31:56

I got a feeling this one's gonna take off. It's probably gonna blow the doors off the ones that are out there.

SPEAKER_03 32:00

Perhaps they're gonna it's gonna have to if it's gonna take from the Tacoma and uh mid-sized GM rocks. I mean, even the Ford Ranger, the cities down there are buying Ford Rangers.

Jeff Dziekan 32:10

It's gonna be like a Frankenstein type.

Don Armstrong 32:13

Well, kind of. But they don't Frankenstein them like they used to.

Jeff Dziekan 32:17

They're gonna take parts of this and parts of that, but uh, it's probably gonna take off, my my opinion.

Don Armstrong 32:22

Let's hope.

Jeff Dziekan 32:22

All right. Yeah.

Don Armstrong 32:25

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Sign-Off And Podcast Platforms

Don Armstrong 34:07

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