Ryan McGee

And so I think that it teaches people about the history of the sport as opposed to trying to bury it under the ground like they did for years. And so, yes. Will it ever go back to 1997? No.

And so I think that it teaches people about the history of the sport as opposed to trying to bury it under the ground like they did for years. And so, yes. Will it ever go back to 1997? No.

Yeah, and I rode that wave. I literally started at ESPN. I started ESPN the week Jeff Gordon won the first Brickyard 400. That's 96, right? We started a nightly motorsports show, and I've been riding that wave ever since. But 100%, I would go all the way to 2006, 2007 when the market crashed. The business crashed. But, yeah, they're getting there.

Yeah, and I rode that wave. I literally started at ESPN. I started ESPN the week Jeff Gordon won the first Brickyard 400. That's 96, right? We started a nightly motorsports show, and I've been riding that wave ever since. But 100%, I would go all the way to 2006, 2007 when the market crashed. The business crashed. But, yeah, they're getting there.

Yeah, and I rode that wave. I literally started at ESPN. I started ESPN the week Jeff Gordon won the first Brickyard 400. That's 96, right? We started a nightly motorsports show, and I've been riding that wave ever since. But 100%, I would go all the way to 2006, 2007 when the market crashed. The business crashed. But, yeah, they're getting there.

They'll never get back to where they were, but they're in way better shape than they were even just five years ago, let alone 10, 15 years ago.

They'll never get back to where they were, but they're in way better shape than they were even just five years ago, let alone 10, 15 years ago.

They'll never get back to where they were, but they're in way better shape than they were even just five years ago, let alone 10, 15 years ago.

Yeah. And there is a I've already seen it, but I think it drops next week or this weekend. There's a on Amazon Prime. There's a four part Earnhardt documentary just titled Earnhardt. And it's executive produced by Ron Howard. And it is so good. And I mean, it's really, really good. And it's but yeah, it takes you back to that day. And it's yeah. You know, I wasn't around when Kennedy died.

Yeah. And there is a I've already seen it, but I think it drops next week or this weekend. There's a on Amazon Prime. There's a four part Earnhardt documentary just titled Earnhardt. And it's executive produced by Ron Howard. And it is so good. And I mean, it's really, really good. And it's but yeah, it takes you back to that day. And it's yeah. You know, I wasn't around when Kennedy died.

Yeah. And there is a I've already seen it, but I think it drops next week or this weekend. There's a on Amazon Prime. There's a four part Earnhardt documentary just titled Earnhardt. And it's executive produced by Ron Howard. And it is so good. And I mean, it's really, really good. And it's but yeah, it takes you back to that day. And it's yeah. You know, I wasn't around when Kennedy died.

But still there's moments in your life where it's like everything before something happened, everything after something happened. And February 18, 2001 for a lot of us is that day. And that was personally, professionally, all of that for me. People always talk about the legacy of Dale Earnhardt. And it's the intimidator and the man in black and all that stuff.

But still there's moments in your life where it's like everything before something happened, everything after something happened. And February 18, 2001 for a lot of us is that day. And that was personally, professionally, all of that for me. People always talk about the legacy of Dale Earnhardt. And it's the intimidator and the man in black and all that stuff.

But still there's moments in your life where it's like everything before something happened, everything after something happened. And February 18, 2001 for a lot of us is that day. And that was personally, professionally, all of that for me. People always talk about the legacy of Dale Earnhardt. And it's the intimidator and the man in black and all that stuff.

But no one has died in a top three NASCAR national series since he did that day.

But no one has died in a top three NASCAR national series since he did that day.

But no one has died in a top three NASCAR national series since he did that day.

I almost quit. I almost quit. Did you really? Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Tony Roper. And it was an IndyCar Formula One. I was covering funerals monthly. And I looked at my wife and I go, I can't do this. I'm going to cover a sport where people don't die. And then after Earnhardt died, when Superman died, suddenly everybody went, oh.

I almost quit. I almost quit. Did you really? Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Tony Roper. And it was an IndyCar Formula One. I was covering funerals monthly. And I looked at my wife and I go, I can't do this. I'm going to cover a sport where people don't die. And then after Earnhardt died, when Superman died, suddenly everybody went, oh.

I almost quit. I almost quit. Did you really? Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Tony Roper. And it was an IndyCar Formula One. I was covering funerals monthly. And I looked at my wife and I go, I can't do this. I'm going to cover a sport where people don't die. And then after Earnhardt died, when Superman died, suddenly everybody went, oh.