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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Hour 1: Me Cago En La Leche (feat. Alex Palou)

Tue, 27 May 2025

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Alex Palou, the winner of the Indianapolis 500, joins us for another edition of Refrán Del Dia and a game of Indy 500 for your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Chapter 1: Who is Alex Palou and why is he significant?

0.089 - 12.765 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast. This episode of the Dan Lopetar Show with Stu Gatz is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours.

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13.145 - 35.855 Stu Gatz

Stu Gatz, Alex Palo isn't just a champion. He is the greatest. And I don't know whether he's willing to say he's the greatest or not, but he's a three-time IndyCar Series champion. He's looking to go back-to-back this season. He's won five of his last six races, which is crazy, and finished second in the other one. And he got the Indy 500 yesterday. He's the first Spaniard to do so.

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35.935 - 48.32 Stu Gatz

So we're very excited about that. to have Alex on the show. Thank you for joining us, Alex. What have the last 24 hours been like for you? How did you sleep? How did you celebrate? How crazy has life been?

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48.48 - 59.006 Alex

Thank you guys for having me in the show, but it's been crazy. I mean, as you can see, I lost my voice. There's been a lot of screaming and celebrating with the team, with the family.

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59.346 - 67.572 Stu Gatz

Can you tell me what the highlight was after winning and all of the experiences of the last 24 hours after the winning? Does it have to be the milk?

67.872 - 91.023 Alex

Yes, I would say the milk. I mean, the milk is the biggest tradition, right? And it's the biggest difference to all other races instead of champagne is milk. And that milk tasted so good. I loved it every second of it. But I would say the victory lap we did at the end. So basically I went over a pickup truck and I did a lap after the race was complete, just saying hello to the fans and thank you.

91.063 - 104.308 Alex

So that it was the first time that I was able to experience so many fans and to celebrate with them. There was a lot of people that stayed with us to celebrate at the end. So that was probably one of the highlights.

104.628 - 116.252 Stu Gatz

How about in terms of people you heard from, somebody you were able to share it with, that it was a little extra moving than it might have been other underserved. Somebody who understood what it meant for you to win this race.

117.072 - 140.862 Alex

I haven't had much time to go over the phone and all the messages. Honestly, it's been nonstop. But I heard there was Pau Gasol that used to be in the Lakers that he won. He's been following me lately, I think, because he knows that obviously I'm from Spain and I'm racing here in U.S. So similar to him. Then I had I received a letter from the kings of Spain, which that's pretty cool.

Chapter 2: What was the experience like after winning the Indy 500?

473.948 - 491.303 Alex

Um, no, no, no, never, never until today. Never. Um, Connor did. I know some drivers did, but, um, yeah, I was close. Actually. I was close. We had the rain delay, um, uh, at the beginning of the race, we're sitting in the car for like 35 minutes. Um, there was nothing going on.

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491.643 - 500.531 Alex

Just think that we try and hydrate as much as possible before the race, because it's going to be a long two and a half, three hours. And you know, you're going to sweat a lot. So being serious,

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501.332 - 515.896 Alex

uh sitting in the car for like 35 minutes without doing anything um your mind started being like okay alex you need to be you need to be you need to be um so yeah i think that's what happened to connor that's what he said but i'm glad they didn't have to make it can you explain

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516.196 - 533.98 Stu Gatz

to the person who might not understand the physical, emotional, and mental drain of how you feel after a race when you have gone in that particular heat, losing, I don't know, how much weight do you lose during one of these races, and how exhausting is it to be that kind of focused for that long?

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534.0 - 558.571 Alex

I would say we lose about four or five pounds of just pure, pure sweat. Just think that it's a 500-mile race. Although we're going really fast, it's still 500 miles that you're sitting and strapped in that racing car. The suspension is made for performance, not for being comfortable. We don't have power steering. We don't have power brakes. So it's quite physical.

558.771 - 560.892 Alex

And then just the mental stress of like,

561.572 - 590.034 Alex

not being able to relax for two and a half hours you you need to constantly know what you're doing uh look for any accidents around you and try and avoid any any scenarios so um yeah it's fun it's fun what we do but for sure it's uh it's exhausting how often will you have drifting thoughts where you're like uh just thinking you know i really enjoyed that ham sandwich in portugal that time i was there or like how often do you have thoughts that aren't about racing while racing

590.134 - 610.34 Alex

And there's, I mean, during the race, uh, it happens sometimes, sometimes it happens that you're like, oh, wow, that, that coffee man, or I need a coffee or, or you start thinking about stuff, but, um, it's, uh, it's important to refocus super quick. It's that's, I think that's a key. It's normal to have like thoughts that are from the outset that are not related to racing. Uh, we don't have it.

610.6 - 638.01 Alex

At least I don't have it very often, but, but, but sometimes happens during the race. Any chance of you going to F1? No, I tried. Like, I tried three years ago. I did some testing with it, but didn't really have a full-time rider. So it was better to focus on IndyCar, trying to get as many wins and championships as possible. So, yeah, man, now I think I'm in a...

Chapter 3: What does the tradition of drinking milk after the Indy 500 mean?

874.652 - 875.552 Alex

Muy bien, muy bien.

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875.812 - 879.054 Tony

Okay, so vamos a jugar un juego que se llama Refran del Día.

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880.375 - 886.779 Dan Le Batard

So I'm going to give you a phrase in Spanish, and you're going to tell our audience what it means in English. Okay, are you ready?

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886.799 - 889.16 Alex

Okay, I'll try my best. These are usually dirty, though.

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889.22 - 890.141 Stu Gatz

I'm scared of this.

890.181 - 890.901 Dan Le Batard

They're dirty.

890.921 - 894.503 Stu Gatz

They're usually dirty. I don't know whether he's going to like this game or not.

894.523 - 897.385 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

He's also got proper Spanish. He uses vosotros.

898.686 - 909.774 Stu Gatz

All right, let's spin the wheel and see where it lands. Roy has no idea where the wheel is. He doesn't know how to spin it. Thank you.

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