Sheldon Haudenschild: RACE READY EP: 1 West Coast

They are the best guys in the world it is the best series in the world it is the most intense here there is nothing like the world of outlaws you are talking about a pressure cooker from February to November the competition at the top of this sport is like no other where it's broken if you smell blood in the water you're in big trouble knocking it out it's traveling through the hotel rooms uh you know two hours of work in the car driving five six hours through the night to the next track to run run four nights a day week, you know, and then plan it all out and have sponsorships, sponsorships lined up and I mean it's a big business, it's a juggling act for sure and you have to remember that we make the majority of our year 90 of our year. the path and that's why it's everything we do every day, you know, it's not just our business in this type of business, it's also our life, yes, it's difficult, that's what it does to you, and if you look at things in a way a little bit different and you move on and just focus on the next thing and just stay in the moment that you're racing and try to think about things like that.

I think you know why I can't be the best at this if I simplify it in a different way, having two others. very good guys, uh, jacob weaver and stephen, two younger guys that we can have fun with, you know, it's obvious that we take this very seriously, but at the end of the day, you know we have to have a little fun and uh, that It's what I think is going to get us where we need to be, it's definitely good to have, uh, I don't want to seem like I'm after someone that I've worked for and I don't want to say anyone's.

I never figured out what he works for, but I mean, he definitely goes out there and there's no doubt that he does 100, 100 every lap every night, he gets up and just rides, he's got bigger balls than any other driver. exciting, he brings something to the table that I don't see other drivers bringing to the table, they enjoy rooting for him because they feel like they were there when he was the underdog and now they're there as he's evolved into this, you know, the best . tier driver is a little different what they saw from the jacks, the steves and the sammies of the world was on friday and saturday night, so where they could have had that interaction with the fans night to night would have been, you know, After the pit

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s our fans now have access to us 24/7 from Sunday to Sunday.

I think merchandise plays a big role in keeping fans excited that they have a jersey or are here with us in some way. and supporting us from home or things like that is the best for me, you don't know, an ordinary person understands that she bought all your equipment the last two nights, how to keep the same routine, how to come here at four by four thirty and five o'clock. drivers gathered 5 30 engine heat at six o'clock

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to go I think obviously the mentality of my team and my team is like, we have to come here, have a good weekend and move on, get out from California, but yeah, just discovering this place from the beginning of the night and staying on track and focusing on what we're going through.

I think our qualifying has been poor throughout this whole swing and you know, starting and second row in the playoffs is really difficult, you can't be. hunched over you have to be at it every night and yeah you just have to keep rolling and stay focused I think that's the most important thing you know that's what these champions are they're focused I think we've had problems the last few weeks. qualifying and I kept trying to make adjustments, I think we found a little problem, so I hope that from here on things go up and forward, so the ripper is the key for me and we are going pretty far back and you know, we know how operate. different levels we don't have money or equipment, you know, now we have the money and the best equipment in the world.

If we have a bad day or a good day, there's nothing between us and you know, we can just keep it. real with representative, that helps too, I felt very good once an engine does it like this, tighten this, yes, when an engine does not work, the car rises too much because I can roll. I never exactly tried to keep it still and it was Peter and It was nice every time you get on the track, every lap counts, every lap is important and you have to be fast from the start, so these guys come with everything they have and lay it all out there. in the back line immediately.

You know, I've been doing it for six years, which seems a little long, but you look at these guys who have been doing it for a long time and how they get into a zone where they sit and you feel like you're getting into that zone and always you want to get to that point and then once you're there, you know it doesn't even feel like it, you go out and you qualify, you try to prepare in the heat

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and get through your heat to actually be in one of these majors, but even in The surprise, the competition is so high that you should not make any mistakes. 35 laps, a battle begins in the bullring.

Now Brad Speed ​​leads the field out of turn. four and to the front will immediately continue leading the back stretch to turn number three three back in the field for sixth position will give that out of turn spot at number four to spencer basically upside down red flag conditions at speedway justin sanders donnie Schatz also participated in number 15. Brad Sweet and Giovanni Selzi next to each other on the line towards the green side not being well positioned early in the night and having to work for it in the future is not ideal, but it is coming. a couple of top ten and you know a couple of other guys didn't have a good night either it helps but you don't know where we want to be but you know at least we won't make things worse if we start over here and go nowhere, so we're not far away with all the gangs from the past and all these kind of race tracks and that's the frustrating part, it's like I know what we're going through, we shouldn't slack off like this and it's not that it's bad, it's only a tenth. or two tenths, yeah that's amazing a lot of times, starting 21st with these guys on any given night and making it to the top ten should be a given, but going further is where it gets difficult when you start competing with guys that you know what. they're doing it and that's where we are at the end of these races and we've been in some bullrings and we haven't had 40 laps to try to get that little bit extra but yeah it's tough that's what it does to you and keep going and come back to try it