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The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.
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B
Oh, yeah.
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A
This is the way it's going to be, girl. We're going to hang out, open a bunch of jars. You got big strong hands. Are you suffering from high crack? I'm working. Working that mouth. Well, hi, everyone and welcome to another episode of Bless yous Heart. We're obviously not Dale and Amy. I'm Julia.
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B
I'm Daniel.
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And we're here to present this week's episode. So thank you guys so much for having us.
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B
Yeah. Or our amigos, Amy and Dale. They went on a vacation which we normally go on occasion as well, but this time it's a little limited. Now our family actually decided to come here to have some fun with us and the little one that is on the way. But yeah, super excited to be here. Thank you, Amy and Dale for the opportunity and the drink of the week, High Rock Areta, which actually is a pretty good drink because that's the drink that we had when we did our toast here in this floor in the race shop after the Mexico win. So that was a good one.
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A
Cheers to that.
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B
Salute.
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A
Salute. Mine is a mocktail because I can't drink.
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B
Money has a little kicked. Not much, but a little kicked.
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A
It's good. Yeah, it's good.
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B
I like it.
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A
And don't Forget to visit highrockvodka.com to find a bottle near you. Please remember to drink responsibly. You must be 21 and over and preferably not pregnant. I feel like I do need a drink with everyone that's at the house right now. And we have more family arriving later today. My family arrived yesterday and Daniel's family arrives today. Today, Today, today. So it's going to be packed house.
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B
Your friends, you have friends coming from
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A
all over the world flying over because actually we have. Our baby shower is on Saturday. So we have a lot of people coming over from Mexico. My family came from Brazil. I have friends coming over from Europe. So I think it's more of an excuse to get everyone together because it's been a while since we've seen some of these people at least friends wise and stuff and haven't gotten these. This crowd together.
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B
You know, I was thinking about this. I cannot remember the last time that we had an off week from racing and I actually just stay here. You know, normally we go to Mexico, to Brazil. I feel like it's the first time in a long time and I'm super excited to have people over. I am really, really looking forward to that to have some good fun. Some good food. I hear that you're going to be cooking barbecue tomorrow, right? Gosh, in the middle of the day, too.
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A
We had a half a discussion about this on the way over here.
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B
We had a boxing match almost.
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A
You know what? Let's settle this here. Travis, I have a question for you. When someone tells you, hey, we're having a pool party tomorrow, we're going to do a barbecue, and I don't give you a time. About what time do you think that would be?
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C
12.
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B
Oh, my God, Travis.
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A
Bingo.
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B
I want to ask you something.
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C
Wait, what time did Daniel say?
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B
Well, Travis, I'm the one that is going to be making this barbecue, and Julia wants me to be cooking this thing in the middle of the sun. And I told Julia, I said, julia, I'm okay with the pool party to be, you know, from 12 forward, but I think the barbecue stuff has to be more like four or five.
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C
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The party starts at noon, but the food, I think you don't need it ready at noon.
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A
What time, like, you start cooking, though, if people are hungry. No, they come to your house around lunchtime.
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B
They better come fed.
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C
Yeah. I assume you eat lunch, you come fed, so that finger foods and snacks early, and then dinner will be provided.
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B
So this is the situation where the grill is. The sun hits that thing very, very hard until, like, 4 to 5pm 4. 4pm So I was telling Julia, hey, let's be in the pool, hanging out, having a good time. And around the second that the grill gets some shade, we start cooking. And it's going to be more like evening kind of meal.
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A
Well, and that's fine, but on the way here, you were saying, oh, tomorrow, you know, I could do this, this, and this with my dad, like, before the barbecue. And I'm like, okay, well, this is going to start, like, noon, so get your stuff done, you know, a little earlier.
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B
Oh, my God. She. She wanted me to start cooking at. At 10:30am oh, we better get those
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A
finger foods going then. But, I mean, speaking of the baby shower on Saturday, which. Which will be the following day, It's. I'm a little nervous.
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B
Are you?
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A
Just because there's a lot going on. We've got like. Like, we're doing a bit of a bigger deal about it just because we have so many people coming into town.
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B
I feel like this. This got a little out of control because when you first mentioned this to me, you never told me about 50 people.
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A
I didn't know it was going to be 50 people.
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B
I mean, you had an idea.
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A
How many people you invited? People that obviously I wanted to be there, thinking that a lot of them wouldn't be able to come because they're abroad or, you know, whatever. And it's like, everyone's like, I'll be there.
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B
They really love you.
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A
Or you. Um. But yeah, we've got, you know, we have, like, a tent being put up in the backyard. We have, like, a caterer coming to feed everyone.
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B
Hey, talking about catering, I never asked you. What kind of food is that?
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A
It's gonna be like. Well, we don't really have a theme, right. For the baby shower, but it's more like kind of Mediterranean vibes.
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B
Okay.
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A
So it's like. It's healthy food. It's like chicken. It's shrimp, tacos. There's filet. There's no tacos.
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B
Sushi.
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A
There's no sushi. I mean, if you want to increase the budget, by all means. Just gonna be like, good dessert, nice cake, cookies, whatever. A couple fun stations. But, you know, a bar. Open bar, obviously, but more of an excuse to get everyone together. I don't plan on, like, opening presents in front of everyone and all that, so.
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B
So I think I mentioned this to you, Julian, but I was at the dentist yesterday, and the. The people that in the dentist place, they already know me, and they follow racing and everything, and they know that already we're expecting, right? And they came to me and say, hey, so when is the due date? And say, well, mid September, also in a month and a half. And I was like, holy cow. Yeah.
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A
To get real.
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B
And I got a little. Honestly, it hit me a little bit like, I don't feel like I was really thinking about a month and a half. Yeah, I was always like, mid September, mid September. But now mid September is a month and a half. And I felt like when. When this person at the dentist saw me, that I got a little bit like, you know me. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not kind of person. I get nervous in this situation, but I was like. I was like, oh, my God. I'm not gonna have. It's gonna be here in a blink of an eye.
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A
I know we have this. My sister, when, you know, she. She found out we were pregnant, she sent to my house this, like. I don't know how you call it. It's like one of those calendars you have that you keep flipping every week. And so it starts off at, you know, week one, week two, week three, or week four, whatever. And so we. Every time we come back From a race, we flip it and we're, like, excited to see what the fruit is that the baby size is, you know, about. And we're at 33.
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B
33, actually. Today is 33.
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A
Today's Thursday.
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B
Today is Thursday. Today is 33. You see, I'm keeping better track than you.
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A
I know, but the 33 week thing, you're like, oh, yeah, whatever. Weeks. And then you're like a month and a half left. Wow, that's pretty soon. Yeah.
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C
Now, you mentioned that you don't want to open up gifts, but so dirty. My media does have one gift for you. Abigail, could you present the gift for him?
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B
Oh, thank you, guys.
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A
Thank you so much.
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B
Thank you so much. Well, there you go.
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A
There you go. This is my time. Oh, that's so cute.
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B
See that?
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A
Bless your heart.
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B
That's awesome.
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C
This was Amy's idea.
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B
That's awesome.
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A
Thank you so much.
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B
I love it. You know. You know, something that's probably.
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A
It's so soft, too.
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B
Something that I love about NASCAR fans so much, and I. I didn't want to talk about nascar, right. But. But something that I really love about NASCAR fans is that every single week, we get at least a fan or two that they bring to a racetrack something very related just like this.
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A
And.
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B
And it feels so good, you know, that people is actually engaged, people actually care, and people is. Is following up, you know, the. The journey.
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A
I mean, most of the clothes. Most of the baby clothes that we've been given were from fans.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Most of Merch Hauler when we go. And, like, they'll personalize it with the Suarez or seven or. There's one that's so funny. It's written in Spanish and it says, my Daddy won the Coke 600. What about yours?
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B
In Spanish. So I love this so much. The other one that I love a lot is the check your engine and then cross it. Diaper.
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A
Diaper. Yeah, I love that one, too.
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B
We have had a lot of good ones. I feel like the baby is. Is sad for the first couple years. In clothes.
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A
Yeah. For sure.
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C
Now is. Do you have family staying at your house? Or at least are they at hotels where you can still kind of have that?
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B
That's a great topical conversation that you just brought up right there.
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A
Why don't you let him know where your dad's sleeping?
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B
So I want to tell you, I grew up in a very, very, you know, humble family. Julia obviously knows this. Like. Like, I grew up in a house of two bedrooms, one bedroom only. One of the bedrooms had air conditioning, so in the summer, we all stuck in one bedroom. So anyways, for us, he has two sisters, and I have two sisters. So for us, it was very common, you know, just to. Just to put something on the floor and just sleep on the floor. And my family, they. They still think that way, right? And. And when they all came, when. When they all say, yeah, we're going, my friends and this and that. Yeah, man, we stay in the house. Yeah, I stay in your garage. I stayed here. Stay there.
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A
And if it were up to Daniel, he would put mattresses just across the house, and everyone would just. Yeah, yeah.
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B
Like. Like. Like, you know, one of those kids that do sleepovers and you have all the kids in the living room. I would do that. But anyway, so Julia really didn't allow me to do that. But, you know, we had my mom and my dad. They are. They're split. So I didn't have a room for my dad. We have the baby room, but Julia didn't want to use a room, which I totally understand. So I said, my dad. Hey, dad, I'm gonna. I'm gonna buy you a hotel. You know, I'm gonna. I'm gonna. I'm gonna get you a hotel close to a house for. For a few nights.
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A
And he was not happy.
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B
And he was like, man, but, you know, I would love to stay there with you guys, hang out. What about if I just stay there, you know, with your sisters? They won't care and stuff. And I said, no, no, no, no, no. Julia's gonna kill me, man. And then he knows, you know, I have. I have a decent car collection. And one of the cars I have is one of those bosses that are like campers. You go to the mountains and things, and they have. It becomes a bed. You know, Julia and I, we actually. We've been camping several times. We go to the mountains here in North Carolina, and we have our bed or a little fridge or everything there. And my dad said, hey, what happened if I just stay in the bus? And I was like, actually, no, You.
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A
You suggested it. Thinking. Thinking it was a joke. And he's like, oh, no, totally. Like, I'll stay there. So he's going to be sleeping in the garage?
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B
Yeah, man, maybe you can stay in the balls instead. Oh, man, I actually prefer that. And then I went to Julian. I said, hey, I guess dad is staying in the ball.
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A
And by the way, it's not a crummy garage. Like, it's a very nice garage. It's got his Volkswagens and stuff. Like, he'll be ac.
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B
Like, he's taken care of.
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A
It's nice.
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B
But he doesn't have a shower.
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A
I think he's shower in the house.
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B
I think he's going to come to our shower.
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A
To our shower.
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C
He just jump in the pool.
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B
Yeah, he can do that too. He can do that too. Yeah. So, yeah, that was interesting. But, yeah, besides, I mean, we have that. My dad, mom, both sisters, and your mom, my brother, brother, wife, baby, and. And I have a bunch of friends that are coming as well that kind of like, we grew up together. Some of these guys, some of these friends that I have known for 20 years. And they were like, man, we just stay in your house, we find room, and you. I'm like, hey, man, Julia's gonna. Julia's gonna kill me.
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A
There's just no space. I mean, I think at a certain
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C
point, it's like the sleepover kind of stay in, like, once you're, like, past mid-20s, it's like, all right, hotels are like, you're not sharing beds. Like, it's. You want to just have your own space and.
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A
Totally, totally. And. And we're very different in that way. I'm more like. I get a little bit of anxiety when I have a lot of people in my space and for a long time, and I'm like, I need. Just need a little bit of separation. So we got the family. That's a lot already. I could have used a shot of.
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B
Yeah, Actually, I want to give you an example. Before Julia and I were dating, or more than that, one time, my mom, my dad, both my sisters came to visit me to one of the races. I can't remember what race. And they just wanted to spend time with me. So we all stay in the motorhome. So not long ago, like two years ago or something, my dad was coming and. And then he said, man, I just stay there with you, man. I said, man, things. You know, things have changed. Julia. Julia is not into those kind of things. So, yeah, Julia is a little more particular when it comes to that. I think you're more normal. I'm. I'm the weird one. Probably.
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A
Probably.
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C
What is life on the road in a motor? Living out of motorhome. Like,
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A
you know, we actually only take the motorhome to about a third of the races. So when we do, it's nice because we get to bring our cats. Well, we used to bring our cats, but we bring Emma, our dog. So it's nice to have the motorhome in that sense.
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B
That's about to change.
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A
But I. I really. I. I actually enjoy staying at hotels, and we've talked about that before. Like, you know, obviously, if it. If, like, the race gets rained out or you're. It's like a really long day at the track. It's nice to have the motorhome, but I really don't mind staying at hotels just because it gives you an opportunity to spend more time with the team. And it's like, oh, were you guys going out for dinner tonight and spending time together?
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B
I would say that's the biggest thing, you know, that I felt like when we're staying in the hotels, which it happens half of the time, I'm always out, you know, with the team, having dinner with them and things like that. When we stay in the. In the. In the motorhome, most of the time we just cook. Right. Yeah, we. We kind of stay there, which is. It's nice. You. You get more rest, but also you. I felt sometimes a little antisocial.
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A
Yeah. You feel like you're just.
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B
Yeah. You're in your cave. Yeah.
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A
But we are actually speaking of motorhome and life on the road, we're going to sell our motorhome, actually, at. At some point between now and the end of the year and get a fifth wheeler instead.
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B
With two bedrooms.
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A
With two bedrooms. So it actually has, like, the garage bit in the back that you put the golf cart in, but when the golf cart's out, then it becomes a bedroom and it's got. It's like its own bathroom and stuff. And so we did that thinking of, like, life on the road with a baby.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And the baby to have its own, like, room and especially just maybe by yourself. Well, no, I mean, to bd. Right. Like, obviously I would go and stuff, but.
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B
You're gonna leave that thing there.
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A
Lock it up. No, I mean, all. All of this thinking of the last thing I want is a Saturday night and the kid's crying all night and you don't have a good night's sleep, and then, you know, you have a race the next day. That makes me a little nervous. So, I mean, granted, this is all just. This is all gonna happen probably starting next year at Daytona when the kid will be already, what, like, five month old? So, yeah, you'd hope that by then there's some sleep pattern that's already kind of.
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B
It should be, You know, a question that I get all the time, Julia, that I'm actually very impressed of how you've been doing through your pregnancy so far. Like, people ask me all the time, hey, like she was craving a lot of things. She was very needy. She was doing this, she was doing that, whatever. And I felt like you, I mean, besides the first trimester, that you was really tired. You were tired? Yes. But you were like, oh, I don't want anything. I can eat. I can't eat. And then you, you saw my food and you wanted my food. Yeah, I remember that happened a couple of times. I was asking you, hey, I'm going to go pick up some food. You want something? No. Are you sure? No. Yeah, I was getting with the food and you wanted the food.
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A
Well, I.
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B
Besides that, I feel like everything is being completely normal.
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A
Obviously, it's our first pregnancy. Right. Like, you haven't spent that much time with anyone pregnant, and this is my first time being pregnant. But like you said, it's been such a smooth, knock on wood, such a smooth pregnancy. Like I have nothing to complain about. Like, obviously first trimester, I was very tired. That was like the biggest thing. I was like taking three hour naps during the day, like it was nobody's business and still being able to fall asleep, like 8:30 at night. Nausea? Like, very little. Like I never actually threw up.
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B
No, never.
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A
It was just like a few days. I was like, no, I don't really feel like eating anything. And then like you'd show up with something, I'd be like, oh yeah, I could eat that. And I would like, eat your plate.
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B
And then I used to get a little upset.
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A
You were very patient. But no, like, thank goodness. It's been super, super smooth. Like even now that I'm in the third trimester, I'm a little bit more tired. But like, I'm, I'm good to go. I mean, I'm out there doing track walks with you. San Diego, we walked like three and a half miles at seven in the morning. I was there.
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C
I walked that track. I was like, I'm halfway through and I'm like, I'm spent.
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A
Thank God it was good weather. It wasn't that hot, but yeah.
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B
Yeah, but it's been a lot of fun. I have, I have really enjoyed. Yeah, we. As soon as we get this one out, we started that second one.
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A
Absolutely not.
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B
Absolutely. Why not?
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A
People always used to ask us, do you want two or three kids? And we're like, maybe. No, never. Four. We're like maybe three, maybe two. Now that I'm. Now that I see what this is like. And I mean, again, it was a smooth pregnancy, but still I feel like two is good.
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B
Yeah, I think so too. You Know, especially because I have learned with your brother and with a couple friends that have kids that it's just a lot of work.
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A
It's a lot of work.
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B
It's a lot of work.
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A
A lot of work.
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B
So, you know, so we have to, we have to talk about the story of the, of the old lady that came to my appearance, that she was her, how old she was maybe like 92. 92 something. 92. And, and we're talking about, we're talking about Julia being pregnant. All your first kids. Super excited. I mean, 90, 92 year old, super sharp lady. Super, super sharp. And she asked Julia, oh, how many kids do you want? I said, well, maybe two. And I say, I want three. And then she goes, I had 12.
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C
Jesus.
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B
Oh my God. And, and I, and I mentioned to Julia and I'm like, here we are struggling with two or three, maybe two, most likely. And you know, trying to educate ourselves how we're going to keep this thing alive and these and that and the doula and the, the niner and all these different things. And back in the day, they used to pop kids like they were chickens.
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C
That lady was pregnant for nine years.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Oh my God, man. 12. 12 kids. But guess what? Right now she's 92 and she has family in every state the country.
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A
Maybe she takes her pig.
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C
Now, you guys don't know the sex of the baby, right?
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B
Yeah, we don't. It's gonna be a surprise. I talked to the baby as a, as a, as a him.
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A
Like he always refers to it as he.
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B
Yeah, him. But, but you know, I had a feeling for the longest time that, that the baby was gonna be a girl. I don't know, that was kind of like my, my gut feeling. And in the last two months, I don't know, I changed my mind. Now I feel like it's a boy. Maybe this doesn't make sense at all, but that baby moves unbelievable amount. And, and I just think, oh, I think it's a boy. I think it's a little crazy like me. So I think it's a boy.
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A
I have no idea what it is. And everyone always asks me, what's the mother intuition? Have you dreamt about it? No, nothing has come through. I've had no premonition. I've had actually zero dreams of being pregnant or having a kid. Nothing. So I couldn't even tell you. And all the, the tales of, are you craving X or Y or are
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B
you carrying high or low?
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A
Yeah. Is your belly pointy around? Like it's all like Such mixed signals that we'll see. We'll. We'll find out soon enough.
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B
I would love to understand or to see a pointy belly, because people say that a lot. Oh, do you have a pointy belly or you have a round belly? And I'm like, huh? I have never seen a pony belly. As far as I know, every pregnant person is round belly.
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C
That's a good point. So what's it been like, though? You mentioned the cravings and you mentioned the mocktail. What's the. What's like, the first drink that you're gonna have when you can be like, all right, are you gonna go Wine, Tequila.
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A
I probably miss a good margarita, to be honest. I think a good margarita would be. Would be it.
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B
We used to. We used to. We used to have a thing that Julia and I, we love sushi. You know, we eat sushi super, super often. And when the pregnancy started, obviously stopped sushi, and I. And I tried to stop sushi as much as possible just to be loyal partner, but then eventually I quit.
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C
Now he gets on the way home, but when he doesn't know, and eventually
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B
I said, you know what? You know, you're on this thing on your own. And I just went and I just had my sushi. So. So talking about sushi, Julia's brother's birthday was a few days ago, and. And he just arrived yesterday. And I mean, you can talk about it, but you decided to. To do, like, a nice dinner.
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A
Yeah, it's hard to get something or a present for someone that I feel like has everything. And so I. We wanted to do something nice for him, so we had this sushi chef come over to the house.
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B
Chef Tony.
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A
Chef Tony, super good.
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B
He has done it already a few times. He comes to the house and he does the whole thing, and he.
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A
He brings a friend of his, and they. They spend two, two and a half hours, like, prepping and do like a whole eight course omakase dinner. And. And yeah, it was just us. It was Daniel, myself, my mom, my brother, his wife. And it was. It was great.
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B
It was amazing. It was amazing because you just get like, a little bit of everything. It's amazing. And the food is amazing. And you get. I mean, you. You get to try a lot of different fish.
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A
You're in the comfort of your own home.
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B
Yeah, it's super nice. Super, super nice. I. I enjoy that a lot. It's a very good experience.
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A
It's. Yeah, we don't do it very often, but it's like a nice treat.
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B
Yeah.
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A
For like special occasions.
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B
I mean, we have done it maybe the third time in two years, so. Yeah, yeah.
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C
The thing with sushi, like, you can. To your point, you can try different kinds. If you go to a restaurant and order like a burger, whatever, you're just gonna get the burger and what, like sushi? You can try this one, try that one. You get a little bit of everything, which I think is nice.
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B
Yeah, yeah.
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C
I've actually. When you say your brother, you're talking about Nelson.
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A
Nelson.
[24:38]
C
I've actually partied with Nelson once in Ohio. In Ohio, years ago. He dated a friend of mine and so he went to a wedding and he got spotted by one person that recognized him, but the fan did not believe him to the point that he asked Nelson to pull out his ID to prove that he was Nelson.
[24:57]
A
Oh, my God. That's so funny.
[24:59]
B
It's so funny that you. That you have parted with that guy. Because that guy, he actually. I want to tell you a story right now. I was just going to tell you a story. So we go back 15 years ago, 2011. You have this Mexican kid coming from Mexico, broke as hell, kind of speak English. I don't know anyone. I just came driving my bill all the way from Mexico to here. And, well, I can't even make friends right because I can't communicate to anyone. So. So the only guy that was here in NASCAR that spoke Spanish was Nelson.
[25:35]
C
And.
[25:36]
B
And his roommate actually, as well, which he is also Brazilian Carlos Giaconnelli. So I became friends with him. And then we start talking, and then I start to realize that they were partying every. Almost every single weekend because Nelson was racing in the truck series. So those trucks races are Friday, Saturday. So after the races, they used to party all the time. And I'm like, man, this is the life. Racing, partying. That's actually how I met Julia back in 2012. At the time, we couldn't. I couldn't speak English and she couldn't speak Spanish. So there were only kisses, right?
[26:12]
A
No, there were no kisses. Hand gestures.
[26:16]
B
Well, yeah, yeah, that's. That's actually how I met Nelson. He was. He was my only friend, one of. One of the two friends I had here because I didn't have an option. He was the only guy I could talk to. So. And then Julia came a little bit after that.
[26:32]
A
Actually, this story I was thinking of was a few years ago when Nelson came to stay at our old house. Do you remember? You were at track house. And then you took him to track house just to, like, see the Shop. And then like one of the guys or two of the guys recognized him. I think it was Pharaoh or something.
[26:49]
B
Yeah, Farrow. Yeah, yeah.
[26:50]
A
And he's like, hey Nelson, what's up? This and that. And they dab up and all that. And you're like, oh, how do you. Did you guys used to work together? He's like, no, we partied in Burkdale together.
[26:59]
C
Yeah.
[27:00]
B
So it's so funny how I think Nelson knows more people from the party
[27:04]
C
than from racing at a wedding. And then we're gonna go out afterwards. And I was gonna. He had bought drinks the night before. So we went to this club and so I'm like, hey, what do you want to drink? Let me, you know, let me get around. Because I felt bad and I'm starting to walk away and he like grabs my arm and I. I already knew what was gonna happen. He's like, hold on a second here. And ushers somebody over. And then all sudden we're getting walked over to a little booth area and a giant bottle of vodka and the night went on.
[27:33]
A
Yeah, it's a good time with Nelson. It always is.
[27:35]
B
He's a character, man. He's a character, you know. So another funny story. When Nelson and I, you know, we became friends here and then he left. But we always stay in touch and something that I have loved to do since 2015 is to go race in Brazil at the end of the year in December. An endurance Goka race. And. And it's a super important popular race in Brazil. A lot of the big Brazilian drivers normally do this race and it's a big deal. At the same time, it's like a whole weekend deal. It's a 12 hour race. So. So you have practice, qualifying and all these different things. You start practicing like on Thursday. So anyway, there is a big party as well. Like everyone is partying and I used to party a lot with Nelson. I used to party a lot with Nelson. I'm not actually, I'm not a party person. I'm the kind of person that I'm just. I mean, I don't, I don't even drink alcohol.
[28:32]
A
You just like to be with friends.
[28:33]
B
I like to be with friends, but I'm not like a.
[28:35]
C
You like to socialize but you don't. You don't get drunk.
[28:37]
B
Exactly. I like to socialize. I like to go out. But I'm not. I'm not. Yeah, I'm not. I'm not gonna be there. Why? They say, hey, let's go to a bar. And the vodka Like Nelson. Like, I'm not like Nelson. And anyway, so I used to party a lot with Nelson that time in Brazil. That was kind of like my weekend that I used to party a lot with my friends over there. And Nelson was part of that. Of those groups.
[29:02]
A
So.
[29:03]
B
So, you know, years went by. I started doing that in 2015 and 16 and every year.
[29:09]
A
And then this is in like December.
[29:11]
B
Yeah, this is in December of every, like, after the season is over. And. And in 2018, 19, Julia and I, we started dating. And when Nelson find out that we
[29:22]
A
start dating, he had a talk with me.
[29:24]
B
He had a talk with us. He. Then he was a party boy.
[29:27]
A
He said, you have to be careful.
[29:28]
B
You have to be careful because he only knew the Daniel of the party in Brazil and said, nelson, you didn't even. You didn't even know. You are the party boy.
[29:37]
A
Yeah, he was looking after me. He was looking after me. And actually, so we started dating beginning of 2019, and then come beginning of 2020, we had decided that I was going to move to North Carolina. I was going to move in with Daniel, and Nelson found out and he. He called up Daniel and they had like a talk. He was like, look, because he was worried, right? He. He was. He was worried that I was going to move to North Carolina, like, quit my job, quit my apartment in Miami. I was living at the time. And then what if we didn't work out? You know what I mean? Then what do I do? I'm stuck in North Carolina. So he. He called Daniel and had a talk with him and was like, kind of putting a little bit of pressure, right?
[30:21]
B
He said, he's your brother.
[30:23]
A
Yeah, yeah. He was like, you know, if you really like her, you should put a ring on it. And.
[30:28]
B
And I said, we want money now. Are you gonna sponsor it?
[30:33]
A
You were like, I. I will put a ring on it when I'm ready to. Right? Yeah.
[30:38]
B
And I, you know, the, the one thing about Nelson is that he was always very honest with me, and I was always very honest with him. But at the same time, if I was in his position, I would have done exactly the same thing. Probably even more, actually. Yeah, I think.
[30:55]
A
I think so too.
[30:57]
B
So. But the thing is that he knew a version of myself that wasn't the norm. You know, when I was going to Brazil, you know, it was one of those races that it was poor fun, that's it. Party. This I would raise and. But yeah, I'm pretty sure right now we talk about those times and, and go back and he Was like, hey, you were not lying.
[31:21]
A
Yeah, well. And I think back to when you called him and asked him to be one of your best men, so. Yeah, well, you have one of your groomsmen.
[31:31]
B
Yeah, yeah.
[31:32]
A
And he was like, it's actually so emotional. When you asked him on the phone, he was like, oh, my God, I was not expecting this.
[31:39]
B
So he was very emotional.
[31:40]
A
Yeah.
[31:41]
C
So when did you know that you wanted to put a ring on it? How long after, like, from first date to when you're like, this is the one.
[31:49]
B
You know, it's so funny because I have known Julia for a very long time, right. 2012. But around 2018, I was hoping to find a girl that had nothing to do with racing, that didn't care about racing, that had nothing to do with racing. You know how it is. You know, you never know. You never know why.
[32:13]
A
Who's in it for what?
[32:14]
B
Who is in it for what? So I was hoping to find somebody that didn't even know anything about me or racing.
[32:20]
C
Yeah.
[32:21]
B
So. And it's crazy how life works because I ended up with completely opposite of what I had in my mind. She loved racing more than me, and she's been in racing for longer than myself as well. So Julia and I. I felt like. I felt like we hit it off pretty good. But also, Julia has. Julia has a strong personality. I'm pretty sure the Twitter people knows all this stuff.
[32:46]
A
Oh, God.
[32:47]
B
But, yeah, Julia has a personality and. And I. And I am the same way. So I felt like I needed someone that can keep me straight, you know, because if not, I just can walk all over most people. And. And one, Julia and I, we start kind of, like balancing things out. I knew I would say that it took maybe, maybe a year, year and a half, and I knew that she was the one, but. But I didn't propose until how many years.
[33:17]
A
I think we were together for like, four. Almost four.
[33:21]
B
Yeah, almost four. So. So I. I knew that she was the one, but I needed to wait for the right time, you know, because you know how it is. You know, there's just a lot of things we always.
[33:33]
A
I mean, it's not like we never talked about it. Right? We talked about it, and we always had an understanding that we're in no rush. Like, I always told you, I'm in. I'm in no rush. You always said you were in no rush. Like, the last thing I wanted to do was for someone to feel pressured into, you know, proposing. Yeah. Like, that's the last thing I wanted so and truly Like, I. You know, some girls, they grow up and, like, they dream of, like, getting married, and it's like this. This big thing, and, like, yeah, I'd love to get married one day, but it wasn't like, you know, the top of my priority list. Like, I knew that I loved you so much and I wanted to be with you, and that was. I was so secure in our relationship that I didn't need anything further to make it, you know, official or whatever. Like, we had a great thing going and. And it was nice because when you. When you did propose, I had no idea, and it was such a huge shock. And I wish, you know, I would hope that most engagements are like that when, like, you really don't expect it, and that's, like, the best way to have it.
[34:34]
B
I'm glad. I'm glad you enjoy it, because it was tough for me.
[34:36]
A
I know. I know. That's a story for a whole other podcast.
[34:39]
C
The next time you get asked to fill in, you can hear that one.
[34:42]
A
Yeah.
[34:42]
C
So you guys had a of. Lot, lot of stuff going on this year, obviously, in personal life, but also with racing, like Daniel in a new team and then you win the 600, what was it like to get that victory? Especially, like, you want to win anyways, but with a new team, I'm assuming there's a little more pressure to prove that, like, to the team. Like, you got the right guy. So what was it like for both of you to get that victory?
[35:03]
B
Yeah, I mean, it was. It was definitely very special. The team. The team did an amazing job since the beginning. You know, we. We really hit the ground running with the spider, more sports, and, I mean, first race of the year in the Clash. We made the Clash. We finished top five. Like the guys. For me, the highlight of the Clash was to see the faces of the mechanics. Like, they were like, oh, my God, now, like, we are competitive. And. And that gave me so much fuel, you know, just to keep pushing and to keep making the team better and better and better and. And already, you know, we've been very strong for. For a while now, and. And in the Cox 600, you know, every race, like you mentioned, every race is special. The Coca Cola 600, to me, is one of the most special races of the year. I always have family here for that race because they stay at the house and. And then obviously everything that happened with California, that he made that race very emotional and very meaningful, and being able to win that one for the team and for Kyle and for all the people involved, it Was super special. But I always say that with Spider. More sport. Every time that you start a new relationship with someone or with a team or with anything, a new job, you have. You hope for the best and you work towards the best, but you never really know how things are going to go. And I'm with the Spartan. More sports. Things have gone extremely well. Obviously we want to win more races. Right. We have won only one and we want to win more and we always have things to improve and we're always working towards that. But. But I would say that. That we have really changed the perspective of the seven of the seven team. Right now we go to a racetrack and we finish 13:12 and we're a little bit disappointed. And that's actually.
[37:08]
C
That's a good thing.
[37:08]
B
That's a great thing. You know, if you were telling me that in the beginning of the year, that's a great thing. And, and I mentioned this to my team in January, I said, guys, I want to be so competitive in the consistent basis that when other people see us in the front, they're not surprised anymore that we're not headlight anymore. It's normal. And I believe that we have done, in a way, we have done a little bit of that. We're not quite there fully, but we are there, I would say 90% of the time. So I'm very proud of what we have been able to do so far, But I'm pretty sure that the best. We haven't seen the best of Spartan. More sports.
[37:46]
C
Julie, what was that night like? Because you got the weather coming in, those late restarts and it was.
[37:51]
B
What.
[37:51]
C
What's it like for the spouse to be. I assume you were on the pit box. What's that like to be there and emotions going through.
[38:00]
A
Well, it was a roller coaster of a race because if you remember, we'd spent most of the race a lap or two down because there's all these tire issues and some tire issues. Thought there was a tire coming apart and sure enough it was, but then it still wasn't right. So like. And just kind of felt like we kept putting ourselves in a bit of a hole.
[38:19]
B
But the car was fast.
[38:20]
A
The car was fast, actually. It's so funny after. Do you remember this after practice on Saturday? Was it qualifying that got rained out?
[38:30]
B
Qualifying was right now.
[38:31]
A
Yeah. So after practice on Saturday, we were driving home and you said to me, you know, it's crazy. I have the same. The. The car feels like it did back when you had that really fast car in 2022. At the Coke 600 where during the race, I mean he was right up front and then he kept, there was these big screw ups on pit roads and he'd have to go come from the back of the field to the front.
[38:58]
B
I bought like a hundred cars like twice.
[39:01]
A
And, and you, and we're on the way home and you said, my car feels like that. Like it feels like that car.
[39:06]
B
Yeah, like it felt, it felt. Sometimes as a driver you have a feel that you're looking for. And, and after practice, I remember saying, I have goosebumps.
[39:14]
A
Yeah.
[39:15]
B
I remember saying to her, the feel of the car is right. Like the car is good. We're gonna be, we're gonna be good. And then, and then we had a lot of issues in the race that we have to overcome.
[39:24]
A
Yeah. But I remember, so, and then I made that comment. You said, or you, you said, I, you know, it's, it, it feels like the same car. And I said, I mean that's, you know, it's long overdue for you to win this race. Like, and then you're like, we're going to like, let's go win that race.
[39:40]
B
Yeah.
[39:41]
A
And actually on, I can't remember if it was Friday night, it was probably the night before. This good friend of ours, Dave, who's the president of Auto Club Speedway, he was in Charlotte for the race and he came over to, to our house and we were joking and Daniel was saying, I'm trying to find the spot of where I'm going to put, put the Coke fridge that same weekend.
[40:05]
B
Because you have to, I have to mention this, I'm a, I love classic cars, I love vintage things, I love all this kind of stuff. And I've been part of the Cola racing family for 10 years now. And to me, one of the coolest trophies, it's like the best part of the trophies that we have in NASCAR is the vintage, the vintage vending machine. Yeah, I love that thing so much and I mean I love it so much. I have to tell this story now that, you know, I've been wanting one of those things for so long and now I have mine. I became friends with a person that restored in Atlanta, Georgia and I call him and I was, you know, setting it up in my house, connecting and everything, troubleshooting. His name is Terry and, and he was like, I had him on the phone and he said, Daniel, you're the first driver ever that calls me so interested about all these different things about the Ventis machine. So I just love this thing. So for me to have this one in my garage. Super, super special.
[41:06]
A
Yeah. But yeah, going back to the night, like, it was, you know, it was an up and down race and then, you know, you come out of that pit stop on two tires at the front of the field and then it's like, oh my gosh, like, like what just happened? You know, and then you have the weather and then the restarts. And you know, it's one thing to win a race. For example, your first race in Sonoma, you gradually made your way up front until you led like a good portion
[41:36]
B
of the later, the stage three.
[41:37]
A
Right. I would say maybe that's even more nerve wracking because then you're like, we got this. Like, we, like, we only have to lose here. Like, we just need to make sure we keep this. Then you have to worry about our cautions coming out or not. So that was really stressful. Then you have the Atlanta win, which also I feel like came from left field. Came out of left field. All of a sudden you're like three wide, coming off of like turn four. You're like, oh, my God. And then this one was kind of like a mix of the two. I mean, you found yourself up front at the end, but then you had to like do all those restarts and keep yourself there. So it's so funny, like, every single win has a different feel to it.
[42:16]
B
But the Mexico win, the Mexican win, you know, that's not cop series, but it's on the level. It's on the level because winning in front of all these people. My first winner already here for junior More sports. It was.
[42:28]
A
That was probably like one of the most emotional.
[42:32]
B
That's probably one of the most special wins of my career.
[42:35]
A
I mean, we'd been talking about the Mexico race weekend for how long?
[42:40]
B
For years. For years. We were, for years towards.
[42:44]
A
And I mean, we had. We'd flown to Mexico like three times that year alone just to promote the race and, you know, and meet with sponsors and do all kinds of stuff. And so like to finally arrive in Mexico and it's like, this is it and like, it's your country and you're the only Mexican driver racing and all eyes are on you and you have so many responsibilities and everyone wants a piece of you in the weekend. And I'm like, all I want to do is like, make sure that you're good and you get your sleep and you're not like worn down by the time you have to get in a race car. Yeah, it was, it was insane.
[43:21]
C
Did you feel A lot of pressure.
[43:24]
B
Yeah, I feel a lot of pressure, but I feel like, I feel like I handle pressure fairly well. I have had pressure for a long time in my life.
[43:31]
C
I know if that was a different kind of pressure.
[43:34]
B
It was. But I, I actually, I, I, I mental. I did, I did a lot of work on myself to be ready for that big moment, you know, so I can make sure that I, I was ready to control what I can control and focus in the task because obviously I had a thousand distractions. Right. There was definitely pressure. I was being pulled in all these different directions, but I felt like I actually, I mean, you can tell me from. Because maybe you can have a different perspective from being on, on the side, but I felt like I handled things very well, like a champ, you know, I mean, I was there since Wednesday, you know, doing a lot of stuff. So it was, it was a super busy month for me, you know, preparing for that.
[44:25]
A
All right, Travis, so it's time for ask Julia and Daniel.
[44:29]
C
All right, first question. A lot of fans want to know this. Have either of you changed a diaper before?
[44:35]
A
I have not.
[44:36]
B
I have not, and I have not, neither.
[44:40]
A
Oh, and apparently he doesn't plan on.
[44:42]
B
No.
[44:44]
A
I said, well, you, you're not getting any more kids then.
[44:48]
B
Yeah, I mean, I'm not a diaper person, man, but nobody is, Daniel.
[44:55]
C
That's true. I'm not either. But I, I play the role of uncle, and so I can walk away when it's diaper tired.
[44:59]
B
Yeah, yeah.
[45:01]
A
Kids start screaming, you hand it right back.
[45:02]
C
Yeah, it's a little different.
[45:04]
B
I'm planning, you know, what I was have what I had in mind. The, the answer is no. I have never changed a diaper in my life. But when I have to, I think I'm going to grab the kit, change the diaper, go to the top and do like a little car wash. Now
[45:20]
A
remove the diaper and then remove the
[45:22]
B
diaper and do like a little car wash with some pressure or just hold
[45:25]
A
it by the leg and just spray them.
[45:27]
B
Grab the blower that we got, dry everything, and then put it on your back on. Or maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe let a little free for five minutes so everything breaths, airs out.
[45:39]
A
That'll work.
[45:40]
C
Good.
[45:40]
B
Okay, next question.
[45:41]
C
Next question is, do you guys have like a finalized or paredown list of names or do you, are you just going to wait and kind of just feel it out?
[45:50]
A
So everyone asks us this question, and Daniel most of the time says, yeah, we don't, you know, we're not sure yet the truth is we've had a name picked for each for years already. He just gets shy because then people want to know what the name is and he's like, he wants, he doesn't want to be the bad guy to say, well, you know, I don't want to say it or whatever. But the truth is we've had a boy name and a girl name picked out for years and, and so we're good to go. We're going to get to the hospital and we have our options.
[46:23]
C
That'll be good. Next question is, what do you guys like to do when you can get away from racing?
[46:30]
B
It's a great question. I like two things actually now. Three. One, spend time with family because obviously that's something that to me is super valuable. And it's one of those things, man, that when you don't spend time with family is when you realize how special or some moments. The other day I was reading something about, hey, you know, what is a special place? Whatever family is that, you know, family makes that a special place. So I was a family. I enjoy working on cars at the shop with my dad. You know, we have a shop in Mexico. I have a small shop here where I work on my own stuff but like I work on cars and I mean lately we have travel. We went to greed, we went to Japan, we went to a few amazing countries and I have enjoy a lot, learning new cultures. Yeah, new, new countries.
[47:22]
A
Yeah, I would say that too. I would say it depends, like if we just have a weekend off. Right. We're not going to just take off to Asia or whatever when we have those one weekends off in the middle of these long stretches of racing. I would say I like to spend time with, you know, the people I love too. But it's also hard for me to go all the way to Brazil or all the way to Europe for a weekend off. But it's nice to kind of just be home and not do anything, you know, because you're so go, go, go every weekend, pack, unpack and all that. That it's just so nice to actually be home and like just hang out. But when we do have a longer stretch of off time, I do love getting to see and visit new places with you and going back to Brazil or going to Mexico.
[48:09]
C
Speaking of going back home, fans want to know what's something from back home that you like, miss. And when you go back you're like, I have to do or I have to like a restaurant or something that
[48:19]
B
you have to have, man, for Me. For me, it's very easy. For me, it's just like the tacos. The tacos. In Mexico, especially in Mexico, we have something that we call tacos, which means morning tacos, late morning tacos, like, like, like nine in the morning, ten in the morning tacos with the seda barbacoa, especially for me is the sada and bar. Those are the ones I like the most. Man, I just. I miss that so much because even though that here in the United States you can find good tacos in. In some places you never find morning tacos like, like Maneros and. And I miss those so much. I mean, just the food. I would say that the food is. Is the main thing.
[49:06]
A
Yeah. I mean, when I. When I think of Brazil, obviously the food's amazing there and. And I do miss the food there, but for me, it's. It's just. It's more of the vibe, you know, as soon as you, like, land in Brazil and it's like the warmth of the people and going back to, you know, the. How my dad's house where I went to high school, and I just get so nostalgic and I just, like, I look at everything from a different perspective and staying in my old room and like, I don't know, I just, you know, it's. It's like going back into. Into time.
[49:40]
B
Yeah.
[49:41]
A
For a little bit. And enjoying that and being there with my dad and coming back.
[49:45]
C
Next question. What's the plan if you're racing and Julia goes into labor? Are you finishing the race? Are we just gonna miss the race? We've seen Travis do a little bit of everything.
[49:58]
B
Yeah, you know, that's a. That's a great question. And honestly, I don't have a plan. I don't really have a plan. I know, I know that Julia don't want me to miss a race, and obviously we're going to be on the playoffs, so I can miss a race. So I think that depends where we are. Depends the time. Maybe if baby was coming Saturday, maybe, You know, in my mind, maybe missing on a Saturday will be okay right now if he's somewhere close. But not Sunday. Like, Sunday. I'm not missing a race. I just can't. You know, being in the playoffs, being so competitive with the team, and we have just so great. So many great things that we're building that I just can't. You know, if this was the previous format of nascar.
[50:55]
C
See you later.
[50:57]
B
And you know, and we're knowing the. In the. In the playoffs yet, and we already Want to raise? Oh, that's fine. It's not a big deal. But the way that things are right now, I just can't miss a race. Maybe I can miss practice and qualifying. Depends of the situation. But we'll have to wait and see.
[51:16]
C
Maybe it's date before Daytona and you, you. There's no practice or call. There's no practice anyways. There's qualifying. Doesn't really matter that way.
[51:23]
B
Amazing, man. You know, I'm so confident. I'm not worried about it because I'm confident things are going to work out. Things are going to work out. I don't know how, but I'm confident that I'm going to be there with Julia when baby's born.
[51:36]
A
Yeah, I feel like, and obviously this doesn't always happen, but I feel like as a woman you give birth when you, your body knows when you feel safe. Right. And so I wouldn't feel safe if he's not there. So I trust my body to. It's going to come when he's around.
[51:52]
C
Yeah.
[51:53]
A
Yeah.
[51:53]
C
Makes sense. Next question. Who said I love you first?
[51:59]
A
I don't remember. Probably you.
[52:04]
B
Why?
[52:05]
C
Why?
[52:07]
B
Because I love you more than what you love. I don't remember. I don't remember who said I. Who said first that they didn't want to kiss anymore or they didn't want to talk anymore? Oh, God. Julia thinks I talk too much.
[52:25]
A
He does.
[52:26]
B
I was trying to be long winded. She wanted kisses.
[52:31]
A
Well, guys, thank you so much for, for listening to the show. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. This was fun.
[52:38]
B
It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun to be filling in for for Amy and for Dale. Thank you so much, guys. I hope you guys are enjoying your vacation. I don't know where they at.
[52:48]
C
Costa Rica.
[52:49]
B
Costa Rica. Amazing. I, I went to race in Costa Rica one time. Gokers went a long time ago but
[52:54]
A
pretty sure they'll be back next week.
[52:56]
B
I'm pretty sure Amy and they are having a great time but in the meantime we enjoy our space here. Thank you so much, guys. I hope you guys enjoy the show.
[53:08]
A
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Episode: Daniel Suárez Has Never Changed a Diaper. But He Has a Plan.
Date: July 30, 2026
Hosts: Julia and Daniel Suárez (Filling in for Amy and Dale)
Podcast: Dirty Mo Media / SiriusXM

Episode Overview

In this candid and lighthearted episode, Daniel Suárez, NASCAR driver, and his wife, Julia, take over hosting duties while Dale Jr. and Amy are on vacation. With their first child on the way and family from all over the world visiting for a baby shower, the couple dives into personal stories about family, life on and off the road, pregnancy surprises, and what it’s really like balancing NASCAR with impending parenthood. They offer charming anecdotes, address fan questions, and provide a special behind-the-scenes look at the Suárez household in a period of big transition.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Family, Baby Shower, and Visiting Traditions

Packed House: Julia and Daniel are preparing for their baby shower with family flying in from Brazil, Mexico, Europe, and friends joining from all over. (01:00–02:00)
Barbecue & Family Gatherings:
- Debate about when a barbecue should start at a pool party, with Daniel preferring to grill later when the sun isn't blazing.
- “Julia wants me to be cooking this thing in the middle of the sun…around noon, but I think the barbecue stuff has to be more like four or five.” – Daniel (03:19)
Sleeping Arrangements: Nostalgic reflection by Daniel on his humble upbringing and the tradition of everyone crashing wherever there's space — and Julia’s discomfort with so many guests sleeping over.
- “If it were up to Daniel, he would put mattresses just across the house, and everyone would just…” – Julia (10:34)
- “My dad said, hey, what happened if I just stay in the bus? …Oh man, I actually prefer that.” – Daniel (11:56)
Cultural Differences: Julia reflects on needing personal space with visitors, while Daniel would host a giant sleepover. (13:02–13:32)

2. Life on the Road: Motorhomes vs. Hotels & Baby Plans

Racing Schedule: The couple split time between staying in the motorhome at races and hotels – each has its pros and cons.
- “When we stay in the hotels, I’m always out, you know, with the team…When we stay in the motorhome, we kind of stay there, which is…more rest, but sometimes a little antisocial.” – Daniel (15:08)
- Decision to sell their motorhome and buy a two-bedroom fifth wheeler for more family flexibility once the baby arrives. (15:54–16:23)

3. Pregnancy Reflections and Surprises

Pregnancy Update: Julia is in her third trimester, feeling well, and the pregnancy has been mostly smooth (17:42).
- “It’s been such a smooth, knock on wood, such a smooth pregnancy. Like, I have nothing to complain about.” – Julia (17:42)
First Baby, No Diapers?: Both admit they've never changed a diaper.
- “The answer is no. I have never changed a diaper in my life. But when I have to, I think I'm going to grab the kit, change the diaper, go to the top and do like a little car wash.” – Daniel (45:03)
Deciding How Many Kids: After meeting a woman who had 12, Julia and Daniel laugh about how two sounds plenty for them (19:33–20:34).
Baby’s Sex is Unknown: They’re waiting for a surprise. Daniel refers to the baby as “him” by default but has felt at times it could be a girl (20:48–21:30).
Planning for Labor on Race Weekend: Daniel says missing a playoff race isn’t an option, but they’re confident things will work out.
- “I’m confident things are going to work out. I don’t know how, but I’m confident that I’m going to be there with Julia when baby’s born." – Daniel (51:22)

4. Gifts, NASCAR Fans, and Memorable Baby Merchandise

Dirty Mo Media’s Gift: The couple receive a baby gift (“Bless your heart” onesie), sparking a reflection on fan support.
- “Something I love about NASCAR fans…every single week, we get at least a fan or two that they bring to a racetrack something very related just like this.” – Daniel (08:33)
- Julia notes most of their baby clothes so far have been fan gifts, including personalized items like “My Daddy won the Coke 600. What about yours?” (in Spanish). (09:08)

5. Daniel’s Upbringing, Family Stories, and Friendship with Nelson

Growing Up Humble: Daniel shares stories about his family sleeping arrangements and lasting value of togetherness (09:51–13:32).
Motorhome Life: Recounts races where he and all his family would pile into the same RV.
Friendship & Partying with Nelson: Stories about meeting and befriending Nelson, Julia’s brother, who was a well-known NASCAR partier and how their friendships developed over the years, offering both support and some gentle warnings from Nelson about dating Julia. (24:37–31:20)
Proposal Backstory: Daniel says he knew Julia was the one after about a year and a half, but waited for the right time to propose. Both valued not rushing into marriage due to outside pressure. (31:48–34:36)

6. Daniel’s Big NASCAR Wins & Racing Insights

Adapting to a New Team: Daniel reflects on joining Spire Motorsports and their quick success, culminating in a Coca-Cola 600 win.
- “We really changed the perspective of the 7 team. Right now we go to a racetrack and we finish 13th, 12th, and we’re a little bit disappointed. That’s a great thing.” – Daniel (37:08)
Race Day Emotions: Julia describes the stress and drama of watching Daniel’s recent wins — every victory has felt different, from Sonoma to Atlanta to Charlotte’s Coke 600. (37:59–42:15)
Special Win in Mexico:
- “…Probably one of the most special wins of my career.” – Daniel (42:32)
- “All eyes are on you, and you have so many responsibilities and everyone wants a piece of you… all I want to do is make sure you’re good and you get your sleep and you’re not worn out…” – Julia (43:10)
Handling Pressure: Daniel acknowledges the pressure racing in Mexico brought but feels he handled it well through mental preparation. (43:24–44:25)

7. Fan Q&A – “Ask Julia and Daniel”

Diapers, Names, Family, and Home Traditions (44:25–53:08)

Diapers: Neither has changed one, but Daniel has a "car wash" plan.
Baby Names: They've picked a boy and girl name years ago and are keeping it private (45:49).
Time Off: Enjoy family, working on cars, and traveling to new countries. Julia values simple home time during the busy season. (46:29–48:08)
Home Comforts: Daniel craves Mexican morning tacos, Julia cherishes the vibe of Brazil and nostalgia of visiting her father’s home. (48:18–49:45)
Labor on Race Day: See segment above.
Who Said ‘I Love You’ First: Playful debate, with Daniel joking, “Because I love you more than what you love…” (52:06)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Family Crash Space:
“Like…one of those kids that do sleepovers and you have all the kids in the living room. I would do that.” – Daniel (10:41)
On Baby Merchandise:
“There’s one that’s so funny…in Spanish, it says, ‘My Daddy won the Coke 600. What about yours?’” – Julia (09:08)
On Barbecue Scheduling Disagreement:
“She wanted me to start cooking at 10:30am.” – Daniel (04:33)
On Proposal:
“I needed someone who can keep me straight, you know, because if not, I just can walk all over most people.” – Daniel (32:45)
On NASCAR Success:
“I want to be so competitive…that when other people see us in the front, they’re not surprised anymore…right now we go to a racetrack and we finish 13th, 12th and we’re a little bit disappointed. That’s a great thing.” – Daniel (37:08)
On Changing Diapers:
“I have never changed a diaper in my life. But when I have to, I think I’m going to…do like a little car wash with some pressure or just hold [the baby] by the leg and just spray them.” – Daniel (45:03)
On Competing and Becoming a Dad:
“I’m confident things are going to work out. I don’t know how, but I’m confident that I’m going to be there with Julia when baby’s born.” – Daniel (51:22)

Timestamps for Major Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------| | 01:00 | Family and friends gathering for the baby shower | | 03:00 | Barbecue debate – when to grill during a pool party | | 09:51 | Daniel’s family sleepover traditions | | 14:22 | Motorhome vs. hotel living on racing weekends | | 16:50 | Plans to upgrade RV for family travel with baby | | 17:42 | Julia’s pregnancy experience | | 19:33 | Reflection on how many kids is “enough” | | 20:48 | Baby’s gender – keeping it a surprise | | 24:37 | Party stories: Meeting Nelson and early days in NASCAR| | 31:48 | Proposal story and relationship timeline | | 35:03 | Daniel’s transition to Spire Motorsports and Coke 600 | | 37:59 | Julia’s “pit box” view: watching Daniel’s wins | | 42:32 | Special meaning of the Mexico win | | 44:25 | “Ask Julia and Daniel” fan Q&A segment begins | | 45:03 | Daniel’s “plan” for changing diapers | | 45:49 | Baby names: they’ve had them picked for years | | 46:29 | What they do away from racing | | 48:18 | Home country comforts: tacos and Brazilian vibes | | 49:58 | What if the baby comes on a race weekend? |

Tone and Language

The episode is warm, familial, and playful—full of gentle ribbing and genuine affection between Julia and Daniel. Their easygoing banter, storytelling, and honest sharing about marriage, family, and impending parenthood create a relatable and entertaining atmosphere. Throughout, their multicultural backgrounds (Brazilian and Mexican) inform their perspective, providing listeners with charming contrasts in attitudes toward family gatherings, traditions, and home cooking.

Summary

"Daniel Suárez Has Never Changed a Diaper. But He Has a Plan." is a heartfelt and funny detour from The Dale Jr. Download’s usual pace, featuring Daniel and Julia Suárez in a moment of personal transition. Listeners get a delightful mix of behind-the-scenes family life, genuine racing insight, old party stories, and honest answers to fan questions. The episode offers a refreshingly down-to-earth window into one of NASCAR’s most dynamic couples as they navigate racing and family in equal measure.

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[00:00]
A
The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.
[00:04]
B
Oh, yeah.
[00:05]
A
This is the way it's going to be, girl. We're going to hang out, open a bunch of jars. You got big strong hands. Are you suffering from high crack? I'm working. Working that mouth. Well, hi, everyone and welcome to another episode of Bless yous Heart. We're obviously not Dale and Amy. I'm Julia.
[00:34]
B
I'm Daniel.
[00:35]
A
And we're here to present this week's episode. So thank you guys so much for having us.
[00:40]
B
Yeah. Or our amigos, Amy and Dale. They went on a vacation which we normally go on occasion as well, but this time it's a little limited. Now our family actually decided to come here to have some fun with us and the little one that is on the way. But yeah, super excited to be here. Thank you, Amy and Dale for the opportunity and the drink of the week, High Rock Areta, which actually is a pretty good drink because that's the drink that we had when we did our toast here in this floor in the race shop after the Mexico win. So that was a good one.
[01:18]
A
Cheers to that.
[01:19]
B
Salute.
[01:20]
A
Salute. Mine is a mocktail because I can't drink.
[01:27]
B
Money has a little kicked. Not much, but a little kicked.
[01:30]
A
It's good. Yeah, it's good.
[01:31]
B
I like it.
[01:32]
A
And don't Forget to visit highrockvodka.com to find a bottle near you. Please remember to drink responsibly. You must be 21 and over and preferably not pregnant. I feel like I do need a drink with everyone that's at the house right now. And we have more family arriving later today. My family arrived yesterday and Daniel's family arrives today. Today, Today, today. So it's going to be packed house.
[01:56]
B
Your friends, you have friends coming from
[01:58]
A
all over the world flying over because actually we have. Our baby shower is on Saturday. So we have a lot of people coming over from Mexico. My family came from Brazil. I have friends coming over from Europe. So I think it's more of an excuse to get everyone together because it's been a while since we've seen some of these people at least friends wise and stuff and haven't gotten these. This crowd together.
[02:24]
B
You know, I was thinking about this. I cannot remember the last time that we had an off week from racing and I actually just stay here. You know, normally we go to Mexico, to Brazil. I feel like it's the first time in a long time and I'm super excited to have people over. I am really, really looking forward to that to have some good fun. Some good food. I hear that you're going to be cooking barbecue tomorrow, right? Gosh, in the middle of the day, too.
[02:54]
A
We had a half a discussion about this on the way over here.
[02:59]
B
We had a boxing match almost.
[03:01]
A
You know what? Let's settle this here. Travis, I have a question for you. When someone tells you, hey, we're having a pool party tomorrow, we're going to do a barbecue, and I don't give you a time. About what time do you think that would be?
[03:13]
C
12.
[03:14]
B
Oh, my God, Travis.
[03:16]
A
Bingo.
[03:16]
B
I want to ask you something.
[03:17]
C
Wait, what time did Daniel say?
[03:19]
B
Well, Travis, I'm the one that is going to be making this barbecue, and Julia wants me to be cooking this thing in the middle of the sun. And I told Julia, I said, julia, I'm okay with the pool party to be, you know, from 12 forward, but I think the barbecue stuff has to be more like four or five.
[03:37]
C
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The party starts at noon, but the food, I think you don't need it ready at noon.
[03:42]
A
What time, like, you start cooking, though, if people are hungry. No, they come to your house around lunchtime.
[03:47]
B
They better come fed.
[03:48]
C
Yeah. I assume you eat lunch, you come fed, so that finger foods and snacks early, and then dinner will be provided.
[03:56]
B
So this is the situation where the grill is. The sun hits that thing very, very hard until, like, 4 to 5pm 4. 4pm So I was telling Julia, hey, let's be in the pool, hanging out, having a good time. And around the second that the grill gets some shade, we start cooking. And it's going to be more like evening kind of meal.
[04:20]
A
Well, and that's fine, but on the way here, you were saying, oh, tomorrow, you know, I could do this, this, and this with my dad, like, before the barbecue. And I'm like, okay, well, this is going to start, like, noon, so get your stuff done, you know, a little earlier.
[04:33]
B
Oh, my God. She. She wanted me to start cooking at. At 10:30am oh, we better get those
[04:39]
A
finger foods going then. But, I mean, speaking of the baby shower on Saturday, which. Which will be the following day, It's. I'm a little nervous.
[04:49]
B
Are you?
[04:50]
A
Just because there's a lot going on. We've got like. Like, we're doing a bit of a bigger deal about it just because we have so many people coming into town.
[04:59]
B
I feel like this. This got a little out of control because when you first mentioned this to me, you never told me about 50 people.
[05:07]
A
I didn't know it was going to be 50 people.
[05:09]
B
I mean, you had an idea.
[05:10]
A
How many people you invited? People that obviously I wanted to be there, thinking that a lot of them wouldn't be able to come because they're abroad or, you know, whatever. And it's like, everyone's like, I'll be there.
[05:28]
B
They really love you.
[05:30]
A
Or you. Um. But yeah, we've got, you know, we have, like, a tent being put up in the backyard. We have, like, a caterer coming to feed everyone.
[05:39]
B
Hey, talking about catering, I never asked you. What kind of food is that?
[05:42]
A
It's gonna be like. Well, we don't really have a theme, right. For the baby shower, but it's more like kind of Mediterranean vibes.
[05:48]
B
Okay.
[05:50]
A
So it's like. It's healthy food. It's like chicken. It's shrimp, tacos. There's filet. There's no tacos.
[05:59]
B
Sushi.
[06:00]
A
There's no sushi. I mean, if you want to increase the budget, by all means. Just gonna be like, good dessert, nice cake, cookies, whatever. A couple fun stations. But, you know, a bar. Open bar, obviously, but more of an excuse to get everyone together. I don't plan on, like, opening presents in front of everyone and all that, so.
[06:21]
B
So I think I mentioned this to you, Julian, but I was at the dentist yesterday, and the. The people that in the dentist place, they already know me, and they follow racing and everything, and they know that already we're expecting, right? And they came to me and say, hey, so when is the due date? And say, well, mid September, also in a month and a half. And I was like, holy cow. Yeah.
[06:48]
A
To get real.
[06:49]
B
And I got a little. Honestly, it hit me a little bit like, I don't feel like I was really thinking about a month and a half. Yeah, I was always like, mid September, mid September. But now mid September is a month and a half. And I felt like when. When this person at the dentist saw me, that I got a little bit like, you know me. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not kind of person. I get nervous in this situation, but I was like. I was like, oh, my God. I'm not gonna have. It's gonna be here in a blink of an eye.
[07:14]
A
I know we have this. My sister, when, you know, she. She found out we were pregnant, she sent to my house this, like. I don't know how you call it. It's like one of those calendars you have that you keep flipping every week. And so it starts off at, you know, week one, week two, week three, or week four, whatever. And so we. Every time we come back From a race, we flip it and we're, like, excited to see what the fruit is that the baby size is, you know, about. And we're at 33.
[07:43]
B
33, actually. Today is 33.
[07:46]
A
Today's Thursday.
[07:47]
B
Today is Thursday. Today is 33. You see, I'm keeping better track than you.
[07:50]
A
I know, but the 33 week thing, you're like, oh, yeah, whatever. Weeks. And then you're like a month and a half left. Wow, that's pretty soon. Yeah.
[07:57]
C
Now, you mentioned that you don't want to open up gifts, but so dirty. My media does have one gift for you. Abigail, could you present the gift for him?
[08:04]
B
Oh, thank you, guys.
[08:07]
A
Thank you so much.
[08:08]
B
Thank you so much. Well, there you go.
[08:11]
A
There you go. This is my time. Oh, that's so cute.
[08:22]
B
See that?
[08:23]
A
Bless your heart.
[08:25]
B
That's awesome.
[08:26]
C
This was Amy's idea.
[08:27]
B
That's awesome.
[08:28]
A
Thank you so much.
[08:30]
B
I love it. You know. You know, something that's probably.
[08:33]
A
It's so soft, too.
[08:34]
B
Something that I love about NASCAR fans so much, and I. I didn't want to talk about nascar, right. But. But something that I really love about NASCAR fans is that every single week, we get at least a fan or two that they bring to a racetrack something very related just like this.
[08:54]
A
And.
[08:55]
B
And it feels so good, you know, that people is actually engaged, people actually care, and people is. Is following up, you know, the. The journey.
[09:04]
A
I mean, most of the clothes. Most of the baby clothes that we've been given were from fans.
[09:08]
B
Yeah.
[09:09]
A
Most of Merch Hauler when we go. And, like, they'll personalize it with the Suarez or seven or. There's one that's so funny. It's written in Spanish and it says, my Daddy won the Coke 600. What about yours?
[09:22]
B
In Spanish. So I love this so much. The other one that I love a lot is the check your engine and then cross it. Diaper.
[09:29]
A
Diaper. Yeah, I love that one, too.
[09:32]
B
We have had a lot of good ones. I feel like the baby is. Is sad for the first couple years. In clothes.
[09:38]
A
Yeah. For sure.
[09:39]
C
Now is. Do you have family staying at your house? Or at least are they at hotels where you can still kind of have that?
[09:45]
B
That's a great topical conversation that you just brought up right there.
[09:49]
A
Why don't you let him know where your dad's sleeping?
[09:51]
B
So I want to tell you, I grew up in a very, very, you know, humble family. Julia obviously knows this. Like. Like, I grew up in a house of two bedrooms, one bedroom only. One of the bedrooms had air conditioning, so in the summer, we all stuck in one bedroom. So anyways, for us, he has two sisters, and I have two sisters. So for us, it was very common, you know, just to. Just to put something on the floor and just sleep on the floor. And my family, they. They still think that way, right? And. And when they all came, when. When they all say, yeah, we're going, my friends and this and that. Yeah, man, we stay in the house. Yeah, I stay in your garage. I stayed here. Stay there.
[10:34]
A
And if it were up to Daniel, he would put mattresses just across the house, and everyone would just. Yeah, yeah.
[10:41]
B
Like. Like. Like, you know, one of those kids that do sleepovers and you have all the kids in the living room. I would do that. But anyway, so Julia really didn't allow me to do that. But, you know, we had my mom and my dad. They are. They're split. So I didn't have a room for my dad. We have the baby room, but Julia didn't want to use a room, which I totally understand. So I said, my dad. Hey, dad, I'm gonna. I'm gonna buy you a hotel. You know, I'm gonna. I'm gonna. I'm gonna get you a hotel close to a house for. For a few nights.
[11:16]
A
And he was not happy.
[11:17]
B
And he was like, man, but, you know, I would love to stay there with you guys, hang out. What about if I just stay there, you know, with your sisters? They won't care and stuff. And I said, no, no, no, no, no. Julia's gonna kill me, man. And then he knows, you know, I have. I have a decent car collection. And one of the cars I have is one of those bosses that are like campers. You go to the mountains and things, and they have. It becomes a bed. You know, Julia and I, we actually. We've been camping several times. We go to the mountains here in North Carolina, and we have our bed or a little fridge or everything there. And my dad said, hey, what happened if I just stay in the bus? And I was like, actually, no, You.
[11:56]
A
You suggested it. Thinking. Thinking it was a joke. And he's like, oh, no, totally. Like, I'll stay there. So he's going to be sleeping in the garage?
[12:04]
B
Yeah, man, maybe you can stay in the balls instead. Oh, man, I actually prefer that. And then I went to Julian. I said, hey, I guess dad is staying in the ball.
[12:12]
A
And by the way, it's not a crummy garage. Like, it's a very nice garage. It's got his Volkswagens and stuff. Like, he'll be ac.
[12:21]
B
Like, he's taken care of.
[12:23]
A
It's nice.
[12:24]
B
But he doesn't have a shower.
[12:25]
A
I think he's shower in the house.
[12:27]
B
I think he's going to come to our shower.
[12:28]
A
To our shower.
[12:29]
C
He just jump in the pool.
[12:30]
B
Yeah, he can do that too. He can do that too. Yeah. So, yeah, that was interesting. But, yeah, besides, I mean, we have that. My dad, mom, both sisters, and your mom, my brother, brother, wife, baby, and. And I have a bunch of friends that are coming as well that kind of like, we grew up together. Some of these guys, some of these friends that I have known for 20 years. And they were like, man, we just stay in your house, we find room, and you. I'm like, hey, man, Julia's gonna. Julia's gonna kill me.
[13:02]
A
There's just no space. I mean, I think at a certain
[13:05]
C
point, it's like the sleepover kind of stay in, like, once you're, like, past mid-20s, it's like, all right, hotels are like, you're not sharing beds. Like, it's. You want to just have your own space and.
[13:16]
A
Totally, totally. And. And we're very different in that way. I'm more like. I get a little bit of anxiety when I have a lot of people in my space and for a long time, and I'm like, I need. Just need a little bit of separation. So we got the family. That's a lot already. I could have used a shot of.
[13:32]
B
Yeah, Actually, I want to give you an example. Before Julia and I were dating, or more than that, one time, my mom, my dad, both my sisters came to visit me to one of the races. I can't remember what race. And they just wanted to spend time with me. So we all stay in the motorhome. So not long ago, like two years ago or something, my dad was coming and. And then he said, man, I just stay there with you, man. I said, man, things. You know, things have changed. Julia. Julia is not into those kind of things. So, yeah, Julia is a little more particular when it comes to that. I think you're more normal. I'm. I'm the weird one. Probably.
[14:16]
A
Probably.
[14:18]
C
What is life on the road in a motor? Living out of motorhome. Like,
[14:23]
A
you know, we actually only take the motorhome to about a third of the races. So when we do, it's nice because we get to bring our cats. Well, we used to bring our cats, but we bring Emma, our dog. So it's nice to have the motorhome in that sense.
[14:42]
B
That's about to change.
[14:44]
A
But I. I really. I. I actually enjoy staying at hotels, and we've talked about that before. Like, you know, obviously, if it. If, like, the race gets rained out or you're. It's like a really long day at the track. It's nice to have the motorhome, but I really don't mind staying at hotels just because it gives you an opportunity to spend more time with the team. And it's like, oh, were you guys going out for dinner tonight and spending time together?
[15:08]
B
I would say that's the biggest thing, you know, that I felt like when we're staying in the hotels, which it happens half of the time, I'm always out, you know, with the team, having dinner with them and things like that. When we stay in the. In the. In the motorhome, most of the time we just cook. Right. Yeah, we. We kind of stay there, which is. It's nice. You. You get more rest, but also you. I felt sometimes a little antisocial.
[15:35]
A
Yeah. You feel like you're just.
[15:37]
B
Yeah. You're in your cave. Yeah.
[15:40]
A
But we are actually speaking of motorhome and life on the road, we're going to sell our motorhome, actually, at. At some point between now and the end of the year and get a fifth wheeler instead.
[15:55]
B
With two bedrooms.
[15:56]
A
With two bedrooms. So it actually has, like, the garage bit in the back that you put the golf cart in, but when the golf cart's out, then it becomes a bedroom and it's got. It's like its own bathroom and stuff. And so we did that thinking of, like, life on the road with a baby.
[16:11]
B
Yeah.
[16:11]
A
And the baby to have its own, like, room and especially just maybe by yourself. Well, no, I mean, to bd. Right. Like, obviously I would go and stuff, but.
[16:21]
B
You're gonna leave that thing there.
[16:24]
A
Lock it up. No, I mean, all. All of this thinking of the last thing I want is a Saturday night and the kid's crying all night and you don't have a good night's sleep, and then, you know, you have a race the next day. That makes me a little nervous. So, I mean, granted, this is all just. This is all gonna happen probably starting next year at Daytona when the kid will be already, what, like, five month old? So, yeah, you'd hope that by then there's some sleep pattern that's already kind of.
[16:51]
B
It should be, You know, a question that I get all the time, Julia, that I'm actually very impressed of how you've been doing through your pregnancy so far. Like, people ask me all the time, hey, like she was craving a lot of things. She was very needy. She was doing this, she was doing that, whatever. And I felt like you, I mean, besides the first trimester, that you was really tired. You were tired? Yes. But you were like, oh, I don't want anything. I can eat. I can't eat. And then you, you saw my food and you wanted my food. Yeah, I remember that happened a couple of times. I was asking you, hey, I'm going to go pick up some food. You want something? No. Are you sure? No. Yeah, I was getting with the food and you wanted the food.
[17:39]
A
Well, I.
[17:39]
B
Besides that, I feel like everything is being completely normal.
[17:42]
A
Obviously, it's our first pregnancy. Right. Like, you haven't spent that much time with anyone pregnant, and this is my first time being pregnant. But like you said, it's been such a smooth, knock on wood, such a smooth pregnancy. Like I have nothing to complain about. Like, obviously first trimester, I was very tired. That was like the biggest thing. I was like taking three hour naps during the day, like it was nobody's business and still being able to fall asleep, like 8:30 at night. Nausea? Like, very little. Like I never actually threw up.
[18:14]
B
No, never.
[18:15]
A
It was just like a few days. I was like, no, I don't really feel like eating anything. And then like you'd show up with something, I'd be like, oh yeah, I could eat that. And I would like, eat your plate.
[18:22]
B
And then I used to get a little upset.
[18:25]
A
You were very patient. But no, like, thank goodness. It's been super, super smooth. Like even now that I'm in the third trimester, I'm a little bit more tired. But like, I'm, I'm good to go. I mean, I'm out there doing track walks with you. San Diego, we walked like three and a half miles at seven in the morning. I was there.
[18:43]
C
I walked that track. I was like, I'm halfway through and I'm like, I'm spent.
[18:49]
A
Thank God it was good weather. It wasn't that hot, but yeah.
[18:53]
B
Yeah, but it's been a lot of fun. I have, I have really enjoyed. Yeah, we. As soon as we get this one out, we started that second one.
[19:01]
A
Absolutely not.
[19:02]
B
Absolutely. Why not?
[19:05]
A
People always used to ask us, do you want two or three kids? And we're like, maybe. No, never. Four. We're like maybe three, maybe two. Now that I'm. Now that I see what this is like. And I mean, again, it was a smooth pregnancy, but still I feel like two is good.
[19:22]
B
Yeah, I think so too. You Know, especially because I have learned with your brother and with a couple friends that have kids that it's just a lot of work.
[19:32]
A
It's a lot of work.
[19:32]
B
It's a lot of work.
[19:33]
A
A lot of work.
[19:34]
B
So, you know, so we have to, we have to talk about the story of the, of the old lady that came to my appearance, that she was her, how old she was maybe like 92. 92 something. 92. And, and we're talking about, we're talking about Julia being pregnant. All your first kids. Super excited. I mean, 90, 92 year old, super sharp lady. Super, super sharp. And she asked Julia, oh, how many kids do you want? I said, well, maybe two. And I say, I want three. And then she goes, I had 12.
[20:10]
C
Jesus.
[20:11]
B
Oh my God. And, and I, and I mentioned to Julia and I'm like, here we are struggling with two or three, maybe two, most likely. And you know, trying to educate ourselves how we're going to keep this thing alive and these and that and the doula and the, the niner and all these different things. And back in the day, they used to pop kids like they were chickens.
[20:34]
C
That lady was pregnant for nine years.
[20:36]
A
Yeah.
[20:37]
B
Oh my God, man. 12. 12 kids. But guess what? Right now she's 92 and she has family in every state the country.
[20:46]
A
Maybe she takes her pig.
[20:48]
C
Now, you guys don't know the sex of the baby, right?
[20:51]
B
Yeah, we don't. It's gonna be a surprise. I talked to the baby as a, as a, as a him.
[20:58]
A
Like he always refers to it as he.
[21:01]
B
Yeah, him. But, but you know, I had a feeling for the longest time that, that the baby was gonna be a girl. I don't know, that was kind of like my, my gut feeling. And in the last two months, I don't know, I changed my mind. Now I feel like it's a boy. Maybe this doesn't make sense at all, but that baby moves unbelievable amount. And, and I just think, oh, I think it's a boy. I think it's a little crazy like me. So I think it's a boy.
[21:30]
A
I have no idea what it is. And everyone always asks me, what's the mother intuition? Have you dreamt about it? No, nothing has come through. I've had no premonition. I've had actually zero dreams of being pregnant or having a kid. Nothing. So I couldn't even tell you. And all the, the tales of, are you craving X or Y or are
[21:52]
B
you carrying high or low?
[21:54]
A
Yeah. Is your belly pointy around? Like it's all like Such mixed signals that we'll see. We'll. We'll find out soon enough.
[22:00]
B
I would love to understand or to see a pointy belly, because people say that a lot. Oh, do you have a pointy belly or you have a round belly? And I'm like, huh? I have never seen a pony belly. As far as I know, every pregnant person is round belly.
[22:15]
C
That's a good point. So what's it been like, though? You mentioned the cravings and you mentioned the mocktail. What's the. What's like, the first drink that you're gonna have when you can be like, all right, are you gonna go Wine, Tequila.
[22:29]
A
I probably miss a good margarita, to be honest. I think a good margarita would be. Would be it.
[22:35]
B
We used to. We used to. We used to have a thing that Julia and I, we love sushi. You know, we eat sushi super, super often. And when the pregnancy started, obviously stopped sushi, and I. And I tried to stop sushi as much as possible just to be loyal partner, but then eventually I quit.
[22:53]
C
Now he gets on the way home, but when he doesn't know, and eventually
[22:57]
B
I said, you know what? You know, you're on this thing on your own. And I just went and I just had my sushi. So. So talking about sushi, Julia's brother's birthday was a few days ago, and. And he just arrived yesterday. And I mean, you can talk about it, but you decided to. To do, like, a nice dinner.
[23:19]
A
Yeah, it's hard to get something or a present for someone that I feel like has everything. And so I. We wanted to do something nice for him, so we had this sushi chef come over to the house.
[23:30]
B
Chef Tony.
[23:31]
A
Chef Tony, super good.
[23:32]
B
He has done it already a few times. He comes to the house and he does the whole thing, and he.
[23:36]
A
He brings a friend of his, and they. They spend two, two and a half hours, like, prepping and do like a whole eight course omakase dinner. And. And yeah, it was just us. It was Daniel, myself, my mom, my brother, his wife. And it was. It was great.
[23:54]
B
It was amazing. It was amazing because you just get like, a little bit of everything. It's amazing. And the food is amazing. And you get. I mean, you. You get to try a lot of different fish.
[24:05]
A
You're in the comfort of your own home.
[24:07]
B
Yeah, it's super nice. Super, super nice. I. I enjoy that a lot. It's a very good experience.
[24:12]
A
It's. Yeah, we don't do it very often, but it's like a nice treat.
[24:15]
B
Yeah.
[24:16]
A
For like special occasions.
[24:17]
B
I mean, we have done it maybe the third time in two years, so. Yeah, yeah.
[24:22]
C
The thing with sushi, like, you can. To your point, you can try different kinds. If you go to a restaurant and order like a burger, whatever, you're just gonna get the burger and what, like sushi? You can try this one, try that one. You get a little bit of everything, which I think is nice.
[24:34]
B
Yeah, yeah.
[24:34]
C
I've actually. When you say your brother, you're talking about Nelson.
[24:37]
A
Nelson.
[24:38]
C
I've actually partied with Nelson once in Ohio. In Ohio, years ago. He dated a friend of mine and so he went to a wedding and he got spotted by one person that recognized him, but the fan did not believe him to the point that he asked Nelson to pull out his ID to prove that he was Nelson.
[24:57]
A
Oh, my God. That's so funny.
[24:59]
B
It's so funny that you. That you have parted with that guy. Because that guy, he actually. I want to tell you a story right now. I was just going to tell you a story. So we go back 15 years ago, 2011. You have this Mexican kid coming from Mexico, broke as hell, kind of speak English. I don't know anyone. I just came driving my bill all the way from Mexico to here. And, well, I can't even make friends right because I can't communicate to anyone. So. So the only guy that was here in NASCAR that spoke Spanish was Nelson.
[25:35]
C
And.
[25:36]
B
And his roommate actually, as well, which he is also Brazilian Carlos Giaconnelli. So I became friends with him. And then we start talking, and then I start to realize that they were partying every. Almost every single weekend because Nelson was racing in the truck series. So those trucks races are Friday, Saturday. So after the races, they used to party all the time. And I'm like, man, this is the life. Racing, partying. That's actually how I met Julia back in 2012. At the time, we couldn't. I couldn't speak English and she couldn't speak Spanish. So there were only kisses, right?
[26:12]
A
No, there were no kisses. Hand gestures.
[26:16]
B
Well, yeah, yeah, that's. That's actually how I met Nelson. He was. He was my only friend, one of. One of the two friends I had here because I didn't have an option. He was the only guy I could talk to. So. And then Julia came a little bit after that.
[26:32]
A
Actually, this story I was thinking of was a few years ago when Nelson came to stay at our old house. Do you remember? You were at track house. And then you took him to track house just to, like, see the Shop. And then like one of the guys or two of the guys recognized him. I think it was Pharaoh or something.
[26:49]
B
Yeah, Farrow. Yeah, yeah.
[26:50]
A
And he's like, hey Nelson, what's up? This and that. And they dab up and all that. And you're like, oh, how do you. Did you guys used to work together? He's like, no, we partied in Burkdale together.
[26:59]
C
Yeah.
[27:00]
B
So it's so funny how I think Nelson knows more people from the party
[27:04]
C
than from racing at a wedding. And then we're gonna go out afterwards. And I was gonna. He had bought drinks the night before. So we went to this club and so I'm like, hey, what do you want to drink? Let me, you know, let me get around. Because I felt bad and I'm starting to walk away and he like grabs my arm and I. I already knew what was gonna happen. He's like, hold on a second here. And ushers somebody over. And then all sudden we're getting walked over to a little booth area and a giant bottle of vodka and the night went on.
[27:33]
A
Yeah, it's a good time with Nelson. It always is.
[27:35]
B
He's a character, man. He's a character, you know. So another funny story. When Nelson and I, you know, we became friends here and then he left. But we always stay in touch and something that I have loved to do since 2015 is to go race in Brazil at the end of the year in December. An endurance Goka race. And. And it's a super important popular race in Brazil. A lot of the big Brazilian drivers normally do this race and it's a big deal. At the same time, it's like a whole weekend deal. It's a 12 hour race. So. So you have practice, qualifying and all these different things. You start practicing like on Thursday. So anyway, there is a big party as well. Like everyone is partying and I used to party a lot with Nelson. I used to party a lot with Nelson. I'm not actually, I'm not a party person. I'm the kind of person that I'm just. I mean, I don't, I don't even drink alcohol.
[28:32]
A
You just like to be with friends.
[28:33]
B
I like to be with friends, but I'm not like a.
[28:35]
C
You like to socialize but you don't. You don't get drunk.
[28:37]
B
Exactly. I like to socialize. I like to go out. But I'm not. I'm not. Yeah, I'm not. I'm not gonna be there. Why? They say, hey, let's go to a bar. And the vodka Like Nelson. Like, I'm not like Nelson. And anyway, so I used to party a lot with Nelson that time in Brazil. That was kind of like my weekend that I used to party a lot with my friends over there. And Nelson was part of that. Of those groups.
[29:02]
A
So.
[29:03]
B
So, you know, years went by. I started doing that in 2015 and 16 and every year.
[29:09]
A
And then this is in like December.
[29:11]
B
Yeah, this is in December of every, like, after the season is over. And. And in 2018, 19, Julia and I, we started dating. And when Nelson find out that we
[29:22]
A
start dating, he had a talk with me.
[29:24]
B
He had a talk with us. He. Then he was a party boy.
[29:27]
A
He said, you have to be careful.
[29:28]
B
You have to be careful because he only knew the Daniel of the party in Brazil and said, nelson, you didn't even. You didn't even know. You are the party boy.
[29:37]
A
Yeah, he was looking after me. He was looking after me. And actually, so we started dating beginning of 2019, and then come beginning of 2020, we had decided that I was going to move to North Carolina. I was going to move in with Daniel, and Nelson found out and he. He called up Daniel and they had like a talk. He was like, look, because he was worried, right? He. He was. He was worried that I was going to move to North Carolina, like, quit my job, quit my apartment in Miami. I was living at the time. And then what if we didn't work out? You know what I mean? Then what do I do? I'm stuck in North Carolina. So he. He called Daniel and had a talk with him and was like, kind of putting a little bit of pressure, right?
[30:21]
B
He said, he's your brother.
[30:23]
A
Yeah, yeah. He was like, you know, if you really like her, you should put a ring on it. And.
[30:28]
B
And I said, we want money now. Are you gonna sponsor it?
[30:33]
A
You were like, I. I will put a ring on it when I'm ready to. Right? Yeah.
[30:38]
B
And I, you know, the, the one thing about Nelson is that he was always very honest with me, and I was always very honest with him. But at the same time, if I was in his position, I would have done exactly the same thing. Probably even more, actually. Yeah, I think.
[30:55]
A
I think so too.
[30:57]
B
So. But the thing is that he knew a version of myself that wasn't the norm. You know, when I was going to Brazil, you know, it was one of those races that it was poor fun, that's it. Party. This I would raise and. But yeah, I'm pretty sure right now we talk about those times and, and go back and he Was like, hey, you were not lying.
[31:21]
A
Yeah, well. And I think back to when you called him and asked him to be one of your best men, so. Yeah, well, you have one of your groomsmen.
[31:31]
B
Yeah, yeah.
[31:32]
A
And he was like, it's actually so emotional. When you asked him on the phone, he was like, oh, my God, I was not expecting this.
[31:39]
B
So he was very emotional.
[31:40]
A
Yeah.
[31:41]
C
So when did you know that you wanted to put a ring on it? How long after, like, from first date to when you're like, this is the one.
[31:49]
B
You know, it's so funny because I have known Julia for a very long time, right. 2012. But around 2018, I was hoping to find a girl that had nothing to do with racing, that didn't care about racing, that had nothing to do with racing. You know how it is. You know, you never know. You never know why.
[32:13]
A
Who's in it for what?
[32:14]
B
Who is in it for what? So I was hoping to find somebody that didn't even know anything about me or racing.
[32:20]
C
Yeah.
[32:21]
B
So. And it's crazy how life works because I ended up with completely opposite of what I had in my mind. She loved racing more than me, and she's been in racing for longer than myself as well. So Julia and I. I felt like. I felt like we hit it off pretty good. But also, Julia has. Julia has a strong personality. I'm pretty sure the Twitter people knows all this stuff.
[32:46]
A
Oh, God.
[32:47]
B
But, yeah, Julia has a personality and. And I. And I am the same way. So I felt like I needed someone that can keep me straight, you know, because if not, I just can walk all over most people. And. And one, Julia and I, we start kind of, like balancing things out. I knew I would say that it took maybe, maybe a year, year and a half, and I knew that she was the one, but. But I didn't propose until how many years.
[33:17]
A
I think we were together for like, four. Almost four.
[33:21]
B
Yeah, almost four. So. So I. I knew that she was the one, but I needed to wait for the right time, you know, because you know how it is. You know, there's just a lot of things we always.
[33:33]
A
I mean, it's not like we never talked about it. Right? We talked about it, and we always had an understanding that we're in no rush. Like, I always told you, I'm in. I'm in no rush. You always said you were in no rush. Like, the last thing I wanted to do was for someone to feel pressured into, you know, proposing. Yeah. Like, that's the last thing I wanted so and truly Like, I. You know, some girls, they grow up and, like, they dream of, like, getting married, and it's like this. This big thing, and, like, yeah, I'd love to get married one day, but it wasn't like, you know, the top of my priority list. Like, I knew that I loved you so much and I wanted to be with you, and that was. I was so secure in our relationship that I didn't need anything further to make it, you know, official or whatever. Like, we had a great thing going and. And it was nice because when you. When you did propose, I had no idea, and it was such a huge shock. And I wish, you know, I would hope that most engagements are like that when, like, you really don't expect it, and that's, like, the best way to have it.
[34:34]
B
I'm glad. I'm glad you enjoy it, because it was tough for me.
[34:36]
A
I know. I know. That's a story for a whole other podcast.
[34:39]
C
The next time you get asked to fill in, you can hear that one.
[34:42]
A
Yeah.
[34:42]
C
So you guys had a of. Lot, lot of stuff going on this year, obviously, in personal life, but also with racing, like Daniel in a new team and then you win the 600, what was it like to get that victory? Especially, like, you want to win anyways, but with a new team, I'm assuming there's a little more pressure to prove that, like, to the team. Like, you got the right guy. So what was it like for both of you to get that victory?
[35:03]
B
Yeah, I mean, it was. It was definitely very special. The team. The team did an amazing job since the beginning. You know, we. We really hit the ground running with the spider, more sports, and, I mean, first race of the year in the Clash. We made the Clash. We finished top five. Like the guys. For me, the highlight of the Clash was to see the faces of the mechanics. Like, they were like, oh, my God, now, like, we are competitive. And. And that gave me so much fuel, you know, just to keep pushing and to keep making the team better and better and better and. And already, you know, we've been very strong for. For a while now, and. And in the Cox 600, you know, every race, like you mentioned, every race is special. The Coca Cola 600, to me, is one of the most special races of the year. I always have family here for that race because they stay at the house and. And then obviously everything that happened with California, that he made that race very emotional and very meaningful, and being able to win that one for the team and for Kyle and for all the people involved, it Was super special. But I always say that with Spider. More sport. Every time that you start a new relationship with someone or with a team or with anything, a new job, you have. You hope for the best and you work towards the best, but you never really know how things are going to go. And I'm with the Spartan. More sports. Things have gone extremely well. Obviously we want to win more races. Right. We have won only one and we want to win more and we always have things to improve and we're always working towards that. But. But I would say that. That we have really changed the perspective of the seven of the seven team. Right now we go to a racetrack and we finish 13:12 and we're a little bit disappointed. And that's actually.
[37:08]
C
That's a good thing.
[37:08]
B
That's a great thing. You know, if you were telling me that in the beginning of the year, that's a great thing. And, and I mentioned this to my team in January, I said, guys, I want to be so competitive in the consistent basis that when other people see us in the front, they're not surprised anymore that we're not headlight anymore. It's normal. And I believe that we have done, in a way, we have done a little bit of that. We're not quite there fully, but we are there, I would say 90% of the time. So I'm very proud of what we have been able to do so far, But I'm pretty sure that the best. We haven't seen the best of Spartan. More sports.
[37:46]
C
Julie, what was that night like? Because you got the weather coming in, those late restarts and it was.
[37:51]
B
What.
[37:51]
C
What's it like for the spouse to be. I assume you were on the pit box. What's that like to be there and emotions going through.
[38:00]
A
Well, it was a roller coaster of a race because if you remember, we'd spent most of the race a lap or two down because there's all these tire issues and some tire issues. Thought there was a tire coming apart and sure enough it was, but then it still wasn't right. So like. And just kind of felt like we kept putting ourselves in a bit of a hole.
[38:19]
B
But the car was fast.
[38:20]
A
The car was fast, actually. It's so funny after. Do you remember this after practice on Saturday? Was it qualifying that got rained out?
[38:30]
B
Qualifying was right now.
[38:31]
A
Yeah. So after practice on Saturday, we were driving home and you said to me, you know, it's crazy. I have the same. The. The car feels like it did back when you had that really fast car in 2022. At the Coke 600 where during the race, I mean he was right up front and then he kept, there was these big screw ups on pit roads and he'd have to go come from the back of the field to the front.
[38:58]
B
I bought like a hundred cars like twice.
[39:01]
A
And, and you, and we're on the way home and you said, my car feels like that. Like it feels like that car.
[39:06]
B
Yeah, like it felt, it felt. Sometimes as a driver you have a feel that you're looking for. And, and after practice, I remember saying, I have goosebumps.
[39:14]
A
Yeah.
[39:15]
B
I remember saying to her, the feel of the car is right. Like the car is good. We're gonna be, we're gonna be good. And then, and then we had a lot of issues in the race that we have to overcome.
[39:24]
A
Yeah. But I remember, so, and then I made that comment. You said, or you, you said, I, you know, it's, it, it feels like the same car. And I said, I mean that's, you know, it's long overdue for you to win this race. Like, and then you're like, we're going to like, let's go win that race.
[39:40]
B
Yeah.
[39:41]
A
And actually on, I can't remember if it was Friday night, it was probably the night before. This good friend of ours, Dave, who's the president of Auto Club Speedway, he was in Charlotte for the race and he came over to, to our house and we were joking and Daniel was saying, I'm trying to find the spot of where I'm going to put, put the Coke fridge that same weekend.
[40:05]
B
Because you have to, I have to mention this, I'm a, I love classic cars, I love vintage things, I love all this kind of stuff. And I've been part of the Cola racing family for 10 years now. And to me, one of the coolest trophies, it's like the best part of the trophies that we have in NASCAR is the vintage, the vintage vending machine. Yeah, I love that thing so much and I mean I love it so much. I have to tell this story now that, you know, I've been wanting one of those things for so long and now I have mine. I became friends with a person that restored in Atlanta, Georgia and I call him and I was, you know, setting it up in my house, connecting and everything, troubleshooting. His name is Terry and, and he was like, I had him on the phone and he said, Daniel, you're the first driver ever that calls me so interested about all these different things about the Ventis machine. So I just love this thing. So for me to have this one in my garage. Super, super special.
[41:06]
A
Yeah. But yeah, going back to the night, like, it was, you know, it was an up and down race and then, you know, you come out of that pit stop on two tires at the front of the field and then it's like, oh my gosh, like, like what just happened? You know, and then you have the weather and then the restarts. And you know, it's one thing to win a race. For example, your first race in Sonoma, you gradually made your way up front until you led like a good portion
[41:36]
B
of the later, the stage three.
[41:37]
A
Right. I would say maybe that's even more nerve wracking because then you're like, we got this. Like, we, like, we only have to lose here. Like, we just need to make sure we keep this. Then you have to worry about our cautions coming out or not. So that was really stressful. Then you have the Atlanta win, which also I feel like came from left field. Came out of left field. All of a sudden you're like three wide, coming off of like turn four. You're like, oh, my God. And then this one was kind of like a mix of the two. I mean, you found yourself up front at the end, but then you had to like do all those restarts and keep yourself there. So it's so funny, like, every single win has a different feel to it.
[42:16]
B
But the Mexico win, the Mexican win, you know, that's not cop series, but it's on the level. It's on the level because winning in front of all these people. My first winner already here for junior More sports. It was.
[42:28]
A
That was probably like one of the most emotional.
[42:32]
B
That's probably one of the most special wins of my career.
[42:35]
A
I mean, we'd been talking about the Mexico race weekend for how long?
[42:40]
B
For years. For years. We were, for years towards.
[42:44]
A
And I mean, we had. We'd flown to Mexico like three times that year alone just to promote the race and, you know, and meet with sponsors and do all kinds of stuff. And so like to finally arrive in Mexico and it's like, this is it and like, it's your country and you're the only Mexican driver racing and all eyes are on you and you have so many responsibilities and everyone wants a piece of you in the weekend. And I'm like, all I want to do is like, make sure that you're good and you get your sleep and you're not like worn down by the time you have to get in a race car. Yeah, it was, it was insane.
[43:21]
C
Did you feel A lot of pressure.
[43:24]
B
Yeah, I feel a lot of pressure, but I feel like, I feel like I handle pressure fairly well. I have had pressure for a long time in my life.
[43:31]
C
I know if that was a different kind of pressure.
[43:34]
B
It was. But I, I actually, I, I, I mental. I did, I did a lot of work on myself to be ready for that big moment, you know, so I can make sure that I, I was ready to control what I can control and focus in the task because obviously I had a thousand distractions. Right. There was definitely pressure. I was being pulled in all these different directions, but I felt like I actually, I mean, you can tell me from. Because maybe you can have a different perspective from being on, on the side, but I felt like I handled things very well, like a champ, you know, I mean, I was there since Wednesday, you know, doing a lot of stuff. So it was, it was a super busy month for me, you know, preparing for that.
[44:25]
A
All right, Travis, so it's time for ask Julia and Daniel.
[44:29]
C
All right, first question. A lot of fans want to know this. Have either of you changed a diaper before?
[44:35]
A
I have not.
[44:36]
B
I have not, and I have not, neither.
[44:40]
A
Oh, and apparently he doesn't plan on.
[44:42]
B
No.
[44:44]
A
I said, well, you, you're not getting any more kids then.
[44:48]
B
Yeah, I mean, I'm not a diaper person, man, but nobody is, Daniel.
[44:55]
C
That's true. I'm not either. But I, I play the role of uncle, and so I can walk away when it's diaper tired.
[44:59]
B
Yeah, yeah.
[45:01]
A
Kids start screaming, you hand it right back.
[45:02]
C
Yeah, it's a little different.
[45:04]
B
I'm planning, you know, what I was have what I had in mind. The, the answer is no. I have never changed a diaper in my life. But when I have to, I think I'm going to grab the kit, change the diaper, go to the top and do like a little car wash. Now
[45:20]
A
remove the diaper and then remove the
[45:22]
B
diaper and do like a little car wash with some pressure or just hold
[45:25]
A
it by the leg and just spray them.
[45:27]
B
Grab the blower that we got, dry everything, and then put it on your back on. Or maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe let a little free for five minutes so everything breaths, airs out.
[45:39]
A
That'll work.
[45:40]
C
Good.
[45:40]
B
Okay, next question.
[45:41]
C
Next question is, do you guys have like a finalized or paredown list of names or do you, are you just going to wait and kind of just feel it out?
[45:50]
A
So everyone asks us this question, and Daniel most of the time says, yeah, we don't, you know, we're not sure yet the truth is we've had a name picked for each for years already. He just gets shy because then people want to know what the name is and he's like, he wants, he doesn't want to be the bad guy to say, well, you know, I don't want to say it or whatever. But the truth is we've had a boy name and a girl name picked out for years and, and so we're good to go. We're going to get to the hospital and we have our options.
[46:23]
C
That'll be good. Next question is, what do you guys like to do when you can get away from racing?
[46:30]
B
It's a great question. I like two things actually now. Three. One, spend time with family because obviously that's something that to me is super valuable. And it's one of those things, man, that when you don't spend time with family is when you realize how special or some moments. The other day I was reading something about, hey, you know, what is a special place? Whatever family is that, you know, family makes that a special place. So I was a family. I enjoy working on cars at the shop with my dad. You know, we have a shop in Mexico. I have a small shop here where I work on my own stuff but like I work on cars and I mean lately we have travel. We went to greed, we went to Japan, we went to a few amazing countries and I have enjoy a lot, learning new cultures. Yeah, new, new countries.
[47:22]
A
Yeah, I would say that too. I would say it depends, like if we just have a weekend off. Right. We're not going to just take off to Asia or whatever when we have those one weekends off in the middle of these long stretches of racing. I would say I like to spend time with, you know, the people I love too. But it's also hard for me to go all the way to Brazil or all the way to Europe for a weekend off. But it's nice to kind of just be home and not do anything, you know, because you're so go, go, go every weekend, pack, unpack and all that. That it's just so nice to actually be home and like just hang out. But when we do have a longer stretch of off time, I do love getting to see and visit new places with you and going back to Brazil or going to Mexico.
[48:09]
C
Speaking of going back home, fans want to know what's something from back home that you like, miss. And when you go back you're like, I have to do or I have to like a restaurant or something that
[48:19]
B
you have to have, man, for Me. For me, it's very easy. For me, it's just like the tacos. The tacos. In Mexico, especially in Mexico, we have something that we call tacos, which means morning tacos, late morning tacos, like, like, like nine in the morning, ten in the morning tacos with the seda barbacoa, especially for me is the sada and bar. Those are the ones I like the most. Man, I just. I miss that so much because even though that here in the United States you can find good tacos in. In some places you never find morning tacos like, like Maneros and. And I miss those so much. I mean, just the food. I would say that the food is. Is the main thing.
[49:06]
A
Yeah. I mean, when I. When I think of Brazil, obviously the food's amazing there and. And I do miss the food there, but for me, it's. It's just. It's more of the vibe, you know, as soon as you, like, land in Brazil and it's like the warmth of the people and going back to, you know, the. How my dad's house where I went to high school, and I just get so nostalgic and I just, like, I look at everything from a different perspective and staying in my old room and like, I don't know, I just, you know, it's. It's like going back into. Into time.
[49:40]
B
Yeah.
[49:41]
A
For a little bit. And enjoying that and being there with my dad and coming back.
[49:45]
C
Next question. What's the plan if you're racing and Julia goes into labor? Are you finishing the race? Are we just gonna miss the race? We've seen Travis do a little bit of everything.
[49:58]
B
Yeah, you know, that's a. That's a great question. And honestly, I don't have a plan. I don't really have a plan. I know, I know that Julia don't want me to miss a race, and obviously we're going to be on the playoffs, so I can miss a race. So I think that depends where we are. Depends the time. Maybe if baby was coming Saturday, maybe, You know, in my mind, maybe missing on a Saturday will be okay right now if he's somewhere close. But not Sunday. Like, Sunday. I'm not missing a race. I just can't. You know, being in the playoffs, being so competitive with the team, and we have just so great. So many great things that we're building that I just can't. You know, if this was the previous format of nascar.
[50:55]
C
See you later.
[50:57]
B
And you know, and we're knowing the. In the. In the playoffs yet, and we already Want to raise? Oh, that's fine. It's not a big deal. But the way that things are right now, I just can't miss a race. Maybe I can miss practice and qualifying. Depends of the situation. But we'll have to wait and see.
[51:16]
C
Maybe it's date before Daytona and you, you. There's no practice or call. There's no practice anyways. There's qualifying. Doesn't really matter that way.
[51:23]
B
Amazing, man. You know, I'm so confident. I'm not worried about it because I'm confident things are going to work out. Things are going to work out. I don't know how, but I'm confident that I'm going to be there with Julia when baby's born.
[51:36]
A
Yeah, I feel like, and obviously this doesn't always happen, but I feel like as a woman you give birth when you, your body knows when you feel safe. Right. And so I wouldn't feel safe if he's not there. So I trust my body to. It's going to come when he's around.
[51:52]
C
Yeah.
[51:53]
A
Yeah.
[51:53]
C
Makes sense. Next question. Who said I love you first?
[51:59]
A
I don't remember. Probably you.
[52:04]
B
Why?
[52:05]
C
Why?
[52:07]
B
Because I love you more than what you love. I don't remember. I don't remember who said I. Who said first that they didn't want to kiss anymore or they didn't want to talk anymore? Oh, God. Julia thinks I talk too much.
[52:25]
A
He does.
[52:26]
B
I was trying to be long winded. She wanted kisses.
[52:31]
A
Well, guys, thank you so much for, for listening to the show. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. This was fun.
[52:38]
B
It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun to be filling in for for Amy and for Dale. Thank you so much, guys. I hope you guys are enjoying your vacation. I don't know where they at.
[52:48]
C
Costa Rica.
[52:49]
B
Costa Rica. Amazing. I, I went to race in Costa Rica one time. Gokers went a long time ago but
[52:54]
A
pretty sure they'll be back next week.
[52:56]
B
I'm pretty sure Amy and they are having a great time but in the meantime we enjoy our space here. Thank you so much, guys. I hope you guys enjoy the show.
[53:08]
A
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