I'd say Fred's a good dude, but that would be an understatement, Fred's a hell of a good dude!
@txfotog3 ай бұрын
Nerve wracking for you, but it is so much fun and interesting to watch. Thanks for all the heard work!
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@Bshock403 ай бұрын
Don’t think you guys get enough credit for all you do leading up to and during race weekend, love your POV to see what a weekend is like for you! Drive safe, have a great year thanks for content!!
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
I'm glad you're enjoying it!
@links59573 ай бұрын
Saw someone uploaded the haulers coming in the track for parking. Amazing video from your view. One insane race with the tires 😂. Amazing video.
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
I thought that cup race was fantastic!
@BiggHoss2 ай бұрын
It always makes me sad seeing that attendance is so bad they close off the lower seats and put ads there. This place used to sell out every cup race
@SC_XOLOsАй бұрын
Lower seats have the worse view. The higher the better. If you know, you know
@jbass69goat842 күн бұрын
Absolutely !!! My in-laws had tickets for decades in the same seats. There were many instances where seat tickets were left to someone in a will because Thunder Valley was always sold-out.
@rakedos90573 ай бұрын
I just discover your channel. That's so awesome to see your POV on entry and exit of speedways! Thanks from Baguette Land.
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
I'm glad you're enjoying the content! Thank you for watching!
@definitelynotmatt3 ай бұрын
I just wanna say this is an amazing channel, you're able to give us insight's we'd never see with super raw takes. (my first video was you going out of bristol, you having enough balls to keep in the struggle to get it in fourth in that stressful situation, much respect man, all us truckers know that feeling.) Safe travel's!
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
I appreciate all the kind words! I'm glad you're enjoying the content! 🤙
@BaffinSailor3 ай бұрын
They were talking about something on FOX during the Cup race. Thought I would ask you. Have you ever forgotten anything? See you in COTA…
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
You mean have we forgotten equipment at the shop or track? I don't think I've ever left anything at the shop that I couldn't get at the track, but I have left tools and things like that at the track accidentally before.
@BaffinSailor3 ай бұрын
I am sure by now you have an inventory of all the things you need.
@brinleynicholson45883 ай бұрын
Thanks for the content Sam
@7viewerlogic6703 ай бұрын
Great camera angle. In a different video pretty sure I heard some haulers use the engine brake going down the banking.
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
I usually do, but I honestly didn't think about it until I was already down the hill.
@GHarris2183 ай бұрын
Good job, Sam! Never stop respecting the situations you are faced with when driving. That’s when guys get in trouble.
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Big agree!
@NCracing38 күн бұрын
Man I want to get a job on a race team so bad. Born a raised a Charlotte an have been around racing my whole life. I would be a janitor if it means I could be around the cars a track as much as possible. Driving that big rig into Bristol does look scary as hell though
@MotorRacingNGravy4 күн бұрын
Make you up a good looking resume, and start handing them into race teams. It may take some time and persistence, but it can be done.
@cynthiacarter5323 ай бұрын
Only live car race I ever went to was on a small dirt track in the Sydney, BC area in 1970 with my Canadian cousin. This is the total other end of the scale!
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
I fell in love with racing at a dirt track. Still love it
@WheelzGaming883 ай бұрын
@@MotorRacingNGravywe spent every weekend in high school working with a late model in Georgia at Dixie on Saturday and Rome on Sunday
@marksummers6663 ай бұрын
oh man i never considered getting up and down that banking in a hauler 😂 i'd definitely pinch one off
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
That's one track I wouldn't even try it. 🤣
@shawnpowell5876Ай бұрын
Great video of what a truck driver experiences when entering the smaller tracks. It looks to be stressful and nerve wracking at the same time! Im retired from UPS after 28years as a tractor and trailer driver. I did the overnight logistics run to Richmond, Va and loved my job. I also had 1million miles of safe driving. I always thought I'd like to have a job like yours. After seeing the entry into Bristol and Dover I'll pass lol. Im enjoying my retirement. Props to you and those puckering moments. Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.
@MotorRacingNGravyАй бұрын
Cheers to you sir on retirement! I hope I can experience that one day!
@godisgood1359Ай бұрын
Well GOODY GOOD GOOD FOR YOU!
@charlesbradford72333 күн бұрын
That's not surprising, I always viewed UPS as the kindergarten of truck driving.
@thinredline97143 ай бұрын
I wanna see that pov during a dirt series 😂 holy hell 😮
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
There's one on the channel from Bristol Dirt 2023.
@thinredline97143 ай бұрын
@MotorRacingNGravy nice! I'm new here :) you got yourself a new follower, yall race rig drivers don't get enough credit!
@ryanhowell44923 ай бұрын
Cool
@anthonyleftwich47Ай бұрын
I bet that is an awesome career to have hauling race cars around 🔥🔥
@jville533Ай бұрын
Coming down into the bowl, it looked like about 8%-10% grade....damn. I drive a tractor trailer myself, I've only been on one hill on-road that steep
@MotorRacingNGravyАй бұрын
It's not exactly difficult, but it definitely makes me hold my breath every time. 😅
@nancysarver8120Ай бұрын
I think eliminating races at some of the older, smaller tracks and then building huge and very expensive tracks to replace them in the schedule took a lot of fun out of the races. IMO, it made the ticket prices out of reach for a lot of us.
@MotorRacingNGravyАй бұрын
I can't really speak on the tickets for cup and Xfinity bc I haven't looked into it in a long time, but truck series tickets can be had for around $20
@alexanderw85053 ай бұрын
Just curious. Is one of the biggest issues not having all 3 series at North Wilkesboro All Star weekend is getting the haulers staged and in and out of the facility over the weekend? Bc I feel if they’re wanting to push 3 day packages there should be trucks on Friday, Xfinity Saturday, and Cup Sunday like they did with Texas. What’s your thoughts?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
The Xfinity series doesn't run North Wilkesboro, and the smaller tracks where we do all run (like Martinsville) we either stagger the series to allow one to be gone before the last one parks, OR the first series in will unload their haulers and park outside the track until the event is over
@johnhaas25233 ай бұрын
Dale Jr wants to see Xfinity series at North wilkesboro next year. My opinion give North wilkesboro a points date and move the All-Star Race.
@deantait83267 күн бұрын
Is that still the turn 3 entrance? Steep ! The last time I was there, it wasn’t enclosed, unfortunately the last time I was there was the weekend Alan was killed coming back from a Knoxville appearance… incredibly sad day 😢
@MotorRacingNGravy4 күн бұрын
Yep. Still using the same gate
@stolnpckup3 ай бұрын
I have never been to Bristol. That track I need to go to one day.
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
After what we saw Sunday, it should be at the top of your list!
@stolnpckup3 ай бұрын
@MotorRacingNGravy let's do this me drive that big truck and we will talk. I almost forgot. I have been to Rockingham, Darlington a few times and Charlotte some.
@beverleypearson26463 ай бұрын
You must have nerves of steel driving into that stadium……. You did one hell of a great job 👍🏻😃
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Thank you! But I wouldn't say I have nerves of steel. Lol. I'm way too scared for that to be the case. 🤣
@ARUSApacecarHAMPTON3 ай бұрын
@@MotorRacingNGravyjust remember you can do something that your drive can’t do and would possibly would scratch the paint job on that beautiful hauler.
@michaelestrada15648 күн бұрын
Don’t seem too hard of a spot to get in. Loads of help to get you where you need to go. Good job nonetheless
@MotorRacingNGravy4 күн бұрын
It's not the worst... it's challenging, but not impossible for a capable driver
@TowMater6033 ай бұрын
4:45 Benny Parsons said "Racing at Bristol is like driving in a bathtub" lol
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Benny was an honest man 🤣
@TowMater6033 ай бұрын
@@MotorRacingNGravyYes sir he was.
@sergebrunet42183 ай бұрын
nice Pete ! but what s with all those Cascadia Freightliners ? are they all the same team or...what ? lol🤠😋
@joshw16873 ай бұрын
Most teams usually use the same type of truck to keep things streamlined
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Some teams get a discount on Cascadias through sponsorship. Penske has a deal with Freightliner and a lot of teams lease trucks from them
@7viewerlogic6703 ай бұрын
Team Penske probably uses them because of the tie in with the truck rental fleet. Not sure why Hendrick does.
@sergebrunet42183 ай бұрын
Ok ! ya i didn t know they were rentals I driven long term rental Cascadia trucks for a big transport and all the trucks were Rider and a few pensky Also our reefers were Riders ! i m retired now ! trucking Canada coast to Coast for 35 years !Hey ! thanks for responding ! be safe !🤠@@7viewerlogic670
@sergebrunet42183 ай бұрын
Cool ! ya, i was surprised when i saw them entering ! that was nice ! I know the feeling of a Cascadia....automatic ! lol was looking for the stick and the clutch for a few days but i got used to it ! ! lol ! 🤠@@joshw1687
@tigergreg813 күн бұрын
You'd have to be a damn good driver to be picked for something like this.
@MotorRacingNGravy4 күн бұрын
You just have to have a clean driving record and either know someone, or get pretty lucky 🤷♂️
@ryanfennewald56613 ай бұрын
If leading the pack in is nerve racking imagine being the #2 guy in. I’ll take the lead view every time…
@randomtrainerx.34243 ай бұрын
Quick question: What determines the order of the haulers entering and leaving the track?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
We enter based on the owners points standings. We exit just by the easiest way to get us all out. A lot of times opposite of how we come in
@randomtrainerx.34243 ай бұрын
ah okay
@devaultc3 ай бұрын
Does it feel like it is going to tip over, is that the part ur talking about?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
No. The video really doesn't do it justice, but it's just a very steep drop.
@wayne66123 ай бұрын
Is the same guys that direct parking and leaving at every track or does each track have its own crew?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Those are NASCAR officials, and it's almost always the same guys. The only exception being when the three series are racing at different tracks on a given weekend
@wayne66123 ай бұрын
Thanks! Really enjoy the channel.
@dkenney30763 ай бұрын
What truck series number do you drive for?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
#18 Tyler Ankrum
@MissRailfan3 ай бұрын
Ill be at spring Martinsville and my hometown area track at Watkins Glen Int'l. Can I meet ya somehow?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Best way is to figure out where the haulers are staging prior to parking, and come find my hauler
@MissRailfan3 ай бұрын
@@MotorRacingNGravy thanks. Be safe
@isaiahallman7173 ай бұрын
How does one drive for a race team?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Just keep handing in resumes until someone gives you a shot as a backup driver.
@phillipstafford24103 ай бұрын
Is concrete better with the truck or dirt
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
Concrete is definitely the preferred surface
@ESowder243 ай бұрын
Anyone take out that wall coming into the track yet ?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised, but not that I'm personally aware of.
@rifl3xgambinov1112 ай бұрын
I know you probably get asked this all the time but how does one actually start driving for a race team?
@MotorRacingNGravy2 ай бұрын
If you check out the channel, I've done a few videos on this topic. Short answer is just start handing in resumes. Teams occasionally need back up drivers and that's how most drivers get started
@rifl3xgambinov1112 ай бұрын
Ah ok thanks and I’ll definitely be looking more into the channel.
@bradlynn8973 ай бұрын
Sam why dont they let all the Haulers exit the track like they do when its Dirt
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
The incline coming straight out is more drastic, but on dirt that's better than trying to make that turn
@ericdavidsolomon48283 ай бұрын
I'm a commercial truck driver how do you become a NASCAR hauler ?
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
If you check out the channel, I've made a couple videos about this, but the short answer is to make up a good looking resume and cover letter and start handing them out to teams
@ericdavidsolomon48283 ай бұрын
@@MotorRacingNGravy I've been driving commercialy for almost 15 years and currently I'm in a specialized division called saddleback piggyback I deliver brand new semi trucks from the manufacturer to the dealerships around the US and Canada. I have 2.3 million miles under my belt. Thank you for reading my message
@DIARRHEA-PANIC2 ай бұрын
Almost as boring as NASCAR in general for the last 20 years...
@MotorRacingNGravy2 ай бұрын
So, you think I should throw in a song and dance? Maybe a clown costume? It's a guy driving a truck. Probably shouldn't expect to spend much time on the edge of your seat 🤷
@MotorRacingNGravy2 ай бұрын
but... (i try to give credit where it's due.. I absolutely love your channel name! 🤣... not being sarcastic. That's legendary.)
@ronbelanger41133 ай бұрын
Life is hard, parking is not. Get better career skills
@MotorRacingNGravy3 ай бұрын
"Parking is not = get better skills" Life is not hard... So... Get a better life? 🤣 Thanks for the advice
@charlesbradford72333 күн бұрын
🥱That was frustrating to watch but I guess a pr for you. After 34 years of doing harder things in less time, doing the impossible it was hard to see the mistakes. Still you did a good safe job.