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I wanna again welcome you to the 04:05 coffee break. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, perhaps a bottle of water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring Wheat $5.16 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $4.61 a pound. Butcher hog in Iowa, 67ยข a pound, and a 100lb lamb that's fat in Billings. I'm gonna give you a range because all fat lambs are not created equal. From a dollar 93 a pound to a dollar 99. But, guys, there's more, much more. Okay.
OK Solberg:Monday, a new week. And if you listened on Friday, I told you we'd have a new program begin today and continue on each Monday throughout the months to come. Now I told you I might name it Jay and Joe's Motor Monday, and I told you that I chose that name because I don't know anyone named Joe or Jay. That way, I wouldn't offend anyone. Now, guys, I want you to know that I heard about that comment that I made.
OK Solberg:Of course, I do know many j's and some joe's, but I said it jokingly so to elicit some laughter and comments. Well, that it did. That it did. Hallelujah. Now to be honest, I have more Dans in my network than Js or Joes.
OK Solberg:But not not only do I know a Jay, I know more than one Jay and the same with Joe. But that's all I'll say. I'll let you figure out the last name on your own. Hey. Maybe it's you.
OK Solberg:So with the drum roll in the background, I will happily like to announce, welcome to Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. Yesterday, we honor horsepower one, Monday at a time. Now as I did research on this topic, which is a favorite topic of mine, I had so much to choose from. Where should we start? Yeah.
OK Solberg:Where should we start? Will it be the evolution of the American muscle car or horsepower wars between Dodge, Chevy, and Chrysler? You can throw in you can throw in Mopar if you want. Or maybe underdogs with crazy horsepower. Or what about we could start here.
OK Solberg:How much horsepower is too much? On that topic, it reminds me of a song. Havin' Too Much Fun? There ain't no such thing as havin' too much fun, and it's interesting to note there's no such thing as having too much horsepower. But as the pot is simmering on the stove and you're waiting for me to pull the lid off and tell you what's cooking, I think it'd be a nice time to insert our bible verse for today, which I think is rather fitting.
OK Solberg:It really is in the bible. It comes from the book of Nahum, and it's chapter three and verse two. The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses, and jolting chariots. I'm sorry, but that sounds like a night at the drag strip of old. Doesn't it?
OK Solberg:Now say, Joe, ask Jay if he knows where the book of Nahum lies in the books of the Bible. Well, let's start at Psalms, we all know Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum. There it is. Number six from the end of the Old Testament. So with a bible verse starting off our weekly program titled Jay and Joe's Motor Monday, the crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses, and jolting chariots, let's open the pot on the stove and see what's cooking.
OK Solberg:Today, we have Bill France senior and junior Johnson. Ring any bells? Oh, yes. For you see, if we combine the stories of these two men as far as race cars go, it's essentially weaving together the roots of NASCAR and its formation, weaving it together with the early gritty racing culture. Bill France senior was the founder of NASCAR way back in 1948.
OK Solberg:Anybody born that year? And junior Johnson was the bootlegger turned racing legend. Yep, guys. As a teenager, junior Johnson drove souped up Ford cars on winding mountain roads to outrun federal agents. Well, you gotta know, those fast agile cars were perfect training for stock car racing.
OK Solberg:And as you know, the clock is ticking, and my time will run out. So we will continue this story next Monday. But before I go, I have to tell you this. Bill France senior began NASCAR, which I said, but what he needed was drivers. He needed drivers.
OK Solberg:Therefore, France needed drivers like junior Johnson. Oh, guys, of course, the crowds loved him. Why? Well, he was an underdog, a folk hero. He was a mechanical genius, and Junior was one of the biggest stars.
OK Solberg:See, when he won the 1960 Daytona 500 without ever run on a super speedway before, when he won it in 1960. He did it using drafting, which he discovered by accident, changing how super speedway racing worked forever. What about that then? I'm telling you, I could talk all afternoon on this subject, but I gotta run. Sorry to do that, but the clock on the wall says I have to go.
OK Solberg:Hope to see you right here next Monday or better yet, maybe tomorrow. What topic will it be tomorrow? Only the shadow knows.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.