Ep.323 – RE-HEATED: RJ Valentine
Dinner with Racers
Dinner with Racers
5.0 • 896 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
The FIRST of our RE-HEATED series, where we re-issue episodes that might share something with racing stories in the news… Episode 150 featured RJ Valentine. RJ Valentine is one of sportscar racing’s greatest characters, and beloved by our hosts. A businessman first, RJ grew up under tough circumstances in South Boston through the 1940’s and 1950’s, building a hugely successful series of businesses which eventually led him down the path of racing. Funding his own way, RJ has driven in Trans-Am, IMSA, and Grand-Am, all in their heyday, ultimately leading to his career highlight, winning the Daytona 500 (listen to episode for details). What makes RJ most entertaining is his complete zero-apologies character, not afraid to share his opinions on politics, people around him, and life at large. Dinner was served at Davios in Burlington, Massachusetts. Thanks again to Continental Tire and Acura for making it all happen.!
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| 0:00.0 | So, a Boston original. |
| 0:04.1 | Self-made millionaire. |
| 0:06.4 | A friend of such folks as Brownie and Dick Seckis. |
| 0:11.0 | Georgie? |
| 0:11.7 | Georgie. |
| 0:12.5 | Aj. |
| 0:13.7 | Mr. RJ Valentine. |
| 0:15.7 | If you could describe this dinner, we just had one word, what would it be? |
| 0:19.1 | Inspirational. |
| 0:20.3 | Oh. |
| 0:20.8 | That was way cleaner than I expected |
| 0:22.5 | I thought you'd be angry as shit and just saying |
| 0:24.6 | fuck a lot |
| 0:25.2 | too good to |
| 0:28.1 | give that word |
| 0:29.1 | do you like the word |
| 0:32.0 | yeah yeah the word's good |
| 0:33.7 | inspirational is good can you say |
| 0:36.3 | fucking inspirational no oh. Oh, now you're on good, baby. Come on. I guess tired, RJ. Is that what you want? Yeah, yeah. So you want to put words in my mouth? I thought you said one word. Say it. Fucking inspirational. Would you say wicked inspirational? |
| 0:55.0 | Is that what you want? |
| 0:55.8 | Yes, sir. |
| 0:56.9 | Wicked inspirational. |
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