Welcome to the Marshall Pruitt podcast and are catching up with feature old friend of the show.

I guess I'm calling him old too, but dear old friend of the show, even older friend of mine,

that would be the incomparable William Theodore Ribs.

Thinking about Willie T.

Thinking about his dad, bunny ribs. Also, William T. Ribs as well.

Here in the Bay Area, definitely well known for his road racing skills. And just wanted to catch up

with Willie. Learn a little bit more about Bunny, being the son of a race car driver, something that I know about and mention briefly

in our discussion, but knowing that for Willie T, second generation African American race car

driver, that's something that is rather, rather amazing and unique in our world. So I just thought

that might be a great thing for us to spend a few

minutes discussing and then wanted to close talking about someone who had a great impact on him.

Once he learned about him, that being Joey Ray, among a handful of African American open wheel

racing pioneers, never got a chance to compete at the Indy 500 was not allowed once

Willie T learned about him as you might see in the documentary Uppity he and Joey became fast

friends and Joey represented something far bigger than Willie T and so wanted to celebrate

Joey this month want to celebrate Willie at all times but wanted to celebrate Joey this month. I want to celebrate Willie at all times,

but wanted to celebrate his dad, Bunny, who's no longer with us, unfortunately. These two men who were

so important to a dear friend, wanted to learn about them, pay respects, get some insights about how

they helped shape and mold young William Theodore Ribs and also that guy who 30 years ago

made a little bit of history at the Indianapolis 500. So got 10, 12 minutes are catching up with shows.

They aren't meant to be long, just meant to check in with friends. So let's get rolling with

the man William Theodore Ribs here brought you by Cooper Tires, the Justice Brothers, and Toronto Motorsports.com.

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