Welcome to the Marshall Pruitt podcast.

Here on a Monday evening was meant to be on a flight right now to Phoenix for the two-day

answer spring training, that open test at good old Phoenix Raceway.

A lot of wacky inclement weather means I'm going to have to try again in the morning, catch that first flight out. So hopefully all that goes well. It's going to cover some of this in a tomorrow video while I was there, but figured, you know what, kind of sitting idle here tonight. Why don't I knock out some of these little newsy update and a few thoughts to share? Also want to get your thoughts on a few things first. Just a huge

thanks once again to y'all to helping to support this little video podcast thing. Episode

1,670 something's gone up very recently for the audio podcast, but we're now kind of double

digits on the video podcast. So just big thanks, like truly. And a lot of you've been

subscribing lately and it's absolutely appreciated. Let's talk about some of the things that have

happened to come down in recent days since our last video update. 25 cars. That is indeed how many

we will have could be for the full season, at least to start the season. Premo won't be involved.

We know that, spoke about that.

But 25 cars now have 25 identified drivers.

Good old Dale Coen racing, good old Romag Rochon, represent the 25th and final confirmed

driver for the season.

Romano will be racing alongside young rookie indie NXT champion reigning,

not defending. I said that recently, which is totally wrong because he's going to IndyCar,

you idiot. Dennis Hauer. Cool and interesting lineup here, potentially, but I certainly have read

and heard from a number of folks who do not love the

idea of Romat being Dennis's vet, the person he might be learning from as a rookie, trying to

become a future star here. And I hear you. We just say this. If Romain wants to be very giving, he is that guy.

I've seen that side of him.

I know that side of him.

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