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Hey, let's rewind a DJD classic.

Oh, damn, there he is. All year we have had people asking for this

moment right here is to have you on our show. You have been, no, seriously, widely requested.

Yeah, a lot of fans on social media give us a lot of opinions about who we should have on our

show and you're in that conversation more often than anyone else.

Well, that's a big honor, you know, the fans, fans still remember you.

They do, they do.

And a lot of fans remember you by the name, The Rooster, right?

And I remember hearing that, but I don't know how you got that nickname.

Do you even know how you got that nickname?

Well, sort of, and a roundabout way. We had a crew chief, Richard Broome years ago. As a matter of fact, he worked at Hendricks for many years, and we're lucky, fortunate enough, when I had my own race team that Richard came on and was crew chief for a while. And Richard, he was just a character. He was, I don't know how he came up on the subject, but he said, anybody ever told you

you're like a rooster, a banam rooster? I said, what the heck? What are you talking about? He says, man, because I get you, if I can work and get you fired up on that staring well, he says, you'll, you'll attack anything. You know, you're still a little guy, but you'll go after anything. So, and that's kind of how it got started.

And that's one of those deals.

I mean, it could be named a lot worse, so I guess it's not too good.

Oh, yeah.

You don't mind. a little guy, but you'll go after anything. And that's kind of how it got started. And I know, it's one of those deals. I mean, it could be named a lot worse. So I guess it's not too bad.

Oh, yeah. You don't mind it. No, it doesn't bother me. No, no, that's just kind of neat. Do people still call you that like at first reference? Yeah. I mean, I'll see people hadn't seen, or they haven't seen me for years and the first thing they'll see is, hey, there's the rooster.

You know, I don't think, oh, okay.

So you were born Richard Lee Rudd.

How did you get Ricky?

I'm not really sure where that came from just early on.

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