Episode 175: Kool Kat Motorsports, Part 2

In part 2 we talk with Ed Thompson, John Shaw and Brent Hall about how Kool Kat Motorsports becomes a two-boat team for the 2026 season and what it takes to add a second driver without losing focus. We also dig into the fan-first mindset that shapes everything we do, from pit access to offseason content to how we show up on race weekend.

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How Brent Joins The Team

SPEAKER_00 0:51

Hello, race fans, and welcome back to the podcast. Today is March 31st, 2026. And this is episode 175, part two of my interview with the Coolcat Motorsports Racing Team. Now, if you haven't heard part one, please go back and listen to part one as we talk more about the history of the CoolCat Motorsports Racing Team. And for today's episode, I've been talking with Ed, John, and Brett to discuss more about their plans for this upcoming year and some of the preparations that have gone on in the offseason. Getting ready to have a two-boat racing team for the 2026 racing season. Brent's going to talk more about his opportunity to become a second driver for the Cool Cat racing team. They're going to talk more about their fan experiences and their dedication for fans and the support of hydrogen racing. Now I know there's some technical difficulties with the audio, particularly around eds audio. And I'm I apologize for that. I'll take the blame. I always strive to have the best possible product for you, the listeners. And unfortunately, this one's up to the crack on my end. So hopefully that's not too distracting for you, and you can still get the message across about this great racing organization. Well, with that said, let's just jump in and listen to part two of my interview of Ed Thompson, John Shaw, and Brent Hall. Well, John and Ned, you talked about how your paths have intertwined over the years, how you've become connected. But you have you added a piece this over this winter. Brent Hall has joined Cool Cat crew, Cool Cat Motorsports. And I just want to know where where did you guys meet? When did this start? And how did this relationship develop?

SPEAKER_05 2:39

I guess for me, I'm following Brent a little bit on his um or what he does and his watching with um H1 and doing his interviews and all that. And I'm I've kind of followed him a little middle along. I watched that so Brent Brett will verify when I talk to him before I made before I made the commitment to him to bring him. I I wanted to make sure I was ready to make the commitment. Because the poor guy has had several commitments to be out from my own. And uh, you know, they never come out. Um I wanted to make sure before I made that commitment to him that I was going to deliver what I promised. And uh I think from there, uh I I don't know if he realized what we did. I mean, with the interviews all summer going through stuff, but and after I bought the second bait, I brought him over, let's see, Seattle, I think it was. And um, I asked him to sit in the bait. I don't know if he put two and two together yet, but we were just kind of seeing if he's what would slide down in the seat and sit in there, right? I had to I gotta lose some weight, John.

SPEAKER_02 3:46

Yeah, I'm like, shoot, John, John, how he's in good shape. Yeah, yeah, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_01 3:57

Oh, go ahead, Brent.

SPEAKER_03 3:58

No, please go, John.

SPEAKER_01 4:00

I was gonna say, um, you know, Brent's name started getting getting tossed around between Ed and I when it was like, you know, if something happens to me and we need a backup driver, like who do you put in it? Because like this, we had completely redone the cockpit, moved the seats, moved the pedal, or moved the seat, moved the pedals, moved everything so I was comfortable. But I'm like, you know, five foot seven and a hundred and forty pounds. So you know, you can't stuff uh, you know, uh you know, Jeff Bernard, for example, example, like you know, Jeff's whatever, six foot and uh uh two something. Like he's just it's just not gonna fit. So it was like, well, Brent's kind of the same size. Like I I've always respected everything that French done. Um, you know, his his knowledge and and the thing I think that I I was attracted to most is his his ability to talk to anybody. Like it's it's incredible. Like he walk up into and interview anybody, interview all the fans. The like just being able to share the passion that we all have for the sport, I think is is you know what was like always kept bringing you know Brent to the you know, Brent's name back up and back up and back up. And then when Ed bought the the 79, it was um kind of like well, now what do we do? And Ed was like, what do you think about running two boats? And I was like, Ah, I don't know about that. That's a lot of work, that's a whole lot of work. And um you know, it it was it it honestly just like Ed said earlier, it all just kind of fell together.

SPEAKER_03 5:30

Yeah, no, it's it's fun to kind of hear the perspective because obviously I have my perspective too, and they they melt, but they're they're uh a little different too. And I I remember John coming over, he said, Hey, uh Ed wants to talk to you. I was like, huh?

SPEAKER_02 5:46

Okay.

A Fan Moment That Changed Everything

SPEAKER_03 5:47

So I figured it was like some interview stuff and something, something, and then uh we got it. I walked over to Ed, and then Ed was like, I could tell he couldn't talk about it right there. So I was like, hey man, yeah, good to catch up, I'll be around, come grab me. And then he grabbed me a little later and said, Hey, go sit in the boat. And I was like, Okay. And Don was there too, and it was just I was like, Man, I hope this is what I think it is, because that that's pretty darn cool. And uh, you know, I even snapped a picture. Uh and I I'll hold on to that picture just because it was like this was the start of our kind of history together. And you know, I just I I really like how straightforward John is and his knowledge about boat racing. And you can tell, I mean, he only talked about just some of his accolades, but the list is long, and so he's someone I want to learn from. And, you know, I'm I'm happy that he loves the way that I present, and I'm happy to share anything on that side. But I think between the two of us, we kind of complete each other. We're you know, John's already a great spokesperson as a teacher and as a driver. And if there's anything I can share on my end, I'm happy to share. But boy, I'm really excited just to dig in and learn. So in the offseason, we we had a Zoom call just like this and jumped on and started talking about race pack and some of the the tips and tricks. And no, I'm not sharing anything more than that. We we that's that's the cool cat motorsport uh stuff, but you know, it's just good to be part of a team that wants to see me learn and grow too. And uh, you know, I think I think back though, and I'll I'll go to this, and Ed was kind of tipping it off a little earlier, is uh, you know, Cool Cat Motorsports blew our mind when we um we were trying something different. And a big thing for me this year and my goals with with H1 was I want to be able to engage the fans in a new way. And we brainstormed and thought, you know what, we'll give away four tickets to C Fair and walk out in the field and grab a family and see what happens. You know, we we weren't able to do it that that uh that afternoon. So we went out that morning and I was like, all right, well, let's see what we get. And you if anyone's seen the video, you'll see on my face, I'm like, uh-oh. This is all like diehards and people just we gotta get in there. It's like but this one family just kept I just kept seeing them, and I was like, it must be them. And we we uh talked to the family and it found out that Naveea's dad had passed away the week before. And I was just like, wow, blown away. My brother just passed away on the 4th of July. I had to leave the Mattis and race because of that. And then uh I just kind of wiped my eyes and said, Hey, we're gonna make this a great time. And uh we went through all the teams, and I'll give credit to all the teams. They all rolled out the red carpet and took pictures, didn't know anything about it. Um, and then the last team was Cool Cat, uh Cool Cat Motorsports, and and they rolled out the red carpet. I get kind of emotional just even thinking about it because um that's how you want to treat fans. I mean, the whole team gathered around, you know, they were able to get in the pits, they um, you know, shook shook hands, everyone would just welcome them, ask their names. We we got them up on the boat, we shipped the boat. There was uh one one uh kid Jace, uh, he loves engines. And in today's world, we just don't have a lot of kids that are just geeking out on the engines. Everyone wants to drive and do the quick stuff, and it's like, but he was so excited about the engines and just no, we're gonna have a follow-up. We gotta have Jace down to the shop, and you know, whether it's at Richford's racing or wherever we decide to do it, and have him geek out on the engines. And I remember at the end of that, I just said, I don't know if we can do any better than that. They got gift bags on their way out, they got creeps, that's just unheard of. And I said, I think y'all just the tour's done. We just capped it off with the best thing we could ever done. I think you need to go and enjoy the race. And uh um what a what an honor and a pleasure to meet you all. And uh, you know, say goodbye to Tanya and uh the rest of the family, and and they they left. But that really struck um something in me that wow, cool cap motorsports, they're amazing. And I just knew going into San Diego, I wanted to tell their story. And so it happened that John won his first heat there, so I love that. And we uh we connected again in that interview, you know, just just felt like it just felt so natural. You know, John got up there and started talking about why uh you know he does what he does. And John, tell him your quote that you told me. Um, and I think you actually told me this in Seattle, but yeah, there's a quote that he says and that I absolutely love, and I'm gonna adopt too, but John, don't tell him that quote.

SPEAKER_01 10:46

You know, um it's you know, when do you actually get ready to go racing? It was was Brent's question. It was like the you know, my game case doesn't go on until the lid gets closed. Like you know, my we are the ones that are uh you know representing the sports, the drivers, the owners, the crew, all the team members. Uh we're the ones that are showcasing the sport to the fans. We have to make uh you know, we have to make it uh enjoyable for the fan experience. And that's what you know Ed and and the whole team really focuses on. Like, I don't think there's been a weekend in the past two years that we aren't sucking up an ungodly amount of oil out of the boat and cleaning up uh you know a mess because we've destroyed something. And we're still making it a point to go out, talk to the fans, show them all the stuff we broke, um, and just you know, share our experience, why you know, why we travel from you know Maryland all the way to to tri-cities and Seattle and San Diego um just to go racing for a weekend. And all we're doing is talk all we're doing is talking and sharing our experiences and why we do what we do and you know what we do for you know what we do for an actual living, because we're not professional boat racers. Um and it it really it's it's really not that hard to connect with the fans. Um it just kind of it just kind of happens just by interacting with them. Like they're gonna ask questions, we're gonna answer them, we're gonna ask them questions, they're gonna answer it. It kind of goes hand in hand. And the fans are at the race because they're either interested in uh, you know, the motors or the spear, you know, some fans are there to watch the crashes, but I'd say the majority of them are there because they're interested in the sport itself. So, you know, giving them some insight as to like this is what we do and why, it answers a lot of their questions that then you know I'm hoping that we see the same fans back year after year after year, which I think we're going to.

SPEAKER_03 12:45

That's right. That's right. And I know you mentioned your inventor, Steve David, and he was amazing at that. So I think we I've I've watched him work. I I was on the PR team in 2011, and just the way he remembers names and the way he connects with fans, incredible. That's that's how it's done. And so, you know, that's what we want to do at Cool Cat Motorsports too, is just make those magic moments for fans and really one at a time have them fall in love with the sport just like we do.

SPEAKER_00 13:17

Yeah. Well, I I love to hear that message that your team has because the fan without the fans, I think a lot of this wouldn't happen. And the demographics for I think the the fan base is a little bit older, and so anything we can do to bring in that younger generation is it's just huge. And I think you're just displaying um the the proper mentality for that. And I'd really, really appreciate that. Yeah. Well, there's some things I didn't think about. Like, oh, I know I know Brett does bring that that piece to you. I mean, he is a very personable guy, he's a very reachable person. Um, but also I I didn't even think about like just having a backup driver having the same size does matter, right?

SPEAKER_02 14:04

Well, um that's where I was gonna joke a little bit. I was like, I my booty needs to get a little narrower because I tried to get in there. I was like, ooh, shoot.

SPEAKER_03 14:11

So when I have been up, my treadmill's right next to me. I've been on it. I'm uh I'm trying to get down to John's size.

SPEAKER_01 14:17

We put the big boy seat in the 235.

SPEAKER_03 14:20

I know, I know.

SPEAKER_02 14:21

Thanks for making it easy on me.

SPEAKER_03 14:23

Yeah, yeah, I appreciate it. No more room.

SPEAKER_00 14:30

Well, well, last year, I mean, you like you said, you're a two-boat racing team now. You bought the the 79, the bad influence racing team, which I think for the the Grand Prix West series, probably the the premier boat, top-tier boat, great program. And so curious, how did this purchase come about and how did you decide to to run a ri a two-boat racing team?

SPEAKER_05 14:55

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_00 14:56

Um kind of loaded questions there.

SPEAKER_05 14:59

Touched on it a little bit at the beginning, but uh it came about when we were all just sitting in the uh in the pits. We were kind of in a little bit of a downtime doing an air show, and my pendell was down under the uh tent with us in the pool tent, and we were all just talking. Um and Bert Henderson sent me a uh photo because I was planning on the new job. I mean, because we had uh much of the will for me to go ahead and do that. And um that's the point, and um, I was also had the final uh minute 57 or so like a panel boy. Um and I just could never get Mario to commit to a number. And so I was talking about it all, you know. I told him I I know I got a good vote, but I want to have a vote to go. Now, don't get me wrong, but uh now 235 is a class, right? I mean it's great by being on the podium the last three weekends on what uh first we break down and kind of made me wonder after Seattle whether I made the way I get moved because we were right there with him. Um a lot of that was thanks to my crop field. Um but how it came about, we were just sitting there talking, and Mike said, you know, I'm I'm gonna show my whole range. Everything. I'm just I'm playing, I'm keeping up. And me and John kind of joked about it and Mike walked away. And I I told them, I said, Well, did I hear what I can further? Because at that point nobody was both football. You know, the after relationship was in uh Seattle. So I told John, I said, I'll be right back. I'm gonna go from your computer children on the truck. So I went back and we talked to him, and I said, What do you mean, number dude? What you what are you looking at? What are you talking about? Are you really going to sell one? I got some questions that I put between me and my boy that, but uh we went and uh it came back and you had time for me to get out. And I'm like, okay. I mean, since we have to construct 2029. So even though we want to run a boat file any body bikes we have to build up here. Uh what does it happen? Um like Josh was sitting there got the thing that's meant to fight. And it takes me and John over the trailer to start showing us um before we were done out. Uh we were smoking hands in the trailer, had anybody around, we had to take a couple people out of the trail while we were talking. And that was him and John, and they were just looking at everything. And I mean we bought everything. That's just the best way to put it. When you ask what's fun with it, Mike went home with nothing, and we went home with everything. I mean, uh computer search holy. You walked out with nothing but an extra couple and then uh uh and that for that's how it came out. I mean, for me it was a new brain. It's like a shadow to just phone the uh stream out of GPS, anyways, any organization I'll ever support the life. And I can tell that wholeheartedly on uh GPS. I go through them up, I think they do an awesome job. And uh while I have the uh topping, I mean uh I'm a West Coast guy, I never use but I'm rock so I can already pinboard. And that's more than both.

SPEAKER_01 18:43

And I and I think even from like the HRL side, I think the 79 was you know could win any given heat there as well. So it's not just super fast in GPA on the big, huge mile and two thirds course. You put that thing on a super tight little mile, and it's still gonna be a top boat.

SPEAKER_00 19:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:02

I think uh, you know, I think Valleyfield Jeff was sitting in a really, really, really good spot. And you know, the storms rolled through and we didn't get through on the final, but I think I think Jeff was looking pretty good.

SPEAKER_00 19:14

Yeah. Well, it's that's awesome to hear that you got got everything from the team because oftentimes you get a a hole or get a couple engines, you don't get the the program. And like you said, it's a great program uh that you're just building on on your own. So you got this boat, but when did you decide you wanted to race two of them though?

SPEAKER_05 19:35

When it didn't sell. When the old one didn't sell. I mean, I I sat the way it uh pretty much up until December. I mean, I had it out there on the market for sale. And I mean, I'm not gonna give it away because it's a great boat. I mean, it's uh, you know, it's I don't explain. We took up nothing again. We've nothing every day. Don't get me wrong. But we got stripped and I didn't get nothing with it. And I that's the best way to put it. We had to build what we built with the bank to get it back to where it was. And uh, so it took us some time. The first year was a lot of control, separate features started coming together. Uh, things started getting, we got the smaller and better, we built some new bulldozers, and that's what after all that work and all that time spent doing uh drive cities, jumping on top of a drinking of that ball, just uh do it put with the little bulldozers and told John to still have something with the whole house. That's basically what I did with that boat. And we went out and uh all of a sudden it was overwhelmed who was doing what you're supposed to do. And Scott came over and said, Hey, try this. And we tried it, and it got a little better, and it got a little better. Um that's how we ended up with components uh without so good. I already had a number of if you put the cell, you're not gonna sell it to some guy. Nobody's gonna buy it. Yeah, it's gotta be on the resource. So that was the reason to put the grain at the end of the year when the body of safety cooked. I am like that. I'm pre-printed next season, I'm thinking everything out. Um it's kind of called together to that point. And uh in December, I think I finally called it around uh 5.4 December, if I remember correctly. Uh great day. Yeah, and uh here we are. We got two boats. Um we're gonna try to raise some money. Anybody out watching uh watching this podcast, if you want to spot just some great boats, find that break. That's right.

SPEAKER_00 21:57

Yeah. Well, I'll make sure to put all Brent's and and your guys' um social media presence and and information in the bios below so we can he can reach out for you. Well what was that day like Brent? I want to hear it. He perked up when December 15th was sold.

SPEAKER_03 22:15

Yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, and I think that I just appreciated his thoughtfulness. Um, you know, he really just wanted to make sure like there there wasn't a chance that it still could get sold, and he said, Hey, look, you know, I'm sure uh really we really want you to be part of this team. And that meant a lot to me. And you know, just knowing the the history and how successful this team has been. And you know, I think even if you look on social media and see on the announcement, um, just a number of people are like, wow, that's that's a great piece of equipment, Brett, that you're gonna be in, probably one of the most competitive you've been in some time. So uh, you know, great luck. And you know, but at the same time, I appreciate just the the chance to learn and grow. Again, uh, you heard me say, I I know uh it's gonna take some time to get to where I need to be from uh from a driving perspective, but um definitely have driven lots of boats and want to show up well in this one too. So I think we'll talk about it as well. But just my goals are really good clean laps, focus on beating starts, and then really diving into the data side of it. The data piece, I think in business and life, I've just learned so much about how to improve using data, and definitely video is another uh uh avenue as well. So you'll see me be probably more methodical. I'm definitely uh on the mic. You know, I I can speak freely and do all that stuff, but uh from the boat racing side, very methodical. Did I improve even just in a little bit, or did I step back? Why? And then how do I keep moving forward? That'll be my focus.

SPEAKER_00 23:57

Well, with this two-boat team, are you bringing two boats to every race? I know you race in the HRL series, uh Grand Prix America, very serious. What's the plan look like for this year?

SPEAKER_05 25:12

We will be running uh GTA series uh right now. Uh every every race for TPX. Um HRL, the only event we have in line is Valleyfield. And right now it's a one boat, and until somebody gives me an right now, it's one boat. Um I understand it. He said the central is very tight, so uh, and then we gotta watch the football time. So that's gonna be the only thing to hold out with like really offer the people, but that's what being whether our being perfect, whether he feels he's ready for that. Yeah, sure. You know what I mean? Because that's that's a fast, hard, run, fight, rough course. Yeah. And uh that's the best of the best, and everybody's going to run it. I mean, even us. I mean, I I can't realize that. Yep. No, and I think that was the only thing. But uh, I'm so trying to get the beat up online here about coming the back. You gotta come, you gotta come race with the big voice. I think the big voice they got that role. I think uh the car person needs to come out west and put on some courses up and after races where we got the speed and fun and the thrill and throw and get out there on the race. Uh so yeah, we're gonna take we're gonna take the one-bag talk to uh Valley for what we can do.

unknown 26:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:41

Fantastic.

SPEAKER_03 26:42

Yeah, and definitely, you know, I was just gonna add too, I did get a chance to talk to John just after that, um, talking to Ed, and you know, this is a big deal. You know, they bought the 79 for a reason to go win. And so to have a second boat. And you even heard John a little bit. It's it's always as the number one driver, it's like, hey, I just don't want us to be stretched too thin. And, you know, part of our goal is to make sure John's on top too. So, you know, that's that's important in my mind. Yes, I want to go out and win, but I also know there were investments made this year to make sure that he you know goes and um really does what the 79 did the the previous year and which is win. And so that's part of that team, you know, effort that you think about the goals of the entire team, and we have several. So that's definitely one, and I want to make sure that happens.

Valleyfield Explained And Fan Culture

SPEAKER_00 27:35

No. Well, Eddie, Eddie, you mentioned something there, and I want John to speak to this because John has experience in Valleyfield, and I feel like I I haven't been there. I I don't know the subtleties of it, but uh smaller venue, like you said, rougher, but really fast, tight racing. Can you can you talk about what it's like to race in Valley Field compared to some of these bigger courses out west? Like I'm sure it's night and day difference between San Diego and Tri-Cities than it is to Valleyfield.

SPEAKER_01 28:07

I mean, the the speeds in Valleyfield are down compared to what we'd run in San Diego or or Seattle or Tri-Cities for that matter. Um, it's a you know just over a mile race course. The turns are like you know, just under 400 foot in diameter. So you're in the corner, the GPs are in the corner at 150-ish, and then you're just hanging on as it as it rolls through the corner. And um you know, Valley Field, the out-of-bounds marker is like three or four feet off of a concrete wall. So, like, you know, you're if you're like in the even in the two and a half, like you know, I'll mountain lane, whatever, six or seven, and uh middle school, um you know, um you end up being right out there by that concrete wall. And you know, you look over and you see wall and then just fans because they've got you know 70, 80,000 people that roll through there throughout the the the weekend. Um and you know, I I always thought the fans in Valleyfield were the greatest until I landed in Tri-Cities. When I landed in Tri-Cities, you know, I just had a you know five-hour flight, had to use the restroom, and I'm there, you know, at a uh a urinal, and there's people like Don Shaw, and I'm like, I have no idea who you are. Like it was bizarre. And like I wouldn't say that we were, you know, uh, we weren't on the podium every weekend, we weren't you know, we were we were you know, honestly, we were struggling at some of the events the past two years, but people that follow the sport knew that. Um like it was just it was completely bizarre and wild that something I completely caught me off guard. And then just talking, like all the fans at West, they they know the history uh specifically of the unlimited like incredibly well. You know, Valley Field, they know the GP history, they know some of the fans, you know, know the 350 and two and a half history, but you know, it's it's crazy how much knowledge some of the fans that we have uh actually have.

SPEAKER_00 30:16

Yeah, I mean the our fan base is diehard, right? They they they know the history, they they breathe it.

SPEAKER_01 30:23

Yeah, I mean it's like the the saying, you know, we've got the cool sports that nobody heard of. You know, our our fans that follow us love it. It's just we need to expose it to more people. And you know, that's what especially like Ed Ed is the one handling almost all of the social media stuff for Coolcat Motorsports right now, and he's just pumping out content, like Brandon had said, like every day, every other day, multiple times a day. Like he's just pumping out content. We're working on the boat, he's taking pictures, he's putting a video together. Yeah, you know, a lot of teams are super secretive with stuff, and we're we're putting pictures out there of stuff we're doing all winter long. Um and it it's it's all to get the sport in front of more eyes, because at the end of the day, it's gonna help us. It helps the sport. If people come to the events, people are gonna buy merchandise. If people come to the events, they're gonna watch videos. You know, it's uh it's it's all about the fans. They are the ones that allow us to do everything that we that we love to do. Um, and I think a lot of teams don't have that mentality. They're they're very I don't even know what the word is, they're self-centered, I guess is a good way to put it. Like they they want to show up, they want to race, they want to stay to themselves, they want to go real fast, and then they want to go home. And we don't, I wouldn't say that we have that mentality at all. We want, don't get me wrong, we want to go real fast and we want to win. But at the same time, like we're there because of the fans, and we have to acknowledge that.

SPEAKER_00 31:54

Well, yeah, and I love the the off-season postings and the videos and the pictures because unfortunately for fans as fans go, a lot of the teams are so secretive, and you don't get to see those behind the scenes things. I mean, a lot of fans don't really know what is in their shop, what what goes on with the off-season maintenance and preparation. So anything you can give to fans, I think, is much appreciated. Well, are you guys going to get a chance to test both of these boats before the season starts? What's what's our plan with that?

Testing Plans And New Paint Schemes

SPEAKER_01 32:30

The game plan, uh, we're hoping to have both boats back together by the middle of May and go testing in Hartford County at the Hartford County Spring Nationals in Edgewood, which is like 30 minutes down the road from Ed. So it uh nice and local.

SPEAKER_03 32:44

Um I got dibs on the couch.

SPEAKER_01 32:49

You can have my room.

SPEAKER_02 32:51

Oh wow, okay.

SPEAKER_01 32:55

So I think uh I think we're on pace to do that. The uh 235 is needs some cosmetic work. Um you know, when Brent comes in, we got to get him fit in the cockpit and make him comfortable because it's a whole lot easier to go fast when you when you're comfortable and you're you're not loose bouncing around in there. Um we're definitely gonna take some time to get him where he where he's comfortable in the boat. Uh Ed's got some more, Ed's got to put some more paint in the paint and gun and keep on spraying some more colors. He's got a couple paint jobs lined up uh boat-wise. Um and then the the 135, Ed, Ed killed the paint job on that, and it's I mean, it turned out amazing. Um, so that the team's actually currently up there starting to put stuff back together and uh hopefully Humpty Dump these back together in the next couple weeks and um got some motors coming back from engine builders and you know we can get everything back to where it is, so we're ready to go in the middle of May.

SPEAKER_00 33:54

Awesome. Awesome. Uh now are the are both boats gonna pee paint in the same way, or is that you figuring that out still? Is that is that a secret?

SPEAKER_05 34:04

Nope, no secret there. Uh when you look at the boats, there are any differences from the capsule. John's boat's got a purple capsule, Branch's just got a teel capsule.

SPEAKER_04 34:13

Cool.

SPEAKER_05 34:13

Well, Brad's gonna have teal and a little bit of purple.

SPEAKER_04 34:15

Okay, good.

SPEAKER_05 34:16

Just where I don't have to paint the whole trail. I'm gonna I'm gonna get I'm gonna tie it in peel for the score that was super like away. And then on uh John's boat where the purple stripe was last year, the wear stripe up for the spaces with the black will probably be cool. But besides cool fat, bro. We love black. I love my black and purple and peel. A little bit of purple there, a little bit of um I I thought that when they did that, but many turned on that, do them with the carbs. So the media went crazy with the cards, just like them with the bags. Um it was different, it was rapper, and I trusted the guy, and yeah, he just slammed.

SPEAKER_00 34:55

Yeah, yeah. Awesome. Well, I can't wait to see them out there on the water together. It's gonna be a pretty sight.

unknown 35:03

Yeah.

Wrap Up And Next Week Preview

SPEAKER_00 35:03

I think so too. Yeah, okay. I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little bit more excited for racing season, and I'm excited to see which I think we'll have more GPs on the series this year. That's all the time we have for this week. But come back next week, we're gonna have part three and the conclusion of my interview with Ed Thompson, John Shaw, Brett Hall, the Cool Cats Motorsports Racing Team, as they're gonna talk more about their goals for this upcoming season and a lot of other fun things on the horizon for them and you, the fan. In the meantime, don't forget to check us out. We're online, our website, Bruce Hoteltalk.com, we're on Facebook, Instagram, and just check us out online and see all the all the other fun things that we've got going on as we've got some fun raffles upcoming and some other fun things along the way. So that's all I got for you this week. So until next time, I hope to see you at the Racing.