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NASCAR Stars Reveal Race Day Secrets at Auto Club 400

NASCAR Stars Reveal Race Day Secrets at Auto Club 400

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YH makes a pit stop at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana for the Auto Club 400, where NASCAR's finest are revving their engines for the big race! We catch up with speed demons such as Clint Bowyer, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, Kasey Kahne, Dylan Kwasniewski, Regan Smith, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr to find out their pre-race prep and other insider deets, plus we chat with celeb attendees Mindy Kaling, Kendra Wilkinson, and Hank Baskett! No texting while driving! Hosted by Lesley Robins (@lesleymia). Check out the Young Hollywood Store Here: http://shopyounghollywood.com/

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Young Hollywood

What's up, guys? Leslie Robbins here for Young Hollywood, coming to you from Fontana. I'm at the Auto Club Speedway surrounded by NASCAR greatness as they gear up for the Auto Club 400.

Kevin Harvick

Yesterday, we qualified so we already know our starting position. Today we come in, we have two practices. We just go over the car, pretty much trying to set up for what it's going to do tomorrow. It's kind of our final shot to be totally prepared and ready for tomorrow's race and, and hopefully have a shot to win it at that time.

Young Hollywood

Oh, nice. Let me see what you guys were doing in here. Oh, my goodness. Okay. What happened to the door?

Guest

Obviously the cabinet's wrist pull apart. We have a spare car right above us just it's race ready. We got the cars up here. You can store two cars, one primary and a backup. Um you can do shock stuff here. Set up all your shock. Shocks. Shocks. Shocks.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, we're taking shots before we get on the track. That's what they're doing.

Guest

Yes. This is kind of our home base outside of the haulers for the weekend. This is where the guys are at all day long. This is where they're working the most. As you see, we've got toolboxes lined up from front to back. It's got everything that you need from parts, pieces, shims, different things on the race car. Even zip ties. We can fix up all that stuff.

Young Hollywood

Wait, you're holding the car together with zip ties?

Guest

Certain parts of it. Don't don't get too scared. It's fine. We'll take you We'll take you for a We'll take you for a ride later. We'll zip tie you in. You'll be fine. It'll be perfectly safe.

Young Hollywood

I'll take it. We got zip ties. Right. Wow. You know what you're doing. Did you see it my address? No, you didn't get. You got it figured out? What do you What do you um now What do you mean, um? Now, what are you doing? There's no time for um. You go fast. Do you not have miles per hour or anything like that? So you have lights.

Kevin Harvick

4700 will be our pit road speed this week. So those two red lights will light up. If the third one lights up, you're speeding. You got to slow down or they you'll they'll bust you and you have to come in. It's something called speeding.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, just on just on pit road.

Kevin Harvick

And if you're speeding on pit road, you got to come in and make a pass through and you go a lap down and your guys are super pissed.

Young Hollywood

Oh, of course, they are. So you can't do that. This is an incredible um machine. You really want to drive it, don't you?

Kevin Harvick

No.

Young Hollywood

Do you ever text and drive in this?

Kevin Harvick

Hell, no. You got your hands full in this thing.

Young Hollywood

All right, I'm getting in the pace car and by the way, I signed a waiver saying if I die I can't sue anybody. This is not the 405. It's 100 miles per hour right now. Easy on the turn there, buddy. Oh, my! There goes 120. He's going to go 120. I think I found a new hobby. Tell me what you're thinking when you're going around that track, driving your automobile. Not thinking about groceries or anything like that.

Kevin Harvick

We're always thinking about, you know, how to make ourselves go faster.

Young Hollywood

What's the craziest thing you've had to sign?

Kevin Harvick

Never signed a pair of boobs. I haven't done that. I haven't signed a baby yet.

Young Hollywood

He's signing it right now. Oh. I am driving the pace car today. How'd you get so lucky? I don't know. I'm all hooked up. I was about to say I dated Jeff Gordon and then I was like, what a weird lie. It's a weird lie 'cause he's married and has kids. I don't know. Oh. When I told people I was interviewing you, they said, be careful, he's really dreamy and he has really dreamy eyes. They're right. They're crystal blue.

Kevin Harvick

Thanks.

Young Hollywood

Here is NASCAR's number one fan right here. There are cars all over the house, everywhere, little booby traps. Okay, I've already had some guys tell me they pee in their suit. You got to you got to give up the goods. Come on.

Kevin Harvick

I'm I've never I don't think I've ever done it, so I I've been pretty lucky. I have gone to the bathroom twice in a car since 2008, so that's not too bad.

Young Hollywood

In a car, in your suit?

Kevin Harvick

In my suit, yeah. You just got to make sure you shower afterwards.

Young Hollywood

They say it's cool to pee your pants, right? Is there like a diaper in there?

Kevin Harvick

No. You just You just go and then you next pit stop you asked your guys for some water and you pour some water on you and Keep going.

Young Hollywood

All right, so the last guy that you wrecked, did you do it on purpose?

Kevin Harvick

Uh, no. Well, yeah, yeah, I probably did. It was for the win. It was for the win, so

Young Hollywood

Say you have a weekend free. Weekend free. Anything you want, you can't race.

Kevin Harvick

If I'm not at the shop or at the race track, I'm either golfing or riding my dirt bike.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so you have one day to do something. Not racing. What if I can't drive a car, I would have a beautiful girl driving a car for me. Preferably with the top down, going up like PCH or something in Malibu and then get out and like have a picnic somewhere. You're a romantic.

Kevin Harvick

Uh, I mean, I don't know about that, but I like women and cars. So, so whatever you want to do with that, that'd be fun. So you're a guy.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, pretty much. Okay, I have one more question. Yes, you you are taken. Danica is your lovely girlfriend, but you have a lot of fans. There are a lot of women, girls that love their NASCAR drivers. What are you guys calling your groupies?

Kevin Harvick

Sometimes you call them waffle bellies.

Young Hollywood

Waffle bellies.

Kevin Harvick

Yeah, because if you see the chain link fences uh when you when you stand up against them, you look like a waffle. You got the waffle bellies.

Young Hollywood

Heard that.

Kevin Harvick

Yeah. You've got the uh pit lizards.

Young Hollywood

The pit lizards.

Kevin Harvick

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Is that something you can say in it to their face?

Kevin Harvick

I probably wouldn't do that, yeah. No.

Young Hollywood

I call them racer chasers.

Kevin Harvick

Racer chasers. Yeah, what do Kyle call them? It's just helmet something. Yeah, there's different names. We have to rewind.

Young Hollywood

I call them helmet hangers. Okay, that's what he said. That's pretty good too. You got your cars. You got your women.

Kevin Harvick

Yep. I mean, really? No, it's pretty it's pretty sweet. Now, we get to do all this stuff. Actually get to be here, race on a big track or, you know, all the fans here and it's It's awesome.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Clint Bowyer

    NASCAR driver interviewed about race day prep

  • Kyle Larson

    NASCAR driver interviewed about race day prep

  • Austin Dillon

    NASCAR driver interviewed about race day prep

  • Kasey Kahne

    NASCAR driver interviewed about race day prep

  • Dylan Kwasniewski

    NASCAR driver interviewed about race day prep

  • Regan Smith

    NASCAR driver interviewed about race day prep

  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr

    NASCAR driver interviewed about race day prep

  • Mindy Kaling

    Celebrity attendee at the Auto Club 400

  • Kendra Wilkinson

    Celebrity attendee at the Auto Club 400

  • Hank Baskett

    Celebrity attendee at the Auto Club 400

  • Lesley Robins

    Host for Young Hollywood at the event

  • Jeff Gordon

    Mentioned in a humorous anecdote by the host

FAQ

What is the Auto Club 400?+
The Auto Club 400 is a NASCAR race held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
Who hosts the Young Hollywood coverage of the Auto Club 400?+
Lesley Robins hosts the Young Hollywood coverage of the Auto Club 400.
What happens if a NASCAR driver speeds on pit road?+
If a NASCAR driver speeds on pit road, they have to come in, make a pass through, and go a lap down.
Do NASCAR drivers ever pee in their suits during a race?+
Yes, some NASCAR drivers admit to peeing in their suits during a race, especially in longer events.
What do NASCAR drivers do in their free time?+
When not racing or at the shop, drivers might go golfing or ride dirt bikes.

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