Aug. 1, 2025
Wrenches, Wins, and Winchester Dreams with Tyler Roahrig
Send us a text Racing isn't just what Tyler Roering does—it's who he is. From his earliest memories of causing ruckus in his dad's race shop to becoming a multi-discipline champion, Tyler's life revolves entirely around motorsports. As a third-generation racer from Plymouth, Indiana, his racing lineage stretches back to the 1960s, creating a family tradition that continues to shape his identity and career. What separates Tyler from many competitors is his comprehensive approach to racing. Hi...
Racing isn't just what Tyler Roering does—it's who he is. From his earliest memories of causing ruckus in his dad's race shop to becoming a multi-discipline champion, Tyler's life revolves entirely around motorsports. As a third-generation racer from Plymouth, Indiana, his racing lineage stretches back to the 1960s, creating a family tradition that continues to shape his identity and career.
What separates Tyler from many competitors is his comprehensive approach to racing. His father instilled a crucial lesson early: if you want to race, you need to understand every aspect of the machine beneath you. This hands-on philosophy has become Tyler's cornerstone, leading him to believe firmly that "races are won in the shop, not on the track." His technical expertise extends beyond his own racing program through Rocket Fabrication and Suspension, where he's built a reputation as an elite shock specialist serving racers nationwide.
Tyler's versatility as a driver is extraordinary. At 34, he actively campaigns three different race vehicles: a non-wing sprint car, an outlaw late model he's raced since age 17, and a USAC Silver Crown car. His recent success includes multiple wins in the Reveal the Hammer Series at Berlin Raceway, where he's developed a special affinity for the challenging Michigan track. Behind these achievements stands a dedicated crew consisting entirely of friends who support his racing purely out of passion—no paychecks, just shared love for the sport.
Perhaps most inspiring is Tyler's resilience. After a devastating 2014 accident at Anderson Speedway left him with multiple broken bones and confined to a wheelchair for months, many would have reconsidered their racing career. Instead, Tyler returned to that very track and won two Little 500 events, creating what he calls a "full-circle" moment in his journey. Now, his sights are set on conquering Winchester Speedway, the intimidating high-banked oval that remains his most coveted bucket-list victory.
Whether you're a die-hard racing enthusiast or simply appreciate stories of dedication and perseverance, Tyler's journey demonstrates the true spirit of American short-track racing. Follow his continued pursuit of excellence as he balances the demanding roles of driver, builder, and business owner in his quest for racing glory.
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00:00 - Introduction to Tyler Roering
03:50 - Racing Family Heritage
08:42 - Learning the Hands-On Approach
15:08 - Racing Different Vehicles
20:33 - Favorite Tracks and Recent Wins
26:34 - Business and Suspension Work
32:28 - Racing Lessons and Mental Game
38:00 - Crew and Team Dynamics
43:30 - Future Goals and Bucket List
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hello everyone.
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This is melinda russell with let's talk racing live and I think tyler and I have got this figured out this week so that he shows up on the show.
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So I'm tickled about that, to have tyler roaring on the show with me tonight.
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Um, you know, I was just saying to tyler we've had a lot of rain outs last week we had a couple rain outs at some tracks and, tyler, when people find other things to do because the track is rained out, they kind of get in the habit of doing other things, and we don't want that to happen.
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We want them to keep coming back to the track, whether it's chilly or hot or whatever, and so that's kind of the purpose of this show is to keep our tracks out in front of you know people, so they remember that these tracks exist, and to kind of tell some stories of some drivers that maybe they know or maybe they've heard of, but they don't really know their story, and so that's what we're going to do tonight.
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We're going to have you tell your story.
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So I want to welcome you to the show.
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Thanks for being patient about last week, and why don't you start by just sharing a little bit about yourself, where you live, your pets, anything that you want to share.
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Yeah well, first just thanks for having me on, melinda.
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It's a pleasure to be on here with you and I live in Plymouth, indiana, just a few minutes from the racetrack in Plymouth.
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If anyone's ever been there, I can hear the cars when they're racing there from my house.
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So yeah, I don't have any pets.
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My dad has a dog that I end up watching quite a bit.
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He's kind of like my little brother.
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He's a good shop dog.
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That's pretty much it.
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I work in the racing industry and I get to partake in the racing industry on the weekends.
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Pretty lucky guy.
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Some people would not want to live near a racetrack.
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They do not care anything about racing and they wouldn't want to work in the industry.
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But there you are, you're fully engulfed.
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It's like a hundred percent motorsports for you, isn't it, tyler?
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Yeah, it really is.
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It's a.
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It's a you know decision I made a long time ago on on what I wanted to do with my life and it's it's not the you know decision I made a long time ago on what I wanted to do with my life and it's not.
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You know, it's hard to do, you know, like any job really, but you know, sometimes I wonder what I was thinking, you know, because it's not all.
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You know, it's not always.
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You know, it's not always sunshine and just easy days, racing and working in this industry, like like I'm sure most people think.
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You know it's, it's, it gets old sometimes, honestly, but you know my, my love for the sport and desire to do good is, you know, seems to overcome it more times than not.
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Yeah, for sure.
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And you know the thing is so.
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You know you go to the track and we we know every weekend's not great.
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Every, you know everybody has issues, car breaks or whatever, and and you take it home and you have to work on it.
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You know it's not like you can hand it off to somebody and they fix it for you.
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You know you're, you're there 100 percent of everything that happens with your race team, so you know that it can get old.
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I don't care what you do in life, there's days that you just want to get away from it, and so that that's normal.
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I don't care what, what industry you're in, for sure.
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So, tyler you're.
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I'm not sure how old you are, but you've been in the motorsports world a long time.
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How did you get started?
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Yeah, so I'm 34 years old.
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It's.
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I've.
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All I've ever known is racing.
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My earliest childhood memories are, you know, going to the race shop or being in the race car shop with my dad.
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You know, you know, probably just causing a ruckus when I was real little, but that's my earliest memories going to the races to watch my dad.
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You know that.
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You know my dad raced and then his dad and my uncle raced together, or my great uncle, I guess, my great uncle Dave.
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They raced together, you know, as far back as the 1960s.
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Um, so it's really just, it's been in our family for a long, long time and, uh, you know, I never, I never really uh, imagined myself doing anything, doing anything else.
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Really, I guess, yeah, and so what your first memories are being in the shop, um, do you remember when you first got to actually maybe help a little bit and, and you know, like work on the car or you know polish the car, so it looked pretty, whatever it was that your dad let you do when you first got started sure, um, you know, just sweep the floor or clean this, clean.
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That you know.
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That's, uh, just, you know the deal was when, when I started racing, you know, um, he would, you know, he would show me how to do, you know, the, the work on the car and stuff, or he, he might even do it, you know, to show me the first time, or whatnot.
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But, uh, you know, I had to be there out there with him, um, and learning how to do it, you know what I mean.
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Like, or else we just weren't gonna do it.
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So, um, which I'm, you know, I'm glad the way he he did that and, um, you know, now, there's, you know, I can pretty much do most of the just about everything on the car, uh, myself, now, you know, um, so I'm, you know, I'm, thankful for being raised that way and and being, uh, you know, taught a a really hardcore hands-on approach.
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Um, you know, I felt like, and I feel like that's, you know, helped me be successful too.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Um, you know, I I mostly interview girls on my other show and um I I mostly interview girls on my other show and um I, a lot of times the girls work on the car and sometimes they don't.
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But I just interviewed a gal and she does a hundred percent work on her car, everything that she can, and she said, just like you said, it makes me more successful on the track because I've spent the time in the shop and I know if I'm spent the time in the shop and I know if I'm driving the car, oh, it doesn't feel right, it doesn't sound right.
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All those things you know and you're going to know that because you're the one working on the car.
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And and I remember I remembered Clint Boyer one time they were asking him some technical question about the car and he said I don't know any of that bleep.
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He said I just get in the car and drive.
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And I was thinking, oh my gosh, you know.
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So being able to work on the car and makes you much more invested in everything that happens and everything that you do, for sure, Sure, yeah, I, uh, you know I, I think I struggle when I drive for other people um which I've had a lot of opportunities to, um, you know, I think I struggle when I drive for other people, which I've had a lot of opportunities to, you know, drive for other people in different parts of the country and even around here.
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But you know, it's just, it's like a mental block I have.
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Now, I think, where, if, if I'm not you know preparing the car and you know working on it that I just I don as comfortable, uh, you know racing it anymore and it's uh, I wish I wasn't that way, but it's just kind of the way it is.
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Um, you know what I mean?
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I think it's just cause I've been so used to to preparing the stuff myself and knowing it's exactly how I want it to be, that, um, you know it's, it's it's hard to kind of get over that and and kind of, you know, switch into a different mindset, I guess.
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But some guys can do that and they're, and they're really good at it.
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You know I'm I'm not, though.
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Yeah, I, I don't.
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I don't know that I'd be very good at.
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I'm a little bit too much of a control freak about things, so I like to kind of know everything and that's kind of what you know.
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You're saying you want to know everything's good to go the way you want it before you get on the track.
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Bryce Bozell said to me a few weeks ago.
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He said I've learned from day one races are won in the shop, not on the track.
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My dad's beat that into me.
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And you're saying the same thing.
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The things that you do in the shop are what make you successful on the track.
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Surely, what make you successful on the track?
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Surely, I mean there's a.
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You know there's no substitute for um.
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You know for hard work and being, and being detail oriented.
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You know what I mean.
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Um, like I, I just take the approach to every race the same.
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You know, like no stone left on turn, pretty much.
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Yeah, so let's talk about what.
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What you race, um, you race a couple of different things, different things.
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And uh, why don't you just tell me a little bit about the?
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I know you race a sprint car, right?
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yeah, um, so we got the uh, stevie fabricating number 56 sprint car, um, and, uh, that's a, that's a non-wing sprint car.
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We run races, you know, basically around Indiana and Michigan.
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We go to Toledo and Ohio, you know we run races like the Little 500.
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That's, you know, one of the biggest races in the Midwest and just a race everyone really should see just because it's so wild.
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And so, yeah, we got that.
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We're racing that this weekend at Berlin on Saturday.
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And so, yeah, we got that.
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We're racing that this weekend at Berlin on Saturday.
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We got the 24 car Outlaw late model, which I'm sure most people are probably aware of by now.
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It's I've, I've been racing Outlaw late model since I was 17 years old, so half my life now, which doesn't really seem possible.
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Yeah, that's really enjoy racing those two.
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Uh, just, you know, kind of being closer to home and and, uh, being around people I grew up with, kind of racing and people I know, whereas, you know, the sprint car thing is kind of newer to me, so I don't really, you know, have quite those connections uh and relationships like I do, uh, you know, around the local scene.
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Um, also have a.
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I have a USAC Silver Crown.
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Uh USAC Silver Crown car that is owned by, uh, mike Newman, from from Seattle, uh, from Kirkland, washington, or Seattle area, washington.
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Um, so we, we raced for him with that, uh, uh, we also uh maintain that car and house that car uh in my shop.
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But uh, very fortunate to to be able to, uh, you know, get to race and and, uh, and you know, mike gave me the opportunity to do that.
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So we have a race next wednesday at uh indianapolis raceway park.
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So, um, we won our last time there and uh, really looking forward to to doing that.
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And you know, there's other oddness stuff I've I've driven, you know I've.
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I've ran a modified a few times, uh, midgets, wing sprint cars, um, a little bit of a little bit of dirt, um, super late models, template, super late models, um, I don't know.
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There's, there's a lot of stuff I've raced.
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I guess, now that I think about it.
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Yeah, I, I couldn't even begin to keep track of all the things that I've seen over the years of of what you've done, but you know it's it's kind of the Kyle Larson of the Midwest, because you race a lot of different things, um, and you're pretty successful in in most of those.
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So which of all of that is your favorite?
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Do you have a favorite?
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Um, I don't know, it's, uh, whichever one's, whichever one's running the best, I guess.
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Yeah, you know, I don't know, like, like I said, they there there's pluses and minuses to to all of them.
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You know, like I said, the, the late model thing, I just, you know it's, it's just kind of what I grew up doing and it, you know, kind of feels like home and I, you know, I get to see people that I've known for years when I go to those races.
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You know, the Sprint car and Silver Crown cars are just completely different than late models, like completely different discipline, driving style.
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You know, the way you tune and set up on the cars is is way different.
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Um, you know, but they're, they're really fast and they have a lot of horsepower and, uh, they're, they're pretty difficult to drive.
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So I, you know, I enjoy that challenge of it and, um, you know, I don't know there's there's, I don't know I, uh, I just like racing really.
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It doesn't really matter, does it?
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As long as it goes fast and you can be in the car, you're ready to go.
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Yeah, that's pretty much it.
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Yeah, so let's talk about the 24 car, because that's the one probably pretty much everybody around here at least would If I said what does Tyler Roerig drive?
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That's what they're going to say, because that's the one they see most often.
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Do you have a favorite track, cause I know you go to all different kinds of tracks.
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Do you have a favorite track that you like to race at?
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Um, yeah, I, I really enjoy going to Berlin with it.
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Um, you know, I and that's there's two parts to that, you know, um, I enjoy the racetrack itself and the way it races.
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At first I didn't, you know, when I was 18 years old, that place was so hard.
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It still is hard, but I feel like I've gotten better there now.
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I really enjoy Berlin and it's just a really well-managed and well-ran facility.
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Their payouts are really good.
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They uh, you know, they seem to really to really put the racers at the forefront, you know, as well as the fans too.
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Um, but just everything about that place is is top tier in the midwest, I think, um, I just, uh, I don't know, I enjoy, I enjoy racing at kalamazoo.
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That, uh, you know, that place is pretty, pretty racy, seems to have a few different grooves, um, pretty often.
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Um, you know, of course, new Paris and Plymouth.
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I kind of grew up racing at those tracks and they're close, you know.
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So I wouldn't yeah, I'd say you know those four.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I figured Berlin was probably going to be one of your favorites, because you've done pretty well there recently.
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You've won a couple big races in the last few weeks.
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Do you want to talk about that?
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Yeah, we won the Reveal the Hammer Outlaw Series race there on July 5th.
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It was a 75-lap and paid 10,000 wins.
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So that was nice and we also won the Reveal race there in May, the opener in May.
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That was nice too, and really I think I've won my last four races I've ran there.
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We've won between the sprint car and the late model, maybe even more than that actually, but yeah.
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So, like I said, we're going back there with the Sprint car this weekend, so look forward to that.
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Yeah, and you also won Reveal the Hammer at Plymouth, didn't you?
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No, where?
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was it?
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Where else did you win that?
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I thought you won two of those.
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Yeah, we won, so we won, so we won berlin, then we won um m40 oh, that's right, m40 and we won berlin again.
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Yeah yeah, I knew you'd won two of those.
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And then how many of the reveal the hammer races are there?
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uh, there's um six total this year and we have, we have two left.
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We have one at plymouth um in the middle of august I think, like augustth maybe, and then there's another one at Birdland in September.
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Okay, so you've got a couple more chances to win, a couple more times.
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Yeah, we're going to try to run a few other races too.
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You know, non-hammer races.
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It's just really tough, honestly, just trying to maintain three different race teams and it's just a lot of racing and it's a lot of work.
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So we're going to try, you know, trying to.
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I made a decision just this last week we're going to, you know, miss a few races, just to, you know, not run ourselves super, super ragged and just make sure we're we're as prepared as we want to be for for the races we want to go to.
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Yeah, because it can be exhausting.
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I'm sure, and you're you're working on other people's cars.
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Why don't you tell me a little bit about what your business is in racing?
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people's cars.
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Why don't you tell me a little bit about what your business is in racing?
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Yeah, so my business is rocket fabrication and suspension.
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Um, anymore it's more just a suspension, uh, part of it, um, I really just um, I build shocks, rebuild shocks, uh, for for all kinds of different race cars.
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You know, uh, late models, modifieds uh, sportsman cars, cars.
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You know uh, late models, modifieds uh, sportsman cars.
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Street stocks, uh, sprint cars, midgets, um, uh, you know a little bit of everything, uh, mainly on the pavement side, but we do a little bit of dirt too, um, but but yeah, I mainly just uh, the the shock business side of it is has really just taken off and um, I, you know I started out trying to do some fabrication work, some body work and whatnot, but I just I've gotten so busy with the, with the shock work now I really the only fabrication I do is for myself.
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Now.
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Yeah, and and.
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So how do?
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How do people like it?
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You know I know you, you make shocks for people all over the country.
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Is it because you know they see how well they work on your car or somebody else's car?
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It's word of mouth.
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How do people find you in Plymouth, indiana?
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Yeah, I think, at first, you know, I think at first my business was, you know it kind of my results with my own car kind of propelled my business at first.
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But you know, I think my results with my own car kind of propelled my business at first.
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But, um, you know, I think I don't think that really plays a big role in it now.
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Um, you know, cause I, I feel like I've been around so long and we're we're more of a proven thing where you know, I don't really think you know, people really base much of it off of you know the way the 24 car runs or the 56 car.
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So, um, yeah, I don't know, I, you know I got, I got some friends that uh, that do a lot of work on other cars, chassis work, whatnot.
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Um, you know some chassis companies and and they send all their customers to me.
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Um, so you know, I'm really thankful for that.
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Um, you know, like, like Mike Garvey, racing from he's in, he's in Florida now, originally from Muskegon I think, but you know he sends all his customers to me, finish line race cars, triple B fabrication, they, they sent all their customers to me too.
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So I got, you know, I got, I got some guys that really push our product and you know I'm super thankful for that.
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Yeah, and you know what that's.
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That's how businesses do succeed is by you know good customer service, good product, good recommendations from people that we trust.
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So you know if somebody's building a chassis in Florida and they trust that guy and then he says, well, you need to go here to get your shocks or whatever they're going to go, they're going to go with it because they want the recommendation from somebody that knows what they're talking about.
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So you know word of mouth and and all those connections is really what makes any good business successful.
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Yes, I agree.
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Yeah, so Tyler is there.
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You know you're 34 years old, so you're you've been in racing a long time and really never been out of racing.
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But do you think there are things that you've learned, maybe at a younger age than others, or things that, um, you know, you feel like racing has taught you that you wouldn't have learned or learned the hard way maybe had it not been for being involved in motorsports?
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yeah, um, I mean, definitely right, it's such a, it's such an up and down sport, like even this year.
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You know, I feel like we've had a pretty decent year so far, um, but you know, still the, the ones I focus on are the, are the downs.
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You know what I mean, the weekends where we didn't do so good, you know.
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But, yeah, I, I don't know for me, I think racing has mainly taught me just there's no substitute for, for hard work.
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You know that's.
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You know it's either I'm the kind of guy where you know we're either going to be 100 right prepared or we're not going to go.
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You know, and that's kind of, I don't know, I'm a perfectionist and in some ways I guess, but that's kind of carried over to some other aspects in life, I would say too, you know, it's just, uh, there there are a lot of good lessons to be learned from racing.
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Um, you know lessons that I'm still learning.
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I, I feel like you know what I mean.
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Yeah, just, you know, I think it, it's just, it's a, it's a challenging, challenging lifestyle.
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Yeah, it really is.
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You know, I, when I talk to little girls especially, and I I always say you know, the one sport that you know you're going to lose more than you're going to win is racing.
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And so when you have a bad night, what do you do?
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Do you cry, do you throw your helmet?
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And we always laugh, you know, but it's, it's really not funny, because you can think you've got your car all set up, ready to go back to Berlin, you just won there, and then now that tonight, when you're running there, the car is all different and you've really done nothing different to it.
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There's so many challenges in that respect the heat, the humidity, you know all that.
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And so, um, you know, when you have a bad night, what does Tyler do?
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Um, usually, I mean, I'm not happy about it, you know, but uh, uh, it, honestly, it more than anything, just fuels my fire to to figure out you know why I wasn't as good and, to you know, try my best to to make that not happen again.
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You know, I feel like I thrive off of off of getting beat.
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You know, if we didn't get beat, we would have no reason to continue working hard and improving is, you know, you got to get beat sometimes.
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To you know, just to stay grounded, I guess, or it's just yeah for me anyway, that just, it usually just fuels my fire.
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Yeah, that's a good response because you know, if you won all the time, what's the challenge in that, what's the fun in that?
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I mean, yeah, is it fun to win?
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Of course it is, but if you're not challenged it's really not that fun to do it.
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I wouldn't think.
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Yeah, I mean even.
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You know, even even races I've won.
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You know I've looked back and thought you know I could have, I could have done this better or this could have been a.
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You know this could have been a.
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You know this could have been a I could have gotten beat because of this.
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Or you know I could have drove better here.
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You know I still even you know, pick apart even the races we win.
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You know there's still areas to improve on.
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Yeah, for sure.
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