How NASCAR Found Out Shane Hmiel Was Smoking Weed | Part 1

In Part 1 of this episode, Shane Hmiel joins Dale Jr. to talk about growing up in the Roush shop around Mark Martin, winning 164 go-kart races as a kid, and the Goody's Dash win at Darlington that put him on the map.

Then he went to fill in for Kenny Wallace at a Busch Series practice and left with a contract. Shane explains how he went from putting in septic tanks for $50 a day to racing against Dale at Daytona, why he turned down a ride from Jr., and how a fight with Jason Keller's crew led to a failed drug test.

Dale remembers a driver with wicked raw speed. If you only know how Shane Hmiel's story ended, this is how it started.

Chapters:
00:00 Shane Hmiel on the Dale Jr. Download
00:43 Getting Stronger 15 Years After Breaking His Neck
02:42 Growing Up in Pleasant Garden, Seven Miles From the Pettys
04:22 First Memories at the Track With His Dad
05:40 Busting His Chin at Roush's First Shop
06:32 "Terrible Tuesday" and Begging for Yates Motors
08:54 Learning the Car by Listening to Mark Martin
12:03 Dad's Deal: Cut the Rat Tail, Get a Go-Kart
14:08 164 Go-Kart Wins
15:41 Fistfighting Clayton Rogers and Wanting to Be Rodney Childers
17:31 Racing Motocross Against Pastrana, Carmichael and Bubba Stewart
20:15 School, Hockey and Staying Out of Trouble
21:47 Late Models: "I Thought I Was Wasting Time"
25:13 The Goody's Dash Series Breakthrough
28:21 The Day Dale Sr. Grabbed Him by the Neck
28:59 The Eighth of an Inch That Cost Him a Championship
30:09 Winning Darlington by Eight Seconds
31:42 From Septic Tanks to a Busch Series Ride
34:35 What ChatGPT Says About Shane
35:08 Dale on Shane's Raw Speed
40:48 ARCA Debut at Atlanta With No Leg Braces
43:58 Busch Debut at Daytona, Drafting With Dale
45:12 The Casey Mears Feud
46:28 Rookie Year and the Rockingham Run-In With Mike Wallace
48:40 The B Car, Kenny Wallace and the Christmas Ornament Sponsor
51:06 The Move to the 48 and Turning Down Dale's Ride
54:02 The Jason Keller Fight at Richmond and the Failed Drug Test
55:47 The Ray Evernham Ride That Went to Kasey Kahne
56:52 The NASCAR Exec Who Drug Tested Him Just Texted

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