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<v Narrator>We are the Chip Ganassi</v>

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Racing Pit Crew Department.

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<v ->We implemented, like, our Give Back program,</v>

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our volunteer program four years ago,

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when we first arrived here.

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<v ->Some people in upper management came and approached us</v>

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and said, "Hey, we'd like you guys to come take over

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our pit crew department."

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<v ->Shaun and I talked about it one day,</v>

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and said, hey what's the real opportunity here?

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You know, maybe we can do it differently.

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You know, maybe we can do it where there's

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an attitude of gratitude in what we do,

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and where we appreciate each other instead of complaining.

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<v Shaun>For us, it's like a selection process.</v>

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<v Crew>One, two, three, dominate!</v>

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<v ->We want guys that are compassionate</v>

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and have, you know, that fill the voids of

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the things we're missing.

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You know what I mean?

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Like kindness, you know, simple things like kindness.

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We need more of that.

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<v ->He came from hockey, I came from football.</v>

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And, it's really just about, as long as you can help me

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on the field, perfect, otherwise, we'll get somebody else.

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You say, well, what if we do

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it a little bit differently there.

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And said, hey, what if we just try to see if we can get guys

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to be better fathers and husbands and volunteering

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was a big part of that.

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And, so, that's kinda what we decided to do.

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<v ->We have our friends</v>

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from Chip Ganassi Racing with us today.

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<v Kristin>We're so glad you guys are here today.</v>

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This is incredible.

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How many guys do you have with you?

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<v ->[Racing Crew Member] It's about 20, 25.</v>

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We got four crews of six.

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<v ->They're gettin' to be regulars around here.</v>

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I know, our men, they always ask if it's

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a football team here.

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But, nope, it's a racing team.

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They have cleaned out old dormitories, they've done

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a lot of tough work.

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They installed a new floor in our gym.

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They're just incredibly hard working guys.

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<v ->It started fairly small.</v>

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It started with Meals on Wheels.

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When Columbia flooded, we took all the guys down there

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with pick up trucks and chain saws,

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and helped kinda clean up.

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<v ->So we look for really unique places and try to look</v>

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for needs.

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And, one of them was coincidentally related to a sponsor

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that had a need for toys for Christmas.

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<v ->At the Ronald McDonald House, we really wanted</v>

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to have the families wake up on Christmas morning

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and have bikes.

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We have 28 families here at any time.

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And, the Ganassi team showed up one day

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with more than 28 bikes of every shape and size,

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every color.

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<v ->We walked in there with probably like 50 bicycles</v>

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last year, and filled up their toy store room.

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<v ->You could hear it all across the house.</v>

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The screams, the cries, the yells, the laughter.

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It was amazing.

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The Ganassi team has incredibly done that for us.

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<v ->We chose Ronald McDonald House 'cause we believed</v>

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in the mission.

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That is an awful time for families.

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You know what I mean?

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And, if we could lighten that burden just an ounce,

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it was worth it.

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<v ->We've just gone there to just hang out with the families</v>

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that are there.

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Sometimes the best thing that you can do to a person

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is just sit with them and mourn with 'em.

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<v ->You know, I think Shaun</v>

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and Mike really do believe in making an impact

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with us after our racing careers are over.

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You know, I feel like some of the lessons I've learned

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from them, I'll carry over to my son one day.

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It's all life's about, really, just making a lifelong

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lasting impact.

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<v ->You know, at the end of the day, we're pitting race cars.</v>

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And, you know, we're not solving world peace

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or curing cancer.

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We just wanted our guys to go home with two things,

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and that's perspective and purpose.

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<v ->I could not ask for any better coaches.</v>

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Like, they show us, you know, how to do our pit crew stuff

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as well as how to be men.

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Everybody has a little bit different background,

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but whenever we come together and do something great,

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man, it makes a big difference.

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<v ->They'll get people to write money, but they don't</v>

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get people to do the dirty work.

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And so, I feel like, as a pit crew, that's kind of

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what we are sometimes, right.

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There's a place called Victory Junction that we go to.

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And, they have this week where it's called Nascarnival,

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and they try to get different pit crews to come.

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But, we don't go on that week because that's the week

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where there's a lot of fanfare, and there's, you know,

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balloons and smoke and all that kind of stuff.

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We go on a week where it's quiet.

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Where it's just us and the kids.

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And we can just play and hang out and have a good time.

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<v ->The impact goes both ways.</v>

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The impact on the people we're helpin', but the impact

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on our guys as well.

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When they see a child light up 'cause you're handing

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them a bicycle or you're knocking on someone's door,

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you know, giving them their meal for the week or whatever.

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It's a powerful moment and it touches them,

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it touches our guys as well.

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And I think both sides come away

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from it for the better.

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