begging you to touch and go will: good morning and welcome to fox & friends. good morning and welcome to fox & friends live from the daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida, for the daytona 500 today, 2:30 eastern time on fox. we re right here, yards away from the track. rachel: we re in the danger zone. [laughter] will: well, if yesterday was any indicator, the cars going around the track today will be the second faster thing you will see or hear, the second loudest thing you will hear. if the thunderbirds buzz us like they did yesterday [laughter] we ll all be ducking. rachel: it is lower than you think. pete: and i think we have eventually later on in the program, we re going to the play the clip of how we all reacted when the thunderbirds came over, because it was, like my wife was over there going, have you never heard that? it was out of nowhere, we dove. rachel: you and congressman waltz said the same thing which was when the bad guy
cooperation amongst them, you know? on a green flag pit stop, they ll be looking to pit out. strength in numbers on this racetrack. it s a drafting-style racetrack. the more cars you have together in your favor, the faster you re going to be and the faster your car will perform on that racetrack. so finding those allies, and they may not be your teammates. this is pretty much the only racetrack that they could be your manufacturer buddies too. finding those situations through 500 miles, educating yourself. you have to figure out who your dancing a partner is on the racetrack, and the quicker you can do that, that s how you win. rachel: who s going to win? i like al no role la. ing that 10 car is extremely fast, won his dual race on thursday night, looks pretty good. way. will: last year, contribute had a brief clint had a briefcase full of cash never a good idea to go into an infield with a briefcase full of cash. i think it ended up giving it
finishing in 11th place in a field of 40 drivers. after the race, he called it the most insane thing he has ever done. i could imagine. those are your headlines, guys, back to you. rachel: thank you. thank you, ashley. will: well, it is insane, and we can now at least both say you had the opportunity rachel: i could, because i was still a little bit nauseous from my so i left it to will. will: we can both say that we have a little window into how insane it is to drive a car around this track at 150 miles an hour. i got to do the nascar racing experience just a few days ago. here s how it went down. [background sounds] will: all right. we re at daytona, that means i ve got to dress the part. let s get dressed to race. will: you can take the boy out of texas, can t take the texas out of the boy.
hour faster, and that s what we re going to do later on today. pete: how do you manage that? will and i come out of that car, and you re hyped. you re vigilant the entire will: oh, man, all my muscles pete: how do you manage the stress and stay focused? pete, you ve done it yourself, right? in the midst and when the bullets are flying, essentially, right, you re composed. it s you prepare for it, and it s nothing new. so as you re running right next to somebody going 200 miles an hour, it s what you ve prepared to do, it s what you ve been doing your whole life. so it s not like this super tense thing, you re loose, you re trying to evaluate. cars are having a strong run that day, which guys are pulling the lines right, where is crosswinds are going. you trying to evaluate all these different variables simultaneously and be composed rachel: so there s never a moment in this entire long drive around these tracks that you re not, like, i get you re not holding on tight, but y
rid of you too the. seems about right. pete: give us a dose of your strategy. are you looking to ride with the pack and make a move? what s your take? without a doubt. every driver out here believes they can win this race. having said that, my goal is just not to the add to any drama, add to the excitement. we re here, starting last row but starting next to the jimmie johnson. he s with noah gregson, noah, black rifle, i m going to try to jump in on that and hopefully beat up some toyotas. pete: find a couple partners, and you can be right in the mix. it s going to be a long, long race. don t be surprised if we re hang towards the back at the beginning, but like everybody out there, we want to be near the front. pete: another car to look out for, the 67 car. travis, evan, thank you guys. black rifle coffee, check it out. all right, still ahead, stick around i can t read the teleprompter. big guests ahead of today s daytona 350 500 on fox, you