I mean, we

had – it was good and bad.

You know, Stacy and Chad just didn't click for whatever reason.

You know, so the results quite weren't what we wanted.

And then – Kodiak had the decision to make about they could only, the government said you can only sponsor one sporting event.

And it was, are we going to do the rodeo series or are we going to do NASCAR? And they were making that decision.

And, you know, we were running good enough.

When did that come along? So we

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

An extra million back then, that was a, that was a big, uh, that was a big help.

Uh, but we did not make money any other years.

Um, you know, and that's why you always saw Melling on the car, because we were kicking in quite a bit, and, uh, all, all those years, even during the Coors years, we had quite a bit that we were helping out with the race team just to make sure that we were, had the proper funding.

And, um, you know, back then, Budweiser just had probably the unlimited budget, and, uh, um, you know, I think through all the fires that they had, it was just like a lot of things in life.

Sometimes there's just, it's a need for a change, and Budweiser came a-knockin', and I don't think really Coors wanted to ante up what Budweiser wanted to do with Junior.

And, um, I know it was kinda thought, "Yep, Bill, you go do this, take a break, get a nice paycheck for a couple years, and then come on back to Dawsonville, and we'll finish this deal up," you know, type, type of a deal.

Cartoon Network.

How much do you remember, or do you remember anything about your dad signing on as a sponsor and then eventually purchasing the team?

Uh, I do remember it being chatted about, like, "Hey, this, there's an opportunity here." Um, I think he really liked the sport as he got involved.

He really liked MC Anderson.

He was a good guy.

And then, um, I think that he got pretty along with Bud pretty well.

And then I think he just decided, "Hey, I, I like what these guys do.

They're nice guys.

Yeah