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Some of the cars at trucks at the Kansas Speedway\nWatching every lap, every week<\/p>\n
When Morgan Wiebe walked into the Country 88 studio wearing a full NASCAR championship jacket, it briefly felt like a seven time Cup Series champion had wandered into Winkler by mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever you come into the Country 88 studio, you always have to come ready,\u201d Wiebe laughed, fully aware that his Jimmy Johnson style jacket was about to steal the show.<\/p>\n
It turns out the jacket has a story too. \u201cThis is what they sold for championship gear,\u201d Wiebe explained. \u201cAfter he won all his titles, they kept releasing these jackets, and I was lucky enough to get one for Christmas from a family friend way back in like 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Wiebe, NASCAR is not a casual interest. It is a full blown passion that shows up in his wardrobe, his conversations and his YouTube channel, Morgan Wiebe Racing, where he breaks down races, drivers and the beautiful chaos of stock car racing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A childhood fueled by the blue car<\/p>\n
Born in 1998, Wiebe was still a kid when Jimmie Johnson was stacking championships in the mid to late 2000s.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great childhood, but yes, very young still,\u201d he said. \u201cI think I was like eight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked how he got hooked, Wiebe traced it back to one unmistakable detail. \u201cThat guy, basically,\u201d he said, referring to Johnson. \u201cJust happened to find it one day. Not really sure how. But it was the blue car as a kid. Colors mean a lot. A lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was not a deeply rooted family tradition either. \u201cMy dad to an extent, but not nearly to the extent that I do,\u201d Wiebe said. The obsession grew naturally, one race at a time.<\/p>\n
Why NASCAR Is not just cars turning left<\/p>\n
For people who dismiss NASCAR as repetitive or simple, Wiebe has a ready made pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably the fact that it is the best way to describe it is forty sided chess, but no one takes turns, and if you touch pieces, it\u2019s going to be chaos,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He compares the intensity to a feeling most drivers know all too well. \u201cYou drive down the highway when everyone\u2019s out there and everyone wants to go home. You tell me that doesn\u2019t. That\u2019s about the closest feeling as most of us are going to get.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Wiebe puts it plainly, \u201cIt is chaos, but it is beautiful chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of the cars at trucks at the Kansas Speedway
\nWatching every lap, every week<\/p>\n
Calling Wiebe a casual fan would be wildly inaccurate.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically, yeah,\u201d he said when asked if he watches every NASCAR race.<\/p>\n
That means nearly the entire schedule. \u201cIncluding non points races, you\u2019re looking at about 38,\u201d he said. \u201cPoints races are 36.\u201d<\/p>\n
That level of commitment has turned him into the go to NASCAR voice among friends and coworkers, especially when longtime stars like Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson stepped away.<\/p>\n
The new era of NASCAR simplified<\/p>\n
Wiebe is quick to point out that NASCAR today looks very different than it did even a decade ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got a brand new race car over the last couple of years,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s got a lot of new bells and whistles. It\u2019s no longer like an H pattern shifter. It\u2019s a sequential shifter, so it makes it easier to shift.\u201d<\/p>\n
The biggest change might be how equal the cars have become. \u201cEvery car pretty much is built to the same spec,\u201d Wiebe said. \u201cThey really try to put an emphasis on driver skill.\u201d<\/p>\n
That shift has caused some friction. \u201cIt\u2019s been met with some controversy because racers really want to have control over their race cars,\u201d he added. \u201cThey kind of want to tweak and push the limit just a tad on what\u2019s legal.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Morgan even got to sign the wall at The Kansas Speedway
\nNew stars and familiar last names<\/p>\n
While legends have retired, the sport has not run out of personality or talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of second generation, some third generation guys,\u201d Wiebe said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got Bill Elliott\u2019s son, Chase Elliott. Dave Blaney\u2019s son, Ryan Blaney.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are also breakout names making waves. \u201cKyle Larson is out there,\u201d he said. \u201cRyan Preece, last night\u2019s winner, he\u2019s a third generation guy. When you look at their family history, it\u2019s a who\u2019s who of local short tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Selling NASCAR to the skeptics<\/p>\n
For anyone still on the fence, Wiebe believes watching with an open mind is the key.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou might think you can do it because you can do 110 or 130 down the highway,\u201d he said. \u201cBut trust me, when you start going 250 kilometers, there is no grip. You have very little time to actually react to anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cThey are doing it all in a confined space and there isn\u2019t a whole lot of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
That skill requirement is what keeps him glued to every race weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What makes a great NASCAR driver<\/p>\n
According to Wiebe, speed alone is not enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think having a good head on your shoulders,\u201d he said. \u201cYou are constantly taking in information.\u201d<\/p>\n
Modern NASCAR is relentless. \u201cYou\u2019re always trying to make sure you\u2019re staying on the right side of fuel, making sure you\u2019re not burning your tires up in about ten seconds,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to be willing to push the limit, but also not overstep your boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n
And if he ever got the chance himself. \u201cProbably not lap one,\u201d Wiebe admitted. \u201cBut if you probably got me around lap 15, we\u2019d probably be close to full speed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Morgan with another racing legend Chase Elliot
\nFrom local studio to online NASCAR community<\/p>\n
Through his YouTube channel, Morgan Wiebe Racing, Wiebe channels that enthusiasm into race recaps and analysis, bringing NASCAR conversations into a local perspective that feels accessible, knowledgeable and fun.<\/p>\n
The season always begins with the biggest stage. \u201cThey\u2019re going to have their Super Bowl, the Daytona 500,\u201d Wiebe said. \u201cThat\u2019s always race one of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Wiebe, NASCAR is not just a sport on television. It is strategy, adrenaline, storytelling and community, all wrapped up in one very loud package. And judging by the jacket, the YouTube channel and the encyclopedic knowledge, he is just getting started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Morgan Wiebe walked into the Country 88 studio wearing a full NASCAR championship jacket, it briefly felt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-461701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}