Lake Speed Shows Us His Backyard 1980s NASCAR Race Shop! (AND The Go Kart That Beat Ayrton Senna)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Lake Speed may ring a bell to some of you as the guy who drove the Spam car or the Cartoon Network car in the late 1990s. Prior to that he ran his own NASCAR race team out of his backyard in a building he built in 1986. He still lives there and still uses the former race shop for his current vintage Karting endeavors. Today we get to find out how the independent owner-driver ran his race team in the late 1980s! Lake also won the World Karting Championship in 1978 before ever coming to NASCAR. The guy who finished 2nd place in that race was none other than Formula One legend Ayrton Senna. Lake has that go kart here in the exact condition it came off the track in 1978!
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Thanks so much for this. Lake was 1 of my favorite drivers. Loved his win @ Darlington in TranSouth 500 in 88. His interview giving all the Glory to God is still awesome to hear. My top 3 Lake paint schemes: the Wynns/ Kmart olds. The purex and bulls eye. Thanks again for posting.
So cool seeing and hearing from Lake...just rewatched his win from Darlington.When are you going to see Dave Marcus in Arden,NC.
Lake just didn’t get the right opportunities, it’s a shame, super talented , another great video ! Keep up the good work !
Thank you for recognizing Lake!! I may be wrong, and correct me if I'm wrong. I believe some of his missed opportunities were because of his faith and morals.
Need to somehow put that car together.
Lake Speed is an amazing grandfather I am so lucky to have him
Wow. Really cool! You are lucky, don’t take it for granted.
I have got to ask do you guys still live in Charlotte or Mississippi your Grandpa is a good guy I have always pulled for him
When I was a kid, I asked him to sign my can of Spam. He said, "Boy! This is a first!" :)
AND MAKE SURE YOU TALK WITH HIM EVERY DAY JACKSON,HE'S LUCKY TO HAVE YOU
I can't remember everything
But I remember getting a program for the 1997 interstate batteries 500 at Texas(the inaugural race) and seeing the #8 circuit city Ford thunderbird and thinking it looked amazing and that lake had the coolest name in nascar, I remember pulling for Mark Martin(my favorite driver), but I always had a backup guy when I watched in case Mark didn't finish, who I picked before the race
That race I chose Lake Speed
This brought me to tears ! What a great man Lake Speed is ! I watched him back in the day but had no idea what kind of man he was ! What a story 👍👍🇨🇦🇺🇸
Lake and a few other fellows are still running Karts in Vintage classes, and yes, he is the real deal firm on his Faith.
hance
Same here. I very much appreciate learning more about him!
Never knew much about Lake until this video. Taking down Senna for the Karting championship is a pretty huge accomplishment.
It's hard not to root for a guy like Lake Speed. I had no idea about his success in go karts. How cool to see him tell his story and see the pride his son has about his dad and his career. Awesome Content as always, look forward to seeing what comes next!!!
You are killing it capturing NASCAR history, researching and finding the interesting backstories...people, tracks, cars. Lake Speed has a great history, thanks for bringing his story back to the future. Looking forward to how the story evolves with the engine refresh. Great job by you and Logan.
Agree
Okay this is my new favorite. Lake Speed was always a favorite of mine because of all the things you see in this video:
He was always completely confident in his proclamation of his faith and giving God all the credit for his success.
He was a completely independent team.
One of the ONLY products I have ever went to the store and bought because I saw it advertised on the side of a (Lake's) race car was Bull's Eye BBQ sauce. Still my favorite!
Hearing all these stories direct from Lake himself is for sure a privilege! Thanks!
Dang thats awesome. We appreciate you man
That's strange ( giving "god"all the credit?) why after all the hard work, everything can be done without that creepy diety
Lake Speed - Highly underrated
Very. Dude has mad talent.
Great talent! Awesome wheel man. Just didn’t catch a break.
@Late Model 101 You're opinion - Whatever
@Late Model 101 Thats when money started to ruin the sport....
Nascar is no longer what it use to be. Owner/ operators like him made Nascar. Miss him and others from the 80s and 90s.
Richard Petty said it best: "NASCAR used to be about Racing. Today it's about the Big Event". I'll go him one better: NASCAR today is beyond a circus. It's a crash & burn derby.
That’s why I go to sprint car races . Still not corporate racing and very exciting
If NASCAR still had people like Lake it would still be a great sport not having to travel all over the country just to get fans. When all the independent guys left all the fun went out of NASCAR for the fans
@@joestephan1111 Richard Petty has it correct and he’s seen enough of it to know what he’s talking about. Nobody nobody will ever replace the king
@@tucker442
After winning his seventh title, even Dale Earnhardt in TV interviews openly said, "I am not the new King. Richard Petty will always be the King." TNN, which in those days did a lot of NASCAR coverage, openly billed Earnhardt as the "Crown Prince".
Lake Speed is a class act and love the way his son talks about his dad and the way he looks at his dad when he speaks. God bless the Speed family.
They walk the exact same way
The lack of these type of gentlemen is why NASCAR is falling apart. The real deal here.
Driver's used to build and tune/set up their own cars, now days the crew chief doesn't even get his hands dirty. I'm not interested in that! I like drivers that work on their stuff!
Nascar just needs to close because it's suck now days
@@WhiteOak09 Sadly that is the truth. It needs to fold up and hopefully some of the guys out there like Lake Speed could maybe organize something better. Who knows? Probably isn't easy though.
Sponsors killed nascar. The owners conformed to their agenda
Yep nascar has everybody kissing the butt of the sponsors and most if not all of them hate America, nascar just sucks now.
You two guys are nailing it with these interviews!!! The McClure series was awesome. I was so excited when I saw you were interviewing Lake Speed. I remember him from the early eighties to the nineties. He was a very good driver and a very good man who did not get many breaks in NASCAR. What he got, he earned it! I always admired him. With a name like Lake Speed, it seemed like he was born to go fast! Thanks guys for this video, and thank you Lake Speed. He still looks much the same, just got older like the rest of us.
Lake speed was always a great humble guy. Have a autographed Nationwise racing picture somewhere around from the eighties. Did not know about his karting career, he beat Senna that's pretty huge.
Not only being able to hear from the man himself but have his son come along too and share stories, is just great!
Thanks for sharing.
I remember sitting at Dover and Pocono as a kid during qualifying and hearing the announcer say Lake Speed and saying to my grandfather....is that his real name??? He was like a superhero to us as kids in the cartoon network car. And just seeing SPAM on hood going around the track. They had the best sponsors back in the day. You could see literally anything on a hood
Lake Speed is among the one-win wonders club. He won at Darlington in the spring of 1988 the Transouth 500 in an Oldsmobile. And it was his own racing team as car owner that he won with.
I saw him do it. He was running hard.
Thanks for doing this on Lake Speed Mitchell!! Guys like him participated in Nascar at a time when the sport exploded and he deserves all the attention you bring to him. Modern racing doesn’t interest me nearly as much as racing up until the early 2000’s. Awesome video!!
Here here I'm with ya .
Lake Speed raced karts against Ayrton Senna and beat him holy shit...
Yes 😂
When Lake was a boy, I used to deliver the newspaper to his father's house. His brother and I went to school together and later I watched Joe race out at the track. All that to say that I have always followed his career. Glad to see him alive and kicking. Thanks, Lake for your Christian testimony.
This man beat Ayrton Senna in go karts then found success building his own team literally from the ground up! If that doesn’t inspire you nothing will. Could you imagine what Lake could have done with a top tier car back in the day? Thank you for this video. The history was amazing and getting to hear his sons perspective was great too. 🤘
Lake Speed is an amazing person with a very inspiring story and experience.
Jumped up and down in the Darlington Grandstands when Lake won the race. I will never forget that. Bet it was cool to meet him. Outstanding Video Guys.
Great interview and Lake and his son are real good people!
What a GREAT history experience! The wealth of knowledge those men have forgotten is more than most of us will ever learn. What an awesome story, and you never hear a time in his voice to be angry or disappointed (other than parts breaking that cost him races) of his career. What a wonderful amazing man!!!
Thank you!!!!
I remember watching when Michael Waltrip sucker punched him while Lake was still in his car. Pennzoil dropped Waltrip's sponsorship the next day. I also remember that race at Darlington in 1996 where that metal went through his tire under caution. Being a former shifter cart racer myself, Lake Speed is a legend in my world.Thanks for the memories!
While watching this video I was thinking what kind of dickhead punches Lake Speed?!!!! Never liked that clown anyway!!!! The Speeds are awesome folks!!!!
I remember seeing that 83 live in person. Beautiful stock car. Was just a little kid but those painted rides were something else in person. I really wish JD was around so you could talk to him. Maybe you can make it up to Wisconsin to see Old Man Marcis. The Owner-Driver guys were truly American Heroes and Legends. Excellent video! Keep em coming!
Lake Speed has to be one of the most interesting and coolest guys in NASCAR history. Going to Europe and being a World Karting Champion is incredible. He ran his own Kart parts company since he was 16 years old. To back that up with running his own NASCAR team and winning is something else. And as we can see in this video, he is a down to earth guy. I glad that you were able to get to spend so much time with him and his son.
Did you notice that the fuel tank on the championship kart is just a plastic jug with the handle going through the steering shaft and the jug taped to the kart.
Many people have wondered how Lake would have done if he went to Indy cars, Formula cars or some other road race series.
I used the number 83 on my race car in 1986 and 87! I was excited when Lake showed up with that number in NASCAR! Even though I was a Mark Martin fan, I had to root for Lake too!
I remember watching Lake race when I was younger. There were many times he was right up there in the top 5, but seemed like he could never catch a break.
Love these videos. Love hearing the stories from that awesome period for NASCAR.
Lake was a good racer. Had he had top notch equipment,he would have won a lot of races!
Money is and was pretty much a deciding factor of if you finish up front. It reigns true even in the lowest of classes such as a Pure Stock on dirt. (Street car with roll bars)
He had the team and the equipment for those times, he just didn't have the sponsorship needed. The people working for/with him didn't make much, they did it for the love of it and wanted to be there.
My grandparents lived through the woods from lake speeds old shop on Hilton lake road and we use to hear them Dyno motors it seemed like all the time through the woods it was like the best music to your ears to hear them motors fire up and rev until 8800-9300rpms and then throttle down!!! Cool to hear them mention the paint and body guy Rick Brakefeild (The body doctor) my uncle which is still painting show cars today.! Holler at me I can take you to his shop over here in kannapolis NC and hear some more stories about racing and when he was painting the 42 Kyle petty Mello yellow cars and the silver bullets.
So good to see Lake Speed again. Always admired his skill in these cars.
This honestly didn't even feel like an hour, it's so crazy when you are so focused on something how fast time can just fly away. I love this stuff
agreed man
I love how he just let you drive his motor over to the engine builders. That's real trust there. Your a good couple of humans and Ruger too.
Lake’s always been a class act and one of the true good guys. Heck of a wheelman too. Super cool to see his old shop and artifacts of the past. That wynns car was sweet back in the day.
One of the really cool things of this video is the proud son aspect. You can tell he’s proud of his dad.
Really enjoyed watching Lake Speed. He is one the forgotten drivers. He has a great testimony for his faith; his number #83 is the year he was saved. So much respect for Lake.
I well remember lake Speed from his go-kart days. He was a sadly underappreciated talent. I also still have a copy of my IKF Karting News from around 1968 with a picture of "little Ricky Rudd" (I think he was around 12?) and his Nationals winning kart.
You guys keep knocking out of the park, great to hang out with Lake Speed! Thanks, Cheers!
I had to watch this 3 times. Lake Speed was one of the driver's you pulled for. After losing his sponsor...why didn't he just build Race Engines or Race cars and sell them? He and his crew built everything in house and no doubt a proving winner. Wynn's had the best stickers. I love the old school NASCAR you are nailing it. Can't wait for what is next.
Another super cool video, it was really great to see inside a shop and some of the hardware. It's a real shame Mr. Speed didnt receive more media attention because he has a great story! I learned a lot by watching this, thank you!
Thanks Anthony you’re absolutely right. So we’re gonna get his story out there now 💪🏻
These are the best Nascar history lessons one can get. PLEASE keep these awesome videos coming. Can't get enough!! You guys are the BEST!! Thank You! :)
I love me some Lake Speed! I grew up when he was driving the number nine blue spam car. It's fascinating that he almost went the formula 1 route. If I'm not mistaken he raced with and beat Ayerton Senna who is probably one of, if not the best race car drivers in history
Edit: I clearly wrote this before watching the video
I didn't know anything about Lake Speed. Wow what an eye opener that interview was. Great interview and I can't wait to see what is coming down the pipe. You guys are awesome. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Dennis we appreciate you!
When I saw your video about Lake Speed I was ecstatic! I was a Lake Speed fan and I met him in an awkward way. After the Pocono race where he was injured, I stopped by to see him in the hospital. We chatted about that disappointing flat tire at Darlington and I expressed my best wishes to him. He was soft spoken and kind considering a stranger just walked in to see him. Looking back, it was sketchy on my part but I was so concerned and felt like I needed to wish him the best in person. If I recall, it was a bad day with accidents, Harry Gant was hospitalized in Allentown, and Lake along with Buddy Arrington were in the Wilkes Barre area hospital. I also visited Buddy who was in the middle of his dinner, I dropped off a get well card and he asked me to come back in an hour to chat. I did return and we had a nice conversation. More tragedy stuck team Arrington the following week when he put Rick Baldwin in the cart to run Michigan and was killed. I will never forget that. It is incredible how a man of your age is so into the NASCAR history, I applaud you!
I used to love watching Lake race on TV. I could never understand why he essentially disappeared. TV never explained it, and there wasn't enough coverage in the Pacific Northwest to figure it out. I am happy to see him in this vid. Not sure I could've gone through all that he did and still be happy!
The expression on his son's face with the engine rebuild was priceless. Going from his dads shop to Gibbs, had to have been night and day on how money was spent.
Dude, another banger! I''m 50 and you are killing it by bringing back the history of these places and people. I'm familiar with many of these stories and glad you're showing the younger generation. Keep doing these.
That was super cool those late 80's early 90's memories take me back. I would love to see a video of Lake back in car.
U never fail to amaze me, how blessed you guys are to be able to do what you do, thanks so very much for the video, stay safe my friends, can't wait for the next one
This was soooo awesome! And getting that engine was beyond cool! If it was me I'd rebuild it in my garage like the old days! I wish I could find one those and drop it in my 70 Mach 1
Obviously your passion and hard work has literally opened doors for you to get these great interviews with some of Nascars greatests names! Congratulations to you both,Well done!
Lake Speed and Dick Trickle are neck and neck for best names in NASCAR history.
And to think... Michael Waltrip punched this guy in the face...
😂
I remember Michael Waltrip punched Lake Speed. I'm a Michael Waltrip fan❤️
God worked thru Lake Speed because of his humility. That’s where He can shine.
I don't know how you keep getting the leads to do these interviews but they are freaking amazing. All I can say is thank you thank you thank you. I think NASCAR should do some sort of historical series and bring some of these guys out of retirement for a couple of races like the SRX is doing. I can't wait to see who's next on your list. Did they allow you any parts or pieces to bring back to your shop for display?
Thanks man. Not quite but we are doing something cool with one of his old engines!
@@Stapleton42 an engine for Logan's car maybe?
I love this stuff. It's really cool and fun to see how excited Lake's son gets talking about the good ole days. Awesome!!!
Take care, be safe, and have fun regardless
Fantastic work with this old nascar history!! I was a big fan until Ricky rude retired! I was a JR fan as well but nascar changed in the mid 2000s and it’s not for me anymore. But seeing this 80s90s history is awesome
Alright when yall said yall were gonna build the car is the moment i became officially invested in the lake speed series 😂 cant wait to see him in a stock car again. Itd be cool to see you both on the track at an event similar to rockingham thatd be a blast to see wish i had the pocket to do it myself
Lake Speed even sounds like a racer. He reminds me so much of Larry Perkins from Australia. Very very similar history of being good in Europe and running and racing his own car back home. Larry is a multiple Bathurst champion and a super down to earth car engineering genius.
God spoke and Lake Speed, listened !
Great history , Mitchell and Logan. I'm greatful for these ....
we are grateful you're here man!
I love it Stapleton! Btw my pop's and his brothers use to race Go karts with Lake Speed back in the day and they always said he was really fast and so were they. Good vid thanks
Did you ask him why Michael Waltrip punched him after a race at Michigan? I was at that race and remember him punching Lake twice on pit road after the race. Also love the history videos. Especially the Rusty Wallace ones he was my driver. I remember the Stephen Wallace win at MIS too.
We wanted to and forgot. Next time we see him we will ask for that story 😂
@@Stapleton42 how you forget that lol cmon man
I remember Michael Waltrip punched Lake Speed. I'm a Michael Waltrip fan ❤️
What an amazing man Lake is. Thru ups and downs he gave it his all. Incredible.
I was a fan of Lake as a kid! I didn't know anything about him but I liked his name. Pretty cool to see the shop and his beginnings. Also that is a really nice SLEEKCRAFT/MERCURY outboard in the back. Those are sweet boats!
Lol, I was a fan and loved his name as well. Whenever my buddies and I would race on our bikes, I would pretend to be Lake Speed.
I got to watch Lake Speed dominate the field for two vintage races at Barber Motorsports Park in 2003. It’s no wonder that the other guys wanted to step up their game.
That’s awesome 😂
It's funny u say that. Cuz I was wondering if they stepped there game because of lake speed.
Great to see Lake doing so well. Raced karts with him back in the 70's in Memphis as
well as traveling down to his home track in Jackson. Later followed him through Nascar
until his retirement.
Lake Speed has always been a class act,we ran against him in arca series in the early 80s at Daytona, hard man to outrun,he drove a orange and green 77 Monte Carlo, it was fast!
Glad to see lake doing so well and still racing. I knew him when he raced for bud Moore nice guy ultra religious had prayer meetings at bud's shop at lunch time. Nice guy curious why did he not mention much of driving for bud Moore in 1994?
Seeing those "89-"97 Thunderbirds sure brings back some good memories.....Back when Ford was "THE" manufacture that everybody wanted to run.....And the last of the good classic 2 door body style.👍
Clark Kent's dad was Lake Speed?! This explains EVERYTHING!!!
Thank you, Mitchell...Logan, as always for what you do. This was an awesome thing to watch, and made my week as usual. Going to go to the Extra channel now and check out the first experience piece with Lake. You guys are the best.
Thank you Joshua!
I have a lot of memories of what you are telling about here. I was at the track competing against Lake's team with various other smaller teams which were about the same caliber at the time. The shop and team setup was very similar and knowing some of the guys from the garage area every weekend was a neat experience to have gone through while the sport was still expanding into what it once was. I am glad I got to live it in real time and seeing this video really brings it all back home.
Lake is a legend and the most humble person I’ve ever known.
He was also being generous in the MPH we ran at Newcastle with the twin karts.
We hit 94.8 lol
GREAT VIDEO-
Video on my channel
Thank you so much for documenting all of this history. Without y'all a lot of these stories would be lost forever. You can definitely tell how much Lake Jr. loves & admires his father!! I truly envy you & Logan for everything y'all are doing with your lives & this channel. I know it's a ton of work, but y'all look like you're really enjoying what you're doing. Looking forward to seeing what the future holds!
Thank you Kerry!
What he did in Cup racing is often overlooked, but it was nothing short of amazing. Incredible driver, would've loved to see him in F1 but God had other plans for him. He's a national treasure.
Absolutely!
We need to get lake speed in a SRX car next year.
Great videos!! Would love to see some with the crew chiefs of the past. Tim Brewer, kirk shelmerdine, and tony glover would be some good interviews.
Thanks man we are working on it!
Was out on the lake yesterday with the souped-up v-drive Spectra haulass boat, missed this one but here I am today!
Very interesting video, lots of history and so cool to see it all get revisited! Thank you & Logan for all the time & effort you both put into all of these videos, sure do appreciate it and I'm there one way or another with you all!😎🏎👍
He drove the dirt track car I grew up working on when I was young. Our local track had “NASCAR nite”. Also Cale Yarborough drove one car. We were the purple gang cars. Pretty nice to see him again.
That was so cool. I love these stories of the past. Showing the old pics from back then. I love the old shops. The small shops produced fast race cars, just like the big state of the art ones of today. I can't wait to see more like this. Thank you guys.
I only knew Lake Speed because my dad had his diecast in the early 90's and I thought his name was awesome. He was a little before my time, but its so awesome to learn his story thru this tour. What an awesome guy. This channel is a goldmine for old school Nascar nerds. You wont see this kind of content anywhere else! 🤘
Thanks man!! We work hard to make sure you guys have a spot to see this stuff!
Absolutely love this one, Mr. Lake Speed has been one of my favorites, sure Dale Sr. Was my always guy❕and when Lake Speed was running up front, oh my, l was a happy camper.
Thanks for sharing 👍you two.
We appreciate you man!!
A lack of men like Lake Speed that are currently involved in NASCAR is why I’m not interested in racing any longer…✝️🇺🇸🤙🏻🅰️
I agree it's too fancy and political and too many white collar shirts and not enough t shirts.
I sent Lake Speed a letter in the mid 90's when I was about 8-10 years old. He sent me back a signed letter back and said he was a christian. He was my favorite driver growing up.
If We had stuff like this back in the day & while growing up I would have been A HUGE
Lake Speed Fan❕
This was amazing and I am now A HUGE
LAKE SPEED FAN & Supporter 💯
He has a Blue Bird engine hoist that were made so well and it's the knock down type, they were big with tool rental places because how tough they were made and US made completely.
Absolutely awesome! What a cool guy and STORY! You do a great job telling all these stories and sharing the history! Your channel had me WAYYYY into NASCAR history like i never thought id be! Im in the land of Dick Trickle, Alan Kulwicki, and Matt Kenseth....think i need to do some exploring!
what a freakin cool video! Time capsule indeed. Lake Speed was great back in the day because he was truly the David vs Goliath going with the big teams with his small group and running up front. Would love to see Speed in the SRX series, im sure he would be right in the thick of things. Hope we get to see the results of that engine
I appreciate how into the haulers you get. Mainly because I love big rigs and drive for a living.
One amazing family! Lake Jr has been here to our machine shop! Love this video!
You are both putting out amazing content! Me being a former go-kart racer, really hit a nerve. Then beating the guys he did, like Senna, is amazing in itself. Might be tie to get back into karting. Once you drive a kart made for racing, you are hooked. Very cool work ya'll!
Thanks Eddie!
Great content, the stories are priceless. Thanks for all your hard work.
So much respect! What a man!! Great man!!! Don't make 'em like that anymore 🎖👌✔
Been a Lake Speed Fan for many years.... I used to buy his "pull-offs" (tires) When I first started racing in '83 at Jackson Int'l Speedway. Super nice guy.
I remember Lake, and it was awesome to hear some of his stories from racing. Very underrated racer. Having his son there to talk from his perspective was great. Another awesome video in the series my man.
Thanks man! Lake Jr is how this was facilitated!
A Christian Gentleman, racing & giving Glory 2 God & Jesus 4 his Success. Awesome
Wild to think I know exactly where Lake hit that 92.8mph at New Castle. Been racing there for years. Wonder what he could've done in F1 if it really was just a big go-kart.
I'd reckon in another universe he's a F1 World Champ.
I agree completely
Very likely on skill alone, however a lot of the alternate universe success would've depended on getting into the right team at the right time, with all of the political intrigue, influx of money and rapid advances in the tech side of things going on at the time in F1. Not to mention how dangerous it stil was at the time, there were several fatal or career ending crashes between Lake Speed winning the Karting World Championship and Ayrton Senna winning his first Grand Prix.
Lake also mentioning Elio de Angelis brings up another sobering point, both Elio and Ayrton were killed at the wheel of an F1 car.
@@RLRSwanson Very true, but there has to be one universe out there where it all aligned for Lake. I think especially with his timing of winning a karting world championship in the same year Mario Andretti became the last American to win a F1 championship. It seems as if Lake Speed could have possibly been the next driver to do that if his career took him down that path. Back then, though, everyone still needed significant backing to get them in the door to a F1.
@@mistertheking Even in a not perfectly aligned universe where he went to F1 he would've done way better than say, Eddie Cheever. Just from carrying the momentum over to the next step and maybe having better inroads to the better teams like Lotus or Brabham were at the time...and stayed away from factory teams like Ferrari, Renault or Alfa Romeo who just couldn't keep their s*** together as a team to win championships or repeat successes going into the 80s...or just descending into a complete farce, despite many times having the fastest or simply the best cars in the field.
Amazing person, but without a doubt, one of the coolest names ever in NASCAR.
Really enjoying all this old school nascar stuff! Brings back a lot of good memories!
Really enjoy this video. I hope you do more like this one. Lake was a really good driver just wish he could have been able ro drive better equipment a lot times during his career but all in all still a Lake Spees fan. Thanks for the video.
I wonder if Lake is a Lightning McQueen fan.
Because at any moment he can legit say. I am Speed.
😂