25. Harry Leary was an "animal", a "fast sucker", and irreplaceable as a training partner to Greg

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REV5NEzmuGY

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2025-11-11

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25. Greg Mathias has a problem finding people to help him train, since his training partner Harry Leary passed away. New training partners tell him to do something, but they don’t know how to show them how to do “it.”

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To this day, he just he just kept going. He was an animal. Wow.
He was an animal. Wow. >> You know, he still was relevant. He he
>> You know, he still was relevant. He he was one fast sucker, man.
was one fast sucker, man. >> He's going to always remain relevant.
>> He's going to always remain relevant. That's Say what you want to say.
That's Say what you want to say. >> Yeah. He'd train with me and he I would
>> Yeah. He'd train with me and he I would think he wasn't watching cuz somebody
think he wasn't watching cuz somebody was talking to him.
was talking to him. >> Uhhuh. And
>> Uhhuh. And >> I come around the track and he'd look at
>> I come around the track and he'd look at me and go, "God damn it. You're not
me and go, "God damn it. You're not doing that right. You're not." You know,
doing that right. You're not." You know, I said, "Oh, I didn't know you were
I said, "Oh, I didn't know you were watching." [laughter]
Yeah. He's like, "I'm always watching." >> I love it. And
>> I love it. And >> I was like, "Oh, okay."
>> I was like, "Oh, okay." >> And I've heard he had an eagle eye, man.
>> And I've heard he had an eagle eye, man. Like
Like >> Oh, he did.
>> Oh, he did. >> He could pick out like if you had
>> He could pick out like if you had something that you could improve upon
something that you could improve upon with your your racing, he could find it
with your your racing, he could find it for you.
for you. >> Yeah. And he'd tell me these things and
>> Yeah. And he'd tell me these things and I'd look at him and I'd go, "Show me."
I'd look at him and I'd go, "Show me." >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> And he'd show me. Yeah. And I do it.

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