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Episode 13 of the Marla Show

Guest: In a Different Light - Doug Stone Regular Music Video: Point of Light - Randy Travis (Elton) Song for Marla: Have You Ever Been Lonely (with Tracy) Medley: 1961 Crazy - Marla Will You Love Tomorrow - Elton and Patty Sea of Heartbreak - The Burton Brothers (Jeff sang the lead) Hello Walls - Tracy I Fall to Pieces - Marla Guest:  I'd Be Better Off - Doug Stone Gospel: Hide Thou Me - Marla, Jeff, Ward, Patty, Elton and Tracy This is the first time in Song for Marla where Tracy had a duet with Marla. The other is in episode 4 for the medley. All five regulars sang with Marla in a gospel finale, and this is the only time they sang. Marla and Patty sang the lead at the time.

Flashback: Dwight Medders' 2001 Single

Two years after the disbandment, Dwight is the first Medders cousin to have a solo project. Faron is the other. Dwight had his first single, "I Need a Miracle (Change Her Mind)." This is a remake by Larry Boone in 1991, and then Gene Watson five years later with a different song title. The music video features Robert Pressley's daughter Shelby and Dwight's wife Krista.

Episode 12 of the Marla Show

Guest: Leap of Faith - Lionel Cartwright Regular Music Video: If You Want Me To - Joe Diffie (Tracy) Comedy about love life at Charlotte with Tracy Medley: 1955 There He Goes - Marla When I Stop Dreaming - Elton and Patty I Don't Care - The Burton Brothers (Jeff sang the lead) Making Believe - Tracy and Marla Live Fast Love Hard Die Young - Marla Guest:  Waiting For a Sun to Shine - Lionel Cartwright and Marla Gospel: Old Time Religion - Marla, Patty, Elton and Tracy Marla herself had a cameo in a regular music video. This is the first time Marla had a duet with a guest before the finale. Lionel had a pie that was thrown into Jeff's face.

Flashback: Jennifer in Relationship With Driver 1999

In June 1999, when Faron's then girlfriend Lorrie first met Tracy Leslie, who was in the Jack Bowsher ARCA car, Jennifer Smith, Lorrie's friend from Ranburne, Alabama, saw some of the ARCA stars in Michigan. Jennifer and Lorrie ran into Cavin Councilor from Flint, Michigan, same as Paul Krause and Craig Morton, the sponsor said "Mothers Against Drunk Drivers," Lorrie said, "It's like the first line of Hank Williams Jr.'s "I'm for Love" lyrics." Jennifer dated Cavin, and Lorrie was still with Tracy talking about the Marla Talks TV show from last year. David Keith from Kentucky won the race. Tracy's brother Lee was the crew chief for Cavin, and Jimmy Langston works with Mark Gibson. Jennifer remembers Tracy in 1989 where he had a sweep in Talladega. The first was in May where she attended, and had a picture taken by her mom, and Jennifer wasn't there in the last race. In 2002, Jimmy was killed with his sister Pam of the car accide...

Flashback: Micah and Angela Weds

On Aug. 9, 1997, Micah Medders is now married to Angela Heaton in Asheville, North Carolina. Reid Jones was the ring bearer and Cheyenne Langston was the flower girl. Little Thunder was there at the time. Micah's aunt Marla and Tracy Leslie sing "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" during the wedding party. This was from the off race week before Michigan. In addition to Thunder, Micah and Angela had one more child, a daughter Xandrie (real named Alexandria Victoria). Micah and Angela were married for 27 years until he died in January 2025.

Episode 11 of the Marla Show

Guest: Bluest Eyes in Texas - Restless Heart Regular Music Video: She Made a Memory Out of Me - Aaron Tippin (Burton Brothers) Song for Marla: In My Heart (with Larry Stewart) Medley: 1960 Honky Tonk Girl - Marla Just One Time - Elton and Patty Let's Think About Living - The Burton Brothers (Jeff sang the lead) Please Help Me I'm Falling - Tracy Wishful Thinking - Marla Guest: Long Lost Friend - Restless Heart Gospel: Are You Washed in the Blood - Marla and the Burton Brothers Lynn Vrat is the model in a regular music video. Greg Jennings had the ending role.

Flashback: Little Thunder Arrives

On June 28, 1997, Micah and his cousins Faron, Randy, Dwight and Justin were in Watkins Glen for the autograph signing, but Steve Bird, the crew chief for Randy LaJoie, told Micah that his girlfriend, now wife Angela is preparing to have a baby. That night, they welcomed a son Tracy Eugene Medders. The nickname of the boy is Thunder. The first name is in honor of Tracy Leslie, whose real name is Tracy Allan Leslie. Tracy reveals Thunder's birth after he finished 13th.