This is Jocko Podcast Number 417 with Eco Charles and me Jocko Willink.

Good evening, Echo.

I have to think about everything happening around me outside the car, like when to come in for a pit stop and what kind of stop I'm making whether it's a short stop or a long stop changing tires or just adding fuel or adjustments I want made to the car in my next pit

I'm thinking about where the other drivers are on this track and the order we're all

driving in who's a lap down and who I'm racing against whom will I risk driving

next to especially if they are behind me in the standings.

There's a lot happening inside the car too.

I'm constantly adjusting my suspension, monitoring all my engine functions,

and adjusting my fuel mixture, switching between full power and various conversion levels according to the fuel strategies.

When you drive an open cockpit car, there's a constant deluge of flying debris, including rubber from the tires, often referred

to as marbles, exhaust fumes, oil on the track, stones or pebbles, and so on.

Everything on the track becomes a potential hazard

and a problem when it comes to seeing

while I drive several times during the race

I remove tear-offs which are layered plastic-like

protectors that sit on top of polycarbonate shield on my helmet to protect my

eyes. With all this going on and so much more I have to keep my mind clear so I can focus on what I have to do that day to complete, to compete, let alone win.

One mistake can cost me the race or worse. Racing is a rhythm, a cacophony of thought,

skill and teamwork. There was a lot riding on this race. I knew I had what it would take to give the boys a good challenge

like every other race of my career. I had something to prove. And that right there is an excerpt from the book called Danica, crossing the line, which is

written by Danica Patrick a race car driver who's raced

everything from go-karts to Formula Ford's to Indy cars to NASCAR and she's the most successful woman in the history of American

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