#54: Racing for a Legacy with Josef Newgarden
JAYSON WALLER UNLEASHED
Jayson Waller
4.4 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show we’re talking with professional racecar driver, Josef Newgarden. Josef has won the Indie series twice, he has been racing since he was a kid, and he didn’t finish high school or college!
We talk about how nothing can hold you back, including being an introvert. Josef had to step out of his comfort zone, and interact with the team in order to create chemistry, to work together better on race day! Josef also lost his first sponsor he ever had, he thought that was the end of his season, but another company stepped in and believed in what Josef could do. He went on to win the championship that year.
Having passion for what you do, becoming obsessed with beating the competition, not letting failures become deterrents, but using them to fuel your passion; that is what Josef brings to the table in today’s interview, and everyday he races.
Pushing yourself, believing in yourself, and stepping out of your comfort zone will get you to new heights you didn’t think were possible.
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Mentioned in the Episode:
Rick’s Book, The 21 Keys to Success: Ridin’ with Rick: https://www.amazon.com/Success-Kolie-Crutcher-Freeway-Ricky/dp/0981464343
Rick’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freewayricky/?hl=en
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Freeway Enterprise Website: https://freewayenterprise.com
Timestamps:
1:03 - Josef’s Upbringing
3:52 - Excited by the Challenges
6:13 - 20% Talent, 80% Passion
9:17 - Selling Yourself
14:19 - Empowering “No”
17:45 - All About the People
21:20 - Passion Beyond Anyone Else
26:52 - Love the Challenges
29:01 - Marrying a Disney Princess
34:02 - Becoming a Father
35:21 - Jayson Meeting His Wife
39:12 - Josef’s YouTube Channel
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Bam! |
| 0:05.2 | Jason Waller, true underdog. |
| 0:07.6 | All the underdogs out there, we have got a special guest for you today. |
| 0:11.8 | The two-time IndyCar champion, Joseph New Garden, hailing from Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 0:17.2 | How are you doing, brother? |
| 0:18.4 | Dude, I'm excited. |
| 0:19.2 | I hope we didn't use everything up. |
| 0:20.6 | We drove here together and had a great 45-minute conversation with the boys. And we've got to rehash that. It was good. That was so organic. I felt like what we had going on. It was natural, right? It was. Yeah. We've covered a lot of ground. So we've got to like redo it now. Yes. Well, I want the listeners and viewers to know that, look, you know, you getting ready to be 30. |
| 0:21.5 | You've already won the indie series twice. |
| 0:23.9 | Yep. |
| 0:24.2 | Right? now. Yes. Well, I want the listeners and viewers to know that, look, you know, you getting ready to be 30. |
| 0:38.3 | You've already won the indie series twice. Yeah. Right? You didn't finish traditional high school, |
| 0:43.7 | dropped out. You didn't go to college. You finished school in England. You won a race that no other |
| 0:49.1 | American has ever won in England. I want to talk a little bit about your history and story to give them |
| 0:54.0 | the background. Yeah. Then I want to talk a little bit about your history and story to give them the background. |
| 0:55.2 | And then I want to get into you and me and let's collaborate again. Fair enough. So you grew up in |
| 1:02.7 | Nashville, Tennessee? Yeah, I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, just north in a suburb called Hendersonville. |
| 1:08.1 | Okay. Pretty normal suburban life came from a really great family. |
| 1:12.1 | My father was in the picture making business with my grandfather. |
| 1:17.0 | Loved racing growing up, but I played baseball and basketball, so kind of, you know, normal |
| 1:21.3 | stick and ball sports. |
| 1:22.7 | But always saw racing on TV, always wanted to be involved in that. |
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