4.8 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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0:00.0 | Colin Kaepernick and what he's done. |
0:02.8 | You know, a lot of people really despise that sort of thing, but you know what? |
0:07.5 | Too bad. |
0:08.7 | I feel sorry for what I would consider narrow-minded individuals that want to keep the quote-unquote |
0:16.4 | power structure intact. |
0:19.2 | You know, I think everybody should be equal. And in this country, |
0:24.2 | we're losing ground in terms of equality. Absolutely losing ground since the new presidential |
0:30.2 | administration or current presidential administration has been in place. |
0:47.3 | Welcome to the edge of sports podcast. |
0:48.3 | I'm Dave Ziron. |
0:53.9 | This week we talked to retired NASCAR driver Bill Lester, one of the only African Americans in the history of the sports. |
0:56.0 | That doesn't even give him enough credit for what he accomplished. He's the first African |
1:00.0 | American to race in NASCAR's Bush series, to participate in the Nextel Cup, and to win a pole |
1:05.6 | position. He was the first black driver to appear on a cereal box. Thank you, Honeynut Cheerios. |
1:11.9 | And we will speak to him about his journey. |
1:14.5 | I also have some choice words about the retirement of Andrew Luck. |
1:18.0 | Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down Awards and more. |
1:20.7 | But first, Bill Lester. |
1:26.9 | And so I just wanted to jump right in. and I really want to introduce you to my audience |
1:31.8 | and ask you first and foremost how you became a NASCAR driver. |
1:36.2 | How did that happen? |
1:38.1 | Well, it truly was not an overnight scenario. |
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