Episode 59: NASCAR Cup Series Driver, Bubba Wallace

Boardroom Talks

Boardroom Podcast Network

Business, Entrepreneurship, Sports

4.4 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Bubba Wallace is not only the first Black driver to win a Cup Series race since Wendell Scott in 1963, he’s also the first driver for Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing team. In this episode of Out Of Office, Bubba discusses the roots that led him to the racetrack, how he developed the commitment to the sport, how the sponsorship landscape opened up for him in recent years and how and where NASCAR’s diversity initiatives still have room to grow.

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to another boardroom out of office podcast.
0:17.1	My name is Rich Climman and with me as always My right hand man my man 50 grand
0:22.2	My brother from another all those sayings Mr. Gianni Harrell
0:25.7	What's up what's up? We're here baby
0:28.0	We are here you are calling live from your new home too
0:31.4	You're moving day right? Shout out newest resident in the West Village
0:35.4	You know what I'm saying you might see me around
0:37.1	I already know best neighborhood in the city in my mind Village. You know what I'm saying? You might see me around. I already know.
0:38.0	Best neighborhood in the city in my mind.
0:40.2	It's tight.
0:41.0	I mean, I was in Little Italy before. It was cool being down there. But, you know, life's about change. You know what, though? Let me take that back for the record because I'm a born and bred Upper West Sider. So the best neighborhood in the city, with the exception of the Upper West Side, because as I plot out my mayoral campaign, I cannot lose my core back on the Upper West.
1:00.0	You got to keep your core.
1:01.0	Yeah.
1:02.0	Core.
1:03.0	What's the word?
1:04.0	Not core.
1:05.0	What do they say?
1:06.0	Both were good.
1:07.0	Both were good.
1:08.0	Great guests today, Bubba Wallace, man. Amazing dude. Amazing career and just what he's had to
1:16.7	endure the last few years and how he's handled himself amidst it all. He's got an incredible
1:22.0	partnership with Michael Jordan. So like, that's pretty dope. Yep. Michael Jordan's like kind of dude where like you could say to somebody just sold your company for a billion dollars or you could be like, yo, I just did something with MJ and they'd be like, tell me everything about MJ.
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