All right, everybody.

All right, everybody, welcome back to another edition of the Untitled Jeff Gluck podcast.

I'm your host Jeff Gluck, and today it's a very special edition of the podcast because it's a how I got here with Marlon Yoder, who is a car chief for MDM Motorsports in the ARCA series.

And listen, the odds are that you've never heard of Marlon Yoder,

but I tell you what, he has one of the most fascinating stories I've heard,

and this might be the best how I got here in terms of the backstory that we've had so far this year,

so I'm really excited to bring it to you.

I don't want to spoil what a great

story this is. So let's just get right into how Marlon Yoder got to be involved in racing.

All right, everybody. I'm here with Marlon Yoder, and first of all, thank you for joining me. Can you

let us know what your current position is with MDM. Yeah, thanks for having me.

My current position and has been for this is going on my third year with the same crew chief.

Marty Lindley, I am the car chief.

This year for Zane Smith running the running for a championship in the ARCA series.

That's awesome.

So I understand you have an interesting backstory when I was talking to people about this feature.

Several people nominated you to do this.

So why don't we start with, can you tell me how you grew up and what your upbringing was like,

was racing ever on your radar at all?

No.

So I was born and raised Amish, and I left the Amish when I was 17, almost 18, and we weren't allowed to follow any sports, play very few sports.

We were allowed to play like basketball, or not basketball, volleyball, and so we could play volleyball,

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