This is the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports intersect.

Now let's bring in our host, former ESPN producer Jason Romano.

Hey guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum.

I'm so glad you're tuning into today's show. And this is a little bonus episode.

Sometimes these things happen where we find out that we can interview someone just a few days or even a few hours before we get them.

And because of the timeliness of those interviews, we want to release them as quickly as possible.

Now, a lot of our conversations are recorded weeks before,

maybe even months before because of the length and because of the scheduled. And when you release

multiple interviews in a week, you don't want to overload with too many. But this was one when not only

did I find out just a day or so ago that we were going to be able to talk to this person,

but I knew we were going to release it right away, and that is Michael McDowell, 2021 Daytona 500 winner.

Just a few days ago on February 14th, he won the Daytona 500.

And that is his first win in 358 starts, career starts as a NASCAR driver it's only second to michael waltrip

whose first career win came after his 463rd start so michael mcdow now second his first win in

358 starts happens to be the super bowl of auto racing, the great American race, the Daytona 500.

Now, Michael, if you watch him, he's a guy who also on both arms of his outfit, his NASCAR

driving outfit, has the words, I am second, which is a very good sign for a lot of people,

and certainly in the faith world

to know that Michael's faith in Jesus is important to him, God first and himself second,

or anything else. Second. Now, Michael also happened to be a guest that we had on this show in

2019, and we got to share his testimony. We got to talk about faith and really go deep into

his journey. And you can go back and listen to that conversation. It's in the in the show notes

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