Mike Metcalf - NASCAR Pit-Crew Coach
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Mike Metcalf is a NASCAR pit-crew coach and is presently one of the head coaches for the Chip Ganassi Racing pit crew and fuel man for the No. 42 team.
The Charlotte native and former football student-athlete graduated with honors from Appalachian State University. He first entered the world of motorsports in 2006 as a member of a NASCAR Pit Crew. Mike quickly climbed the ranks and started coaching pit crews in addition to competing in 2012.
Outside of motorsports, Mike is very active in the community. He serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Rescue Mission. His new book "12 Second Culture" released in 2020 and is available now.
On today's podcast, Mike Metcalf shares how a former college football player becomes a NASCAR pit-crew coach, why he's passionate about leadership, his favorite NASCAR story and the importance of being an example of Jesus to those who are suffering injustices.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast where we bring Jesus into the conversation. |
| 0:18.1 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.1 | Hey, guys. Welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano. My email host, Jason Romano. Hey guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:21.9 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:23.2 | My email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:27.0 | Jason at Sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:30.0 | And we are presented today by Water Mission. |
| 0:33.0 | They are a nonprofit Christian engineering ministry that fights the global water crisis with safe water |
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| 0:44.0 | great work right now fighting the global water crisis. You can team up with Water Mission. |
| 0:49.2 | You can pray for them and learn more by going to their website,mission.org, watermission.org. |
| 0:56.4 | We're also presented today by Compassion International, the most trusted child development |
| 1:00.8 | ministry in the world, and this is a chance for you to team up with pro athletes for |
| 1:05.5 | children in poverty. |
| 1:08.5 | So you can check out their website, Compassion.com slash team up. Compassion.com |
| 1:13.1 | slash team up and donate and help release a child from poverty today. |
| 1:19.2 | Very excited to welcome to Sports Spectrums podcast, Mike Metcalf. He is a NASCAR pit crew coach. |
| 1:27.2 | He's been there doing that job since 2006. |
| 1:30.7 | He's a former football player, played college ball at Appalachian State. And like I said, |
| 1:36.0 | began his motorsports career in 2006. He began and started coaching pit crews in 2012. |
| 1:42.9 | And presently, he's one of the head coaches for the Chip Gannasi racing pit crew and fuel man for the number 42 team. |
| 1:51.0 | And Mike's also got a brand new book out. |
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