I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix sports series NASCAR full speed

I don't care about making friends at the racetrack. I don't want to be friends with any of them. I want to win and I'll do it at all cost.

Today we're talking to producer Aaron Cohen and NASCAR Senior Vice President Tim Clark.

After a year of high stakes racing it all comes down to the final 10 races of the NASCAR Cup series playoffs. The sports best drivers face elimination as they make their way to the final race and most story championship in

motorsports. But who are these competitors behind the wheel? Are they the same

person at home as they are on the track and do they have the right stuff to take the checkered flag?

NASCAR, full speed, brings fans behind the scenes both on and off the track

while exploring the physical, mental, and emotional challenges of competing for a championship

at the world's highest level of stock car racing.

I can win a championship.

I can fulfill a dream. I can become historic or I can screw it all up. And I'm joined now by producer Aaron Cohen and NASCAR Senior Vice President Tim Clark.

Welcome to you Can't Make This Up,

Great to be here.

Thanks for having us.

So Aaron, we're entering a golden age of sports docks

and I think Netflix is leading the way on those.

If the first thing you had to do before shooting was create like a mood board for NASCAR full speed,

what other titles would have been tacked up on the wall for your inspiration for this series?

Yeah, that's a fun question. I mean, I think you have to start with Drive to Survive,

which is obviously a racing show that, you know, follows a somewhat similar plot line in terms of a

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