This is the MEGA Episode from NASCAR Championship Weekend (Nov. 9-10th at the Phoenix Raceway) and today I'm bringing you THREE awesome on-location interviews in ONE shot. First up we have David Ragan, the legendary NASCAR driver who drove the ABB EV Prototype vehicle for the first time over the weekend. Next, I interviewed Riley Nelson, Head of Sustainability at NASCAR Impact to talk about why NASCAR is spreading the word that "electric vehicles are cool." And finally, I caught up with Justin Barker, Senior Manager for Race Car Development at Goodyear right after the 23 lap test drive around the track to talk about some really innovative tire tech that went into building the very first #35 EV race car. Many thanks once again to the awesome team at ABB for inviting me to cover this historic event! If you enjoyed this episode, hit me up on LinkedIn with your favorite Ricky Bobby quote. Mine is obviously, "If you ain't first, you're last!"

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