Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews 15-time AMA motorcycle champion and NBC analyst for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross series Ricky Carmichael. Jessica and Ricky discuss a wide range of topics including hating racing as a kid, his displeasure with the "GOAT" nickname, racing in NASCAR, and more.
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-2:51: Welcome Ricky Carmichael to Short and to the Point
-3:03: Transition from racer to commentator to host
-5:59: Starting out in broadcasting
-8:08: Evolution of social media during Ricky’s career
-10:41: What is Ricky not good at?
-13:56: Importance of having confidence, or lack thereof
-15:51: Respecting opponents/being hard on yourself
-16:49: Hating racing at the beginning
-20:14: Racing feeling like a job
-22:40: High school
-24:04: Giving advice
-27:31: Revisiting the GOAT farm
-31:39 Baseball
-36:19: Catering to younger crowd in motorsports
-37:56: Being called the “GOAT”
-41:27: Hall of Fame voting talk
-43:40: Retirement
-48:06: Comfortable with embracing retirement
-48:31: NASCAR racing
-49:49: Difficulty going from motorcycles to NASCAR
-51:48: Keeping racing mentality going from motorcycles to NASCAR
-53:11: Daytona race track design
-56:22: What goes into track design?
-57:37: James Stewart's growth as an analyst
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