Mike Ryan

I put on one of the headsets to listen to what the drivers listen to.

Basically, you have to learn a whole new language because I don't understand a GD word that these people are saying over these radios.

But there is constant communication.

There is constant input going into their brains.

It was dizzying.

I was exhausted.

It's funny to hear Mike say that because what he's reminding me of when he says that is when we did Freedom, 24 hours of content, Mike had a bit of an air traffic control in his headset for 24 hours.

And Kate Fagan, a lifelong journalist, took the headset on and put it on.

And just from the things being said into those earphones, she took it off so immediately that I thought her ears had been electrocuted.

And it was just a bunch of people talking with controls.

People have no idea how death-defying focus will drain you in a race on a race course where if you make the wrong move, you can be paralyzed.

No matter how safe they've made the cars, I know that these crashes are now safer than they've been because you don't get a ton of death.

But what they're doing is spectacularly dangerous that can damage their body with a wrong move for the rest of time.

I'm sorry, Chris.

They have a millisecond when they know a crash is coming to let go of the wheel because if you're holding on to the wheel when you're in one of these crashes going, you know, 150, 60, 70 miles per hour, you'll break your wrist, you'll break your hand.

Really?

So you have to bring your hands back.

Why are you shaking your head yes like you're an expert?

Because I was watching it.

He's the Talladega.