Scott Van Pelt

No, this is a good introduction.

It's Australia. It's Maui. And it's like life is good. I am wavy, bro. And this is real real good look at your boy um then that's how that's how it started and then it was actually a really unfortunately sobering moment because i it's i come home and i'm sitting at my house one day it's february and it was the daytona 500 and i get a phone call

It's Australia. It's Maui. And it's like life is good. I am wavy, bro. And this is real real good look at your boy um then that's how that's how it started and then it was actually a really unfortunately sobering moment because i it's i come home and i'm sitting at my house one day it's february and it was the daytona 500 and i get a phone call

It's Australia. It's Maui. And it's like life is good. I am wavy, bro. And this is real real good look at your boy um then that's how that's how it started and then it was actually a really unfortunately sobering moment because i it's i come home and i'm sitting at my house one day it's february and it was the daytona 500 and i get a phone call

from ESPN that says, Hey Scott, we were, uh, we're getting word that Dale Earnhardt might've died in this crash. And I'm like, Oh, that's awful. And then they said, I'm, I'm not processing this. Right. And there's, we need you to go there. And I'm thinking, well,

from ESPN that says, Hey Scott, we were, uh, we're getting word that Dale Earnhardt might've died in this crash. And I'm like, Oh, that's awful. And then they said, I'm, I'm not processing this. Right. And there's, we need you to go there. And I'm thinking, well,

from ESPN that says, Hey Scott, we were, uh, we're getting word that Dale Earnhardt might've died in this crash. And I'm like, Oh, that's awful. And then they said, I'm, I'm not processing this. Right. And there's, we need you to go there. And I'm thinking, well,

wow i mean i had only done golf right and so i had just done these golf events which was a very familiar space for me and now all of a sudden i'm hopping in the car driving up to daytona to cover as big a story as there could be in the sports world and that's where it was a real reality check of the, like you're in the deep end of the pool, man.

wow i mean i had only done golf right and so i had just done these golf events which was a very familiar space for me and now all of a sudden i'm hopping in the car driving up to daytona to cover as big a story as there could be in the sports world and that's where it was a real reality check of the, like you're in the deep end of the pool, man.

wow i mean i had only done golf right and so i had just done these golf events which was a very familiar space for me and now all of a sudden i'm hopping in the car driving up to daytona to cover as big a story as there could be in the sports world and that's where it was a real reality check of the, like you're in the deep end of the pool, man.

And, and, and I, I remember vividly sports center started that night with a report from me at Daytona, given the news that Dale Earnhardt had died. And it was, it went from like everything's whatever to the reality of what the stage you were on and, and the fact that you were covering everything. And then,

And, and, and I, I remember vividly sports center started that night with a report from me at Daytona, given the news that Dale Earnhardt had died. And it was, it went from like everything's whatever to the reality of what the stage you were on and, and the fact that you were covering everything. And then,

And, and, and I, I remember vividly sports center started that night with a report from me at Daytona, given the news that Dale Earnhardt had died. And it was, it went from like everything's whatever to the reality of what the stage you were on and, and the fact that you were covering everything. And then,

Obviously, from there, there's far less serious stories, but you added more to the plate as time went on.

Obviously, from there, there's far less serious stories, but you added more to the plate as time went on.

Obviously, from there, there's far less serious stories, but you added more to the plate as time went on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And now Dale Earnhardt is gone. But from my perspective as, all right, can I do this? It was, you're not going to be asked to cover something more significant than that. And I was able to do it. And then it was just the recognition of, all right, you're, you're in a different place now than at the golf channel where you just go on to the next, you know, tour stop and