Victory Lane

NASCAR's favorite "Gaucho" Miguel Paludo joins Davey Segal ahead of his third and final start this season for JR Motorsports on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course (6:40). Paludo dives into the performance of his first two races this season, the struggle of getting into a rhythm while running a partial schedule and comparisons of the Xfinity car to his Porsche Carrera GT3 Cup car he races overseas. Paludo also dives into why and how he got involved in GT3 racing, the Brazilian racing culture, the influence the great Ayrton Senna had on him and the nation, why he opted to move to the United States to pursue NASCAR full-time, his time with Red Horse Racing and Turner Scott Motorsports in the Truck Series and why adapting to NASCAR was so difficult (and long). Plus, does he have any interest in running the Next Gen car? What does he make of all the international drivers flocking to NASCAR? Why does he still travel overseas multiple times per month? The answers to those questions and more are in this al