{"id":5156,"date":"2017-04-27T03:32:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T10:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2017-04-05T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:05:20","slug":"019-michael-roban-what-it-takes-to-succeed-at-racing-or-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/019-michael-roban-what-it-takes-to-succeed-at-racing-or-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"019 \u2013 Michael Roban: What it Takes to Succeed at Racing &#8211; or Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2596\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5156-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5156-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D5156\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5177 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michael-roban-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michael-roban-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michael-roban-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michael-roban-1-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michael-roban-1-64x85.jpg 64w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michael-roban-1-510x680.jpg 510w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michael-roban-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/>Michael Roban<\/strong> and I talk about what it takes to be successful \u2013 in anything, including all levels of motorsport\u2026 Advice for when first starting in track days and racing, how best to learn to be a better performance\/race driver while not taking too big a risk with your car, learning from mistakes, and his advice (as a relative newbie to the sport) on how best to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u2019s day job is financing motion pictures, a career he started by giving his services away for free (not unlike most pro race drivers). Just over two years ago he discovered track days, and then club racing, and has started racing with the Porsche Owners Club (POC). Michael and I met when I was leading Racer\u2019s Clinic program for the POC at Spring Mountain, and I was fascinated by his story about business and what it takes to get into racing. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2597\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5156-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5156-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_019_3-29-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D5156\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Michael Roban and I talk about what it takes to be successful \u2013 in anything, including all levels of motorsport\u2026 Advice for when first starting in track days and racing, how best to learn to be a better performance\/race driver while not taking too big a risk with your car, learning from mistakes, and his advice (as a relative newbie to the sport) on how best to get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-secrets-podcast"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5156"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5179,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5156\/revisions\/5179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}