{"id":19880,"date":"2016-08-18T09:45:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T16:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/?p=19880"},"modified":"2016-08-18T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T16:45:25","slug":"michael-mcdowell-is-persistent-and-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/18\/michael-mcdowell-is-persistent-and-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael McDowell Is Persistent and Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Michael McDowell\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24515259@N04\/28427033334\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8090\/28427033334_d3148ec960.jpg\" alt=\"Michael McDowell\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBeing a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver can have its challenges, but driver of the No. 95 Thrivent Financial Chevrolet SS, <strong>Michael McDowell<\/strong>, has found that having a balance between being persistent and patient can lead to success both on and off the race track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m definitely persistent in my career,\u201d said McDowell. \u201cThat\u2019s why I feel like I\u2019m still racing.\u00a0 Not taking no for an answer has really shaped my career. I never let my mindset be \u2018Oh this isn\u2019t going to work out\u2019 or \u2018That can\u2019t happen.\u2019 A lot of things can get done by working hard and being persistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time patience is key in it, especially at tracks like Bristol,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou can\u2019t get agitated and crash somebody because you crash yourself in that process. You need to be aggressive and persistent out there but also have patience. You have to work hard for success there, and that\u2019s something that carries over into other aspects of my life as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Race fans can share how persistence and patience have motivated their lives through Thrivent Racing\u2019s new inspirational message program at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thriventracing.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.ThriventRacing.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1471618594972000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7kVrUQ3th0WC07y7fGaO0LFx4wg\">www.ThriventRacing.com<\/a>. Race fans can upload photos, videos or text explaining how they are inspired and how they inspire others, as well as check out submissions from others. Each fan who shares an inspiration will receive a gift from Thrivent Racing following their first submission.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, fans who visit the site can enter Thrivent\u2019s \u201cMotor to Miami\u201d sweepstakes. One grand prize winner and one guest will be flown to Miami, FL for the season finale race, stay in a motorcoach at the track, meet Michael McDowell and receive exclusive access to watch the race from the team\u2019s pit box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver can have its challenges, but driver of the No. 95 Thrivent Financial Chevrolet SS, Michael McDowell, has found that having a balance between &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1443],"tags":[1553,1555],"class_list":["post-19880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-circle-sport-leavine-family-racing","tag-michael-mcdowell"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyPEW-5aE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19881,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions\/19881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}