How I became a NASCAR driver!
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@jesse_iwuji shares his motivating story of his journey from the Navy to NASCAR. It's never too late to start but it is always too early to give up! Follow Jesse.
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Huge thanks to VinWiki for having me on the show!! Hopefully this video inspires car enthusiast out there to go after their goals & dreams. Life rewards those who stay strong enough, long enough
Thanks Jesse, I needed to hear this today. Keep pushing.
Awesome to hear your story Jesse! Been a fan of yours since you helped me with some pointers at Buttonwillow with CJ a few years back. Keep it up man!
I’m USNA ‘08. Great story! Best of luck.
Glad to see you in the VINWiki chair, Jesse!
Mad inspirational! I'm going to keep moving forward!
It was a huge honor to have Jesse sit down in the studio and share his inspiring story.
You never know what you'll get from a VinWiki clip, but you know you'll never be disappointed. This was awesome.
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I've been disappointed by quite a few
@@taylormullis4942 they delete the *very* bad ones
Jesse is the epitome of the American dream. He is an incredible human who is humble, generous, intelligent, hard working, authentic and he speaks openly about his faith in God. How could we not support a man who serves his country, loves the Lord, and is humble enough to give and support others in their own journey towards success. Thank you for bringing him on your show. Seriously, the best one yet! More to come from this legend. 🙏🏽🇳🇬
Thank you so much for doing this story on me! Hopefully it helps inspire others in the car world to go out and pursue their passions and dreams, no matter where it is. At the end of the day life always will reward those who stay strong enough, long enough!
If that aint the American Dream I dont know what is. He went from a Challenger at the drag strip, to a Corvette and then to a nascar.
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Huge respect for Jesse. Even more respect for his parents. They certainly must be remarkable people.
This is a great attitude about the opportunity in racing, regardless of age.
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Man, the Stig, Nascar drivers... this channel might just be going places! :D
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@@jesse_iwuji Aslo (now that I finally made it to lunch so I could watch), an amazing story
This is insane. I didn't realize he started his racing career so late in life
I have never been more proud to be an American, listening to this man’s story is seriously awe inspiring! A blessed by god man, with the mental fortitude to push on.
This one made me smile. I have laughed at the crazy stories that come out of Christopher Michaels and Roostah but, this one is different. Congratulations Jesse!
More stories from this guy. He just bumped Ed from the number three spot on my top three VINWIKI guests. I’m saying this a someone who graduated from West Point.
Haha thank you!! Go Navy!!! 😅
@@jesse_iwuji I think you meant to say: Go Army, Beat Navy!
@@jesse_iwuji In all seriousness, your family’s American Dream story caused me to tear up.
I think he said he's Navy and the last time I checked they graduate from the Naval Academy in Annapolis. West Point is Army. lol
My compliments to Jesse for translating his grind and hustle into some pretty high level racing.
Jesse is a great driver and an even better man, thanks for giving him this opportunity and sharing his story!
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What a great story. You will certainly succeed at anything you try.
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No matter what, that was the best story of this channel. Hard work, focus and going after what you set as goal its the only way to reach any objective you set! Thank you, sir, for share this awesome piece of your history.
🙏🏾 thank you sir
Damn, what a story! Well spoken, passionate, driven... would love to hear more from this guy! Thanks for hosting him
This made me almost tear up. Man's a savage
Sometimes VinWiki hits it out of the park. Great episode!
Very unusual way to end up as a pro driver. Crazy and happy for him
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Great story! Humble guy who is grinding like crazy to pay to race. He's successful cause he worked triple time to make it up the racing ranks. If you think about it. He spend 50 to 250gs a year to go race. He didn't make any money. He spend up to 1 millon to make 100k , 5 + years later maybe.. If he started a supplier company that supplies racing and raced he would of been the ultimate American dirt to succes story.
As an Aussie who's into NASCAR but cant watch anything live, all I knew about this guy was what the guys on Door Bumper Clear would say on the Podcast
It was mostly jokes about wrecking out but they respected how he got there and that he got after it and stood his ground and wasnt a pushover on the track
I have a whole new appreciation for him now
Thank you 🙏🏾
This was an awesome story 👍🏾 really inspiring to me because I can really relate to this right now. my biggest goal as a kid was to buy a muscle car and this year I was able to make it happen because I stayed on my grind and focused on my goal. My charger r/t may not be the fastest but I’ve wanted one for as long as I could remember. Right now I can’t afford to go racing but I’m working hard to get to that point But Im truly blessed to be in the position I am in right now especially at 20 years old. It was awesome to see this today 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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The American dream. This is the land of opportunity. If you want it, seize those opportunities and make it happen.
Between this guy, Remi Adeleke and my customers proves to me Nigerians have such drive that many other people don’t have. It is great to see that if these guys can come from nothing so can I
Very motivational. Great video. Just sent this to my son, who is currently in the Navy.
D1 Football Athlete, then a Lieutenant ,and now a Nascar Driver, mans going to do it all before he retires 💪
Awesome story! Keep grinding and that was a very inspirational story!
This such a inspiring story. Good on you Jesse,and thank you for your service.
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One of the most humble men I have ever chatted to, Respect 🙏
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Jesse is very inspiring. Admirable work ethic!
Thank you!!
Incredible story! Way to represent 🇳🇬 👏🏾🫡
Very Bold and inspiring story
Awesome story good to see not only can the rich people get into the sport these days !
One of the best stories on the channel & probably best inspirational story on the channel. (besides Arnie /Doug / ed ) who are chasing dream & achieving that through different means, but passion for car/drive is common thread
The Goggins of NASCAR. I'd love to buy you a drink and just chat with you man. Beer, wine, sparkling water, whatever. You're a fascinating person and for some reason you resonate with me.
What an excellent role model he is!
Great American story!
I rarely comment but I wanted to say that this is a real story and how he tells it you can tell he had the plan and kept going and how he explained it how can you not be motivated by this dude. 💯 good work man
thank you so much!
Jesse! My dude! Glad to see him finally sitting in the VINWiki chair!
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I'm exhausted just listening. Hats off to this man, what a quest.
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Amazing story of grinding towards a goal. Literally never seen someone do as much with so little natural talent. He may be a complete liability on the race track but have to respect his hustle.
Most inspiring story ive seen on the channel
Proud of you. From a former Navy Corpman turned mechanic and taught it now retired.
Wow, I needed to hear that kind of inspiration today!!!
Cool story, thanks for sharing. That was awesome.
A very inspiring and hard work ethic story ,great video I enjoyed this one. Cheers from Noosa Australia 🇦🇺 👍
You are amazing. Good luck with your future!!
You would think the Navy would pick up the sponsorship as a recruiting tool
Big racing fan, seen him on the track on TV.... I had no idea of his story, but wow, made me a fan in a minute! Excellent piece!
I'm smiling for his parents the most.
Dude your story made me shed tears, I’m going through the starting stages of driving. I’m so happy for you
I never heard of Jesse before this video. Now, I am a MAJOR fan.
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Listen I’m 14 with the dream of being a pro race car driver I have no money no where to start I don’t even think I’ll have help or money to start off with but your dream came true with the amount of effort you put in shows me my path to success now all I gotta do is make it happen with whatever money making business comes to mind. I respect your story and who you are and when times are rough and I feel down I will remember your story and how you went from nothing to something big I honour your story and who you are as a person.
Best VinWiki story yet!
I just came across this video when doing research on how to become a NASCAR driver. Im 34 (at the time of typing this comment) and I've always been enthralled with racing in general but never had a way or funds my entire life to get in to it...but after taking my dad (who is a big NASCAR fan) to our 1st ever race at Talladega this last weekend (the Oct 1st 2023 Yellowood 500 Race to be exact) I just got that feeling again of "this is what I should be doing" but I still feel lost at where to start..and I honestly feel like im too old to start to pursue this dream
Good luck man doesn’t matter how old you are good luck I hope you achieve your goals and dreams!
Yesssss thank you for watching the TRUE Top gear with Jeremy, Hammond, and May!!
"You have nothing. Just keep going." wow what a powerful testimony and testament to the power of purpose and pursuit!
Thank you!
Truly loved this story, very inspirational and uplifting 💪🏾💪🏾
It's funny how "systemic racism" doesn't seem to prevent African immigrants from succeeding, especially Nigerians. For them, failure isn't an option. Their families expect high level education, and hard work. My wife is Nigerian, and everyone in her family is highly educated and successful. Awesome story Jesse!
Families is the key word there. Sad how many broken families there are that will never pass on those traits to the next generation. He may have not been super successful as a driver, but he found a way to be an owner instead when he ran into that barrier. I can respect that.
Thank you for the inspiration! There are defiantly a lot of dark days when chasing a goals. It’s not all milk jugs and trophy’s.
This inspires me. My childhood dream was to race Nascar, and I'm in college now, thinking that ship has sailed, and this reminded me that it isn't too late. It's true that most rookies are my age, but this put it into perspective that it's still possible, even if I become a rookie at 30 years old. I didn't come from wealth or racing either, I still pray I can make it happen.
Gosh that's inspiring! Wish you the best of luck and hope one day I will be able to follow your steps! ✌️
This is GREAT MOTIVATION FOR LIFE IN GENERAL
15:33 yes!!! Thank u for that
Great story, very inspiring, good for him. Keep these coming.
Great story with a different kind of personal touch. Hope we'll see more of him.
Stay tuned 😉
Thanks Jesse, I needed to hear this today. Keep pushing.
Thank you ❤
That was damn well interesting, good luck to him in his future endeavours.
Thank you!
Go navy!!
BEAT ARMY!!
GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY! 😂
No really congratulations on your success man. After the week I’ve had, I really needed to hear your story.
Great story, great ambition. I'm confused tho how an active duty officer, has time to do all this? I mean what was his MOS (military occupation specifically) that allows one to start a business, do track events, Nascar events and still be on post? Still command the troops assigned to him? Just a lil jealous of the officer life style compared to the enlisted.
I started my racing career on shore duty!
Food. Housing. Going faster. The cornerstones of life.
Bros living my one of my dreams. Parents wanted me to be a Dr or Lawyer.. but instead I became a Car Salesman 😂
Haha grinding man
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This is so inspiring that Jesse's relentless ambition allowed him to be recognised sufficiently to follow his dream. I guess those old school family values gave him all the motivation he needed.
As a retired Naval Officer, I really enjoyed this story!
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This dude is AWESOME! 🤟🤟🤟
Glad to see someone looking like me in spaces like this….we appreciate your service!!!!!
Started following Jesse a few years ago, what an awesome young man.
Who would have guessed he bought a challenger lmao
😅😅 me
I’m 18 and am working on cars almost everyday. been wanting to race nascar since I was like 10 and went to my first nascar race at Fontana. Always wanted to race but my parents told me we weren’t raised to dream big. Still aiming for that goal. Won’t stop till I get there.
This is a huge inspiration. Ive always been a huge car nut, obsessed with being a car designer, engineer and/or doing le mans style racing. Since elementary school i was studying car magazines & sketching/creating cars every day. Designing the exterior, interior, suspension, powerplant, and chassis (optimizing it for safety). Even "inventing" several ideas that i didnt know existed, and some that later became reality. Like weaving titanium strands into carbon tubs for extra strength & safety (carbo-tanium now used by Pagani), electronically adjustable window tint (recently invented & used by mclaren & lambo), electric motor spooled turbos (patented by ferrari), compound turbos & magnetic suspension. But due to severe genetic health problems & exposure to black mold, my health, chronic pain & brain fog have gotten so bad that my dreams have been put on hold, i can barely function let alone work rn. And the thought of my lost potential makes me sad. This video definitely gives me some hope of fixing the mold poisoning, getting my life back, and doing something great.👍
This is one hell of a great guy. American dream lives strong.
I'm a local dirt track driver from Spartanburg, South Carolina. And I like to be on the show and talk about Racing and inspire other people
"Intentional energy" he got it righ! This video is more motivational than most motivational videos you see on YT.... Happy for you, Jesse! Cheers from Portugal!
I’ve been wanting to be a racing driver since I was 4, I got into NASCAR in 2020 watching the Daytona 500. For watching NASCAR for the first time it was crazy to see Ryan Newman flip and nearly die. That moment made me watch NASCAR every season since. I know when I’m 18, I’m going to be begging my dad to help me become a ARCA driver. Right now I’m in middle school but I know this is my greatest passion.
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Wow what an inspirational video to start the week
Awesome! Been watching Jesse on YT with his C8! Btw growing up on a farm in Maine sounds like what your mom went through! We used to climb trees, fetch water and take care of all kinds of animals. But mid ‘80’s in Nigeria is a different story! Wow! Glad they made it here! Great Story
His parents sounds like my old neighbors in Redmond, WA (Ohlou & Tamika). From Kenya, absolute awesome neighbors & people. Like us & several neighbors, they saw what was going to happen in the Seattle area due to the political climate/leanings and we all moved to Texas, NC, Arizona, Florida, et cetera
Very cool and inspiring story. Been in racing for years at the kart level and unfortunately you see a lot of the old stereotypes not having enough $$$ etc to keep racing or go to the next level play out. Saw a lot of talented drivers that just never had the $$$ to take it to the next level. And raced against many that had unlimited $$$ and resources. They would pull up in NASCAR level trailers. Hard to compete against those teams but more satisfying when you did beat then. This is rare getting your shot as a older person and not having raced up the ranks. This just goes to show it's about networking and who you know and luck. Can't denie he has a great story to sell anyone that would potentially give him a chance. I find it cool he owns a team also. I love how he set goals out and went after them. Sorta followed NASCAR for a few years but stopped the last couple and not familiar with the lower tier drivers as their seems to be new ones added each year. I wish him and his team success. Even if he isn't successful as a driver, hopefully his team will be successful in forming partnerships with manufacturers that will ma,e his team faster. Even at the NASCAR levels their are differences in engines, equipment that can make you faster and compete. Thanks!
Hope to be able to connect with Jessie again. Happy he made it this far told him he’d been in the xfinity series in no time
Great story! Thus has been more or less my plan, its been 25 years and im still trying to save for a track car and track time. I have managed to do some instructor led track sessions in the track schools' cars.
Jesse, I would love to see you make it in cup. That's a long road, and regardless of how far you make it, you are living our dream. Don't forget to enjoy the ride.
Awesome story!!!💪🏾
Wow, this may be the best testimonial currently on TH-cam. A very inspiring young man.
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Just a great story …. Persistence and determination always pays handsomely in the end. Bravo!
Thank you for your story, sir! Congratulations on your success!
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So rad!
Jesse is one of the most genuine celebrities (if you will) I have ever had the opportunity to interact with. One of these days I’ll get to shake his hand. Cheers mate beat of luck to you.
Jesse, self-belief is such a strong power! Keep chasing your goals.
Hell of a great story.
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