DAYTONA BEACH — They discovered the best man.
, Bluefoot Leisure’s manufacturing crew got here to city for a challenge with NASCAR Studios. These people do the SEC Community present, “True South.” They wished to discover Daytona Seashore and illustrate what formed the game’s birthplace.
So that they turned to an space skilled: our very personal sports activities columnist, .
stars as one of many visitors with host Jay Busbee in a titled “Spring Break, Sand and Velocity: How NASCAR molded | House Flip.” It was launched on NASCAR’s YouTube channel Tuesday and can air on NASCAR’s Tubi feed quickly.
“Our purpose was to indicate all of Daytona, not simply the monitor — to indicate how the entire neighborhood works collectively and but acts independently of the monitor and the sand,” Busbee mentioned. “And in addition to indicate some good locations to get a chunk to eat and a beer to drink.”
Willis can fill you in on all of the above.
He and Busbee, a longtime journalist for Yahoo Sports activities and the creator of “Earnhardt Nation,” began at The Breakers Ocean Entrance Restaurant & Bar. They chatted about Ken’s connections to the world — he was born at Halifax Hospital and has lived right here all his life — and the way the world has modified, from racing on the seaside, to the final 66 years of Massive Invoice France’s .
Then, they went fishing. It’s Daytona Seashore in spite of everything.
Willis gave Busbee a couple of pointers. Inside a couple of seconds of Busbee’s first forged off an Ormond Seashore riverfront dock, he hooked a redfish. Willis headed dwelling empty-handed.
Name it newbie’s luck.
Or at the least that’s what Ken instructed us.
“Not the primary time I misplaced a fishing contest, however for the document, it is a quirky reel and I made the forged earlier than handing the pole to Jay,” Willis mentioned. “Total, it was expertise, and I used to be blown away by the manufacturing worth within the remaining product. In the event you’ve watched their ‘True South’ exhibits, you understand they’re good, however to see it first-hand is one other matter fully.”
