{"id":49154,"date":"2018-02-16T09:45:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=49154"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T22:26:00","slug":"behind-the-wheel-episode-7-eric-saunders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/behind-the-wheel-episode-7-eric-saunders\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Wheel Episode #7: Eric Saunders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/behind-the-wheel-episode-7-eric-saunders\/561128415358682-4yleiaxxexi0sl2nawnv_height640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640.png\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Behind the Wheel Episode #7: Eric Saunders\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640-300x165.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640.png\" alt=\"Behind the Wheel Episode #7: Eric Saunders\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640.png 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640-376x206.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that the football season is finally over, it&#8217;s time to kick the 2018 racing season into high gear. We&#8217;re excited to do so with our latest edition of <em>Behind the Wheel<\/em> \u2013 the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>What better way to kick off what we hope will be an unforgettable season than by talking to a driver who can keep each one of his fellow drivers &#8211; as well as the rest of our fans out there &#8211; motivated to push through anything that may hold them back?<\/p>\n<p>Former motocross rider Eric Saunders fell in love with racing at the age of 6 years old when he began competing on two wheels. After 12 years of impressive competition, Saunders&#8217; view of his future in motocross took a drastic change. In August of 2010, while practicing on his backyard motocross track, Saunders got crossed up from a jump and landed sideways, which ultimately left him paralyzed from the waist down.<\/p>\n<p>While many might consider retiring from motorsports entirely after an injury like this, the then-18-year-old driver was determined to find some way to compete. Thanks to some help from a few famous motorsports stars like Tony Stewart and fellow paralyzed racer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2017\/07\/19\/welcome-to-behind-the-wheel-the-podcast\/\">Shane Hmiel<\/a>, Saunders found a renewed determination to race again. Using the now famous mantra \u201cI Can, I Will,\u201d this strong-willed driver is now proving that anything is possible while he burns up dirt tracks on four wheels throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to the latest edition of <em>Behind the Wheel <\/em>and let this inspiring driver motivate you to achieve success this racing season despite any obstacles that may be in your way.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DXk0D_3m0cA?si=Kb3QrdKLM2R06ixN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Eric Saunders, check out Saunders Racing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaundersRacing\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/egs349?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/saundersracing\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Do you have suggestions for the <em>Behind the Wheel<\/em> podcast this season? Drivers you think would made great interviews? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>What better way to kick off what we hope will be an unforgettable season than by talking to a driver who can keep each one of his fellow drivers &#8211; as well as the rest of our fans out there &#8211; motivated to push through anything that may hold them back?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":49155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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}},"categories":[3470,5029],"tags":[1667,357,1619,5811,41,5444,1632],"class_list":["post-49154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-racing","tag-behind-the-wheel","tag-driver-interviews","tag-ellen-richardson","tag-eric-saunders","tag-news","tag-podcast","tag-racing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/561128415358682.4yleiAXXeXi0sl2nawNv_height640.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-cMO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99473,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49154\/revisions\/99473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}