Alex Bowman knows that it’s the dream of millions of everyday people to become a race car driver, just as it was for him growing up while watching NASCAR. Yet, as one of the more affable faces in the nation’s biggest auto racing league, Bowman has been tapped to talk about a subject that may be taboo to a lot of men who participate in and follow motorsports: mental health.
Doesn’t matter if you are a competitive athlete or a regular person,” said Bownman during our Zoom interview last week. While Bowman admits that racing is both his favorite thing to do and a bit of a release, he said that “anxiety is something I’ve battled with