As Jim Harbaugh leads his Michigan Wolverines into the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday night against Washington, many may not realize there’s an INDYCAR SERIES connection to this story and how much Harbaugh learned from that and applied it to where he is today. Boles said that’s a mirror of Harbaugh’s personality, which was contagious for the team. “The thing that makes Harbaugh so special is because he gets in there with the guys and the team is so important,” Boles told the paper. “The team, the team, the team,” is his motto, a mantra also preached by the legendary Bo Schembechler when he coached Harbaugh at Michigan. That’s why to this day, Harbaugh still reminisces fondly of his Panther Racing days. “I just think back about all the stuff that I was gleaning from you guys (Panther) at the time,” Harbaugh said. “I watch the Indianapolis 500, and it is back,” Harbaugh said. “That was like one of the top five moments in my life,” Harbaugh said.

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