Nick Saban in the past has said he's careful to mind the speed limit while driving through town.

That wasn't the case Wednesday night, he said on his weekly radio show. Sometimes the product of car culture lets loose a little. He told a little story sitting next to NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski on Thursday night's radio show.

When asked if he was a fast driver as a youngster, Saban chuckled and said his wife Terry Saban would say that never left him.

And he turned to the NASCAR driver to his left.

"You drive for Ford," Saban began, "right?"

Well it turns out the coach encounters someone else who drives one. He was one his way to visit his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter Wednesday night in his "little sports car."

"Some guy pulls up in some hot tamale Mustang like he wants to go," Saban said.

You can guess the rest.

"I mean, the competitor in me," Saban said. "It was over."

The little sports car just happened to be one of the high-end Mercedes-Benz models from one of the dealerships he owns.

Saban went on to talk about his respect for NASCAR drivers like Keselowski and the risk they take every week driving at breakneck speeds.