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| You
have a solid history of success in mini-sprints, how do
you think that experience will translate into success
with the SOS? |
| I
think it has helped me alot because everything a micro
sprint has, a sprint car basically has, just that
the sprint car is alot bigger. A micro sprint
also reacts sort of like a Sprint Car, which
helped me out, so I knew what the 360 was going
to feel like a bit when I first got in the car. |
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| What
has been involved in getting your team & car put
together to race 360 sprints? |
| Just
spending lots of money! (haha) The car is the cheap part
and then getting the motor is a different story. We then
had to get some spare parts and accessories that we would
need. It then took alot of time to get race ready
because when you get working on the car then you need
some more parts that you don't have and then you
have to run around get some other parts you need which
takes up some more time. But when everything is together
and ready to race it's a great feeling. |
|
| Family
and friends are obviously key in the operation of any
racing team, who have been some of the key people who
have gotten you to this next level? |
| Some
of the key people in my operation would definitely have
to be my Dad because he was the one who had got me
started into racing at the age of 5. I
imagine that he will always be there to support my
racing career and then my brother also helps around the
car most of the time if he is at the track with us. |
|
| With
a third place finish at the Canadian Sprint Car
Championship, in just a handful of 360 starts, how
will you carry that momentum over to 2004? |
| I
will be just trying to win as many races as I can and
placing up front as much as possible. |
|
| Have
there been any veterans in particular that have given
you advice on setups or driving? Who has been the
most influencial? |
| Yes
I have had lots of help from other drivers and crew
chiefs from other teams. First of all, Brian
Kemenah(4 Time ALLSTAR Mechanic-of-the-year) has been
alot of help by helping us down in Florida when we
ran down there and telling me some driving tips. Chad
Kemenah (2 Time ALLSTAR Champ) also had helped
me out alot by telling me some different strategies of
his own and just some other little tips. Danny
Lasoski had also gave me a few pointers on how to
get around the tracks down in Florida while I was
there. I think Brian Kemenah would be most influential
because if it wasn't for him we probably wouldn't have
done as well as we did in Florida and he will be willing
to help us out whenever possible. |
|
| After
seeing Billy Krull and Kyle Patrick get national
recognition as rookies does it add pressure to you as a
driver or does it give you another goal to shoot for in
2004? |
| It
adds a little pressure on to me during the season. But
I'll just race my race and If I get some
rookie recognition then that will be great. It
would be really nice to have being nominated for the
National Sprint Car Poll 360 Rookie of the year
award on my resume. |
|
| What
was it like competing at the ESS/URC Challenge event at
Rolling Wheels last October? |
| Just
the same as any other race event. We had lots
of problems so we did really bad but we learned
some stuff which is always really important. Other then
the problems we had it was a fun experience. The
ESS/URC guys are a good bunch of guys and I will definitely be
attending some more of there events in the future. |
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