JON BOGARD....#23...my interview
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I GOT TO MEET JON BOGARD LAST YEAR BUT NEVER REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET TO TALK WITH HIM..
I RAN INTO HIM TONIGHT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR....OR SHOULD I SAY CAR PART....HE HAD THIS FUNNY LOOKING THING WITH KNOBS ON IT AND A GAGE..HE KEPT TURNING THESE BOLTS....WELL... I GAVE HIM MY ADVICE ON HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AND AFTER WATCHING OVER HIM FOR A WHILE I AM POSITIVE THAT THE CAR WILL RUN FINE THIS WEEKEND... I AM SURE HE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MY HELP....LOL....
ANYWAYS... I HAD FUN TALKING WITH HIM.. I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS MOST FRIGHTFUL TIME HAD BEEN OUT ON THE TRACK...HE LOOKED AT ME IN DISBELIEF AS IF I HAD BEEN DROPPED FROM ANOTHER PLANET AND SAID, "WELL, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING OUT ON THE TRACK THAT HAS SCARED ME." AND THEN HE WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HE HAD FLIPPED HIS CAR AND THAT IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING TIMES OF HIS LIFE AND THAT AFTER IT HAPPENED THE PARAMEDIC ASKED HIM IF HE WAS OK AND HE TOLD HIM YES AND ASKED IF HE COULD GO AHEAD AND RACE..AND WAS TOLD THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TIRES ON HIS CAR..... NOW IT WAS MY TURN TO LOOK AT HIM AS IF HE HAD BEEN DROPPED FROM ANOTHER PLANET...
I ENJOYED TALKING WITH HIM...THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME BOGIE