DEVIN McKINNY..#83
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DEVIN...THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME OUT TO LOOK ME UP..SURE DID ENJOY TALKING WITH YOU AND AM HAPPY TO HEAR YOU WILL BE BACK OUT THERE NEXT YEAR...
DEVIN McKINNEY IS 20 YRS. OLD..WILL BE 21 IN FOUR MONTHS... HE IS FROM THE LOUISVILLE AREA AND DRIVES THE #83 BOMBER...
I THINK HE SAID HIS ROOKIE YEAR WAS 2002....PLEASE CORRECT ME HERE IF THIS IS WRONG...
I ASKED DEVIN WHAT GOT HIM INSPIRED TO START RACING AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE MOVIE "DAYS OF THUNDER" ... (my son's favorite movie too...)
AND THAT TROY PORTER GETS SOME OF THE CREDIT TOO FOR GETTING HIM STARTED. ....
HE GOT HIS FIRST RACE CAR FROM TROY PORTER...HE IS NOW BUILDING A NEW ONE ..
ASKED WHO HAD INFLUENCED HIM ALONG THE WAY AND HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO SAY RANDY McNEELY AND EDDIE SHAMHART ....
DEVIN IS A HUGE FAN OF RUSTY WALLACE'S TOO...
I ASKED DEVIN WHAT HE THOUGHT IT TOOK TO BE A GOOD DRIVER AND LIKE MOST HE TOLD ME PATIENCE....
HE WOULD LOVE TO FILL A DREAM AND SOME DAY BE ABLE TO HIT THE NASCAR CIRCUIT...BUT ADDED...HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET INTO A MODIFIED...
SAID HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITORS WERE STEVE McCLINTOCK AND TIM FELDHAKE....
ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANYTHING HE WOULD CHANGE AND HE SAID IF HE COULD IT WOULD BE THAT HE WOULD BE OUT THERE RACING THIS YEAR...
HE TOLD ME THE MOST MEMORABLE THING TO DATE WAS IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR IN 2002 ..HIS FIFTH RACE... SAID THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF HIM THAT SPUN OUT AND THEN FLIPPED OVER..HE SAID HE HAD NO WHERE TO GO BUT INTO THE CAR...SAID HE WAS LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GUYS CAR AND HE CLIMBED RIGHT UP THE SIDE AND WAS LOOKING UP INTO THE SKY...SAID IT MOST CERTAINLY STUCK IN HIS MIND BUT NEVER DISCOURAGED HIM FROM RACING..
HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO THANK HIS MOM AND DAD FOR STICKING BY HIM AND SUPPORTING HIM IN HIS LOVE FOR THIS SPORT...ALSO WANTED TO THANK ALL HIS FAMILY AND ALL HIS FRIENDS...
SAID THAT HE MAINLY WAS HIS OWN CREW CHIEF AND CREW BUT WANTED TO THANK JASON GUINN WHO HAS HELPED HIM AND ALSO TO THE OTHERS WHO HAVE CAME AROUND TO HELP HIM FROM TIME TO TIME...
HIS SPONSORS ARE McKINNY OIL, KINCAID PUMP AND SUPPLY AND HOUT WELL SERVICES...
DEVIN...THANKYOU VERY MUCH...WAS A REAL PLUS TO GET TO MEET YOU.... LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU BEING BACK OUT ON THE TRACK...
CJ