TIM FELDHAKE...#32...BOMBERS
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TIM FELDHAKE...WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT HIM OTHER THAN HE IS JUST A REAL SWEET HEART.... HE IS SO FUN TO WATCH OUT THERE ON THE TRACK COMPETING WITH THE #23 OF JON BOGARD AND #85 OF JIM BAKER AND THE #42 OF JERRY ANDERSON (and Jerry is someone he respects very much)...
TIM I BELIEVE TOLD ME HE WAS RAISED IN LOUISVILLE BUT NOW LIVES IN CLAY CITY, ILLINOIS
I ASKED HIM WHAT INSPIRED HIM TO START RACING AND AT FIRST HE COULD NOT GIVE ME AN ANSWER BUT SAID THAT WHEN CLAY COUNTY SPEEDWAY FIRST OPENED HE WORKED THERE FOR TWO YEARS...HE FEELS THAT IS WHAT GOT HIM TO THINKING ABOUT IT...
ASKED WHO HAD INFLUENCED HIM THE MOST AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS JERRY ANDERSON...FEELS JERRY HAS HELPED HIM ALOT...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT IT TOOK TO BE A GOOD RACECAR DRIVER AND HE LAUGHED AND SAID .."I don't know"..(well....we all know that isn't true...) THEN HE TOLD ME HE THOUGHT YOU HAD TO HAVE PATIENCE AND CONCENTRATION AND ADDED THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE EITHER.... ...
HE TOLD ME HIS LONG TERM GOAL FOR RACING WAS JUST TO HAVE FUN...
TOUGHEST COMPETITOR WITHOUT HESITATION WAS JERRY ANDERSON...
WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING HE TOLD ME "NOPE"...
THE HIGHLIGHT OF TIM'S CAREER WAS AT THE FALL NATIONALS CLAY COUNTY SPEEDWAY HELD IN 2002 WHERE THE WINNER OF EACH CLASS WON A $1,000.00...
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WINNING THE THOUSAND WOULD HAVE BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT (which he did win).. BUT IT WAS MUCH MORE.... HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD ASKED HIS DAD TO COME TO THE RACES AND HIS DAD SAID NO I DON'T THINK SO....TIM TOLD HIM THAT IF HE WOULD GO HE WOULD WIN THE RACE FOR HIM...HIS DAD SAID NO HE DIDN'T THINK SO...TIM SAID HIS DAD JUST DON'T GO OUT TOO MUCH...SOO WAS NOT EXPECTING HIM TO MAKE IT... AND....YEP..AS HE WAS GOING ROUND THE TRACK HE LOOKED UP AND SAW HIS DAD WALKING ON THE RAMP....HE TOLD ME THAT MEANT SO MUCH MORE TO HIM THEN THE THOUSAND DOLLARS..........."Tim that is so sweet"....
AND THANKS DAD FOR GIVING US SUCH A GOOD RACECAR DRIVER!!!!!
HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT SO FAR IS TO HAVE WON THE POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE CLAY COUNTY SPEEDWAY IN 2003..
ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO ANYONE HE SAID HE WANTED TO THANK HIS WIFE MICHELLE AND HIS KIDS FOR THEIR HELP, LOVE, AND SUPPORT AND ANYONE IN THE PITS WHO HAS COME OVER TO ASSIST HIM..SAID THEY ARE ALL A GREAT GROUP DOWN THERE...
HE TOLD ME THAT THE ANDERSON BOYS HELPED HIM BUILD HIS CAR THIS YEAR AND THAT TONY'S BODY SHOP DONATED THE PAINT FOR HIS CAR....
TOLD ME HE HAS REALLY NEVER HAD A SPONSOR..
THANKS TIM FOR THE INTERVIEW..I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP TO THE STANDS FOR ME AND GIVING ME SOME OF YOUR TIME...
CJ