CHARLIE HECK....#55
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I HADN'T BEEN TO MT. VERNON IN A WHILE AND I SIT DOWN WITH MY FRIENDS THAT I HAVE MADE THERE... LOIS AND JOAN...
WHILE SITTING THERE CHARLIE HECK CAME AND SIT TO TALK AND YOU KNOW ME...... I GRABBED THE CHANCE TO GET MY INTERVIEW....
HE WAS VERY NICE AND ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS...
CHARLIE DRIVES THE 55 HORNET WHICH IS A 95 NISSAN ULTAMA WITH A 2.4 DOHC
HE IS IN A FAMILY OF A LOT OF RACECAR DRIVERS..HE IS THE OLDEST OF 4 BROTHERS WITH RICKY NEXT , THEN DANIEL AND THEN AARON..HE HAS TWO HALF BROTHERS DAKOTA AND DALLAS..
CHARLIE IS FROM MT. VERNON..
I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD INSPIRED HIM TO START RACING AND HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE HE CAME TO THE TRACK ALL THE TIME WHILE GROWING UP AND HE WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT GARY MOORE OF B AND D PERFORMANCE HAD SOME TO DO WITH IT TOO..
ASKED IF ANYONE HAD INFLUENCED HIM AT ALL AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS HIS DAD RICK HECK..TOLD ME THAT HIS DAD OWNED HIS CAR...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HE FELT MADE A GOOD RACE CAR DRIVER AND HE TOLD ME "A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF PRACTICE...
HIS LONG TERM GOAL WOULD BE FILLED IF HE COULD GET INTO A LATE MODEL...
HE TOLD ME HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITOR IS HIS BROTHER DANIEL...AND WE SAW THAT TONIGHT...THEY ARE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER...
I ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT HE COULD CHANGE IF HE COULD AND HE SAID HE WAS PRETTY SATISFIED AND THEN HE SAID..."NO THERE IS SOMETHING I WOULD CHANGE.... HE SAID, " I THINK IT IS A BUNCH OF CRAP TO BE PUT IN THE BACK OF A FEATURE THE FOLLOWING WEEK IF YOU HAVE WON THE WEEK BEFORE.... "... HE TOLD ME HE KNOWS ALL THE REASONS ABOUT IT BEING DONE TO MAKE THE RACE MORE INTERESTING ...BUT IF YA WIN YA WIN..SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED FOR DOING SO...
HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT SO FAR IS BEING THE TRACK CHAMPION FOR THE YEAR 2003..
I ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ANYONE AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS DAD...
HIS CREW CONSISTS OF ONLY CHARLIE..
HIS SPONSORS ARE RICKS TOWING AND MOMS COUNTRY KITCHEN..
THANKYOU VERY MUCH CHARLIE....YOU ARE QUITE A CHARACTER.. LOT OF FUN TO SIT NEAR.. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME AN INTERVIEW...
CJ