RODNEY MELVIN..#27..SUMMER NATIONALS..6/29/04..CCS
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I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO INTERVIEW THIS GUY FOR AGES.. MISSED HIM AT ELDORA...FINALLY GOT HIM TRACKED DOWN..
RODNEY TOLD ME THAT HE STARTED RACING WHEN HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD IN 1993..
HE TOLD ME HE LOVED RACING AND THAT HE HAD STARTED OUT RACING GO CARTS AND THEN RACED MOTORCYCLES..HE JUST LOVES THE THRILL...THE CHALLENGE..
I ASKED HIM IF ANYONE HAD INFLUENCED HIM ALONG THE WAY AND HE TOLD ME THAT HIS DAD BOB MELVIN DID..HIS FATHER HAD BEEN A RACE CAR DRIVER ALSO...
WHEN ASKED WHERE HE MAINLY RACED HE TOLD ME MT. VERNON AND ANYWHERE THAT THE UMP RACED...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT IT TOOK TO BE A GOOD DRIVER AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE THOUGHT IT TOOK A LOT OF LUCK RIDING WITH YOU...
ASKED WHO HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITOR WAS AND HE SAID WITHOUT A DOUBT "HIS BROTHER BOBBY"....
ASKED WHAT HIS LONG TERM GOAL WAS AND HE SAID DOING THIS FOR A LIVING...*** and the way he is racing I don't think that would be out of his reach***
ASKED HIS MOST MEMORABLE EVENT SO FAR AND HE OLD ME IT WAS WINNING AT THE SUMMER NATIONALS THIS YEAR..
HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT SO FAR WAS WINNING THE UMP CHAMPIONSHIP...
ANYTHING HE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IF HE COULD AND HE TOLD ME...HE WISHED HE HAD STARTED YOUNGER.....
HIS CREW CHIEF IS HIS DAD AND THE CREW IS HIM AND HIS DAD....
DID HE WANT TO THANK ANYONE AND HE SAID YES HE DID...WANTED TO THANK HIS DAD AND RICK'S TOWING...
THANKYOU RODNEY.... I HAVE WATCHED YOU RACE FOR THREE YEARS NOW... YOU ARE ALWAYS VERY ENTERTAINING..THANKS FOR THE EXCITEMENT YOU CREATE..
CJ