SHANNON BABB...#18
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WAS SO GREAT GETTING TO INTERVIEW SHANNON BABB..REALLY NICE KID.... I MISSED HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR AT CCS...
SHANNON DRIVES THE NO#18 LATE MODEL...HE COMES FROM MOWEAQUA, IL..(**up by Decatur)... HIS CHASSIS IS A RAYBURN...(**is there any other ) AND HE HAS A JAY DICKENS ENGINE..
SHANNON STARTED DRIVING MODIFIEDS AT THE AGE OF 17..
WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD INSPIRED HIM TO START RACING HE TOLD ME HE CAME FROM A FAMILY OF RACING...SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN RACING FOREVER HE SAID.... HIS FATHER GREG BABB ONCE DROVE...
I ASKED HIM IF ANYONE HAD INFLUENCED HIM ALONG THE WAY AND HE TOLD ME THAT JUST ABOUT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN RACING HAD AT ONE POINT IN TIME...
I ASKED HIM ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUESTIONS ..."WHAT HE THINKS IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD DRIVER"....AND HE TOLD ME YOU HAVE TO BE FOCUSED AND ITS A HANDS ON THING..YOU LEARN AS YOU GO ALONG...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS LONG TERM GOAL WAS AND HE TOLD ME AT THIS TIME HE DIDN'T KNOW...
I ASKED HIM WHO HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITOR WAS AND HE TOLD ME THEY WERE ALL TOUGH....
HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS PRETTY SATISFIED WITH WHAT HE HAD DONE SO FAR ...HE WOULD NOT CHANGE ANYTHING...
WHEN ASKED WHAT HIS MOST MEMORABLE EVENT WAS SO FAR AND HE SHOT BACK..."ALL OF IT".....***great answer Shannon!!!
SO FAR HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT HAS BEEN WINNING THE DIRT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2002..
I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANYONE HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND HE TOLD ME "THE BILLY MOYER FAMILY"....
BILLY OWNS THE CAR THAT SHANNON DRIVES...
HIS CREW CHIEF IS ANDREW BARNES AND HIS CREW CONSISTS OF HIMSELF AND ANDREW...
THANKS SO MUCH SHANNON FOR THE INTERVIEW... YOU ARE A GREAT KID... ENJOY WATCHING YOU RACE...
CJ