SCOTT BLOOMQUIST....#0
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BOY... I WAS EXCITED WHEN I HEARD THAT SCOTT BLOOMQUIST WAS AT THE RACES TONIGHT... I WAS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO GET AN INTERVIEW....
I WENT DOWN BY HIS TRAILER ABOUT THREE TIMES AND THERE WAS ALWAYS SUCH A CROWD STANDING AROUND WATCHING HIM... HE SEEMED TO BE VERY BUSY AND I TRIED TO WATCH FOR A BREAK..... THEN I GOT ONE..... I WENT OVER AND ASKED HIM WHEN WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GET AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM AND HE TOLD ME AS SOON AS THE PRACTICE SESSION WAS OVER.... SOOOOOOO..... I WAITED..
AND HE WAS TRUE TO HIS WORD... HE WAS SUPER NICE ...
HE IS FROM MORRISBURG , TENNESSE.. HE STARTED RACING AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN AND WENT RIGHT INTO A LATE MODEL... TOLD ME HOW HE GOT STARTED WAS WHEN HIS DAD DECIDED HE WANTED TO RACE AND AFTER HE STARTED DECIDED HE DIDN'T LIKE IT..SOOOOO THAT IS HOW WE GOT SCOTT BLOOMQUIST... SAID HIS DAD HELPED HIM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS THEN STOPPED...
SCOTT HAS A BLOOMQUIST CHASSIS AND HAS A CUSTOM RACE ENGINE...
TOLD ME THAT NO ONE HAS REALLY INFLUENCED HIM ALONG THE WAY...
I ASKED HIM WHERE HE MAINLY RACED AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE RACES WITH THE "WORLD OF OUTLAWS"...
WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT IT TOOK TO BE A GOOD RACE CAR DRIVER HE TOLD ME IT TOOK A LOT OF DEDICATION AND SOMEONE WHO PAYS GOOD ATTENTION.......
HE TOLD ME THAT THROUGH THE YEARS BILLY MOYER HAD BEEN HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITOR...AND BILLY TOLD ME SCOTT WAS HIS...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS LONG TERM GOAL WAS AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAD THE TIME FOR HIM TO REALLY GO INTO DETAIL.....WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD CARS AND THEN BECOME A PROMOTER OF A RACE SERIES...... HE PLANS TO ONE DAY OWN HIS OWN RACE TRACK.........(that would be great!!!!)...
HE TOLD ME THAT HIS MOST MEMORABLE EVENT WAS HIS FIRST VICTORY AT THE WORLD 100 IN 1988...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS AND HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY TO NAME ....BUT ADDED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO SAY WINNING TWO RACES THIS YEAR WHERE HE WON $100,000 WOULD HAVE TO BE RIGHT AT THE TOP...
WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING HE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE AND HE TOLD ME YES....HIS VIEWS ON THIS ARE A LOT LIKE BILLY MOYERS.... HE ALSO FEELS THAT THIS SPORT NEEDS MORE REGOGNITION.... SAYS THIS SPORT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO...THAT IS WHY HE WOULD LIKE TO OWN HIS OWN TRACK AND HELP GET IT RECOGNIZED... HE SAID THAT THIS SPORT COMPARED TO THE OTHER SPORTS IS THE MOST UNDERPAID AND THEY WORK JUST AS HARD AS ANY OTHER SPORT TO ACHIEVE THEIR SUCCESS.... HE SAID HE WOULD CHANGE ALMOST EVERYTHING......**and I have a feeling he sure is going to give it his all to do just that!!!!
HE SAID THE CREW CHIEF IS HIMSELF AND HIS CREW IS TOMMY BROOKS AND DAVID
WANTED TO TELL HIS MOM AND HIS WIFE THANKS FOR ALL THEIR HELP ... TOLD ME THEY RUN HIS SOUVENIER BOOTH FOR HIM..... ..........WELL.... I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE BOOTH AND TAKE A PICTURE OF HIS MOM... I HAD BEEN THERE EARLIER TO BUY A DIECAST MODEL OF HIS CAR WHICH I HAD HIM SIGN.... SURE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID WITH MOYER AND ONEAL....
HEY SCOTT...THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INTERVIEW ..WAS GREAT YOU TOOK TIME OUT FOR ME....
HOPE TO SEE YOU RACE AGAIN....