BILLY MOYER....#21
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CALVERT CITY, KY
JULY 10, 2004
OH MY GOSH!!!!!! DID I REALLY GET AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FAMOUS "BILLY MOYER"!!!!!!!! YES I DID!!!!!!
WOW.......WHAT A TREAT!!!!!
WHEN I FIRST APPROACHED THE MOYER TRAILER THEY WERE VERY BUSY WORKING ON THE ENGINE OF THE CAR... I DO NOT LIKE TO GET IN THE WAY BUT WHEN ASKED FOR THE INTERVIEW WAS TOLD THAT AS SOON AS THEY WERE DONE WORKING HE WOULD.... WELLLLLLL.... I FIGURED THAT I WOULD NOT GET ONE CAUSE IT WAS GETTING CLOSE TO HOT LAP TIME...
WELL AFTER THE RAIN MOST THE DRIVERS WERE JUST SITTING AROUND AND I TOOK MY CHANCE.... HE WAS SITTING ON A FOUR WHEELER BY HIS TRAILER AND I TOLD HIM I HAD HIM CORNERED...HE LAUGHED....
BILLY MOYER IS FROM BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS BUT STARTED RACING 26 YEARS AGO AT THE AGE OF 17 IN IOWA.. HE STARTED OUT IN A SPORTSMAN AND THEN WENT INTO THE LATE MODEL...
BILLY TOLD ME THAT HIS FATHER , BILLY MOYER , SR HAD ALSO BEEN A RACECAR DRIVER AND THAT WAS WHY HE HAD GOT INVOLVED..
I ASKED HIM IF THERE HAD BEEN ANYONE THAT HAD INFLUENCED HIM ALONG THE WAY AND HE TOLD ME THERE WERE A LOT .... HE SAYS THAT HE HAS TOTAL RESPECT FOR ANYONE IN A SPORT THAT HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO GET WHERE THEY ARE AT....DALE EARNHARDT..STEVE KINSER...MICHAEL JORDAN... SOMEONE WHO IS AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME..WHO HAS ACHIEVED IT BY TOTAL ALL OUT DEDICATION... THE DRIVE AND THE SKILL TO CONQUER THEIR GOAL OF BEING AT THE TOP...
BILLY MOYER HAS RACED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND IS IN ANY DIRT TRACK MAGAZINE YOU PICK UP TO READ....
WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT IT TOOK TO BE A GOOD RACECAR DRIVER HE TOLD ME THAT IT TOOK TOTAL DETERMINATION.. A LOT OF PATIENCE AND GOOD FAMILY SUPPORT FROM YOUR WIFE AND KIDS...TOLD ME HIS WIFE JOYCE WAS A GREAT SUPPORTER IN HIS....
WHEN ASKED WHO HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITOR WAS HE TOLD ME SCOTT BLOOMQUIST BY FAR...
HE TOLD ME THE MOST MEMORABLE EVENT IN HIS CAREER HAD TO BE AT ELDORA IN 1989... IT WAS AT THE WORLD 100.. HE SAID ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE EVENT HE TOOK THE LEAD AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO HIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP.........THEN AT THE END OF THE RACE HE HAD CAR TROUBLE...(**sorry... me and car parts don't mix...he either told me he lost his transmission or he lost the rear end....is that the same thing?? oops...if anyone knows please post...) ANYWAY...HE TOLD ME HE WOULD NEVER FORGET THAT.....BUT AS EVERYONE KNOWS BILLY WENT ON TO WIN THE WORLD 100 FIVE TIMES.. (***SO FAR****who knows how many more)..
I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT HE WOULD CHANGE IF HE COULD AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS PRETTY SATISFIED WITH WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED........THEN AFTER THINKING FOR A MINUTE HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HE WISHED HE COULD CHANGE...
HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR 26 YEARS AND IN THAT TIME HE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD SEE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN HOW THE DIRT TRACK DIVISION OF RACING WOULD GET MORE RESPECT...HE SAID THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY......HE SAID THAT THEY PUT SO MUCH TIME, MONEY AND TOTAL DEDICATION INTO THIS SPORT THAT HE WOULD THINK THEY WOULD GET SOME RECOGNITION.. HE SAID IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ASPHALT RACING..... HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T GET SOME TELEVISION EXPOSURE AND WHY THEY CAN'T PICK UP SOME MAJOR SPONSORS LIKE COCA COLA OR BUDWEISER...
WELL... I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT EITHER... I AM HOPING THAT WILL CHANGE.... I AM SURPRISED THAT THE SUMMER AND WINTER NATIONALS DON'T GET COVERED BY TELEVISION....
BILLY'S PIT CREW CHIEF IS STEVE MORRIS AND HIS CREW CONSISTS OF TIMMY LUCAS AND HIS SON BILLY JR..
BILLY JR MIGHT I ADD APPEARS TO BE A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK..... HE IS A REAL CUTIE AT AGE 16 AND RACES 4-WHEELERS......I HAVE A FEELING THAT ONE DAY WE WILL SEE THIS KID IN A LATE MODEL.... I ASKED BILLY TO COME OVER BY HIS DAD SO I COULD GET A PICTURE OF HIM AND HE IS A TYPICAL TEENAGER GIVING HIS DAD THOSE BUNNY EARS...HE SEEMS QUITE THE CHARACTER.... GLAD TO MEET YOU TO BILLY,JR....
HE TOLD ME HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL HIS FANS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. IT MEANS A LOT TO HIM... AND A HUGE THANKYOU TO HIS SPONSORS..THEY ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND TO HIS MOM AND DAD FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION AND TO HIS UNCLE JERRY WATTERS...
WOW BILLY.... YOU ARE ONE CLASS ACT... NO WONDER I SEE SO MANY BILLY MOYER TEE SHIRTS FLOATING AROUND.. YOU HAVE LOTS OF FOLLOWERS OUT THERE AND LET ME TELL YA FANS..." YA PICKED A GOOD ONE".... HE IS VERY CHARMING AND I SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO GIVE ME AN INTERVIEW.... SO GLAD I GOT TO MEET YOU...
CJ