Justin Jones....announcer at CCS..... 9/11/04
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Justin Jones is amazing to me.... he just turned 15 years old this weekend and I have been listening to him announce for the last three years.....
I caught him tonight when I went out to take a picture of Chad Kinder.... I told him I wanted to interview him and he grinned and told me ok.... after the races I sit and waited on him and all the lights in the bleachers went out... I told him that would not get him out of an interview... he laughed...
I asked Justin when he had started announcing the races... He loves to turn the questions around... he asked me if I wanted to know when he first started with another announcer or when he did it by himself.... I wanted his first time....
He told me it was at seven years old.... ALL I GOTTA SAY IS WOW..DOUBLE WOW... this kid is a natural....
His grandfather... his father Jay Jones and his Uncle Joe all were racers and then his Uncle Joe was the announcer at Red Hill Raceway.... He told me that he helped announce there with his Uncle and then after his Uncle passed away he did the announceing..... He has been announcing since 2000....
I asked him if when he went to College he was going into "Broadcasting"..... he laughed and said he didn't know ..that was a long way off for him to think about....*** but it isn't Justin..... you need to think about it now...
He told me he had thought about being a mechanic ...Said he helped his dad working on the car....
I asked him if he had ever thought about racing and he told me yes.... I asked him if he may start driving a "hornet" and he looked at me and said NO!!!! I want to drive a modified.... oops... I shoulda known...
Hey Justin.... thankyou..... You are a very good announcer... I think you would go far with a career in broadcasting...
cj