Re: BRIAN SHIRLEY.. AUGUST 6,2004
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I HAVE GOT SEVERAL REQUESTS PRIVATELY TO FIND OUT IF BRIAN SHIRLEY WAS SINGLE OR ATTACHED...SOOO HAD TO FIND OUT FOR MY MEMBERS.... ..
SORRY GIRLS....HE IS QUITE UNAVAILABLE....
BRIAN RUNS THE 3s LATE MODEL WITH A RAYBURN CHASSIS AND A CAPITAL MACHINE SHOP MOTOR...
HE HAILS FROM SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS..
BRIAN STARTED RACING MOTORCYCLES AT THE AGE OF 10 AND WENT INTO LATE MODELS THREE YEARS AGO...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD INSPIRED HIM TO RACE AND HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T KNOW..THEN ADDED THAT A FRIEND OF HIS HAD A RACE CAR AND HE WANTED TO DRIVE IT SOOO THAT IS HOW WE GOT BRIAN SHIRLEY...
WHEN ASKED IF ANYONE HAD INFLUENCED HIM ALONG THE WAY AND HE TOLD ME DON ONEAL...
I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD RACECAR DRIVER AND HE TOLD ME EXPERIENCE AND PLENTY OF TIME...
HIS LONG TERM GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO RACE LATE MODELS FULL TIME...
WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING HE WOULD CHANGE IF HE COULD AND HE LAUGHED AND TOLD ME HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE MONEY....
HIS MOST MEMORABLE EVENT TO DATE WAS TAKING HIS FIRST WIN EVER AT THE SUMMER NATIONALS THIS YEAR (JUNE 22, 04) AT PEORIA SPEEDWAY...
HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR IS WINNING THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND BEING TRACK CHAMPION THE SAME YEAR AT MACON CO SPEEDWAY 2 YEARS AGO...
WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO HE TOLD ME HIS DAD JAY SHIRLEY AND TERRY YOUNG..
HIS CREW CHIEF IS GARY WALTERS AND HIS CREW CONSISTS OF BILL GIVENS AND RICKY DOWLAR..
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INTERVIEW BRIAN... ALTHOUGH YOU JUST BROKE A LOT OF HEARTS BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WILL LOSE THEM AS FANS...!!!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR CAREER..
CJ