8th ANNUAL BEAR WIECK MEMORIAL AND BIG DAWG EVENT
UNION COUNTY SPEEDWAY
LIBERTY , INDIANA
Glen Bradley is 53 years old and lives in VanBuren, Indiana with his wife Alicia ..Between the two of them they have nine children and four grandkids..Children are Billy, AJ, Glen II, Bridgette, Adam, Garrett, Gage, Karrlee and Bryonne......Their grandkids are Alexis, Aaron, Brittney and Tyler...
Glen runs the #g17 modified with a custom made chassi and a Roger Grossman engine....
The #17 was the number Roger Grossman always ran...
Glen has a long line of racing history... He started racing at age 23 and in limited late models... He then went into super late models and traveled around the country racing..
His racing was cut short when he went through a divorce... He said he had to stop racing to raise his kids..........He has since remarried and his wife Alicia encourages his ambition to race... She told me she had always been around racing too.. Her dad drag raced...
He said he has ran modified off and on since 1995..
He told me that his dad Charles "Bud" Bradley was his inspiration to race...Said he had been going to the races to help his dad since age 12... Said his dad was a big guy and his nickname was "the bull"... They sponsored a lap in his name...
The driver he most admires is LARRY MOORE
The driver who he deemed his toughest competitor through the years.....he told me that he could not name just one... there were way to many through the years..
To be a good driver Glen said you need a "cool head" and patience...
His goal in racing is to win as many races as he can....
Racing highlight for Glen is over his ten year span he won 17 track championships... WOW Glen.... that is impressive....
Glen prefers the low groove but will race wherever it is working...
He doesn't care whether it is a dry slick track or a tacky track... He will race both...but does prefer the dry..
His Crew Chief is Roger Grossnickle
Team Members are Denny Grossnickle, Jason Isley, Jason Miller, Dylan Grossnickle, Rick Grossnickle and Garrett Bradley..
He wanted to give a special thanks to Roger and the whole Team... He appreciates their help and support...
Wow Glen... I know you could have shared a lot of stories with me if we had more time... You were very interesting to talk with... I am glad that you made your way back to racing....
Thankyou so much for the interview...Was nice meeting Alicia and your son Garrett...
Hope to catch you again some time...
cj