Thursday, February 14, 2008

An Interview with Bryan Clauson


Bryan Clauson Today I sat down with Bryan Clauson to dicuss Racing
Q. Bryan how did you get intrested in racing
A.I started in racing when i was a little kid , my first rave was when I was 3 in 1994 my dad injuried when I was 5 so he sat out that year.
Q.What made purse open wheeel
A. its our background with my dad so we flet sprints and midgets would be better to teach me on driver control and saw gordon , and Stewart transfer easily into stockcar
Q.Did you ever want to be in irl or f1
A. Well I thought about irl I grew up in indy since i was 10 and the indy 500 a big thing but you could make a living off of nascar
Q.since your with a team that does indy would you ever do the 500
A. Yeah eventaully down the road but for the next 5 years just stock cars but after that yeah
Q,Whos your biggest hero
A.Probaslly my dad since i a kid at 2 hes always been there for me so hed me my hero for racing Jeff Gordon hes still racing and winning seeing him racing in dirt i knew hes a awesoe drive
Q.what do you prefer dirt or asphalt
A.oh man tough question (laugh)well we've had alot of success on ashplat but dirt is my home we've had a ton of sucess its my home so id have to say dirt.
Q.What age did you say im gonna make it
A.well the day they offeredme a deal at Gansis haha you always dream of making it but until they call you never know there are tons of drivers who can race its a top buisness so when Lorin Rainer called thats when said im gonna make it.
Q.Have you met chip
A. Yeah got to spend time with him at the races he makes dure his drivers have everything to suceed.
Q. they haven't been doing so we'll in cup will it change
A.yeah I think so stockcars change a few years ago hms didn't win much but now thet domninate so it goes into cycles we;ve had a bad year but we are doing alot of cot testing and we'll get better in the years
Q. have you tested the cot
A.No not yet I think in the next few months I will they have been trying to get me ready for the busch car but in the next few years i will
Q. what ate your expectations for busch in 2008 title? top 5 in points like Reed?
A.were gonna chase the title realistly rookie ofr the year 10 in points busch is so tough today going to tracks for the first time but were gonna try to get rookie of the year
Q. whats your cup time table
A.We'll were we looking to the next 2 3 years depends on how well we do in busch 2008 and 2009 were looking at doing full time busch then later cup stuff but there is really no rush
Q.What track do you look forward to
A.uhhhhh tough question haha irp becasue thats the only placei have time anywhere richmond will be fun and the short tracks at night all the short tracks irip since its a home race doing asa there too but pretty much all the short tracks
Q.What do you think of Carl Edwards
A.Carl's seens like a good guy and can really drive a racecar and anything he loves the top he got that title in hiis hands and will def win it this year.
Q.What do you think of Being teamates with Juan Pablo Montoya
A.Its gonn Be fun hung out with him at the prelude great guy top out there in talent just gotta learn more this is something very new for him and hes getting the resoucres
Q. What about Reed
A.Reed's been real cool hes a cool guy hes been not doing well in cup and busch but hes a great guy
Q.What about old David
A.David is awesome got top race his asa late for im this year hes taught me stuff i might not have learned in open wheel
Q.whats your 5 year goal
A. 5 years from now hopefully we'll have a title and run up front in cup contending fror titles its so hard nowadays but hopefully we will
Q. what do you do for fun
A.uhhh go to races hang out with friends at the lake love playing ball its my 2nd love football is fun and spendind time with family
Q.do you fish
A.no fishing for me
Q. Too bad was gonna ask you to fish
A.haha yeah in california wasn't alot of fishing
Q.whos yoyr favorie ahtlete
A.good lard ummmmm uhh other than racing its Lebron James hes young and hes on top of his game he can crry his team and put it on his back big Payton Manny fan he always imroves hes my favoite lerbron 2nd im a big bball fan though haha
Q.haha how you feel about Payton getting it done this year
A. it was cool being from indy getting to see hi overcome
Q.what other ganssis development drivers are there
A. Uhh Brady Bacon , Kevin Hamlin , and Scott Lagese
Q. what race win would mean the most to you
A.ummmm obvisosly the daytona 50 but the brickyard would be big
Q.will you do the 24 hours of daytona
A.ummmmm id haveto get better to get better on the road course stuff so probally not in the next few years
Q. which teamate do you relate to the most
A.ummmm proably David right now becasue I hung out with him the most with the nost
Q. who are your friends in racing
A.all kinds haha im not sure theres anybody i don't like Brady Bacon and alot of sprint drivers
Q. would yousay your friends with me hah
A. haha sure
Q.Got a girl
A. yes got one
Q taking her to racng
A. yup shes goes once in while shs a big fan
Q.How will Jr perform at hms
A.im not sure so much goes into racing chemstry theres no telling how he'lldo either great or not
Q. if you weren;t racing what would you do
A.I would be playing bbal going to college doing engineering and eventually do something in racing
Q.Thanks for the interview Bryan goodluck at the tracks
A.Thank you very much

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