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timmyholton
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Watching the race last night and seeing Kenny Schrader in the race made me smile. Sure he isn't known as a
great "nascar" driver due to only 4 wins (the last one coming in 1991) but he is one of the best racers around outside of nascar
The guy is a racer plain and simple. He'll go anywhere and race.
He's also one of the nicest guys around. He had raced at my local track a handful of times and always makes time after the race to meet fans and sign autographs. No sunglasses on, he looks you in teh eye when he's talking to ya, shakes you hand, smiles for the camera. He looks genuinely happy to be there.
After one race a few of us were in the infield drinking a few cold ones when kenny drove up on his 4 wheeler with a cooler and decided to shoot the bull with us.
He ended up going to a local burger joint with us afterwards and we just had a good time (No I didn't have pictures of this for proof. I felt that this was something that I didn't want to turn into a "look at me situation hanging with Kenny" and I think Kenny appreciated that"
I think NASCAR misses guys like Schrader. Guys who are everyday men who are just racers. No pr guy, no entourage, no plastic wife, no fancy clothes.
I understand NASCAR has changed and i'm not trying to make this a NASCAR USE TO BE WAY BETTER posts, I'm just saying how I feel
The people who connected with Schrader, adn Gant and the Allisons, and Mark Martin, and Texas Terry and Dale can't connect to today's drivers
Alot of it is social media, sponsors being more protective and the changing of society
Anyway the point of this thread is maybe we can talk about teh drivers who dont get talked about alot to keep their name going.
We always talk about, gordon, Dale, Stewart, Petty, Cale but let's kep the guys who didnt have hall of fame careers going
Maybe talk about meeting some of them?
great "nascar" driver due to only 4 wins (the last one coming in 1991) but he is one of the best racers around outside of nascar
The guy is a racer plain and simple. He'll go anywhere and race.
He's also one of the nicest guys around. He had raced at my local track a handful of times and always makes time after the race to meet fans and sign autographs. No sunglasses on, he looks you in teh eye when he's talking to ya, shakes you hand, smiles for the camera. He looks genuinely happy to be there.
After one race a few of us were in the infield drinking a few cold ones when kenny drove up on his 4 wheeler with a cooler and decided to shoot the bull with us.
He ended up going to a local burger joint with us afterwards and we just had a good time (No I didn't have pictures of this for proof. I felt that this was something that I didn't want to turn into a "look at me situation hanging with Kenny" and I think Kenny appreciated that"
I think NASCAR misses guys like Schrader. Guys who are everyday men who are just racers. No pr guy, no entourage, no plastic wife, no fancy clothes.
I understand NASCAR has changed and i'm not trying to make this a NASCAR USE TO BE WAY BETTER posts, I'm just saying how I feel
The people who connected with Schrader, adn Gant and the Allisons, and Mark Martin, and Texas Terry and Dale can't connect to today's drivers
Alot of it is social media, sponsors being more protective and the changing of society
Anyway the point of this thread is maybe we can talk about teh drivers who dont get talked about alot to keep their name going.
We always talk about, gordon, Dale, Stewart, Petty, Cale but let's kep the guys who didnt have hall of fame careers going
Maybe talk about meeting some of them?