ably are familiar with the type of racing we do , but it ’ s a new audience as well . But to be associated with PEAK for it is super neat . Everybody there is excited about it , which makes me excited about it . They ’ re like , “ You ’ re getting exposed to such a new audience . This is a different place than you ’ ve been .” And that ’ s partly what makes me nervous because I don ’ t want to look like a dunce out there .
Me and my dad were talking about it . We ’ re probably going to have the rattiest car . Will people in the stands understand ? You go to dragand-drive events , and they do . But then you go to NHRA , and you don ’ t have that kind of situation so much . But no , it ’ s going to be really cool , especially getting to go there with a group of people that we race with . And the fact that NHRA is excited about it , and PEAK ’ s excited about it , and seeing the fact that NHRA ’ s been selling out the first couple races . It ’ s really cool to get to be on that stage .
You ’ ve had a busy year already with Sick Week , the Dodge Last Call event , and HOT ROD Garage filming . You have a full schedule of racing events on tap , plus more filming . How do you stay focused through it all ?
I am pretty bad about it . I have a lot more obligations to fulfill than what I do . I say I ’ m bad about it , but I don ’ t know that I ’ m really as bad as I think I am at it . But I have a Google calendar , and it helps me a lot . I ’ ve also got incredible people around me . There ’ s an incredible team at HOT ROD Garage , and then I ’ ve got my family , and it helps me balance it all . My mom is in charge of booking and coordinating so much of my travel that if I had to do it , I couldn ’ t keep it straight . And HOT ROD Garage does it on
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But I am a big fan of a planner , and I don ’ t follow it at all , but I need to dump my thoughts out of my brain . I ’ m like , “ OK , I ’ ve got 10 different things that I need to do that are very important this week . Will I get them done ? I don ’ t know , but I can ’ t get them done until I write them down .”
So this year has been a lot better . Last year was really hectic , because I was driving the Bumblebee Pro Mod , which came to be out of nowhere . I had the full race season to work on the ‘ 55 , and I had HOT ROD Garage come up pretty late in the year . We had to cram so much all at once that there was no time to breathe .
This year , thankfully , we started early . The production team is aware of my schedule . We ’ ve coordinated nicely . We do have more projects this year . We ’ re building an Isky tribute car – Dad is – and then my sister and I will be doing a lot
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