NASCAR Busch Series
STOCK CAR DRIVER

Scott Wimmer

"When I wrecked them I had to fix them."

Questions and story by Dwight Drum
Web work by Gary Larsen

DOB: January 26/1976
Birth Town: Wausau, Wis.
Home Town: High Point, N.C.

The history of Bill Davis Racing includes driver and crew chief notables like Jeff Gordon, Ray Evernham, and Bobby Labonte. BDR's present team has talent like young driver Scott Wimmer and crew chief Chris Rice and more. Wimmer is a Wisconsin native who moved south to North Carolina as he moved up the driver scale to the NASCAR Busch Series. BDR has a knack for picking talent and talent has a way of rising to the top much the same way as the process for making tasty Wisconsin cheese. Wimmer has hardy northern roots, but he applies his drive in his new southern home without regard for geography. Wimmer will race in any state in the USA and he will bring an eager spirit with him. Share his energy as he answers a few speedy questions.

Dwight Chats with Scott Wimmer:

"I just miss my family and friends and growing up in Wisconsin my family was a big part of my racing career. I miss doing things with them and being with them."

"Really when I grew up I never thought I was going to be. I guess it was probably my first season in ASA when I won my first races and did real well on the team. I looked at it then that I might be able to make it in this sport, but I never thought I would go this far this fast. I thought I might be in ASA forever. I never expected to make a career of it."

"I think it's a lot of different things. It's a lot of desire. I love racing. I love the competition. I don't know if it's anyone thing that I have better than anybody else, it's just that I try to apply it in different areas than most people."

"It's the drive to compete. I always want to be on top. I always want to win and be the best there is. Fortunately in NASCAR there is always somebody to beat, some one on top of their game running better than you are. That's what keeps me going. I'm always trying to win, trying to be better than the next team or person."

"I think it came from my uncle and father. They raced in the 70's and early 80's around Wisconsin and had a lot of success against a lot of great race car drivers. My father started a construction company with nothing and he's made it into a successful company. He did it with a lot of hard work and drive. I've learned a lot from those two people "

"I'm a family person. My brother races ASA. I help him out a lot with that and he helps me a lot too. All of my family has helped me with my career. My older brother and sister and their families are really involved in helping me and my brother. It's a big family sport for all of us. When I started racing I worked on the cars that I raced. It was family sponsored. When I wrecked them I had to fix them."

"It definitely has. In 99 I had a terrible year and switched Series and went to the ASA Series and everything went right for me as soon as I got there. I won my first two races and had a lot of success. I think it really opened the door for me to get into the NASCAR Series and be where I am today."

"The mental part of it I think it's somebody who can keep their focus through the whole race, black out distractions and keep focused on what they need to do out there. It seems like somebody who can endure the season and endure the long day. I don't think muscle strength is as important as endurance and trying to keep yourself alert the whole race. The great drivers keep their focus when things go bad around them."

"It's neat to see the way that side of something works. I'm so used to NASCAR and the way we work and how we prepare for races. It's a lot like that in making commercials. It's a big team. It's amazing how many people are involved in making just one commercial. It's unique how both our sport and making TV commercials is a lot the same. There's a lot of preparation and a lot of hard work."

"It really is. You win and you want more and want to go and do more and do better. It's something that keeps you going day to day. It definitely makes it a lot better if you're on top and you're winning."