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[/media-credit]My next interview, I had the chance to speak with 21 year old NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Matt DiBenedetto. Matt currently drives the No. 47 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet. He first appeared in the racing scene in 2009 when he raced the No. 20 Pizza Ranch Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing at Memphis Motorsports Park. Here is my interview with him.
Q: Imagine yourself not as a driver but as a race fan, if you were to do a ride along with any driver other than your self, who would you choose, which track and why?
DiBenedetto: Jeff Gordon at Darlington. Jeff Gordon is one of my favorite drivers and Darlington is an awesome fast track.
Q: If you could have a track named after you what kind of track would it be and where would it be located?
DiBenedetto: It would be a track in North Carolina thats a half mile short track because short track racing is my background.
Q: What is your most memorable race?
DiBenedetto: My win last year at Bowman Gray Stadium in the K&N Series because of all the history there.
Q: Who would you consider to be NASCAR’s bad boy? Golden boy?
DiBenedetto: Bad boy: Kyle Busch. Golden boy: Dale Jr.
Q: What advice would you give someone who wanted to be a race car driver?
DiBenedetto: Not to be a racecar driver (laughs). The sport takes millions of dollars to make it to the top levels. The best thing to do is to race at lower local levels of racing and just have fun unless you have millions of dollars to waste (literally).
Matt’s next race is September 22nd at Kentucky.
