Name: Todd Hill
Year / Make / Model Car: DW8 Modified Chassis Chevrolet Engine
Number: 38
Class: Open Wheel Modified
Years Racing: 27
Job: Alignment / Brake Tech

1. How did you get into racing?

TH: My Dad, went to my first race when I was about 1 year old, been hooked every since!

2. What would you be doing if you were not driving a race car?

TH: Working on racecars…or fishing!

3. People who have inspired you the most while you have raced?

TH: My Wife, Daughter and Grandson.

4. What is the biggest obstacle you are facing in your quest to succeed in racing?

TH: Not much help or money, hard to do it on your on, but I love every minute of it!

5. What driver are you a fan of?

TH: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

6. Out of all the race cars you have driven, which one was your favorite and why?

TH: My big red Chevelle I raced in Street Stock. I will love the Modified I am sure!

7. Pick one : CD player, I pod, 8-Track or Record player, and who do you listen to?

TH: CD player, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert…

8. What have you been doing during the off season?

TH: Getting this Modified ready to race and trying to learn about it. I work out and do race sim games too.

9. Is there any other type of race car that you’d like to drive that you haven’t yet?

TH: Pro Late Model.

10. Your best and worst moment in racing?

TH: Best when I won at Whynot Motorsports Park, worst, When I hit the wall hard at Whynot coming out of turn 2.

11. Any local legends that you admired while coming up in Short Track Racing?

TH: My first at Montgomery was Dennie Rewis, Dewayne Middlebrooks, Jimmy Kitchens.

12. What motivates you to be the best in your racing division?

TH: I just want to finish first, then finish as high as I can.

13. Favorite smell at the track : race gas or burning rubber?

TH: Racing Gas!

14. What’s the funniest thing you have ever seen on the race track?

TH: Kevin Harvick and Biffle fighting at Bristol…LOL

15. What local driver do you have the most respect for and why?

TH: Bill Melvin, he is fast…still racing even with physical problems.

16. Do you have another sport you enjoy to watch or participate in?

TH: Bama Football and Soccer.

17. What’s more important … racing for points or racing for the win?

TH: Win would be nice!

18. Your favorite track and why?

TH: Montgomery!

19. Which describes you best : calculating driver or kamikaze driver?

TH: calculating, conservative.

20. Last Lap, you’re in a side by side dash for the win… who would you want to beat and why?

TH: Donnie Hamrac or Bill Melvin they win all the BIG Mod races!

I would like to thank my Wife Lynn for all of her support, help and sacrifice’s so I can live my dream of Racing. Thanks to Lane’s Tire, Marengo Auto Parts, Bo Mcraney and Johnny Otto for all there help. Also Mr. Jerry for helping me get the car to the track.

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