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1. What is your name? Gary Thomas

Martial status – married
Age – 52
Spouses Name (if married) – Janis
Kids - 4

2. What is your car #? 14

3. What class do you race in? SSM

4. Do you have a nickname, if so what is it and how did you get it?  Pop's, My Grand kids gave it to me.

5. Who are your sponsors?   M R S Communications Kingsland TX, Post Tire And Lube Post TX, West Texas Testers Post TX,  G&S Tire And Lube Burnet and Liberty hill TX, G&S Autosales Burnst TX, Commanchie Crossing Seguin TX.

6. How long have you been racing?  This is my Rookie year

7. Do you work on your own car?  Yes

8. How many feature races have you won? 0

9. How many championships have you won? 0

10. Do you think you are a good driver?   I'm working on it.

11. What make & model of car do you race?  SSM

12. Have you purposely wrecked someone?  no

13. If so, who & why?

14. Looking back, would you do it again?

15. Have you ever rolled your race car?  no

16. Have you ever been hurt in a race car? no

17. If so, how were you hurt?

18. What groove do you prefer to run (top, middle, bottom)?  middle

19. Do you like a tacky track or dry slick track?  dry slick

20. Do you like your car on the loose or tight side?  loose

21. Do you want to move up in racing?  no

22. If yes, what is your goal?

23. What is your favorite class to watch (pure, street, super, sport mod, mod, dwarfs, or other)?                        
1st favorite class to watch -     Mods
2nd favorite class to watch -    street
3rd favorite class to watch -     super

24. What is your #1 favorite moment from your racing career? when I made my first pass

25. What is your worst moment from your racing career?   My first race when the leaders lapped me.

26. What was your funniest moment?  First feature ever steering wheel came off 3 times I still finished the race.

27. In your racing career, what was the best advice anyone has ever given you?  Have FUN

28. What advice would you give someone just starting out in racing?  Have FUN

29. If you had the opportunity to build a race track, where would you build it, what kind of track and what size would you make it?      1/4 to 3/8 mile dirt.  Austin Area

30. What professional driver do you see yourself as & why?

31. Do you have any pre-race superstition?  Yes

32. Do you spend more time with your race car, or your spouse?     Race Car