Meet Joe, Official NASCAR Fan Council member of the month
Name: Joe
Current City: Riverdale, New Jersey
Hometown: Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Member since: 2012
Getting to know Joe
Q. Why did you join the Official NASCAR Fan Council?
“Growing up in New Jersey, I was always fascinated with auto racing. When fathers would take their sons to the ballparks to watch baseball, my father would take me to the racetrack. When fathers would sit down with their sons to watch sports on TV, my father would watch NASCAR with me. NASCAR and auto racing in general have always been an intricate part of my life. As I have grown older, I have had the opportunity to attend more races than I have ever before. Now, because of NASCAR and the NASCAR Fan Council, I have the opportunity to become even more involved. When the opportunity presented itself to join the NASCAR Fan Council, I jumped at it. I joined the NASCAR Fan Council because I wanted to take an active role in helping to make the sport that I love to watch better for not only the fans’ interests but also for the overall welfare of the sport. To have the opportunity to be involved with an organization such as NASCAR who actively solicits opinions from its fans is an honor that I take very seriously.”
Q. What comes to mind when you think of NASCAR? What’s your favorite NASCAR memory?
“When I think of NASCAR, I think of a sense of community, family, excitement, and passion. From compassionate race fans to the hard working people in the motorsports industry, you won’t find a better experience at a sporting event than at a NASCAR race weekend. My favorite NASCAR memory was my first Daytona 500 in 2011. I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes to not only meet some NASCAR personalities up close such as Steve Byrnes from Fox Sports, but also was able to watch a young rookie named Trevor Bayne win his first Daytona 500 and see him celebrate in Victory Lane — something that I won’t ever forget. It truly was a memorable weekend.”
Q: Do you have a favorite in any of the following categories?
Driver: “Martin Truex Jr.”
Track: “Daytona International Speedway“
Memorabilia: “I like to collect pins and decals from events and races I attend.”
Q: If you could go to any NASCAR race/track, where would you go?
Q: What do you like to do in your free time?
“I love to play golf, run marathons, and skeet shoot.”
Q: Tell us about your family. Do you have children and/or pets?
“I am married to a huge Kyle Busch fan. We don’t have any children but have a cat.”
Q: What’s your dream car?
“1983 Ford Thunderbird (Just like Stroker Ace’s)”
From all of us at NASCAR, we thank Joe for his continued support and look forward to hearing from him in 2015! Look for Joe on the Official NASCAR Fan Council page on NASCAR.COM.