When Kenny
Wallace Tweeted an invite to fans Thursday on the way to the Dollar General 300
to stop by and visit from noon to 1 p.m., he wasn’t kidding. He gave the
address to his fan club office.
What he didn’t
say was, that office was at his home.
So I, and
about 30 others, invaded his fan club/ office/ shop / home. He had snacks and
sodas set out. He greeted everyone as they came inside."Hey! How ya doin'? Come on in!"
How cool was
that?!
Now, I almost
didn’t go. He had already autographed my Pit Road Pets book, which is where I
collect those. But my friends made an executive decision, plugged the address
into the Tom Tom GPS and off we went.
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| Steve and Caitlin Sunday get a few things signed by Kenny Wallace |
The Kenny you
see on TV, You Tube, Instagram, Vine and Twitter, is the same Kenny we saw
Thursday.
He’s talking,
laughing, answering questions and showing everyone around.
His heart is
really in dirt racing and does it every chance he gets. I jumped into that
opening.
“Hey Kenny, do
you know Steve Francis?” I asked.
“He’s a
legend!” the Hermanator exclaimed. “He’s racin’ for Clint Bowyer now!”
Oh, yeah. He
knows Ashland, Kentucky’s Steve Francis. And when we Tweet from the Dirt Track
World Championship in Portsmouth, Ohio, next Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Kenny Wallace will be following; and Tweeting, retweeting and replying.
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| Kenny answers questions and talks racing, TV commentating and Social Media |
After talking
about dirt racing, he posed for photos with everyone there. He signed
autographs for everyone who asked – on multiple items. He strolled down memory
lane with fan questions. He talked about preparing to leave metro Charlotte and
moving to Kansas City.( BTW, the house is for sale.) And dirt racing. He went
through the trophy case and talked about each one, where, when and how it came
to be his.
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| There are perks to this job |
Certainly we
realized not all drivers can do something this personal for the fans. But what
an opportunity! Everyone in that room felt special. They felt like they were
the only person on the planet Kenny Wallace was greeting and talking with, not
to and not at. Talking with them.
