Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

NASCAR and Golf dŚĞ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ E ^ Z weekend at Michigan /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƉĞĞĚǁĂLJ ;D/^Ϳ ƵŐƵƐƚ ϭϬͲϭϮ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ world’s top racers – and many good amateur golfers. ZŝĐŬLJ ^ƚĞŶŚŽƵƐĞ͕ :ƌ͘ ʹ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ĨŽƌ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶͲďĂƐĞĚ ŽǁŶĞƌ :ĂĐŬ ZŽƵƐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ EŽ͘ ϭϳ ZŽƵƐŚ &ĞŶǁĂLJ ZĂĐŝŶŐ &ŽƌĚ &ƵƐŝŽŶ͕ with two Cup wins in 2017 – is a golf addict and shares some of his thoughts with us. Q How long has golf been in your life and how did you get started? A ͞/ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŚŝƫŶŐ Ă ŐŽůĨ ball when / ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ϯͲϰ years old when my dad would ŐŽ ŐŽůĮŶŐ͘ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƵƐĞ ŽŶĞ ĐůƵď ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ŬĞĞƉ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƵŶƟů / ŐŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘͟ Q Do you see any ĐŽƌƌĞůĂƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ of golf and racing? A ͞/ ĚŽ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ͘ With golf if you make a bad shot you need to clear your head forget about it and get ƌĞĂĚLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƐŚŽƚ͘ /ƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ Žī Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͘ tŝƚŚ racing, if you make mistakes ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ďĂĚ ůĂƉ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ to make sure you refocus for the next lap. Our races are ůŽŶŐ͕ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐŽůĨ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƉůĂLJ͘͟ Q Can you describe how popular golf is among the E ^ Z ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͍ tĞ͛ǀĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ͞E ^ Z ůĞĂŐƵĞ͟ ŝŶ ŚĂƌůŽƩĞ͘ A “Golf is big across our ŐĂƌĂŐĞ͕ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ĐƌĞǁ ŐƵLJƐ͕ WZ people, drivers (and others) play, and yes we have a ‘Golf 'ƵLJƐ dŽƵƌ͛͘͟ Q Have you ever played the ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ /ŶĚŝĂŶĂƉŽůŝƐ Motor Speedway? What did you think of it? A ͞zĞƐ͘ / ůŽǀĞĚ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝĐŬLJĂƌĚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă bonus being inside the race ƚƌĂĐŬ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ŝŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŚĂƉĞ͕ ĂŶĚ / ƐŚŽƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŵLJ ďĞƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŽĨ ϳϰ͘͟ Q What courses have you played in Michigan, which ŽŶĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ LJŽƵ ƐƟůů ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ try and what are your general impressions of Michigan golf? A ͞/ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƉůĂLJĞĚ Ă ƚŽŶ ŽĨ golf in Michigan, but there are so many courses up there that look really nice. We usually ĂƌĞ ƟĞĚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ since it is Jack’s and Ford’s ŚĞĂĚƋƵĂƌƚĞƌƐ ďƵƚ /͛ŵ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ ;ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶLJŽŶĞͿ͘͟ Q&A with NASCAR’s Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů Speedway: Camping World Truck series, Aug. 11 E ^ Z ƵƉ ŽŶƐƵŵĞƌƐ Energy 400, Aug. 12 More info: www.mispeedway.com