What driver's hometown or where you grew up is near or the same as yourself?

Question

Mine is A. J. Allmendinger, Los Gatos CA.

In fact my old high school used to play against his. Interesting fact? eh?

Answer 1

Tony Stewart

Answer 2

I lived not too far from Enumclaw, Washington where Kasey Kahne is from.

Greg Biffle is from Vancouver, Wa. which is a bit farther from where I lived but not terribly far.

Answer 3

The Bodine's grew up 148 miles from me.  No I never met them.  I live really close to Fonda Speedway and Richard Petty, Ken Scrader raced there.  Ken was there two years ago.  Just a dirt track but a whole lot of fun!!!

Answer 4

I live near Dawsonville Ga home of Awesome Bill Elliot and close to Chatsworth Ga where Jody Ridley who had a short lived career hailed from

salute

Answer 5

Bogota, Columbia. Waun Pablo

Answer 6

I was born in Kannapolis NC,  same as Dale Jr.. I grew up next to Ralph and Martha Earnhardt, moved to Rockingham later on..

Go Dale Jr & Hms

Answer 7

Sam Hornish Jr. is from my town.

& he's parents business is in it too.

& i'm gonna race go karts for Sam's brother Jon. =]

Answer 8

I'm from Nettleton, MS which is to the extreme Northeast of Lake Speed's hometown of Jackson, MS.

Answer 9

Ryan Newman and David Stremme are both from my hometown (South Bend, Indiana).

Edit: Hmmm, I apologize to whoever gave me the thumbs down. I guess I was born in the wrong place! My bad!

Thumbs down on answers like this just make me laugh. :)

Answer 10

Brad Keselowski grew up about 30 miles from me in Rochester Hills, MI.

Answer 11

carl edwards

Answer 12

Martin Truex Jr. grew up in Mayetta, NJ which is about 20 miles away. I never met him myself, but I have friends who are good friends of his family.

Answer 13

I lived about 10 miles from Martin Truex Jr, in fact went to the same high school, I graduated about 8 yrs ahead of him dammit so I didn't know him but knew one of his cousins. I actually once got to check out the family race shop a long time ago(Truex Sr was still driving at the time) when my nephew's Cub Scout den went there.

Answer 14

i'm a military brat and moved around a lot.  although i was born in sacramento, i first really got into racing while living in vegas for the second time in my life. that's how i got hooked onto the busch brothers - the hometown boys there.

Answer 15

Awesome Bill is from Dawsonville Ga....That is the next city over from me.

Answer 16

Birth-11 Nantucket Massachusetts

11-present Northern Utah

I don't think any drivers are from either one.

Answer 17

I'm from Wisconsin, a few drivers are from this state: Matt Kenseth, Paul Menard, Scott Wimmer.

Answer 18

If anyone knows any that were around southern Florida plz tell!

Answer 19

Darrell Waltrip, Sterling Marlin, Bobby Hamliton Sr, Bobby Hamilton Jr...probably a lot more

Answer 20

Iam from Abu Daabee

Answer 21

Bobby and Terry Labonte are from Corpus Christi Texas, about 7 hours south of where I live.

Answer 22

carl edwards, jamie mcmurry, and schrader are the present drivers.

the wallace brothers went to the same school as me.

Answer 23

I'm from Indiana and Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, and Jeff Gordon (was originally from IN)

Answer 24

The late Bobby Hamilton, Bobby Hamilton, Jr. , Chase Montgomery, Sterling Marlin, and D.W.s hometowns are within an hour of mine.

Answer 25

None are current cup drivers.  Sprague and Benson both run in the truck series and Miller used to.

Jack Sprague - Spring Lake Michigan

Johnny Benson - Grand Rapids Michigan

Butch Miller - Coopersville Michigan

I didnt know Brad Keselowski was from Rochester Hills.  I used to work there.

Answer 26

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