• How did you get your start or interest in racing?

"I saw Keith racing at the track and decided to try to do it, too. Bonnie bought the car for me, so that helped a lot."

 • What do you remember about your first race?

"I remember Keith lapping me. I hit the wall and Keith gave me a hard time - laughing at me."

 • What is your favorite memory or moment in racing?

"Two things - Winning at Wayne County Speedway (Pikeville, NC) from the pole and knocking Steve Heath from the pole at Coastal Plains Speedway (Jacksonville, NC). It was the first time I had seen either track."

 • What is your least favorite memory or moment in racing?

"I had won a race at East Carolina and my brother came out to tell me that my wife was at the hospital."
(Webmaster Note: Bonnie had been at the track and had an allergic reaction to a wasp sting. Brad didn't know it until after the race, because we didn't have radios in the car.)

 • What is your funniest memory or moment in racing?

"It was my second race ever (A-Bomber, 1997). I hit the wall about four times during that race. The last time I hit so hard that I broke the fire extinguisher loose from the bracket and it was rolling all under my feet. My seat broke from the brace on one side so I was having to drive at an angle. I went into the pits; Ricky White, Bill Price and some of the other racers from Windsor were about to die laughing. They were saying, "You were driving the hell out of that car, man!"

 • What is your scariest memory or moment in racing?

"There were two times. In 2002, when I was driving for someone else, the brake pedal came off the shaft going into turn one. Then last year (2005), when Travis Roberson and I got together coming off turn two and I went airborne."

 • What is the maddest that you have ever been in racing?

"In 2005, I was watching Daddy race against [#3] who kept blocking him. Daddy was clearly faster and had to slam on brakes to keep from hitting him. He had already put Daddy in the wall in turn 4. I was hot!"

 • Why did you choose your car number (94)?

"I graduated from school in 1994."

 • What is your all-time favorite racecar?

"My first Modified Street Stock (C-Bomber) car in 1999. A 1979 Chevy Monte Carlo."

 • What lesson have you learned because of racing?

"You have to setup your racecar for you. Don't go by anyone else. You can ask for advice, but no one can set your car up for you, but you. Listen to your butt in the seat, not the stopwatch.

Five Questions With.....Bonnie Copeland

 • What did you first think about your other half racing?

"I was excited. I bought him  his first race car."

 • What is your favorite racing memory or moment?

"Brad's first win (1997)."

 • What is your funniest memory or moment?

"When I was in the hospital (see Brad's #4), someone came up and told me that when Brad found out, he said over the PA, 'I just found out my wife is at the hospital, so I'd like to thank my sponsors..."

 • What is your scariest memory or moment?

"When Brad got airborne in 2005 after hitting Travis."

 

 • What is the maddest that you have ever been watching them race?

"Too many to name. I've mentally blocked most of them out."