2013 Silver State: Reese Meyer Interview

Aside from the competitive battles amongst the fastest pros in the world, the biggest entertainment of a large event like the nitro off-road race comes in the form of watching the Open class racers as the mix of older weekend warriors and young up-and-comers makes for an incredibly diverse field. While scoping the pit area this weekend I found one very wild head of bleached blonde hair – it belongs to seven-year-old Reese Meyer, and I had a chance to sit down and interview him after he bumped from the D-Main to the C in Open Buggy; shortly after our chat, he won the C-Main from dead last on the grid and earned his spot in Sunday morning’s B-Main event with a shot at charging all the way to the A.