10 Questions: Casey Mears

1. What's the best advice you've ever received, and who was it from?

Mears: The best advice I ever got was from my parents. They told me to find something in life that I love and make a career out of it. They never pressured me to go racing, just to have goals and go after them.

2. What was your first car?

Casey Mears:
Blue

Mears: My very first car was a Dodge Dakota, but I didn't have it long. I drove a Chevy half-ton pickup for most of high school.

3. What was your favorite memory of playing high school football?

Mears: Probably the camaraderie we had on the team -- it was a fun group of guys. Plus, back then it seemed kind of cool being able to knock the hell out of somebody and not get in trouble for it.

4. Where's the one place you go to "get away from it all?"

Mears: I usually go to Baja. No cell phone service, no computers -- just open water and beautiful weather.

5. What was your first job?

Mears: When I was 12, I worked at an auto detail shop over the summer.

6. What's the one thing you do that drives your family crazy?

Mears: Man, you'd have to ask them. That's a tough question. Hopefully I don't do anything too annoying.

7. What's your favorite video game?

Mears: There's a game called DiRT that I like a lot. It's pretty accurate when it comes to off-road racing.

8. What was the last book you read?

Mears: I made it through the first half of The DaVinci Code. It was a good book, but I don't have a great attention span when it comes to reading. One of these days, I'll finish that one up.

9. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Mears: Anywhere with a white sandy beach, blue water and some palm trees.

10. What's the most exciting thing about growing up in a family with so much racing tradition and history?

Mears: One of the best things about growing up in my family was having the opportunity to travel at a young age when my dad was racing. I saw a lot of places and met a lot of great people. It was pretty exciting, especially to a kid. My eyes were always wide-open.