{"id":11959,"date":"2024-06-19T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/?p=11959"},"modified":"2024-10-02T19:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:27:42","slug":"spotlight-5-questions-with-reporter-kenny-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/spotlight-5-questions-with-reporter-kenny-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: 5 Questions With Reporter Kenneth Lee Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports.jpg\" alt=\"Kenny Lee\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1203\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11960 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kenny-lee-motorsports-600x602.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/1203;\" \/>><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<h3>\nName:<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Kenneth Lee Jr.<\/p>\n<h3>What He Does:<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>On-Air Talent &#038; Reporter \/ Former NASCAR Senior Coordinator of Track Content<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter:<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>@FrontRowKenny<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>5 questions we asked and he answered:<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1. How did you develop a passion for cars and\/or motorsports?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy passion for cars and motorsports started with my Dad, who has a 1972 Monte Carlo. Funnily enough, I used to be scared of that car. I also started watching racing in the late 90s, thanks to my father, who went to school with Jeff Burton. After that, the rest was history. I&#8217;ve loved cars and racing ever since.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2. What advice do you have for people who want to break into the motorsports and auto industry?<\/strong><br \/>\nI broke into the industry via the NASCAR Diversity Internship program in 2017. The one piece of advice I can give people is simple: Maintain your relationships. You never know who might know each other and how it can lead to your next opportunity. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>3. If you could drive any car, what would it be and why?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would love to drive a 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS, an absolute icon of a car. I think muscle cars are few and far between, but I would love to cruise around, and, of course, push the big block V-8 a little bit on the highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>4. If you could attend any car\/motorsports event in the world, which would you choose? Why?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Indianapolis 500 easily. It&#8217;s one of the key races on what race fans deem the &#8220;Greatest Day in Motorsports.&#8221; Even from watching it on TV, the energy looks and feels different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>5. What&#8217;s the most exciting car event\/race you&#8217;ve ever attended?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona was one of the most exciting races I&#8217;ve ever attended. Erik Jones won in overtime, but it was exciting to see him win at the time, along with my internship classmates. It was just a fun night with all my friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A glance at his reporting:<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/sports\/2022-10-31\/ross-chastain-makes-racing-video-game-move-a-reality\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ross Chastain makes racing video game move a reality<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/sports\/2024-05-09\/charlotte-hornets-hire-new-head-coach\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Hornets hire new head coach<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/business\/2024-05-20\/spectrum-center-renovations-begin-with-ceremonial-wall-breaking\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spectrum Center renovations begin with ceremonial wall-breaking<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/sports\/2024-04-24\/panthers-return-to-the-field-for-minicamp-this-week\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers return to the field for minicamp this week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenny Lee, former NASCAR Senior Coordinator of Track Content and On-Air Talent, shares his advice for people who want to break into the motorsports and automotive industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,222],"tags":[224,223,225],"class_list":["post-11959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-spotlight","tag-automotive-content-creator","tag-car-enthusiasts","tag-car-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11959"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12089,"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959\/revisions\/12089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racersandriders.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}