Plugged In

With an extensive background in bracket racing, David Rampy definitely fits the definition of a grassroots racer, and despite his major racing operation, he's a grassroots guy in more ways than one. "I like to listen to '70s music," he said. "It's the music I grew up with. All of the bands were great back then; I really liked The Grassroots.

I don't do CDs; I'm a radio kind of guy. When we're on the road, we have XM Radio, and I'll either listen to the '70s channel or the NASCAR channel or The Blend (channel 25). I don't like that rap stuff of even hard rock." His last movie? Fat Albert. One day [I heard an advertisement for] Fat Albert and I said [in his best Fat Albert imitation], 'Hey, hey, hey,' and [son] Chase said, 'How'd you know that?" He didn't know that Fat Albert was from back when I was a kid, and I had no idea there was still a cartoon today, so we had to go see it together. His last book? "Other than National DRAGSTER, the only reading I do is from a book of daily Bible scriptures. I read one every morning. It's a guide to live by."

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