MIKE FOREST
Present Occupation: Professional Race Car Driver
Current Race Series: Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series
Class: Daytona Prototype
Team: Starworks Motorsports
Personal Website: mikeforestracing.com
Nick Name: Earl, as in My name is Earl after I grew a moustache
Date of Birth: July 21, 1981
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 160
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Residence: Colorado
Marital status: Been seeing someone for 5 years
Major interest/hobby apart from racing: Guitar, playing with my dog Blu, concerts, cycling,
napping, cooking, off shore fishing
Other sports: Surfing, snowboarding, football, racquetball
What do you do to unwind? Sleep
Best idea of having good time? Hanging out with my girl & friends, preferably at the beach
Favorite reading? Newspaper, Biographies (athletes & musicians), some philosophical books too
Favorite music? Blues & hard rock
Favorite place to travel to? Hawaii is always fun
Favorite city to visit and why? I had a great time in Florianopolis, Brazil last year. Sun, surf, friends, great night life, learning a different culture
Racing since? 2001
What started you racing? My dad had a history in racing & I always had an interest in cars growing up
Why do you race? Personal challenge & satisfaction when goals are met
Best part of racing? Winning
Hardest part? The 100+ degree days, the cockpit gets to 130+ inside & that makes focusing very difficult
Most important people in your life and career? Dad, Mom, girlfriend & sponsors
Worst moment in career? Crashing in Long Beach when throttle got stuck open, 75mph straight into a concrete wall hurts
Best moment in career? 4th place last year in Montreal was up there
Objectives for 2010? To win races & be on the podium
Most respected racers? My dad, Alex Zanardi, Artyon Senna, Kimi Raikkonen
Other most respected athletes? Barry Sanders, Mario Lemieux, Junior Seau, Mark Messier
Training 'secret'? Little chocolate donuts have been on my training table since the beginning. Jim Belushi said that
Occupation If I was not a professional racer? I always wanted to play guitar in a rock band
