Wimmer eager to make amends for DUI!
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Wimmer eager to make amends for DUI!
SONOMA, Calif. -- Scott Wimmer made a mistake, is visibly remorseful for it and wants to help educate others so they don't do the same.
His DUI case now over, Wimmer is focused on using its verdict -- 24 hours of community service in a 30-day period -- to make an impact on those who may not know or respect the ramifications of drinking and driving.
"I'll probably start after Daytona in the community doing things for my court case, but the things I've been doing for NASCAR and things like that I've already started," Wimmer said Friday at Infineon Raceway.
"Actually, before Daytona I'm going down and doing a thing with the highway patrol that I think is going to be great. It'll be great to get the dangers of drinking and driving out there."
He's already begun, having taped radio public service announcements last weekend at Michigan. He said they should be heard soon. On Wednesday, he'll be in Charlotte to speak at a seminar arranged by the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
In the near future, he anticipates he'll be going to high schools to discuss drinking and driving with students, though voluntarily rather than from a court mandate.
"The court system will put me in something they set up, and I just go out -- it's not really going to be a targeted area, like at high schoolers or something like that," Wimmer said.
"I think that's something more Bill Davis Racing and NASCAR and Caterpillar are going to look at, to try and get me in high schools or talking to kids at driver education programs, to make more of an impact there.
"I think that's pretty much the area I'd like to concentrate with. I know kids have a lot of temptations when they're young and just getting their driver's license. It doesn't matter if they just have one drink, it's still dangerous to get behind the wheel. Hopefully we can get that going and I can get into some schools."
Wimmer was arrested Jan. 31 after an accident in High Point, N.C., and in the aftermath has faced great scrutiny. He has learned to deal with it, and knows the importance of a team that stood behind him throughout.
"I had a lot of great people around me -- Frankie Stoddard and Bill Davis and Mike Brown, all the people at Bill Davis Racing and Caterpillar. They've really helped me through this," Wimmer said. "They could've made it a lot worse on me and really demanded a lot more out of me, and they didn't.
"They worked with me on it and understand the problems I created and that I'd deal with them the right way. It's encouraging to have people around you like that. I'm more relaxed at the track now. And I'm not so worried about what's going to happen.
"Everything's done with my court cases and I can start working on the things they put in place for me and NASCAR put in place for me, and hopefully making a difference in people's lives."
nascar.com
redriderbob
His DUI case now over, Wimmer is focused on using its verdict -- 24 hours of community service in a 30-day period -- to make an impact on those who may not know or respect the ramifications of drinking and driving.
"I'll probably start after Daytona in the community doing things for my court case, but the things I've been doing for NASCAR and things like that I've already started," Wimmer said Friday at Infineon Raceway.
"Actually, before Daytona I'm going down and doing a thing with the highway patrol that I think is going to be great. It'll be great to get the dangers of drinking and driving out there."
He's already begun, having taped radio public service announcements last weekend at Michigan. He said they should be heard soon. On Wednesday, he'll be in Charlotte to speak at a seminar arranged by the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
In the near future, he anticipates he'll be going to high schools to discuss drinking and driving with students, though voluntarily rather than from a court mandate.
"The court system will put me in something they set up, and I just go out -- it's not really going to be a targeted area, like at high schoolers or something like that," Wimmer said.
"I think that's something more Bill Davis Racing and NASCAR and Caterpillar are going to look at, to try and get me in high schools or talking to kids at driver education programs, to make more of an impact there.
"I think that's pretty much the area I'd like to concentrate with. I know kids have a lot of temptations when they're young and just getting their driver's license. It doesn't matter if they just have one drink, it's still dangerous to get behind the wheel. Hopefully we can get that going and I can get into some schools."
Wimmer was arrested Jan. 31 after an accident in High Point, N.C., and in the aftermath has faced great scrutiny. He has learned to deal with it, and knows the importance of a team that stood behind him throughout.
"I had a lot of great people around me -- Frankie Stoddard and Bill Davis and Mike Brown, all the people at Bill Davis Racing and Caterpillar. They've really helped me through this," Wimmer said. "They could've made it a lot worse on me and really demanded a lot more out of me, and they didn't.
"They worked with me on it and understand the problems I created and that I'd deal with them the right way. It's encouraging to have people around you like that. I'm more relaxed at the track now. And I'm not so worried about what's going to happen.
"Everything's done with my court cases and I can start working on the things they put in place for me and NASCAR put in place for me, and hopefully making a difference in people's lives."
nascar.com
redriderbob