Ellis Hilton Interview

This is an interview for Ellis Hilton. (July 17th, 2019)

Transcript
Jim: Ok I am here with the founder of the Hilton Road Series, Ellis Hilton, Thanks for being here.

Ellis: No problem.

Jim: Ok were gonna ask a simple question to start. When did you get into racing?

Ellis: Well as a young lad I loved racing. I competed in the junior leagues at primary school, I was on the high school racing team and I even did some street racing in college.

Jim: Ah ok, so when did you get your big breakthrough?

Ellis: my uncle Benjamin Blamer was a racer before me, he trained me up and even suggested me to his racing team in 2001. However, after a few months, I got my big break in the Vitoline NASCAR cup series in 2002. However, I did horrible and got the reputation as the broken mirror. I lost all of my races and was rude to my team and they couldn't keep me onboard anymore so in 2003 I got the sack.

Jim: What happened then?

Ellis: Well I tried going back but they turned me away. I tried racing in CARCA and the Piston cup but they wouldn't accept me so I gave up trying. That was until I said no I'm not giving up, if they don't want me then I'll start my racing series. Hence the Hilton Road Series was born

Jim: Shocking, anyway last question what do you have to say to the young drivers this season?

Ellis: Well just put your heart into what you love doing and who knows maybe you'll end up where you want

Jim: Well thank you for that Ellis and good luck this season.