AluMMni Spotlight: Scott Bradford
Please meet Scott Bradford! Woodworker, artist, outdoorsmen! What’s your name? Scott Bradford When were you in MM? 2002-2005 I joined in 2001 as a member and have been active at events and on the forum ever since.as a student What made you join MM? I was already a car enthusiast and very interested in trying my hand at motorsports, so MM's club goals made for a perfect fit. When I approached the MM display at the Student Org Night I also saw that it was a welcoming group of people, who were all smiles and clearly passionate about what they were doing. 20 years later, I feel like that image in my memory still represents the officers and membership today. What role did you have in the club? Secretary from 01-05 What were you best known for when you were in the club? I offered up my services for some of the club graphics (including a legendary beer pong table) and had an obsession with Audis, which would later come back to bite me when I owned one after graduating and it nuked my bank account and threatened to end my marriage. What was your favorite memory as a student? As an alumnus? I can't remember the year, probably 2002? Anyway, we had a huge group of MMembers who were planning to drive and work at Summit Point for the last event of the year. Gerald (pres at the time) did his best to organize the rooms at this incredibly seedy hotel near the track because it was cheap and relatively close. Well we get there and they forgot to book half the rooms. So we had about 20 guys trying to sleep in 2 rooms. I'm talking people sleeping in the bath tub, on top of the dresser, 5 to a bed. It was chaos, and I don't know how any of us got any sleep or didn't contract lice or worse. Somehow we all managed to have an awesome time at the track the next day, and it was my first exposure to working as a flagger and being RIGHT next to the action on track. You cannot beat the first time you're right on top of the noise and action and that smell of burning brake pads. I was hooked from there on out, and worked many events after that until graduating. Everyone made it back from that event in one piece, although I seem to remember Sean's E30 spit a half-shaft in the rain, at night, on 29 North heading home on Sunday and we had about 3 guys under his car, 2 feet off the side of the highway, who managed to patch it up. Typical MM right there. What impact did the club have on you? I came to see motorsports as not just accessible to your average person, but critical in understanding your vehicle and elevating your everyday driving enjoyment as a whole. But really, it taught me more than anything what enthusiasm…