Gavin Renn has a family history of working on and racing automobiles. His great-grandpa built custom cars from scratch, his grandfather raced cars at a local speedway, and his father worked on cars as a mechanic. Renn became interested in cars at a young age after visiting a racetrack. His dream car was a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. As a teenager, he bought his first car, a 2001 Dodge Dakota, and has since worked on various vehicles including his current 2004 Chevrolet Impala SS.
3. FAMILY HISTORY WITH
VEHICLES
• MY GREAT-GRANDPA WOULD BUILD HIS OWN CARS, FROM HIS
HAND BUILT 1953 FORD TRUCK OR HIS 1957 CUSTOM PAINTED
BEL-AIR, PAINTED IN A VERY PALE ORANGE WITH A TAN TWO TONE
THAT MADE IT LOOK LIKE AN ORANGE CREAMSICLE.
• MY GRANDFATHER WOULD TEAR APART OLD CARS AND RACE THEM
AT OWENDALE SPEEDWAY, FROM DODGE DEMONS TO FORD
GALAXIES.
• MY DAD TOO, WORKED ON CARS. MOSTLY MAINTENANCE, HE WAS
THE GUY TO GO TO IF YOU NEEDED AUTO HELP. HE NOW HAS HIS
OWN RACE CAR, AN IMCA MODIFIED.
4. CHILDHOOD HOBBIES INVOLVING CARS
• AFTER THAT FATEFUL DAY AT THE TRACK, I HAVE BEEN OBSESSED WITH VEHICLES. MY DREAM CAR AS A
KID WAS AND STILL IS THE 1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO. MY COUSIN HAD INTRODUCED ME TO THE NEED
FOR SPEED SERIES OF GAMES, AND HE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE MUSTANG. IT WAS ONLY NATURAL
THAT I PICK THE OPPOSITE.
PICTURED IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE 69 CAMARO FROM NFS CARBON
5. THE TEENAGE
YEARS
• AROUND THE AGE OF 15 I BEGAN CAR SHOPPING. I PICKED UP A JOB AT A
CONCESSION STAND TO BUY A 1986 CAMARO, UNTIL BEING INFORMED BY
BOTH OF MY PARENTS THAT IT WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA AND ENDED UP BUYING
A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA FOR THE SWEET DEAL OF $500 FROM MY
GRANDFATHER.
A photo of Ol’ Red
Ol’ Red struggling
in ¼” of ice
6. WORKING ON VEHICLES
• I HAVE WORKED ON MY FAIR SHARE OF
VEHICLES FROM THAT RUSTY OLD DODGE, TO
MY IMPALA AND MY COUSINS VW JETTA.
9. WORKS CITED
• HARRON, TJ, AND JAKE ROTH. MUST-SEE-RACING-SPRINT-SERIES-19.JPG. 8 JUNE 2016,
WWW.HOTROD.COM/ARTICLES/WATCH-WE-GO-ON-BOARD-WITH-A-WINGED-SPRINT-CAR-
ASPHALT/?GALLERYIMAGEID=15495. ACCESSED 14 OCT. 2020.
• “NEED FOR SPEED: WORLD (STANDARD).” NEED FOR SPEED FANDOM,
NFS.FANDOM.COM/WIKI/CHEVROLET_CAMARO_SS_396_(1967).
• 2004 IMPALA SS. 12 NOV. 2019.
• 1979 CHEVY CAMARO. 19 SEP. 2020.
• ALL OTHER PHOTOS (INCLUDING 2004 IMPALA SS. 12 NOV. 2019.) ARE PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM
MY PHONE.
