Blickensderfer makes surprise appearance to support Dad:
March 15, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Blickensderfer makes surprise appearance to support Dad: Macon Meridian coach Jack Blickensderfer wishes he hadn’t been so hard on his son, Drew, growing up. Drew Blickensderfer wouldn’t have had it any other way. “He never let me win at anything,” the younger Blickensderfer said. “I can remember playing basketball against him on the driveway as a kid, and he would block every one of my shots. He was hardcore when I was on the baseball diamond and he was hardcore when I wrestled. He was just trying to instill that competitive desire in me.” That competitive desire has paid off for Drew Blickensderfer three times in the last three months. In mid-December, he was named crew chief for #17-Matt Kenseth’s NASCAR Sprint Cup team. And in February, he won his debut race with Kenseth “ the Daytona 500. A week later, in California, Kenseth won again. Father and son shared another special moment Friday. Drew Blickensderfer surprised his dad by flying in from Charlotte, N.C., to watch Meridian’s 51-47 Class 1A state semifinal victory over Annawan. Joining the younger Blickensderfer were his brother Matt, who drove in from Cincinnati, and two aunts who traveled from Texas and Ohio.(see full story at the Peoria Journal Star), on Saturday night Macon Meridian won the Class 1A boys basketball state title.(3-15-2009)
