What sports did you play in high school?

MARK: By the time I was in high school I was racing every weekend. I played little league baseball when I was younger, but racing has been my only sport since I was 15 years old.
 

What was your most embarrassing moment?

MARK: My most embarrassing moment in sports when I was playing little league baseball. I was big into stealing bases, and one time my dad starting screaming at me to go back to my base and I was so embarrassed.
 

What is your favorite Gatorade flavor?

MARK: My favorite Gatorade flavor is lime (the green one).
 

What advice would you give a high school athlete who is serious about sports?

MARK: Any high school athlete who is serious about sports should be prepared for high performance athletic training and have a proper diet.
 

Who are your sports heroes?

MARK: I always thought Muhummad Ali was pretty cool.
 

What was your most memorable high school experience?

MARK: My most memorable high school experience was graduation.
 

What was your favorite class in high school?

MARK: My favorite class was math.
 

Did you win any awards in high school for sports?

MARK: I won a track championship at a local dirt track when I was 15, and just kept winning around the state after that.
 

What is your philosophy on competing?

MARK: If you want to be better than everybody else, you have to work harder than everybody else.
 

At what point in your life did you realize you wanted to make sports your career?

MARK: I realized I wanted to make sports my career when I was about 18 or 19 years old and knew I could actually make a living racing cars. That was a pretty exciting day for me.