Unbuckled: Getting to Know Tyler Cahoon (Part 2)

Hometown: Danville, VT

Division: Maplewood/Irving Late Models

Car: Berlin Optical Expressions/P&H Transportation #38VT Chevrolet Impala

2017 Season: Finished 8th in Late Model points; 1 feature win; Late Model Car Show winner

(Editor’s note: The following is the second installment of a 2-part interview. For Part 1, click here.)

Do you have anyone that you consider a role model or that you take after?

I don’t want to be cliché about it, but I really have to say my father. He’s always been family-first, not only for racing, but for everything. He’s been really supportive in everything we do – well, other than the first time I brought home a race car. But he was really trying to look out for our best interests, because he knew how addictive racing was, and it was better for us to go to school, get a good job, and then race later on in life. He’s taught me a lot through life, and I feel a lot of my character is because of him and the directions he’s led me in since I was a little boy.

Hometown: Danville, VT

Division: Maplewood/Irving Late Models

Car: Berlin Optical Expressions/P&H Transportation #38VT Chevrolet Impala

2017 Season: Finished 8th in Late Model points; 1 feature win; Late Model Car Show winner

What are your favorite non-racing hobbies?

My favorite hobby right now would probably be watching my two boys Travis and Jackson with their athletics. Right now we’re in the middle of basketball season. Both of them are three-sport athletes – soccer, basketball, and baseball. It might seem like an odd thing to list as a hobby, but watching those two grow and mature throughout the years – especially Travis, who’s getting ready to graduate from high school – has been a fun thing to be a part of. Watch Travis mature as an athlete, and watching Jackson take the same steps that Travis did at this time of their lives (age 6), is pretty cool. I’ve been putting a lot of time into watching them.

Hometown: Waitsfield, VT

Division: Allen Lumber Street Stocks

Car: Streeter Concrete #67 Ford Mustang

2017 Season: Finished 5th in Street Stock points; 4 feature wins

What are your favorite non-racing hobbies?

I coach high school wrestling in the winter at Harwood Union High School. My son Kyle used to wrestle there. I also like riding motorcycles. I try to go out every Sunday during the summer if there’s not a Thunder Road race. And occasionally I go to a casino and play cards.

Hometown: Essex, VT

Division: Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers

Car: Myers Container Services #8 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

2017 Season: Finished 6th in Flying Tiger points

What are your favorite non-racing hobbies?

I enjoy doing landscaping and stuff like that. I like to mow, I like building projects, and doing other improvements around the house. We’re wrapping up a few right now because we actually just sold it. We’re building a new house in Grand Isle this summer.

Hometown: Milton, VT

Division: Maplewood/Irving Late Models

Car: Richard Green Trucking #16VT Chevrolet Impala

2017 Season: Finished 4th in Late Model points

 What are your favorite non-racing hobbies?

Let me think here – do I have any? I have a lot of things I’m interested in, but I’ve also got kids that keep me really busy, and I do a lot of side work and projects on top of my full-time job, so I don’t really get to do a lot of the things I really like to do. When I finally get a free moment, I usually just sit down. (Laughs)