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Vermont Governor Driven at Work and On the Track

(19 Jul 2017) VERMONT GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT LIKES BEING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. (NATS) THE VETERAN POLITICIAN IS USED TO SHIFTING GEARS (NATS) … AND KNOWS HOW TO STAY ON TRACK. (NATS) FOR THE 58-YEAR-OLD GOVERNOR ... RUNNING VERMONT IS HIS JOB. BUT RACING IS HIS LONGTIME PASSION. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Phil Scott, (R) Vermont: "(laughs) Well, there's no contest as far as the fun part: it's probably racing. It's something that's in my blood, something I've done for the last three or four decades." SCOTT STILL FINDS TIME TO RACE STOCK CARS AT THUNDER ROAD. THE PAVED QUARTER-MILE OVAL IS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM THE STATE CAPITOL. THE FORMER STATE LAWMAKER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS WON THREE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE IN ALMOST 30 YEARS. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerry Lajeunesse, friend: "Everybody in most of Vermont knows Phil Scott. That's not the reason he got elected, but it didn't hurt. Let's put it that way. There's thousands of people that would have voted for a stock car driver, no question about it. " SCOTT IS A REPUBLICAN IN A LIBERAL-LEANING STATE KNOWN FOR ELECTING SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. (NATS) HE HAS BUILT UP A "NICE GUY" REPUTATION AT THE STATE HOUSE AND THE SPEEDWAY. HE KNOWS IF YOU RAM INTO A DRIVER'S BACK BUMPER, THEY MIGHT RETURN THE FAVOR. SCOTT SAYS THE VIEW FROM THE SEAT OF POWER AND THE SEAT OF A SOUPED UP CHEVY CAN BE SIMILAR. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Phil Scott, (R) Vermont: (partially covered): "You formulate your plan and we do that here _ What tires to put on when, how much to adjust the car for whatever track condition we might find, when we're going to be on the outside, what plays out to what. You're always planning and strategizing. It's the same in politics." LIKE KNOWING WHEN TO GO FLAT OUT AND WHEN TO EASE UP - SOMETHING HE RECENTLY DISPLAYED WHEN HE COMPROMISED WITH LAWMAKERS ON A STATE BUDGET. WHILE VOTERS WILL DETERMINE HOW LONG SCOTT STAYS IN OFFICE, HE HAS NO PLANS TO RETIRE FROM RACING. THE GOVERNOR STILL KNOWS HOW TO FIND THE WINNER'S CIRCLE MICHAEL HILL, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BARRE, VERMONT Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...