This month's Hot Seat features someone we are are seeing more of in our sport.  Lady Wheelers!  And I don't just mean riding along making the passenger seat look good, but wheeling their own rigs right there with the guys!

So sit back, relax and enjoy this months interview, and encourage your special lady to get out there and enjoy this wonderful sport of ours behind the wheel of her own rig!

1. Tell us your full name?
Shaney Gray

2. Where and when were you born?
Arizona, Dec. 2, 1974

3. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Brother that is 28, Half Brother that is 17, and Half Sister that is 10.

4. Where do you live now?
Wilmington, NC

5. Where do you work?
Grady's Plumbing

6. What do you do there?
Office work and help on the job sites

7. Do you have a Nickname that you like to go by?
Nope

8. How did you get this Nickname?
N/A

9. How many years have you been into the sport of off roading?
Its been about 4 years now.

10. Who, or what first got you interested in the sport?
My husband, Grady (Budha)

11. Are you involved in any off-road clubs? If so, what is the name of your club?
I am part of a web site, Zukikrawlers.

12. What kinds of 4x4's do you own?
1988 Suzuki Samurai

13. Tell us about your Suzuki?
It was given to me by my husband and it was all stock when I started to drive it.

14. How long have you had it?
Three years.

15. Does it have a Nickname?
BlakRoze

16. How often do you get to wheel?
We try to go wheeling about once a month during the summer time.

17. What modifications have you made to your rig?
4.5 SPOA, 32" tires, 2" back space rims, 4.62 gears front and rear, rear locker, 6:4 transfer case, over the top steering, and a new paint job with custom airbrushing on the hood.

18. Bolt on mods, or make it yourself?
Bolt on

19. What's your level of mechanical skills? What's a wrench? Shade Tree or "I'd go pro, but NASCAR hasn't called yet!"?
I would have to say "what is a wrench" since I did not do a thing to my zuk at all.

20. How challenging are the trails you like to run?
I like the intermediate, but would like to do some of the harder ones.

21. What's the scariest moment you've ever had off-roading?
Last summer while riding shot-gun in Grady's zook we lost steering coming off of down hill rock walk.

22. What was the funniest?
When I was going up a steep hill and had to give the zook gas and hit a tree on the side of a wall.

23. What have you learned from the sport that you can apply to your everyday life?
Giving gas to a zook on a mountain top is not like give gas to a sports car on the highway.

24. What other outdoor activities do you enjoy?
I enjoy camping when it is not cold out, swimming, and modeling

25. If you could sit down and talk to anyone, past or present, who would it be and why?
There is no one that comes to mind.

26. Books on tape, or sit down and read?
Neither

27. DVD at home or Theater?
DVD at home on our theater system

28. What is on your MP3, or in your CD player right now?
Nine Inch Nails

29. Radio, CDs or 'Trail Music' when your wheeling?
Radio if I can get it.

30. When you're not off-roading, or working, how do you like to spend your time?
Right now I spend my time doing homework for college and being with my family.

31. If I gave you a free ticket to visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Australia

32. What did you want to be most as a kid?
Teacher

33. If you could learn to speak any language that you do not already know, what would it be?
Spanish

34. What is your best time of the day, morning, noon, or night?
Morning for homework, night for my family

35. What's your most embarrassing moment (so far?)
I do not have one that I can think of.

36. Have you ever met anyone famous, and if so, who?
Busta Rhymes

37. If you could give any piece of advice to a future off-roader, what would it be?
Take your time and have fun.