Jay Goninen is the co-founder and president of WrenchWay.
First car: 1987 Ford Ranger (rear end blew up immediately)
First concert: Brooks & Dunn
Pet peeve: Loud eaters
Most thrilling/adventurous thing you’ve done: Raced stock cars when I was a teenager
Personal hero: Roger Penske
Something on your bucket list: Attend the Daytona 500
One thing you learned on the job you never forgot: The value of a good team; no one person can do everything themselves
Three people you’d invite to dinner, living or dead: Michael Jordan, [hot rod designer] Boyd Coddington and Dale Earnhardt
What did you want to be when you were a kid? Race car driver
Do you collect anything? Nostalgic items from service shops; I love the history of our industry.
What’s your TV streaming binge show? “Yellowstone”
You’re king for a day. What’s your first order? Allocate a bigger budget for tech ed programs.
First album/CD you bought: Kris Kross
Favorite line from a movie: “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” — The Sandlot
Who’s on your Spotify playlist? Morgan Wallen, Jason Aldean, Eric Church