Why its all worth it...
This is the goal of any racer, to make it to victory lane. I grew up in a racing family with my father doing it since before I was born. Over those years I grew up immersed in the lifestyle. During that time my desire to get behind the wheel grew more an more. An back in 2013 my father made the sacrifice to sell his car to buy mine. To this day I’m forever in debt for that decision. With that being said the journey to where I am in this photo was a lot of blood, sweat an tears; literally. This photo was from my first victory only three short years ago. Getting there wasn’t easy and took many painful nights and hospital visits. Racing isn’t what most people think it is. Its not something you can get involved in an be competitive. My first few years were me ending the night with a beat an banged up car. Endless results of learning the curve of driving on dirt an becoming quite familiar with the walls. I’ll never be able to walk away from this sport after being a part of it for so long, for me to quit was never an option. I endured the injuries and the constant repairs week after week. The night I won my first race my father told me something that stuck with me all 20 laps. He told me “its your race kid’. I started that race in 1st place after a spectacular heat win. That didn’t mean I had it all cut out for me though. I race in a division which has very high quality competition. There was no exception that night, when I almost lost the lead on a caution flag restart. Luckily for me they noticed the fellow racer beside me had jumped to start, which called out another caution. The next restart I kept my head in the game and got the start I needed to get out in front and to keep it for the remaining laps. By the end of the race I had an entire front stretch lead on the 2nd place car. I never knew that till I was told during my victory lane interview. Learning that gave me a huge confidence boost which was a pivotal point in my career. Learning all the nights of not finishing the race or finishing dead last had paid off. I learned that I truly had what it takes to be a competitor in the sport. An I’ve chased that same outcome ever since. I don’t expect to ever walk away from this and from here its only moving up to faster and more experienced divisions. So with that being said our current years season has come to an end. Which allows us to begin the tear down for next season. During that time I’ll be posting the process and blogging or vlogging more about it. Thanks for reading and I hope you’ll join me for the tear down process.