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I figured I'd throw one of these up too.. Bare with me for a little background story first 
Ever since I was a little kid, I've been into anything with 4 wheels on it, my room was lined with posters of cars, my shelves were loaded with model cars and I had a rather extensive (more like still do..) Hot Wheels collection, I don't know what really started it, my dad worked for General Motors for over 30 years, but I think it was just something that happened.. when I was a kid obviously my access to racing was very limited, NASCAR and Formula 1 were about the only things that I could get access to, and at the time I wasn't interested in either. For Christmas one year, prior to going into the first grade (yes I still remember this) I received a model of a Porsche 911 GT2 RSR that raced at Le Mans in 1998, this might have been what sparked my interest in racing I don't know, but I remember that year we had a "what I want to be when I grow up" and it could be anything we wanted, obviously people were picking astronaut, Olympian, hockey player, etc but I stood out as the kid who wanted to race cars, and I even remember bringing that little Porsche with me! My interest in racing started to peak much more over the past couple years and I always thought "could I really do it?".
After that little Porsche, my dad brought me home a beautiful Corvette C5-R, driven by Canadian legend Ron Fellows. The following week Ron would actually be in town doing a meet and greet. I went down with my dad, and politely (well my dad did..) asked Ron to sign my car, he signed it, talked to my dad for a good 10 minutes, and he's been my hero ever since, and is one of the people who inspired me to get into racing. I expressed interest from that point on that I wanted to race Go-Karts, my parents have always been overprotective (and I thank them for it), and it didn't help my cause that my mother was a nurse, so anything with potential for injury was an automatic no. I kept pushing it, but neither of my parents would budge, so eventually I just gave it up and continued on. About 3 years ago my interest in racing sparked up again, probably thanks to the ALMS race I went to at Mosport, so again I really wanted to go racing, but I had no karting experience whatsoever, so again it was a no go and I looked for ways to get involved in the racing world outside of being a driver.
Last summer however, I saw an ad for the Skip Barber Racing School, so after a lot of convincing, my parents agreed to let me try it out. In March of this year, I did the Driving School at Limerock, just to make sure I was comfortable going fast, etc. I ended up fastest of my class and really impressed my instructors so much that I was recommenced to take the 3 Day Racing School. I took the Racing School at the beginning of June, again at Limerock in the Mazda MX-5, I passed that, and I now have my SCCA Regional Racing License, with plans to get my National when I go back in August for the advanced. Up until about a week ago, I was planning on running in the SCCA with a B-Spec car in hopes of getting somewhere, but after a lengthy discussion with my parents, we ended up agreeing on running the Skip Barber Winter Series in the Mazda MX-5 this winter. Once I complete the full season, I'll be able to get my Pro License and hopefully race PlayBoy MX-5 Cup or something similar. My ultimate dream would be to race something at the Le Mans level, but realistically a ride in World Challenge or the Continental Series would be awesome.. So there's my story, I'm writing this at 12 AM so it's not to exciting and won't win any awards, but hey..
Racing in incredibly difficult to get into, I'm not going to lie and anyone even remotely involved in the scene knows this, I understand the challenges that lay ahead, but this is something I want, I'll do whatever it takes to achieve my dream, but I understand if it isn't meant to be, then it isn't meant to be, but it's worth a try right?
Upcoming:
October 15th-19th (Skip Barber Summer Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Limerock)
November 16th-17th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Road Atlanta)
January 18th-19th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Homestead Miami Speedway)
February 15th-16th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Sebring)
April 4th-5th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Sebring)
Videos:
Ever since I was a little kid, I've been into anything with 4 wheels on it, my room was lined with posters of cars, my shelves were loaded with model cars and I had a rather extensive (more like still do..) Hot Wheels collection, I don't know what really started it, my dad worked for General Motors for over 30 years, but I think it was just something that happened.. when I was a kid obviously my access to racing was very limited, NASCAR and Formula 1 were about the only things that I could get access to, and at the time I wasn't interested in either. For Christmas one year, prior to going into the first grade (yes I still remember this) I received a model of a Porsche 911 GT2 RSR that raced at Le Mans in 1998, this might have been what sparked my interest in racing I don't know, but I remember that year we had a "what I want to be when I grow up" and it could be anything we wanted, obviously people were picking astronaut, Olympian, hockey player, etc but I stood out as the kid who wanted to race cars, and I even remember bringing that little Porsche with me! My interest in racing started to peak much more over the past couple years and I always thought "could I really do it?".
After that little Porsche, my dad brought me home a beautiful Corvette C5-R, driven by Canadian legend Ron Fellows. The following week Ron would actually be in town doing a meet and greet. I went down with my dad, and politely (well my dad did..) asked Ron to sign my car, he signed it, talked to my dad for a good 10 minutes, and he's been my hero ever since, and is one of the people who inspired me to get into racing. I expressed interest from that point on that I wanted to race Go-Karts, my parents have always been overprotective (and I thank them for it), and it didn't help my cause that my mother was a nurse, so anything with potential for injury was an automatic no. I kept pushing it, but neither of my parents would budge, so eventually I just gave it up and continued on. About 3 years ago my interest in racing sparked up again, probably thanks to the ALMS race I went to at Mosport, so again I really wanted to go racing, but I had no karting experience whatsoever, so again it was a no go and I looked for ways to get involved in the racing world outside of being a driver.
Last summer however, I saw an ad for the Skip Barber Racing School, so after a lot of convincing, my parents agreed to let me try it out. In March of this year, I did the Driving School at Limerock, just to make sure I was comfortable going fast, etc. I ended up fastest of my class and really impressed my instructors so much that I was recommenced to take the 3 Day Racing School. I took the Racing School at the beginning of June, again at Limerock in the Mazda MX-5, I passed that, and I now have my SCCA Regional Racing License, with plans to get my National when I go back in August for the advanced. Up until about a week ago, I was planning on running in the SCCA with a B-Spec car in hopes of getting somewhere, but after a lengthy discussion with my parents, we ended up agreeing on running the Skip Barber Winter Series in the Mazda MX-5 this winter. Once I complete the full season, I'll be able to get my Pro License and hopefully race PlayBoy MX-5 Cup or something similar. My ultimate dream would be to race something at the Le Mans level, but realistically a ride in World Challenge or the Continental Series would be awesome.. So there's my story, I'm writing this at 12 AM so it's not to exciting and won't win any awards, but hey..
Racing in incredibly difficult to get into, I'm not going to lie and anyone even remotely involved in the scene knows this, I understand the challenges that lay ahead, but this is something I want, I'll do whatever it takes to achieve my dream, but I understand if it isn't meant to be, then it isn't meant to be, but it's worth a try right?
Upcoming:
October 15th-19th (Skip Barber Summer Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Limerock)
November 16th-17th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Road Atlanta)
January 18th-19th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Homestead Miami Speedway)
February 15th-16th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Sebring)
April 4th-5th (Skip Barber Winter Series MX-5 Race Weekend @ Sebring)
Videos:
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. Good luck! You running with the CRC?
You'll learn a lot!
