Young Stock Car Racers Passion Ignites on Southern Tracks this Saturday Night

Passion ignites among young stock car racers on southern tracks this Saturday night

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Young Stock Car Racers Passion Ignites on Southern Tracks this Saturday Night A Real Finish All eyes were on us. Saturday night at the local race track in southern Kentucky was always a fun one. Food, alcohol, and local racers trying to make a name for themselves in hopes that one day maybe they’ll get a big break and crack a deal with a bigger team and make it to the big stage of NASCAR. I myself, am just your average 16 year old. I get high marks in school, I hang out with friends, but on the weekends, I pack up my Pro National stock car and head out from my home in Missouri. With the help of my Dad and his friends, I race all over the deep south just trying to have fun, but also hold out hopes that one day I will reach the big times. People never understood my passion for auto racing, standing over 6 feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds, people always thought I’d take up baseball or football. Those are great, but the sound of an untamed beast awakening and rattling around a high banked track at 160 miles an hour really seems better, right? I’m an earnest and humble kid, I never get in trouble and never brag about the things in life that I have. I’ll admit, my Dad has money, I mean…this car didn’t buy itself. But, I’m blessed to have a supportive family like mine. Along the way, you meet other competitors that have the same flame in your heart as you. …but everything was about to change

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