So, I was watching the Audi documentary, Truth in 24 and came across this quote from Allen McNish (Twice 24 Heures du Mans Winner, 1999 & 2008) and I found it so inspiring that I sat down and wrote it out as I listened to it.
"I, personally, do not believe in luck. I think luck is an excuse for people that have failed in their mission to do something. If you do your preparation correct, if you do the work, if you think about things, if you make the correct judgments on the risks that you take and if you stay out of the pits, then you win the race... and that's not luck, that's hard work."
A controller of his own destiny on the track, Allen McNish truly put in to words what I, along with many other racers are striving for. After this past weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park, I felt like lady-luck wasn't quite on my side when we had car troubles that all but put me out of the race, but looking back it was still a great learning experience that I can hopefully build on as a racer.
I'll have a full run-down of what went on at NJMP this past weekend pretty soon... I'm still trying to dry my feet out, it was awfully wet out there!
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