I knew on my very first track day that I wanted to be a race car driver. In pursuit of that goal, I’ve climbed the ranks of NASA’s (National Auto Sport Association, not  the space NASA) HPDE program and got approved to attend “comp school” to get my NASA pro racing competition license  and run my first wheel to wheel races in September.

However, as luck would have it, my racing debut came a little earlier than expected! My friends at Racing Analytics invited Brad and I to participate in the Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) Car Championship series. Even though I don’t quite have my license yet, Racing Analytics offered to write a letter of recommendation to the race director which would allow me to participate as a rookie!  I signed up for the two race event on Sunday, July 23rd.

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