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It’s been a little over 15 years, but we did it: I finally made it into the IZOD IndyCar Series. I am an IndyCar driver. Weird thing to hear, right? Well, let me tell you, it’s a weird thing to say. It still hasn’t quite sunk in.
Picture this: I’m an eight-year-old kid. I’m sitting in a go-kart for the first time at Goodwood Kartways in Uxbridge, Ontario. Not driving it, mind you, just sitting in it. I can’t reach the pedals or see over the steering wheel. My dad and I had gone there to try to buy a kart so that I could start racing the following year. The track owner said he had one for sale, but he thought it might not be worth it. He said that, at eight years old, it might be too late for me to start racing.