- 601
- South Africa
- david_perel
Hey everyone,
As promised I said I'd keep you in the loop with all my racing exploits.
Having just arrived back in South Africa last week (after a three week trip racing in Italy) my plan was to take it easy and focus on my business, as there's now a 5 week break in the Italian Champs.
That all changed on Sunday though as I received an SMS from my team manager, late in the evening, requesting I catch the first flight to Belgium in order to race for them at Spa.
.....Say what?!
So in a few hours I'll be boarding a plane to compete in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship at the most legendary of race tracks. To top it off I'll be sticking around with the Official Lamborghini GT3 team while they compete in the 24 hour race (which starts on Saturday).
The significance of this particular invite is that it's first time I won't have to pay to race a GT car.
Just last week I felt like there was no hope. Despite making the huge jump from Gran Turismo to real life racing it still felt like there was a wall in front of me that could not be scaled - I'm almost out of cash and finding sponsors in my country is proving almost impossible. To say I'm grateful and excited would the understatement of my life.
So if you're losing any hope... don't give up, keep knocking on doors, keep doing what ever you can to get into a racing car. If it can happen to me, it can happen to you.
As promised I said I'd keep you in the loop with all my racing exploits.
Having just arrived back in South Africa last week (after a three week trip racing in Italy) my plan was to take it easy and focus on my business, as there's now a 5 week break in the Italian Champs.
That all changed on Sunday though as I received an SMS from my team manager, late in the evening, requesting I catch the first flight to Belgium in order to race for them at Spa.
.....Say what?!
So in a few hours I'll be boarding a plane to compete in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship at the most legendary of race tracks. To top it off I'll be sticking around with the Official Lamborghini GT3 team while they compete in the 24 hour race (which starts on Saturday).
The significance of this particular invite is that it's first time I won't have to pay to race a GT car.
Just last week I felt like there was no hope. Despite making the huge jump from Gran Turismo to real life racing it still felt like there was a wall in front of me that could not be scaled - I'm almost out of cash and finding sponsors in my country is proving almost impossible. To say I'm grateful and excited would the understatement of my life.
So if you're losing any hope... don't give up, keep knocking on doors, keep doing what ever you can to get into a racing car. If it can happen to me, it can happen to you.