There was a time where the #7 didn't mean anything to me. Where the black and pink used to be blue and silver, and where the person I used to be was more sensible and more timid than what I happen to be now. I had a lot going for me. Had a fiance, was carrying a child, had a stable social life and everything was normal. At one point in my life, I could geniunely say I was normal. I went to the race track not carrying the #7 or the aggression that anyone on the same strip of tarmac was an enemy, but with the passion of racing as clean as possible, as fast as possible, and as untouchable as possible, with a #81 adorning my car. On December 7th, 2014, that all flipped upside down. I was involved in a car accident on my way from work. I was injured, suffering a broken arm and bruises, but more importantly, I had a miscarriage. I took a break from everything. From racing, from GTPlanet, from work, and tried to process why and how this happened. 8 days later, my fiance suffered the same fate, out of state and on his way home, he hit black ice and veered left of center into a pickup truck. Overwhelmed, I left home. I left and went to a place no one could find me. And I didn't come back to anything until Christmas day when I returned to my father's house. The person I was slowly and painfully died in those 8 days, and the monster I am now came to the fore. I began using the #7, for everything. It was more of an annoyance when I couldn't use it and I never stayed in a series more than one race if I couldn't use it. In the GTPFS, it was actually painful to watch as I used the #54, to the point that I couldn't watch the videos in one sitting. I was honored to step in for
@Furinkazen but I simply couldn't adjust to it. This year, I get to use that #7, but I also get to sendoff the biggest and probably the brightest chapter of my life. I never got to send off that #81, and I never had the nerve to vent all of my anger, all of my frustration, and all of my hate. For two races, I finally get to do that. I get to send the number I used so much away, never to return to my life, and thanks to
@RACECAR it has a proper look to designate the changing of the tide. To him, and to
@nascarfan1400 for approving of this, thank you.
