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muserevival2016-02-27 06:12 pm
shelbycobra) wrote in muserevival2016-02-27 06:12 pm
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117.7.1 - random
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein
I would've done a little dance when I got out of the car if I had any moves.
To be fourth, to be among the top five fastest competitors in our first full test at Phoenix when I wasn't even sure I'd be any good on this track since I'd never driven it before, just blew my mind yesterday. All I wanted was to put up a solid number and I put up a great one. I climbed out and high-fived my strategist and hugged my engineer and generally acted like a geek for a good five minutes just feeling accomplished.
Little did I know the best was yet to come. Today I posted the single fastest time out of the entire field in our afternoon session, and the person behind me on the leaderboard? My old teammate. I spent so many months studying and being worried that I wouldn't know how to drive Phoenix and I just kicked ass. I'm so proud of everything that my entire team has been able to do to make this car as good as it's been this weekend.
And it's a confidence booster. Looking at these numbers I know I can feel good about myself when we come back here to race for real in a few months. I won't be worried about having that slow start and screwing up our season. That's going to mean a lot to me. You can have a great car and you've still got to have a great driver, and now I know I'm going to be okay. It's going to be a fun season.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got an evening test to run. Let's see if I can be number one twice today.
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Shelby Manning
Need for Speed OC
290 words
I would've done a little dance when I got out of the car if I had any moves.
To be fourth, to be among the top five fastest competitors in our first full test at Phoenix when I wasn't even sure I'd be any good on this track since I'd never driven it before, just blew my mind yesterday. All I wanted was to put up a solid number and I put up a great one. I climbed out and high-fived my strategist and hugged my engineer and generally acted like a geek for a good five minutes just feeling accomplished.
Little did I know the best was yet to come. Today I posted the single fastest time out of the entire field in our afternoon session, and the person behind me on the leaderboard? My old teammate. I spent so many months studying and being worried that I wouldn't know how to drive Phoenix and I just kicked ass. I'm so proud of everything that my entire team has been able to do to make this car as good as it's been this weekend.
And it's a confidence booster. Looking at these numbers I know I can feel good about myself when we come back here to race for real in a few months. I won't be worried about having that slow start and screwing up our season. That's going to mean a lot to me. You can have a great car and you've still got to have a great driver, and now I know I'm going to be okay. It's going to be a fun season.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got an evening test to run. Let's see if I can be number one twice today.
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Shelby Manning
Need for Speed OC
290 words