GLTC 2022 Season Recap
This year was hard…really really hard. So hard that after race #2 of the final weekend at Heartland I kind of felt done… I wished I had listened to my gut and followed this instinct because on green flag of race #3 an overanxious and inexperienced driver decided to be overaggressive and send me straight into the wall for absolutely no reason. This was my unfortunate end to what was an extremely difficult season both physically, financially and especially mentally. I feel like I’ve been trying to stay above water for 3 years and 3 seasons and finally lost all control at this dramatic, frustrating and untimely end.
Now that I got all that off my chest I need to also say how amazing it was to be really racing this year instead of just floating around at the back of the pack. The car and my abilities far exceeded my expectations when the conditions were right, especially at NJMP where I had a 5th place finish! As always the roadtrips and the new track experiences are unforgettable but I’m definitely questioning if this is all worth the struggle or if leading the pack at NJMP to the green flag and leading the race for a few turns was the bucketlist checkmark I was looking for when I decided to go wheel to wheel racing. I guess we’ll see in a few months when I decide to fix the car or take a year off but either way it was an incredible year despite the difficulties and some of the best track driving I have ever achieved at times so I will look back upon this season with those things in the forefront of thought.
TRACK WATCHING #3 – BRIAN DEFREES AND HEARTLAND TOP 10 SHOOTOUT
