10,000 Hours of Races

It's actually taken me this long to figure out what I would dedicate 10,000 hours of focus to, at first I stumbled between a creative approach (architecture drafting and design) and a more physical approach (running, soccer). So instead I decided to take on something that's a little bit of both; racing (and no not like track and field like most you probably figured I'd write about). I've been a huge car enthusiast my entire life, my uncle actually works on old cars such as 1970s Corvette's, 1950s Bel Air's, etc, so growing up cars have always been a big part of my life. Now, to many people NASCAR is viewed as a simplistic race between over 20 cars and three to four left turns, and I do side with them it's quite boring. However, even though the track is just a straight oval, the amount of precision drivers must use to overtake another at such high speeds is incredible, every little detail counts; whether its the angle one would steer their vehicle on the turn, to the exact moment and duration one would draft behind another to get make a pass.

Now like I said, this isn't the ideal adrenaline pumping, head to head, car racing that interests me; it's the racing from Fast and Furious, Need for Speed, and Forza Motorsport that engages the real fun. Similar to how everyone has their own "style of writing" people also have different "styles of racing" too. The actually style comes from the average speed one drives, how one would take on a turn either by drifting or straight braking and turning, and how one passes other cars either punching it full throttle and coming up the side or by drafting (slipstreaming) another and overtaking the car once close enough.

I think that racing cars is not only physically fun by being in control of such a rush but also a creative way to show off the signature of ones driving.