I pull up to the water-box and sit in complete silence as I concatenate and focus on what is about to happen. I get the ok to pull up to the staging tree, do a quick burn out to clean off my tires as the smell of burnt rubber becomes my new air-freshener. Then I pull up to the stage lights and see who I’m racing, it happens be a young kid in one of parents Camero SS. I don’t mind racing people using there parents cars. I knew he was faster but it did not bother me because I know that I have worked on my own car. My hands are always dirty and I don’t think that I have a clean pair of jeans, and that is the making of a real car guy.
Ever since I can remember my dad has fixed his own vehicles. Whenever I could I would help him on his projects. He had showed me that you did not have to take your car into a shop if you could do the work yourself. I remember the first day that he showed me how to change the in his car. I took off the drain plug and got oil everywhere. He corrected me and showed me the proper way to do things.
Since I worked on cars with my father as a young boy I have wanted to be an automotive technician. Bing able to do things that others can’t is satisfying. Also working on others cars is helpful.
When my friends have a problem with one of their cars they come to me and ask me for advice or some help. For instance, my friend’s car was knocking really bad one day and he came to me for some help. I heard were the knock was coming from and figured out it was a rocker arm that was making the noise. I checked his oil and it was really low. We topped it off and it stopped knocking.
When my dad showed me how to do some work it inspired me to learn more about them. I looked at others cars and that also inspired me to be an automotive technician. My dad said it was good to do your own work. Now I realized what he meant when he said that. I have done all the work to my car and am proud of it to. I am also proud that I have done all the work my self. He has been the biggest inspiration and push to pursuit my career as an automotive technician.
My parents have always been hard workers. My dad has always showed me to value and use my money wisely. They have gave me what I have and I am grateful and I appreciate that, but times are tough and they can’t afford to put me through school. That’s why I am looking for some funding to supercharge my life and finish that important race to finish college.
