Ep66 (short): Your Big Moment Runs on Private Work | Drag Racing Lessons

Then the number goes up on the board so fast. 346.95. That's 346 miles an hour. The fastest run in the history of NHRA drag racing. And I was standing right there with my son. You've poured months into something big, and you're working in isolation. Nobody's cheering, and you wonder why you keep showing up. Monday, a record-breaking drag race shook my ribs. Your big moment runs on the work nobody's seeing, and you'll leave this episode ready to keep showing up before the applause. And then you walk back toward the bleachers, and you can feel the air around you changing. You can smell the sulfur. To me, it smells like a beautiful morning at the range. You can feel the hot rubber, that nitro smell, right? It, like, gets into your nostrils, and it stings the inside of your nose. Earlier the same weekend as the national championships, he was ready to quit racing. His words, I was so down on myself, and that's what drag racing does to you. Once the foundation holds, greatness gets exponentially easier.