Leave it to the Professionals

Every year we sit on our couches watching Formula One or NASCAR thinking to ourselves, 'Ya know, I could be competitive had I wanted to become a professional race car driver, I just chose not to'.  Suuure buddy - keep telling yourself that.

The annual Toyota Celebrity/Pro race is evidence that we are likely very wrong.  Pro BMX rider Dave Mirra won the event this past Saturday, holding off Martina Navratilova and Mike Skinner (IMDB Link: I didn't know who he was either) by a few seconds. What most spectators hope for is no different than a professional race - crashes! 

Apparently it takes far more than the build of a famous scientologist and deep pockets to become a professional race car driver.  George Lucas, the genius behind Star Wars, found this out the hard way when he forgot to brake and started playing bumper cars.   I admit it does look fun though!

Comments

[Jacky]

I think this idea that we can conduce like a professional driver is funny and nice, but we have recongnize the reality too.

Sell my car