Yay, little bro!

So this post is pretty much going to be bragging about my younger brother. He's 21, and he's never lived outside of our little hometown where we grew up. He's worked for my dad for 10 years (when Dad got his business, we both got a job, even though I was in 8th grade and he was in 6th).

Anyway, my brother is a great guy. He's really smart (even though he hates school), and he's always wanted to be a race car driver, even since we were little. He started racing when he was 16. And he's awesome. Seriously. His second year, he was track champion in his class. He moved up to the fastest class at our local track after that. A couple years later, he was track champion in that class. He's traveled all over Oklahoma racing. He's raced in Texas (even at Texas Motor Speedway's dirt track!), Lousiana and Georgia.

Last Thursday, my brother flew to North Carolina to pursue NASCAR. He enrolled yesterday at some school out there (NASCAR Technical Institute, maybe?) that prepares you to work as a member of a NASCAR pit crew. It would also teach him how to become a mechanic, which, thanks to the very computerized motors of today, is a very specialized job that can earn over $100,000 a year. Pretty awesome! His ultimate goal is to race NASCAR, so he may try to get his foot in the door by working on a pit crew for a while, which is the route a few of the big drivers today have taken.

So my little brother is packing up and moving to North Carolina to do something he's always wanted to do and actually has the instinct and talent for. I'm so proud of him and so excited for him!