Jet Setting and Testing
The past 2 weeks have certainly been hectic for me and my body clock is still not 100% sure what time it is! First of all I headed to Arizona for 2 days of IndyLights testing. It was great to get back into a race car and the 2 days spent at the Firebird test track near Phoenix was a great experience. John Brookes and his team did a great job for me and I learned a lot over the 2 days. The IndyLights car is a big powerful brute and takes some time to adapt to, but is very rewarding at the same time.
I then returned home for 4 days before crossing the Atlantic once more, this time heading for Indianapolis. Picking up the hire car in a snow covered car park at -7C was a shock to the system particularly after being spoilt with great sunshine and warm temperatures in Arizona! I was in Indy for the state of IndyCar address, medicals for my license and some personal meetings to try and secure my place on the IndyLights grid.
The trip was very fruitful with all my medicals passed my 2012 license is sorted! We also met with John Brookes again and we both made it very clear that we wanted to work together for the 2012 season, and I now have a very interesting and exciting opportunity to drive for him this year-all funds permitting!
I am now back in the U.K trying desperately to put together the funding needed to secure my place and make it back out to the states for more testing early in March- which would be crucial to kick off the season well.
While it is not easy to find the funding, we are working very hard and I am hopeful something exciting will happen soon.
Until then it’s head down time, training and working hard on the computer and phone trying to make it all happen!
AJ
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