The poll on my fan page Horner Racing came back that you wanted to hear about my favourite racing moment. Well, during the past 15 years there have been many amazing moments from the first time I hit the track in my thunder car at Peterborough Speedway and nearly had a heart attack, to the Sunday Sun article that I was fortunate enough to be apart of and right back to my very first win. The one moment that stands out above everything else was my first feature win in the thunder car at Mosport speedway back in 2006.

To set the scene for you all I was a 16 year old girl in my second full season in a thunder car. At this point in time Mosport was my favourite track to run. It was where I spent the majority of my weekends growing up at the track with my dad. He not only raced Mosport for years but he also crewed for a local thunder car driver as well. I loved the way that mosport was unlike any other track in the area. The infamous 5^th turn, to the pot holes coming out of turn two that would send you flying up towards the outside wall if you didnt hit them just right, even the dip just after the flag stand. Mosport with its long straightaways and tight turns made for really aggressive and fast racing. I knew coming to Mosport that it would be difficult for me to earn the respect of the crowd and my fellow racers. We are talking about men that have been racing for years, many of which had run extensively at Mosport Speedway. Winning at mosport was going to be tough.

It was fan appreciation night in July. This was my favourite day of the season as it gave me a chance to talk to people out there who actually supported my racing. The fans had always been very accepting of me. Tonight was no acception. I was able to break away in the beginning of my first heat and came second. Needless to say I was extatic. Everyone who came up to my car that night was wishing me good luck and said they would be cheering for me all the way. “you go girl” “You show them boys” and every other classic line one tells a racer before they are preparing to run their feature.

When I got behind the wheel of my 1981 Chevy Camaro, painted white with my classic red numbers I was the most nervous I had ever been. “Everyone is watching, dont screw this up.” I must have repeated it a hundred times. We got out on the track and it was time to race. From the time the pace car left the track to the time the checkered flag dropped took roughly 25 minutes. I started in 5^th and made my way to 2^nd place by the first caution. On the restart I took the lead and held that position for the rest of the race. I endured the nausiating feeling of 3 more restarts from the pole position and held my own. When the checkered flag came out and I passed the starters stand I was bewhildered. I could not believe I had just done it. I won.

I drove up to the flag stand and got out of the car to be surrounded by my family and friends. I remember to this day hearing the crowd cheering for me, and seeing the line up of kids wanting to get their picture taken. It was amazing to me that all of these people were happy for me. It was a huge accomplishment for me, and it fell on a day where I was able to reach out to the fans and give them a piece of my story and an insight to the passion I feel for this sport.

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