Personal Narrative: Car Racing Street Stocks

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My dad had been racing street stocks at Tri County Motor Speedway and Hickory Motor Speedway since before i was born on December 9th, 1998 he raced full time for several years afterwards until my sisters were born when he began racing on only a part time basis. Until he finally retired and only made a start here and there in 2014 i began racing in the Renegade division at Hickory Motor Speedway finishing tied for 5th in points in my rookie year out of 18 drivers throughout the year. In 2015 i had a lot of bad luck from axel breaking in the first race, wreck totaling the car next race and a lot of mechanical problems throughout season but still was able to battle back to a 6th place points finish out of 14 drivers. In 2016 it started out the

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