John Michael is totally committed to becoming a professional racing driver. He really wants to race F1!

He spends the majority of his free time at home driving a race simulator. He has a nice screen, great wheel and pedal set, and a makeshift cockpit.

He has raced at K1 Speed many times now. K1 Speed is an indoor race track with electric karts. Up until three weeks ago he only was able to race the Junior Karts, which was frustrating for him, even though he won most of the sessions in which he competed.

A few weeks ago he was able to race the Adult Karts – quite a bit faster – and became proficient in short order. He actually did a teen race the day before CalSpeed and qualified and finished very well.

But…. we had found CalSpeed Karting up at the Fontana Speedway a few weeks ago (after leaving a chaotic parkour competition early). kc wangled his way into eligibility (he’s not yet 12) and on a day-off school we drove up for him to drive in three sessions.

Despite getting into a crash (no fault of his) and getting injured, he has a great time. The adults he was racing against were both impressed and addled that this kid was out there pushing them.