Byron Payne is a Professional Race Car Driver/Instructor who has been tearing up the track and showing his passion for racing with the world since he was just 16 years old. A true southern boy, Byron was born in Louisville Kentucky; where kids are born to race! He just happened to choose a more modern version of horse power, rather than an actual horse! Right at the start of his career, Byron gained local exposure with the sponsorship from the heir to Jack Daniels Whiskey Garvin Brown, who represented him in his first race and eventually helped him move on to the height of his career. He’s even gone so far as to make it as a Rookie Of The Year!
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You are great guy and an outstanding driving instructor.
There will be no constructive criticism on your teaching style that I can offer. Being a successful entrepreneur and patented technologist, I can usually find some pointers to offer someone to help them enhance their craft which in your case regarding this feedback would be instructing amateur high performance drivers such as myself. I rarely use the “P words”. Those are words are “Promise” and “Perfect”. With that said, I can promise you that you were the perfect instructor for me to do the lead-follow exercise with. That is where I overwhelmingly learned the most this weekend.”
PASSION FOR THE RIDE
PREFACE
From the outside looking in, many people think that professional racing drivers have the best jobs ever! However there is a side to racing that most do not understand – the politics! While following their passion, professional racing car drivers have to constantly hustle in order to land contracts, and then they have to be careful who finds out in order to protect themselves from others who may intervene, with often devastating consequences. In addition, racing drivers often find themselves doing many different jobs apart from actual racing, such as driver’s instruct racing schools and work ride and drive schools, in order to keep their dream alive. This book tells Byron Payne’s story of life as a professional racing driver, from landing sponsors, to making friends, enemies, and ultimately to dreams coming true. And none of this would have been possible without that key ingredient: Passion for the Ride.
PASSION FOR THE RIDE
PREFACE
From the outside looking in, many people think that professional racing drivers have the best jobs ever! However there is a side to racing that most do not understand – the politics! While following their passion, professional racing car drivers have to constantly hustle in order to land contracts, and then they have to be careful who finds out in order to protect themselves from others who may intervene, with often devastating consequences. In addition, racing drivers often find themselves doing many different jobs apart from actual racing, such as driver’s instruct racing schools and work ride and drive schools, in order to keep their dream alive. This book tells Byron Payne’s story of life as a professional racing driver, from landing sponsors, to making friends, enemies, and ultimately to dreams coming true. And none of this would have been possible without that key ingredient: Passion for the Ride.