If I may, please let me share with you a video that was shot by my friend Bob Coonrod while I was living in Texas. The video shows footage captured of me at a test with the O'Brien Racing Formula Mazda team. The test went very well and I was offered a paid drive for the team. Regretably the backing didn't materialize so the car sat in the work shop for the season.
The car was fantastic and it was a good outfit. It's too bad things didn't come together because I know we had the right people in the right places to make a statement in the series.
Let me know what you think of the video and look at that ragged hair cut!!
Cheers
MJ
The driver
Michael Ryan Johnson
About Michael
- MJDrive
- Racing is in my blood. Literally. I grew up in Texas at race tracks and race shops. Playing outside meant racing big wheels, bicycles, or remote controlled anything's against my brother. The only rule was to always win. I took my first green flag in a kart race when I was twelve years old at North Texas Kartway in Denton, Texas. At first all I wanted to do was drive and slide around on the track. Now twelve years and five national championships later racing has become my profession. Welcome to my journey to Europe as I have set my sights squarely on Formula 1, the pinnacle of world wide racing for the title of drivers world champion.
3 comments:
Nice video Michael. Hey, was this a Star Mazda car? If so, that's about 500k worth of budget they probably wanted, sheesh!
-James aka Maxorido
Wow that is old school, I have to say you def. have the talk and looks of a promising driver, very dedicated. It is sad things didn't work out but the things happen for a reason, it makes your quest to be a great driver all that more interesting.
Hey James! You were just about there, the team was looking for around $750k USD to run each car!
Cheers Tommy, I feel the same way!
-MJ
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