"He said, you've just got to stay hungry and stay after it," Bayne said. "And don't think that you don't have to work hard because you're good. Because there's somebody down the road that's working harder than you are, they might be better than you are eventually if they keep doing that. So you've got to keep working harder than the next guy, and I think he does a good job with that."
Hunter raced at NTK last Saturday night for the first of four Summer Sidewinder Series races. He decided before the race that he wanted to try to break the NTK club track record for his class. The record, as it stands, is 41.09 seconds (fastest lap time in TAG Cadet Gazelle), and in the regional series race we had at NTK, Hunter did run faster than that with a 40.5 lap time. But, since that race was not a "NTK Club" race, the time could not count for a club record.
The Sidewinder Series does not count for club records either, but that didn't stop him from wanting to try for the record. And with all the limitations put on him with his kart - worn tires, worn sprockets, no competitor on his tail pushing him or him drafting another kart, he was just 2 tenths of a second off the record.
He came out of his kart with a 1st place win, but disappointed in himself, saying "I know I can do better. I'll do better next time." We were proud of him for trying...for pushing himself with the equipment he had...for not giving up due to circumstances, but keeping on.
Because if he didn't keep trying, someone else would. Like "Mr. 5 Time" says, Stay After It!
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