As mechanics tinkered with vehicles, drivers talked strategy with their coaches and tried to memorize the curves of the racetrack at the Speedsportz Racing Park outside Houston.
“I imagine it in my brain,” said Mikey Collins as he waited for his heat to start on the last weekend in April.
“I envision it and try to do laps.”Mikey isn’t a professional racecar driver, yet — he’s only 9.
But for lots of kids who dream of racing professionally, this is where it all starts: steering go-karts around a twisting track at 60 to 70 miles an hour, flying just inches over the ground.
Like lots of drivers, Mikey started young, when he was just 5, on his local track in Orlando, Fla.
Persons:
“, ”, Mikey Collins, ” Mikey isn’t, Mikey
Organizations:
Texas, Prix, ”
Locations:
Houston, Orlando, Fla, Texas