It Never Hurts to Start Young
By Alice Rogans on Sep 13, 2009 in Cars
Bobby LaPonte is confessedly just a youth. He is six years young, the only child of his parents, and lives with his family in Johns Creek, Ga. .
Although Bobby has giant aspirations. Despite being jovial in age, he is fully focused on his fantasy to one day compete in NASCAR's huge leagues, the Sprint Cup Series.
Bobby's aspirations are so large, essentially, that he habitually dreams regarding driving with the big boys. According to his folks, Larry and Nancy, he even mimicks the sound of race cars in his sleep.
Larry feels that his son got his love of NASCAR while still inside his mother.
"I raced the amateur track course tour for 10 years," he said. "When my spouse was expectant with Bobby, she would always come to watch me compete and we think that's when Bobby began his love of racing."
Much like Jeff Gordon with his girl Ella, the LaPontes have photographs of baby Bobby climbing in and out of his father's auto when he was only a toddler.
Bobby might drive every day if he could, and he gets that chance with the long driving season, from March through November, in the south. He and his dad race every weekend, regularly going to other states, including Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee, to participate in their regional events.
This most recent July, Bobby participated in his 1st national finals event. He earned a win in his semifinal group competition.
Bobby is swift to notify you that he drives in quarter midgets, a smaller kind of the USAC Midget Sprint autos that Cup racers like NASCAR's championship point leader Tony Stewart begun his profession driving.
Bobby lets you recognize that because he plans to trail in Stewart's footprints and follow that same road in his own racing career.
This small man indeed is looking forward to satisfying his huge NASCAR dreams, that of racing with his idols in the years in store.
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