Drivers Betting on Themselves in V8 Supercars
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“I was starting beside Nick Percat for the race, I get along with Nick quite well, and we go karting together as we both have gearbox race karts,” he wrote.
“He yelled out to me across the grid just prior to me jumping in ‘we betting some money on this?’ I said, ‘On what?’. ‘The start’.
“At this moment I am full of confidence and pumped just to start the race let alone try race my mate off the line. I yell back, ‘righto, 50 bucks says I’ll be in front of you at the end of the first lap.’
“We agree on this, I have never done anything like that before in my career but to be honest it was pretty cool!
“The bastard got me though so unfortunately I already knew after lap 1 I was down a pineapple ($50 note).”
“I was starting beside Nick Percat for the race, I get along with Nick quite well, and we go karting together as we both have gearbox race karts,” he wrote.
“He yelled out to me across the grid just prior to me jumping in ‘we betting some money on this?’ I said, ‘On what?’. ‘The start’.
“At this moment I am full of confidence and pumped just to start the race let alone try race my mate off the line. I yell back, ‘righto, 50 bucks says I’ll be in front of you at the end of the first lap.’
“We agree on this, I have never done anything like that before in my career but to be honest it was pretty cool!
“The bastard got me though so unfortunately I already knew after lap 1 I was down a pineapple ($50 note).”
that is awesome