How to break into the car world.

So you want to be a drifter, NASCAR driver, rally driver, car builder or car designer? Well, good. Me to.

You'd think that a blog with a title like, "How to break in to the car world," would be very lengthy with a bunch of details of how to do things. Wrong. You might also think that it would come from an authority on the subject, like someone who actually has a job in the car world, not just another armchair quarterback. Wrong.

I'm like a lot of folks out there that read magazines and watch TV and think, "Man, I could do that better than these guys?" Maybe not so much "better," but...well, yes better.

I was perusing the Rally America website and like other websites it had a frequently asked questions section. So I clicked on the tab hoping they would tell me how to get into rally racing; and they did. Kinda.

They start off by telling you about the commitment and time and money and blah, blah, blah. All of this is not anything that someone has heard from a condescending racer or car owner.

There is no secret to break into the car world, at least not one that I have found. It is like anything that people do in life they have to eat, sleep, drink, feel, breathe and mate with their dreams. You have to go after it as hard as possible. Guys like Chip Foose have a leg up because they were raised in the culture and have known it from birth. Travis Pastrana is another guy like Foose. Pastrana wasn't raised in the car culture, but he was raised on a motorcycle and now he's driving a rally car.

Don't take no for an answer. Find what part of the car culture you like, be it drag racing, show cars or drifting, whatever. Pursue it. hang out with people who love it to. Go to school to learn what to do with your passion. Don't go to regular crap school that gives you a piece of paper at the end. Go to a school like Universal Technical Institute or Wyotec that will give you the skills you need. Just don't count on their job placement programs. Count on yourself to get things done. Go to every car show, race and event you can and get your name out there. If it is meant to be then it will happen.

Just take this blog at its face value. Be encouraged by it to not only chase your car dreams but any dreams that you may have.