Aside from "Race Car" being a palindrome, which are a pretty cool bunch of words, one of my friends is pretty awesome at driving the electronic and real ones (race cars, not palindromes!).
Nick entered a competition, playing Gran Turismo 5 for PS3 with 54,000 competitors online for 3 months, finishing second in the first round. He went on to National Finals in Orlando, Florida with only 31 others. Here, he finished in the top 16, got quoted (mostly accurately) in the Times, and earned a spot in the final round at the world famous Silverstone Circuit in the UK. They will be driving REAL cars this time, in addition to being tested physically and mentally... and maybe even get on the reality show that is in the works! There are lots of worthwhile links in this paragraph.
Nick is going to England on Friday to compete, and needs as much support as possible in his not so easy quest to become a professional race car driver.
How can you help? I knew you were going to ask, so:
Search for him on Facebook, "Like" his page (Nick Fontana, Athlete, Boston, MA) and then you can follow him as much as you follow me :-) Either way, updates will come via me on Nick's progress in England because it's just ...pretty awesome.
Good luck Nick!
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