17/08/2026
Yesterday, i won my first Car Show award. 🥇
I wish i captured the words Mike used on the run up to saying my name, because he hit every note to the point where i had to keep my sunglasses on. 😅
The car, it spent the past 5 years sat still not being driven after i blew it up after Baston Car Show, i bought it just at the end of covid following a brutal breakup, moving house, smashing my hand to pieces and all the other mess around me. I worked to afford a whole forged and built engine. I then did all the big turbo kit, fuelling, wiring, cooling, everything all myself having no idea what the f**k im doing. Everything took time, research, development, and the ‘never give up’ mentality. Many would have thought F**K THIS CAR and sold it in 1000 peices. 😅 peice of s**t subarus. But theres a reason it was the ONLY subaru at this car show. It breaks people.
For me, it did the total opposite. In times where i sought comfort, i came to this f**king headache and got to work. Dont get me wrong its not a Mona Lisa, and its not some clapped out focus. Its MY subaru, and i came from a garden shed and with little or no help ive managed to make something work.
This Award I’m told was meant to be presented by a special person who couldnt make it, but the meaning is what hits home. Going through a moment of time where when you’re against all the odds you never give up. Having the courage and determination to not let anything beat you. You sit down and look at problems and get to work, rather than giving up and saying you can’t do it. That s**t keeps me up at night, if someone else can do it, why can’t i?
To anyone else its just a trophy. To me, its a completion of an era of struggles.
If any of you are out there going through hard times. Trust me, it gets better, keep pushing, and eventually when you come out the other side, you’ll thank yourself you never gave up.
You got this ❤️
