It was not until I started racing for car manufacturers that I found a car I could really get attached to. I am the son of a car dealer, so up until then, cars just came and went.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have.
My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.
As the son of a racing car designer and mechanical engineer, I was exposed to motorsports from day one.
My first car was a Toyota 4Runner when I was 17. I paid for it myself. I was very happy.
My first car was, as depicted in 'Sleepwalk with Me,' my mother's '92 Volvo station wagon that had 80,000 miles on it, and I had put 40,000 miles on it, so by the time it retired it had 120,000, and I basically killed it. It served me well, and my mechanic was always very angry with me because I just didn't properly care for it.
I didn't have my first car until after the end of my senior year. I got a Yukon Sport.
Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.
There wasn't a moment where I got into cars. It wasn't a conscience decision or something that came later, it was there since I was born. I just love it.
Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.