Inspiring

[Martin Canty]

In celebration of our Wedding Anniversary (which coincidentally is the Spring NASCAR race in Las Vegas) we spent last weekend in Las Vegas having some fun & watching some motor racing in the NASCAR Stock Car Racing Series.... While we have our favorite drivers for the main Cup series, the next series down, XFINITY, is more of a mystery in terms of the drivers....


One young man caught our eye, Ryan Reed, the driver of the number 16 Ford Mustang. Ryan is becoming a force to be reckoned with despite only being in his 4th year at this level of racing and being a T1 Diabetic. Ryan was diagnosed when he was 17, at the start of his career as a major league racing driver; the doctors advised that he would never be able to race again... Of course D's will always follow medical advice.....


www.diabetesforecast.org/2014/07-jul/nascar-driver-ryan-reed.html


Since this article was written Ryan's career has just taken off....

 

[trophywench]

Good for him! always think how boring it must be, going round and round the same oval all the while.

 

[Matt Cycle]

Well done to him - a great example of someone with T1 in professional sport. 🙂 (I have heard of him although we don't get to hear much about NASCAR racing over here.)