Photo via Racing With Autism
The distance between Goodwood Kartways in Uxbridge, Ontario and Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia is a lot more than just geographical. One is a regional karting track that has a storied past and has seen many a Canadian race car driver through its gates and on its pavement. The other is an internationally recognized road course track that has been raced on by the best drivers in the world.
Today, it's a very special place for 15 year old Austin Riley of Racing With Autism. Austin will start a 3 day race school put on by Skip Barber. While kids do race schools all the time, Austin is on the Autism spectrum. Although he has 3 Championships in karting from Goodwood, he's never driven a proper race car on a road course track before. Driving a race car has been a dream of Austin's since he began racing karts at age 7.
Almost a year ago, we met Austin at Goodwood Kartways. That day, we were convinced he would someday climb the racing ladder and race a car. We knew he had it in him to be a racer at a higher level than karts.
"Just because you have Autism, it doesn't mean you can't do great things." - Austin Riley
We couldn't agree more Austin. Best of luck to you at Road Atlanta!
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