![]() ![]() “We’re not the fastest out there, but you know what? I’m very proud of the way they’re handling themselves, not going overboard and taking chances, taking a bad seat on and off the track… but sometimes as I get old and crankier, I get out of control.” “It’s bringing back some memories,” he said. These days, he’s back at it, helping his kids get a feel of auto racing, from the asphalt up to the checkered flag. started out in motor sports back in the ‘80s at a “very small and very fast track,” driving TQ Midgets. So as his hot-footed sister moved up to a better Legends car ride, he inherited the old one, noting, “I’m getting better and better each race.” This is Joey Przybylinski Jr.’s first year in a Legends car, and of his exposure to auto racing, the 18-year-old said, “I used to go to the tracks with my parents, but I was too young to get into the pits and had to watch from outside the gates.” I’ve always loved cars, I love everything about it, and I go to school for auto mechanics at West Caldwell Tech.”Īsked about her ambitions after graduation from high school and a bit more seat-time on the track, Lexi said that she has her sights on NASCAR or an Indy car. ![]() “We love racing at this track,” she added, “I got into it because I grew up with my dad racing. Along with her dad and older brother, she raced in the 50-lap “Legendstock” INEX qualifier at Bethel Motor Speedway on Saturday, July 9. #LEGENDARY TIMES MAGAZINE DRIVER#“It’s really up to your skills,” said the fledgling race car driver from Fairfield, NJ. KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY - “Sometimes you have people who don’t think you belong out on the track, but to me a car can’t tell if you’re a girl or a boy,” said Lexi Przybylinski, a 16-year-old race driver, when asked what it was like to compete wheel-to-wheel in what is still commonly viewed as a predominantly male sport, motor racing. ![]()
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