My dad started racing when I was about four. My mom thought it was interesting, so she started to try it. It`s just something that the whole family can relate to, which is nice.

We had a plan that all the Acura cars would stay together and use the draft, ... I was gaining on Eric (Curran) and everything went well when I put that one lap together.

He`s always there for support. He is the first person I call if he isn`t at the race. He knows what I`m doing because he`s watching live timing and scoring. He is my best friend, and he helps me a lot with everything.

He`s just an incredible tennis player - he`s really great at doubles and we`re best friends, so we meshed pretty well on the court,

I`m ecstatic about the lap and, honestly, dumbfounded about the result!

Up to that point, my best finish was a 12th. So, to now be running consistently in the top 10 every race, and now the top five, it has been great. I`m just having a great year.

Ecstatic with the lap, absolutely dumbfounded at the outcome, ... It was my third time in a front-weel drive car (Mosport 2004) and I really liked this track. I was really excited coming here and expected to do well -- just not this well!

We had a plan for qualifying,

For me, it was definitely one of my biggest accomplishments to date, ... The junior titles are awesome, but they don`t compare.

I`ve learned a lot about the consistency of being in a championship race, about getting a good finish every time while still trying to get faster every race. One of the things that Peter told me was that you could be in seventh and could go for sixth by really trying to stick [the car] in there. But if you get booted out, then that`s a whole bunch of points you lose out on by finishing 14th or 15th. Those places are a lot worse than seventh. You have to think about that.