I began my racing career at the age of 12 years old along with my father.  I raced go carts at a small one sixteenth mile DIRT track in Bethany, CT. We raced there for a couple of years.  We needed a break from racing, so I took a few years off. At the age of 16 I returned to carting.  I raced at Bethany and another DIRT track in Shelton, CT.  I also raced at the Woodstock Fair, over Labor Day weekends, and even tried a little asphalt racing at a track in Pomfert, Ct.

Here are a couple of pictures of my cart in my teen years.

When I was in my late teens, I raced what was called, "Mini-Midgets" at Stafford Motor Speedway, in Stafford Springs, CT.