Heading into Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), we knew we had work to do. The setup wasn't exactly where we wanted it to be when the weekend began, but by qualifying we felt like we had made meaningful progress, particularly with the No. 46 Ford Mustang. The No. 64, however, was facing a very different challenge after losing nearly an entire practice session to mechanical issues.

We went into Watkins Glen feeling optimistic. Team TGM had tested at Watkins Glen a few weeks earlier, so we arrived with recent experience and a reasonable sense of what we thought the cars would need. Testing is valuable because it gives you time to work through setups, gather data, and arrive at race weekend with fewer unknowns. At least, that is the idea.

When people look at race results, they usually see the finishing position. What they do not see are the dozens of decisions, adjustments, setbacks, and variables that shape those results long before the checkered flag falls. That was certainly true for Team TGM at Mid-Ohio. We arrived with high expectations for both cars after a productive test session the week before. We believed we had a strong handle on the setup and felt prepared for the weekend ahead.

The race almost ended before it started. There was a 10-car pileup before we even got going. In this series, that’s not something you expect to see. Cars were checking up. The field compressed quickly. There was nowhere to go, and everything happened at once. In moments like that, you don’t have time to think through options. You react.

People see the speed. They see the pass in Turn 1. They see the podium photo. They see the lap time. What they don’t see is the mental preparation in motorsport that makes any of it possible. In racing, the margin for error is measured in inches and milliseconds. You are operating at high speed, surrounded by competitors who are equally skilled, equally aggressive, and equally committed to winning. Physical preparation matters. Engineering matters. Strategy matters.

This weekend marked the final race of our season: Road Atlanta. And I’ll be honest… We knew all we had to do was start the race to win the Bronze Cup Championship. But that’s never been how we operate. We came to compete.

The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge rolled into Indianapolis Motor Speedway this past weekend for the 2025 Battle on the Bricks, and Team TGM showed up ready to compete!

We throw the word legacy around a lot. People use it to mean all kinds of things: a name on a building, a career full of accolades, a foundation that writes checks in your honor. But in my experience, real legacy isn’t about how things look. It’s about whether what you built keeps working when you’re no longer in the picture. In cancer research, that’s especially important. If your funding, your connections, or your ideas are holding everything together, then you’re not build