American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 8 | Page 104

The great thing about God’s
Book of Life is when you make a
decision to trust in Jesus Christ
as your Lord and Savior, “Your
old sinful life has been wiped off
the books,” (2 Peter 1:9 The
Message). Your life is spiritually
cleansed—a new page one—
and you get to start over. You
get a second chance at making
the be
You get a re-written story script
as the Spirit of the living God is
writing it, and your best days
are still ahead. God gives you
another chance to leave behind
a book for others to read and
enjoy what you’ve done and
how you’ve served with your
new life in Christ.
With the new edition, the
purpose of your life’s book has
been modified. All racers like
modification. If a racer can’t
modify something on their
machine, they might as well not
have one. Making adjustments

and fine-tuning are the things
mechanics love to do.
Modification to an engine is
what gives it more power,
consistency, and reliability. The
objective with modification is to
bring new revelation into what
you are currently working on,
with the goal of being the best
in your field of endeavor. An
awareness and perception of a
better built engine also gives
you more confidence and
satisfaction.
Most racers keep pages and
pages of data from previous
runs—and previous years—to
help with future runs. Data to a
crew chief is critically essential.
This information is like their
Racing Bible. They rely on it to
be successful. Blank pages in
your data book won’t help!
Mental data is also important to
a driver so he or she is aware of
what to expect on any given
run. At the inkling of a problem,