It’s In Your Blood

It’s in your blood! What’s your interpretation of this saying?? For many I guess this could be a life changing statement, with half our nation infected with HIV the saying is well suited to our country. But thankfully for the following read it’s not going to be that bad. If you take a look at this statement though it is used so often during conversation, and I guess in the different text and conversation the meaning would be different. How true is this saying and where did it come from? Well I know it’s true and I am about to prove it but where it came from I am really not sure. I have done some research on the net but could not find rock solid evidence as to whom and when this saying originated. This saying reminds me of my Mom and Dad, dad especially it was often said during conversation with my parents.

During the past month I had the opportunity to have a ride in a Nissan 350Z “Drifting style” around the super tight Swartkops track. The driver (unfortunately it was not me) was no other than the famous “Gary Formato” and boy oh boy was this awesome. I enjoyed every second of it from the sound of the spinning wheels to the smoke filled cab and to the pure adrenalin that was pumping through my veins, and at the end, that’s when the above saying popped into my head “Bradley this is in your blood”

I don’t think you can describe to a person the kind of feeling that you experience during this kind of experience unless that person has the same passion for your interest. As a little boy I was very spoilt I think, so I had the opportunity to have motor bikes both on and off road, go- karts the list is endless, and during my childhood years there was always some kind of involvement in motor sport. So I go again to the “It’s in your blood”, I do believe this is true, having been out of this motor sport world for quite some time. My dad was the main connection to that world, I started to realize that I am still very passionate about cars, bikes and boats especially if they look good go fast and sound even better. Although my budget and time constraints do not allow me to fully enjoy this interest, there are still many motor sport thing’s that make my heart pound and get the adrenalin pumping.

Something that I often have to have a laugh at is Nicki I would be working in the garden or sitting having a cuppa when I suddenly hear it?? What is it? I jump up and run to the drive way but unfortunately it has already passed “did you see it” I shout to Niks you can guess here reply and reaction, she didn’t even hear it!! This is the thing I am talking about, what I heard was an AC Cobra coming up our street, I straight away recognized the sound of the Big V8 I could also hear he had his “foot Down”. To Niks she was most probably still having Dean’s baby talk ringing in hear ears totally unaware of the AC coming up the road, and this is what I am talking about. Your whole being is in tune with this interest, and when exposed to it you get this feeling that is indescribable to any one else. I remember as a little guy when the Wesbank Modifieds were running on TV, my Dad would be working in the garage and I would have to let him know when the next race was due. I remember the look in his eyes and the passion in his voice when watching those races, it is the same feeling that I now get as I have grown older.

I now realize that when I gave blood a few months back and they never called me back for more donations, it was that they found something extraordinary in my blood. I guess all the pathologist were a bit puzzled, but had they given me a call, I would have been able to explain it to them in two ticks “Motorsport” it’s in my blood check for it!! Just be careful I am sure it is in the levels that are deemed to be extremely dangerous.


Motorsport is the one thing that is in my blood this is obviously not the same for every one reading this but the big question is …..

DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S IN YOUR BLOOD??