When he was 6 years old, Paul Mancini enjoyed the thrill of racing around a dirt track so much, he hasn’t stopped.
“Some people get their adrenaline rushes through football or basketball,” said the 19-year-old Southern Regional High School graduate. “I get mine from racing cars. It’s hard to explain why I keep doing it. Why does somebody shoot hoops every day? Why does somebody put in all the work to play a football game on Sunday? I keep doing it because I really enjoy it.
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