“ WHAT YOU HAVE AFTER IS ALMOST MORE BEAUTIFUL AND STRONGER THAN WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE, IT’ S A WAY OF REBIRTH IN JAPANESE CULTURE”
CHRIS VALENTINE
“ WHAT YOU HAVE AFTER IS ALMOST MORE BEAUTIFUL AND STRONGER THAN WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE, IT’ S A WAY OF REBIRTH IN JAPANESE CULTURE”
Noah Cosby and Asha Silva are currently running 12th in the Britcar Endurance Championship almost anyone be able to drive,” Cosby explains.“ I don’ t use pedals, whereas my co-driver does and drives the car as it is, so the pedals and hand controls all work [ together ], that’ s the joy of it.
“ When we do driver swaps, I’ ll start the race because it’ ll give us a little bit more time to get me in the car at the beginning, and then jumping out of the car is far quicker than getting in.”
It’ s a well-considered process but the rewards for Cosby are worth all of the efforts.“ It feels like once you’ re in the car, the door’ s closed and you’ re off, you’ ve left your disability behind you,” he says.“ It makes me feel like the person that I was before my accident; being on that playing field with ablebodied drivers in this sport is such an empowering feeling. It really shows that once you’ ve had an accident or any sort of disability, it’ s not the be-all and end-all.”
Cosby now combines his racing with his fledgling art career, the two worlds meeting in the intricate design of his crash helmet. It’ s inspired by the Japanese tradition of Kintsugi, where broken pottery is fixed with gold dust and is a fitting metaphor for his new life.“ What you have after is almost more beautiful and stronger than what you had before, it’ s a way of rebirth in Japanese culture,” he says.
As Cosby continues on his journey to La Sarthe, he reflects on the considerable progress he has made so far, offering advice that applies to everyone, regardless of circumstances:“ Don’ t be disheartened by the big challenges that potentially seem out of reach. You need to push and push to get to the point that you need to be at. Yes, you’ ll have more failures than you will success, but once you get to that success and you’ ve pushed through, that’ s what will make you.”
We look forward to following Noah Cosby’ s motorsport career as he progresses towards Le Mans.
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