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Not many high school kids can say they’ve driven laps in a stock car at 182 mph at the famed Daytona International Speedway or have notched 196 career racing wins and 20 national and state championships.

But Ryan Glenski, a senior at Lake Norman High who lives on Kemp Road in Mooresville, is not your typical high school student.

Glenski hits the books by day like any other student, but after class, his focus is purely racing.

Glenski has spent the last 14 years competing in a number of racing series and divisions in hopes of landing a shot at the big time. That shot seems to have possibly arrived on the 18-year-old’s doorstep, as Glenski will be competing in his first season in the Automobile Racing Club Association (ARCA) series.

- Mooresville News