“For me, it’s quite a bit about making an attempt to remain as calm as attainable early on and know that I belong there,” Kayla explains. “Even when I’m having a foul weekend, I’ve to remind myself why I do it—after I was little, I at all times wished to be in that place.”
Whereas she’s needed to overcome some doubters and preconceptions about her skills as a feminine racer, Kayla makes use of that as motivation slightly than letting it maintain her again. She explains, “I feel generally folks will underestimate me as a result of I’m a lady, so a whole lot of occasions I really feel like I have to show myself, which I actually shouldn’t need to do.”
However the skepticism has diminished over time as she’s persistently confirmed herself on the monitor. “It’s been getting higher annually, however for certain while you go to a brand new paddock, a whole lot of occasions I get some unusual appears at first,” Kayla says. “As soon as I’m capable of form of show myself, it [the skepticism] begins going away.”
