It's November 4, 2019. I'm standing behind the historic El Capitan Theater in downtown Hollywood and I'm about to hand Randall Shelby's Cobra keys to Christian Bale. But this is no back-alley deal: I just gave my friend Aaron Shelby's Cobra keys to Matt Damon, and Peter Miles is already behind the wheel of my personal Cobra, making the engine rumble.

It's not a set of circumstances I ever could have dreamed I'd be in, but here I am.

I first found my need for speed at a very young age, in a Power Wheels, and then on dirt bikes and quads. That was the start of me becoming a 4th generation car enthusiast, racer and certified welder.

I discovered my passion for racing cars when I was just 17 years old while on a trip to the racetrack with my dad. By the age of 21, I had appeared on “All Girls Garage” and had a Top 10 SEMA build to my credit. You can put me in a dragster, a Shelby Cobra or even a Honda because I can drive!

I first met Carroll Shelby in 1999. In those days, it was just part of my job, and I took it for granted. I worked with John Coletti (the Frank Sinatra of the Mustang), Jay Mays, and Neil Ressler who kicked off the Ford GT program. Jackie Stewart was always around, and when I met Carroll, Dan Gurney was always around too. They were our “go to” guys. I remember being in conference rooms with Carroll and Coletti trying to decide what engine to put in the 2005 Ford GT and what was available. Carroll was very much a John Wayne kind of a guy in his cowboy boots.