WALLINGFORD -- A Wallingford pastor is getting on track, quite literally, and the track is the storied Brickyard of Indianapolis 500 fame.
As a lifelong auto racing fan, Will Marotti, who is the senior pastor at the New Life Church in Wallingford, approached sponsors in Indianapolis and they took him on. Marotti was able to raise enough money with sponsors to join Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports and become part of a team that is entering a car in the 2016 Indy 500.
"I said why not me? I'm going to take a shot at it," Marotti said.
Marotti, a former AM radio host, formed Marotti Racing last year. He will head to Indianapolis later this week to join the team from Schmidt-Peterson as they unveil their new car for the 2016 race.
"When I called the track and asked how to get involved in this, they said this is impossible, it's a million-to-one shot." Marotti told FOX 61. "This falls in the category of 'sometimes, dreams do come true.'"
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