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That's how American speedway driver Lucas Wolfe looks at his latest Australian experience.
Wolfe, 33, has made eight trips to Australia since first jumping behind a sprintcar wheel as a teenager.
But the Pennsylvanian is a World Series Sprintcars' contracted driver for the first time in 2019-20.
"I've been very fortunate to have many trips here over the years," he said at Allansford's Premier Speedway on Sunday night.
"I am definitely looking forward to this year, my first year travelling with the world series.
"It was something I have always wanted to do.
"It's always good to be racing (rather than) sitting at home with nothing going on.
"To stay active and stay racing is a massive benefit and I've been introduced to a lot of people, both from racing and regular citizens that you meet."
Wolfe, who will race again at Premier Speedway on New Year's Day, said he was relishing the challenge Australian racing presented.
"There is quite a bit of a different style," he said.
"The tracks are smaller, tighter and usually a little bit of a different dynamic than what I would be used to back home."
Wolfe said he was determined to produce strong results over the WSS competition, which finishes in Perth on February 22, for his car owners Bruce and Linda Ayers.
"They are good friends, we see each other a couple of times a year," he said.
"They come state side and then I come down here. It's a great relationship with good people."
South Australian Brock Hallett, who won his maiden WSS A-Main at Murray Bridge on Friday night, was fastest in flight one quick-time with 11.125 seconds.
Warrnambool ace James McFadden was fastest in flight two, posting 11.480.
Nine-time WSS winner Brooke Tatnell had a tough start to the night in flight one, crashing his car in quick-time after a steering problem.
Tatnell, who won the A-Main at Mount Gambier on Saturday night, hit the wall entering turn four and flipped multiple times.
"I felt something break in the steering," he said.
"I don't know what it is but it's not good."
Queenslander Randy Morgan, who won one of the eight heats, said he was rapt and "surprised I got that".
"I thought I sat on the bottom too long spinning tyres," he said.
"It's good for the team. We are a small, locally-based team."
Heat four included carnage after turn two with Warrnambool's Jye O'Keeffe, veteran Domain Ramsay, teenager Tate Frost and Jordyn Charge all forced out.
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