A Calgarian is making a big name for himself in the auto racing world in Europe.
Last year, Nicolas Taylor won the karting world championship in Italy.
Then, this year, he moved up to the Italian Touring Car Series and won a second world championship.
Taylor went into this season hoping to win the rookie title in the Italian Touring Car Championship Series.
He accomplished that goal earlier this season.
The other goal was to finish Top 10. Winning the World Championship wasn’t really on the 19-year-old’s radar.
However, in the season’s final race, Taylor rose from third overall to first, when season points leader Nicola Baldan dropped to last place, allowing Taylor to move up to tie rival Ruben Volt on points.
Taylor took the title on the strength of having more second-place finishes than Volt, according to an article in Touring Car Times.
“It doesn’t seem like I should’ve won this championship you know, because being the rookie and …