Posted Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 10:07pm
It’s been pretty good” is a typical athlete response to their current run of success. Keaton Williams must have a copy of the script on his bed-side table, but his own monologue tells anything but an ordinary story.
The plot is standard: talented, aspiring co-driver with an eye on the World Rally Championship who eventually realizes their dream. But almost as soon as Williams made it, the dream was ripped away from him and his rallying future was anything but certain.
Chosen to partner Toyota works driver Takamoto Katsuta as Daniel Barritt was ruled out with a back injury, Williams was in for Ypres and lined up for the Acropolis, but a family emergency on the week of the Acropolis gave Williams a huge decision to make. Nobly, he flew home and risked his entire career in the process.
