Tasman Motorsport driver Andrew Waite might just have the ultimate young bachelors dream life, that is, living at a race track and working as a professional driver for Highlands Park and Audi/Downforce.

While there are many who are simply satisfied with their regular 9 to 5 occupation, it would be fair to say that Andrew Waite is immensely ecstatic about his. The 24 year old now lives on-site at Highlands Park in a house on the back of the property, and travels back and forth on regular intervals, switching his views from a rural mountainous race venue to his hometown of Auckland suburbs and cityscape.

For many this lifestyle would be quite heavenly, but it does come with some minor drawbacks – oh really, you say? How minor?

Well, one of them is his separation from family and close peers, but it’s something that Waite – for now – is very happy to live with.

“I’m not surrounded by the mates I grew up with, or generally with people my own age, but there is always something happening here at Highland’s or at Downforce venues, so it’s not like I’m a hermit and segregated from the social world” states Waite. “I also head back home generally once a month for a few days for the Audi and Downforce work, so I do get a moment to catch up with family and friends”.

And all the seat time Waite garners is obviously good for his racing, given that the V8 SuperTourers are currently in their winter break. For many this is a difficult time as they can only rely on occasional track days or single obscure race meets to try keep their skills sharp.

The job as a professional driver therefore has Waite in amongst a very select few that get to drive fast on regular occasions, and that advantage will need to be capitalised on when he returns to the office of a V8 SuperTourer.

“I’m always buzzed about getting into a SuperTourer, and even though ‘Racer Abe’ is no longer with us after the shunt at Pukekohe, Tasman will be back and we will be ready to grab some more silverware”.

But until the green flag drops again Waite will need to knuckle-down and carry on with his daily grind, waking up to snow capped peaks for the next few months, having to force himself into various seats of high performance machinery, just to pilot them around the twisty tarmac at breakneck speeds.

Of course one does feel for him, as it must be a terrible situation to deal with.