Quebec native Yannick Gingras has been one of the sport’s leading drivers for almost two decades, but the one race he wanted most - the Hambletonian - had managed to elude him. After a dozen attempts and a number of close calls, including a specific one that truly haunted him, Hambo #99 looked like it could be the one… and it was! Yannick opens up here, about the narrow misses, the surmounting pressure as the years passed by, and the pure joy that his victory with Karl brought to him and his family. By John Rallis.