Mateusz Wolski, concertmaster of the Spokane Symphony, is “in his bumblebee yellow Lotus Elise, seconds before he takes the first of five runs at a recent Autosports Northwest autocross race at the Deer Park Airport,” writes Azaria Podplesky in Sunday’s (10/8) Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA). “Wolski, a self-proclaimed gearhead … [first] went to the Spokane Raceway [in 2011] to see the historic car races…. Wolski … decided to give it a shot…. It wasn’t until he took a ride with a more experienced driver that he really got bit by the autocross bug. ‘I was like “Are you kidding me? … If this is possible, I got to figure out if I can do this,” ’ he said…. Wolski … learns best by sharing information with others … both on and off the course. ‘You’ll see him doing a course walk and we’ll have a lot of new people and I’ll see Mateusz there helping some brand new guy,’ [said] Peter Hans Lattman, current president of Autosports Northwest…. He hopes to use his position as concertmaster to change the conversation about classical music [with] a series called ‘The M Show: Music, Mayhem and Mystery’ … using live performances and pre-recorded videos.”
Posted October 12, 2017
