Greg Murphy is widely regarded as the King of Pukekohe.
In his first 15 Supercars starts at the South Auckland track, he won nine times, a record that's yet to be surpassed.
While he might not be behind the wheel this weekend, someone else will represent the famous Murphy name.
Son Ronan Murphy will lineup in the first round of the national Formula Ford championship, just one of the categories racing alongside the Supercars.
The event will be a chance for him to showcase his talents and possibly launch his career.
"Really, I'd just like to become a professional racing car driver" Murphy told Newshub. "If I can make a living off it, it'd just be living my absolute dream."
So far, he's on the right track. Last year, he joined the likes of Scott Dixon, Richie Stanaway, Nick Cassidy, Shane van Gisbergen and Liam Lawson as winners of Formula First's Rookie of the Year.
But his father warns it's not an easy road from here.
"It's a tough game and it's cruel," he told Newshub. "And you know there's good days and there's bad days, but more so, there are bad days.
"To be able to make it a career, a lot of things have to fall into place."
And for Ronan, it's more than most.
That's because he has Type One Diabetes, a condition where his body produces little or no insulin.
Everywhere he goes, Ronan walks around with an insulin pump and needs to monitor his blood sugar levels regularly to make sure they don’t drop too low.
"When you go low, your blood sugar levels go low," said the 18-year-old. "You'll start to get blurry vision.
"I find I start to sweat a lot and get a bit shaky, a bit weaker, also become quite hungry and that's just generally because your body needs sugar."
"Usually, I just have to go find something to eat quite quickly - and usually sweet preferably - and eat it as quick as possible, until I start to feel better."
That's fine in everyday life, but when you're racing, you don’t have the luxury of stopping for a quick bite to eat.
"It could be quite catastrophic in a racing car, and that's why I've always paid extra attention at the track and make sure it never happens.
It hasn't happened so far - Ronan's managed it well.
The better he gets, the longer he'll spend in cars, which will make managing the condition more challenging.
But it can be done.
"Jack Perkins, for example, who has been racing Supercars for a long time," said Greg Murphy. "He's had Type One and he manages it incredibly well, and it certainly hasn't been one problem for him."
He also talked about how Perkins prepares for longer races, something his son will have to do, if he goes down the same route.
"I know Jack prepares with having individual drink bottles in the car that have potentially more glucose in the drink."
Onboard systems can now help monitor those levels.
Regardless, it hasn't stopped Ronan chasing his dream
"It's definitely you've sort of been dealt a bad hand in life, I guess, but the way I look at it is I could've ended up a lot worse."
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