Myles Rowe continuing to chase his IndyCar dreams but through additional lens this year

Blending his visual expression and competitive fervor, Myles Rowe had the perfect shot while straddling the worlds of art and speed he simultaneously strives to master.

Stationed just outside the exit of Turn 4 at Texas Motor Speedway, Rowe was wearing a photo vest (instead of his usual firesuit) and wielding a Sony A7S (“a simple DSLR with great video capabilities”).

As cars from the NTT IndyCar Series whizzed by at over 220 mph, Rowe captured their sound and fury for digital content.

And he naturally wondered what it was like behind the wheel on the other side of the catchfence – as disparate as those pursuits might seem.

“I was having this conversation recently where I told someone about my film and then told them I was a race car driver, and they didn’t believe me,” Rowe told NBC Sports in an interview at Texas two hours before the green flag for the March 20 race. “Because how could you do that and race cars?

“I don’t understand the question, ‘How could you just do that?’ I’m not going to say they were wrong, but for people like me with multiple interests, especially if you’re really creative and like to do a lot of things and connect with a lot of people, you need different things to balance you. And you need different things to work on to focus on a real distant future that you can see yourself getting to in two or three decades.”

Rowe’s immediate future is being shaped in two distinct directions. He is scheduled to graduate this summer with a film and screen studies degree from Pace University in New York, and he has ambitions of becoming an influential photographer (or perhaps filmmaker).

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But the Georgia native also has a burgeoning career as a highly regarded