Canadian James MacDonald basking in limelight of world driving championship
James MacDonald is still basking in the limelight of a most unlikely world championship.
The 31-year-old Charlottetown native clinched the 2017 world driving championship in his hometown Friday night. MacDonald replaced Calgary’s Brandon Campbell as Canada’s representative in the biennial harness racing event less than three weeks earlier after Campbell was involved in a positive drug test.
“Honestly, it hasn’t really sunk in,” MacDonald said during a telephone interview. “I can’t really grasp it . . . I haven’t really had time to really think about it and enjoy it.
“Obviously it’s a big accomplishment. I’m really proud of it but I know I still need to get better, I still need to keep working hard if I want to be one of the best.”