It is fair to say that it has been a roller coaster week for Chatham’s Aaron Steele as he looks towards an exciting future.

He announced this week that he will be joining the grid for the British Touring Car Series in 2014 racing for the RGM Motorsport team in their inaugural season in the series.

Talking to Kent Sports News a delighted Steele said: “This is such a huge opportunity for me to really showcase what I can do and at a high level too. I’m not underestimating the challenge that lies ahead, I really can’t wait to start it.

The opportunity came right out of the blue for Aaron to fulfil a dream and he now can’t wait to get going.

He added: “It was a very sudden Facebook message and a phone call followed very quickly, before I even had a chance to reply! Probably the best phone call I’ve ever had.

“It will be a huge learning curve for everyone I fully expect that. There for sure will be times when I could have done better, the team could have done better. But the main point is we stick together, learn together, progress and win together.”

The 24-year-old is looking forward to getting some race time in the European Touring Cars and also mixing it up with the experienced drivers on the BTCC grid.

“The ETCC is going to be incredible, racing at a level of Motorsport that high will really help me understand what the BTCC is going to be like, dealing with the media, fans etc.

“Of course there are some established celebrities already on the grid, it will be interesting to mix it with them, I’m sure they won’t give me an inch, so I won’t be giving them one. These boys race hard and that’s exactly how I plan to do it.”

Aaron and the team are not going to be making any predictions for the season to come this early but he is looking forward to unveiling the car and getting it out on track.

He said: “It’s far too early to say any predictions yet. I can watch and learn as much as I want but the real learning will begin later in the year when the car hits the tack.

“I think the main task is going to be getting the team to feel like a team ahead of next year. When that happens I think performance will naturally come with that.”

Unfortunately for Aaron he has not been able to drive regularly since 2012 and although he has been doing tuition and coaching he admits he misses not racing.

He added: “It is very tough not racing, particularly regularly. Every time you’re on track you’re learning and improving, I feel confident in my abilities now, I can only imagine how much better I could be now without those years on the side-lines. It’s even more difficult when you see people racing you’ve beaten and know you could do a better job than.

“I’ve been doing tuition and coaching for a few years now already, the particular advice I would give anyone aspiring to get anywhere would be to never give up. In a word you need to be relentless.”