Thanks to Gary Morrell

Subject: 12 step program for Opentracking (Opentracking meaning time spent on a real road course racetrack in your SHO or other vehicle -- Ed.)


1) Admit your bone stock car sucks.

2) Spend a bunch of money making it lighter. Spend a lot of time cutting off all those bits and removing and selling all the interior pieces that you don't need anymore, because you'll NEVER want the car street-legal, ever again.

3) Admit your car still sucks, but is easier to load onto the trailer.

4) Spend a bunch of money to make more horsepower.

5) Admit that your car not only sucks, but is now unreliable.

6) Spend a bunch more money so the power you bought *is* reliable.

7) Admit that the car is fast, but undriveable.

8) Spend a bunch of money getting your suspension redone.

9) Spend lots of time trying all those settings, and getting no change in lap times.

10) Admit your car is fast, undriveable, and you've now spent more money in mods than you paid for the car originally.

11) Admit that you have no idea what all those spring rates, sway bar settings, knobs and screws on the shocks are for. Find someone who knows what they're doing, suspension wise, and give them more money.

12) Admit that your car is now light, fast, and handles great, but that you suck at driving.

Also note that if you stay with the sport long enough, you can repeat this cycle endlessly.

Note: for those that might tend to be discouraged by the above humor, please understand that with minimal preparation and safety considerations, you can take your street SHO (or other vehicle) to one of the many race courses in the United States, or other countries, and have a perfectly fun day.  One example is the annual SHO Conventions, where with rare exceptions you can get driver training and have safe legal fun with your SHO. --Ed.

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