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  • you might be a racer if

    You measure all family acquisitions in terms of the number of race tires that could have been purchased.

    You think the national athem ends with "Gentlemen, start your engines"

    Every time you come to a red lite you think your staged and you start getting ready for the tree to go down to green.

    You've paid $4.00 a gallon for gas without complaining.

    you need a new house because you've outgrown your garage and the neighbors are threatening violence if you park one more vehicle on the street or in the front yard.

    You sit in your race car in a dark garage and make car noises and shift and practice your heel and toe, while waiting for your motor to get back from the machine shop.

    your garage holds more cars than your house has bedrooms.

    You have enough spare parts to build another car.

    you have racecar parts in your office at work.

    Your first date involves asking her to crew for you.

    You remember the dates and details of every race you've ever been in, but can't remember your phone number,anniversery,or birthdays.

    You refer to the corner down the street from your house as Turn One.

    Everywhere you go, you try to find the fastest line through the turn.

    You always do a toe & heel downshift coming to a stop light.

    You hate long distance drives to visit relatives of to go on vacation, but you will gladly drive 800 miles to the race track.

    You think that traction control and ABS are for those who can't drive.

    You've found your lawn mower runs pretty good on 112 octane but doesn't like alcohol.

    The local police and state Highway Patrol have a picture of your car taped to their dashboard.

    You would choose a roll bar over air conditioning if it were an option.

    You enjoy driving through wet, empty parking lots and using the emergency brake to kick the back end out

    You own five cars and only one of them is street legal

    you ever worn a helmet while driving the wife's minivan.

    you refer to the police car in front of you as the pace car.

    After you tell your wife where you'd like to go on your vacation she answers: "Why... is there a race there?"

    your laughing hysterically while reading this because you are guilty of them all.

    I quit fishing because there was no one handing out money at the docks when i got back. Why did you quit racing?

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    If something falls off of your car you think of it as "weight reduction"

    White smoke coming out from under your tires is a common sight.

    You try to hold off braking to the last minute when the speed limit changes

    when you spend more on tires a year than the car's is actualy worth.

    You have a $1000 stereo system but prefer to roll the windows down and listen to you engine.

    You have removed the a/c from your car cause it robs too much power.

    you have a 4 point harnes in tour street car.

    if your kids ask "Mom does Dad's new hobby mean I won't be able to go to college.

    You qualify mangled sheet metal as "it adds caracture".

    Your Christmas list consists entirely of car parts

    You retire your car from every-day driving because it's beginning to nickle-and-dime you to death, but see it as the perfect start for a race car

    You think that manual transmissions being cheaper than automatics is a deal.

    Your home phones speed dial doesn't have room for family members.

    You have passed cars on an on ramp shoulder because they left the door wide open for you.

    You pass people on the outside of a freeway onramp because they're not accelerating out of the turn.

    You drive your tow vehicle faster through turns than most car owners.

    You made sure your wedding date didn't happen on a race weekend.

    You look at every abandoned car on the street as a potential racecar.

    You have 15 pictures of you racecar in your office and none of your wife.

    I quit fishing because there was no one handing out money at the docks when i got back. Why did you quit racing?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by M_Seay10 View Post
      You try to hold off braking to the last minute when the speed limit changes

      You have 15 pictures of you racecar in your office and none of your wife.
      I am Guilty

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      • #4
        Reply To All The Above....

        SOOOOOOO.....WHATS YOUR POINT IN ALL THIS??


        -----JIM-----
        RIP Jack Smith and Kim Brown. Many thanks for all you have done for our sport.

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