You Might Be A Racer If..

• You think the primary purpose of wings is to PREVENT flight.

• You feel compelled on a road trip to beat your previous best time.

• You are happiest when your street car's tires are worn to racing depth (wear bars showing)

• When something falls off of your car, you wonder how much weight you just saved.

• You change engine oil every other week

• Your email address refers to your race car rather than to you.

• You've paid $4.50 a gallon for gas without complaining.

• You buy new parts because you don't know where you put the spares.

• You bought a race car before buying a house.

• You bought a race car before buying furniture for the new house.

• You're looking for a tow vehicle and still haven't bought furniture!

• You look at the purchase of tools as a long term investment.

• Your garage holds more cars than your house has bedrooms.

• You have enough spare parts to build another car.

• More than one racer supply house recognizes your voice and greets you by name when you call.

• You think the last line of the Star Spangled Banner is: "Racers, start your engines!"

• If you can't remember when you last worked on weekdays and rested on weekends.

• You're registered for wedding gifts at Summit and Jegs.

• People know you by your car not your name.

• You plan your wedding around the race schedule

• You astound the clerk at Sears by bringing in a snapped breaker bar every other week or so.

• You remember the dates and details of every race you've ever been in, but can't remember your wife's birthday.

• You hate long distance driving, 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 save broken car parts as "mementos".

• You've found your lawn mower runs pretty good on 108 octane gas (but doesn't particularly care for alcohol).

• Instead of pictures in your wallet, you have timeslips

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

• You consider the redline a "conservative suggestion"

• You regularly test your rev limiter