[Chris Williams]

Both my daughter and I have done Frank's school, she with Jack Beckman, and me with Frank. Absolutely wonderful.

In my daughter's class we had two clowns guys who had bought extremely expensive cars before even making a single pass. One had purchased the S/C car that Shawn Langdon won the title in, the other a 6-sec ProMod car!

The former took 9 passes to get his license, then hand-carried the form to Glendora so he could race in a divisional that weekend. We saw him two months later at a national event, still double-bulbing people, rolling through the beams, getting all crooked backing up, etc. Ugh.

The other guy was shut down and removed from the car on the starting line by Jack. He got so screwed up that he never completed the course. Walked out. But was determined to get friends to sign off on his license, so he could run a 6-sec car... I don't know if he's alive today.

I do know one thing: patience is a virtue. Practice, practice, practice. My daughter and I spent a whole summer doing nothing but test and tunes. Made 50 passes before we entered a single event. It paid off.

Please don't be in a hurry to get in a fast car. You'll risk all kinds of people, not just yourself, and you'll make a fool of yourself.