Super Comp License

[Cisco Kid]

The NHRA LICENSE!!! Smartie me !! i used to brag to my dad all the time (i was 17 now i am 29!!)about how much better i would be in the car than him,and well he proved me wrong!! he made me go to the doctor get a physical and then we loaded up and headed to trails on a weds night so i could get my super gas license,i was pumped and thought ohh yea it is easy....GUESS AGAIN! i did a good burnout and staged the car held it to the floor let go the tranny button and boom we were truckin!! i got scared and lifted before the 1/8 mile marker! i think i went 65 in the 1/4!! but each run i got faster then i said you know what i am not ready yet,so we de tuned the car and i 1/8 mile raced for 1 year before my dad would let me attempt to get my s/g license and trust me it paid off! alot of people think it is easy it proved me wrong! i always remember what my dad would tell me before he closed the door,he says "son,this car is not a toy,and it could kill ya" and everytime i race i never take it forgranted and never get too lax while driving...cus everyone knows **** happens to the best of the best!!...
But Good Luck On Getting You S/C License

[S/G 386N]

If you do not have a car, and have never been down the track, you better go to a school. Again, I don't think you will find a better one than Frank Hawley's. I hung out at their school before the Gainesville divisional this year, and you would not believe the amount of people in the class that were completely clueless. I think only about 5 people in the class had ever been down the track before, and half of them didn't pass. Even after 5 attempts, some people had a hard time staging the car. There was one guy there that was having a hard just staging the car. I stuck around for about 7 passes, and I think after 7 runs, Frank would still only let him go to 300'. And he was building a Top Sportsman car for himself. I would hate to be lined up next to him. Make a vacation out of it and spend the money. If you have never been down the track, there is no way I'd let you borrow my car to make license passes, even if you were my best friend.

[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.