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Millions of people grow up dreaming of one day racing; this book shows the average person how to make it a reality. Go Ahead Take the Wheel starts with autocross events held on large open paved lots with an ordinary streetcar, high performance during events (HPDEs) held on permanent road course race tracks with a streetcar, volunteering at racing events, to competitive wheel-to-wheel Club Racing with a racecar. This book also describes what the prospective racer can expect when entering the world of Club Racing, steps on building or purchasing a racecar, safety considerations, detailed costs for budgets ranging from economy to extravagant and much more.