So the 2012 Shootout marks 20 years of idiots gathering in Norwalk, OH to beat the crap out of their economy sports coupes. I missed it in 2011 due to work and other issues that I couldn't reschedule, but I am already planning my time to be at the 20th annual. It's going to be HUGE.

My Talon should hopefully be running by the end of next month if all things go well. That only gives me 10 months to tune it, make it reliable, buy a tow vehicle, get a trailer, and haul my ass to Ohio. I will be racing for the first time since 2005 when my SAFC died on the drive to Norwalk, effectively leaving me with 3 and a half cylinders for the race and the drive home. (still ran a 12.7 if I remember correctly and made it home in one piece).

This time I will have an extra .3 liters of displacement and a tow vehicle that I'll be driving 4,000 miles round trip. What could possibly go wrong?

So that's it. I'm hoping we can have not only a big turnout, but I'd love to see some people racing next year. Who's down?