What's More Important Than the Car?

by Jerry Albertus

This is Scarlet's sister waiting for me. 
Note the driver's name on the windshield.  Nice touch.

Ric on the left getting some pointers

Some among us are born with a special sense.  These special ones have an internal motion detector and mechanical analyzer which allows them to know things before they happen.  If they wish, they can become great race car drivers, because they “feel” the grip of the tires is about to fail, or sense the need to add power or brakes to help the car turn.  Those of us without the gift must rely on instruction, practice or luck to be merely adequate in piloting a car at speed.

Jerry on the left getting some pointers

Scarlet, the Mustang, is going to perform quite well I’m almost certain.  However, the critical performance component is not the car, nor the tires, nor the brakes… it is the driver!  With this in mind, Ford offers all Boss buyers a driver upgrade in the form of a day of instruction at Miller Motorsports Park outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.  This “deal” is called the Boss Track Attack.  It sounded like so much fun that Ric and I signed up for the experience, and added a second day.

Jerry

 The Boss Track Attack can be supplemented with a second day of instruction and track time in a Ford FR500S race prepped Mustang.  We spent two magnificent days learning about the Boss and about ourselves.  Anyone who loves high performance driving MUST go and do this, and take the second day, even if it means taking a second job, selling your comic book collection, mowing lawns, foregoing a new winter coat or having a garage sale every weekend for the next year.  It is the “E” ticket for those of us who love to drive performance automobiles.  

Ric

 For a professional evaluation of the experience, just keep watching 5.0 MUSTANG Magazine for writer and Editor-In-Chief Steve Turner’s views, as he was one of our classmates.

All photos this week are courtesy of Boss Track Attack by Jeremy Henrie.