The car's owner, Auston Goodwin, focused mainly on handling mods for his Crown Vic, with heavily revised ... which is high praise for this unlikely track machine. And if you need us, we're going ...

Buy a retired police-package Crown Victoria and hit the track. For prospective racers ... he has had no reliability problems with the car. "When I bought it, it had 80,000 miles.

"It was already built as a track car. The 'cage is certified ... Rearend: All the Panther platform cars (Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Town Car) came with Ford's stout 8.8-inch rear axle.

Actually, it's still remarkable, though given its purpose, it's safe to assume most of those miles were hard-earned doing laps at the school's race track ... new car. Of course, no Crown Victoria ...