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THE REAL DEAL

ro Touring is a label often slapped on any classic ride with plus-size wheels and a lowered stance, but that’s akin to calling any drag car with big ’n’ littles Pro Street. A real Pro Touring car is so much more—an amalgam of road-race handling tech mixed with enough street manners to make it nice to just cruise. It’s classic lines and cutting-edge technology in a car that can drag race, road race, autocross, or just haul ass down your favorite country road. Chris Smith, owner of Smitty’s Custom Auto (who we will just call Smitty), has built quite a few real-deal

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