Dave Barry takes on the Richard Petty Driving Experience on exclusive OnePages.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services)

"... When the Richard Petty Driving Experience offered me a chance to drive a real race car on a real racetrack, my initial reaction was that it would probably not be a big deal.

"I was wrong. I can admit this, now that I have returned home and changed my underwear. It WAS pretty darned exciting, after all. Strap yourself in, get a good grip on your newspaper, and I'll tell you what it was like ...''

Yes, Dave gave up his minivan to test his manhood at the track in Homestead, Fla. And KRT has the proof: two exclusive, full-color, paginated broadsheet pages, complete with photographic evidence. Find out what happens when America's most regular guy climbs into …