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Johnny O’Connell’s warm smile shines through his racing helmet. He shakes my hand as I’m being belted into the passenger seat of his 2013 Chevrolet Corvette Gran Sport.
“What I do is simple. My job is to connect the dots,” O’Connell says as he drops the clutch and nails the throttle.
“The goal is to be smooth, with as little hand movement as possible.”