Does anybody here have experience importing a race car from Canada into the USA? If so, I'd like to here about your experience and any suggestions that you may have.

My situation: I found a race car in British Columbia that I might purchase. According to the NHTSA literature that I've read, purpose-built race cars (e.g., Formula Ford) can be imported permanently but race cars based on a production car (e.g., Honda Civic or BMW M3) can be imported only on a temporary basis (up to 5 years) and then need to be exported or destroyed. I suspect that I'm missing something here.

Thanks in advance for any info.