you can easily check your chip. It is behind the kickpanel on the passenger side. It is the panel just in front of the door. You can access the box there and see if you have a chip installed.
Hey Clay,
You said that you are in the LA area. You didn't happen to be racing a Laser Red2000 GT convertible a couple weeks ago on the I-5 Northbound towards Burbank/Glendale area were you? I was racing a Nitrous stang that looks like yours.