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Old 04-19-2005, 11:26 AM
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Josh and Kevin were both in the B-Main, Kevin just missed the A by 2 qual-points. Josh had a radio glitch I think, and Kevin bonked the wall pretty hard and broke a rear arm. I wish we could have done better, but there's still a learning curve with the car. Up until that point it had been a pretty clean weekend.

Brian Bodine used our Lola VDS body to take 4th in the A (driving a Serpent), though.

R40: If your car is barely hitting 2nd gear on that track, try some the following gears. Out of the box, the XR/80 is geared to the moon just for top end. So for smaller tracks it's not going to work too well. Try these gears: 16/19 on the pinion, and 46/50 for the spur. One other little trick would be to make your clutch heavier so that the power doesn't transfer to the tires as harshly, so there is less wheelspin. You can do that by bending the springs a little bit (buy some new ones just in case!) so that there is less tension on the clutch shoes. Of course, with the Centax-style clutch you can adjust it to be heavy. Hope that helps.
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