Thanks Bill,

There are a few cars on the track, and we are slowly adding to the group, but during the week I'm often just practicing by myself. It's on a new track we built in the desert, and it's pretty awesome, but very challenging. It's chunky, rough, with tight turns and choppy elevation changes. A lap timer is next to get better information about the impact of changes being made. We have some plans to head out to So Cal for some racing, and they will in turn come to our track in hopes that we can grow a larger group in the southwest region.

Currently I'm running the Lasernut as my main platform, but I keep making small adjustments to my Tekno to see if I can get it better suited for our track. The Lasernut has a massive top brace connecting each bulkhead and tying in the center diff. Along with that are two additional braces from each bulkhead and tying into the frame. It seems ideally suited for bashing, which is something I do not do, so I'm wondering if I can remove it, but we have some pretty nasty rocks embedded in the track, and they can cause substantial damage at times. I'm guessing I may have to leave that top brace on for now.

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