Well you guys, you'd never know it from the post about us, but there were actually more supporters of our car than it looked when you read through the pages. The little website slash webpage had so many emails that we had to take extra time to read and answer them all. Some of you engineers said our suspension wouldn't work. Some of you drivers said "it's not safe enough for me". Some of you car builders said "it won't handle well enough to compete". I knew better and so did the half dozen very experienced racers that consulted with us during the construction of this version.
We had it on an oval track with a figure 8 in the middle this week and we ran it HARD for more than three hours in 90 degree heat. We experienced speeds that none of our cars had reached on this track. The car "stuck" so well on track that we barely touched the brakes and could've pushed much, much harder for quick times. We decided to test for "the long run" and keep it conservative for the common sense aspects of first time high speed testing. The ONLY issue we had was the material that our chain roller was made out of actually wore itself down towards the very end of the session. This issue is already corrected.
I know what's coming. This is the part of the post that you'll all begin instigating and flaming and everything that goes along with posting on a forum like this, but while I was turning laps in the second hour of practice I couldn't help thinking "I can't wait until those guys get word about this". Our body & wings aren't completed yet, but that did not stop us from unloading at the track for this test. Let's just say, you've all inspired us even more.
So, with that being said- This is our third year building cars and we are definately not going away. Let the flames fly...