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I helped a local group of kids (anyone under 30 is a kid to me) prep a car for the Lemons race. I was concerned about putting 80 anxious newbies with store bought racing licenses on a 1mi track so made sure the car had the right safety stuff given a very limited budget.

I fretted about them all weekend, but they got thru just fine - finished 416 laps for 44th of 83 starters, got hit twice and lost a couple of hrs repairing the car. The team captain Bryan McQueen had the 9th fastest lap - close to 70mph avg so top speeds on the oval ends were higher than we expected.

They say they are hooked now - want more racing. I guess they'll all be needing race cars ;-)

Team intro:
Team Santa Cruz

Before:

(IMG:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/759502132_a99b5427ec.jpg)

After:

(IMG:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1160/758511225_45b0a27475.jpg)

Team Santa Cruz:

(IMG:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1384/758352033_0157b6ea6a.jpg)

Blainefab View Member Profile	Jul 10 2007, 10:49 AM Post #1
I build race cars Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,748 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Central coast, CA Member No.: 874	I helped a local group of kids (anyone under 30 is a kid to me) prep a car for the Lemons race. I was concerned about putting 80 anxious newbies with store bought racing licenses on a 1mi track so made sure the car had the right safety stuff given a very limited budget. I fretted about them all weekend, but they got thru just fine - finished 416 laps for 44th of 83 starters, got hit twice and lost a couple of hrs repairing the car. The team captain Bryan McQueen had the 9th fastest lap - close to 70mph avg so top speeds on the oval ends were higher than we expected. They say they are hooked now - want more racing. I guess they'll all be needing race cars ;-) Team intro: Team Santa Cruz Before: (IMG:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/759502132_a99b5427ec.jpg) After: (IMG:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1160/758511225_45b0a27475.jpg) Team Santa Cruz: (IMG:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1384/758352033_0157b6ea6a.jpg)