rynoracer32

To ensure you have every part you need, and that a little $2 part does not keep you from competing, bring an entire "Parts Car" to the Race.
Check out this great article in the new May issue of Speed News Magazine.

TypeRfit

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Page 20, cool story bruh

johnjw

we plan on doing so. wish we had a long enough trailer, but we'll end up driving 1000+ miles in our ratty parts car :p atleast it gets good mpg's!!

markertoo

I used to watch a fair bit of pro road racing, and I can remember being at an endurance race where a large Ford team was running 3 cars in the race. They had 2 new "parts cars" on jack stands in the paddock, with every nut and bolt loose.

If they had an issue, the crew could point to a part, and say, "bring me one of these." A go-fer could run to the parts car, remove the hardware with fingers, and then run back to the race car with the part.

I am still in awe of what they could do, with lots of practice: that same Ford team changed an engine in 45 minutes; a big Camaro team replaced a rear end housing in the pits, in both cars. The first took 4 minutes, 30 seconds. The second one took under 4 minutes; when the then-new Firebird came out, the teams were changine complete front uprights in a pit stop to change brakes - caliper, brake hose, wheel bearing and rotor, all in one go!

gripracer7

Just need to have a trailer big enough to take it all with you.