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Re: Early Downforce

To: tomcrain@gulftel.com, vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Early Downforce
From: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:51:52 EDT
In a message dated 8/16/01 7:46:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tomcrain@gulftel.com writes:


> Jim Hall's "Vacuum Cleaner" Chapparalls used a small engine driven =
> fan together with flexible skirting to suck his cars down to the track.  =
> In its short life it proved very effective in allowing higher cornering =
> speeds.
> 
> 

And a giant leap forward in track cleaning machinery!  As long as you weren't 
behind it.

Bill

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