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LeGrand Mk 18 : Driving a Borrowed LeGrand at Nationals Sep 14, 2009

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We drove a borrowed LeGrand at the Solo National Championship. Besides a mainline adrenaline buzz, this also gave us a chance to compare our car’s handling to that of another LeGrand.

Joe Gonzalez’s car is a Mk18—like ours—and still has the spool-type axle setup. This meant that the car behaved similarly to ours at the limit (read: a handful). However, it also felt a little softer in the nose—great for turn-in response, but not so great for mid-corner grip when the splitter started grinding against the Nebraska concrete.

The first day had our co-driver, Joe, just out of the trophies in seventh place. Per was learning the car and landed a mid-pack 10th. On the second day, Per figured out a few things and had the seventh-fastest time. At the end of both days, we were in ninth and tenth spots with Joe leading Per by a few tenths.

We’d like to extend a hearty, thank-you to Joe Gonzalez for this opportunity. It helped reinspire our team as we finish up this nearly unending conversion from the spool to a real differential.

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Comments

Gonzo_Bmod:

Your welcome, no problem. Thank you guys for the opportunity to hang out with you and the very primo pit location. As nice as the co-drive was and all, I wanna race heads up against that green car next year!
Sep 17, 2009 3:11 p.m.

Racr Fan NY:

Congrads Joe and the Grass Roots Team. Hey Joe… See you in Binghamton for an event next year?
Nov 11, 2009 6:41 p.m.

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We’d like to extend a hearty thank-you to Joe Gonzalez for this opportunity.