My buddy’s car doing its thing at Norwalk.

It’s a 540” Wedge 4.3750 bore x 4.500 stroke. 440-1 heads, Indy intake, bob book dominator, jesel 1.7 rockers, jesel belt drive, Callie’s crank, MGP aluminum rods, diamond pistons, 14.5:1. His new engine is going to be a 572 wedge.

We pay very close attention to shock adjustment with this car. If we set it up to not do wheelies, it will compromise traction, especially when track gets hott, and conditions go away. When it’s real high for too long, we dial it back. But most importantly, it’s a bracket car. so if the car consistently leaves the same every time, although some would disagree with the wheelstand, then he drives better, and the car works better.

The car has wheelie bars, they’re a flat blade bottom bar with springs to soften the hit. With his caltrac setup, when he floors the gas on the line, the wheelie bars are on the ground before the front tires are off the ground because of how much rotation the car has. If we put too stiff a bar on there, he will unload the back tires.