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Old 12-02-2009, 11:26 PM
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The wing was controled with a pedal that was depressed while in a turn to create down force. Obviously a lot of downforce created and the actuation mechanism on each car broke. Transmissions were automatics.

The real deal was the later car (2J) with a 2 separate snowmobile engines spinning fans, combined with the skirt around the square deck that sucked the car to the ground. That got outlawed pretty quick too. I saw that one at Laguna. Jim Hall was always thinking ahead of the pack.
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