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Old 07-04-2008, 05:29 PM
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The "grill in the hoodscoop" was a carry over from the 289 Comp and 289 FIA cars. It was intended to prevent "to some degree" the ingestation of small stones, gravel and other road trash that could be sucked into the open stacks of the IDA Webers as they were following the other cars closely.
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