First off the torsion bars performed perfectly! I was VERY glad to have them under the truck as half the track we were running was a Grand Prix style with lots of air time the other half VERY narrow and technical. In Friday's pre-running I hit a jump somewhere between 40 and 50 mph and thought I'd launced into the next county! The result was s bent (smiling) 12 bolt housing. We had to cut the tube with a sawzall to relieve enough pressure to get the axle out. After a wrench fest on Saturday we finished swapping in a new housing about 30 minutes before the race started. We were very fast and competitive but half way through the second lap we were sliding through a curve and had the driver side rear caliper lock up and throw us into a rather large pine tree at speed. The VX climbed the tree and flipped over on its top. Fortunately I had a roll cage installed the previous week and it did it job beautifully! I will have her back in racing condition by the next race in August. Now for the carnage shot! As you can see in the picture we were flying through the woods at high speeds with little room for error and this was one of the widest parts of the course.
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