[RICK LAKE]

Rick Parker Hendrick lost their master motor builder to the plane crash last year and like the few great engine builder he took his tricks with him. These top builders don't let out the last couple of HP they make. This is what seperates an assemblier from engineers. The team has taken a step back and will have to regroup and use last years motors until the new master can catchup with the program and get them running again. They run a high rpm at Fontona up to 10400rpm and this is hard on any motor for 400 miles. Guys are getting smart by hanging out back in the race till the last 30 laps and then go for broke. They need to change the gearing on the cars to drop the rpm and save the motors. My thoughts Rick Lake