European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 27 Lascar Grad new design gets solid b headed into its second weekend by de Hinton the Orlando Sentinel the top two technical officers for Lascar gave the car of Tomor Row an minus for show performance and a solid b for mechanical adaptation so As the new design entered its second race weekend but Matt Kenseth still was feel ing poorly from fumes inside his car at the cots debut last and Brian Vick ers had second degree Burns on his feet because of heat from a broken exhaust Jeff Gordon Felt said hed actually been More comfortable inside the car than hed been at Bristol and maintained that the Guys who had problems Are the ones who had something break and malfunction in the exhaust the exhaust system failure was the first thing we went to work said Sextel cup director John adding that the teams affected Are working on the fixes going into sundays goods Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Kyle Winner of the cots Maiden said Lascar officials not Only didst scold him for calling the car Ter Rible and in a vulgarity in Victory they were open to they want to have some criticism of Denny Hamlin won the pole in a Chevrolet Here Friday at Mph on the flattest Oval on the cup Jamie Mcmurray was second fastest in a Ford at and Gordon third in a Chevrolet at Steve Denny Hamlin climbs out of his car after winning the pole for the Lascar Sextel cup goods Cool Orange 500 with a Lap of Mph at Martinsville Speedway in on hearing aids in the ear suppression made in America we ship to All troops anywhere grading the new design in its first i would give it an said Robin Nastars vice president for based on his View from the Tower at there were More cars that Arent typically in the top 10 running in the top in and during the that was Nice to see the primary objective of the cot is enhanced but Lascar also Hopes for better racing and lower team taking an Overall Grade from All the different categories he Darby id give it a Good solid id want to incorporate the garage the inspection process the entire weekend More than just the i had major problems last Kenseth referring to fumes from the melting of safety foam in his right door panel be cause of exhaust i have actually not been feeling very Good this Hamlin reportedly had suffered from Carbo monoxide ill Ness at but we cant directly relate it to Carbon Mono he said i had a real bad headache three quarters of the Way through the race but Bristol has always been bad be cause inside a football like bowl configuration of grand stands youve got All the cars Exall the generators on the tractor trailers running during the and nothing can its All inside the bowl right tailpipe configuration in the cot is redesigned radically from traditional the pipes Are welded directly to the in Stead of partly suspended from beneath the because the tailpipe configuration is smaller and it weighs a lot of teams Felt like they could probably get by with a thinner material Metal Darby when you apply the heat of the they do and they do As for the melting of the new safety foam in the door a number of teams missed the false floor they need to put in to sup port the foam above the tailpipe Pemberton you Cou ple that with tailpipe and the heat gets to places that its not meant to get Kenseth argued that we did have it installed Lascar officials and the teams were working on the problem As the top priority because there Are so Many things that surround a failed exhaust Darby its the additional heat that goes into the cockpit its the possibility of Carbon monoxide entering the and if the heat is in that has the potential to affect other like shocks and the foam in the for Lascar has recommended that the teams use More durable tubing for the from the officials Pem Berton tried to View the Bristol race As fans you have to take into consideration where we he Bristol has great races any but to see the different mix of competitors up to see the closeness of the Field in qualify ing Only of a second separated positions i would have to say and the Only reason theres a minus there is a couple of problems with just the parts and the tailpipes and things of that during the he was kept apprised of mechanical difficulties on the track and in the pits Dar Bys As teams and Lascar inspectors both adjusted to the nuances and minutiae of the new the inspection Long and tedious in the Best of circumstance had to be so i would give our operations a Darby explaining Why his Overall Grade was a what makes me smile is that in one weeks that plus is Al ready going to be up in the High b weve shaved almost four full hours off the inspection
