![]() To stress the simracer with tire wear, damage effects, brake deficiencies, two-speed transmission.To offer a level playing field that would reward driver strategy/intelligence/technique not infinite setup tweaking and aerodynamics.To reproduce the way the teams were managing the Indy 500 at that time.To do a tribute to the courageaous drivers and their cars.But even when a pit stop went well, getting a lumbering, hyperventilating roadster and it’s tall gear ratio underway again was a backbreaker, requiring the pushing of several straining mechanics. And chiefs and crews listened in horror whenever their driver slipped, abused and fried the fragile clutch. Prone to overheating, it might cause all sorts of grief by locking in gear during pit stops. « A roadster’s Meyer-Drake transmission was a glorified Model A Ford. While I could never got away with letting the back end out, I believe those two could.-Have fun you guys.»-Len Sutton The one exception may be Herk or Parnelli. « Do this 800 times during a 500 mile race and you will have gotten everything out of your race car that is possible. ![]() This project is dedicated to the late Indy driver Len Sutton and to racing historian Gordon Eliot White who both helped us. RF2 Gasoline Alley mod by Gilles Benoit, Bill Guillaume and Michael Borda
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