40 years and two days after that Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins took Apollo 11 to the moon, our Cuda set its slick tires on the famous Le Mans track for the first time. Thanks to circuit director Patrick Coutant and press officer Magaly Seraphin, our Cuda could make a few laps this morning.
It came to only a few laps indeed, because the former drag racing engine that is still in the car showed its disliking of roadcourse up and downs. Nevertheless, we managed to get a good impression about the Cuda's promissing qualities in terms of handling and cornering speed.
We expect the Cuda to perform at a very high level, once its got a proper roadcourse motor. It will now take two or three good testing seesion to dial in the front end and overall suspension. Up until then, I wish to thank Dick Pierson, Mike Volz, Tom Hegbert and Bob Fulmer who all did a great job putting the Cuda together as it is now.
From the day, Dick picked it up in Laguna Seca, it took only a year to get it to make race type laps in Le Mans. So even with a blown motor (that came with the car and that I did not expect to last anyhow), today is a day to celebrate! Which is just what we did by having a few cool OLY's in the pits.
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