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Old 09-02-2006, 04:17 AM
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In pictures, it doesn't look good from the side, imo.

http://www.speedarena.com/news/publi...cle_7137.shtml
Old 09-02-2006, 08:29 AM
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That's a shame.
Old 09-02-2006, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by micro
In pictures, it doesn't look good from the side, imo.

http://www.speedarena.com/news/publi...cle_7137.shtml

"I’ll preface this by saying that there are always multiple sides to any story and this is from information I have gathered solely with speaking with people close to Team Lexus. Upon speaking to them, it seems that some at Toyota Racing Development (TRD) became very interested in this project after the initial announcements were made by Lexus and were interested in taking over the project. Serious changes had been going on at TRD with their new interest in NASCAR and their moving their entire operation to the NASCAR land of North Carolina. With that, early last spring, a couple TRD employees were left behind and put in a position to oversee the build of the new Lexus ALMS project, which was not part of Team Lexus’ original contract. Unfortunately, according to those same sources, internal “political” issues and delayed funding for the team, lead to the project falling behind schedule. However, TRD reports to Lexus lead them to believe that the team was the problem, the reason they were behind schedule and ultimately not capable of completing the project. After this continued for some time and with infighting between the team, TRD and Lexus, the project became so out of order that Chuck Goldsborough, team principal of Team Lexus, said he had enough and put an end to the project. Unfortunately, at this point, it doesn’t look like the project will be salvaged, at least under the banner of Team Lexus."

TRD is why too busy with NACAR and lower prioroty of supplying the GRAND-Am Lexus engines.
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talk about aero drag

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