Two weeks and counting

We'll be leaving for Road America in just over two weeks. I had a big long list of things to do, but with this being the last race of the year for me, I'll save some of the list for the off season.
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Exhaust pipe issues.
Photo taken by Jim Knerr
If you look at the white arrow back by the rear tire, it's pointing at my exhaust. The pipe was contacting the track going up the esses (turn 2) at Watkins Glen. This is known because I saw a photo of the car at the esses and you could see no space between the ground and the exhaust pipe (plus some scratching on the pipe). This photo, like many others of the F5000 cars, was on the Bobby Rahal site the following Monday, but now they're all gone, a mystery.


Two possible reasons for contact. One, the springs are to soft, or two, the rear wing has to much down force. But there is a possible third reason: the designers of the Lola T192 never intended for the exhaust to exit under the car. I'm not anticipating the pipe to hit at Road America, but I'll keep a eye on it.