[Larry Hill]

Sometimes a lot of the players know each other and communicate before the race to feel each other out. The last year we did it, the 60th, I got a call from another player. This is two weeks before Indy and they were wondering how fast the truck would go as an automatic. I kept it really close to the chest and revealed that I had a stick in the truck and all the stuff it took to make it work. He immediately knew that the Hp went from 189 Hp automatic to 155 factory Hp with a stick in the truck. We spoke just a little longer and we ended our conversation. Aww the beauty of a transmission change, a 34 Hp reduction in power. What’s not to like. Thirty minutes after we ended our conversation the phone rings, it’s my competition, he’s wanting to know what class I told him V/S his response was the index is .85 softer and I agreed. Let’s do the math 34 Hp reduction, .85 softer index = “ Hey y’all Watch This”.