Test hit

 
     (UPDATE, MARCH 24: RACE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF RAIN. I think Paul will try the last week of March to test, before  the Atlanta race the first weekend in April.)
    After what must have seemed like an eternity, Paul Gibbs finally got the updated Cuda Beast onto a racetrack, testing last Saturday at Brainerd Motorsports Park outside Chattanooga. In two test attempts, the pumped-up Beast succeeded in destroying its Lenco transmission. Paul said he suspects an air pocket in the transmission cooler led to the loss of a couple of quarts of trans fluid, and on to the eventual end of the Lenco.
     But when I got Paul on the phone this week, he was on his way home from Holbrook's in Chattanooga with a fresh Lenco in the truck bed. He said he expects to test again at BMP this weekend, with an eye on resetting the track's 3.92 pro mod record.
     I recommend checking the track's Facebook page, which does a fine job of covering the racing. Here's video of Paul's first test attempt last Saturday. The sound of  the new drivetrain is incredible.

Cuda Beast test

No racing this weekend

    Paul and the Cuda Beast team will delay the start of their 2018 season for another month as Paul is moving into a new house this weekend. He had hoped  to race this weekend at the NMCA meet in Bradenton, Fla. The new opener for the team will be the NMCA race in Commerce, Ga., in early April. In the meantime, Paul said he hopes to get in a test session or two at the Brainerd Motorsports Park in Chattanooga (I think that's the facility's new name).