surprising everyone in Sunday's trophy race was nixed when the nitrous didn't come on! Still, after a furious battle with Lancair pilot Lynn Farnsworth, Parker pulled out a convincing second, behind Lavelle.
Farnsworth, running perhaps the cleanest turbocharged Lancair Legacy in the world, insists that it's attention to details that adds speed. Gap tape, "pinking tape" at critical points in the airstream, and many Aerochia aerodynamic mods (from internal cowling and exhaust to wing-root fillets) mean that Farnsworth's consider- able horsepower has less drag to fight.
Lee Behel's Sweet Dreams: V-8, wood, fast, and gorgeous.
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