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russ nutting is my father in law.
he built the car. he use to build a lot years ago, he is 83 now and still races.
im leaving his name on it.

I got to spend a lot of time with him when I went up to get the car. something I usually don't do when I am there. AMAZING amount of racing knowledge that man has. been doing it all his life and that is ALL he does. that's why its kind of hard for me to talk to him, I know so little compared to him. also I am deaf and he mumbles.
the first time I met him is when I got married. he did not even stop working in a race car to come meet the guy that was marrying his daughter.

he is amazing, if there is something he needs, he makes it.
he is very simple when it comes to car setup,
I have been reading trying to learn about suspension setups for these cars.
so I ask questions like,
do you run split caster, "nope"
how about rear stagger, "nope"
why no rear stagger. " think about it, going down the straight the tires are working against each other" (found out he runs open rear diff)
what about rear steer "nope, (some smart reply like) do you really want the rear end moving around"
what about anti dive. "nope, just binds up front end so it doesn't move"
so you keep it pretty simple then. "yep"

he wins a lot, even against the young hi dollar teams.
I hear him mumble about these guys wasting all their money on those expensive gadgets!!

he came from a time when he did not have much money. in fact his racing put food on the table.

I found out his wife also raced. she won the powder puff championship quite a few times.