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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">GRAND AMERICAN ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">28/11/2000</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">First Crawford SSC2K Test</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">At Carolina Motor Sports Park</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/TestParkGRA.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">For a little over two years now, Max Crawford has been working on bringing <BR> his vision of a proper prototype to life. And now, his baby is born and <BR> screaming it's head off! Crawford, owner of Crawford Composites, and a <BR> veteran of the racing scene, took his new creation, the Andy Scriven designed <BR> Crawford SSC2K, to the track and - like any proud parent who witnessed a new <BR> birth- he commented, "We are over the moon!"<BR> <BR> Chassis #1, owned by Fredy Lienhard's Lista Racing, and run by Kevin Doran, <BR> rolled out onto the Carolina Motor Sports Park track in South Carolina this <BR> week, and the results were very encouraging. "We are absolutely tickled to <BR> death! We didn't have all the aerodynamic pieces on the car and it still <BR> gave us fantastic results." Andy Wallace and Elliott Forbes Robinson were on <BR> hand to drive the new baby and they told Max the car was better out of the <BR> box than other cars they have driven that had already been through extensive <BR> development.<BR> <BR> The car ran on Yokohama tires and with a Judd engine. The chassis has been <BR> designed to accept several different engines but the Judd has the inside line <BR> for Lista racing. While other teams have expressed an interest, no other buyers have written a check yet. But Crawford is very encouraged by what the car has done in only its first trial run. And more testing is to follow. "We have tests coming <BR> up at Virginia International and at Homestead. We have a pretty significant <BR> program set."<BR> <BR> A time consuming effort, the Crawfords even had to amend their Thanksgiving <BR> plans to complete the testing. But Max doesn't seem to mind having missed <BR> some turkey and stuffing. "I think we all felt some reservations, having <BR> spent so long working to get this where we wanted it to be. You know, you ask <BR> yourself, 'What have we built?' but after testing, we are VERY pleased!"<BR> <BR> Kevin Doran commented in an earlier interview that the team was setting its <BR> sights on debuting the Crawford SSC2K at the 2001 Rolex 24 hours at Daytona. <BR> With his guidance and Crawford's parental instincts working in combination, <BR> one has to wonder just how dynamic a car this new baby will be.</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>