{"id":1972,"date":"2021-01-05T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2021-01-07T02:05:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T06:05:12","slug":"ahead-of-its-time-the-car-that-pushed-the-limits-for-lasoski-sprint-car-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/news\/ahead-of-its-time-the-car-that-pushed-the-limits-for-lasoski-sprint-car-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"AHEAD OF ITS TIME: The car that pushed the limits for Lasoski, Sprint Car racing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Danny Lasoski and Jerry Russell unleashed an unstoppable apex predator at Volusia Speedway Park in 2000.<\/p>\n
They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn\u2019t stop to think if they should\u2026 In all honesty, they didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n
The pair \u2013 Lasoski, a soon to be champion, and Russell, who recently started Eagle Chassis \u2013 engineered a car that made the rule book sweat. The frame was offset to the right, the cage was taller, the A-frame was moved back, the engine was off-center, the body was aero-focused and there were a few other features Russell said he\u2019s “not at liberty to talk about.”<\/p>\n
By the words of the rule book \u2013\u00a0or lack thereof \u2013 at the time,\u00a0the car was legal<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to understand, back in the day there was no weight rule,\u201d Lasoski said. \u201cWhat you brought to the racetrack was what you raced. Everybody was completely anal about being light. When the 1,200-pound rule came into effect (meaning all cars had to weigh a minimum of 1,200 pounds) I said, \u2018If it\u2019s going to be 1,200 pounds then I\u2019m going to make sure it benefits me.\u2019<\/p>\n