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Article: NEW CHASSIS MAY DEBUT AT PENNZOIL
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- The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
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- August 15, 1997
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The Columbian
08-15-1997
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) -- The nervousness is gone, the gremlins have been exorcised and now the Tom Kelley Racing team must decide whether a new chassis is ready for competition in Sunday's IRL Pennzoil 200.
Mark Dismore was to be behind the wheel today for the first day of practice at the New Hampshire International Speedway, after only two days of testing Monday and Tuesday.
Chief design engineer Bill Riley of Riley & Scott Inc. admitted it was unusual nowadays to put a car on the track for the first time the same week as the race.
When Dismore climbed into the car Monday, "it was the first time it ever turned a wheel," Riley said. "I definitely had ...