Daytona Prototype Construction (Very Cool!!)
I found a little page showing a few sequential pics of the construction of a DP car ( http://www.multimaticmotorsports.com/daytona/builds.shtml ) if
you aren't familiar with them, heres the basics of the class:
At the center of the Daytona Prototypes will be a normally aspired six or eight cylinder engine. The framework around the engine is limited to a steel
or aluminum in a tubular frame or semi-monocoque setup. The engine must be unstressed. A minimum weight restriction is set from 1975 pounds to 2050
pounds based on engine displacement.
By the way,the reason I think this is so cool is because, basically, they build these things in the same fashion that we build our locosts at home
(although they just have more budget to invest in precision surface plates/ jigs, etc..) I never really thought about it before, but I always assumed
they used some insanely expensive and unattainable process to locate every tube precisely on the car at once...anyways, I learned something. 
[Edited on 26/10/04 by turbo time]
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