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Permalink Reply by Nitrosnoopy on November 19, 2008 at 11:18am

Rcr did development but menards does the rebuilds now

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Plowman on November 19, 2008 at 11:46am

Leon Patton.

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on November 19, 2008 at 12:44pm

Special engines. RG has 2 of 4 known Proto Engines by GM. Spenny (RCR) built the first 2 and now Menard rebuilds them and developes them further..

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on November 19, 2008 at 12:49pm

Great thanks.. How about the Hummers?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Plowman on November 19, 2008 at 1:08pm

What happened to Leon? Last I heard he had a Patton motor at the shop...

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on November 19, 2008 at 2:18pm

I heard is was assembled by Leon Patton also. I know in the past he had the RCR motor which blew apart at Parker one year. It knocked a hole in the side of the block. Then I know the next motor was a Menard motor, that was the same time when Menard was also doing RGM's Cup motors.

But who knows in Gordon Land. Things change.

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Permalink Reply by Blue Ridge Rob on November 19, 2008 at 8:48pm

Spenny Clendenen is the engine department manager at RCR but I don't think he builds any engines any more. If it's the best. probably Danny Lawrence or Greg Gunnell built them. Both are top flight. Greg built the engine that Dale Sr. won the Daytona 500 with. His dad is a good friend of mine. I'll ask him if he knows anything about the TT engine. He would have to ask Greg.

BRR

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