Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Associate Editor
2/21/18 12:07 p.m.
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Did you know bobsleds have to be corner-balanced, just like your track car? It doesn't come as a huge surprise, after all the sport's biggest enemy is friction, so setup is vital. Four of the United States Olympic Team's two-man bobsleds and one of their four-man sleds—competing starting today—were…

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Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy UltimaDork
2/21/18 1:21 p.m.

I wonder if Geoff Bodine is still involved in building bobsleds?  After the winter games at Lake Placid, he was embarrassed by the lousy equipment the Americans had, and spent some stock car time and money on building new high end stuff.  Bo-Dyne sleds maybe?

snailmont5oh
snailmont5oh HalfDork
2/21/18 7:09 p.m.

I was just getting ready to say that I'd be surprised if a Bo-Dyn bobsled *wasn't* corner weighted by Intercomp scales, since they're the most common scales to see at a race track, and Geoff Bodine is a racer. 

I was happy when he decided to build our teams some real bobsleds, instead of our guys getting stuff that wasn't good enough for the Germans. 

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