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WHAT RACERS SAY Audrey Zavodsky,NASA Great Lakes "The cars are constrained, so the difference is in the drivers. It's a fun series, with a great group of guys to race with. Daytona was a lot of fun, with fantastic racing going on between us. We had a really good size group." Robert Miller, NASA Southeast "I ran American Iron for three years and the costs just kept going higher and higher, with the more expensive cars that are in the class. Spec Iron got my attention because we're all driving pretty much the same car. It's a shopping list of the same parts. I think it's one of the best driver's series NASA has to offer unless you want to drive Spec Miata. There isn't but so much money you can spend on a Spec Iron car. It's the only V8 spec class NASA has to offer. And it's a Mustang, so you can't beat that. I'm a little biased. "2005 through 2010 Mustangs are everywhere and the parts are just getting cheaper, which is good. In spec-class racing, you're going to need a bumper every now and again." Carmine Pace, NASA Florida "I switched from American Iron to Spec Iron last year. Once you put yourself to it and you get the parts for the car, you just drive the car. I'm only $20,000 into my car so far for a full build. My buddy and I, Dennis, from Ramsey's Performance, we built it ourselves, from scratch. That $20,000 includes the price of the car and all the modifications, the cage and parts that I put into the car. The biggest thing is shopping for the car, and recently in the last year, actually, prices for the 2005 to 2009 cars have come down a lot." FINISHLINEPROD.NET FINISHLINEPROD.NET FINISHLINEPROD.NET 75