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Getting into the ARCA Car and Adjusting Setup

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I Tested an ARCA Car at DAYTONA! (It wasn't what I expected)

What happens here

Mitchell enters the ARCA car, which is larger than his usual car, requiring adjustments. Brad helps him with the harness and explains the non-standard shifter. Tony assists with adjusting the steering wheel. Mitchell tries to adjust the steering wheel position, which is secured by a nut on the backside. They get it to a comfortable position, with Mitchell remarking on the ample headroom compared to his personal car.

Goal: Fit comfortably into the car and adjust the steering.

Tools and materials

  • ARCA Race Car Mullins Racing — The vehicle being prepared for Mitchell to drive
  • Racing Harness — Securing the driver in the seat
  • Steering Wheel — Driver input for steering

What they say

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get in there. We got two little bitty guys that were this tall with the other car and then we got the Jolly Green Giant over this one. >> The Jolly Green Giant. How's the wheel? He's going to get some foam right now. Okay, I have my seat insert. I don't know how much of a pain in the butt it would try to be to stick it in here. Eight. It's more of a George seat, but I don't know. It's not the same insert. Eight doesn't look like it would be easy to do. >> No, cuz this has got this extra thing back here that would push me way too far forward. This whole web system down here is not something I've ever My own system doesn't do this, so this is a little bit different, but other than that it's fine. I feel like I got miles of headroom in here compared to my own car. If you were in this car, I don't think your helmet would look so beat up from getting in and out. No, my helmet looks like a dang football helmet cuz I have to put it on before I get in the car or I have no movement to put the stuff on and it hits everything on the way in and out. And then people ask, "Why don't you paint that helmet?" Cuz I beat the I beat it immediately. I love the old Hurst shift ball from like 1974. Well, you you you've seen Willie's shop. Oh, yeah. No, this is cool. Yeah, that was probably out of one of his drag cars. He won't throw anything away. He's like, "I'll find use for it one day." I would do this on purpose. I could put the shift ball from my personal Can I get you to So on the bottom side of this one here, you might have to pull this wheel off. The nut is on the backside. Just loosen it up a little bit. >> Okay. I can't I can't get around it from this side without climbing all all the way across you. There you go. >> Thank you, Willie. Sorry I was All right, cool. Put it Put it where you want it. Yeah, that's better. That looks a lot better. I like 90/90. That's kind of where it's good. So once you If you can get that side snug, once you get out, we'll get down in there and get it. Are you excited? Yeah. Does it feel real yet? No, not really. It probably won't feel real until I'm going down pit road, going through the gears and I'm like, "Wow, I'm going to go out there and I'm going to floor it and nobody's going to yell at me." Actually, that's They would yell at me if I didn't do that. So that's that's different. That'll I'm interested to see how it feels after I go do it and we check back in. Mhm. I'm not going to be at the top of the board…

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