With less than one month left till King of the Hammers, Erik Miller and team Miller Motorsport’s are certainly feeling the pressure with their brand new build. At least now they can cross off one more item on the to-do list. Chromoly suspension and steering links are fully heat treated, and will be heading out east today.

Now these are the kind of returns we like to see. In preparation for King of the Hammers, Jason Scherer shipped back his Spider 9 IFS parts for general inspection. Best he knew, parts were just fine, but for a race like King of the Hammers it’s always best to be prepared.

So, after a season of Ultra4 racing, including the top honors spot Jason grabbed at The PSC Brawl in Blackwell, how well did his Spider 9 IFS prototype parts hold up? In one word, flawless.

All four Ultimate Unit Bearings are as tight as the day we shipped them, and shafts are straight as an arrow. Since parts are already torn down, we’ll set Jason up with two new IFS stub shaft bearings and seals just to be safe, but that’s it. These parts are ready for another season.

Always nice to see prototype parts in action, handling their job as they were intended. That’s our look back, time to move forward. Back to work we go.