UPDATE: The #38 Barbasol Racing team and driver Elton Sawyer are scheduled to participate in a Unocal fuel test at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Monday, August 17th. The team will be testing the affects of unleaded fuel on the 9:1 engine.(GoRacing)(8-15-98) – The test, overseen by NASCAR officials, was conducted by the Barbasol/Akins-Sutton Motorsports NASCAR Busch Series team, with driver Elton Sawyer running a Ford with a 9.5-to-1 eight-cylinder engine using 105-octane UNOCAL unleaded fuel. According to Bob Sutton, co-owner of Akins-Sutton Motorsports, very few changes were required in both the engine and carburetor of Sawyer’s Ford, which used a brand-new Roush Racing-built engine for last week’s test. The rest of the story at: NASCAR tests unleaded gasoline in Busch car by Bill Kiser of iRace.(8-26-98)
