Yeah, I like to keep things simple. It makes maintenance faster and easier and makes the racecar more reliable. 50+ years in racing has taught me that reliability and preparedness are the two most important components in any racecar. Let me know if you get stumped anyplace. I can measure one of my cars to get dimensions and you can change or modify to suit your application if needed.

I prefer the cycle car configuration. I race against a couple of tricycle cars and they have handling problems on the tight courses. Also, in my 12 years of Electrathon I have seen 4 rollovers - 3 of them were tricycle cars.

Bearings for what? If you are referring to the rod ends I use in my steering (tie rods), I get them from Speedway Motors online. ACE Hardware also has them, but they are much cheaper from Speedway.

That's good, a vendor who will help you out. I got the local Auto Parts store to sell me my batteries at a discount price, but that's about it.