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Left front was hit pretty hard in turn 3, the fact that the right hand side was up against another car at the time made the hood bulge a bit. Pulled into the pits to have the damage checked, Glenn beat the car up with the biggest hammer he could find at the time .. seemed to do the trick ...

Same damage without the light bar installed, the only sloped nose Miata that I am aware of.  Good thing the light bar was not yet on the car.

Nose of the second car was against this side when we were smacked on the left side. Pushed in a bit