Brooks also had raced fuel cars in his youth , he was best known as the founder of Brooks Racing Components .
Which specialized in connecting rods , and Applied Friction Techniques ( AFT ) , which helped revolutionize nitro clutches in the late 1980s .
Although Brooks also had raced fuel cars in his youth , he was best known as the founder of Brooks Racing Components , which specialized in connecting rods , and Applied Friction Techniques ( AFT ) , which helped revolutionize nitro clutches in the late 1980s .