I was gonna buy one too Drew and wondered just that. I had a Stronglight
needle bearing headset way back when and forgot how it went. Based on the
image of the IRD Double Roller Drive yes, that's how the assembly goes.
Crown race on the bottom, bearing over the crown race, steel race on the
top
I do have a Needle-Blaster HS on my Norther-Lyon. The way Garth described
it is the way I assembled it. Seems to work fine.
The Steel Race goes between the top of the needle bearings and below the
Bottom Cup. The Bottom Cup does not have a race for the needle bearings.
Is the lack of a ra