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Rec.autos.sport FAQ (FAQ on fast cars!)
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Archive-name: autos/sport/introduction
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Last-modified: Sep 26th 1994
Version: 1.3
The rec.autos.sport FAQ
A few of the things you might have
wanted to know about motorsport
Copyright 1994 by Motorsport News International. Permission
is granted to freely distribute or edit any portion of this document.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 How to find the FAQ
This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport,
rec.answers and news.answers.
The FAQ is now available in several formats:
1.1.1 ASCII Text
The latest text version of the FAQ is also available from:
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/introduction
Several other servers have the FAQ, although these may be updated less
frequently. On some these servers have the filenames for the FAQ are
derived from the "Subject:" line. I think these are an early version
of
the FAQ which was posted to rec.autos.sport without suggested archive
filenames.
Europe:
ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/pub/usenet/usenet-by-
group/rec.autos.sport/introductionn
ftp://ftp.sunet.se:/pub/usenet/rec.autos.sport/introduction
ftp.uni-paderborn.de:/doc/FAQ/rec.autos.sport
gopher://gopher.uni-paderborn.de:70/0/Service/FTP
America:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-
hierarchy/rec/answers/autos/sport/introductionn
ftp://ftp.uu.net:/usenet/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.Z
ftp://ftp.mty.itesm.mx:/pub/usenet/news.answers/autos/sport/introducti
on
gopher://jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca:70
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html
Asia:
ftp://ftp.edu.tw:/USENET/FAQ/rec/autos/sport
1.1.2 WWW
The latest hypertext version is available by WWW at:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html
http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~js1/rasfaq.html
1.1.3 LaTeX
latex2html can compile this into HTML files on your local machine.
This
will let you WWW browser without getting each file separately across
the
network. The files are zipped together. Remember to transfer them as
binary.
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/rasfaq_latex.zip
1.1.4 Postscript
The Postscript version of the FAQ looks quite nice but is a bit of a
tree-killer at 97 pages. I can split this into smaller chunks if
anyone
is interested.
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/rasfaq.ps
1.2 Getting files by e-mail and ftp
If you only have electronic mail, the FAQ can also be retrieved from
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu, listserver@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr,
ftp-mail@uni-paderborn.de and ftpmail@ftp.edu.tw
For information on how to use FTP, send e-mail to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with with no subject line. In the body of the
mail put: send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources
1.3 What is a FAQ ?
This is normally a Frequently Asked Question, although some people
prefer to call them Frequently Answered Questions. Some of the entries
in this FAQ aren't actually answered or even asked very often, but I
think they are some questions that should be answered.
Whilst some care has been taken in the preparation of this FAQ, a few
errors may have slipped through the net (no pun intended). Please send
any corrections or additions to rasfaq@bath.ac.uk.
Throughout the FAQ, telephone numbers are quoted by giving the
country,
the international dialing code in parentheses, (), followed by the
rest
of the number. Although this is a little unwieldy, it is clear and
consistent. To dial from the same country, you usually dial 0 instead
of
the international dialing code. Check your telephone book for
instructions
on International calls. You may not be able to reach some numbers from
another country (for example: North American 1-800 numbers).
1.4 Contents of the FAQ
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 How to find the FAQ
1.1.1 ASCII Text
1.1.2 WWW
1.1.3 LaTeX
1.1.4 Postscript
1.2 Getting files by e-mail and ftp
1.3 What is a FAQ ?
1.4 Contents of the FAQ
2 NETTIQUETTE
2.1 The Content of Your Post
2.2 The Style of Your Post
2.3 Practicalities
2.4 Spoilers
2.5 Handling Frequently Asked Questions
3 CHARTERS
3.1 rec.autos.sport
3.2 rec.autos.sport.info
3.3 rec.autos.sport.f1
3.4 rec.autos.sport.indy
3.5 rec.autos.sport.nascar
3.6 rec.autos.sport.misc
3.7 rec.autos.sport.tech
3.8 rec.autos.simulators
3.9 Others related newsgroups
4 MAILING LISTS
4.1 Motorsport
4.2 Autocross
4.3 DRML (Drag Racing Mailing List)
4.4 Hotrods
4.5 Karting
4.6 NASCAR
4.7 Rallying
4.8 Wheel-to-wheel
4.9 Formula SAE
5 OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES
5.1 What are WWW and IRC?
5.2 Some interesting WWW URLs
5.3 Gopher
5.4 IRC channels
5.5 Televised Events
6 1994 RACE SCHEDULES
6.1 Single Seaters
6.1.1 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Schedule
6.1.2 FIA International F3000 Championship
6.1.3 Japanese F3000 Championship
6.1.4 PPG IndyCar World Series
6.1.5 SCCA Player's Ltd Toyota Atlantic Championship
6.1.6 PPG-Firestone Indy Lights Championship, powered by Buick
6.1.7 Barber SAAB
6.1.8 American Cities Racing League (ACRL)
6.2 Stock Cars
6.2.1 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
6.2.2 NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division
6.2.3 IMSA Exxon World Sports Car Supreme GT
6.2.4 SCCA Trans-Am
6.2.5 Bridgestone Supercar
6.2.6 Firestone Firehawk Endurance
6.2.7 ASA AC-Delco Challenge Series Schedule
6.2.8 Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship (BTCC. Class II
6.2.9 Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschaft (DTM or GTCC) (Class I
Touring
6.2.10 ONS/ADAC Tourenwagen-Cup (German Class-II-Touring Cars)
6.2.11 Miscellaneous Races
6.3 Rallying
6.3.1 FIA World Rally Championship
6.3.2 SCCA Pro Rally Championship
6.3.3 Canadian Rally Championship (CRC)
6.4 NHRA Drag Racing
7 1994 DRIVER LINE UPS
7.1 1994 Formula One Drivers
7.2 1994 IndyCar Drivers
7.3 1994 NASCAR Drivers
7.4 1994 BTCC Drivers
7.5 1994 DTM Drivers
8 1994 F1 SPECIFICATIONS
8.1 What is the relationship between FIA, FOCA and F1 ?
8.2 How powerful were the `turbo' F1 cars ?
8.3 How do pnematic valve return systems work ?
8.4 How much does it cost to run a F1 team?
8.5 How is F1 Prize Money Shared Out ?
8.6 How did Ron Dennis come to run McLaren ?
8.7 How did Frank Williams get into Formula One ?
9 1994 INDYCAR SPECIFICATIONS
9.1 Chassis
9.2 Aerodynamics
9.3 Tyres
9.4 Engines
9.5 Fuel
9.6 How much does it cost to run an IndyCar team?
10 QUALIFYING FOR THE INDY 500
10.1 Which cars start the race ?
10.2 How are the qualifying days organised ?
10.3 How is the race starting order decided ?
10.4 How big is the track at Indy ?
10.5 How can I get tickets for the Indy 500 ?
10.6 Qualifying for other IndyCar Races
11 POINTS SYSTEMS
11.1 How does the F1 points system work?
11.2 How does the IndyCar points system work?
12 MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 What are the IndyCar flag rules ?
12.2 Andretti vs Mansell
12.3 What are the pros and cons of gravel traps, tyre walls, armco
& walls
12.4 Where can I send condolences to the Family of Ayrton Senna ?
12.5 What Helmet was Ayrton Senna Wearing When he Crashed?
13 NASCAR INFORMATION
13.1 Technical Regulations
13.2 So How Much of a `Stock Car' is `Stock' ?
13.3 What is a `restrictor plate' ?
13.4 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
13.5 NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division
13.6 ASA AC-Delco Challenge Series Schedule
13.7 1994 NASCAR Drivers
13.8 How does the NASCAR Winston Cup points system work?
13.9 How are rookie points decided ?
13.10 How are NASCAR provisional starts decided ?
13.11 Who is the guy that's always in the NASCAR victory lane ?
13.12 How can I find MRN radio ?
13.13 How can I get information about watching a NASCAR race ?
14 GENERAL QUESTIONS
14.1 Who is the greatest driver of all time ?
14.2 Which is the best racing series ?
14.3 Murray Walker
14.4 Motorsport GIFs and JPEGs ?
14.5 Which are good races to spectate at ?
14.6 Where can I get tickets for races ?
14.6.1 San Marino GP, May 1st 1994
14.6.2 Canadian GP, June 12 1994
14.6.3 British GP, July 16th 1995
14.6.4 Italian GP, September 11th 1994
14.7 Origins of the names of teams and Manufacturers
14.8 What are the origins of F1 chassis numbers ?
14.9 How are F1 race numbers allocated ?
14.10 Why is there no US GP ?
15 MOTORSPORT PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
15.1 Pronouncing `English' names
15.2 Pronouncing Germanic names
15.3 Pronouncing Japanese names
15.4 Pronouncing French and Canadian names
15.5 Pronouncing Portugeuse and Brazilian names
15.6 Pronouncing Finnish names
16 REC.AUTOS.SPORT AND USENET
16.1 The race finished hours ago. Where are all the results ?
16.2 Where are r.a.s.info, r.a.s.tech, r.a.s.nascar, r.a.s.f1 &
r.a.s.misc
?
16.3 How many people read the rec.autos.sport hierarchy ?
16.4 Where can I get the latest race results and championship
16.5 Now that rec.autos.sport has split, why not make
16.6 Why rec.autos.sport.* and not rec.sport.autos.* ?
17 MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS
17.1 How do I Join the Pick6 competitions ?
17.2 Which are faster: Racing cars or racing motorbikes ?
17.3 Which are faster: F1 or IndyCars ?
17.4 Can a car decelerate faster than 1G ?
17.5 Car X handles superbly. All it needs is more power
17.6 What are the advantages of Carbon Fibre Brakes ?
17.7 Who helped make this FAQ ?
18 TOURING CAR REGULATIONS
18.1 FIA Class 1 Touring Car Technical Regulations
18.2 FIA Class 2 Touring Car Technical Regulations
19 GETTING INVOLVED WITH MOTORSPORT
19.1 Marshalling(Course Working)
19.1.1 What type of training do marshalls need for
19.1.2 What type of training do F1 marshalls need ?
19.2 Helping a Race Team
20 STARTING RACING
20.1 Which series ?
20.1.1 single-seaters
20.1.2 stock cars
20.2 Race Driving Schools
20.2.1 F1 Racing school
20.2.2 SCCA Racing Schools
20.2.3 Sprint Car Driving School
20.2.4 Drag Race Driving School
20.3 Kart Racing
20.3.1 Classes of karting
21 RACE SCANNERS
21.1 Is that all that you can use a scanner for?
21.2 Where is it legal to use a scanner ?
21.2.1 USA
21.2.2 UK
21.3 Scanner Features
21.3.1 Setting Frequencies
21.3.2 Which frequency bands - 200, 400 or 800Mhz
21.3.3 Will you be able to hear it ?
21.3.4 Bleedover
21.3.5 Batteries
21.4 What Scanner Should I Buy?
21.4.1 Uniden
21.4.2 Radio Shack
21.5 Some Comments on Scanners at Races
21.6 Where to buy a scanner or frequency lists
22 MISCELLANEOUS
22.1 What is Formula SAE ?
22.2 What is `John Winter's' real name ?
23 ADDRESSES
23.1 Track Addresses
23.2 Addresses for Motor Sport Magazines
23.3 Addresses of Bookshops
23.4 Motorsport Video Companies
23.5 Motorsport Governing Bodies
23.6 TV Company Addresses
23.7 F1 Team Addresses
23.8 IndyCar Team Addresses
23.9 NASCAR Team Addresses
23.10 More Addresses
2. NETTIQUETTE
A lot of people read this newsgroup - over 100,000 at the latest
estimate. Some readers are restricted to tortuously slow connections.
Some people pay for their connect time by the minute. Other people
just
like to read news when the Net is running slowly. When you post,
please
ask yourself questions like:
2.1 The Content of Your Post
o Are you discussing `organised, legal auto competitions' ?
rec.autos.sport is not for discussion of roadgoing `sports cars'.
o Would it be better to post to rec.autos.sport,
rec.autos.sport.tech
or rec.autos.sport.nascar ? The charters for these newsgroups are
listed in section 3.
o Is a cross posted article is directly relevant to all of the
groups
where it will appear ? It is usually wrong to cross post an
article
to both rec.autos.sport and one of its subgroups (eg r.a.s.tech
or
r.a.s.nascar).
o It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a
copyrighted
work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly
and
explicitly forbidden by international and US copyright law.
2.2 The Style of Your Post
o Would you want to read what you are writing ? Might it be better
to
email a comment, or even make no comment ? Spelling and grammar
flames are particularly dull for the rest of the world, as are
posts
which follow fifty lines of quoted text with I agree.
o On the Net, most people only know you by the words that you
write.
People will pay more attention to your thoughts if your writing
is
clear and easy to read.
o Trim down your quotes. Delete parts of the article that you are
not
responding to such as other people's signatures. Its best to have
as
little as possible from previous posts.
o Humour, and particularly sarcasm, is often misunderstood over the
Net
with hilarious consequences. A smily, :-), may be advisable.
2.3 Practicalities
o Is the subject line is both descriptive and accurate ?
o People can select the articles which most appeal to them if you
have
a keyword in the subject field like F1, INDYCAR, NHRA, WRC,
F3000,
IMSA etc. I think ADMIN is good for any posts which discuss the
day-to-day running of the group, splitting the group, or revising
the
charter.
o Please try to keep the lines in the main text of your posts to
fewer
than 80 characters per line. When lines are longer than this, it
becomes difficult to read with many news readers. 72 characters
per
line is a good length, since it allows others to quote you
without
running over 80 characters.
o If you are following up an article to create a new article,
please
remember to delete the References: line in the header. This will
help
the readers who use a threaded news reader; otherwise your new
topic
will be mixed in with an old one.
o Please do not post large files like GIFs or JPEGs to
rec.autos.sport.
They will fill the Usenet disk partitions at some sites. Some
people
cannot select which articles they want before they have to
download
them. It is much better to post them to
alt.binaries.pictures.misc
with a short post to rec.autos.sport to notify anyone who is
interested.
2.4 Spoilers
o If you are going to post about a race before some people will
have
had the chance to watch it on television, say within 48 hours of
the
race, please put (spoiler) in the Subject: line and don't give
away
the result. You might also want to give people a chance to quit
reading your message before you give them the news. The most
reliable
way of doing this is with at least 24 blank lines. L page breaks
(hold the control key and press l) do not work for some
newsreaders.
o If you have not yet seen the race, a day after it was on TV, and
you
really don't want to know who won, please abstain from r.a.s for
a
day. Even if everyone goes by the guidelines, there are always
new
people who won't know about them.
o If someone posts results without a spoiler warning, do not post a
public flame. Mail a reasonably civil email note to that person
requesting that they use (spoiler) in the future.
2.5 Handling Frequently Asked Questions
o If you are asking a basic question, please check the FAQ first.
If
the FAQ is has expired on your system, see section 1.1 for
information on how to get a copy.
o If someone posts a question about something that was resolved
recently, please answer the poster via email. Rehashing something
that was just discussed is a waste of bandwidth unless you have
something new to add.
o Many news reading programs allow you to filter the articles in a
newsgroup to ignore articles from a particular author or on
certain
subjects using a KILL file. If you're using rn or its brethren,
see
the rn KILL file FAQ in news.answers. Two lines that you might
like
in your KILL file for rec.autos.sport are:
/Subject: rec\.autos\.sport FAQ.* /h:j
/From: .*A\.H\. Henry/h:j
3. CHARTERS
3.1 rec.autos.sport
This unmoderated group is for discussion of legal, organised
competition
involving automobiles. Discussion from either of two viewpoints,
spectator and participant, is encouraged. Technical discussions are
generally more appropriately carried on in rec.autos.sport.tech, and
NASCAR (and other professional stock car racing) is discussed in
rec.autos.sport.nascar. Arguments about sports cars are largely
inappropriate, as are most other discussions. For Sale ads are
inappropriate unless they are for competition vehicles and/or
equipment.
Discussions of illegal events are marginal; one should probably avoid
advocating breaking the law. (remember, the FBI reads Usenet!)
3.2 rec.autos.sport.info
This is a moderated group which contains announcements, results,
standings, news items, press releases, schedules, `reliable' rumours,
and other information about automotive racing. No discussion is
permitted; followups are be directed to rec.autos.sport.
3.3 rec.autos.sport.f1
Anything to do with Formula 1 motor racing, including but not limited
to race results, times from testing, practice, and qualifying, silly
season predictions, rumours, and news. Discussion of teams, drivers,
cars, engines, rules, safety are also in the charter.
3.4 rec.autos.sport.indy
All Indy Car racing related discussion, including but not limited to
race results, times from testing, practice, and qualifying, silly
season predictions, rumours, and news. Discussion of teams, drivers,
cars, engines, rules, safety are also in the charter.
3.5 rec.autos.sport.nascar
This unmoderated group is for discussions about all aspects of
professional stock car racing, especially the NASCAR (Winston Cup and
Grand National) but also series such as CASCAR and AUSCAR.
3.6 rec.autos.sport.misc
Replaces rec.autos.sport as the group in which discussion of
organized,
legal motor racing that does not fall within the category of one of
the
sub-groups takes places. Now that rec.autos.sport.misc has passed,
rec.autos.sport will be removed in three months, allowing time for
traffic to move to the new groups.
3.7 rec.autos.sport.tech
An unmoderated group for discussions about the technical aspects of
racing cars. Discussions that are appropriate for this group include
F1/Indy engines, restrictor plates, aerodynamics, semi-automatic
transmissions, exotic fuels, carbon vs steel brakes, active
suspension,
chassis construction etc.
3.8 rec.autos.simulators
An unmoderated newsgroup for discussions of realistic computer
simulations of automotive vehicles, irrespective of the platforms on
which the simulations are supported. This includes simulations which
have a competitive component (racing simulations) and those which do
not. Arcade racing simulators, which give an overhead perspective and
which do not attempt to provide realism of handling of the vehicle,
would not be appropriate in this newsgroup, whilst discussion of
Microprose's Formula 1 Grand Prix and Papyrus's IndyCar Racing would
be
appropriate.
3.9 Others related newsgroups
Motorbike racing is more appropriate in rec.motorcycles.racing and
rec.motorcycles.dirt. You may also find alt.hotrod and
alt.autos.karting, on your Usenet feed.
4. MAILING LISTS
4.1 Motorsport
A general autosport mailing list. You can subscribe by sending a
message
to listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu, and in the body of the message put:
sub AUTORACE your_firstname your_lastname.
4.2 Autocross
Discussion of autocrossing, SCCA Solo events. Also available as a
digest. Many members of the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) are on
the list.
Send a message with subscribe and a return e-mail address to
autox-request@autox.team.net. List administration is not an automated
service, but is done by busy people, so it may take days, maybe even a
week or so before anything happens. Be patient.
The list can also be read by WWW here:
http://triumph.cs.utah.edu/team.net.html
or by anonymous ftp at triumph.cs.utah.edu.
4.3 DRML (Drag Racing Mailing List)
Info and discussion on amateur and professional drag racing. To
subscribe, send a message to listserv@rdt.monash.edu.au, with no
subject line. In the body of the mail, put: subscribe drml your name
(ie: John Smith)
To unsubscribe, send a message to listserv@rdt.monash.edu.au with
signoff drml in the body of the mail.
4.4 Hotrods
The hotrod list is chartered to provide a forum for people interested
in high performance vehicles to exchange ideas and discuss topics of
current interest. This list is chartered as broadly as possible
consistent with noise supression. Explicitly acceptable is any
discussion regarding increasing the performance of any vehicle with
more than three wheels.
To subscribe, send email to hotrod-request@dixie.com with subscribe
and a return email address in the Subject: line. To unsubscribe, put
the keyword drop and your return email address in the Subject: line.
This mailing list is also mirrored to alt.hotrod.
4.5 Karting
Relevant topics include recreational karting, racing, off-road,
on-road, wheel2wheel racing, mud, sand, just plain dirt,
manufacturers,
suppliers, commercial karting facilities, good tracks, bad tracks,
track design, setup, engine modifications, chassis setup, rules, lack
of rules, safety (should have been first), and anything else we can
think of. See section 20.3 for more details on karting.
To subscribe, send email to karting-request@cmr.com with subscribe in
the body of the message (not in the Subject: line).
4.6 NASCAR
This mailing list is dedicated to the open discussion of both Winston
Cup Series and Busch Series events. This includes tracks, drivers,
teams, races, events, etc.
To subscribe, send email to majordomo@dithots.dithots.org with
subscribe in the body of the message (not in the Subject: line).
4.7 Rallying
Discussion of rallying, including driving, navigating, car
preparation.
To subscribe, send e-mail to listserv@guvm.ccf.georgetown.edu with
subscribe RALLY-L in the body of the message (not in the Subject:
line).
4.8 Wheel-to-wheel
For people interested in participation in auto racing as driver,
worker
or crew. People interested in all types of wheel-to-wheel racing are
welcome, but the majority of the discussion centers on road courses.
To subscribe, send e-mail to wheeltowheel-request@abingdon.Eng.Sun.COM
with subscribe in the body of the message (not in the Subject: line).
4.9 Formula SAE
Discussion of Formula SAE (see section 22.1 for more Formula SAE
information).
To subscribe send a message to fsae-request@list.gatech.edu with a
Subject: of subscribe and no body.
5. OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES
5.1 What are WWW and IRC?
Descriptions of WWW and IRC are in the FAQs for comp.infosystems.www
and alt.irc in news.answers
5.2 Some interesting WWW URLs
Archives for rec.autos.sport.info
http://www.metrics.com/mni/index.html
F1 IndyCar & NASCAR
http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Contribs/carina/ra.home.page.html
F1 http://www.abekrd.co.uk
Ayrton Senna GIFs http://gto.ncsa.uiuc.edu/tfischer/senna.html
F1 MPEGs http://w3.eeb.ele.tue.nl/mpeg/movies/various/index.html
Verstappen fire MPEG http://www.emi.com/employees/bownes.html
International Electric GP Association
http://www.elpress.com/iegp/iegp.html
World Rally Championship (WRC) http://www.jyu.fi/~pakar/
Road Rallying Information
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/ef1c/plug.html
Road Rallying & Club Motorsport
http://www.chem.rdg.ac.uk/g50/mmrg/john/rallying.html
Rally Australia
http://oversteer.library.uwa.edu.au/rallyaust/rallyaust94.html
Rallying and Rallycross http://tpx5.hfb.se:8000/~d93lno
Indy 500 Pictures http://www.rpi.edu/~johnsh/
Racing Circuits http://www.bath.ac.uk/~py3dlg/tracks.html
Team Lotus Info
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/lotus-cars/WWW/TeamLotus.html
Formula One Constructor Histories
http://dcpu1.cs.york.ac.uk:6666/pete/racing/index.html
Formula One Info http://zoo.bevc.blacksburg.va.us/f1.html
Motorsports Info http://barracuda3.me.mtu.edu:8023/
loew/motorsports.html
Ice Speedway
http://ws105.zfn.uni-bremen.de/icespeedway/icespeedway.html
Formula SAE http://barracuda3.me.mtu.edu:8023/~loew/FSAE/fsae.html
Automotive Engineering
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Engineering-and-
Technology/Transportation/Automootive-Engineering.html
Weekly automotive TV schedule http://www.emi.com/tve
5.3 Gopher
TAMSCC gopher://tamscc.tamu.edu
5.4 IRC channels
eFFNet
# motorsprt # Nascar # Formula1 # IndyCar
UnderNet
# Motorsport
The NASCAR race schedule, racing frequencies, TV schedule, teams,
point
system are available by IRC. They are DCCable and can be found on
RaceBOT on any of the above channels.
These servers may not run all of the time.
5.5 Televised Events
A compilation of info gleaned from TV listings, auto mags, newspapers,
tea leaves, my favourite bartender, and the nice folks at TNN. If you
are having trouble with this list arriving at your site in a timely
fashion, please let me [Bill Stoffel] know by e-mail and I will start
mailing you a copy. You can also get the information by WWW (see
section 5.2). Comments, suggestions, additions, pit passes to:
stoffel@oasys.dt.navy.mil
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6. 1994 RACE SCHEDULES
6.1 Single Seaters
6.1.1 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Schedule
Brazilian GP Sao Paulo Brazil March 27th
Pacific GP TI Japan April 17th
GP di San Marino Imola Italy May 1st
Monaco GP Monte Carlo Monaco May 15
Tio Pepe Spanish GP Barcelona Spain May 29th
Molson Dry GP of Canada Montreal Canada June 12th
French GP Magny Cours France July 3rd
Fosters British GP Silverstone England July 10th
German GP Hockenheim Germany July 31st
Hungarian GP Budapest Hungary August 14th
Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps Belgium August 28th
Italian GP Monza Italy September
11th
Portuguese GP Estoril Portugal September
25th
European GP Jerez Spain October 16th
Japanese GP Suzuka Japan November 6th
Australian GP Adelaide Australia November
13th
6.1.2 FIA International F3000 Championship
Silverstone England May 1st
Pau France May 22nd
Vellelunga Italy June 5th
Enna-Pergusa Italy July 24th
Hockenheim Germany July 31st
Spa-Francorchamps Belgium August 28th
Magny-Cours France September
25th
Nogaro France October 9th
6.1.3 Japanese F3000 Championship
Suzuka Mar 20th (1st Cheever, 2nd Apicella, 3rd Salo)
Fuji Apr 10th (1st Gilbert-Scott, 2nd Martini, 3rd Cheever)
Mine May 8th
Suzuka May 22nd
Sugo Jul 31st
Fuji Sep 4th
Suzuka Oct 2nd
Fuji Oct 16th
Fuji Nov 13th
Suzuka Nov 27th
6.1.4 PPG IndyCar World Series
Australian Grand Prix Surfers Paradise Australia March 20th
Street
Phoenix 200 Phoenix Arizona April 10th
Oval
Grand Prix of Long Beach Long Beach California April 17th
Street
Indy 500 Indianapolis Indiana May 29th
Sup Spdway
Miller Genuine Draft 200 West Allis Wisconsin June 5th
Oval
Detroit Grand Prix Detroit Michigan June 12th
Street
G.I. Joe 200 Portland Oregon June 26th
Circuit
Cleveland Grand Prix Cleveland Ohio June 10th
Circuit
Indy Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada July 17th
Street
Marlboro 500 Brooklyn Michigan July 31st
Sup Spdway
Pioneer Electric 200 Lexington Ohio Aug 14th
Circuit
New England 200 Loudon New Hampshire Aug 21st
Oval
Indy Vancouver Vancouver B.C. Canada Sept 4th
Street
Texaco Havoline 200 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin Sept 11th
Circuit
Bosch Spark Plug 200 Nazareth Pennsylvania Sept 18th
Oval
Monterey Grand Prix Laguna Seca California Oct 9th
Circuit
6.1.5 SCCA Player's Ltd Toyota Atlantic Championship
Phoenix International Raceway Arizona April 10th
Long Beach California April 17th
Mosport Ontario May 22th
Milwaukee Wisconsin June 5th
Montreal Quebec June 11th
Toronto Ontario July 16th
Trois Rivieres Quebec August 7th
Mid-Ohio Ohio August 14th
Vancouver Brit Columbia September
3rd
Nazareth Pennsylvania September
18th
Laguna Seca California October 8th
6.1.6 PPG-Firestone Indy Lights Championship, powered by Buick
Phoenix International Raceway Arizona April 10th
Long Beach California April 17th
Milwaukee Wisconsin June 5th
Montreal Quebec June 12th
Portland Oregon June 26th
Cleveland Ohio July 10th
Toronto Ontario July 16th
Mid-Ohio Ohio August 14th
Loudon New Hampshire August 21th
Vancouver Brit Columbia September
3rd
Nazareth Pennsylvania September
18th
Laguna Seca California October 8th
6.1.7 Barber SAAB
Miami Florida February 27
Sebring Florida March 19
Road Atlanta Georgia April 17
Lime Rock Park Conneticut May 30
Detroit Michigan June 11
Watkins Glen New York June 26
Laguna Seca California July 24
Mid-Ohio Ohio August 14
Loudon New Hampshire August 21
Road America Wisconsin September 11
Phoenix Arizona October 1
6.1.8 American Cities Racing League (ACRL)
Laguna Seca California May 1st
Kent, Seattle Washington May 30th
Portland Oregon June 19th
Thunderhill California July 3rd
Vancouver Brit Columbia September
4th
Phoenix International Raceway Arizona October 9th
For Sports 2000 and Super Sports 2000 cars with pinto or Cosworth
engines respectively. There are championships for both individuals and
teams which represent cities from the USA and Canada.
6.2 Stock Cars
6.2.1 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Race Track TV Local Laps Miles
Track Date of
Start Size Race
Time /miles
Daytona 500 Daytona Beach FL CBS 12.15pm 200 500 2.5
Feb
20th
Goodwrench 500 Rockingham NC TNN 12.30pm 492 500 1.017
Feb
27th
Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond VA TBS 1.15pm 400 300 0.75
Mar
6th
Purolator 500 Hampton GA ABC 1.00pm 328 500 1.522
Mar
13th
Transouth Financial 400 Darlington SC ESPN 1.00pm 293 400 1.366
Mar
27th
Food City 500 Bristol TN ESPN 1.10pm 500 266.5 0.533
Apr
10th
First Union 400 N. Wilkesboro NC ESPN 1.00pm 400 250 0.625
Apr
17th
Hanes 500 Martinsville VA ESPN 12.30pm 500 263 0.526
Apr
24th
Winston Select 500 Talladega AL ESPN 1.00pm 188 500 2.66
May
1st
Save Mart Supermrkts 300 Sonoma CA ESPN 1.00pm 74 186.5 2.52
May
15th
Coca-Cola 600 Concord NC TBS 4.30pm 400 600 1.5
May
29th
Budweiser 500 Dover DE TNN 12.10pm 500 500 1.0
Jun
5th
Pocono 500 Long Pond PA TNN 12.30pm 200 500 2.5
Jun
12th
Miller Genuine Draft 400 Brooklyn MI ESPN 1.00pm 200 400 2.0
Jun
19th
Pepsi 400 Daytona Beach FL ESPN 11.00am 160 400 2.5
Jul
2nd
Slick 50 300 Loudon NH TNN 1.00pm 300 317.4 1.058
Jul
10th
Miller Genuine Draft 500 Long Pond PA TBS 12.30pm 200 500 2.5
Jul
17th
Diehard 500 Talladega AL CBS 12.15pm 188 500 2.66
Jul
24th
Brickyard 400 Indianapolis IN ABC 12.00pm 160 400 2.5
Aug
6th
The Bud at the Glen Watkins Glen NY ESPN 1.00pm 90 220.5 2.45
Aug
14th
GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 Brooklyn MI CBS 12.30pm 200 400 2.0
Aug
21st
Goody's 500 Bristol TN ESPN 7.40pm 500 266.5 0.533
Aug
27th
Mountain Dew S'thrn 500 Darlington SC ESPN 1.00pm 367 500 1.366
Sep
4th
Miller Genuine Draft 400 Richmond VA TBS 7.30pm 400 300 0.75
Sep
10th
Splitfire Sparkplug 500 Dover DE TNN 12.10pm 500 500 1.0
Sep
18th
Goody's 500 Martinsville VA ESPN 12.30pm 500 263 0.526
Sep
25th
Tyson Holly Farms 400 N. Wilkesboro NC ESPN 1.00pm 400 250 0.625
Oct
2nd
Mello Yello 500 Concord NC TBS 1.00pm 334 500 1.5
Oct
9th
AC-Delco 500 Rockingham NC TNN 12.30pm 492 500 1.017
Oct
23th
Slick 50 500 Phoenix AZ TNN 12.00pm 312 312 1.0
Oct
30th
Hooters 500 Hampton GA ESPN 12.30pm 328 500 1.522
Nov
13th
6.2.2 NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division
Race Track TV Local Laps Miles
Track Date of
Start Size Race
Time /miles
Sundrop 500 Hickory NC 300 108.9 0.363
Apr
3rd
Goody's 250 Bristol TN 250 133.3 0.533
Apr
9th
Rougemont NC 300 Apr 30th
Chevy Dealers of NE Loudon NH 250 250 1.0
May
7th
Meridian Bank 200 Nazareth PA 200 200 1.0
May
22nd
Champion SP 300 Charlotte NC 200 300 1.5
May
28th
Goodwrench/Delco Bat Dover DE 200 200 1.0
Jun
4th
Carolina Pride/Bud Myrtle Beach SC 250
Jun
11th
Fay's 150 Watkins Glen NY 61 150 2.45
Jun
25th
Fireworks 250 West Allis WI 250 250 1.0
Jul
3rd
South Boston VA 300 Jul 16th
Fram Filter 500 Talladega AL 117 310.7 2.66
Jul
23rd
Granger Select 500 Hickory NC 300
Jul
31st
Kroger NASCAR 200 Clermont IN 137
Aug
5th
Detroit Gasket 200 Michigan Int Sway 100 200 2.0
Aug
20th
Food City 250 Bristol TN 250 133.3 0.533
Aug
26th
Gatorade 200 Darlington SC 146 200 1.366
Sep
3rd
Autolite Platinum Richmond VA 250 175 0.75
Sep
9th
SplitFire SP 200 Dover DE 200 200 1.0
Sep
17th
All Pro Auto Parts Charlotte NC 200 300 1.5
Oct
8th
Advance Auto Parts Martinsville VA 300 157.8 0.526
Oct
16th
AC-Delco 200 Rockingham NC 197 200 1.017
Oct
22nd
6.2.3 IMSA Exxon World Sports Car Supreme GT
Daytona 24 Hours Florida February 6
Sebring 12 Hours Florida March 19
Road Atlanta Georgia April 17
Lime Rock Park Conneticut May 30
Watkins Glen New York June 26
Indy Raceway Park Indiana July 10
Laguna Seca California July 24
Portland Oregon August 7
Phoenix Arizona October 1
6.2.4 SCCA Trans-Am
Miami Florida February 27
Mosport Park Ontario May 22
Mid Ohio Ohio June 5
Detriot Michigan June 11
Portland Oregon June 25
Des Moines Indiana July 4
Cleveland Ohio July 9
Toronto Ontario July 16
TBA July 30
Trois Rivieres Quebec August 7
Watkins Glen New York August 13
Road Atlanta Georgia August 28
Road America Wisconsin September 10
Dallas Texas September 18
6.2.5 Bridgestone Supercar
Sebring Florida March 18
Long Beach California April 16
Lime Rock Park Conneticut May 28
Watkins Glen New York June 26
Laguna Seca California July 24
Portland Oregon August 6
Phoenix Arizona October 1
Sebring Florida October 22
6.2.6 Firestone Firehawk Endurance
Sebring 12 Florida March 18
Road Atlanta Georgia April 16
Indy Raceway Park Indiana May 13
Watkins Glen New York June 4
Laguna Seca California July 24
Portland Oregon August 6
Phoenix Arizona September 30
Sebring Florida October 22
6.2.7 ASA AC-Delco Challenge Series Schedule
Colorado National Speedway Denver CO April 24th
Columbus Motor Speedway Columbus OH May 1st
Toledo Speedway Toledo OH May 15th
I-70 Speedway Odessa MO June 4th
Louisville Motor Speedway Louisville KY June 11th
Tri-City Motor Speedway Auburn MI June 17th
Berlin Raceway Marne MI June 18th
Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd MN June 26th
Hawkeye Downs Speedway CedarRapids IA July 4th
Salem Speedway Salem IN July 16th
Heartland Park Topeka KS July 31st
Berlin Raceway Marne MI August 13th
Anderson Speedway Anderson IN August 20th
Milwaukee Mile Milwaukee WI August 28th
Minnesota State Fair Speedway St. Paul MN September
5th
Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn MI September
11th
Toledo Speedway Toledo OH October 2nd
Jennerstown Speedway Jennerstown PA October 16th
6.2.8 Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship (BTCC. Class II
Thruxton Apr 4th (Monday) single Tarquini
Brands Hatch (Indy) Apr 17th double
Snetterton May 2nd (Monday) single
Silverstone (National) May 15th double
Oulton Park May 30th (Monday) single
Donington Park (GP) Jun 12th double
Brands Hatch (GP) Jun 26th double
Silverstone (GP) Jul 10th single
Knockhill Jul 31st double
Oulton Park Aug 14th single
Brands Hatch (Indy) Aug 29th (Monday) double
Silverstone (GP) Sep 11th double
Donington Park (GP) Sep 18th double
6.2.9 Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschaft (DTM or GTCC) (Class I
Touring
Zolder Apr 10th (Belgium)
Hockenheim Apr 24th
Nurburgring May 8th
Mugello May 22nd (Italy: non-championship race)
Nurburgring-Nordschleife Jun 2nd (Thursday)
Norisring Jun 26th
Donington Park Jul 17th (UK: non-championship race)
Diepholz Jul 24th
Nurburgring Aug 21st
Avus Sep 4th
Singen Sep 18th
Hockenheim Oct 9th
6.2.10 ONS/ADAC Tourenwagen-Cup (German Class-II-Touring Cars)
Singen Sep 18th
Avus May 1st
Ahlhorn May 29th
Wunstorf Jun 12th
Norisring (no points) Jun 26th
Zolder (B) Jul 3rd
Zandvoort (NL) Jul 17th
Salzburgring (A) Aug 28th
Spa (B) Sep 11th
Nurburgring Sep 25th
Factories:Audi, BMW, Ford, Nissan, Toyota
Teams: SMS, ROC, Warthofer, Isert, Eggenberger, Wolf, Scuderia Italia,
Bemani
Drivers: Stuck, Biela, Pirro, Bernhardt, Boutsen, Oestreich, Cecotto,
Burgstaller, Heger, Surer, Capelli, Bartels
6.2.11 Miscellaneous Races
Nurburgring 24 Hours Jun 4th-5th
Le Mans 24 Hours Jun 18th-19th
Spa 24 Hours Jul 23nd-24th
Donington FIA World Cup Oct 16th
6.3 Rallying
6.3.1 FIA World Rally Championship
Trust Bank Safari Kenya March 31-April 4
Tour de Corse Corsica, France May 4-8
Acropolis Greece May 28-June 1
Rally Argentina Argentina June 29-July 3
New Zealand New Zealand July 30-August 2
1000 Lakes Finland August 25-28
Rallye San Remo Italy October 9-13
Network Q RAC Rally Great Britain November 19-23
6.3.2 SCCA Pro Rally Championship
Sandhills* Harsville, SC February 19-20
Doo Wop III & IV* Olympia, Washington March 12-13
Wild West Olympia, Washington April 22-23
Rim of the World Palmdale, CA May 14-15
STPR Wellsboro, Penn June 3-5
Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, Arizona July 29-30
Ojibwe Forests Bemidji, Minn Aug 27-28
Sunriser Chillicothe, Ohio Sep 23
Press on Regardless Houghton, MI Oct 22-23
Maine Foreset Rally Rumford, Maine Dec 2-3
All events, excluding divisionals (*), count towards the North
American
Rally Championship (NARC). Divisional Events count 60 % towards US
National Championship Points
6.3.3 Canadian Rally Championship (CRC)
Rally Michelin Quebec/Beauport February 25-27
Bighorn Rally Hinton, Alberta May 21-23
Rocky Mountain Rally Calgary, Alberta May 27-28
Rallye Baie des Chaleurs New Richmond, Que July 8-9
Highlands Rally Truro, Nova Scotia August 5-6
Rally of the Voyageurs Mattawa, Ont September 9-10
Rallye Auto Charlevoix Pointe-au-Pic, Que October 14-16
Rally of the Tall Pines Peterborough, Ont November 18-20
All CRC events are also part of the North American Rally Championship
(NARC).
6.4 NHRA Drag Racing
Rockingham NC Winston Select Invitational Apr 10th
Commerce GA Fram Southern Nationals Apr 24th
Memphis TN Meguiar's Mid-South Nationals May 15th
Englishtown NJ Budweiser Challenge May 21st
Englishtown NJ Mopar Parts Nationals May 22nd
Kirkersville OH Oldsmobile Springnationals Jun 12th
Topeka KS Western Auto Nationals Jun 26th
Morrison CO Mopar Parts Mile-High Nationals Jul 24th
Sears Point Autolite Nationals Jul 31st
Kent WA Aug 7th
Brainerd MN Champion Auto Stores Nationals Aug 21st
Clermont IN Big Bud Shootout Sep 4th
Clermont IN U.S. Nationals Sep 5th
Mohnton PA Pioneer Electronics Keystone Natls Sep 18th
Topeka KS Sears Craftsman Nationals Oct 2nd
Ennis TX Chief Auto Parts Nationals Oct 16th
Pomona CA Winston Finals Oct 30th
7. 1994 DRIVER LINE UPS
7.1 1994 Formula One Drivers
# Driver Team, Chassis Engine Major Sponsor
Driver
Weight
/kg
0 Damon Hill Williams FW16 Renault V10 Rothmans/Elf
74
2 David Coulthard Williams FW16 Renault V10 Rothmans/Elf
3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 022 Yamaha/Judd V10 Cabin
63
4 Mark Blundell Tyrrell 022 Yamaha/Judd V10 Cabin
76
5 Michael Schumacher Benetton B194 Ford Zetec-R V8 Mild 7
Cigarettes
71
6 Jos Verstappen Benetton B194 Ford Zetec-R V8 Mild 7
Cigarettes
78
7 Mika Hakkinen McLaren MP4/9 Peugeot A4 V10 Marlboro
73
8 Martin Brundle McLaren MP4/9 Peugeot A4 V10 Marlboro
73
9 C Fittipaldi Arrows FA15 Ford HBpv V8 Footwork
73
10 Gianni Morbidelli Arrows FA15 Ford HBpv V8 Footwork
62
11 Johnny Herbert Lotus 107C/109 Mugen/Honda V10 Miller/Hitachi
70
12 Pedro Lamy Lotus 107C/109 Mugen/Honda V10 Miller/Hitachi
66
14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 194 Hart V10 Sasol/Ireland
75
15 Eddie Irvine Jordan 194 Hart V10 Sasol/Ireland
73
19 Olivier Berreta Larrousse LC94 Ford HB V8 Tourtel NA/ESSO
73
20 Eric Comas Larrousse LC94 Ford HB V8 Tourtel NA/ESSO
73
23 Pier Luigi Martini Minardi M194 Ford HB V8 Beta Tools
70
24 Michele Alboreto Minardi M194 Ford HB V8 Beta Tools
80
25 Eric Bernard Ligier JS40 Renault V10 Gitanes Blondes
72
26 Olivier Panis Ligier JS40 Renault V10 Gitanes Blondes
80
27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 412T1 Ferrari V12
Marlboro/Agip/Fiat
73
28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 412T1 Ferrari V12
Marlboro/Agip/Fiat
74
29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber C13 Mercedes V10 Castrol
80
30 H H Frentzen Sauber C13 Mercedes V10 Castrol
63
31 David Brabham Simtek Racing Ford HBvs V8 MTV/Russell
Team Wear
69
32 Jean-Marc Gounon Simtek Racing Ford HBvs V8 MTV/Russell
Team Wear
33 Paul Belmondo Pacific PR01 Ilmor V10
71
34 Bertrand Gachot Pacific PR01 Ilmor V10
81
7.2 1994 IndyCar Drivers
1 Nigel Mansell (GBR) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB K-Mart
Texaco
2 Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) Penske 94 Ilmor Indy V8 D Marlboro
3 Paul Tracy (CAN) Penske 94 Ilmor Indy V8 D Marlboro
4 Bobby Rahal (USA) Lola T9400 Honda Indy V8 Miller
Genuine Draft
5 Raul Boesel (BRA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Duracell
6 Mario Andretti (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB K-Mart
Havoline
7 Adrian Fernandez (MEX) Reynard 94I Ilmor Indy V8 D Tecate
Quaker State
8 Michael Andretti (USA) Reynard 94I Ford Cosworth XB Target
Scotch Video
9 Robby Gordon (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Valvoline
Cummins
10 Mike Groff (USA) Lola T9400 Honda Indy V8 Motorola
11 Teo Fabi (ITA) Reynard 94I Ilmor Indy V8 D Pennzoil
12 Jacques Villeneuve (CAN) Reynard 94T Ford Cosworth XB Player's
Limited
14 Davy Jones (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Copenhagan
15 Mark Smith (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Craftsman
Tools
16 Stefan Johansson (SWE) Penske 94 Ilmor Indy V8 D Alumax
17 Dominic Dobson (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB ??
18 Jimmy Vasser (USA) Reynard 94I Ford Cosworth XB Conseco STP
19 Robbie Buhl (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Mi-Jack
22 Hiro Matsushita (JAP) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Panasonic
24 Willy T. Ribbs (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Service
Merchandise
28 Arie Luyendyk (HOL) Lola T9400 Ilmor Indy V8 D Eurosport
31 Al Unser Jr. (USA) Penske 94 Ilmor Indy V8 D Marlboro
40 Scott Goodyear (CAN) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB Budweiser
42 Alessandro Zampedri (ITA)Lola T9300 Ilmor Indy V8 C AGIP Dinema
71 Scott Sharp (USA) Lola T9400 Ford Cosworth XB ??
76 Gary Brabham (AU) Penske 93 Ilmor Indy V8 C Split Cycle
88 Mauricio Gugelmin (BRA) Reynard 94I Ford Cosworth XB Hollywood
Blends
7.3 1994 NASCAR Drivers
02 Curtis Markham (VA) Children's Miracle Network Ford-
Thunderbird
1 Rick Mast (VA) Skoal Classic Ford-
Thunderbird
2 Rusty Wallace (NC) Miller Genuine Draft Ford-
Thunderbird
3 Dale Earnhardt (NC) GM Goodwrench Chevrolet-
Lumina
4 Sterling Marlin (TN) Kodak Chevrolet-
Lumina
5 Terry Labonte (NC) Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet-
Lumina
6 Mark Martin (NC) Valvoline Ford-
Thunderbird
7 Geoff Bodine (NC) Exide Batteries Ford-
Thunderbird
8 Jeff Burton (VA) Raybestos Brakes Ford-
Thunderbird
9 Rich Bickle (WI) Melling Engine Parts Ford-
Thunderbird
10 Ricky Rudd (NC) Tide Ford-
Thunderbird
11 Bill Elliott (GA) Budweiser Ford-
Thunderbird
12 Chuck Bown (OR) WBF/Masterbuilt Ford-
Thunderbird
14 John Andretti (IN) Financial World Chevrolet-
Lumina
15 Lake Speed (MS) Quality Care Ford-
Thunderbird
16 Ted Musgrave (NC) The Family Channel Ford-
Thunderbird
17 Darrell Waltrip (TN) Western Auto Chevrolet-
Lumina
18 Dale Jarrett (NC) Interstate Batteries Chevrolet-
Lumina
19 Loy Allen Jr. (NC) Hooter's Ford-
Thunderbird
21 Morgan Shepherd (NC) Citgo Oil Ford-
Thunderbird
22 Bobby Labonte (NC) Maxwell House Coffee Pontiac-Grand
Prix
23 Hut Stricklin (AL) Smokin Joe's Ford-
Thunderbird
24 Jeff Gordon (NC) DuPont Auto Finishes Chevrolet-
Lumina
25 Ken Schrader (NC) Kodiak Chevrolet-
Lumina
26 Brett Bodine (NC) Budweiser/QuakerState Ford-
Thunderbird
27 Jimmy Spencer (NC) McDonald's Ford-
Thunderbird
28 Ernie Irvan (NC) Texaco-Havoline Ford-
Thunderbird
29 Steve Grissom (AL) Diamond Ridge Chevrolet-
Lumina
30 Michael Waltrip (NC) Pennzoil Pontiac-Grand
Prix
31 Ward Burton (NC) Hardees Chevrolet-
Lumina
32 Dick Trickle (NC) ATS Wood Recycling Chevrolet-
Lumina
33 Harry Gant (NC) Skoal Bandit Chevrolet-
Lumina
40 Bobby Hamilton (TN) Kendall Oil Pontiac-Grand
Prix
41 Joe Nemechek (FL) Meineke Mufflers Chevrolet-
Lumina
42 Kyle Petty (NC) Mello Yello Pontiac-Grand
Prix
43 Wally Dallenbach (NC) STP Pontiac-Grand
Prix
51 Jeff Purvis (TN) Country Time Lemonade Chevrolet-
Lumina
52 Brad Teague (TN) NAPA Auto Parts Ford-
Thunderbird
54 Robert Pressley (NC) Mannheim Auctions Chevrolet-
Lumina
55 Jimmy Hensley (VA) Petron Plus Ford-
Thunderbird
71 Dave Marcis (NC) STG Chevrolet-
Lumina
75 Todd Bodine (NC) Factory Stores Ford-
Thunderbird
77 Greg Sacks (FL) Jasper Engines/US Air Ford-
Thunderbird
80 Jimmy Horton (NJ) Hover Ford-
Thunderbird
90 Mike Wallace (NC) Heilig-Meyers Ford-
Thunderbird
95 Jeremy Mayfield (TN) Shoney's Inn Ford-
Thunderbird
97 Chad Little (NC) Bayer Select Ford-
Thunderbird
98 Derrike Cope (NC) Fingerhut Ford-
Thunderbird
7.4 1994 BTCC Drivers
1 Joachim Winkelhock(D)BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i
2 Steve Soper BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i
3 Paul Radisich (NZ) Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo
Ghia
4 John Cleland Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall
Cavalier 16V
5 Julian Bailey Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Carina
E
7 Will Hoy Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Carina
E
8 David Leslie Team Dynamics Mazda Xedos 6
9 Jeff Allam Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall
Cavalier 16V
10 Alain Menu (CH) Renault Dealer Team Racing Renault Laguna
11 Tim Harvey Renault Dealer Team Racing Renault Laguna
12 Matt Neal Team Dynamics Mazda Xedos 6
13 Eugene O'Brien Peugeot Sport Peugeot 405
Mi16
14 Jan Lammers (NL) Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850
Estate
15 Rickard Rydell (S) Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850
Estate
17 Ian Khan Maxted Motorsport Toyota Carina
E
18 Patrick Watts Peugeot Sport Peugeot 405
Mi16
19 James Thompson Boland Motorsport Peugeot 405
Mi16
20 Ian Flux Team Halfords Peugeot 405
Mi16
21 Roberto Ravaglia (I) BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i
22 Geoff Steel Steel BMW 318i
23 Kieth O'dor Old Spice Nissan Racing Nissan Primera
GT
24 Eric van der Poele(B)Old Spice Nissan Racing Nissan Primera
GT
25 Nigel Smith Smith Vauxhall
Cavalier 16V
27 Nigel Albon Harlow Motorsport Renault 19 16V
29 James Kaye James Kaye with Enny Toyota Carina
E
33 Andy Rouse Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo
Ghia
34 Tiff Needell Old Spice Nissan Racing Nissan Primera
GT
55 Gabriele Tarquini (I)Alfa Corse (Fiat Auto) Alfa Romeo
155TS
56 Giampiero Simoni (I) Alfa Corse (Fiat Auto) Alfa Romeo
155TS
57 Tim Sugden Toyota Castrol Sport Toyota Carina
E
?? Chris Goodwin Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall
Cavalier 16V
All drivers are from Britain unless otherwise stated.
7.5 1994 DTM Drivers
Nicola Larini Team Alfa Corse Alfa 155 V6
'94
Alessandro Nannini Team Alfa Corse Alfa 155 V6
'94
Stefano Buttiero Team Alfa Corse Alfa 155 V6
'94
Christian Danner Team Schubel Engineering Alfa 155 V6
'94
Giorgio Francia Team Schubel Engineering Alfa 155 V6
'94
Kris Nissen Team Schubel Engineering Alfa 155 V6
'94
Michael Bartels Team Schubel Engineering Alfa 155 V6
'93
Roberto Moreno Team Schubel Engineering Alfa 155 V6
'93
Roland Asch AMG-Mercedes: Mercedes C180
V6 '94
Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes: Mercedes C180
V6 '94
Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes: Mercedes C180
V6 '94
Ellen Lohr AMG-Mercedes: Mercedes C180
V6 '94
Kurt Thiim Zakspeed-Mercedes Mercedes C180
V6 '94
Jorg van Ommen Zakspeed-Mercedes Mercedes C180
V6 '94
Sandy Grau Zakspeed-junior Mercedes 190E
'93
Stig Amthor Zakspeed-junior Mercedes 190E
'93
Keke Rosberg Opel Team Joest Opel Calibra
V6 '94
Manuel Reuter Opel Team Joest Opel Calibra
V6 '94
"John Winter" Opel Team Joest Opel Calibra
V6 '94
The field will be completed with 5 BMW E36 and 3 Ford Mustang V8. 3
more private teams will race with 4 of last year's Alfa 155 V6. 3 more
private drivers will use last year's 190E.
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8. 1994 F1 SPECIFICATIONS
The full text of the FIA technical and sporting regulations are
available from:
ftp.metrics.com://auto/f1/sporting.regs
ftp.metrics.com://auto/f1/technical.regs
8.1 What is the relationship between FIA, FOCA and F1 ?
FIA politics is really grungy stuff.
The Federation Internationale d'Automobile (FIA) is the governing
and sanctioning body for the FIA World Driver's Championship, which
is run to a set of technical and procedural regulations and
specifications known as Formula One. The FIA's competition committee,
which consists of representatives of the motor sport organizing
bodies of the member countries (eg ACCUS represents the US, the RAC
represents the UK, the FIFA represents France), sets the F1
regulations, interprets them, and judges any appeals or disputes.
The Formula One Constructor's Association (FOCA) is an organization
of the chassis builders (constructors) who design and build the cars
that race in the F1 Grands Prix. Since the rules these days say that
a constructor can supply cars to only one team, constructor and team
are more or less synonymous.
Max Moseley is the president of the FIA and is in charge of its
day-to-day operations.
Bernie Ecclestone, who used to own and manage the Brabham F1 team,
is the president of the FOCA and also the vice-president of marketing
for the FIA.
Originally, all the F1 Grands Prix were independent events,
independently financed and organized within their host countries. The
FIA merely set the technical regulations for F1, and designated
certain Grands Prix to be the qualifying rounds for the Driver's and
Constructor's Championships. Up until sometime in the 1970s, there
were other Grands Prix held besides those races included in the FIA
Championship. But the idea of non-Championship Grands Prix died out
as it became more and more expensive to hold F1 events.
As time went by, the Constructor's Association (FOCA) took on a
bigger and bigger role in the business side of Grand Prix racing.
They organized and coordinated the sponsorship of the events, sold
the television rights, and did the logistics and financing of moving
the Grand Prix `circus' from country to country.
Then, in the late 1970s, Jean-Marie Balestre was elected as head of
the Committee du Sport Internacionale (CSI), the committee of the FIA
directly involved in supervising F1. He decided that the FIA should
take back more control over the sport. When he tried to impose his
will autocratically, Bernie Ecclestone and the other constructors in
FOCA resisted. There was a big power struggle between FISA
(Federacion Internationale du Sport Automotive, Balestre's new name
for the CSI) and FOCA in the early 1980s. Some Grands Prix got
cancelled or had their championship status stripped as a result.
In the end, FISA and the FIA won out over the FOCA, mainly, I
think, because the teams were not unanimously behind the FOCA (not
all constructors were FOCA members), and because the sponsors, race
organizers, and others involved in Grand Prix racing prevailed on
both sides to settle things amicably. But for a while, the FOCA was
talking about forming a new F1 championship series comprising the
races that it organized, while the FIA of course was threatening to
refuse sanctioning for those races. There almost were two `World
Championship' series.
The agreement between FISA and FOCA over control of F1 is called
the Concorde Agreement. Among other things, it says that except in
the case of emergencies, changes to technical regulations must be
announced two years in advance of the date of adoption, unless all
constructors agree unanimously to adopt the regulations earlier. This
has just come up again because Max Moseley wants to introduce several
major techincal changes immediately in the wake of the recent fatal
and near-fatal accidents in F1. He is trying to do this without the
unanimous agreement called for by the Concorde Agreement, claiming
that this is an emergency situation.
Later on, Bernie Ecclestone was appointed marketing director for
the FIA, but he still retains his presidency of FOCA. So Bernie is
still in charge of the organizational and financial side of Grand
Prix racing, but now officially as part of the FIA instead of in an
independent organization.
So Max Moseley, as FIA president, is responsible for setting rules
and policy for F1, but he's limited by the Concorde Agreement in how
quickly and how far he can push things his way. Since Bernie
Ecclestone still controls the purse strings for Grand Prix racing, he
still carries a lot of clout.
As for `can somebody take it away', the FIA president is elected by
the representatives from the member countries. When Max Moseley's
current term is up, he could be voted out. Similarly, I think that
the constructors could oust Ecclestone if they wanted to.
8.2 How powerful were the `turbo' F1 cars ?
The most powerful of the turbo-era F1 engines was BMW's in-line four
which saw over 1100bhp in race trim at 5.0 bar boost in 1985 and '86.
In his book `The 1000bhp Grand Prix Cars," Ian Bamsey writes that
`Through '85 BMW's boost kept on climbing, to exceed 5.0 bar: power
went to 1100bhp - and beyond. It had become impossible to measure:
the BMW dyno went no higher.' Also, `At Monza in 1986 Berger saw
a 5.5 bar flash reading from his BMW/Mader-Benetton ... estimated over
1300bhp.'
In the same time period, TAG/Porsche only reached 950bhp, Ferrari
910-920bhp, and Renault over 1100bhp. Figures for Honda are hard to
come by.
8.3 How do pnematic valve return systems work ?
The technology of all the current pneumatic valve return systems is
that of simply replacing the valve spring with a pneumatic spring,
using an inert gas (nitrogen, which behaves substantially the same as
air) as the compressive fluid. The camshaft exercises its normal
precise control of the motion of each valve, and each spring
maintains the contact force between an individual valve assembly, cam
and tappet bucket, during operation. Pneumatic valve spring systems
are thus a improved replacement for mechanical springs. They do are
not a complete valve control system like a desmodromic operation -
which, fundamentally, does not use springs.
Pneumatic valve springs operate on a ring-main system with the
essential
back-up of a compressed gas cylinder, pressure regulators, one-way
valves and an oil scavenging system. The principle reduction in valve
assembly mass is that of the upper one-third of each valve spring.
Although a nett small reduction in valve assembly mass is possible,
this is accompanied by added friction of the piston seal ring.
The pneumatic spring is not subject to fatigue failure, or
diminished damping, with running time. Valve lift is not constrained
by spring wire maximum stress and stress range limits. Renault
reports that the rising rate characteristics of the pneumatic spring
assists in matching spring force to valve assembly inertia force
requirements in the particular case of its V10. The fundamental
pneumatic spring advantage for very high speed engines is that the
natural frequency of the compressed gas column is in the order of
eight times that of a steel wire coil spring.
It was Jean-Pierre Boudy, the Chief Engineer of Engine Development
at Renault Sport during the turbocharged V6 race engine era, who
invented the first pneumatic valve spring system to be used in a
competitive racecar engine. The pneumatic spring equipped Renault
engine was first raced, in a Lotus chassis driven by Ayrton Senna, at
the beginning of the 1986 GP season.
The Honda RA122E/B (1992 V12 F1) ran at 6-8 bar (87-116 psi) with
the gas replenishment cylinder charged, initially, to approx 150 bar
(2175 psi). Honda claimed a reduction of valve assembly reciprocating
mass of 20 similar levels of valve gear friction(as compared to
conventional systems).
8.4 How much does it cost to run a F1 team?
The Motoring News & Motor Sport supplement for the 1994 British GP
gives some rough figures (converted to US $) for this.
o Drivers: The market is depressed after Prost's retirement and
Senna's
death. Berger gets about $13M from Ferrari, Schumacher about $5M
from Benetton. Mansell got nearly $1.2M for a single race for
Williams. After the top rank, the drivers are much cheaper down
to
about $80K for a test driver.
o Cars: After paying for the wind tunnel testing and other
research,
wear & tear and accident damage, you will be `lucky' to have
spent
less than $7M.
o Engines: Some teams get free engines and rebuilds from a
manufacturer. Hart's budget is about $3M. Cosworth or Ilmor
engines
could cost $5M - $6.5M.
o Tyres: Goodyear supply Williams, McLaren, Benetton, Ferrari and
Sauber for free. The rest pay $600 per tyre. With seven sets for
each car for 16 meetings and more for testing, tyres could cost $
800K for a season.
o Fuel: Free for many teams, $400K for the rest.
o Travel: Flying 30 team members to Brazil, Japan twice, Canada,
and
Australia as well as hotels and hire cars will cost about $1.5M.
o Freight: The top 10 teams get two cars and five tonnes of
equipment
transported by FOCA for the races outside Europe but you still
need
trucks for the European races. For the teams outside the top 10,
or
bigger teams which take extra equipment, the bill could come to $
1.5M.
o Staff: Most teams have between 50 and 150 staff to design, build,
and
run the cars, run the business etc. This anything upwards of $5M.
o Testing: Essential to remain competitive. Budget for $2M+
o Equipment: CAD systems, CNC lathes etc. They can be used for
several
years, but a new team needs them right away. Start at $1M - $2M.
o Total: A reasonable top 10 team with no engine, fuel or tyre
deals
and a couple of drivers who cost $1.5M together, will cost $23M,
just to go racing. Teams at the back of the grid probably spend
less
than $10M. Teams at the front spend $50M, at least.
8.5 How is F1 Prize Money Shared Out ?
It has probably changed, but according to David Hayhoe's book in 1988
the
purse for a race was distributed as follows:
From the starting grid for that race, 0.4% of the purse is paid to the
pole ... 0.08% for 20th. From the race, after 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 of
the
race distance: 0.459% for 1st ... 0.0162% for 20th final results. At
the chequered flag, 2.448% is paid for for 1st place ... 0.864% for
20th.
Using the results from the previous two half seasons, 17.5% is
distributed
between the top 20 cars in the constructors championship and 17.5% is
split
between the top 20 qualifiers. Appearence money is also paid. This
seems
to be spread out over the field alot more than in other forms of
racing.
8.6 How did Ron Dennis come to run McLaren ?
Ron Dennis started out as an apprentice at Thomson Taylor's, a famous
British business in the motor trade. When it was taken over by
Chipstead
in the late Sixties Ron ended up as a mechanic on the Cooper F1 team
(Chipstead had just bought Cooper), and later moved to Brabham as head
mechanic, although as Sir Jack was retiring Ron found himself doing a
lot of the work of a team manager. He left in about '71 to set up an
F2
team with Neil Trundle (Rondel racing) -- the team was renowned for
its
competence in preparing cars; it ran Brabhams successfully for a while
then commissioned the Motul F2 car (with backing from the French oil
company of the same name). This was quite successful and there was
talk
of a Motul F1 car designed by Ray Jessop for 1973 but the oil crisis
hit
and the money evaporated. The car later became the Token (Tony
Vlassopoulo and Ken Grob backed its completion; Ron had nothing more
to
do with it AFAIK); Tom Pryce made his F1 debut in it.
Ron then set up a number of F2 teams running March chassis including
the Marlboro Ecuador team (which was unsucessful), then Project Three
Racing (which was). Project Three gave rise to Project Four, another
successful F2 team which I think also ran F3 cars in the late
70s/early
80s and also did a lot of the build programme for the BMW M1 ProCar
series.
McLaren was founded by New Zealander Bruce McLaren in the sixties.
Tyler Alexander and Teddy Mayer took over McLaren after Bruce's death.
They had some success, taking the World Championship with James Hunt
in
1976. However Team McLaren did horribly in 1979 and '80. Project Four
was backed by Marlboro and Ron took on John Barnard to design a
carbon-fibre F1 chassis; at the time McLaren, who were also Marlboro
backed, were deeply uncompetitive and at the insistence of Marlboro
the
Project Four team merged with McLaren to form McLaren International.
Ron and McLaren's Teddy Mayer were originally joint principals of the
team but eventually Mayer went his own way, leaving Ron to take
charge. The MP4/X designation of McLaren F1 cars these days stands
for
`Marlboro Project Four'.
8.7 How did Frank Williams get into Formula One ?
Frank Williams used to do a bit of FJ/F3/F2 racing in the early/mid
Sixties but ended up spending most of his time running cars for other
people; he also ran a fairly successful business dealing in secondhand
racing cars.
Frank ended up running quite a successful F2 team, notably a Brabham
for Piers Courage. In '69 Courage, who'd previously experimented with
a
private BRM in F1, ended up driving a Cosworth DFV-engined BT26 in F1
for Frank. This apparently displeased the Brabham works somewhat since
(A) Frank had bought the car ostensibly to run in old Tasman series
with a Cosworth 2.5l DFW. Frank had the DFW rebuilt as DFV's and
entered F1 on Dunlop tires. (B) Piers managed two excellent second
places with it.
A connection with De Tomaso saw an F2 car appear followed in in 1970
by
a De Tomaso F1 (designed by Gianpaolo Dallara). This was just
beginning
to work when Courage was tragically killed in it; various other
drivers
took turns in it for the rest of the 1970 season but De Tomaso lost
interest. In '71 and '72 Williams ran F1 Marches (notably for Henri
Pescarolo) backed by Politoys and others, but commissioned his first
F1
car from Len Bailey -- the Politoys FX3, which although it only
appeared very rarely, became the ancestor of the team's own cars.
1973 saw the Williams team racing under the name Iso Marlboro -- the
italian Iso sports car team backed his programme -- with heavily
updated variants of the FX3 called the IR; drivers varied throughout
the season. '74 and '75 saw further-revised cars under the FW04
designation -- the only decent result was a second place by Laffite at
the Nurburgring. Walter Wolf, the Canadian multimillionaire, bought 60
of the team for '76; the team purchased much of the redundant assets
of
the Hesketh outfit which had folded at the end of '75 and the
Wolf-Williams FW05 was in fact a thinly disguised Hesketh 308C; the
season was a disaster and Williams soon escaped. In '77 he ran a March
761B for Patrick Neve; although it didn't score points in the
background Williams had Patrick Head working on the FW06 for the '78
season, which, with Alan Jones at the wheel and considerable Saudi
Arabian backing, marked the beginnings of Williams Grand Prix
Engineering as a successful team.
9. 1994 INDYCAR SPECIFICATIONS
(The following information is largely - and in some cases solely -
from the IndyCar 1994 Media Guide)
The season championship is for the PPG Cup. Because the series
includes the races governed by IndyCar (Championship Auto Racing
Teams)
as well as the Indianapolis 500 (governed by the United States Auto
Club), please refer to the series champion driver as the PPG Cup
Champion. There is technically no IndyCar champion since such a
champion would count points only from IndyCar-governed events (and not
the Indianapolis 500).
9.1 Chassis
The 1994 rules allow the cars to have a maximum length of 195 inches,
with 190 inches being the required minimum. The maximum allowed width
is 78.5 inches measured by projecting a line from the outside rim
surface through the hub center. The maximum height of the car from the
highest point to the lowest point is 32 inches. The maximum rear wing
height is 32 inches at the superspeedways and 36 inches on short ovals
and road courses. The cockpit must have a minimum opening of 30 inches
by 14 3/4 inches. An unfueled car, complete with lubricants, coolants,
tires, etc. must have a minimum weight of 1550 pounds.
9.2 Aerodynamics
Andy Brown from Galmer gave Racecar Engineering the following figures
for the Galmer G92, the car which won the 1992 Indy 500.
Downforce Drag L/D Cd Speed for measurements
Short Oval 3460 lbs 1310 lbs 2.64 1.397 165 mph
Street Circuit 3040 lbs 1070 lbs 2.84 1.141 165 mph
Speedway 2835 lbs 972 lbs 2.92 0.669 220 mph
Fuel consumption is higher on a street circuit such as Long Beach
than on a short oval such as Phoenix: consequently the car has to be
set up so that it pulls less drag.
By way of comparison, in the days before cab roof fairings, a Cd
figure of 1.0 was typical for a high-drag truck. These days trucks
are down to the region of Cd = 0.6 The figures quoted for the 1991
Indy 500 winning Penske PC20 in speedway trim were 3010 lbs downforce
at 220 mph with 1075 lbs drag (Load/Downforce, L/D, = 2.80)
Brown commented: `I'm always a little cautious of comparing figures
from different wind tunnels because experience has shown them all to
vary slightly. The L/D figure is usually close though, and I'm
pleased to see that ours is better than that quoted for the PC20.
Provided we're both telling the truth, that is !'
Note: The downforce is approximately double the weight of the car,
so the car could drive upside-down with a suitable bit of road.
9.3 Tyres
IndyCar racing tyres are Goodyear Racing Eagles, weighing 16.29
pounds,
depending on whether they are rain or dry tyres, and whether the tire
is for the front or back of the car. The tyres have a rim diameter of
15 inches and are either 10 inches wide (for the `undriven' tyre) or
14
inches (for the `driven' tyre). The cars are limited to two-wheel
drive, with the choice of front or rear-wheel drive being optional.
Teams are limited to 28 tyres per event at short ovals and road
courses, and 44 tyres per event at 500 mile events.
9.4 Engines
Allowable engine options:
1. Turbocharged 4-cycle overhead camshaft engines Maximum of 8
cylinders,
4 valves per cylinder Maximum of 161.703 cubic inches Allowed 45
inches
of turbocharger boost pressure (Chevy, Ilmor, Ford, and Honda
engines
are this type)
2. Turbocharged 4-cycle single non-overhead camshaft engines Maximum
of 8
cylinders, 2 valves per cylinder Maximum of 209.3 cubic inches
Allowed
55 inches of turbocharger boost pressure (Buick, Menard, Mercedes,
and
the Greenfield GC209T are this type)
3. Normally-aspirated 4-cycle single non-overhead camshaft engines
Maximum
of 8 cylinders, 2 valves per cylinder Maximum of 366 cubic inches
(none
of this type, although I guess the NASCAR Winston Cup engines
might
actually be legal)
Any engine not meeting specific criteria for definition as "race
proven" will be considered "developmental." The manufacturer is
permitted to utilize this engine during competition in any
quantity and
at any cost the manufacturer may determine.
USAC has also reserved the right to change turbocharger boost
pressures on any engine type at any time.
Turbines were finally banned in the early 1970's. If you can get a
diesel to run on methanol, diesels would still be a legal :-)
Horsepower figures are difficult to ascertain, as these figures
are
kept closely guarded by teams but are typically 700 to 850
horsepower,
depending on turbocharger settings. IndyCar tests have clocked
cars
accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 2.2 seconds, and from 0 to 100
mph in
4.2 seconds. Engines are typically rebuilt after 400-500 miles of
use.
9.5 Fuel
IndyCars are fueled by methanol, sometimes called wood alcohol. It is
a
non-fossil fuel produced commercially by hydrogen and carbon monoxide
under pressure and is supplied to IndyCar by Valvoline. IndyCar chose
methanol because of its high octane rating and because water is and
extremely effective fire fighting agent - when mixed with ethanol,
water will quickly dilute it to the point of non-flamability. One of
the main dangers of methanol is that its flames can not be seen in
daylight. Cars must have a minimum fuel efficiency of 1.8 miles per
gallon and have a maximum fuel capacity of 40 gallons.
9.6 How much does it cost to run an IndyCar team?
The following information is quoted from the IndyCar Racing, Feb 93.
These represents the startup cost of a team. Buses and transporters do
not have to be bought every year. A chassis can be sold second hand at
the end of the year.
Engine rentals $2,250,000 Workshop Equipment:
$130,000
Spare Parts: $1,350,000 Development parts:
$125,000
Two chassis: $960,000 Workshop Expenses:
$125,000
Payroll and taxes: $540,000 Travel & lodging:
$110,000
Hospitality bus: $320,000 Insurance:
$100,000
Transporter: $320,000 9 Sets of wheels
$80,000
6 Test sessions $220,000 Entry fees:
$25,000
Pit Equipment: $185,000 Freight:
$25,000
Hospitality expense: $160,000 Uniforms:
$25,000
Electronics & telemetry: $150,000
========
TOTAL: $7,200,000
10. QUALIFYING FOR THE INDY 500
Qualifying at the Speedway is unique. The fastest 33 cars from the
the four days set aside for qualifying start the race. The actual
starting order depends on the day that the qualifying time was set.
This means that the fastest cars do not necessarily start from the
front of the grid.
The Speedway opens for practice on the first Saturday of May.
Practice is daily from the opening day to the last day of qualifying.
The track is open for practice starting at 11:00am (EST) and finishes
at 6:00pm (EST) or at the discretion of the USAC officials. The first
two days of qualifying are scheduled for the weekend two weeks before
the race. The second two days of qualifying are scheduled for the
week before the race. These days are called the `Time Trials'. There
is one last day of practice held on the Thursday before the race
called Carburetion Day. In the old days, this was the last day of
practice where the mechanics would adjust their cars carburetors.
Carburetion Day sounds better than Fuel Injection Day, don't it ?
10.1 Which cars start the race ?
The fastest 33 cars in qualifying start the race. Officially, its the
cars that qualify, and not the drivers. This means that a driver
could start the race in a car that was qualified by someone else.
This happened in 1993 when Scott Goodyear took over a car qualified
by Mike Groff.
With 33 spots in the field, and a lot more than 33 drivers trying
to qualify, usually at some point on the 3rd or 4th day, the field
fills up. At this point, the car in the field with the slowest speed
is said to be on the bubble. If someone qualifies faster than the car
on the bubble, then that car is bumped from the field. A bumped car,
cannot be used to try to requalify. The driver can try, but has to
use a different car.
10.2 How are the qualifying days organised ?
A run consists of each car running alone on the circuit for one or
two warm-up laps followed by four timed laps, over which the average
qualifying speed is calculated.
Each car can only complete the four timed laps once. During a
qualifying run, there is a team member positioned along the pit wall
who carries a yellow flag. At any time during the qualifying run,
that team member may stop the qualifying attempt by waving a yellow
flag (this is called waving off the attempt), indicating that the
team does not wish to accept that qualifying attempt. Once the car
takes the checkered flag at the end of the 4 timed laps, that's it.
The car has qualified with that particular run's average speed. It
can make no more qualifying attempts.
Waving off a qualifying attempt during the warm-up laps carries no
penalty, but you can only take the green flag that starts the timed
laps 3 times. You can wave off an attempt after the green flag flies
only twice. If you wave off during the timed laps on your third
attempt, that's it, and you get no more attempts to qualify.
The night before each day's qualifying, the teams that wish to
qualify cars the next day register their car numbers with the
officials, who then determine the initial order of qualifying
attempts for that day by lottery. On the qualifying day, they go once
through that order. When a car's number comes up, the team must
either make a qualifying attempt then and there, or step out of the
qualifying line. Qualifying attempts are made until the gun sounds at
6:00 pm. If they didn't get all the way through the initial order,
they do the rest of the order first thing next day, but those who
qualify in this way are grouped with the previous day's qualifiers
(thus, every car gets one shot at qualifying on any particular day).
If the officials get all the way through the lottery order and it's
not 6:00 pm yet, qualifying is thrown open and any not-yet-qualified
car can make an attempt by presenting itself at the line.
So each of the 4 days, they hold the lottery, go through the
lottery order, then comes free qualifying where any car can present
at the line and make an attempt, until 6:00 pm. If a car is rolling
before the 6:00 pm final gun, it is allowed to finish it's
qualification run. The car can be starting its warm-up laps too, it
only has to be rolling away from the inspection area when the gun
sounds.
Before a qualifying run can be made, the car must be inspected to
check that it meets all the rules. It takes only a few minutes for
this to be completed but it can yield a bit of drama just before 6:00
pm on Bubble Day. A line usually forms at the tech inspection area at
this time.
If a car's qualification attempt is interrupted by the track
officials to clear up debris, the car is allowed to refuel and move
to head of the technical inspection line to try again without an
attempt being charged to it.
If a driver wishes to qualify a different car (let's say that
Adrian Fernandez qualifies his backup car, but discovers that his
primary is running 10 mph faster, for example), then that driver must
withdraw his/her current car from the field, or let another driver
drive it. If a car is withdrawn, it may not attempt to requalify.
If a car has qualified, the engine cannot be changed for one of
another make. You'd have to requalify in a completely different
chassis with a new engine make
10.3 How is the race starting order decided ?
The first days qualifiers are locked into position in front of the
second day's qualifiers who are locked into position if front of the
third day's qualifiers, etc. The qualified cars are arranged from
fastest to slowest among that day's qualifiers. In this way, faster
cars will sometimes end up behind slower cars.
Pole Day is the first day of qualifying which has traditionally
given the Pole Sitter. The car on pole position can still be bumped
from the field, but it is not very likely. In this case, pole
position would go to the fastest car from the second qualifying day.
If a car is bumped from the field. The new qualifier (car) will be
inserted into the starting field based on the speed and the day that
the car qualified - it does not take over the position of the bumped
car.
If someone starts the race in a car that was qualified by another
driver, they start from the back of the grid.
10.4 How big is the track at Indy ?
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a 2.5 mile square oval. The
straights are 50 feet wide. Two of the straights are 3,300 ft long,
the other two are 660 ft long. There are four turns, each of which is
1,320 feet long 60 feet wide tarmac. The 2.5 mile circuit is measured
3 feet from the inside white line. The turns are banked at 9 degrees
and 12 minutes. Eleven three car rows start the Indy 500.
10.5 How can I get tickets for the Indy 500 ?
1. Often somebody will sell a couple for face value on r.a.s sometime
in
the spring.
2. Get a friend or a friend-of-a-friend to invite you (this is sort of
what I did the first time)
3. Buy from scalpers (not cheap, but legal; I include travel agencies
that provide tickets in this, although they may not gouge like the
guys standing on 16th street waving handfuls of tickets).
4. From the ticket office itself:
Your request needs to arrive more-or-less immediately at the IMS.
I
plan to submit my renewal at the box in front of the museum/ticket
office the day after the race By more-or-less immediately, I mean
the
week after the race is the only window of opportunity to get
tickets
via the IMS ticket office. Requests may not be submitted until the
day
after the race is initially scheduled (remember, rain can cause a
delay).
For a first time ticket buyer, you will only be able to get seats
in
the infield. There are stands in each corner, named terraces: turn
1
terrace, turn 2 terrace, turn 3 terrace, turn 4 terrace. There are
stands on the short chute between 1 and 2. There are wheelchair
accessible seats in the short chute between 1 and 2 as well. The
other
infield seats are above the pits and start/finish; you will not be
able
to get seats there either.
You do not need the form in the program. Take a piece of paper and
list your preferences in order for the seats that you actually
have a
chance of getting. Include a check or US postal money order for
the
amount. If you use a check, be forewarned that a bounce will cause
the
cancellation of your order and that it may take the speedway 6 to
9
months to actually open your envelope and process it (can you say
`hurry up and wait?') use a postal money order if there is any
prospect
that you might lose track of a check. Do not use money orders with
short expirations on them.
This year and last year, infield terrace seats cost 25/seat; there
is
a good chance that they'll go up to 30 next year, so it's best to
make
that assumption when you plan your payment.
If you get tickets, then you will find out when a thick grey
envelope
arrives with a return address of Speedway Indiana. I'm not sure
what
you get if you're just receiving a refund check. This envelope may
not
arrive until a month or so before the race, and it will be your
first
indication you actually got tickets. you might consider making
travel
plans and saving up a little extra money to buy tickets the
expensive
way, just in case. Air travel into and out of the area books up
early.
10.6 Qualifying for other IndyCar Races
Qualifying takes place in two sessions over two days on the Friday and
Saturday before race Sunday. Each session is split into two halves,
the
slow half and the fast half. All drivers in each half can go out any
time they want to, so more than one car will be on the track at a
time.
Timing is handled electronically by a sensor in the car. On Friday,
slow and fast drivers are determined by order of finish in last week's
race. On Saturday, they are determined by Friday's times (thus it's
possible to run in the slow group on one day and the fast group on the
other). Drivers are ordered on the grid in order of the fastest time
they were able to turn in their qualifying sessions. Thus, the pole
winner will always have turned the fastest lap, unlike the Indy 500
where this is not guaranteed.
11. POINTS SYSTEMS
11.1 How does the F1 points system work?
The first six finishers get 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points respectively.
Pole position and fastest laps get no extra points. All 16 races count
towards the drivers and constructors championship.
FOCA gives subsidised travel for the top ten teams. The exact value
of this as well as the prize money for the teams is a closely-guarded
secret. For the first half of the season, the teams are chosen by the
previous year's constructors championship. From the ninth race
onwards,
the results from the last half of the previous season are combined
with
those from the first half of the current season.
11.2 How does the IndyCar points system work?
Finish Points Finish Points Finish Points
Points
1 20 5 10 9 4 Pole position
1
2 16 6 8 10 3 Led most laps
1
3 14 7 6 11 2
4 12 8 5 12 1
The extra points for pole position and leading the most laps can both
go to the same driver. For this reason you sometimes see a driver
conquering 22 points, which means, he won the race (20), got the pole
(1) and led for more laps (1).
12. MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 What are the IndyCar flag rules ?
Blue flag with the yellow stripe (stationary): displayed to slower
cars
indicating that a faster car is attempting to pass. It is not a move
over command on road courses (not sure what it means on ovals). It is
merely advisory, although drivers can be called in for not checking
their mirrors.
Yellow flag (stationary): displayed when there is a car stopped off
line. it is also displayed at the flag station prior to waving yellows
as a backup. There is no passing allowed from the flag to the
incident.
Yellow flag (waving): displayed when there is great danger such as a
car
stopped on the line (or just about anywhere on the pavement at a
natural
terrain road course). Again, no passing until you pass the incident.
Double stationary yellow: displayed on road courses indicating a full
course caution.
Yellow flag with red stripes (stationary) (aka surface flag, debris
flag,
hazard flag or oil flag): displayed when there is oil, water, debris,
etc
on the course. Anything that could create a hazard. Normally kept up
for
1 lap until everyone has seen it, then it is dropped.
Black flag (from designated black flag station and the bridge):
displayed when they want the driver to report immediately to his/her
pit. Reasons vary from rule infractions to a mechanical problem that
requires immediate attention. If the black flag is displayed from all
corner stations, the session/race is red flagged and immediately ends
until the course condition that causes the red is cleared.
White flag with a thin red cross: displayed when a safety truck is
between that station and the next station. White flag (stationary) is
displayed at the station prior to the waving white. It is also
displayed for 2 stations for a slow moving race vehicle.
White flag at the start/finish line: last lap.
Checkered flag: displayed at the end of the race.
Green flag (from the bridge): starts or restarts a race.
Green flag (from a corner station): displayed if its been waving
yellow
for more than a lap.
Red flag: displayed only from the bridge to stop a session or a race.
12.2 Andretti vs Mansell
In 1993, Michael Andretti was faced with an unfamiliar car which was
reported to be tricky to drive. He did relatively little testing. He
had little time to learn many of the circuits on the race weekends.
Whether his lack of success was due to a combination of these factors
or from a lack of talent has been debated at length.
In 1993, Nigel Mansell was faced with an unfamiliar car which was
well sorted. Apparently it was comparatively easy to drive on ovals,
where Mansell was most successful. He was able to do a lot of test
miles. He had little time to learn some of the circuits, and struggled
at some of these. Whether his success was due to a combination of
these
factors or from his talent alone has also been debated at length.
12.3 What are the pros and cons of gravel traps, tyre walls, armco &
walls?
When a car leaves the circuit, the aim is to slow it down as smoothly
as possible to reduce the peak deceleration on the driver. The car and
debris should also be kept out of the way from the oncoming traffic if
at all possible. The kinetic energy of a car is proportional to its
weight and to the square of its velocity.
The physics of the situation is comparatively simple. Generally a
fit
driver can survive 50G impact if they are well restrained and so long
as it doesn't last for too long To slow a driver from 185MPH without
exceeding 50G, the shortest time in which you can stop the car is
1/6th
of a second which takes 22 feet at a steady 50g deceleration.
185 miles per hour = ((185*1609 m) / 3600 s) = 82.7 metres per
second
decrease in velocity = deceleration * time
deceleration time = (82.7 m/s) / (50 * 9.8 m/s^2) = 0.169
seconds
deceleration distance = ((decrease in velocity * deceleration
time) / 2)
deceleration distance = (82.7 m/s * 0.169 s)/2 = 6.98 m = 22.9
feet
It doesn't much matter what you crash into, as long as the driver is
protected from intrusions and that crucial 50G is not exceeded.
Realistically, whatever you hit is not going to slow you uniformly,
so you need to spread it out even more.
There are different ways to slow the cars, some of which are better
for some types of accident. The optimum solution for one type of
vehicle might be very bad for another.
Large grass run-off areas are cheap and easy to maintain and are one
of the best solutions for motorbike accidents. However, they mean
that the areas for spectators have to be set back a long way from the
track. They are obviously not an option at street circuits.
Gravel traps are commonly used on Formula One circuits. They work
very well for single seat racing cars and motorbikes. However, they
are not so effective for heavy saloon cars, as in NASCAR, where there
is a lot more energy to lose in an accident. Gravel traps are useless
when a car gets airborne. They also trap cars that stray into them so
that marshalls will not be able to push cars away from dangerous
positions. This means that tow trucks or cranes have to be available
for each and every race which makes them an expensive solution for a
long circuit - a problem if you want to run low budget racing series
at a profit. If a car manages to rejoin the track after visiting a
gravel trap, the circuit may get covered with gravel.
Tyre walls are a cheap way of cushioning walls. They work well for
low to medium speed crashes, but if a car hits one at high speed, it
can be bounced back onto the circuit, possibly into the following
cars. The car may also get snagged on the tyres and get thrown into
violent spins and rolls which may launch debris towards the
spectators. High speed crashes may also dislodge tyres from the wall
into the oncoming traffic. This problem can be solved by using
water-filled barriers instead of tyre walls like at Mickey Thompson
stadium off-road races. Another alternative is a large block of
expanded polystyrene. These are easy to move around for temporary
circuits.
Armco and concrete walls are good where cars hit them at a shallow
angle -- on a super-speedway for instance. The aim is not to absorb
the whole of the impact, but to deflect the car back along the track
to lose speed slowly. They are bad when a car hits them at a sharp
angle. The worst accidents on super-speedways occur when a driver
tries to correct oversteer by steering towards the wall. If he
regains grip, he gets sent into the wall at a sharp angle which then
causes a series of violent spins and rolls. Armco (crash barriers)
can absorb some impact. However, the barrier is still solid around
the supporting posts. Sometimes, single seat racing cars have been
able to `submarine' underneath the barrier which causes a very rapid
deceleration. Both types of barrier are bad for motorbike accidents.
Catch fencing was used for a while in the 1970s. Stretches of wire
netting was strung between lightly fixed posts. They worked well for
closed wheel cars, but if the nose of a single seater dipped
underneath the fencing, the drivers neck was left in a very exposed
position. They were particularly dangerous for motorbike accidents.
If adequate crash protection cannot be provided at a corner, the
track can be modified -- to allow extra run-off area or to slow the
cars with a chicane.
12.4 Where can I send condolences to the Family of Ayrton Senna ?
Milton & Neide Senna da Silva
Rua Dr. Jose Manuel # 67 17mo andar
Sao Paulo, S.P.
BRAZIL 0123200
12.5 What Helmet was Ayrton Senna Wearing When he Crashed?
Ayrton raced with both Bell and Shoei helmets. However on May 1, he
was wearing a Bell. This is shown in Ayrton Senna, by Christopher
Hilton, 1994, p96 has a the picture captioed "Farewell" which was
presumably taken in the last moments before the Imola start.
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13. NASCAR INFORMATION
13.1 Technical Regulations
The `official' NASCAR rules and regulations are not made available
to the general public or to the media. NASCAR reserves the right to
disseminate those regulations only to those teams it deems of merit
as seriously contending participants.
The Winston Cup series used to be known as Grand National. The name
was changed in 19??. Busch Grand National (BGN) now refers to the
NASCAR six-cylinder series which is the main feeder series for
Winston Cup. Some Busch drivers run in Winston Cup events, and vice
versa.
Winston Cup is considered the premier series in NASCAR. The Busch
Series is usually considered a minor league series for up-and-coming
drivers to hone their skills to move up to the Winston Cup (although
in the last few years, this series has established quite a following
and has sort of become a premier series in its own right).
The Busch Series runs mainly on short tracks (tracks less than a
mile in length) over shorter distances, while the Winston Cup series
concentrates on tracks greater than a mile in length. The Busch
Series has picked up a few superspeedways in the last few years.
There are several differences in the cars. The Winston Cup cars have
V-8 engines, while the BGN cars currently run V-6's (will run V-8's
beginning in '95). The BGN cars also have a shorter wheelbase. Winston
Cup cars weigh 3500 lbs while BGN cars weigh (I think) 3000 lbs.
13.2 So How Much of a `Stock Car' is `Stock' ?
Nascar Winston Cup engines today generally use pistons manufactured
by J E, Wiseco, Ross and a couple of others. There are usually very
few `Factory' (ie Ford or Chevy) parts used in/on the entire car. For
most parts, any supplier could be used - even Mercedes produced
pistons could be used in either a Ford or Chevy given the correct
bore diameter and wrist pin placement, rod length and crankshaft
stroke.
The engine block and head castings are usually bought in rough form
to conform to the casting number rules required by NASCAR. The blocks
are special alloy materials such as higher than normal tin content
and extra webbing area for strength around the main bearings. The
heads are aluminum alloy and also much different than any production
heads. Extra material is generally available for various teams to
port them in different ways and to bore the valve guides just the way
they want them. The engines also are always 358 ci but for various
tracks the torque output is tailored by variations in bore and stroke
ratio to get the performance combination for acceleration off the
turns or straightaway speed as desired by the particualr driver/team
preference.
Many or most teams use the roof and winshield post sheetmetal from
factory factory production to obtain proper profile and height as
these parts are difficult to form by hand. Up until this year factory
type windshields were aslo used peer NASCAR rules to fit the actory
body templates. Now the safer lexan windshields are allowed. The
plastic nose and tail bumper covers are aftermarket parts but the
remainder of the body is usually formed by hand using a tool called
an `English wheel' which helps stretch and curve the metal for the
fenders, doors and quarter panels. I believe but am not sure that
factory or equivalent rocker panels are used at the moment.
13.3 What is a `restrictor plate' ?
They are aluminum plates with four 7/8 inch holes. They are placed
between the carbuerator and intake manifold on an engine. The
carbuerators used in WC have four 1-1/2 inch diameter barrels. When
this 7/8 inch restrictor plate is installed, the air-flow into the
engine is restricted, thus reducing horsepower. Restrictor plates
were mandated on WC cars at Talladega and Daytona in 1988 in an
effort to keep the cars from getting airborne and crashing into
spectator fences. NASCAR first attempted to slow speeds after Bobby
Allisons car became airborne and crashed into the spectator fence at
Talladega in May of 1987. NASCAR first tried smaller carbuerators
(for the July races at both tracks) but decided on the restrictor
plate to begin the '88 season. The original plates had 1 inch holes.
Now, they're down to 7/8 inch.
13.4 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Race Track TV Local Laps Miles
Track Date of
Start Size Race
Time /miles
Daytona 500 Daytona Beach FL CBS 12.15pm 200 500 2.5
Feb
20th
Goodwrench 500 Rockingham NC TNN 12.30pm 492 500 1.017
Feb
27th
Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond VA TBS 1.15pm 400 300 0.75
Mar
6th
Purolator 500 Hampton GA ABC 1.00pm 328 500 1.522
Mar
13th
Transouth Financial 400 Darlington SC ESPN 1.00pm 293 400 1.366
Mar
27th
Food City 500 Bristol TN ESPN 1.10pm 500 266.5 0.533
Apr
10th
First Union 400 N. Wilkesboro NC ESPN 1.00pm 400 250 0.625
Apr
17th
Hanes 500 Martinsville VA ESPN 12.30pm 500 263 0.526
Apr
24th
Winston Select 500 Talladega AL ESPN 1.00pm 188 500 2.66
May
1st
Save Mart Supermrkts 300 Sonoma CA ESPN 1.00pm 74 186.5 2.52
May
15th
Coca-Cola 600 Concord NC TBS 4.30pm 400 600 1.5
May
29th
Budweiser 500 Dover DE TNN 12.10pm 500 500 1.0
Jun
5th
Pocono 500 Long Pond PA TNN 12.30pm 200 500 2.5
Jun
12th
Miller Genuine Draft 400 Brooklyn MI ESPN 1.00pm 200 400 2.0
Jun
19th
Pepsi 400 Daytona Beach FL ESPN 11.00am 160 400 2.5
Jul
2nd
Slick 50 300 Loudon NH TNN 1.00pm 300 317.4 1.058
Jul
10th
Miller Genuine Draft 500 Long Pond PA TBS 12.30pm 200 500 2.5
Jul
17th
Diehard 500 Talladega AL CBS 12.15pm 188 500 2.66
Jul
24th
Brickyard 400 Indianapolis IN ABC 12.00pm 160 400 2.5
Aug
6th
The Bud at the Glen Watkins Glen NY ESPN 1.00pm 90 220.5 2.45
Aug
14th
GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 Brooklyn MI CBS 12.30pm 200 400 2.0
Aug
21st
Goody's 500 Bristol TN ESPN 7.40pm 500 266.5 0.533
Aug
27th
Mountain Dew S'thrn 500 Darlington SC ESPN 1.00pm 367 500 1.366
Sep
4th
Miller Genuine Draft 400 Richmond VA TBS 7.30pm 400 300 0.75
Sep
10th
Splitfire Sparkplug 500 Dover DE TNN 12.10pm 500 500 1.0
Sep
18th
Goody's 500 Martinsville VA ESPN 12.30pm 500 263 0.526
Sep
25th
Tyson Holly Farms 400 N. Wilkesboro NC ESPN 1.00pm 400 250 0.625
Oct
2nd
Mello Yello 500 Concord NC TBS 1.00pm 334 500 1.5
Oct
9th
AC-Delco 500 Rockingham NC TNN 12.30pm 492 500 1.017
Oct
23th
Slick 50 500 Phoenix AZ TNN 12.00pm 312 312 1.0
Oct
30th
Hooters 500 Hampton GA ESPN 12.30pm 328 500 1.522
Nov
13th
13.5 NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division
Race Track TV Local Laps Miles
Track Date of
Start Size Race
Time /miles
Sundrop 500 Hickory NC 300 108.9 0.363
Apr
3rd
Goody's 250 Bristol TN 250 133.3 0.533
Apr
9th
Rougemont NC 300 Apr 30th
Chevy Dealers of NE Loudon NH 250 250 1.0
May
7th
Meridian Bank 200 Nazareth PA 200 200 1.0
May
22nd
Champion SP 300 Charlotte NC 200 300 1.5
May
28th
Goodwrench/Delco Bat Dover DE 200 200 1.0
Jun
4th
Carolina Pride/Bud Myrtle Beach SC 250
Jun
11th
Fay's 150 Watkins Glen NY 61 150 2.45
Jun
25th
Fireworks 250 West Allis WI 250 250 1.0
Jul
3rd
South Boston VA 300 Jul 16th
Fram Filter 500 Talladega AL 117 310.7 2.66
Jul
23rd
Granger Select 500 Hickory NC 300
Jul
31st
Kroger NASCAR 200 Clermont IN 137
Aug
5th
Detroit Gasket 200 Michigan Int Sway 100 200 2.0
Aug
20th
Food City 250 Bristol TN 250 133.3 0.533
Aug
26th
Gatorade 200 Darlington SC 146 200 1.366
Sep
3rd
Autolite Platinum Richmond VA 250 175 0.75
Sep
9th
SplitFire SP 200 Dover DE 200 200 1.0
Sep
17th
All Pro Auto Parts Charlotte NC 200 300 1.5
Oct
8th
Advance Auto Parts Martinsville VA 300 157.8 0.526
Oct
16th
AC-Delco 200 Rockingham NC 197 200 1.017
Oct
22nd
13.6 ASA AC-Delco Challenge Series Schedule
Colorado National Speedway Denver CO April 24th
Columbus Motor Speedway Columbus OH May 1st
Toledo Speedway Toledo OH May 15th
I-70 Speedway Odessa MO June 4th
Louisville Motor Speedway Louisville KY June 11th
Tri-City Motor Speedway Auburn MI June 17th
Berlin Raceway Marne MI June 18th
Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd MN June 26th
Hawkeye Downs Speedway CedarRapids IA July 4th
Salem Speedway Salem IN July 16th
Heartland Park Topeka KS July 31st
Berlin Raceway Marne MI August 13th
Anderson Speedway Anderson IN August 20th
Milwaukee Mile Milwaukee WI August 28th
Minnesota State Fair Speedway St. Paul MN September
5th
Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn MI September
11th
Toledo Speedway Toledo OH October 2nd
Jennerstown Speedway Jennerstown PA October 16th
13.7 1994 NASCAR Drivers
02 Curtis Markham (VA) Children's Miracle Network Ford-
Thunderbird
1 Rick Mast (VA) Skoal Classic Ford-
Thunderbird
2 Rusty Wallace (NC) Miller Genuine Draft Ford-
Thunderbird
3 Dale Earnhardt (NC) GM Goodwrench Chevrolet-
Lumina
4 Sterling Marlin (TN) Kodak Chevrolet-
Lumina
5 Terry Labonte (NC) Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet-
Lumina
6 Mark Martin (NC) Valvoline Ford-
Thunderbird
7 Geoff Bodine (NC) Exide Batteries Ford-
Thunderbird
8 Jeff Burton (VA) Raybestos Brakes Ford-
Thunderbird
9 Rich Bickle (WI) Melling Engine Parts Ford-
Thunderbird
10 Ricky Rudd (NC) Tide Ford-
Thunderbird
11 Bill Elliott (GA) Budweiser Ford-
Thunderbird
12 Chuck Bown (OR) WBF/Masterbuilt Ford-
Thunderbird
14 John Andretti (IN) Financial World Chevrolet-
Lumina
15 Lake Speed (MS) Quality Care Ford-
Thunderbird
16 Ted Musgrave (NC) The Family Channel Ford-
Thunderbird
17 Darrell Waltrip (TN) Western Auto Chevrolet-
Lumina
18 Dale Jarrett (NC) Interstate Batteries Chevrolet-
Lumina
19 Loy Allen Jr. (NC) Hooter's Ford-
Thunderbird
21 Morgan Shepherd (NC) Citgo Oil Ford-
Thunderbird
22 Bobby Labonte (NC) Maxwell House Coffee Pontiac-Grand
Prix
23 Hut Stricklin (AL) Smokin Joe's Ford-
Thunderbird
24 Jeff Gordon (NC) DuPont Auto Finishes Chevrolet-
Lumina
25 Ken Schrader (NC) Kodiak Chevrolet-
Lumina
26 Brett Bodine (NC) Budweiser/QuakerState Ford-
Thunderbird
27 Jimmy Spencer (NC) McDonald's Ford-
Thunderbird
28 Ernie Irvan (NC) Texaco-Havoline Ford-
Thunderbird
29 Steve Grissom (AL) Diamond Ridge Chevrolet-
Lumina
30 Michael Waltrip (NC) Pennzoil Pontiac-Grand
Prix
31 Ward Burton (NC) Hardees Chevrolet-
Lumina
32 Dick Trickle (NC) ATS Wood Recycling Chevrolet-
Lumina
33 Harry Gant (NC) Skoal Bandit Chevrolet-
Lumina
40 Bobby Hamilton (TN) Kendall Oil Pontiac-Grand
Prix
41 Joe Nemechek (FL) Meineke Mufflers Chevrolet-
Lumina
42 Kyle Petty (NC) Mello Yello Pontiac-Grand
Prix
43 Wally Dallenbach (NC) STP Pontiac-Grand
Prix
51 Jeff Purvis (TN) Country Time Lemonade Chevrolet-
Lumina
52 Brad Teague (TN) NAPA Auto Parts Ford-
Thunderbird
54 Robert Pressley (NC) Mannheim Auctions Chevrolet-
Lumina
55 Jimmy Hensley (VA) Petron Plus Ford-
Thunderbird
71 Dave Marcis (NC) STG Chevrolet-
Lumina
75 Todd Bodine (NC) Factory Stores Ford-
Thunderbird
77 Greg Sacks (FL) Jasper Engines/US Air Ford-
Thunderbird
80 Jimmy Horton (NJ) Hover Ford-
Thunderbird
90 Mike Wallace (NC) Heilig-Meyers Ford-
Thunderbird
95 Jeremy Mayfield (TN) Shoney's Inn Ford-
Thunderbird
97 Chad Little (NC) Bayer Select Ford-
Thunderbird
98 Derrike Cope (NC) Fingerhut Ford-
Thunderbird
13.8 How does the NASCAR Winston Cup points system work?
Each driver who competes in a NASCAR Winston Cup race is awarded
championship points according to the following descending scale based
on finish position.
Five additional bonus points are awarded to each driver who leads a
lap and an additional five bonus points go to the driver who leads
the most laps.
Finish Points Finish Points Finish Points Finish
Points
1 175 11 130 21 100 31
70
2 170 12 127 22 97 32
67
3 165 13 124 23 94 33
64
4 160 14 121 24 91 34
61
5 155 15 118 25 88 35
58
6 150 16 115 26 85 36
55
7 146 17 112 27 82 37
52
8 142 18 109 28 79 38
49
9 138 19 106 29 76 39
46
10 134 20 103 30 73 40
43
Normally 43 cars is the maximum number allowed in any race. The points
for those remaining positions are calculated by subtracting 3 from the
previous position. No points are awarded for pole.
13.9 How are rookie points decided ?
o 1 point is awarded to each rookie who starts the race.
o The highest finishing rookie is awarded 10 points, the next
highest 9
points, and so on down to 0.
o bonus points are awarded for the top 10. A rookie finishing 10th
receives 1 bonus point, 9th 2 points, and so on. If a rookie wins
the
race he would receive 10 bonus points.
For example, at Atlanta in 1994, 8 rookies qualified for the race:
Finishing Place Rookie Points
Jeff Burton 4th 18
Joe Nemechek 18th 10
Steve Grissom 20th 9
Loy Allen 22nd 8
Mike Wallace 27th 7
Curtis Markham 39th 6
Ward Burton 40th 5
John Andretti 42nd 4
Jeff Burton received 1 point for qualifying, 10 points for being the
highest finishing rookie and 7 points for finishing 4th place. Joe
Nemechek received 1 point for qualifying and 9 points for being the
second highest rookie.
13.10 How are NASCAR provisional starts decided ?
Provisional starts are available for the top 35 in the points
standings
for car owners. In the first four races of the year, car owner
standings from the previous season are used. After that the standings
from the current season are taken instead. Each team is allowed to use
three provisional starts in the first 10 races, one in the second 10,
and one in the third 10. Another provisional start is reserved for
former Winston Cup champions who have failed to qualify for a race.
There is only one former champion's provisional - it goes to the most
recent champion if two champions fail to qualify.
13.11 Who is the guy that's always in the NASCAR victory lane ?
It's Bill Broderick. He's a representative of Unocal and it has been
his job since lord knows when to handle Victory Lane at all non-NASCAR
owned tracks (they have their own guy who has also been doing the same
things for years).
13.12 How can I find MRN radio ?
MRN is syndicated to 400 local radio stations in 37 States across
America. It is also available by satellite - telephone USA (1) 904
254-6760 for information. There is a list of MRN affiliates with their
frequencies and details of the satelite feeds at:
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/auto/nascar/mrn-affiliates
13.13 How can I get information about watching a NASCAR race ?
The new `Official Directory' for NASCAR tracks is a must for those who
might travel to a race and plan to stay the weekend - lots of local
info on places to stay, etc.
Orders ( $19.95, plus $5 and $8 S & H) can also be addressed to:
Bell South Advertising & Publishing,
PO Box 5887, Ft Lauderdale,
FL 33310-7942, USA.
The directory comes complete with track layouts, seat charts, and a
toll
free number for track info (USA) 1-800-AUTORACE, which you can use for
1-General Track Info
2-Ticket Info
3-Schedule
4-Qual Times
5-Weather
The tracks require the following 4 digit ID codes:
Atlanta--1100
Bristol--1200
Charlotte--1300
Darlington--1400
Daytona--1500
etc alphabetically through Watkins Glenn at 2800. Unfortunately, only
Winston Cup tracks are covered, and not places like Hickory or South
Boston.
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14. GENERAL QUESTIONS
14.1 Who is the greatest driver of all time ?
Gilles Villeneuve (IMHO*).
Anyone can have an opinion on the greatest driver of all time.
Unfortunately we'll never know just who is correct. The great drivers
have never all raced each other in similar cars with each at the peak
of their careers.
We can say who has won the most races and the most championships.
However, some of the great drivers have not been particularly
successful. Stirling Moss being the classic example of a driver who
failed to win the F1 championship after driving for some second rate
teams. Comparisons of drivers between different eras of motor racing
are even more open to question. There are so many changes both in
technical developments for the cars and circuits, and the differing
numbers of competitive cars and drivers through the years.
Try to ignore obvious flame-bait. You're unlikely to persuade
anyone that they are wrong by shouting at them. If you want to try,
please do it in alt.flame. Whats much more interesting for people to
read are the reasons why you like your favourite driver. Tell some
anecdotes about their greatest moments. What makes them special ?
[*] Some of my favourite Gilles Villeneuve information is available
here:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/gilles/gilles.html
14.2 Which is the best racing series ?
This is another topic that has been thrashed to death. You are just
as unlikely to persuade anyone that they are wrong by shouting at
them. Whats much more interesting for people to read are the reasons
why you like your favourite series. What makes it special ?
14.3 Murray Walker
Murray Walker (aka Muddly Talker) is the commentator for the much of
the BBC's motorsports coverage including F1 and the BTCC. He is a
motorsports enthusiast. He is also prone to spouting rubbish in the
heat of the moment in spite of his vast experience of commentating
for Grand Prix racing. He's a nice bloke too.
`He's obviously gone in for a wheel change. I say obviously because
I can't see it'
`With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go'
`Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough ?'
`Anything happens in Grand Prix racing and it usually does'
`Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place'
`As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that
Alboreto is 5th'
`I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must
be some sort of grip problem'
`He is shedding buckets of adrenalin in that car'
`It's raining and the track is wet'
`And theres just a few more corners for Nigel Mansell to go to win
the Canadian Grand Prix ... and ... he's going rather slow ... He's
stopping HE'S STOPPING!'
`and this is the third placed car about to lap the second placed car'
`they say clothes maketh the man ... the clothes are Niki Laudas, but
the contents are me ... ' as Murray prepares to take a drive in a F1
car.'
[He gets a total distance of ... oh, 1 foot before he stalls it.]
[During a F1 race, describing how the leader can see the driver
following him] ` ... Mansell can see him in his earphone ...'
`So Bernie [Ecclestone] , in the seventeen years since you bought
McLaren, which of your many achievements do you think was the most
memorable ?' Bernie Answers,`Well I don't remember buying McLaren.'
[
Bernie Ecclestone used to own the Brabham team] .
Murray:`What's that? There's a BODY on the track!!!' James: `Um, I
think that that is a piece of BODY--WORK, from someone's car.'
Murray: `There's a fiery glow coming from the back of the Ferrari.'
James: `No Murray, that's his rear safety light.'
As an introductory piece for a rallysprint race, Murray was put in the
Navigator's seat alongside Tony Pond in a Chevette HSR (270 BHP, rwd,
and twitchy), added an in-car camera, and wired Murray for sound. The
result can be deduced by extrapolating his usual excitement and
enthusiasm, and adding a large pinch of raw terror! `And there's a
600
foot drop on my left ... AND we're doing 120 mph ... AND we're
approaching a hairpin ... OH MY GOD we're going to die ...'
[after a post race interview where Mansell won the French(?) GP]
Murray :`How did you get that nasty bumb on your head Nigel?' [Nigel
leans forward to show the camera as Murray pokes it with his finger !]
Nigel:`OWCH!!'
` ... Cruel luck for Alesi, second on the grid. That's the first
time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done
so in Canada earlier this year ... '
[From the 1988 Brazilian GP] `Well let's, uh, lugsh, luxurrriate in a
little hypothesis and try to work out what, if anything, is wrong with
Alain Prost.' [Prost was being caught by Berger late in the race.]
`Has
he got tyre problems? Very unlikely. Is Prost having fuel trouble?
Well, who knows? I think it's a bit unlikely. Is Prost having gearbox
trouble? I can't tell you. And since P, uh, Prost is unlikely to come
on the radio and let me know you'll have to guess along with me.' [A
couple of laps later Berger made his final tire stop:] `Wellll -
that's, that's blown it for him!' [After Berger's stop Murray thought
that Boutsen, about a minute behind, had moved into second place,
going
so far as to predict a possible popular first victory for the Benetton
driver. He then saw the computerized standings pop up on the screen]
`ANNDD! We have a, uh, I - [laughing] - I, uh, I'm S- [still
laughing]
I have to eat humble pie again, for all the people out there. Uh, we
have a lap scorrring problem and, uh, I have to rather lamely tell you
that, uh, it's still Gerhard Berger in 2nd place. It's Berger in 3rd
position. In four- in- in-. um, Boutsen in 3rd position ... '
[Sylvan Smith comments] The 1988 Brazilian GP, Senna's first race
for McLaren, provided one of the great comeback drives in recent
memory. Senna had to start from the pits after stalling on the
grid.
He carved through the field to 2nd place in about 15 laps. When
he
came up behind Piquet and Boutsen in 4th and 5th he briefly lost
the
back end exiting a 140mph sweeper, leaving a 100 foot or so
streak of
rubber behind. Pretty impressive stuff ... Of course, it was all
in
vain. He was eventually disqualifieded for an illegal car switch.
14.4 Motorsport GIFs and JPEGs
North Arizona ftp://ftp.nau.edu/graphics/gif/racing
Australia: ftp://rana.ccs.deakin.edu.au/pub/pics/motor/
NASCAR ftp://gdstech.grumman.com/pub/nascar/images
Corel Professional Photos (USA (1) 800 836 3729) sell a CDROM with 100
Photo
CD racing photographs. They are royalty-free and cover F1, sportscars
etc
14.5 Which are good races to spectate at ?
Spectators guides for the F1 British GP at Silverstone, the Belgian GP
at Spa, Italian GP at Monza, the NASCAR Diehard 500 at Talledega and
the IndyCar race at Road America are available for anonymous ftp at:
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/auto/f1/silverstone-spectators-guide
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/auto/f1/monza-spectators-guide
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/auto/f1/spa-spectators-guide
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/auto/nascar/talledega-spectators-guide
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/auto/indycar/road-america-spectators-guide
14.6 Where can I get tickets for races ?
14.6.1 San Marino GP, May 1st 1994
SAGIS, Via Calori 9/D, 40122 Bologna, Italy. Tel Italy (39) 51 52 20
75,
Fax Italy (39) 51 52 20 85. Friday Saturday
Sunday
General Admission (adult) L25,000 L30,000
L45,000
General Admission (children + soldiers) L15,000 L20,000
L30,000
Tribuna Fiat (A) L50,000 L80,000
L350,000
Tribuna Pirelli (B) L40,000 L50,000
L250,000
Tribuna G. Villeneuve (C) ------ ------
L180,000
Tribuna E. De Angelis (D) ------ ------
L200,000
Tribuna T. Nuvolari (G) ------ ------
L150,000
Tribuna Nuova Copma (H) ------ ------
L160,000
Tribuna Marlboro (I) ------ L50,000
L220,000
Tribuna Agip Petroli (L) ------ ------
L180,000
Tribuna C. Romagnolo (M) ------ L60,000
L240,000
Gradonata Verde (V) L40,000 L50,000 L
90,000
(All prices in Italian Lire)
14.6.2 Canadian GP, June 12 1994
Gilles Villeneuve Track, Tel Canada (1) 514 392-0000
Tickets 3 days Sunday only
------------------------------------
Gold $240 $210
Silver $200 $175
Bronze $105 $80
General Admission $50 (no seating)
14.6.3 British GP, July 16th 1995
Booking Office, Freepost, Silverstone Circuits Ltd, Silverstone,
Towcester, Northants, NN12 8TN. Tel Great Britain (44) 327 857273,
Fax Great Britain (44) 327 857663
Friday Saturday
Sunday
General Admission (adult) GBP 19 GBP 25 GBP
63
General Admission (accompanied child) GBP 5 GBP 5 GBP
9
North Grandstand (inc adult General Admission) GBP 29 GBP 45 GBP
125
South Grandstand (inc adult General Admission) GBP 24 GBP 35 GBP
90
Transfer to centre of circuit (adult or child) GBP 12 GBP 15 GBP
18
(All prices in pounds sterling for the first 10,000 applicants or
until
31st December 1994.)
14.6.4 Italian GP, September 11th 1994
Tickets are available from:
Automobile Club of Milan, 20121 Milano c.so Venezia, 43, Italy Tel:
Italy (39) 2 7745400 Fax: (39) 2 781844
National Autodrome at Monza, 20052 Parco di Monza, Italy Tel: Italy
(39) 2 482212, or (39) 2 2482407 Fax: (39) 320324 (missing digit?)
Acitour Lombardia, 20121 Milano c.sa Venezia, 43, Italy Tel: Italy
(39) 2 76006350, or (39) 76023966 Fax: (39) 2 781844
A.C. Promotion, 20122 Milano via P. Cossa, 2, Italy Tel: Italy (39) 2
76002574, or (39) 2 7745291 Fax: (39) 2 780938
Friday tickets are 35,000 Lira and allow access to all stands.
Saturday
a 50,000 Lira ticket is good for roaming all stands except the two
main
stands, which are 100,000 Lira. On race day tickets range from
350,000L
for the Main Agip Central stand to 50,000 for general admission
standing.
14.7 Origins of the names of teams and Manufacturers
o Alfa Romeo ALFA (Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili) was formed
in 1910, Niccola Romeo bought in and took over, added his name
and
started the company building race cars. It was nationalised in
the '30s.
o March an acronym formed from the names of the founders: Max
mosely,
Alan Rees, graham Coaker and robin Herd
o Tiga an acronym from founders TIm schenken and howden GAnley
14.8 What are the origins of F1 chassis numbers ?
Lotus cars have each have a type number. These are also allocated to
projects from outside F1. This means that there can be gaps between
successive F1 models (eg 102, 107 and 109). The 108 is the carbon
fibre
bicycle which Chris Boardman used in the 1992 Olympics.
The derivation of the McLaren numbers like MP4/9 is from McLaren
Project 4, model 9 where Project 4 is the name of a company. This
means
that there will not be a McLaren MP5.
Ferrari seems to change their numbering scheme every couple of years.
All the F1 cars have internal project numbers like 639, 641 etc. The
latest 412T1 number signifies a car with a 4 valve per cylinder, 12
cylinder engine.
14.9 How are F1 race numbers allocated ?
14.9 How are F1 race numbers allocated ?
Before 1973, F1 drivers raced with different numbers at each race.
Teams in the world championship had to submit their entries to each
individual race organisation and were then given their race numbers by
the organiser. Number 1 ( #1) was used by either the defending
champion of that race, the world champion, the first team to submit
their race application, or the favourite of the organisers.
By mid-1973, FOCA (the Formula One Contructors Association) united
the teams who now entered the races with one joint application. FOCA
now took over the assignment of race numbers. At first, each team was
given a random number, which it kept until the end of the year. The
numbers were given to the team, but not drivers, so Stewart drove as
both #5 and #6 in the latter half of 1973.
In 1974, the modern system took hold. At the start of the 1974
season, the teams were given the numbers according to the final
positions in the 1973 Constructors Championship. Hence Lotus got 1 &
2,
Tyrrell got 3 & 4, McLaren 5 & 6, Brabham 7 & 8 etc. If a team had
more
than two cars, the extra car was given a high number like 33. An
exception was BRM, which had three consecutive numbers.
These numbers are only changed when a new driver wins the the
Driver's World Championship. In this case, champion and his teammate
are given 1 & 2, while the previous champion gets the old number of
the
new champion. If a driver changes teams after winning the
Championship,
he takes the #1 to his new team.
For example in 1977, Ferrari ( #11 & 12) won, but Lauda moved to
Brabham. So in 1978, Brabham raced as 1 & 2, McLaren (champions in
1976, who held #1 & 2 in 1977) got 7 & 8 (Brabham's 1977 numbers),
while Ferrari kept the 11 & 12. Tyrrell have kept numbers 3 & 4 for 20
years because they had not won the championship since 1973.
Before Nigel's Mansell's retirement, some non-champions did drive as
#1. Ronnie Peterson got the #1 in 1974 because this was the first
year. In 1985, Watson drove #1 because he was Lauda's replacement.
However, after Mansell's retirement & possible unretirement, which
made
the numbering system unclear, #1 was declared being 'personal' and
only for the world champion, so Damon Hill got #0 for 1993 in the
Williams.
The numbers have been personalised for the past few years. Hence when
FIA gave out a number, it is both for the team and the specific
driver.
Nowadays the numbers are given alphabetically, with the driver whose
last name is first in the alphabet receives the lowest number. Of
course, you can always request a change.
Occasionally, if a team expires, a team with a high number will move
to occupy the old team's numbers. When Renault left F1, March took
over
the 15 & 16 slot. Same rule applies to Brabham, but in this case it
was
unusual involving a three teams switch: Larrouse > Benetton > McLaren
>
Brabham. This had never happened before.
Careful study of the race numbers shows some of the relationships
between the teams. Take 19, 20 & 21. These were the old Williams
numbers in the 70s. When Walter Wolf took over, Team Wolf got #20,
while Williams, who re-started his new race team, got a new number of
#27. By 1980 when Wolf had merged with Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi got rid
of its old #s and got 20 & 21.
Some numbers have special significance for some of the fans and
drivers.
Thirteen is considered to be an unlucky number and is missing from the
F1 lineup. Gilles Villeneuve raced as #27 during his finest years
which
makes it a special number for Ferrari fans. Nigel Mansell drove as Red
Five for Williams, although this number has since been taken over by
Michael Schumacher's Benetton.
14.10 Why is there no US GP ?
Politics and money. The F1 circus expects to have a well developed
infra-structure at a racetrack. The FIA also wants to be paid a
significant amount of money to hold a race. At the moment, there are
no
circuits in the US which have the necessary pit garages, press
facilities and hotel accommodation which think that they would be able
to run a F1 race at a profit. Whether this is because of the
unreasonable demands of the F1 establishment is open to question.
After
a few years without a US GP, F1 may have lost the sponsors who would
have been most interested in a race in the US.
15. MOTORSPORT PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
15.1 Pronouncing `English' names
Name | English pronunciation
------------------------+----------------------------------------------
----
Derek Warwick | der-rick worr-ick (worr-ick rhymes with the
end of
| "historic")
Johnny Herbert | JON-ee-ur-BUT (Johnny is from Essex where
people
| tend to ignore consonants in the middle of words
| and just use vowels [a,e,i,o and u] instead)
Eddie Irvine | ED-yur-vine (vine rhymes with wine)
David Coulthard | day-vid cool-tard
Nigel Mansell | nai-JUL man-SUL (nai rhymes with eye)
|
Mark Blundell | mark blun-DELL
Martin Brundle | mar-TIN brun-dle
|
Bernie Ecclestone | BER-nee ECK-ul-stn
Max Mosely | Maks Moe zlee (Moe rhymes with toe)
|
Sterling Marlin | STUH-lun MAAAH-lun
Stirling Moss | stir-ling moss
|
McLaren | muck LAR un
Williams | will-yums
|
Reynard | ray-nard (French word. English company.
English
| pronunciation).
|
Jaguar | Jag-wahrrr (American) or Jag-uw-ah (British)
15.2 Pronouncing Germanic names
Pronunciation of `ch' in German: This is a soft gutteral sound. Take
the "ch' from `which', remove the `t' part from that sound - et voila!
Michael Schumacher | Mi-cha-el ("i" as in "in", "ch" as in
Michelle "a"
as
| in "part", "el" sounds like "ale") Shoe-mach-er
| (gutteral "ch")
Heinz-Harald Frentzen | High-nts Hah-rahld Frren-tsen
Karl Wendlinger | Kahl Ven-dling-ah
Gerhard Berger | Gair-hard Bair-gair
Roland Ratzenberger | Ro-land Rah-tsen-bair-gair
Jos Verstappen | yohs fair-shtopp-en (The 'a' sounds more
like 'o'
| in Dutch)
|
Sauber Mercedes | zow-ber mer-tze-des
15.3 Pronouncing Japanese names
In Japanese, the family name is spoken first followed by the personal
name. The most important thing to remember, though, is that there is
no stress in Japanese, and that each letter - ma, tsu, shi, ta -
must get the same amount of time. (Otherwise you run into problems,
like calling your aunt (obasan) an old woman (obaasan).)
Hiro Matsushita | mahtsoo-shtah (very faint "oo") he-row
Hiro is the grandson of the industrialist that started Matsushita
Industries. Their products, when not OEM'd, are marked as
mah-tsoo-shee-tah worldwide. When he started in ICs, Hiro tried to
explain to people that the pronunciation used to market the
products was different that what they actually called themselves in
the family, and that his name should be pronounced mah-tsoo-shtah.
Panasonic asked him to tell the press that no, it should be
pronounced mah-tsoo-shee-tah. Hiro then told Paul Page to pronounce
it however he liked to. Personally, I like Derek Daly's version:
mah-<spit all over Bobby Unser>-ta.]
Ukyo Katayama | kah-tah-yah-mah oo-kyohh
|
Aguri Suzuki | sooz-kee ahg-ree
|
Nissan | Kneess-ahn (American). Niss-ann (British).
| Kneessss-ahn (Japanese).
15.4 Pronouncing French and Canadian names
Gilles Villeneuve | jil (with a soft j sound) vil-neuv (where
vil
| sounds like kill and neuv sounds like curve without
| the 'r').
Jacques Villeneuve | Jacques is either "jawk" (hawk) or "jak"
(yak). Both
| have a soft j sound. JV, brother of GV, uses "jawk".
| JV, son of GV, uses the European "jak" pronunciation
| He also has told the American media that his name is
| pronounced vil-nev bordering on vil-neph and not the
| Francocorrect form we grew up on.
Alain Prost | a-lan p-roast
Jean Alesi | jon (with a soft j sound) a-lay-zEE
|
Renault | ren-oh (ren as in siren, oh rhymes with
blow)
Peugeot | pooh-szjoh (szjoh has a very soft "j", and
rhymes
| with show)
|
Magny-Cours | man-nyee cor
Le Mans | le mon
Spa-Francorchamps | spa-fron-cor-shom (fron rhymes with from)
Grand Prix | gron pree
15.5 Pronouncing Portugeuse and Brazilian names
The common "street" pronunciation for Brazilian names may be
different to the "formal" pronunciation.
Ayrton Senna | Ah-EER-tone senn-a (EE sounds like "i" from
"in")
Mauricio Gugelmin | Mow-RI-see-oh Goo-gel-min ( The see-oh
sounds very
| close to "see-you" as the final "o" tends to sounds
| like "ouh". The RI is a soft "r" like in "risk")
Rubens Barrichello | roo-bens Bah-he-KEH-loh (Bah-he is a hard
sound
which
| is made with the tongue and not from the throat)
|[Although Barrichello is an "Italian" name, it is
| pronounced differently in "street" Brazilian].
15.6 Pronouncing Finnish names
Jyrki Jarvilehto (the a | yir-kee yar-vee-leh-toh (or jay-jay leh-toh)
has an umlaut-two dots) |
Mika Salo | Mee-ka Sa-low (low as in blow)
16. REC.AUTOS.SPORT AND USENET
16.1 The race finished hours ago. Where are all the results ?
There are sometimes delays propagating articles around the Net,
particularly at weekends, when systems may fail when there is no
system
administrator on hand. Please don't post articles which just say `I
haven't seen anything about this race yet.' The delays may be a very
local problem and your message will get sent all the way around the
world, at considerable expense.
16.2 Where are r.a.s.info, r.a.s.tech, r.a.s.nascar, r.a.s.f1 &
r.a.s.misc
?
These newsgroups were created in 1994. If they have not appeared
where you read rec.autos.sport, contact the administrator of your
system. Some sys admins do not enable automatic news group creation,
but vet each new group individually. Currently, many the posts to
rec.autos.sport.info are cross posted to rec.autos.sport, but this may
stop in the future.
16.3 How many people read the rec.autos.sport hierarchy ?
This is taken from the USENET readership report for May 94.
Explanations of the figures are posted to news.lists. Briefly, someone
is listed as reading a newsgroup if they are subscribed to it.
+-- Ranking in order of most popular newsgroups
| +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group,
worldwide.
| | +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
| | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this
group at all
| | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
| | | | | +-- Recent traffic (megabytes per
month)
| | | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
| | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio:
$US/month/reader
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16.4 Where can I get the latest race results and championship tables ?
Many race results are posted to rec.autos.sport.info, which is
archived at:
ftp://ftp.metrics.com/archive/rasi/
16.5 Now that rec.autos.sport has split, why not make r.a.s.rally &
r.a.s.drag?
Subjects like drag racing or rallying can be clearly defined but are
not
discussed often enough to justify a newsgroup on their own. Start some
discussion! If you still want a new group, news.announce.newusers has
instructions on how to procede. Please take the discussion to
news.groups
ASAP.
16.6 Why rec.autos.sport and not rec.sport.autos ?
A long long time ago (in the mid 80s), on a usenet far far away, there
were two newsgroups about cars: rec.autos, and rec.autos.tech.
Discussions about motorsports tended to disappear in the noise (and
there was every bit as much noise in rec.autos then as there is now.)
A
number of rec.autos residents who wanted more discussion of a sporting
nature briefly discussed getting a group created, but instead we
settled for a mailing list. The auto-sports mailing list was run from
a
Vax at GE R & D for about two years, administered by me (Richard
Welty.) It eventually became so popular that it killed itself, having
impacted the GE R & D long distance bills enough that the corporate
bean counters noticed it and ordered it stopped (GE did not have a
good
quality Internet link at the time.)
Fortunately, the auto-sports mailing list was also successful enough
that I convinced myself that it was worth trying to run a vote for a
new Usenet newsgroup. The only major issue to decide was the name.
After extended discussion, we settled on rec.autos.sport, as most of
us
had come together via rec.autos in the first place. Other strong
candidates were rec.sport.autos and rec.sport.motor (on reflection a
placement in rec.sport might have been a better idea, but that's all
old news articles in the bitbucket now).
One thing that was felt very strongly at the time was that in light of
the interminable arguments on what constituted a `sports car' that
regularly consumed rec.autos, we felt that rec.autos.sport was for
sporting discussions. We could see no way in which a meaningful,
useful
discussion could be held on whether a Chevy Camaro was any more or
less
a sports car than a Bugeye Sprite. I think that this holds true today.
rec.autos.sport should continue to be for sporting discussions.
16-7 What do these abbreviations mean ?
GOB NASCAR racers and fans (from Good Ol' Boys)
Pick[n] Competitions where you use your skill and judgement to predict
the
results of races (eg F1 Pick6, Indycar Pick12).
BGN Busch Grand National (NASCAR; feeder series for Winston Cup)
BTCC British Touring Car Championship
CART Championship Auto Racing Teams (Run PPG IndyCar series)
DTM Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German FIA Class I Touring
Cars)
FIA Federation Internationale de l'Automobile
IMSA International Motor Sports Association
NASCAR National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
NHRA National HotRod Association (Drag Racing governing body)
PPG Pittsburgh Plate & Glass
USAC United States Auto Club (Organisers of the Indy 500)
WRC World Rally Championship
BHP Brake Horse Power (1BHP = 550 ft-lb/sec2 or 76.0402 mkp/s2).
PS Pferdestaerke (`The Metric Horsepower': 1PS = 75 mkp/s2)
ci,cc Cubic Inch, Cubic Centimetre (1ci = 16.39cc)
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
ESPN was Entertainment and Sports Programming Network at launch I
*think*,
however I suspect these days it doesn't officially stand for
anything.
TNN The Nashville Network
ABS Anti-Blockieren System (anti-lock brakes)
FWEP Front Wing End Plate
PIR (Portland or Phoenix) International Raceway
NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (as in NACA duct)
DNF Did Not Finish
DNS Did Not Start
DNQ Did Not Qualify
DNPQ Did Not Pre-Qualify
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
IMHO In My {Humble or Honest} Opinion
BTW By The Way
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFAICR As Far As I Can Remember
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
RTFM Read The Fine Manual
TLA Three Letter Acronym
17. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS
17.1 How do I Join the Pick6 competitions ?
These competitions, where you use your skill and judgement to predict
the results of races, are being run for the F1, NASCAR and IndyCar
series. You can join the competition in the middle of a season, you
are
unlikely to win the championship. The rules for these competitions are
too complicated to describe here. However, the both the F1 Pick6 and
GOBPick6 rules are posted frequently.
You can get the rules (just for the F1Pick6 at the moment) by
anonymous ftp:
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/F1-Pick6-rules
You can submit picks for F1 Pick6 directly from the WWW, from:
http://essi.cerisi.fr/Pick6/pick6
17.2 Which are faster: Racing cars or racing motorbikes ?
At the average road course, F1 bikes (500 cc) are just a little slower
in overall lap times that Formula three cars. F1 cars are much faster
than bikes! For example, at Donington Park last year, the F1 bike pole
was about 1:34 (min:sec); the F3 pole was about 1:30, and the F1 cars
were under that in the wet.
F1 and IndyCars can generate very high downforce which means that they
can go round high speed corners very quickly. GP motorbikes have good
acceleration, but are much slower at cornering and braking because
they
have a lot less downforce. One of the main reasons for this is the
rule
which stops them from having bodywork which extends behind the rear
wheel.
Road legal superbikes are much closer in performance to the Grand Prix
machines than a Ferrari F40 is to a Formula 1 Ferrari. A magazine
tested a stock Yamaha FZR1000 against a the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
with slick tyres and the bike posted a better time by around a second.
Thus, a CBR900RR might be closer to the Ferrari F1 car than the F-40
is.
Similarly, another magazine reported that Mick Doohan tested a RVF750
superbike (essentially the $25,000 RC-45/RVF750 you and I could buy +
the three race kits costing $30,000 + a good trackside tuning) and ran
times 5 tenths of a second slower than times he set using the RVF750
F1
bike he ran the Suzuka 8hrs with. During the 8hrs he posted times a
scant 2 seconds off the 500cc GP outright lap record. $55,000 for a
bike that can run 2.5 seconds of a 500cc pace is quite astonishing.
17.3 Which are faster: F1 or IndyCars ?
This very much depends on the racetrack and the race distance. For a
qualifying lap on a road course or short oval, an F1 car would be much
quicker. However F1 cars are designed to race for 190 miles and are
not
designed to cope with racing conditions found on a superspeedway.
Stefan Johansson was the most recent driver to try an F1 car on a
superspeedway, in a 1986 McLaren-Porsche. The car was relatively quick
even running with a lot of downforce and drag, but probably would have
not been able to run for 500 miles without breaking down. F1 engines
are usually only run for 400-500 miles between rebuilds and the
clutches rarely have to take more than three standing starts per race.
Both F1 and IndyCars have about 750-800 bhp on tap. However, the
minimum weight for an F1 car is 1108 lbs. The minimum weight for an
IndyCar is 1550 lbs. Generally, F1 cars are more sophisticated and
expensive than IndyCars. Carbon fibre brakes used in F1 are less
likely
to fade and are much lighter than the steel brakes used in IndyCars.
However they are also much more expensive.
Although semi-automatic gearboxes are banned in IndyCars, some say
that
after the initial development cost, they actually save money for F1
teams by reducing the amount of engine damage when drivers miss
downshifts with a manual gearchange.
F1 cars have to have a flat-bottomed chassis which means that an
IndyCar, which is allowed ground effect tunnels, can generate a lot of
downforce for a given amount of drag.
The May 1994 issue of Automobile magazine listed these performance
figures for 1993 cars.
Williams Renault FW15C 1993 Lola T93/00-Ford
---------------------- ---------------------
0-60 mph 2.9 sec 3.0 sec
1/4 mile 7.3 sec @188 mph 7.7 sec @177mph
Top speed at fastest track 205 mph (Monza) 240 (Michigan)
Pounds per bhp 1.9 2.3
Miles between engine rebuilds 311 550
Race fuel consumption 5.5 mpg 1.8 mpg
Maximum lateral acc. 4.5 g 4.0 g
Max power 760 bhp @14,700 rpm 780 bhp @13,000
rmp
17.4 Can a car decelerate faster than 1G ?
Yes - F1 cars can pull 4-5G under braking with the help of high
downforce, sticky tyres and carbon fibre brakes. Aerodynamic downforce
can double the effective weight of an F1 car at speed. Sticky tyres
don't slide smoothly but in a series of many small deformations.
These
can give very high coefficients of friction (much greater than 1). A
less significant factor is the aerodynamic drag caused by the large
wings. The Cd figure of an F1 car can be very high and is even higher
when a car spins.
17.5 Car X handles superbly. All it needs is more power
A racecar is a system and not just an engine bolted to a chassis. The
fairly promising Truesports IndyCar chassis with a down-on-power Judd
turned into an ill-handling pig when fitted with an Ilmor. Another
example: when Tyrrell got decent results in the 1990 F1 season despite
only having Ford DFR power, the 019 seemed to be an excellent chassis.
However, in the following year when they got the Honda V10s which had
given Senna the world championship, the car handled like a pig. The
extra
weight and power from the engine had destroyed the balance of the car.
17.6 What are the advantages of Carbon Fibre Brakes ?
A carbon/carbon setup gives a coefficient of friction of about 0.6 as
compared to 0.4 for a carbon/steel pad/rotor setup.
The extra friction generates extra heat. Carbon brakes work best in
the
600 to 800 C range. They're terrible cold and as such aren't suitable
for street use. Steel brakes fade at the temperature that carbon
brakes
work at. Carbon brakes atart fading at 2000 C.
Carbon discs are MUCH lighter than steel ones (1300 grams per vs. 4 kg
for a steel disc). This is a big difference in unsprung weight and is
also useful for lowering the weight of an F1 car to the limit.
Carbon discs and pads are much longer lasting than steel ones. In F1,
they'll go the entire weekend even for a big buck team. Smaller teams
find that the rotors last three weekends. In the 24 hours of LeMans in
'91, the Mazda only changed its pads once, as opposed to 17 times for
the Porsches.
17.7 Who helped make this FAQ ?
Al Griffy agriffy@bongo.cc.utexas.edu
Alan F. Perry esprit@netcom.com
Allen Oberhauser alleno@tok.eai.com
Andrew Henry bspahh@midge.bath.ac.uk
Anupam Razdan raz@prairienet.org
Ben Loosli loosli@bbs.ug.eds.com
Bill Mette bmette@MCS.COM
Bob Davis bob@earth.fishkill.ibm.com
Bob Kehoe bob@ncube.com
Bob Parnass parnass@ihlpf.att.com
Bono s9104429@mella.ee.up.ac.za
Brett Ramsey ramsey@deakin.edu.au
Bruce McDiffett nebulus@netcom.com
Cameron Howie cameron@cs.uct.ac.za
Carl Brewer carl@oversteer.library.uwa.edu.au
Charles Bloch cbloch@cyclops.iucf.indiana.edu
Chris Walton cmw5907@zeus.tamu.edu
Chuck Fry chucko@rahul.net
Dale Maurice dale@cmr.com
Dan Jones danjones@pyramid.com
Dave A Bernardini dab@snowhit.kc63.att.com
David Koch koch@uwplatt.edu
David Reininger aq175@yfn.ysu.edu
David Ross stud7c32@bnr.ca
David Ward abdkw@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov
Dean Barker deanb@cray.com
Duane Sharpe ah131@yfn.ysu.edu
Elliot Mitchell emitch@lobster.mis.udel.edu
Eric Tittley etittley@phobos.astro.uwo.ca
Eric Waiter ewamincar@delphi.com
73424.1057@compuserve.com
Finn Ellebaek Nielsen ellebuk@thamis.ico.olivetti.com
Gayle Kemmerling gck@navahonavaho.cc.bellcore.com
Hans Spiller hanss@microsoft.com
Hans Staalman hstaalm@cs.vu.nl
Ian King Ian_King@mindlink.bc.ca
J. B. van der Meer J.B.vdrMeer@kub.nl
J. Pointe jpointe@aol.com
Jay Carina carina@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
Jean-Pierre Paradis jean-pierre.paradis@fsa.ulaval.ca
Joao Alcino de Andrade Martins jmartins@cat.cce.usp.br
Joe Reid jreid@vt.edu
John Burford burford@umr.edu
John Liskey johnl@bbs.xnet.com
John Posthill ranger@jbp.rti.rti.org
Jonathan Crawshaw jonathan.crawshaw@canrem.com
Jonathan Crawshaw jonathan.crawshaw@canrem.com.ca
Keith Wood Keith_Wood@mm.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Kenji SUEHIRO suehiro@csl.cl.nec.co.jp
Kevin J. Coulter kevinc@cbnewsf.cb.att.com
M.E. Nielsen menielsen@aol.com
MSTee3K mstee3k@aol.com
Mario Perrazzino m perra@pavo.concordia.ca
Mark A. Breland breland@mcc.com
Mark H. Black black@mig.upenn.edu
Mark Jackson Mark Jackson.wbst147@com.xerox
Mark Williams cymru@cbnewsc.cb.att.com
Martin Coombes mcoombes@mcoombes-sun.cisco.com
Matthew Smitherman mlsmitherman@amherst.edu
Matthias Blume blume@cs.princeton.edu
Max Behara behara@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Michael Andrew Holthouse holthous@cis.ohio-state.edu
Michael Regoli mr@ogre.cica.indiana.edu
Michael Stucker stucker@aslvx1.sugar-
land.anadrill.slb.com
Mike Cooke cooke\%vlsiphx.uucp@asuvax.eas.asu.edu
Pat Campbell campbell@sauron.msfc.nasa.gov
Pat Hayes phayes@tamu.edu
Paul J. Graziano paulg.wbst205ll@Xerox.com
Paul S Winalski winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com
Pete Fanning fanningp@music.lib.matc.edu
Philippe Baque baque@cict.fr
R.M. Bownes III bownes@emi.com
Richard Motofuji motofuji@netcom.com
Richard Querin rquerin@alfred.carleton.ca
Richard Welty welty@balltown.cma.com
Robert J Unglenieks unglenie@schenectady.ecn.purdue.edu
Robert Marti marti@inf.ethz.ch
Robert Small rds@melbpc.org.au
Roberto Barros roberto@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Ron Natalie ron@topaz.sensor.com
Ron O'Dell keeper@cats.ucsc.edu
Russ Gould russ_gould@rsomacserver.rso.upenn.edu
Sam Gaylord samg@col.hp.com
Santiago Oleas s oleas@pavo.concordia.ca
Smitherman mlsmithe@unix.amherst.edu
Stefan stefansk@sjuvm.bitnet
Stephen Shapiro sshapiro@mail.sas.upenn.edu
Steve Godby ar1spg@sunc.sheffield.ac.uk
Steve Henderson ff193@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
Steve Thompson thompson@cheme.cornell.edu
Sylvan Smith sosly@freeport.uwasa.fi
Tancredo Vasconcellos-Neto tancredo@athena.mit.edu
Terry Matula tlm1@Ra.MsState.Edu
Thomas Hiett thiett@iastate.edu
Thomas R. Sundstrom 2446376@mcimail.com
Timo Pelkonen timo.pelkonen@hut.fi
Toby Vaughn Padfield tvp53202@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Tom Haapanen tomh@metrics.com
Tom Stangler stangle@infi.net
Tony Johns johnst@yvax.byu.edu
Tony Johns zyllyx@netcom.com
Troy Davis troy@autodesk.com
Vincent B Ho hbv@mercury.sfsu.edu
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18. TOURING CAR REGULATIONS
18.1 FIA Class 1 Touring Car Technical Regulations
These are used for the DTM.
Engines must be 2.5 litres with no turbo and a maximum of six
cylinders. There is no engine rev limit.
In the DTM, minimum weights are set by the governing body, the ONS.
Alfa 155 4wd 420hp min.weight: 1040 kilo no active suspension, no
traction control (but it's due by mid season). Mercedes C180 450hp(?)
min.weight 1000 kilo ABC (active body control) Opel Calibra 4wd, 425hp
min.weight: 1040 kilo no active suspension, no traction control
18.2 FIA Class 2 Touring Car Technical Regulations
These are used for touring car championships in Britain, Italy,
Germany, France, Scandinavia, Japan and Australasia.
Cars must have four doors and be longer than 4.2m. 2500 road cars
must
be produced within 12 months for the car to be homologated. The
minimum
weight is 950kg for front wheel-drive cars and 1050kg for rear
wheel-drive cars.
Engines are 2 litres with a maximum of six cylinders. They can either
come from the homologated car or another model in the manufacturer's
range. If the engine is taken from another model, at least 2500
engines
have to been built in a 12 month period. An electronic limiter
restricts engine revs to 8500 rpm. The gearbox is free but cannot
have
more than six ratios. The original layout of the engine must be
retained from the car (ie longitudinal or transverse).
Tyre width is limited to nine inches. At BTCC meetings only six dry,
six wet and six intermediate tyres can be used for the whole of the
meeting. At double header races, where the races are held ten minutes
apart, tyres are free for the second race.
19. GETTING INVOLVED WITH MOTORSPORT
Motorsport can be an extremely expensive passtime at the higher
levels.
However, there are still ways of getting involved without spending on
a
season's racing what some people spend on a buying a house.
19.1 Marshalling(Course Working)
The main advantage of being a marshall is that you can get involved
with motorsport after little or no expenditure. You get to watch the
race from a different perspective to the spectators. The downside is
that you won't have the freedom to wander around the circuit, and you
cannot leave immediately after the main race has finished. You might
also get some free beer at the worker party at the end of each day's
racing !
The best place to contact are your local circuit, or the governing
body
for the series. If you want to actually do this stuff, there's no
reason not to. Join the a club like the SCCA, check the schedule, show
up for a regional race, sign the license for for one of the multitude
of specialities, and start working. They love to train new people;
most
specialities are chronically understaffed.
19.1.1 What type of training do marshalls need for regional races?
You get a regional licence right out of the box, and can start working
races. The regional licence is your ticket to `basic training' as a
race official. You should expect to work at least 8 event-days a year
(about 4 full races) for two years, and do decent work, to get
upgraded
to a divisonal licence. You will then probably spend a great deal of
time with a divisional licence, working a lot of races, until someday,
if you do very good work, you'll be recommended for the national
licence. National licence holders generally serve as regional
administrators and as chiefs of speciality at races; they need to be
able to `run the program', as it were.
19.1.2 What type of training do F1 marshalls need ?
In recent years, the national license has been essentially mandatory
for SCCA corner workers to work at Montreal for the F1 GP given that
there is no US GP these days. There are only so many slots available,
and a lot of SCCA workers want to go, so various regions of the SCCA
send a small number of their worker core.
Essentially, the organizer decides how many workers they need, and
then
picks the best from its volunteers. Since they are volunteers and a
large number are needed for a big F1 race, its quite possible that
some
will not be as well trained as one would hope. But be carefull not to
say anything more derogatory than that.
It is a tough job, at least 12 hour days (4 days of it,
not just Sunday) and no pay. I've had the privelege of
working with some of the best marshalls in the world,
who really live up to the title "professional".
19.2 Helping a Race Team
Nick Goosey, manager of the Penske factory in the UK, is a strong
believer in getting all their new staff to spend a year sweeping the
factory floor, making tea and cleaning the cars. This might not sound
very appealing, but it seems to work for Penske. Although, racing cars
look simple when they are working properly, there is a lot to go wrong
if they are not. If you are planning to run your own car, experience
helping out with other people's cars could save you a considerable
amount of time and money.
20. STARTING RACING
The best way to find which class of racing you want to compete in is
to
join your local race organisation and go to a few of the races. Wander
the paddock and talk to the drivers. I've yet to find a driver who
wasn't thrilled to talk about their car and their class. Most of us
want to recruit more drivers into our respective classes and are more
than happy to spend time extoling the virtues of our class to anyone
who will listen.
The time in your racing career when are most likely to crash is right
at the beginning. Quality safety equipment won't make you
indestructible, but can reduce the odds of a serious injury. If you
borrow equipment, make absolutely sure that it fits properly. Jovy
Marcelo crashed comparitively gently at 150mph in the run up to the
1993 Indy 500. His death has been blamed on a loose-fitting helmet.
20.1 Which series ?
20.1.1 single-seaters
In Europe there are a large number of different series for single
seater racing cars including Formula Ford, Formula Renault, Formula
Alfa etc. In the USA, popular choices are Formula Vee and Formula 440
and Formula Ford, all of which are run by the SCCA (see section 22.5).
Every car in the paddock is for sale for the right price. Often the
right price is downright cheap, especially if you are looking for a
"learner" car. You tend to find a lot of drivers who have run an older
car for a couple seasons and are ready to move up to a top notch
National car. These guys will often sell a novice their car cheap, and
they also make for a great source of information and help.
Don't go out and buy a brand new F440, for example, to go through
driver's school. Formula cars require a fair amount of care and
feeding. And the sorting out process for a new chassis can take
months. You don't need to be dealing with a car that handles like a
pig, or won't finish a session when you are trying to learn the art of
racing. A good clean, reliable, well sorted car will do you much more
good. Leave the sorting and tuning duties to experienced racers for a
couple years. Once you have a handle on the art of racing and the art
of tuning, then sorting a new chassis can be a lot of fun (if a bit
frustrating at times). But untill you're pretty comfident at the wheel
and can identify what the car is really doing, it can be a horribly
frustrating experience.
20.2 Race Driving Schools
Although these may seem a very expensive way to start racing, they are
very cheap compared to the cost of a major accident. A good race
school
will give you the basic racecraft which might not win you races, but
will make sure that you don't lose too many either.
20.2.1 F1 Racing school
AGS, which competed in F1 until a couple of years ago, runs a driving
school. No previous experience with motor sport, no racing license is
needed. The course is held during two days. You start with theory,
Opel
Lotus, and end up with 3 x 5 laps in a F1 car! It costs about US $
6000, excluding the travel to France.
For further information, contact: AGS Formule 1 Challenges, Z.A.
Circuit du Var, F-83590 Confarron, France Tel France (33) 94 60 97 00
Fax (33) 94 60 90 45
20.2.2 SCCA Racing Schools
SCCA school is a racing school and not a driving school. You will be
taught how to race, but not how to drive a car. If you want driving
instruction, look to the pros like Skippy or Jim Russell, or to the
second tier pros like Car Guys and Track Time, or to the good marque
club schools such as the ones the BMW club puts on. the BMW club and
Car Guys schools are good places to take your 2 seat, closed fendered
race car when you're trying to get the bugs out, too, but open wheel
cars and single seat sports racers are probably not going to be
allowed
to run at these events.
If you are serious about getting into the sport, Contact your local
SCCA region. The racing schools they offer are much less expensive
than
the pro-schools charge, but you do have to provide your own equipment.
If you are going to race for the season, you may as well get that
together from the start. You will have to provide a suit, helmet,
gloves, balaclava, socks and shoes, all to current fireproof and
safety
ratings. You will also have to provide your own car which will have to
pass a technical inspection. You need to pass a physical and if you're
over 40, take an ECG. You get a regional licence after two SCCA
weekend
schools and sucessfully completing two regional races. I think if you
run in at least 4 regionals, that will qualify you for a national
licence. A lot of turnkey equipment is up for sale in your SCCA
magazines, On Track, and Autoweek. When I ran a season in here in
California with the CSCC, I really wanted to race GT3 or 4. When I
found it cost $ 30,000+ to run competitively, I opted for Improved
Touring. That year I put out $ 5,000 total for car, school, supplies
(12 tires), clothing, food, and accomodation. It was a blast! If you
are just starting out, consider SCCA and a cheap class to run in. This
will prove to be the best school you'll ever get.
20.2.3 Sprint Car Driving School
There is a driving school for 600 bhp sprint cars run by Mike Clayton.
It appears to be a small, well hidden school, but I (John Liskey) was
impressed with their professionalism over the phone which was better
than some of the larger racing schools I've called in the past. There
was also a one page editorial about the workshop in an issue of Car
Driver about 6-10 months ago. It got a very positive review. Some
details:
Dirt Track Racing Workshops
4830 Industrial Parkway
Indianapolis, IN 46226
(317) 357-3643 or (317) 545-7157
Eligibility: Valid drivers license.
Type of cars: 1990, 1991, 1992 Gambler Sprint Cars. Non winged, race
ready.
Fuel injected 355 c.i., 600hp. No governors, no
throttle stops.
Location: Lincoln Park Speedway, Putnamville, IN
The Track: 5/16 mile clay oval, banked. Track prepared just like
race day -
watered and packed.
Dates: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, April 5th to September
29th.
Class size: 5-10
Duration: 9:00am/approx to 1:00pm
Instructor: Kevin Thomas, 16 year veteran with 80 feature wins. 92
and 93
Ind
iana
Sprint Week Champion. 1993 Lincoln Park and Kokomo
Speedway
Champ
ion
Track time: 20 laps. Two 10 lap segments. Additional laps available
at
$15/lap on day of workshop. Safety equipment provided.
Workshop fee: $395.00 ($500 damage deposit required on day of
workshop)
Videotaping and photography available.
20.2.4 Drag Race Driving School
Frank Hawley runs what's probably the country's best drag racing
school, but it's in Gainesville, FL, USA. Tel: USA (1) 904 373 7223.
The two-day gas dragster school at Bakersfield is supposed to be a
good first step, since the cars are pretty easy to drive - they're
the 8.90 e.t. dragsters, so they're pretty fast, but you don't have
to worry about launching blowers. :-> Total cost is US $ 1250, total
of five runs. You can stay for a third day and do as many runs as you
want for $ 150 a run. Anyway, I [Bruce McDiffett] don't have any
connection with Hawley, but most of the Top Fuel and Funny Car
drivers I've talked to recommended his school.
20.3 Kart Racing
Kart racing is highly competitive, but remains comparitively
affordable using the maxim of `if it isn't there, it can't go wrong'.
Steve Scott has written an excellent guide to starting karting.
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/auto/karting/starting-karting
See section 4.5 for details of the karting mailing list.
20.3.1 Classes of karting
Sprint Karts:
Sprint tracks are miniature road courses, usually one quarter to
one-half mile in lap length. Driving skill is extremely important to
handle decreasing radius, off camber, 180 degree and sweepers---the
typical kinds of sprint track corners. Sprint racing offers speeds
that may approach 70 mph on typical sprint track straightaways.
In the US, sprint races have time trials for grid position and run
three 10 lap heats for each class (there are 19 different 2-cycle
classes, in addition to the 12 4-cycle classes).
In Europe, nearly all sprint karts have 100cc two stroke engines,
with direct drive and no clutch. To start the kart, you have to pick
up the rear wheels, run alongside the kart and then hop on, to bump
start the engine. It is this class which is the main stepping stone
for kart drivers who want to race in F1. The "Super One" World
Championship is keenly contested. Past champions include Ricardo
Patrese, Ivan Capelli and Stefano Modena. Ayrton Senna's best
performance in the World Championships was a second place.
Speedway:
This is dirt oval racing, run on a one-eighth to one-quarter mile
dirt oval. In the US, there are eleven classes of sprint-type kart
chassis. Grooved or treaded racing tires are used, and due to the
slippery track surface, driving techniques and chassis set-up are
more important than absolute horsepower. There are two preliminary
heats in each class and a 20 lap main. There are also 12 4-cycle
speedway classes.
Road Racing:
The "Formula One" of Karting, these karts run on full size road
courses all over the world. Top speeds for these karts vary depending
on the circuit, 140 mph is not uncommon (two years ago at the
Australian GP in Adelaide, run the same weekend as the F1 cars,
through the speed traps where the F1 cars were hitting 194 mph there
were karts hitting 160......ouch!) The driving position is "laydown"
to cut wind resistance and many machines use use spoilers and other
streamlining devices. Races are one hour long, from a standing start,
and there are 19 classes, 2 of these are dual engine classes.
In Europe, these are commonly called the "gearbox karts". They run
on both the short circuits with the 100cc Sprint karts as well as on
full road courses. Although the competition is fierce, most "career"
drivers move straight from sprint karts to race in series like
Formula Ford or Formula Renault.
21. RACE SCANNERS
If you have a radio scanner at a race meeting, you should be able to
listen into the discussions between the race teams and their drivers.
You may also be able to pick up communications from the race
officials.
This is a brief overview of using scanners. See rec.radio.scanner,
alt.radio.scanner (this may disappear soon) and regional newsgroups
like uk.radio.amateur.
21.1 Is that all that you can use a scanner for?
Every day and night, scanner hobbyists are entertained by what they
overhear on their radios. Police cars, fire engines, ambulances,
armored cars, trains, taxis, airplanes, and buses are all equipped
with
radios and you can listen to them. You can monitor the local sheriff
and fire departments to hear about events "as they happen," before the
news reporters hear about them. Hostage dramas, bank robberies, car
crashes, chemical spills, tornado sightings are all fair game.
How about listening to a presidential candidate discuss strategy with
his advisor from a 415 MHz radiophone in Air Force 1, or a team of
G-men protect him while transmitting in the 167 MHz range? Take your
scanner to other sporting events and listen to football coaches in the
151, 154, and 468 MHz ranges. You can even listen to the order taker's
wireless microphone at the local McDonald's restaurant on 154.6 and
35.02 MHz!
21.2 Where is it legal to use a scanner ?
21.2.1 USA
In the United States, scanning from your home or at work is perfectly
legal in most situations. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of
1986 made it illegal to listen to mobile phones, and a few other types
of communication, but many scanners cover these frequencies, and it's
clear that Americans still listen to whatever they want in the privacy
of their own homes despite the ECPA.
Speaking of privacy, US federal law also requires you to keep what you
hear to yourself and not use the information you hear on your scanner
for personal gain.
Be aware that California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Tennessee, and Vermont have laws pertaining to scanning
while in your car. Indiana restricts some portable scanners. You can
find out about these restrictions in a 39 page paperback, ANARC Guide
to U. S. Monitoring Laws, compiled by Frank Terranella, available for
$
7.50 from ANARC Publications, P.O. Box 462, Northfield, MN 55057.
21.2.2 UK
In the UK, anyone can own a radio scanner, but you may need a licence
to be allowed to use it legally. The air waves are considered to be
gevernment owned. You cannot listen to anything without the
appropriate licence. To receive radio (sound) amateur and broadcasts
the government has decreed that no licence is necessary, although this
has only been the case for the last few years. To receive TV you must
have a licence which is actually used to fund the BBC. To receive
anything else (apart from a few minor exceptions) then in theory you
must have an appropriate licence, and these are not generally
available. For example, a member of the general public cannot
succesfully apply for a licence to listen to the police frequencies.
[you should not] make known the contents of any such message,
its origin or destination, its existence, or the fact of its
reception. This also makes lists of scanner frequencies
illegal
in the UK.
The authorities do not currently seem very interested in prosecuting
most breaches of this law.
21.3 Scanner Features
21.3.1 Setting Frequencies
The crystal controlled models are cheaper, but require the user
purchase and install a $ 5 crystal for each frequency of interest.
Programmable (synthesized) units don't require crystals and usually
have a keypad that permits you to store frequencies into channels.
Programmables are now so cheap it doesn't make sense to buy a crystal
unit - especially when each team may use a dozen frequencies at each
race.
Make sure that a programmable model has a "search" feature, which
allows it to search all the frequencies between two frequency limits
of
your choosing. The lowest cost programmables can't search.
21.3.2 Which frequency bands - 200, 400 or 800Mhz
For scanning at races, the primary thing you want to look for is
800MHz
capability. Not all the scanners have this, and a lot of the drivers
use that band. If you ask for this tell them you want the business
band
stuff, sometimes people use 800MHz as a pseudonym for mobile cell
phone
frequencies.
The downside is the higher cost and that at the moment, only Penske
Racing uses the 800Mhz band in IndyCars (a handful also do in NASCAR).
But if you are on a budget, then get a scanner that can at the very
least, access the 400Mhz band - practically all the IndyCar teams use
this bandwidth. For Formula One: forget it! All teams scramble their
800-900Mhz frequencies.
Generally, most of the activity takes place on frequencies between 30
and 1000 MHz, so don't be misled by scanner models boasting coverage
from 3 to 2000 MHz. There's currently not much to monitor in the 1000 -
2000 MHz range.
21.3.3 Will you be able to hear it ?
At a racetrack, Walkman type headphones will not cut enough ambient
sound in order to hear the scanner. Enclosed headphones will cover the
entire ear so that you will be able to hear something other than the
cars as they go past. A good set will cost between US $ 75-100, but
will make all the difference in the world as to what you can hear at
the track.
The other way to hear more is to increase the volume of the scanner.
Some of the vendors of scanners can change this for you.
Alternatively, if you've used a soldering iron before, you may be able
to do many of the modifications by yourself. Modifications to the
scanner by the enduser will void all warranties so make sure you get
your modification instructions from a good source.
There are instructions for modifying scanners at:
ftp.cs.buffalo.edu ftp://ftp.cs.buffalo.edu/pub/ham-radio/mods
ftp.cs.buffalo.edu ftp://garfield.catt.ncsu.edu/pub/ham-radio/mods
oak.oakland.edu ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/ham-radio/mods
21.3.4 Bleedover
If you are experiencing "bleedover" or interference from another
channel, remove your antenna. Many times your scanner will perform
better without its antenna. You can also buy a shorter antenna which
may help.
21.3.5 Batteries
Longer lasting batteries or spare packs come in very handy for long
race weekends when there might not be time to recharge the standard
battery.
Most if not all portable scanners have an external power connecter,
usually 12V, so you can plug it into your car cigarette lighter. You
could also make a battery box for 8 "D" cells to connect to the power
jack.
21.4 What Scanner Should I Buy?
You can get a battery operated hand held scanner, a bigger "base"
scanner which is powered from an AC outlet, or a mobile scanner which
connects to your auto's electrical system. You will want a hand held
scanner for spectating at a race.
Radio Shack, Uniden (Bearcat and Regency brands), and Cobra offer a
wide choice of scanners. Personally, I [Bob Parnass] don't recommend
AOR brand scanners.
21.4.1 Uniden
The Uniden Bearcat 200XLT (aka the 205XLT) is by far the most popular
scanner among race fans. This US $ 200 to US $ 250 model differs from
Radio Shack's similarly priced model in that it has a wider frequency
range, and the ability to store more programmed frequencies in memory.
It stores 200 frequencies and can receive the 800MHz band. They also
have a new model out, the Sportcat, which has a bright yellow case
like
the "sports" walkman.
21.4.2 Radio Shack
The US $ 200 model from Radio Shack only stores 100 frequencies, and
can't receive the 800Mhz waveband. The Radio Shack Pro-43 is fairly
new
and is the model at the top of the range. It is less susceptible to
interference than the Uniden BC 200XLT.
With a portable aviation intercom and some headsets you connect up the
Pro 43 and allow conversations with in addition to hearing the
scanner.
21.5 Some Comments on Scanners at Races
Thomas Sundstrom: I must say I've been disappointed in trying to
use
a scanner at a racetrack. I've taken mine to Dover twice, to the
Indy
500 Time Trials twice and most recently to the Brickyard 400. I
hear
some stuff, but nothing in quantity. Drivers don't seem to chat all
that much, and more and more of it is being scrambled. At Indy,
I've
listened to the track announcer (surprisingly not on the air for
the
Brickyard) and to ABC-TV but my friend has to give me the ABC
frequencies each time. Frequencies are coordinated by the track and
change for the "outside" broadcasters. I hear one or two NASCAR
frequencies per race. It's also very difficult to hear the scanner
over the noise of 40 Winston Cup cars rumbling down the
straightaway :-)
Gayle Kemmerling: I got my Uniden BC 200 XLT from Racing
Electronics
with all the extras and it was worth every cent. I think it wound
up
being around US $ 350.00 with the illumination, extra headset,
splitter, battery boost.I love it!!!!
21.6 Where to buy a scanner or frequency lists
Radio Shack (aka Tandy in Europe) is the most common vendor of
scanners. Discount chain stores like Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Service
Merchandise, and Circuit City sell scanners, but carry just a few
models. Department stores, sometimes offer scanners, although at high
prices.
Several companies specialise in scanners for motorsport spectators.
They may have a stall at a race meeting, or you can buy by mail order.
These vendors may include updated frequency lists for a year. With
mail
order, beware of inflated "shipping and handling" charges and be sure
to include these when comparison shopping.
Used scanners may be found at hamfests, flea markets, or listed in the
classified advertisement section of your newspaper.
Some of the companies towards the end of this list are Ham radio
dealers who may not specifically sell scanners, but I cannot easily
check this out.
Frequency Fan Club
Address:P.O. Box 1987, Richmond Hill, GA 31324, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 RACEFAN
Race-Scan Communications
Address:P.O. Box 705, Johnson City, TN 37605, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 441 2841
Misc:Call for free catalogue
Diversified Electronics
Address:309 Agnew Drive, Suite C, Forest Pk, GA 30050, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 669 1522
Racing Electronics
Address:2511 Fire Road, Absecon, NJ 08201, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 272 7111
Misc:Call for a free catalogue
Grove Enterprises
Address:P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 438 8155 (toll free N. America)
Telephone:USA (1) 704 837 9200
Misc:Free catalogue. Publishes the Monitoring Times.
Gilfer Shortwave
Address:52 Park Ave, Park Ridge, NJ 07656, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 GILFER-1 (1 800 445 3371) (orders), USA (1)
201 391 7887 (New Jersey, business and technical)
Misc:Free Catalogue
Popular Communications
Address:76 North Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801 USA
National Tower Company
Address:PO Box 15417, Shawnee Mission, KS 66215.
Telephone:USA (1) 913 888 8864
Marymac Distributing
Address:Katy, TX, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 231 3680, USA (1) 713 392 0747
Misc:Sells Radio Shack scanners at discount, but charges a 20
merchandise.
Scanner World
Address:Albany, NY, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 518 436 9606
Amateur Electronics Supply
Address:Milwaukee, WI, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 558 0411
Electronic Equipment Bank
Address:137 Church St. N.W., Vienna, VA 22180, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 368 3270 (orders), USA (1) 703 938 3350
(local
and technical information)
Fax:USA (1) 703 938 6911 (fax)
Misc:Free catalogue
Universal Radio
Address:6830 Americana Pkwy. Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 USA
Telephone:USA (1) 800 431 3939, USA (1) 614 866 4267
Misc:SWL Catalogue: US $ 1.00
Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies
Address: 2475 South 179th Street, New Berlin, WI 53146, USA
Telephone:USA (1) 414 782 0880
Fax:USA (1) 414 782 0484
Misc: Racing Frequency List (teams, tracks, officials, etc) with a
few other frequencies such as sports teams: US $ 9.95 including
free
updates for a year.
Chapter 22 Miscellaneous
22.1 What is Formula SAE ?
Formula SAE is a collegiate competition organised by the Society of
Automotive Engineers. Seventy-five universities will compete this
year. These are mostly from the US, but there are a handful of
Canadian entries as well as one from Puerto Rica. This year the
competition is jointly sponsored by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler
and was held in Pontiac, MI from May 19th-21st.
Each team must take an engine with a maximum displacement of 600cc and
build a single-seat Formula style car with a 60 inch minimum
wheelbase.
Typical cars weigh around 500lbs, although there is no minimum weight.
Some engines are turbocharged, others are supercharged or run on
Methanol. Any supercharging must be downstream of the mandatory
restrictor 20mm for gas and 18mm for methanol.
The cars then are judged on design, cost analysis, a sales
presentation. They also compete in an acceleration run, a skid pad run
where cars reach 1.4 g's, a slalom run, and an `endurance' run over
about 10 miles. The courses are tight and designed to keep the average
speed down to 30-40mph. Speeds on the straights can reach 60-70mph and
the cars consistantly corner at over 1 g.
You can get more details from SAE International, 400 Commonwealth
Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, USA.
Argonne National Laboratories has a FSAE BBS which is also available
on
the Internet at newton.dep.anl.gov. Login as bbs. From the menu, pick
#
1 (signon), and type new. It asks for some info about you when your do
you've got own account. Once your logged on at the main menu, pick # 3
(group), Group menu pick # 3 (discussion), Group discussion main menu
pick # 1 (ALL discussions), pick (researchcomp, student engineering
research competitions), pick # 4 (Formula SAE). If you have any
questions e-mail John Burford (burford@umr.edu).
See section 4.9 for details of the Formula SAE mailing list.
22.2 What is `John Winter's' real name ?
Louis Krages. He sells timber from Bremen in Germany. He started to
race under a pseudonym to avoid his family's disapproval. His cover
was
blown when he won the Le Mans 24hrs and had his picture on the front
page of some German newspapers.
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23. ADDRESSES
23.1 Track Addresses
This includes all F1, IndyCar and NASCAR tracks as well as a few
others. A list with the addresses for 250 circuits around the world
can
be obtained by anonymous ftp at:
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/full-addresses
Adelaide Grand Prix Circuit
PO Box 1111, Norwood, South Australia, 5067 Australia
Tel: Australia (61) 8 223 1111
Fax: (61) 8 232 4144
Atlanta International Raceway
PO Box 500, Hampton, GA 30228, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 404 946-4211
Barcelona
Cicuito de Catalunya, Real Automobil Club de Espana,
Santalo 8, 08021 Barcelona, Spain.
Tel: Spain (34) 572 2161
Fax: (34) 572 3061
Bridgehampton
PO Box 1321, Watermill, NY 11976, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 516 725 0888
Bristol International Raceway
PO Box 3966, Bristol, TN 37620, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 615 764 1161
Buenos Aries
Autodromo Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aries, Automovil Club
Argentino,
Avenue de Libertador, 1850 Buenos Aries, Argentina
Tel: Argentina (54) 802 6061 69
Charlotte Motor Speedway
PO Box 600, Concord, NC 28026-0600, USA
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 3200 (or 455 2121 ?)
Fax: (1) 704 455 2547
Cleveland
IndyCar Grand Prix, 1906 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH
44103, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 216 431 3500
Fax: (1) 216 431 4740
Columbus
Grand Prix Festival, 352 E Broad Street, Columbus OH, 43215, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 614 221 7223
Fax: (1) 614 221 7749
Darlington International Raceway
PO Box 500, Darlington, SC 29532, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 803 393 4041
Daytona International Speedway
1801 Volusia Avenue, (or PO Box S) Daytona Beach, FL 32114-1243, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 904 253 6711 (or 254 2700 ?)
Denver
1100 Stout Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80204, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 303 595 8109
Fax: (1) 303 595 8109
Detroit
Detroit Renaissance Grand Prix Inc, 100 Renaissance Center,
Suite 1760, Detroit, MI 48243, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 313 259 5400
Fax: (1) 313 567 8355
Dover Downs International Speedway
PO Box 843, Dover, DE 19903, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 302 674 4600
Estoril
Autodromo do Estoril, Estrada Nacional, 2765 Estoril, Portugal.
Tel: Portugal (351) 1 269 1462 <=== or 1362 ?
Fax: (351) 1 269 1412 <=== ???
Hockenheim
Hockenheimring GmbH, 6832 Hockenheim, Germany.
Tel: Germany (49) 6205 7021 24
Hungaroring
2146 Mogyorod, Pf10 (Circuit), Gazdasagi Tarsasag, 1136 Budapest,
Hungary.
Tel: Hungary (36) 28 300 80 Tel Hungary (36) 15 326 40 <=== ???
Fax: (36) 28 33 0040
Imola
Autodromo Enzo Dino Ferrari, 40026 Imola, Italy.
Tel: Italy (39) 542 31444
Fax: (39) 542 30420
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
4790 West 16th Street, Speedway, IN 46222, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 317 241 2500
Fax: (1) 317 248 6759
Interlagos
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Av Senadorir, Teotonio Vilelia
259, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Tel: Brazil (55) 11 521 9911
Laguna Seca Raceway
PO Box SCRAMP, Monterey, CA 93940, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 408 373 1811
Fax: (1) 408 373 0533
Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe, c/o AC de l'Ouest, Cedex 19, 72040 Le Mans,
France.
Tel: France (33) 43 72 5025
Fax: (33) 43 72 6983
Long Beach
Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, 100 West Broadway,
Suite 670 Long Beach, CA 90802, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 310 437 0341
Fax: (1) 310 436 3703
Macau
Cicuito Da Guia, Largo do Senado, Edificio Ritz No. 9, Macau.
Tel: Macau (853) 566235
Fax: (853) 590986
Magny-Cours
Cicuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours ASA de Nevers, 58470 Magny-Cours,
France.
Tel: France (33) 86 21 8000
Fax: (33) 86 21 2028
Martinsville Speedway
PO Box 3311, Martinsville, VA 24115-3311, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 703 956 3151
Miami Grand Prix
Miami Motorsports, 7254 SW 48th Street, Miami, FL 33155, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 305 662 5660
Fax: (1) 305 665 8802
Michigan International Speedway
12626 Hwy. 12, Brooklyn, MI 49230, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 517 592 6671 Tel USA (1) 800 354 1010
Fax: (1) 517 592 3848
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Steam Corners Road, PO Box 3108, Lexington, OH 44904, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 419 884 4000 (or 884 2295 ??)
Fax: (1) 419 884 0042
Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway (West Allis)
5941 W Bluemound Road, Milwaukee , WI 53213, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 414 453 5514
Fax: (1) 414 453 9920
Monaco
Circuit de Monaco, 23 Boulevard Albert 1er, BP 364, 98000, Monaco.
Tel: France (33) 93 303220
Fax: (33) 93 258008
Montreal
Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, Bassin Olympique, Ile Notre
Dame, Montreal, Quebec H3C 1AQ, Canada.
Tel: Canada (1) 514 392 4731
Monza
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, 20052 Monza Parco, Italy
Tel: Italy (39) 39 284821
Fax: (39) 39 320324
Nazareth
Pennsylvania International Raceway, PO Drawer F, Nazareth, PA 18064,
USA.
Tel: USA (1) 215 759 8000
Fax: (1) 215 759 9055
North Carolina Motor Speedway
PO Box 500, Rockingham, NC 28379, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 919 582 2861
New Hampshire International Speedway
Route 106, PO Box 7888, Loudon, NH 03301, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 603 783 4744
Fax: (1) 603 783 9691
North Wilkesboro Speedway
PO Box 337, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 919 667 6663
Nuerburgring
Nuerburgring GmbH, 5489 Nuerburg-Eifel, Germany.
Tel: Germany (49) 2691 3020 <= Autosport guide has 2691
(2041,2031,2032)
Fax: (49) 2691 302159 <= 2691 3021 ??
Phoenix International Raceway
PO Box 13088, Phoenix, AZ 85002, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 602 252 3833
Fax: (1) 602 254 4622
Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb
PO Box 6962, Colorado Springs, CO 80934, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 719 685 4400
Pocono International Raceway
PO Box 500, Long Pond, PA 18334, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 717 646 2300
Portland International Raceway
1940 North Victory Blvd, Portland, OR 97217, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 503 285 6635
Fax: (1) 503 232 2336
For Portland IndyCar tickets, contact:
Ticketmaster, Auto Racing Division, P.O. Box 1498, Lake Oswego, OR
97208, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 503 236 8006
Fax: (1) 503 274 8937
Richmond International Raceway
PO Box 9257, Richmond, VA 23227, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 804 329 6796
Fax: (1) 804 329 5029
Rio de Janeiro
Autodromo Nelson Piquet, Ave Embaixador Abelardo, Bueno
Barra 22600, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tel: Brazil (55) 342 127 <=== Are there only 999,999 phones in Brazil?
Road America
Road America Inc, N7390 Highway 67, Elkhart Lake, WI 53020, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 414 892 4576
Fax: (1) 414 892 4550
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta Inc, 5300 Winder Highway, Brasselton, GA 30517, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 404 967 6143
Fax: (1) 404 967 2668
Sears Point International Raceway
Highways 37 121 Sonoma, CA 95476, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 707 938 8448
Fax: (1) 707 938 8430
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, Towcester Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 327 857271
Fax: (44) 327 857663
Spa
Circuit de Francorchamps, Route de l'Eau Rouge 280, 4878 Stavelot,
Francorchamps, Belguim.
Tel: Belgium (32) 87 275138
Fax: (32) 87 275296
Surfer's Paradise
IndyCar Grand Prix, PO Box 567, Surfer's Paradise, QLD 4217,
Australia.
Tel: Australia (61) 7 570 8888
Fax: (61) 7 531 6611
Suzuka Circuit
7992 Ino-cho Suzuka-shi, Mieken, Japan.
Tel: Japan (81) 593 781111
Fax: (81) 593 701818
Talladega Superspeedway
PO Box 777, Talladega, AL 35160, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 205 362 2261 (or 362 9064)
Tanaka
TI Circuit Aida, 1210 Takimiya, Aida-chou Aida-gun, Okayama 701-26,
Japan
Tel: Japan (81) 8687 4 3311
Fax: (81) 8687 4 2600
Toronto
Molson Indy, Exhibition Place, Exhibition Stadium, Gate 9,
4th Floor Toronto, ONT M6K 3C3, Canada.
Tel: Canada (1) 416 598 4639
Fax: (1) 416 598 3671
Vancouver
Molson Indy Vancouver, 765 Pacific Blvd S, Vancouver, BC V6B 4Y9,
Canada.
Tel: Canada (1) 604 684 4639
Fax: (1) 604 684 1482
Watkins Glen International Circuit
PO Box 500, 500 Country Route 16, Watkins Glen, NY 14891, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 607 535 2468
Fax: (1) 607 535 7508
23.2 Addresses for Motor Sport Magazines
In an ideal world, it would be easy to find entertaining,
comprehensive
and accurate coverage of all the world's interesting motorsport. In
practice, you might find it better to subscribe to a magazine that
might not be widely available from local shops.
A magazine subscription can be a really good way of improving your
foreign language skills. Its much easier to grind your way through an
article, checking every third word in a dictionary, if you have a real
interest in the subject matter. You will pick up a lot of the specific
jargon in a very short time, after which you should be able to read
many of the articles in a reasonable time. If you already know the
outline of a news story, its much easier to translate complicated
sections.
It is very interesting to compare the reactions of the journalists
and letter writers from different countries to the same stories. In
1989, the German press was hilarious when it was discussing the
abysmal
performances of the German Zakspeed and Rial F1 teams. I daresay
Italians would get as much enjoyment from some of the reactions in the
British press to Alfa Romeo's current domination of the BTCC.
I've added comments to some of the entries. I've left these blank for
some magazines where I don't read the magazine or if I'm not sure if
I've seen a representative issue. The issue I saw of Pit Pass included
a five page full colour pictorial about Derrike Cope's new house (!).
I've included magazines which have a significant amount of motor
sports coverage - say a half or more. This excludes magazines like
Car,
Sport Auto, Autocar & Motor and Car & Driver which concentrate more on
road cars, even if they do cover some races.
Key for comments:
Andrew Henry [AHH] bspahh@midge.bath.ac.uk
Anupam Razdan [AR] raz@prairienet.org
Bill Mette [BM] bmette@MCS.COM
Brett Ramsey [BR] ramsey@deakin.edu.au
Chuck Fry [CF] chucko@rahul.net
Dale Maurice [DM] dale@cmr.com
Dan Jones [DJ] danjones@pyramid.com
Duane Sharpe [DS] ah131@yfn.ysu.edu
Eric Waiter [EW] ewamincar@delphi.com or
73424.1057@compuserve.com
Jean-Pierre Paradis[JPP]jean-pierre.paradis@fsa.ulaval.ca
John Posthill [JBP] ranger@jbp.rti.rti.org
Jonathan Crawshaw [JC] jonathan.crawshaw@canrem.com.ca
Keith Wood [KFW] Keith_Wood@mm.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Max Behara [MB] behara@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Michael Stucker [MS] stucker@aslvx1.sugar-land.anadrill.slb.com
Pete Fenelon [PF] pete@minster.york.ac.uk
Richard Welty [RW] welty@balltown.cma.com
Russ Gould [RG] russ_gould@rsomacserver.rso.upenn.edu
Stephen Shapiro [SS] sshapiro@mail.sas.upenn.edu
Tony Johns [TJ] zyllyx@netcom.com
Vincent B Ho [VBH] hbv@mercury.sfsu.edu
Australian Auto Action
603-611 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
Telephone: Australia (61) 3 601 4236
Fax: Australia (61) 3 670 9096
Sport: 1/1 Current News.
Period: Fortnightly, 54 pages, some colour, tabloid newspaper
Language: English
Subscriptions: Australia AUS $ 84.50, New Zealand AUS $ 104.64
Overseas
AUS $ 162.50
Opinion: [BR] Highly Recommended. Published every second
Thursday.
Features Australian Road Racing, Speedway (Ovals)
Rallies and Drags as well as good coverage of F1,
Indycars and NASCAR. Mark Fogaty's somewhat irreverent
F1 column is well worth reading.
Australian Motorsport News
P.O Box 7118, Melbourne, VIC 3004 Australia
Telephone: Australia (61) 3 699 5799
Fax: Australia (61) 3 696 9299
Sport: 1/1 Current News.
Period: Fortnightly, 44 pages, some colour, tabloid newspaper
Language: English
Opinion: [BR] First published in 1993 by ex Autosport UK journo
and
Kart racer Chris Lambden as competition to Auto Action.
Good Writers covering Aussie scene as well as F1,
Rallies and Indycars. Has a very good Aussie and US Drag
racing coverage and even dabbles in Bikes. Poor layout
and pictures, It just doesn't seem to have the impact of
AA. Sometimes guilty of "going tabloid" in an attempt to
scoop the competition.
Auto Racing
Language: English
Opinion: [AHH] A UK magazine specifically covering the IndyCar
series.
Autosport (from UK)
Haymarket Specialist Motoring Publications, 60 Waldegrave Road,
Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8LG, UK
Telephone: Great Britain (44) 81 943 5998
Fax: Great Britain (44) 81 943 5922
Telex: 895 2440
Sport: 1/1 Current News. Updated 8/94
Period: 51/year, 104 pages, all colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:You can choose from:
1. Direct from the UK: Subscriptions, Autosport, PO Box 219, Woking,
Surrey, GU21 1ZW, UK. Tel: Great Britain (44) 453 733800 Fax:
Great Britain (44) 453 776573. The "premier" service includes some
freebies like 4 litres of Mobil 1 synthetic oil and reduced prices
for race tickets. The "competitor" service lets you share in a
prize fund if you have an Autosport sticker on your car and you do
well in an event. American subscriptions are officially
discouraged direct from the UK.
Premier Competitor
UK GBP 90.00 GBP 120.00
Europe, or Overseas surface mail GBP 97.00 GBP 127.00
Middle East/Africa/India GBP 131.00 GBP 161.00
Rest of World GBP 169.00 GBP 199.00
[DJ] I have subscribed direct through the UK since 1979. The
trend in the last year or two has been that I receive my issues on
the Monday or Tuesday after the publish date. In the early 90's I
received them always on the Friday after the publish date, i.e.
the next day and sometimes on Saturday. Unfortunately, for some
reason that doesn't happen anymore. I received the July 14th issue
on July 18th and the July 7th issue on July 12th. Mondays or
Tuesdays is pretty regular, but maybe once every 5 issues or so I
get them on Wednesdays or Thursdays. Then maybe once every 3 or 4
months I receive an issue one week late. Something has changed in
the last two weeks though. They now arrive in brown envelopes
instead of clear plastic and they are being sent from an address
in Holland.
2. EWA: 369 Springfield Ave, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922, USA. Tel:
USA (1) 800 EWA 4454 (toll free) or USA (1) 908 665-7811, Fax: USA
(1) 908 665-7814, E-mail: ewamincar@delphi.com or
73424.1057@compuserve.com. The rates are $ 239/yr first class and
$ 159/yr second class. EWA has been distributing Autosport in USA,
Canada and Mexico since 1989. See the section 23.3 for more
details
on EWA's service.
[EW (of EWA)] The fastest delivery in the USA is our First Class
mail service. Thursday's Autosport always gets here one day later
on Friday and is mailed the same day. Our 1st Class subscribers
get it Sat, Mon or Tues. I get a 'monitoring' copy by airmail
direct from the UK and that arrives anywhere from 7 days after
publication to 4 weeks at worst (See DJ's comments on this service
above).
3. Or: Autosport, PO Box 128, Pearl River, New York, 10965-0128. Tel
USA (1) 914 735-8083. Sent by second class post.
Premier Competitor
USA US $159.00 US $199.00
Canada and Mexico: US $196.00 US $236.00
This is a subscription agency which has started to take Autosport
subscriptions in mid-1994. There was another agency which was used
in early 1994. I don't know whether you get all of the freebies,
like the Mobil oil. Cheap admission at Silverstone will not be of
much use !
[MS] I have cancelled my subscription for Autosport through a US
distributor that is not EWA. I received no issues between the July
28th 1994 issue and August 23rd. The pre-British GP issue came a
week after the post-British GP issue.
Opinion: [AHH] Recommended. Published every Thursday. Has some
big name
motorsport journalists: Nigel Roebuck, Denis Jenkinson,
Giorgio Piola, & Gordon Kirby. Looks nice and has
reasonable text, although you don't get that much to
read. F1 reports have lap charts, WRC reports have all
the stage times for the best drivers. The Motoring News
comes out a day earlier and gets more scoops for F1,
European and UK stories than Autosport. [AR] Covers
every form of motorsport. A little too expensive for me.
[MB] Sometimes Autosport has a big picture of a second
placed British driver on the cover and ignores the
winner. [PF] Isn't quite as good a read as it used to be
-- it's got flashier and has contained less in-depth
stuff since about 88/89 -- but still indispensable.
Concentrates on F1, Indy, BTCC, WRC, BRC, F3, F3000,
GTCC in the international categories, but also covers
British club motor racing and rallying strongly.
Roebuck's F1 reports and columns and Piola's technical
contributions are excellent, and it does give results of
all UK circuit races and major hillclimbs/sprints
(Marcus Pye is superb!). Less coverage of minor
internationals than it used to have, though in the
winter the oddest things sometimes get a lot of space!
Autosport (from Japan)
4-8-16 Kitashinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169, SANEI SHOBOU, AUTOSPORT
Hanbaibu, Japan
Telephone: Japan (81) 3 3364 3812
Fax: Japan (81) 3 3 3368 1733
Language: Japanese
Subscriptions:Japan: 450 Yen.
Opinion: [VBH] Very high standard.
Auto Hebdo
48-50 Boulevard Senard, 92210 Saint-Cloud, France
Telephone: France (33) 47 11 20 00
Fax: France (33) 46 02 09 10
Sport: 1/2 Motorsport, 1/2 Road Cars. Updated 2/92
Period: 51/year, 80 pages, all colour, magazine
Subscriptions:Subscription in France: 48,000 FF; elsewhere: 51,000
FF. Send cheque or money order payable to S.F.E.P, to
S.F.E.P, AUTOhebdo, Service Abonnements, 48-50, Bd
Senard - 92210 Saint-Cloud, France.
Language: French
Opinion: [AHH] Good coverage of F1 (with lap charts) and
rallying. The spectator guide for the Monte Carlo rally
in 1991 was excellent with Michelin maps and descriptions
of each stage by Didier Auriol. [ VBH] Too much emphasis
on French motorsport.
Auto Sprint
Via del Lavoro 7, 40068 San Lazzaro di Savena (BO), Italy
Telephone: Italy (39) 51 62 27 111
Fax: Italy (39) 51 62 58 310
Telex: 510212, 510283 Sprint-I
Sport: All Motorsport. Updated 5/94
Period: 52/year, 116 pages, all colour, magazine
Subscriptions:Subscription in Italy: L160,000. Elsewhere (surface
mail): L250,000, Europe & Mediterranean (airmail):
L290,000, Africa (airmail): L370,000 Asia & America
(airmail): L400,000, Australasia (airmail): L500,000. Pay
by postal order, bankers draft or by transfer to postal
account 244400, da intestare a Conti Editore SpA with a
L8,000 administrative surcharge. This might be garbled -
you might be best to phone or fax the offices to confirm.
Language: Italian
Opinion: [VBH] Highly recommended. Particularly good F1 coverage,
although there are no lap charts. Great design and use of
colour, especially on the cover. Lots of technical
details with many drawings by Giorgio Piola. There is a
very good question and answer section. The fans are
knowledgable and will ask if they are not. There are
gifts and offers like a floppy disk with F1 info or free
F1 season review videos with a "Carta Si". There is a
report from the CSAI (Italian Motor Sport Governing Body)
every week. [PF] Seems pretty good to me -- though my
Italian is pretty basic I can plough through race reports
and technical articles. It's fairly Ferrari-centric,
obviously! Better photography than any of the British
magazines I've seen, and more features than Autosport.
[AHH] Looks like Autosport, with respected journalists
like Pino Allevi and Giorgio Piola. Had the great taste
to have a picture of me in their report of the 1989
Belgian GP.
Auto Technica
Marco Mordonini, Via Molise 3, 20085 Locate Triulzi, Milano, Italy
Telephone: Italy (39) 90 78 04 78
Fax: Italy (39) 90 78 04 64
Sport: 1/3. Updated 5/94
Period: 11/year, 100 pages, 2/3 colour, magazine
Language: Italian
Subscriptions:Annual subscription rates are in Italian Lire for 11
issues. Rates: Italy: L70,000, Elsewhere (surface mail):
L140,000, Europe & Mediterranean (airmail): L160,000,
Asia & America (airmail): L190,000.
Opinion: [AHH] Thorough technical articles with lots of
illustrations. A
bit like the now defunct Car Design & Technology.
Auto und Motor Sport
Language: German
Opinion: [AHH] Closest equivalent to Autosport in German,
although it
has more coverage of road cars. Better pictures, less
text and older news compared to Motorsport Aktuell. Lots
of DTM and F1 coverage. [MB] It's not a racing magazine
but does carry race reports for F1. The stats were good
as was the writing.
Car and Car Conversions
Link House Magazines Ltd, Dingwall Avenue, Croydon CR9 2TA, UK
Telephone: Great Britain (44) 81 686 2599
Sport: 1/2 Club Motorsport, 1/2 Modified Road Cars. Updated
4/94
Period: 12/year, 100 pages, half colour, magazine
Language: English
Opinion: [AHH] Concentrates on tuning and modification of cars
for
circuit racing, rallying or road use. The technical
articles aren't very deep. [PF] Aimed more at the fast
but cheap road-car enthusiast, and written in a fairly
lighthearted tone, there are some interesting motorsport
articles in here, but racing fans would be better going
for the more authoritative Racecar Engineering.
Chequered Flag
Parkmead Ltd, 10a Bucklersbury, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1BB, Great Britain
Telephone: Great Britain (44) 462 457424
Fax: Great Britain (44) 462 434281
Sport: 1/1 Current News. Updated 11/92
Period: 12/year, 82 pages, full colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $ 59.00 per year to EWA, 369 Springfield Ave,
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922, USA. Tel: USA (1) 908
665-7811, Fax: USA (1) 908 665-7814
Opinion: [AR] Only covers F1. Recommended for behind the scenes
coverage and driver interviews. Pricey at but worth it.
[MB] Recommended. Has better statistics than Autosport,
with more of the practice times as well as a column by
Michael Schumacher !
Circle Track & racing technology
Circle Track magazine, 8490 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA
Sport: 1/1 Current News. Updated 2/93
Period: 12/year, 208 pages, 1/4 colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $ 23.95 per year. Canada: US $ 35.63 surface
mail
including GST. Elsewhere: US $ 33.95. Tel USA 800
800-OVAL or 6825, Petersen Publishing Co., 8490 Sunset
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90069, USA
L'Equipe
Language: French
Opinion: General sports newspaper. F1 coverage by Johnny Rives.
Formula
14845-6 Yonge St., Suite 500, Aurora, Ontario, L4G 6H8, Canada
Fax: Canada (1) 905 727 8800
Period: 6/year
Language: English
Subscriptions:Canada: Can $ 13.95 for 1 year, Can $ 21.95 for 2 years.
Elsewhere: Can $ 22.95 for 1 year.
Opinion: Back in circulation after a years break.
Formula One News
Language: English
Opinion: [MB] F1 News is a F1-only magazine from Britain. It
seems
to put more emphasis on the atmosphere of F1 than the
others do. The stats and writing are OK.
Formula One Spectators Association
8033 Sunset Blvd 60 Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA
Sport: 1/1 Current News. Updated 8/94.
Period: 16/year, 8 pages, black and white newsletter
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $ ??.?? per year.
Four Small Wheels
Grand Prix Models, 3 Noke Lane Business Centre, St. Albans, Herts.,
AL2 3NY, Great Britain
Telephone: Great Britain (44) 727 845645
Fax: Great Britain (44) 727 845858
Sport: 1/2 Sport. Updated 8/94.
Language: English or French (separate editions)
Period: 10/year, about 24 pages, some colour, magazine
Subscriptions: Yearly rates for the English edition: UK, GBP 20;
Europe, GBP 21; Middle East, USA etc, GBP 25; Japan, Far
East, GBP 26. The French language edition is GBP 28. If
you quote the advert in Historic RACING, you can get 3
sample copies for GBP 6, or a subscription for eleven
issue for the price of ten.
Opinion: [AHH] Covers 1:43rd scale models with kit reviews and
news,
"how-to" articles, and future releases.
Historic RACING
Editorial China Media Ltd, 2/F Golden Star Buidling, 22-24 Lockhart
Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Telephone: Hong Kong (852) 804 1818
Fax: Hong Kong (852) 804 1689
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 8/94.
Language: English
Period: 12/year, 100 pages, full colour glossy magazine
Subscriptions: Handled by Europe Media Ltd, 41-47 King's Terrace,
London, NW1 0JR, Great Britain. Tel Great Britain (44) 71
911 6002, Fax (44) 71 911 6020. Yearly airmail rates are:
UK, GBP 33; France, FF450; Italy, L130,000; USA, US $
110; Canada, Can $ 155; Australia, Aus $ 165, Hong Kong $850.
Opinion: [AHH] Historic RACING is a glossy magazine which covers
the
history of motorsport as well as modern day racing with
historic cars. It is edited by Graham Gauld - Jim
Clark's biographer - from offices in Hong Kong, although
the publishers are based in the UK. They seem to have
some good feature writers lined up including Doug Nye,
Vic Elford and Hugo Spowers. There are some well-written,
thorough articles in the first issue. The photographs in
the are good, but not superb.
Indy Car Racing
ICR Publications, 617 South 94th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53214, USA.
Telephone: USA (1) 414 774 6291
Fax: USA (1) 414 774 6740
E-mail:letters@icr.com
Sport: 1/1 Current News. Updated 9/94
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $ 29 a year. Elsewhere: US $ 55 a year. Call US
(1) 800 432 4639. Outside the USA call (1) 414 774
6291.
Opinion: Our online service is very new and
available to anyone who can recieve mail from the
internet, it is currently only in pilot form and is
available for no charge. We send the e-mail from the
track thoughout the race weekend and give results notes
and quotes. [SS] I am a subscriber to both the magazine
and the online reports. I was very impressed with the
online coverage this weekend (Vancouver, '94). They sent
out a pre-race report, 3 qualifying reports, and a race
report. The reports were in my e-mail account shortly
after each session. I can't think of any other place
(besides the track itself) to get in-depth info so
quickly - especially qualifying reports. And there was
more info in the reports than you would ever get from the
TV coverage. Two thumbs up!
Inside Karting
Inside Karting Inc, 123B West Seminole Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513, USA
Telephone: USA (1) 904 793-9601
Fax: USA (1) 904 793-4027
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 3/94.
Language: English
Subscriptions:Free !
Opinion: [JBP] One of the best magazines available to kart racers
and
would be racers. It has the maximum amount of technical
information and interesting tidbits about the sport. And
it is free! To subscribe just tell them that you want to
receive the magazine and get them your name and snail
mail address.
Inside Winston Cup Racing
P.O. Box 240417, Charlotte, NC. 28224, USA
Opinion: Run by Ned Jarrett
Karter News
International Kart Federation, 4650 Arrow Highway, Suite B-4,
Montclair, CA 91763, USA
Telephone: USA (1) 909 625-5497
Fax: USA (1) 909 621-6019
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 5/94.
Language: English
Subscriptions:$ 18 per year, or free with IKF membership ( $ 30)
Opinion: [KFW] The official publication of the International Kart
Federation. I've never seen anything International in
this magizine. Mostly covers minutes of the Board of
Directors meetings, IKF races and schedules. The December
Issue is the rule book for the following year.
Karting Magazine
Bank House, Summerhill, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5RD, Great Britain
Telephone: Great Britain (44) 81 467 6533
Opinion: [AHH] Published for 34 years. A bit dull to read, but
the
classified adverts are good.
Kart Racing Monthly
32 Higher Market Street, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 9AJ, Great Britain
Motoring News
Standard House, Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4DA, Great Britain
Telephone: Great Britain (44) 71 628 4741
Fax: Great Britain (44) 71 638 8497
Telex: 888602 MONEWS G
Sport: 1/1 Current News. Updated 4/94
Period: 51/year, 48 pages, some colour, tabloid newspaper
Language: English
Subscriptions:Great Britain GBP 45, Overseas inc Eire (surface) GBP
55,
Europe/Eire (air) GBP 60, Australasia (air) GBP 110,
All other
countries (air) GBP 80. GBP 1.50 extra for payment not
in pounds
sterling.
Opinion: [AHH] Highly Recommended. Often the first to break
racing news
stories. I think the writing is better than in Autosport,
although there are fewer colour pictures. David
Tremayne's F1 reports are superb. Very thorough coverage
of UK club racing and rallying. [ PF] Comes out a day
before Autosport and is useful for obtaining news quickly
(probably the next quickest source after r.a.s.i !).
Covers everything from F1 to club rallies (particularly
strong on club motorsport) and is a lot cheaper than
Autosport. Race reports are longer and more detailed; in
fact, there's a lot of text in a typical issue of MN!
Motor Sport
Standard House, Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4DA, Great Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 71 628 4741
Fax: Great Britain (44) 71 638 8497
Telex: 888602 MONEWS G
Sport: 1/2 Current, 1/2 History. 2/3 Motor Sport, 1/3 Road
Cars.
Updated
4/94
Period: 12/year, 112 pages, half colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:UK GBP 21, Overseas inc Eire (surface) GBP 25,
Europe/Eire (air) GBP 26, Australasia (air) GBP 46, All
other countries (air) GBP 43. GBP 2.50 extra for
payment
not in pounds sterling. US (air) $42 - contact: Motor
Sport, Box 188, Berkely Heights, NJ 07922, tel (908)
665
7811, fax (908) 665 7814.
Opinion: [AHH] Recommended. First published in 1924 by Bill
Boddy,
who still contributes articles every month. There is a
good mix of the latest in F1, IndyCars and some very good
historical articles. It is the best magazine that I have
seen for land speed record coverage. Few other magazines
cover VSCC trials (where 19 litre pre-WWI Mercedes pound
up farm tracks). The F1 reports by David Tremayne
sometimes aren't onto the newsstands until two months
after the race, but they are still worth reading, often
having a different perspective to something written on
the evening of a race. [PF] The grand old man of racing
magazines, a wilfully eclectic mix of news, reminiscence,
insight and loads of classic car adverts. Not quite the
same now that Jenks has departed and WB isn't as active
as before, but usually has at least a couple of excellent
articles a month and good F1 and WRC coverage. Only
covers other series in outline, though used to be very
strong on sports car racing before it fell apart (I hope
it will be again!). Underwent a lot of design changes in
the early 90s and often suffered poor proofreading but
now seems OK again.
Motorsport Aktuell
Powerslide AG, Kreutzstr. 60, Postfach, CH-8032, Zuerich, Switzerland
Tel: Switzerland (41) 1 251 83 47
Fax: Switzerland (41) 1 251 48 51
Telex: 813 801 powe ch
Sport: 1/1 Current News. Updated 9/90.
Period: 51/year, 36 pages, colour cover, foolscap newspaper
Language: German
Subscriptions:Contact Motorsport aktuell, Postfach, CH-8032, Zuerich,
Switzerland, or Tel: Switzerland (41) 1 251
83
47 for details. In 1990 a year's subscription was Swiss
Fr 96.80, German DM 98.40.
Opinion: [AHH] A small newspaper which is split half and half
between auto and motorbike racing. F1 coverage
predominates in the auto racing, but there rallies,
touring cars, and junior single seater formula also
appear. Its a bit like a smaller version of the
Motoring
News in German (Swiss ?). Reasonable news coverage. The
F1 reports have split times and speeds through the
speed
traps for the fastest cars.
National Kart News
National Kart News Inc, 51535 Bittersweet Rd., Granger IN
46530, USA
Tel: USA (1) 219 277-0033
Fax: USA (1) 219 277-4279
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 5/94.
Language: English
Subscriptions:$14 per year
Opinion: [KFW] Another one of the best magazines available to
kart
racers and would be racers. Lots of good technical
articles. Equal time dedicated to 2 and 4 stroke
engines
National Speed Sports News
P.O. Box 608, Ridgewood, NJ 07451-0608, USA
Sport: 1/1 Sport
Language: English
Opinion: [AHH] A small format newspaper run by Chris Economaki
for
many years. I've seen one issue and I didn't find it
very
easy to read. The text looked messy, stories were split
into different sections throughout the issue (a common
grumble of mine with US magazines), and the text just
didn't seem to flow very well. Having said that, its
cheap and has reasonable news coverage of US and world
motorsport.
On Track
Paul Oxman Publications, Fountain Valley, CA 92728, USA
Language: English
Sport: 1/1 Sport
Period: 26/year. ISSN 0279-2737.
Subscriptions:USA: $33.97/year, $75.00 1st class. Canada & Mexico:
1 yr US $56.00, Overseas surface mail 1 yr US $100.00,
Overseas air mail 1 yr US $165.00 Contact: On Track,
Subscription Department OT Publishing Inc., P.O Box
8509,
Fountain Valley, CA 92728, USA Fax USA (1) 714 556
9776.
Opinion: [CF] Focuses on F1, IndyCar and "minor league" pro
formula
cars in the US and Europe, IMSA and other world sports
car racing, and NASCAR. Some coverage of European and
Australian sedan racing, US and world rallying. Timely
and thorough.
Open Wheel
27 S Main St, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
Tel: USA (1) 508 356-7030
Fax: USA (1) 508 356-2492
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 3/93
Period: 12/year, 92 pages, 1/4 colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $21.95 per year, elsewhere: US $31.95. Send
subscription to Open Wheel Publishing Ltd, 1965 Broadway,
New York, NY, 10023, USA
Opinion: [AHH] Covers sprint and midget racing. Some say that it
spends too much time saying how great the racing was in
the olden days, and not enough time on current racing.
Edited by Dick Berggren.
Performance Racing News
593 Yonge Street, 3rd floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y
1Z4
Tel: Canada (1) 416-922-7223
Fax: Canada (1) 416-922-8001
Sport: 99 % racing, 1 % road tests;
Period: 16 times per year (monthly with extra issues in
February,
April, July & September). Newsprint, 2 sections, some
colour, 56 pages
Language: English
Subscriptions:Canada (inc GST) 1 year $21.39, 2 years $41.72, 3
years $58.84. USA: US $35.00. Elsewhere $90.00 Cdn.
Call/Fax above numbers for subscription enquiries.
Opinion: [JC] Quite good. Covers International Road Racing,
Canadian Road Racing, Motorcycles, American Stocks,
Canadian Stocks, Dragsters, Snowmobiles, Karts.
Pit Pass
NA-TEX Publishing, 5590 Highway 29 S, Harrisburg, NC 28075, USA
Tel: USA (1) 704 455-1702
Fax: USA (1) 704 455-1705
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 1/93
Period: 12/year, 58 pages, full colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $36.00 per year, Tel USA (1) 800 662 0186, or
send to
NA-TEX Publishing, PO Box 562029, Charlotte, NC 28256-2029.
Opinion: [AHH] Covers NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Grand National
Racing.
Racecar Engineering
Q Editions Ltd, 33 Banstead Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5QG,
UK.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 883 341551
Fax: Great Britain (44) 883 344397
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 3/94
Period: 6/year, 104 pages, half colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions: Send cheque in pounds sterling, Visa or Mastercard to
Subscriptions Dept, Q Editions Ltd 33 Banstead Road,
Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5QG, UK.
Year subscription Single back issue
UK GBP 21.00 GBP 3.50
Europe GBP 27.00 GBP 4.50
N and S America (air) GBP 35.00 GBP 6.00
Australia, New Zealand(air) GBP 38.00 GBP 6.50
S Africa, Japan (air) GBP 38.00 GBP 6.50
Or send, US$check, Visa, Mastercard, Amex or Discover, to
EWA, 369 Springfield Ave, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922, USA
1st class mail 2nd class mail
USA $57.00 $39.00
Canada, Mexico $75.00 $49.00
Opinion: [AHH] Recommended. This has the most thorough technical
articles on F1, IndyCars, and European Touring Cars that
I've seen. The pictures are good and you get a lot of
text in the technical articles, as well as good pictures
and cutaway drawings. There is a comprehensive listing of
motorsport addresses. The editorial team includes Ian
Bamsey, Quentin Spurring, Carroll Smith and Paul Van
Valkenburgh.
Racer
1371 E Warner Ave, Suite E, Tustin, CA 92680, USA
Tel: USA (1) 714 259-8240
Fax: USA (1) 714 259-1502
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 1/93
Period: 12/year, 84 pages, full colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $30.00, elsewhere on request. Write to RACER,
PO Box 25052, Anaheim, CA 92825-5052. Tel USA (1) 714
533-4083, 8.30am-4.30pm (PST)
Opinion: [AHH] Glossy, colourful coverage of American motor
sport,
covering F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, IMSA and SCCA. Has some
well respected authors like Gordon Kirby, Alan Henry &
Maurice Hamilton. [AR] Excellent color illustrations.
More like a scholarly journal with NO race summaries in
contrast to On Track which is more of a "bible".
Race Scanning Monthly
Frequency Fan Club, PO Box 1987, Richmond Hill, GA 31324, USA
Telephone: USA (1) 800-RACE FAN, or USA (1) 912 727 3745
Fax: USA (1) 800-SCAN FAX
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 1/93
Period: 12/year
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $ 30.00, elsewhere on request.
Opinion: "America's oldest and largest race scanning
publication".
Includes frequencies for NASCAR Winston Cup, IndyCar,
IMSA, ARCA, BGN, Formula One, Indy Lites, DIRT, SCCA
Trans Am, IROC, WOO and various other American racing
series. At many NASCAR and IndyCar events, there is a
"hotline updating service" for subscribers.
Race Wrap Up
Riacom Canada, c/o Race Wrap-up, 1355 Webb Avenue, Laval, Quebec, H7W
3R6, Canada.
Telephone: Canada (1) 514 681-2267
Fax: Canada (1) 514 688-9679 c/o James Dahan
E-mail: J_Dahan@pavo.concordia.ca, Jamesd@bbs.santafe.edu.
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 3/94
Language: English
Subscriptions:Colour hard copy: 47 Issues US $ 35, 24 Issues $ 20 US
Electronic copy for GEnie members: 47 Issues US $ 25, 24
Issues $ 15 US mail the GEnie Automotive RT sysop at
GREG.AMY for more details. Electronic copy by Internet
E-mail: Due to guidelines controlling the ethical and
moral use of the Internet, subscriptions will not be sold
for the Internet electronic mail version. For more
information on donations and complimentary subscriptions
please contact J_Dahan@pavo.concordia.ca or
Jamesd@bbs.santafe.edu.
Racing for Kids
P.O. Box 500, Concord, NC 28026, USA
Telephone: USA (1) 704 786-7132
Fax: USA (1) 704 788 4420
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 8/94
Period: 12/year, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: $ 25.00. Canada Mexico: $ 32.00. All other foreign
subscriptions: $ 40.00.
Opinion: [DS] Covers most forms of auto racing including NASCAR,
Indy
Cars, Sprint Cars, Monster Trucks and some Off-road
racing. No F1 coverage. The magazine is published by the
same folks that publish Winston Cup Scene. Each issue
includes some driver profiles, race results, puzzles,
educational type stuff and other racing type articles.
Probably geared to kids up to about 14-15 years old.
Senninha
Mrs Cecilia Yoshizawa, Ayrton Senna Promocoes e Empreendimentos, R.
Dr.
Olavo Egidio, 287 - 10th floor, 02037-00 Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Fax: Brazil (055) 11 950-0050
Opinion: Children's comic on the exploits of a character based on
Ayrton Senna.
SportAuto
8-10, rue Pierre-Brossette, 92300 Levallois-Perret, France.
Telephone: France (33) 16.1.40.87.41.42
Fax: France (33) 16.1.40.87.42.37
Sport: 1/1 50 % F1, 15 % Rally, 15 % other motorsport, 20 %
Road
cars. Updated 7/9/94
Period: 12/year, 115 pages, all colour magazine
Language: French
Subscriptions:Tel 16.1.40.87.40.85.12, in France 264 FF, elsewhere
325FF.
Opinion: [JPP] The most complete Formula 1 magazine in French
(and
maybe in any language). Full coverage of F1, all
qualifying time, a lap by lap chart, a report of the
weekend for all the teams and even a small column by
Micheal Schumacher. Each month you can read an interview
with a Formula 1 driver. You also get a coverage of all
the world championship rallies and reports on beautiful
European street cars.
Sportscar
Sports Car Club of America, 9033 East Easter Place, Englewood, CO
80112
USA
Telephone: USA (1) 303 694 7223
Language: English
Opinion: [CF] The official SCCA magazine, for announcing rule
changes
etc. Covers all facets of pro and amateur SCCA competition
including road racing, autocross and rallying. Includes a
few technical articles. Included with SCCA membership,
also available by subscription.
Stock Car Racing
Stock Car Racing, PO Box 715, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
Fax: USA (1) 508 356-2492
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 2/93.
Period: 12/year, 132 pages, 1/4 colour, magazine
Language: English
Subscriptions:USA: US $ 18.95 per year. Elsewhere: US $ 28.95. Tel USA
800-333-2633, USA (1) 515 247-7631 or write to Stock Car
Racing, P.O. Box 5009, Harlan, IA 51593, USA
Opinion: [CF] Covers US grassroots and pro stock car racing.
Mainly
technical and fan info. Not as consistent as Circle Track
but very informative. Edited by Dick Berggren.
Talking Racing
139 Dunn Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M6K 2R8, Canada
Fax: Canada (1) 416-233-3898
Fax: Canada (1) 416-233-2508
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 2/93.
Period: 16/year, 8 pages (8.5x11 inches) black and white
newsletter.
Language: English
Subscriptions:Bronze: results hotline updated 2 hours after qualifying
and races Can $ 24.95
Silver: results hotline, as well as 16 issues of Talking
F1 Racing by mail the Monday after every F1 race with lap
chart and Indy updates Can $ 39.95
Gold: description is same as above (?) Can $ 49.95
Platinum: same as above except newsletter is faxed Can
$ 149.00
Opinion: [JC] I subscribed to the Gold service which was offered
at
the same price as the Silver. The promised preseason
issue
came after the Brazilian race and I phoned up to ask
about it. Generally nobody answers the phone or returns
calls left on the machine. I can't vouch for the hotline
because my secret code doesn't work for it and nobody
will return my calls. I suppose that it would be nice to
get the newsletters for the British and German Grands
Prix but I haven't yet. I live a 1 hour drive from
Toronto so presume Canada Post can get it here in less
than a month. The newsletters typically come 2 - 3 weeks
after the race. By the I have found out all I want to
know from r.a.s, On Track, and Performance Racing News.
Advertised lap charts and Indy Results are Not included.
The Talking F1 Racing report includes a Race summary,
Truth Rumours, Qualifying and Warmup Summary, and times
and positions from qualifying and the race. Technical
glitches abound ie pages upside down, articles/paragraphs
that end abruply mid-sentence. A favourite feature is
some DTP feature that allows curved margins. More time
should be spent on proof-reading! I would heartily
recommend this service to animal abusers and other people
that I don't like. I will not be using it next year.
Vintage Motorsports
Telephone: USA (1) 800 626 9937, USA (1) 813 686 3104
Language: English
Opinion: [DJ] About to start a six-part series on the old Can Am
series.
Its a nice glossy magazine with very well researched articles.
I give it ***
Vroom
Edizioni CGG, via dei Villini, 23-04011 Aprilia (LT), Italy
Telephone: Italy (39) 6 92 76 936
Fax: Italy (39) 6 92 72 76 13
Sport: 1/1 Sport. Updated 5/94
Period: 11/year, 68 pages, all colour, magazine
Language: Italian with some English
Subscriptions:Italy: L50,000, Europe: L100,000, Africa, America, Asia:
L150,000, Australasia: L180,000. Send an international
postal order made out to "Edizioni CGG" to the address
above. If you send a cheque, add L8,000 to cover the bank
charges.
Opinion: [AHH] Glossy karting magazine. Some articles are in
English.
Good coverage of international 100cc kart racing.
Winston Cup Scene
P.O. Box 500, Concord, NC 28026, USA
Telephone: USA (1) 704 786 7132
Fax: USA (1) 704 788 4420
Opinion: [AHH] Small format newspaper which concentrates on
NASCAR.
Good text but there aren't that many nice pictures. [TJ]
The main reason why I subscribe is for the great
classified section and a lot of insider goop, although it
arrives late most of the time. [RG] I used to subscribe
to this but got tired of the mail delivering it late.
23.3 Addresses of Bookshops
Automobilia
Spaarne 10 Haarlem 2011, Netherlands.
Telephone: Netherlands (31) 2332 7834
Misc: [EW] Last time I visited them in 1991, they stocked
models,
videos, magazines, books and nicknacks like old gas
pumps, old literature etc. The owner then was Rene
Boswinckel.
Collectors Carbooks
167 Watling Street Radlett, Herts, WD7 7NQ, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 923 857870
Fax: Great Britain (44) 923 853428
Misc: [AHH] Rare and out of print motoring and motor racing
books.
Race programmes memorabilia. Free booksearch service.
Connoisseur Carbooks
11A Devonshire Road, Chiswick, London, W4 2EU, Great Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 81 742 0022
Fax: Great Britain (44) 81 742 0360
Misc: [AHH] A wide range of motoring books, some second hand.
Chater's Motoring Booksellers
8 South Street, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7BG, Great Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 81 568 9750
Fax: Great Britain (44) 81 569 8273
Misc: [AHH] A wide range of motoring books videos, lots
secondhand.
EWA Miniature Cars USA inc
Eric Waiter Associates Miniature Cars USA inc 369 Springfield Ave,
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922, USA.
Tel: Toll free:800 EWA 4454 or USA (1) 908 665-7811
Fax: USA (1) 908 665-7814
Email: ewamincar@delphi.com or 73424.1057@compuserve.com
Misc: [EW - the boss] We carry 3000 autobook titles, 600
auto-related video titles, distribute to the trade and
subscribers about 25 British automobile magazine titles
and have some 9000 different scale model cars (both
kits
and ready built) in stock. A free 144 page catalogue is
available on request. We started the mail order
business
13 years ago and opened the store earlier this year,
about 45 mins from Manhattan.
[BM] Whatever you do, price your books at places other
then EWA in New Jersey. Their selection and service are
really good, but their prices are really high.
[EW] We offer our Price Guarantee see it advertised
anywhere else at less than our price and we will match
before you buy, or up to 30 days after buying from us.
EWA are the American distributers for the following magazines:
911 & Porsche World American Car World Autocar & Motor
Autosport BMW Car Cars & Car Conversions
Car Mechanics Chequered Flag Classic American
Classic & Sportscar Ford Heritage Jaguar Automobilia Coll
Jaguar World Miniworld Model Auto Review
Model Collector Motor Sport Performance Car
Practical Classics Racecar Engineering The Automobile
Volksworld
Grand Prix Models
3 Noke Lane Business Centre, St. Albans, Herts., AL2 3NY, Great
Britain
Telephone: Great Britain (44) 727 845645
Fax: Great Britain (44) 727 845858
Misc:[AHH] They claim to be the source for all exact 1:43rd scale
model cars - both kits hand-built limited editions. They
also publish Four Small Wheels.
Mill House Books
The Mill House, Eastville, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 8LS Great
Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 020 584 377
Misc: [AHH] A wide range of motoring books. Free mail order
catalogue.
Motor Books
33 St Martin's Court, London WC2N 4AL, Great Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 71 836 5376
Fax: Great Britain (44) 71 497 2539
Misc: [AHH] A wide range of motoring books videos including
manufacturers' workshop manuals. catalogue.
Motorbooks International Publishers Wholesalers Inc.
PO Box 2, 729 Prospect Avenue, Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, USA
Misc: [AHH] Wide range of motoring books.
Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies
2475 South 179th St, New Berlin, WI 53146-2150, USA
Tel: USA (1) 414 782 0880
Fax: USA (1) 800 742 0484
Misc: [RW] If you want to learn more about how cars go
together,
the Pegasus catalog may be entertaining and instructive,
although they are a list price outfit -- if you want to
buy something, there are alternative sources like
Dragonslayer, Racer Wholesale, and Halo/Bell Motorsports
that are usually enough cheaper to make shopping around
worthwhile. There are a few items that you can only
reasonably obtain from Pegasus, though. The catalog is
free, though, so just looking doesn't cost much.
Robert Bentley Inc
Cambridge, MA, USA
Tel: USA (1) 800 423 4595
Schroeder Weise GmbH
Ohefeldweg 1, 3000 Hamburg 73, Germany
Tel: Germany (49) 511 517037
Fax: Germany (49) 511 517034
Misc: [AHH] Wide range of books, posters, models, videos on
cars,
motorbikes, motorsport in German, English, French and Italian.
Les Wilson
'Beech House', 21 Heath Lane, Croft, Warrington, WA3 7DH, Great
Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 925 765094
Fax: Great Britain (44) 925 766213
Misc: [AHH] Old Motoring Literature:books, brochures,
magazines,
programmes.
John Knowles
Brickkiln Farm, Hingham Road, Great Ellingham, Norfolk, NR17
1JE, UK
Tel: Great Britain (44) 953 452257
Misc: [AHH] Rare out of print books. Catalogue GBP 2 in UK,
GBP 3 elsewhere
Jarrotts
Hales Place, Woodchurch Rd, High Halden, Nr Ashford, Kent TN24 8NU, UK
Tel: Great Britain (44) 233 850037
Fax: Great Britain (44) 233 628988
Misc: High quality motorsport photographs from "The Golden
Era" of
Motor Racing. Nice but not cheap (GBP 30 for a large print).
22.4 Motorsport Video Companies
Duke Marketing Ltd
PO Box 46, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM99 1DD, United Kingdom
(Freepost within UK).
Tel: Great Britain (44) 624 623634
Fax: Great Britain (44) 624 629745
Misc: [AHH] Biggest UK distributor of motorsport videos with a
range
of
700 titles. The Isle of Man TT motorbike race video is really
good.
Sports Seen
Tattenhall Lane, Tattenhall, Nr Chester, CH3 9NH, Great Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 829 71222
Fax: Great Britain (44) 829 70154
Misc: [AHH] Best selling titles include the season reviews for
the
BTCC DTM and the "Radio Le Mans" tapes of the Le Mans 24 hrs.
22.5 Motorsport Governing Bodies
CART [Championship Auto Racing Teams]
IndyCar, Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc, 390 Enterprise Court,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, USA
Tel: USA (1) 313 334 8500
Fax: USA (1) 313 334 8560
FIA [Federation Internationale Automobile]
8 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France
Tel: France (33) 14 265 9951
Fax: France (33) 14 742 8731
FOCA [Formala One Constructors Association]
6 Princes Gate, London SW7 1QJ, Great Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 71 584 6668
Fax: Great Britain (44) 71 589 0311
IMSA [International Motorsports Association
PO Box 10709, Tampa, FL 33679-0709, USA
Tel: USA (1) 813 877 4672
Fax: USA (1) 813 876 4604
Misc: Runs the World Sports Cars series
ITR [Internationale Tourenwagen Rennen]
Postfach 1151, D-8874 Leipheim, Germany
Tel: Germany (49) 8221 72065
Fax: Germany (49) 8221 7862 <==== Missing digit ???
Misc: Runs Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
NASCAR [National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing]
P.O. Box 2875, Daytona Beach, FL 32120, USA
Tel: USA (1) 904 253-0611
Misc: Ticket info:USA (1) 904 253-7223 (primarily for Daytona)
ONS [Oberste Nationale Sportkommision fuer den Automobilsport in
Deutschland GmbH]
Waidmannstrasse 47, 6000 Frankfurt/Main 70, Germany
Tel: Germany (49) 69 633 0070
Fax: Germany (49) 69 633 00730
Misc: Runs Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
RACMSA [Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association]
Motor Sports House, Riverside Park, Colnbrook, Slough, SL3 0HG, UK
Tel: Great Britain (44) 753 681736
Fax: Great Britain (44) 753 682938
Misc: Governs British Motorsport. Runs British Grand Prix, RAC
rally.
SCCA [Sports Car Club of America]
9033 East Easter Place, Englewood, CO 80112, USA
Tel: USA (1) 800 TRY SCCA, or (1) 303 694 7223
Fax: USA (1) 303 694 7391
E-mail: 75430.1070@compuserve.com
Misc: Runs Trans Am and various other racing series Note:
There is
NO OFFICIAL SCCA electronic mail address. The SCCA has
designated one person, Jim Leithauser as being allowed to
accept requests by e-mail. He is effectively not allowed
to participate in on-line discussions. Letters to him
are printed, and distributed as if they came in via
postal mail. His replies are sent on paper by the postal
system. If you wish to contact the national office in an
official, on the record manner, you should telephone fax
or write a letter and mail it by the postal service. [RW]
The SCCA addresses on Compuserve have the reputation of
not being very reliable channels to the National office.
TOCA [TOuring car Constructors Association]
The Manor, Haseley Business Centre, Warwick, CV34 7LS. Great Britain
Tel: Great Britain (44) 203 537037
Fax: Great Britain (44) 203 577038
Misc: Runs British Touring Car Championship
22.6 TV Company Addresses
ABC Sports
47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 212 456-4867
BBC Sports Department
BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12 8QT, Great Britain.
CBC
Alan Clark, Head of TV Sports, P.O.Box 500, Term. A, Toronto,
ON M5W 1E6, Canada.
CBS Sports
51 West 52nd Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 212 975-4321
ESPN
ESPN Plaza, 935 Middle Street, Bristol, CT 06010, USA
Tel: USA (1) 203 585-2000
Steven M. Bornstein, Chief Executive Officer, ESPN, 605 3rd
Avenue, NY, NY 10158-0180, USA
MRN
1801 International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 904 254-6760
NBC Sports
Room 1550, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 212 664-4444
Ohlmeyer Communications
962 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA.
Performance Racing Network (PRN)
P.O. Box 600, Concord, NC 28026-0600, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 704 455-3228
The Nashville Network (TNN)
2806 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 615 889-6840
WTBS
One CNN Center, Atlanta, GA 30348, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 404 827-1717
22.7 F1 Team Addresses
Arrows Grand Prix International
39 Barton Road, Water Eaton Industrial Estate, Bletchley,
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK2 3HW, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 908 270047
Principal: Jackie Oliver (GB)
Founded: 1977
GP Debut: Brazil 1978
Benetton Formula Ltd.
Whiteways Technical Centre, Enstone, Chipping Norton,
Oxfordshire OX8 6XZ, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 608 678000
Principal: Flavio Briatore (I), Tom Walkinshaw (GB)
Founded: 1970 (as Toleman)
GP Debut: Italy 1981 (as Toleman)
Ferrari SpA
Casella Postale 589, 41100 Modena, Italy.
Tel: Italy (39) 536 949111
Principal: Luca di Montezemolo (I)
Founded: 1929
GP Debut: Monaco 1950
Jordan Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN,
Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 327 857153
Principal: Eddie Jordan (IRE)
Founded: 1981 (as Eddie Jordan Racing),
GP Debut: USA 1991
Larrousse F1
ZE de Signes, BP 702, 83870 Signes, France.
Tel: France (33) 94 32 88 88
Principal: Gerard Larrousse (F)
Founded: 1987
GP Debut: San Marino 1987
Ligier Sports
Technopole de la Nievre, 58470 Magny Cours, France.
Tel: France (33) 86 606200
Principal: Cyril de Rouvre (F)
Founded: 1969
GP Debut: Brazil 1976
Lotus International Ltd.
Ketteringham Hall, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 9RS, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 603 811190
Principal: Peter Collins (GB), Peter Wright (GB)
Founded: 1964
GP Debut: Monaco 1958
McLaren International Ltd
Woking Business Park, Albert Drive, Woking, Surrey GU21 5JY, Great
Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 483 728211
Principal: Ron Dennis (GB)
Founded: 1963
GP Debut: Monaco 1966
Minardi Scuderia Italia
via Spallanzani 21 (ZI), 48081 Faenza (RA), Italy.
Tel: Italy (39) 546 620480
Principal: Giancarlo Minardi (I), Giuseppe Lucchini (I)
Founded: 1974 (as Scuderia Everest), Merged:1994 with Scuderia
Italia
GP Debut: Brazil 1985 (as Minardi)
Pacific Grand Prix
Brunel Business Centre, Brunel Way, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1HP, Great
Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 842 755724
Principal: Keith Wiggins (GB)
Founded: 1984 (Pacific Racing)
GP Debut: Brazil 1994
PP Sauber AG
Wildbachstrasse 9, 8340 Hinwil, Switzerland.
Tel: Switzerland (41) 1 938 1400
Principal: Peter Sauber (CH)
Founded: 1970
GP Debut: South Africa 1993
Simtek Grand Prix
8 Wates Way, Acre Estate, Wildmere Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire
OX16 7TS, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 295 265998
Principal: Nick Wirth
Founded: 1989 (Simtek Research)
GP Debut: Brazil 1994
Tyrrell Racing Organisation
Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, Surrey GU23 6PE, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 4865 4955
Principal: Ken Tyrrell (GB)
GP Debut: South Africa 1968
Williams Grand Prix Engineering
Basil Hill Road, Didcot, Berkshire OX11 7HW, Great Britain.
Tel: Great Britain (44) 235 815161
Principal: Frank Williams (GB), Patrick Head (GB)
Founded: 1969
GP Debut: Argentina 1975
22.8 NASCAR Teams Addresses
Rick Mast
Precision Products Racing, P. O. Box 569, Denver, NC. 28037, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 704 483 9340
Car: Skoal Classic/Ford Thunderbird
Car Owner: Richard Jackson
Public Rel.: Patti Makar USA (1) 704 664 1091
Rusty Wallace
Penske Racing South, 4 Knob Hill Road, Mooresville, NC. 28115, USA.
Car: Miller Genuine Draft/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 664 2300
Car Owner: Roger Penske
Public Rel.: Tom Roberts USA (1) 205 582 3711
Dale Earnhardt
Richard Childress Racing, P. O. Box 1189, Industrial Drive,
Welcome, NC. 27374-1189, USA.
Car: Goodwrench/Chevy Lumina
Tel: USA (1) 704 731 3334
Car Owner: Richard Childress
Public Rel.: Kevin Triplett USA (1) 704 455 1638
Sterling Marlin
Morgan-McClure Racing, Route 10, Box 780, Abingdon, VA. 24210, USA.
Car: Kodak/Chevy Lumina
Tel: USA (1) 703 628 3683
Car Owner: Tim Morgan Larry McClure
Public Rel.: Steve Crisp USA (1) 704 455 1200
Terry Labonte
Hendrick Motorsports, P. O. Box 9, Harrisburg, NC. 28075, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 3425
Car: Kellogg's/Chevy Lumina
Car Owner: Rick Hendrick
Public Rel.: Dale Cagle USA (1) 704 896 0200
Mark Martin
Roush Racing, P. O. Box 1089, Liberty, NC. 27298, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 919 622 5160
Car: Valvoline/Ford Thunderbird
Car Owner: Jack Roush
Public Rel.: Marc Speigel USA (1) 314 982 1700
Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine Racing, 6007 Victory Lane, Harrisburg, NC. 28075,
USA.
Car: Montgomery Wards?/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 1777
Car Owner: Geoff Bodine
Public Rel.: Unknown at this time
Jeff Burton
Stavola Brothers Racing, P. O. Box 339, Harrisburg, NC. 28075,
USA.
Car: Raybestos/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 6461
Car Owner: Mickey Billy Stavola
Public Rel.: Bob Brown USA (1) 704 455 6461
P. J. Jones
OldAddr:P.O. Box 665, Dawsonville, GA. 30534
Melling Racing,Concord, NC, USA.
Car: Slick 50?/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 404 265 3666
Car Owner: Harry Melling
Public Rel.: Alexis Leras USA (1) 904 672 4697
Ricky Rudd
Rudd Performance Motorsports, new shop to be completed December
1993, Mooresville, NC. 28115, USA.
Car: Tide/Ford Thunderbird
Car Owner: Ricky Rudd
Bill Elliott
Junior Johnson Associates, Route 2, Box 162, Ronda, NC. 28670, USA.
Car: Budweiser/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 919 984 2101
Car Owner: Junior Johnson
Public Rel.: Mai Lindstrom USA (1) 314 982 1700
Chuck Bown
Bobby Allison Motorsports, 5254 Pit Road South, Harrisburg, NC. 28075,
USA.
Car: Pedigree Dog Food?/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 1222
Car Owner: Bobby Allison
Public Rel.: Carolyn Carrier USA (1) 704 455 1222
John Andretti
Hagan Enterprises, P. O. Box 2010, Thomasville, NC. 27360, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 919 472 1482
Car: ???/Chevy Lumina
Car Owner: Billy Hagan
Public Rel.: Bill USA (1) 919 472 1482
Lake Speed
Bud Moore Engineering, 400 North Fairview Street, Spartanburg, SC.
29304, USA.
Car: Quality Care/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 803 585 8155
Car Owner: Bud Moore
Public Rel.: Campbell Company USA (1) 313 336 0244
Ted Musgrave
Roush Racing, P. O. Box 1089, Liberty, NC. 27298, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 919 622 5160
Car: The Family Channel/Ford Thunderbird
Car Owner: Jack Roush
Public Rel.: Bob Moore USA (1) 919 631 9375
Darrell Waltrip
Dar-Wal, Inc., 6780 Hudspeth Road, P. O. Box 293, Harrisburg, NC.
28075, USA.
Car: Western Auto/Chevy Lumina
Tel: USA (1) 704 483 9340
Car Owner: Darrell Waltrip
Public Rel.: Frank Burchfield USA (1) 704 376 0736
Dale Jarrett
Joe Gibbs Racing, 5301 Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC. 28269, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 704 598 3954
Car: Interstate Batteries/Chevy Lumina
Car Owner: Joe Gibbs
Public Rel.: Larry Camp USA (1) 704 788 7979
Loy Allen Jr.
TriStar Motrosports, Route 2, Box 1-C, Upward Road, Flat Rock, NC.
28793, USA.
Car: Hooter's/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 693 0068
Car Owner: George Bradshaw
Public Rel.: Cotter Comm. USA (1) 704 455 3500
Buddy Baker
Moroso Racing, 3 Knob Hill Road, Mooresville, NC. 28115, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 704 664 3800
Car: FINA Oil/Ford Thunderbird
Car Owner: Dick Moroso
Morgan Shepherd
Wood Brothers Racing, Route 2, Box 77, Stuart, VA. 24171-9511, USA.
Car: Citgo/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 703 694 3239
Car Owner: Glen Wood
Public Rel.: Eddie Rhodes USA (1) 704 847 1617
Bobby Labonte
Bill Davis Racing, 11 North Robbins Road, Thomasville, NC. 27360, USA.
Car: Maxwell House/Pontiac Grand Prix
Tel: USA (1) 919 476 1114
Car Owner: Bill Davis
Public Rel.: Randy Laney USA (1) 704 455 3500
Hut Stricklin
Travis Carter Racing, P.O. Box 588, Highway 16 North, Denver, NC.
28037, USA.
Car: Smokin' Joe's/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) (704)
Car Owner: Travis Carter
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports, P. O. Box 9, 56325 Stowe Lane,
Harrisburg, NC. 28075, USA.
Car: Dupont/Chevy Lumina
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 3400
Car Owner: Rick Hendrick
Public Rel.: Ron Miller USA (1) 704 598 9966
Ken Schrader
Hendrick Motorsports, P. O. Box 9, 56325 Stowe Lane,
Harrisburg, NC. 28075, USA.
Car: Kodiak/Chevy Lumina
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 3400
Car Owner: Joseph Hendrick
Public Rel.: Bob Hice USA (1) 704 568 2520
Brett Bodine
Bernstein Racing, 103 Center Lane, Huntersville, NC. 28078, USA.
Car: Quaker State/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 483 9340
Car Owner: Kenny Bernstein
Public Rel.: Tommy Kirkman USA (1) 317 843 5444
Jimmy Spencer
Junior Johnson Associates, Route 2, Box 162, Ronda, NC. 28670, USA.
Car: McDonalds/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 919 984 2101
Car Owner: Junior Johnson
Public Rel.: Larry Camp USA (1) 704 788 7979
Ernie Irvan
Robert Yates Racing, 115 Dwelle Street, Charlotte, NC. 28208, USA.
Car: Havoline/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 392 8184
Car Owner: Robert Yates
Public Rel.: Brian Vandsercook USA (1) 704 547 1828
Steve Grissom
Diamond Ridge Racing , USA.
Car Owner: Gary Bechtel
Car: Diamond Ridge/Chevy Lumina
Michael Waltrip
Bahari Racing, 47 Rolling Hills Road, Mooresville, NC. 28115, USA.
Car: Pennzoil/Pontiac Grand Prix
Tel: USA (1) 704 377 6991
Car Owner: Chuck Rider Lowrance Harry
Public Rel.: Mark McCarter USA (1) 404 880 5209
Ward Burton
Car Owner: A. J. Dillard
Harry Gant
Car: Hardee's/Chevy Lumina
Leo Jackson Motorsports, Inc., Route 3, Box 587, Taylorsville, NC.
28681, USA.
OldAddr1: P.O. Box 726, Airport Road, Arden, NC. 28704, USA.
OldAddr2: Skoal Bandit Racing, P.O. Box 1229, Airport Road, Arden,
NC. 28704, USA.
Tel: 704 684 0967
Car Owner: Leo Jackson
Public Rel.: Brian Buchauer USA (1) 704 664 1091
Rick Carelli
Chesrown Racing
Bobby Hamilton
Sabco Racing, 6013 Victory Lane, Harrisburg, NC. 28075, USA.
Car: Total Petroleum/Chevy Lumina
Tel: USA (1) 704 455 3635
Car: ???/Pontiac Grand Prix
Car Owner: Felix Sabates
Public Rel.: Danielle Randall USA (1) 704 455 6212
Joe Nemechek
Larry Hedrick Motorsports, P. O. Box 749, I-77 Hwy 21 North,
Statesville, NC. 28677, USA.
Car: Mannheim Auto Auctions/Chevy Lumina
Tel: USA (1) 704 876 1141
Car Owner: Larry Hedrick
Kyle Petty
Sabco Racing, P. O. Box 560579 (Zip - 28256), 5901 Orr Road,
Charlotte, NC. 28213, USA.
Car: Mello Yello/Pontiac Grand Prix
Tel: USA (1) 704 596 0420
Car Owner: Felix Sabates
Public Rel.: Jane Gossage USA (1) 704 455 6212
Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
Petty Enterprises, Route 4, Box 86, Randleman, NC. 27317, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 919 498 2156
Car: STP/Pontiac Grand Prix
Car Owner: Richard Petty
Public Rel.: Chuck Spicer USA (1) 919 725 8999
Jimmy Means
102 Greenbrier Drive, Forest City, NC. 28043 704 245-2820, USA.
Car Owner: Jimmy Means
Car: Jimmy Means Racing/Ford Thunderbird
Jimmy Hensley
RaDiUs Motorsports, P. O. Box 950, Highway 16 North, Denver, NC.
28037, USA.
Car: Babcock Furniture?/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 483 1623
Car Owner: Ray Dian DeWitt, D K Ulrich
Public Rel.: Leslie Hamlin USA (1) 704 483 1623
Neil Bonnett
James Finch Racing, USA.
Car Owner: James Finch
Car: Country Time/Ford Thunderbird
Dave Marcis
Marcis Racing, P. O. Box 645, Skyland, NC. 28776, USA.
Tel: USA (1) 704 684 7170
Car: STG/Chevy Lumina
Car Owner: Dave Marcis
Todd Bodine
Butch Mock Motorsports, P.O. Box 680, Huntersville, NC. 28078, USA.
Car: Factory Stores/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 704 663 7572
OldAddr: Bob Rahilly/Butch Mock, RahMoc Enterprises, 819 Flowe
Store
Road,
Concord, NC. 28025
Car Owner: Butch Mock
Bobby Hillin
Donlavey Racing, 5011 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, VA. 23224, USA.
Car: Heilig-Meyers/Ford Thunderbird
Tel: USA (1) 804 233 8592
Car Owner: Junie Donlavey
Public Rel.: Rene Cobb USA (1) 919 631 9375
Derrike Cope
Cale Yarborough Motorsports, 9617 Dixie River Drive, Charlotte, NC
28208, USA
Car: Fingerhut/Ford Thunderbird,
Tel: USA (1) 704 393 8579
Car Owner: Cale Yarborough
Public Rel.: Chris Doby USA (1) 704 537 2009
22.9 More Addresses
A list of addresses and phone numbers for 1300 motoring-related
companies has been compiled by Dave Williams. The list can be obtained
from The Courts of Chaos BBS, USA (1) 501 985-0059 as CARLIST.LZH or
by
internet mail from Performance Engineering Magazines's mail server. To
retrieve it, send mail to listserv@dixie.com and in the body of the
message include:
address <your_internet_address> (optional) send vendors
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