Archive-name: autos/sport/introduction Posting-Frequency: monthly 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- The rec.autos.sport FAQ rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 09-27-94 Msg # 28962 To: ALL Conf: (2120) news.answers From: rec.autos.sport FAQ comm Stat: Public Subj: rec.autos.sport FAQ 2/7: Read: No ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ÿ@FROM :rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ÿ@SUBJECT:rec.autos.sport FAQ 2/7: Race Schedule Frequently Asked Ques ÿ@PACKOUT:09-28-94 Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.misc,rec.autos.sport,rec.autos.sport.info rec.answers,news.answers Organization: University of Bath Archive-name: autos/sport/race-schedules Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: Sep 26th 1994 Version: 1.3 This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport, rec.answers and news.answers. It answers some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in rec.autos.sport as well as some others which perhaps should be asked. The latest text version of the FAQ is also available from: ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/race-schedules http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html 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 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- The rec.autos.sport FAQ rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 09-27-94 Msg # 28964 To: ALL Conf: (2120) news.answers From: rec.autos.sport FAQ comm Stat: Public Subj: rec.autos.sport FAQ 3/7: Read: No ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ÿ@FROM :rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ÿ@SUBJECT:rec.autos.sport FAQ 3/7: Single Seater Frequently Asked Ques ÿ@PACKOUT:09-28-94 Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.f1,rec,rec.autos.sport.indy,rec.autos.sport.misc rec.autos.sport,rec.autos.sport.info,rec.answers,news.answers Organization: University of Bath Archive-name: autos/sport/single-seaters Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: Sep 26th 1994 Version: 1.3 This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport, rec.answers and news.answers. It answers some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in rec.autos.sport as well as some others which perhaps should be asked. The latest text version of the FAQ is also available from: ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/single-seaters http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html 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 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- The rec.autos.sport FAQ rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 09-27-94 Msg # 28967 To: ALL Conf: (2120) news.answers From: rec.autos.sport FAQ comm Stat: Public Subj: rec.autos.sport FAQ 4/7: Read: No ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ÿ@FROM :rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ÿ@SUBJECT:rec.autos.sport FAQ 4/7: NASCAR Frequently Asked Questions ÿ@PACKOUT:09-28-94 Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.nascar,rec.autos.sport,rec.autos.sport.info rec.answers,news.answers Organization: University of Bath Archive-name: autos/sport/nascar Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: Sep 26th 1994 Version: 1.3 This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.nascar, rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport, rec.answers and news.answers. It answers some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in rec.autos.sport as well as some others which perhaps should be asked. The latest text version of the FAQ is also available from: ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/nascar http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html 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 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- The rec.autos.sport FAQ rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 09-27-94 Msg # 28969 To: ALL Conf: (2120) news.answers From: rec.autos.sport FAQ comm Stat: Public Subj: rec.autos.sport FAQ 5/7: Read: No ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ÿ@FROM :rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ÿ@SUBJECT:rec.autos.sport FAQ 5/7: General Autosport Frequently Asked ÿ@PACKOUT:09-28-94 Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.misc,rec.autos.sport,rec.autos.sport.info rec.answers,news.answers Organization: University of Bath Archive-name: autos/sport/general-faq Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: Sep 26th 1994 Version: 1.3 This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport, rec.answers and news.answers. It answers some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in rec.autos.sport as well as some others which perhaps should be asked. The latest text version of the FAQ is also available from: ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/general-faq http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html 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 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. 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--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 | | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders | | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V V 154 130000 1108 76% 3141 4.3 15% 0.03 2.2% rec.autos.tech 265 110000 886 76% 4899 8.3 2% 0.08 1.8% rec.autos.sport 313 100000 835 74% 1556 2.0 28% 0.02 1.7% rec.autos.driving 489 83000 689 59% 661 0.4 60% 0.00 1.4% rec.autos 1332 43000 360 54% 2907 4.7 12% 0.08 0.7% rec.autos.misc 1686 33000 276 51% 361 0.9 5% 0.02 0.5% rec.autos.simulators 2067 25000 207 39% 190 1.1 1% 0.02 0.4% rec.autos.sport.info 2293 20000 170 39% 154 0.2 2% 0.01 0.3% rec.autos.sport.tech 2312 20000 168 38% 1058 1.7 2% 0.05 0.3% rec.autos.sport.nascar 2991 8100 67 27% 13 0.0 0% 0.00 0.1% alt.autos.karting 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 awesome11@aol.com mclarenmp4@aol.com parabolica@aol.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- The rec.autos.sport FAQ rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 09-27-94 Msg # 28972 To: ALL Conf: (2120) news.answers From: rec.autos.sport FAQ comm Stat: Public Subj: rec.autos.sport FAQ 6/7: Read: No ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ÿ@FROM :rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ÿ@SUBJECT:rec.autos.sport FAQ 6/7: Other Race Series Frequently Asked ÿ@PACKOUT:09-28-94 Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.misc,rec.autos.sport,rec.autos.sport.info rec.answers,news.answers Organization: University of Bath Archive-name: autos/sport/misc-faq Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: Sep 26th 1994 Version: 1.3 This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport, rec.answers and news.answers. It answers some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in rec.autos.sport as well as some others which perhaps should be asked. The latest text version of the FAQ is also available from: ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/misc-faq http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html 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 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- The rec.autos.sport FAQ rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 09-27-94 Msg # 28974 To: ALL Conf: (2120) news.answers From: rec.autos.sport FAQ comm Stat: Public Subj: rec.autos.sport FAQ 7/7: Read: No ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ÿ@FROM :rasfaq@bath.ac.uk ÿ@SUBJECT:rec.autos.sport FAQ 7/7: Autosport Addresses ÿ@PACKOUT:09-28-94 Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.misc,rec.autos.sport,rec.autos.sport.info rec.answers,news.answers Organization: University of Bath Archive-name: autos/sport/addresses Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: Sep 26th 1994 Version: 1.3 This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport, rec.answers and news.answers. It answers some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in rec.autos.sport as well as some others which perhaps should be asked. The latest text version of the FAQ is also available from: ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/addresses http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html 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 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. 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 (optional) send vendors ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- The rec.autos.sport FAQ rasfaq@bath.ac.uk