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Archive for June, 2009

Overcoming A Lack of Track Testing – Practice Test

Second In A SeriesChuck Carruthers tries to run his finger between the top of the tire and the underside of the right front fender of the Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Then he slides beneath the car and measures the gap between the spring’s coils, using a feeler gauge.
“Down a bit more,” he calls out from beneath the car. From the far side of the lift, an electric motor begins spinning a hydraulic pump and almost magically the chassis drops down another (more…)

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Racing Fuel Safety – Fuel Transportation

Transporting racing fuel, pump gas, and alcohol is an activity that gets little respect. Gasoline and, to a lesser extent, alcohol do not receive the respect that the amount of energy they are storing should get. From a safety perspective, we need to exercise great care when transporting and storing any fuel. And as fuel costs continue to rise we need to make sure we are getting all the value from the fuel we are using. This means that any activity (more…)

Race Team Sponsorships – The Money Game

What is the link between racers, fans, and businesses potentially involved with sponsorship in racing? That is the link that racers need to determine when looking to secure funds from any business. It may be an obvious user-defined link such as a racing vendor supporting a car or a home improvement center sponsoring a NASCAR team. The sponsor is looking to get its name in front of a specific set of customers and associate the company name with racing. (more…)

Doing It On Dirt: Dirt Stock Car Racing Across America and Where To Find It

Turn on your TV on a weekend during racing season and a vast majority of what you see is being run on pavement tracks. You name any particular series–Nextel Cup, Craftsman Trucks, ARCA, Hooters Pro Cup, and Trans Am–and most times the action is on asphalt. If you check your television listings, you might be able to find a taped Dirt Late Model race, but that’s about it.
Many television viewers probably think that it’s always been a pavement surface (more…)

Another Chance: Sarah Fisher’s Hard Journey In Racing

Sarah Fisher leaned against the concrete wall, looking like a youngsteron the wrong side of the playground. In front of her, the first practicesession for the NASCAR Grand National West cars was underway, and hercompetition was already getting seat time at the short half-mile oval inRoseburg, Oregon.
Behind her, the crew was still getting her Monte Carlo ready for battle,fidgeting with corner weights. She looked over her shoulder at her carand then (more…)

Jack’s Way

The engines are still. The grandstands are emptying. Jeff Gordon’s voiceis filling the infield with yet another description of how he just wonhis third Daytona 500. It’s all just white noise to Jack Roush.
Roush arrived here more than 10 days earlier with five cars specificallydeveloped to help Ford match the success of the dominating Chevrolets inNASCAR’s premier race.
Now he marches through the garage area, surveying the damage and talkingto (more…)

Electrical System Maintenance – The Power To Perform

The electrical system on a car can present a confusing dynamic to many racers. With that in mind, we’ve asked the writer to address some common missteps found in motorsports.
You should have a 1/4-inch ground stud welded to the chassis in an easily accessible location near the starter solenoid. This is a common ground junction point for the engine, cylinder heads, ignition, tach, driver coolers, and all blowers. It may be prettier to hide junction (more…)

Help for Legendary Racer Chick Stockwell

Charles “Chick” Stockwell was the man at the now-defunct Danbury Fair Race Arena in Connecticut. Chick raced there from 1952 through the final year of the track’s operation in 1981, with the exception of the ‘56 and ‘57 seasons when the track was closed.
Chick won 208 races at Danbury, tops among all drivers there, and his 52 feature wins rank second only to Don Lajoie, father of two-time Busch Series champion Randy Lajoie, who claimed 58 features.
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Toyota to enter NASCAR Cup competition in 2007

Concord, N.C.
–Toyota ended months of rumor and speculation within the motorsports community when it announced Monday that it will begin competing in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup and Busch series in 2007.
The automaker has a long history of motorsports involvement but only recently began competing in NASCAR. Toyota made its first foray into stock car racing in 2000 when it entered the NASCAR Goody’s Dash Series. That was followed by the company’s entry (more…)