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For many, many years I was a loyal reader of Road &Track, Sports Cars Illustrated (later Car and Driver), Sports Car Graphic, Competition Press (now Autowek), Automobile, On Track, and a few more obscure titles. Now the only American periodical I get regularly is Cavallino and occasionally Vintage Motorsport.
In answer to Seppi's question (post 35), Road & Track printed a yearly index in their December issue between 1959 and 1990. I can remember my absolute disgust when they printed a feeble disclaimer in December 1991, saying that they "had been forced to cover a plethora of new cars and exciting stories in fewer editorial pages....one casualty of ...
The spoof Road & Track road tests - posted in TNFs Archive: A friend and I are sitting here wasting time when I should be working and he reminded me of some of the old fake - and humorous - road tests in Road & Track. The ones we remember are The Electrophant. The Pogo Stick (headroom and ground clearance both listed as "variable").
Page 1 of 3 - Kate Wagner's pulled Road and Track article on F1's ethos - posted in Racing Comments: Since her story was pulled within nanoseconds of being published, I doubt many had a chance to read it - but heres the archive.org link... https://web.archive....velvet-curtain/ Whether you agree with her take or not, its an honest and well written assessment from an F1 outsider, and makes me ...
In a quick look through my "archives" of Road & Track, the first appearance of Werner Buhrer on the masthead was in December 1966, with a series of his drawings of the Brabham-Repco V-8 F1 car. Here it is !! Werner Bührer’s 1966 Brabham BT19 Repco 620 3litre V8. Thanks to JB Miltonian for his scan work.
superkart vs F3 , where is the cross over - posted in The Technical Forum: I have read that UK Superkarts are quick on a full road track but I only saw them live this weekend and yes, VERY quick. A superkart is basicaly a normal kart with a full nose cone, side pods and a small rear wing. They have either a 250c two stroke twin or 450cc four stroke single and 90 bhp or so. The trick is they ...
No, today's cars carry considerably less aero drag. Tim Richmond and Harry Hyde set that trap speed at TRC, a private test track in Ohio with an oval more than seven miles around. The current trap speeds at the big non-plate tracks are in the 205-210 mph range. Yes todays cars are "slower".
Posted 20 August 2009 - 00:40. Slyder, on Aug 19 2009, 22:00, said: Road America edges Watkins Glen by a few bit. Both tracks are the best. But amongst them, One must include Road Atlanta. That track also ranks amongst the best in the US. 1.
Anyone remember the 'Brickies' track, Homebush, Sydney? (merged) - posted in TNFs Archive: Who remembers the somewhat illegal night time quarter mile on Underwood Road over the reclaimed mangrove flats behind the abbatoir and brickworksin the 1960s/70s ? I had occasion to drive around the now Olympic Games precinct in Sydney,there is residential and industrial subdivision along the old flat ...
Road America 1961 - posted in The Nostalgia Forum: Can any one confirm this story or add any info....Al Ross, driving a Lotus 16, took part in a “Exhibition Race” at Road America, Elkhart Lake June/July 1961 against Hap Sharp who had just taken delivery on the Cooper Formula I car that Jack Brabham had used in his test at Indy to see if it would be feasible to run in the 500.