Download or read book How to Drag Race written by Kevin McKenna and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're bracket racing your daily driver, tuning the new suspension setup on your weekend bracket racer, or competing in one of many pro classes, drag racing is the participation motorsport of choice. McKenna uses over 300 color photos to show you what to expect your first time out, how to set your street or racecar up for consistency and speed, and driving technique for enthusiasts at all levels. He talks tires, safety equipment, driving aids like line-locks and delay boxes, choosing a class, and advanced racer math. Special sections detail how to maximize your current setup and strategy bracket racing success.
Download or read book Top Fuel Dragsters written by Denny Von Finn and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top Fuel drivers and their cars race one-on-one in a straight line. Drag racing is one of the most popular forms of auto racing, and Top Fuel dragsters are the fastest dragsters around. Young readers will explore the technology that enables a Top Fuel dragster to travel faster than 330 miles per hour!
Download or read book Slot Car Racing Log Book and Journal written by Carlo Tonalezzi and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a racing competitor the best way to track your improvements is to keep a record of your efforts that shows your results. The goal is to keep improving your lap times and eventually make you a faster racer with a top performing car for each type of track layout. With a racing Log Book you will be able to check your past efforts plus you will have a complete log of what has been done to the car in order to make it perform better, such as going faster on long straightaways and getting more grip on technical curvy tracks. Experiment with different gear ratios and accessories for different types of tracks and have all your accomplishments organized in one place for future reference. What worked and what didn't? Your Log Book will keep a clear record of all your best results and what is needed to be done to achieve them. By doing this you will always know what made that perfectly-tuned machine a champion car, or you will know which improvements will need to make in order to get there. In addition, you will have all the info on every car you worked on if you ever need to restore it back to its original factory setup. Not only that, but you will have records of everything you have done to any of your cars at any racing event: What gear ratio was used? What wheels and tires? Did you change the guide or brushes? Did you add weight? All of your specific technical data will be neatly organized for future reference in your Slot Car Racing Log Book & Journal.
Download or read book Analysis Techniques for Racecar Data Acquisition written by Jorge Sergers and published by SAE International. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racecar data acquisition used to be limited to well-funded teams in high-profile championships. Today, the cost of electronics has decreased dramatically, making them available to everyone. But the cost of any data acquisition system is a waste of money if the recorded data is not interpreted correctly. This book, updated from the best-selling 2008 edition, contains techniques for analyzing data recorded by any vehicle's data acquisition system. It details how to measure the performance of the vehicle and driver, what can be learned from it, and how this information can be used to advantage next time the vehicle hits the track. Such information is invaluable to racing engineers and managers, race teams, and racing data analysts in all motorsports. Whether measuring the performance of a Formula One racecar or that of a road-legal street car on the local drag strip, the dynamics of vehicles and their drivers remain the same. Identical analysis techniques apply. Some race series have restricted data logging to decrease the team’s running budgets. In these cases it is extremely important that a maximum of information is extracted and interpreted from the hardware at hand. A team that uses data more efficiently will have an edge over the competition. However, the ever-decreasing cost of electronics makes advanced sensors and logging capabilities more accessible for everybody. With this comes the risk of information overload. Techniques are needed to help draw the right conclusions quickly from very large data sets. In addition to updates throughout, this new edition contains three new chapters: one on techniques for analyzing tire performance, one that provides an introduction to metric-driven analysis, a technique that is used throughout the book, and another that explains what kind of information the data contains about the track.
Download or read book Dragsters written by Thomas K. Adamson and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dragster can finish a race by the time you finish reading this sentence. These speed demons are the fastest accelerating vehicles in the world! Readers will the get a rush learning about these powerful vehicles and their incredible capabilities in this exciting title.
Download or read book Auto Racing Super Stats written by Jeff Savage and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's impossible to understand the world's fastest sport without studying its statistics. From the fastest laps to the closest finishes, auto racing's most important stats are covered.
Download or read book Stock Cars written by Jack David and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text accompanied by fullcolor photographs give an upclose look at fireflies. Level 2
Download or read book Stock Cars written by Thomas K. Adamson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and color photographs briefly describes the history and unique features of stock cars.
Download or read book Slot Car Dreams written by Philippe de Lespinay and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 320 pages of slot car history with 750 photos - soft cover
Download or read book Junior Dragster Dreams written by C. J. Carter and published by C.J. Carter. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only young people's novel about junior drag racing, "Junior Dragster Dreams: How Sam Found His Own Ride" is the story of Sam McCormick. There are secrets in Sam's life - secrets he knows nothing about. But these secrets - one in the basement of the home where he lives with his mom and one in his granddad's barn - are the keys to changing Sam from an unhappy ten year old to a boy with plans and dreams of his own. Discovery of these secrets not only alters Sam's life but also the lives of his best friend, Chloe, and the class bully, Truman.
Download or read book Mud Truck Racing written by Brian Howell and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you like fast trucks and loud engines? How about buckets of mud flying in all directions? If yes, then mud truck racing is for you! Big trucks tear through mud bogs on their way to glory. Bog racing is not for the faint of heart or for people who like to stay clean. The mess and thrill of mud truck races will make you glad to get dirty. Enter the Dirt and Destruction Sports Zone to learn about the history, organizations, technology, and the important drivers connected to mud truck racing. You'll learn: • How much water, sand, and dirt are used to make mud bogs. • Which driver finished a 200-foot (61-meter) mud race in just 2.110 seconds. • How drivers have upgraded engines and fuel to give trucks more horsepower. • How mud truck racing started and who the best drivers are. Are you into sports? Then get in the zone!
Download or read book Drag Racing in the 1960s written by Doug Boyce and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1960s were a fascinating decade on the race scene. Relive the memories today through this wonderful new book. Drag racing has a long and storied history. Many have said that the first drag race happened shortly after the second car was made. While that may or may not be true, racing prior to World War II was mostly centered around dry-lake activities and top-speed runs. After the war, drag racing became organized with the formation of the NHRA, and during the 1950s, many tracks were built across America to accommodate the racers. Technology in the 1950s centered on the manufacturers updating old flathead designs into newer overhead-valve designs, and the horsepower race really started to heat up. In many forms of racing, the 1960s brought technological evolution. The decade began with big engines in even bigger stock chassis and ended with purpose-built race-only chassis, fiberglass bodies, fuel injection, nitro methane, and blowers. Quarter-mile times that were in the 13-second range in the beginning of the decade were in the 7-second range by the end. New classes were formed, dedicated cars were built for them, and many racers themselves became recognized names in the sports landscape. In Drag Racing in the 60s: The Evolution in Race Car Technology, veteran author Doug Boyce takes you on a ride through the entire decade from a technological point of view rather than a results-based one. Covered are all the classes, including Super Stocks, Altered Wheelbase cars (which led to Funny Cars), Top Fuelers, Gassers, and more.
Download or read book Racing Mustangs written by Steve Holmes and published by Made in America. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtually from the moment of its launch in April 1964, the Ford Mustang has been a favorite among road racers. From the Tour de France, to production sports car racing, the SCCA Trans-Am series, regional and national A/Sedan competitions, and international and domestic sedan championships in Great Britain, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, the Mustang has enjoyed a following like few other models. Racing Mustangs is a photographic celebration of road racing Mustangs throughout the world. It focuses on production-based cars, rather than the heavily modified tube-frame silhouette machines that began appearing in the late 1970s. Included are images of big-budget factory-supported cars competing in the Trans-Am series, right through to low-buck independents, and cars competing throughout the world. Using only period images, including countless photos that have never before been published, this is a true photographic history, depicting the global popularity of the Ford Mustang as a road racing car.
Download or read book Formula One Racing written by Tom Greve and published by . This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formula One Racing Events Are The Focus Of This Book. Provides Information About The History Of The Sport, Characteristics Of The Vehicles, Important Events, And Famous Drivers.
Download or read book Drag Racing 201 Racing in the New Economy written by Ike Heckler Jr and published by IH Racing. This book was released on 2011-11-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of his first book, Drag Racing 101, where IH Racing’s Team Owner Ike Heckler Jr. explains how to build your first race car and secure sponsorship, Ike now brings you Drag Racing 201 – Racing in the New Economy. After racing at NHRA tracks in the northeast and southeast for the past 10 years in a booming economy where securing sponsorships was relatively easy, Ike takes you on an exciting journey through 2010 and explains what it is like to uproot your personal life in order to pursue the goal of semi-pro drag racing. With over 52 career round wins and national media exposure from SPEED TV’s Pinks All Out, NHRA’s National Dragster, and NMCA’s Fastest Street Car magazine, Ike has secured corporate sponsorships from Lucas Oil, VP Racing Fuels, WIX Filters, O’Reilly Auto Parts, ReMax Realty, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, CARQUEST Auto Parts, and Ken’s Speed & Machine. IH Racing’s primary sponsor, Premier Properties of the Space Coast, is owned by Mr. Heckler and develops residential and commercial properties in southeast Florida. In Drag Racing 201 Ike explains how to use your own company together with your other sponsors to be able to fund a full race season and be able to travel the hundreds of miles from racetrack to racetrack economically. From getting into the Final 32 at the Pinks All Out event in West Palm, FL to making the WIX All Out 16 at the Pinks All Out event at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, Ike brings you along to all the other races and other fun events he was able to attend in 2010 with the help of good friends and sponsors. You will also ride along as he moves from Florida to North Carolina, then back to Florida just so he could honor his commitment to all his sponsors and race the season. He will also show you how the degrading economy affected his racing operation in 2010 and how he had to adjust and sacrifice his personal life to be able to race and survive. Drag Racing 201 then looks into the future of the sport and projects how it may look a few years from now and gives the reader some valuable tips on how to afford racing a full season and how the racer may have to live differently in order to race and live their dream. Ike also gives the reader some valuable sponsorship tips along the way that will help with sponsor exposure and could make securing sponsorships a little easier. This 80 page full color book has over 75 pictures highlighting the West Palm FL, Charlotte NC, and the Bristol TN Pinks All Out events (and getting on SPEED TV), the Atlanta, NHRA Unleashed event, and what it feels like to work for an NHRA national event. If your goal is to drag race in the New Economy, this book is a must read that will save you money and increase your sponsor exposure !!
Download or read book How to Build a Winning Drag Race Chassis and Suspension written by Wayne Scraba and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to setting up your car for maximum handling performance on the street or strip. This instructional handbook shows readers how to set up their street machine chassis for high performance street or amateur drag strip racing. Not only are chassis and suspension the most popular types of modification, but their technology is constantly evolving. It offers the latest techniques for maximizing car performance on streets and strips. This definitive guide includes in-depth sections on chassis fabrication, rear axle selection and setup, rear and front suspension, shocks and springs, brakes, steering, and wheels and tires.
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