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  • Get Your Red Bull Haynes Manual

    For this year’s F1 season Red Bull is providing a Haynes manual that you can download here. Continue reading

  • Formula One in the 2022 Season

    All facets of racing go through various changes as the years roll by and I thought it would be interesting to take a look at a future that isn’t here yet, but could be.  A lot will happen in the… Continue reading

  • The Force

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  • Targa Newfoundland

    I have volunteered as a safety marshal for the 2011 Targa Newfoundland in September of this year.  It should be quite an adventure. Continue reading

  • The Bullitt Mustang – another upgrade

    In the last write-up on this car we executed a large suspension transformation that resulted in a significant improvement to the car’s handling capabilities.  It removed the nose dive on braking and the exaggerated squat on acceleration.  The changes brought… Continue reading

  • The Sound of the Turbo is Returning to Indy

    Changes in 2012 will not just be in terms of new chassis and bodywork aerodynamic options for Izod Indy teams.  Additional specifications are being released as regards the engines for 2012.  Turbocharged 2.2 engines will be the standard and will… Continue reading

  • A 2000 Lola Indy Car Transformed by Minddrive

      So what do you do with a ten-year-old Lola Indy rolling chassis?  You turn it over to seven students from Kansas City’s DeLasalle Charter High School along with 11 mentors who worked for eight months to transform it into… Continue reading

  • Oh Boy, Turbo Power Back in F1!

    Yes, dear friends, turbochargers will be back in Formula One after a quarter century of absence.   Has it really been that long? In 2013 1.6 liter turbos are the mandated power plants that will replace the 2.4 liter normally aspirated engines… Continue reading

  • 2010 in review

    The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year.… Continue reading

  • The Three Wise Acres from Top Gear Manage to Offend!

    Somehow the Boxing Day special of UK’s Top Gear managed to offend – muslims! Continue reading