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Contents: Bristol (The gritty old days of Winston Cup racing and the glittering new age hit head-on at “The World’s Fastest Half Mile”); The Coke 600 (NASCAR decided that the intimidator was the instigator and penalized him a lap. The rest of the field paid the price); Pete Corey (He had character, and he was a character. One of dirt track racing’s all-tiume greats); ESPN (Their goal is to make the living room the best seat in the house); The Indy 500 (Could it be the IndyCar crowd saw NASCAR in their rear view mirror? Whatever their reason, they staged a stock car style finish at the Speedway) Technical – Hot Seat (Stock cars are built for speed, not comfort. New technology may help cool off long-suffering drivers); It’s A Ford (Is Ford’s new sportsman-legal GT-40 cylinder head a better idea than the tried-and-true Chevy? Keith and Loren Spangler think so); Center Of Mass (Cross weight, left side weight and rear percentage are all important. But so is your car’s center of mass. Here’s how to find it); Moyer’s Speedy Shaver (In our March issue, Billy Moyer told us that he couldn’t say enough about his Ron Shaver engines. We found that we couldn’t say enough about them, either); Matt Jackson’s Sportsman (A versatile racer who dominates on high-speed road courses as well as high-contact short tracks); Revival Of The Fittest (Kenny Weld didn’t make many modifieds but the ones he did build were all winners); Heavy-Duty Axles (Here’s another instance where aftermarket parts may be cheaper in the long run that stock units) Departments – Dick Berggren; Backfire; Richard Petty; Benny Phillips; Al Robinson; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; Readers’ Racers; New Products; Last Lap
Issue: September 1993
Condition: Very Good