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Contents: Editors’ Choice (The SCR staff provides a few pointers on how to have fun during Speedweeks and return home with your wallet and your sanity intact); Then & Now (Benny Phillips recalls a time when big-league racing was a lot less sophisticated – and a lot more fun); Dale Earnhardt (He’s the Intimidator. He’s a seven-time champion. But most of all, he’s his father’s son. A deeply personal profile by Bones Bourcier); Daytona Digest (A history of the 500 in morsel-size portions); Interview: John Graham (Daytona’s new president brings a business background and a race fan’s heart to the gold of running the speedway); Speedweeks Schedule (As always, Robin Hartford has compiled a list of everything that’s going on in and around Daytona. And, as always, it’s up to you to figure out how to be in three places at once); Rookie Race (This is perhaps the most diverse – and talented – crop of newcomers ever to run for Winston Cup Rookie of the Year); Hot Rod Lincoln (Dick Anderson’s ’54 Lincoln runs 160 MPH over open Mexican highways. So, every year his stuff gets banned. Maybe they should just ban Anderson because he’s the real reason for the car’s speed); Racer’s Holiday (Before he was an Indy racer, Jimmy Reece was a Daytona tourist) Technical – Hard-Hitting Lessons (Tom Mayberry hit the wall, spun in the air, flipped and then the field started hitting him. When it was over, the car was fully involved in flame and the roll cage was gone); Fuel For Thought (A Canadian supplier’s battle with authorities over the sale of leaded racing gas could be a preview of things to come in the US); Bear Of A Bare Block (Whether you want steel or aluminum, whether it’s a Chevy, a Chrysler, a Pontiac or even an Olds, World Products provides the ultimate bare big block); Cup Tech Updates (With the end of the tire war, the introduction of the Monte Carlo and the prospect of lower compression engines for 1996, this should be quite a year for the R & D guys); Four-Bolt Conversion (If you convert your two-bolt to a four-bolt, you’ll be better off than if you started with a four-bolt); Shock Treatment (Doug Gore offers some insights into racing shock absorbers that will shock even some shock manufacturers) Departments – Backfire; Dick Berggren; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Darrell Waltrip; Richard Petty; Ray Evernham; Andy Fusco; Al Robinson; Page From The Past; Racing On TV; Making It In Racing (Patti Wheeler); 1995 Winston Cup Schedule; New Products; Book Review; Readers’ Racers; Last Lap
Issue: March 1995
Condition: Very Good