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Trackdriver issue 6 preview

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On June - 16 - 2011

Issue 6 of TrackDriver magazine should drop through many peoples letter boxes shortly.   If you don’t already receive it, ts available on a free subscription for those in the UK here

Contents

Guest columnist John Watson MBE, on soulless modern circuits – whereas regular columnist Bernie Meldrew isn’t a fan of internet forums.

Walkers Wisdom – engine tuning guru, Dave Walker,  on ’knock’ – what it is and the consequences.

Blyton Park circuit guide – respected journalist and racer John Barker guides us around the new circuit.

Pro racer and coach Nigel Greensall tries his hand at ice racing in Italy, in a Fun Cup endurance racer.

Our new regular contributor Ray Collier is a tyre testing specialist, in this issue he covers trackday tyre basics.

Editor John Hayman track tests a Brabus Smart ForTwo race car at Silverstone. He’s also been to Donington Park to track test a hire car, a Bookatrack Caterham R300.

Coaching Corner pt2 – co-editor Mark Hales on braking

Mr Hales also co-drives a Mazda MX-5 production racer in Britcar with ex F1 driver Mike Wilds.

Downforce – Anthony Dunn explains how to drive a ground affect track car.

View From The Top – the latest from Jane Nottage our F1 correspondent

Project Porsche – it is progressing very nicely, it has even been track tested by an F1 superstar.

Team Cars – Mazda RX-7 Thundersaloon, Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint and the mk1 Lotus Elise have all had their ups and downs.

Plus the Trackday and Testday diary for mid June through to mid August, book reviews, competition and more.

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