By Tim Whittington. 02.07.09, 1312
The new issue of Supergrass – 09/3 July 2009 – is in the mail today and should arrive from Saturday.
This issue covers the second round of the Kent Cams/Maxsport British Autograss Series in West Wales. We also have a report from the first round of the All Ireland Autograss Series as well as the usual mix of news, views and nonsense.
News items concerning changes being brought forward by NASA are posted in the three previous stories and off you the opportunity to have your say by adding a comment. You need to register your name and email address to do this – this is primarily to help stop spammers. We will not pass on your details to anyone else.
By Tim Whittington. 02.07.09, 1306
The June meeting of the Chairmen’s Committee at NASA took a decisive step in the ongoing discussion regarding track contsruction.
Returning to duty after a short break, NASA chairman Keith Matthews chaired the meeting of the committee which has discussed track construction over recent months. “There are a lot of good ideas and we decided that [...]
By Tim Whittington. 02.07.09, 1301
NASA is in discussion with Autograss racing’s approved tyre suppliers as it seeks to increase the durability of tyres used in the sport. The move has been brought about in an effort to try and contain tyres costs.
NASA’s Technical Director Dave Walker is dealing with Maxsport and Sportway, the only two companies with tyres currently [...]
By Tim Whittington. 02.07.09, 1256
Examples of remould tyres produced in Portugal by Fedima are to be submitted to NASA with a request that they be added to the list of approved tyres for 2010. Independent tyre dealer Mel Williams had hoped to have the tyres on display at the West Wales BAS round, but will now seek to have [...]
By Tim Whittington. 26.06.09, 1441
The second round of the Kent Cams/Maxsport British Autograss Series was run by the West Wales League at Lamphey in Pembrokeshire last weekend (June 20-21).
The full story of theis successful event will be in the July issue (09/4) of Supergrass magazine which is at the printer and will be published on July 2.
There were 643 [...]
By Tim Whittington. 15.05.09, 1715
The new issue of Supergrass is in the published today. Subscriber copies are in the post and should arrive from Monday.
This issue, 09/2 covers May and June and features the first round of the Kent Cams/Maxsport BAS at Evesham as well as rounding up the news from the closed season.
We will update our own shop [...]
By Tim Whittington. 15.05.09, 1708
Drop scores, good or bad? Should the BAS continue to allow drivers to drop their lowest score of the year, or should all points from the five events count at the year end? We sought opinions from the pits, now you can tell us what you think.
Vinny Gibbons – “All five rounds should count. I’ve [...]
By Tim Whittington. 15.05.09, 1645
A new ‘working group’ is being established by NASA and will be charged with reviewing specific areas of the technical regulations governing Autograss racing.
The group has been proposed by Dave Walker who became the NASA director responsible for technical matters at the end of last year. Walker is at pains to point out that the [...]
By Tim Whittington. 15.05.09, 1639
The April meeting of the Scrutineers’ committee resulted in unanimous support for a proposal that all specials must have a steel floor from the start of the 2010 season.
“There have been some accidents recently that, while they may not be connected [with thin floors] have served as a warning. I think that by specifying a [...]
By Tim Whittington. 15.05.09, 1637
Spaceframe Threes make progress
The first examples of the new spaceframe Class Three cars are drawing attention and making progress.
Phil Holloway was first to run a new car, Manfred Kampschulte’s WL Racefab-built car also showing in early season events.
The rule governing the position of the pedal box will be revised to encourage the use of newer [...]
