Horner fails Stroud noise check. Ten others reported to NASA Clare Horner was prevented from taking further part in the third round of the British Autograss Series at Stroud when her Class Eight car failed a noise test after her first qualifying heat. The decision was taken by the organising club’s scrutineers and backed up [...]
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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 [...] Autograss specials will have to be fitted with steel floors if changes to the regulations being discussed are approved. NASA’s director for technical issues, Dave Walker has revealed that he is looking closely at specifying a minimum standard for floors on open-wheel cars for safety reasons. “There have been some accidents recently that, while they [...] British Autograss champion Phil Cooper’s new Rade made it public debut in the recent Autosport International show where it was exhibited by K&N Filters. The new Class Eight is the first of two development cars from Northampton-based Rade which will also equip National champion Mark Grice before offering production cars for sale for the 2010 [...] • Class Six autograss racer and sometime car builder Allan Weston has replaced his Vauxhall-powered Fiesta with a Peugeot 306. “It might be backward in age of car but it’s forward in performance!” said Weston who says the Peugeot has better dimensions to be competitive in the front-wheel drive category. • Junior Autograss graduate Sam [...] Former British and National champion Laura Morgan will race a new Class Eight car in her second year of open wheel competition. Morgan moved to the class last year after a successful period racing a Vauxhall Nova in the ‘production saloon’ class and has replaced the car she drove last with a new chassis from [...] Autograss racers Steve Moss and Phil Olsson will start the season with a pair of identical new Class Eight cars built by fellow racer Paul Garrett. The cars, the first built by Garrett not for his own use, were displayed at Autosport Internationalrecently and feature a two-pedal setup with a hand-operated clutch. “I’ve had lots [...] |
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