Bans for ballast trio The three drivers found to be running ballast in their cars during the second round of the British Autograss Series in West Wales in June have been banned from competing in Autograss racing for two years by governing body NASA. Kirk Dean, John Gay and Anthony Read were notified of the [...]
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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 [...] Autograss governing body NASA (National Autograss Sport Association) is breaking with tradition by authorising the use of aerofoils as a trial exercise in 2009. NASA’s technical director Dave Walker explained the appearance of Dan Page’s Class Nine special at Autosport International with a roof mounted aerofoil. “It’s a method of trying to make the roof [...] 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 [...] Class Nine Autograss racer/constructor/comedian Anthony Read produced one of the biggest surprises of January’s Autosport International show where he displayed a new ‘Readspeed’ car that looked, well, new. “I’ve done something different and built a car that looks like it was done by a professional, I don’t know whether I’ll race it yet, it [...] |
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