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Bans for ballast trio

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 [...]

New tech review

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 [...]

Steel floors in 2010

  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 [...]

F600 to star at Trent’s BAS alternative

The May spring bank holiday weekend will mean a trip to the first round of the Kent Cams/Maxsport British Autograss Series for many racers, but there are alternatives if the BAS event is not your style. Trent is running a two-day event on May 3-4, a key feature of which will be the first round [...]

Steel floors for specials?

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 [...]