Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/calendar-questions-who-has-what-rights/
Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Calendar questions: who has what rights?
The Commercial Rights Holder (CRH) draws up the Formula 1 calendar (a point worth mentioning when it comes to Bahrain), and his proposals are approved by the FIA. It is not clear what happens if the FIA objects to the calendar. The CRH has a lot of restrictions on what he can and cannot do. [...]
Behold, the world's fastest couch [video]
What do you get when you mix a couch with an engine from a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle? A new speed record, apparently.
Jimmy Daywalt JeanDenis Deletraz Patrick Depailler Pedro Diniz Duke Dinsmore
Behold, the world's fastest couch [video]
What do you get when you mix a couch with an engine from a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle? A new speed record, apparently. JeanPierre Beltoise Olivier Beretta Allen Berg Georges Berger Gerhard Berger
Unfair challenge: Cadillac pits Escalade vs. Mercedes C300 [video]
Drag race features a Cadillac Escalade beating a Mercedes-Benz C300 in a straight-up drag race. 
Tom Belso JeanPierre Beltoise Olivier Beretta Allen Berg Georges Berger
Resurrected Project - ?69 Camaro
I started this Monogram Camaro back in the ‘90s. I was swapping in a Big-Block and putting a C4 Corvette front suspension under the front end.
I machined and made a lot of parts and sub-assemblies before realizing I could not make parts to the level I wanted. Mainly, not having the ability to make small fasteners that would look like they were in scale is the reason I set it aside. I also did not plan out the project as whole, but built it in sub-assemblies learning as I went, but not paying attention to how I would make them all work together. I guess I thought I could just “plug” the new parts into where the original parts went. All fine and dandy… until I made too many changes and lost some mounting points.
So I disassembled much of it and bagged & tagged (thankfully) some of the loose parts. Some ended up in box in my shop. Some (including the body and chassis) sat in a large Frisbee not far from my mill. It is amazing I only lost one piece (that I know of), and found it after only five minutes of looking.
I have decided since I can now make the parts that hindered its progress some 13-14 years ago that it was time to play with it again.
Originally I had planned it to be a mid to late 80’s hot-rodded Camaro. Weekend grudge match racer, possible daily driver, in a similar vein as the way I treated my Camaro back then. Considering what I have done already, I think it wise to continue that path at this point…
Here is the undignified condition of the parts as I began to inventory them today…
I did get some chemical etching on the body, but nothing too bad.
The chassis was missing a brass sub-frame connector. Most of the front suspension was machined out of aluminum.
A brake rotor with no hub, yeah, but it does have a backing plate. I was so into figuring out how to make vented rotors I missed that detail, but then I hadn’t made the wheels yet either…
That rotor just looks wrong, they will have to go, but it was the precursor to how I subsequently made the front rotors on one of the Super Sevens, so it served its purpose in the long run…
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/978707.aspx
Ian Ashley Gerry Ashmore Bill Aston Richard Attwood Manny Ayulo
Webber: Clutch and tyres key to poor starts | F1 Fanatic round-up
In the round-up: Mark Webber gives insight into his poor starts this year.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/f1fanatic/~3/CeZgsLeeBdY/
Ivor Bueb Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess Luciano Burti
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