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| March 1993 |
Features - Alan Kulwicki (An interview with Winston Cup racing's ultimate underdog); The Odds On '93 (Al Robinson tosses the dice); Speedweeks Special (There's more to Daytona than the 500); Crossing The Line (When does hard racing end and rough riding begin?); Why Fords Win (It's simple - their teams work together); Fast Masters (Sorry you never got to see the likes of Donnie Allison and Roger Ward in action? Now, thanks to Terry Lingner, you can); Wyatt Earp Rides Again (The ledendary lawman's great-great-great-grandson hopes to become a great, great, great racer); Snowbird (Staying home for SpeedWeeks? You're not alone); That's Entertainment (Yes, but is it racing? SCR looks at novelty events); Hut Stricklin (McDonald's may be just what this hungry young driver needs to succeed in Winston Cup); The Great American Race (From the photo finish in '59 through Donnie Allison's picture-perfect performance a year ago, the Daytona 500 has been one hell of a ride. John Snyder reviews 34 years of thrills) Technical - Tire Pressure And Handling (In the bias-ply days, Winston Cup teams changed the setup with stagger. Now they do it with air pressure); Bracket Fabrication (Engineering for Saturday night racers); Distributor Installation (Sure-fire tips on installing ignition systems); A Weekend With Billy Moyer (Come along with one of America's most successful dirt late model drivers as he chases the setup on two very different cars at two very different tracks); Preparing For The Daytona 500 (Some think it strange that the stock car season opens with the biggest event of the year. But the race teams don't. They need three months to get ready for this one) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Steve Hmiel; Benny Phillips; Richard Petty; Michael Waltrip; Mike Joy; Winston Cup Schedule; Racing On TV; New Products; Making It In Racing; Readers' Racers; Last Lap |
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| April 1993 |
Features - Harry Gant (He's too busy chasing the Winston Cup championship to think about retirement); Mickey York (A nice guy who finishes first); Afterlife (Since recovering from serious gunshot wounds, stock car racer Bobby Lakey has been on extended play); Bodine's Bobsled (A year ago, Geoff Bodine finagled an invitation to an Olympic bobsled demonstration. It's been all downhill from there); Beauty And The Beast (A beauty queen meets a mean machine); Mod Tour Report Card (What's wrong with NASCAR's Modified Tour and what can be done to fix it? Car owner Ed Cloce has some answers, if only people would listen); Hans Device (This could reduce the most serious injuries in racing - those involving the head and neck); Superspeedway Sellout (It took foresight and faith to bring a Winston Cup race to New England - and to get tickets for it); Tax Time (Do you race for fun or profit? Either way, this special three-part feature can help you save money); Hat's Off (Rory Stackhouse hopes he never gets this lucky again); Dale Inman (Richard's record is forever frozen at 200 wins, but this guy wants more) Technical - The Rip Michels Pro Stock (If mom helped weld it, it's gotta be good); How To Read Head Gaskets (Even when they're not the problem, they can often tell you what is); Noble Warrior (Mark Noble wheels out a special IMCA modified for special shows); Class Of The Field (Roger Winget likes to take other racers to school, both on and off the track); Troubleshooters (Engine building brothers John and David Draime offer some smart but simple tips for extending engine life) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Joyce Standridge; Mike Joy; Al Stilley; Benny Phillips; New Products; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing On TV; Readers' Racers; Last Lap |
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| May 1993 |
Features - The Wallace Flip (Things were finally going Rusty's way at Daytona. But in an instant it all turned around...and around and around); Pat Patterson (He's a made-for-TV man if their ever was one); Face Value (Collecting racing cards is a little like racing itself. Some treat is as a hobby, others as a serious business); A Day In The Life (How is Winston Cup rookie Kenny Wallace adjusting to life in the big leagues? We followed him for a day to find out); Miller Motorsports (It's part trade show, part beauty pagent - and thoroughly successful) Technical - Daytona Tech (This year there was fewer gray areas than ever, which helped some teams and hindered others. SCR did some serious sleuthing to sort it out); Clip Joint (Mike Laughlin's shop serves as both maternity ward and emergency room for Winston Cup cars); Dollars And Sense (A street stock made with street smarts); The Torque-Bias Differential (Is this the best-kept secret in short track racing?); Piston Rings (If your rings fail, it's probably your fault, not theirs. We'll tell you how to install them so they work the way they're supposed to) Competition - The Daytona 500 (Dale won at last! No, not that Dale - the other Dale); The Goody's 300 (Stop us if you're heard this one. It was a Winston Cup blowout, there were some wild wrecks and Earnhardt wound up in victory lane) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Readers' Racers; Joyce Standridge; Benny Phillips; Al Stilley; Steve Hmiel; Richard Petty; Michael Waltrip; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing On TV; New Products; Results; Last Lap |
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| June 1993 |
Features - The Wild West (The frontier spirit is alive and well at Colorado's Beacon Hill Speedway); Curtis Turner (He never worried about making points - on the track or off it. He just ran flat-out all the time); Fusco On The Fast Track (Andy Fusco gets taken to school at the Charlotte Motor Speedway); Driving Schools (From go-karts to Winston Cup, a complete list of high-performance driving schools); Hurricane Warning (For a quiet guy, Steve Paine can stir up a hurricane on the DIRT modified track) Technical - Randy Dorton (How would you like to have the guy who built Dale Jarrett's Daytona 500-winning engine on your race team? If you race a Chevy, you do); Hot Heads (When it comes to good small block Chevy heads, most of the scrap yards have been picked clean. But you've still got plenty of options); Aerodynamics (A top GM racing engineer offers advice on making your car fly through the air with the greatest of ease); Tom Klein (At his engine shop, high quailty and low price go together) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Al Stilley; Joyce Standridge; Andy Fusco; Benny Phillips; Readers' Racers; Results; Racing On TV; New Products; Last Lap |
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| July 1993 |
Remembering Alan - Moments In Black & White; Glimpses (Alan Kulwicki meant different things to different people. Here's a composite portrait); Flashes Of Color; One More Call (Tom Roberts was with Alan Kulwicki for eleven years. He was supposed to be with him on that plane, too); Knowing Alan (Father Dale Grubba knew Alan Kulwicki well. He just wished he'd known him longer) Features - Bob McCreadie (He proves that you can live where you want to live, run where you want to run and still be a full-time racer); Three Times A Champion (This business major takes care of business on the track as well as the classroom) Technical - Tech Tips (Helpful hints that will add horsepower and engine life without subtracting from your budget); Behind Enemy Lines (Is it possible for promoters, speed-equipment maufacturers and racers to work together for the common good. Tech writer (and racer) Karl Fredrickson infiltrated a recent meeting to find out); Cooling Riddles (Howard Stewart dispels some common misconceptions about cooling systems) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Steve Hmiel; Bones Bourcier; Benny Phillips; Richard Petty; Racing On TV; Readers' Racers; Results; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Making It In Racing; New Products; Last Lap |
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| August 1993 |
Features - Kyle Petty (As the son of a legend, he got all the breaks. But it took a broken leg to make him appreciate it); SCR Interview (From television contracts to expansion plans, from the price of a ticket to the price of a jacket, NASCAR president Bill France Jr. discusses the state of the sport); Rusty Flips Again (Talladega's Winston 500 got off to a flying start. For Rusty Wallace, it came to a flying finish); Sonny Hutchins (He raced - and he fought - with the best drivers NASCAR had to offer. And he loved every minute of it); A Good Run (When Billy Nacewicz walked away from racing, no one could have blamed him if he never returned. But he did); Rick Carelli (Fr. Dale Grubba rides shotgun with the High Plains Drifter); Thunder On The Mountain (Karl Spoonhower thought dairy farming was difficult. Then he decided to build a race track - on top of a mountain, no less); Dream Machine (Lance Hooper may have found the perfect vehicle to make him a star) Technical - Cross Country Late Model (Trying to be the best in the west, Jim Donofrio looked to the east); Brake Fluid Recirculators (Now there's a way to keep fluid cool and save the brakes to the end, even at Martinsville); Caster (Every racer has to adjust it. Here's how to make that adjustment work for you); IMCA Stocks (Mention the IMCA and everyone thinks of modifieds. But they've quietly put together a terrific full-fendered feeder class, too); Clutch Call (Stock replacement clutches are an expensive way to save money. SCR examines some cost-effective alternatives) Departments - Backfire; Joyce Standridge; Bones Bourcier; Steve Peterson; Al Robinson; Bill Sessa; Page From The Past; Software Review; Results; Readers' Racers; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; New Products; Last Lap |
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| September 1993 |
Features - Bristol (The gritty old days of Winston Cup racing and the glittering new age hit head-on at "The World's Fastest Half Mile"); The Coke 600 (NASCAR decided that the intimidator was the instigator and penalized him a lap. The rest of the field paid the price); Pete Corey (He had character, and he was a character. One of dirt track racing's all-tiume greats); ESPN (Their goal is to make the living room the best seat in the house); The Indy 500 (Could it be the IndyCar crowd saw NASCAR in their rear view mirror? Whatever their reason, they staged a stock car style finish at the Speedway) Technical - Hot Seat (Stock cars are built for speed, not comfort. New technology may help cool off long-suffering drivers); It's A Ford (Is Ford's new sportsman-legal GT-40 cylinder head a better idea than the tried-and-true Chevy? Keith and Loren Spangler think so); Center Of Mass (Cross weight, left side weight and rear percentage are all important. But so is your car's center of mass. Here's how to find it); Moyer's Speedy Shaver (In our March issue, Billy Moyer told us that he couldn't say enough about his Ron Shaver engines. We found that we couldn't say enough about them, either); Matt Jackson's Sportsman (A versatile racer who domintaes on high-speed road courses as well as high-contact short tracks); Revival Of The Fittest (Kenny Weld didn't make many modifieds but the ones he did build were all winners); Heavy-Duty Axles (Here's another instance where aftermarket parts may be cheaper in the long run that stock units) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Richard Petty; Benny Phillips; Al Robinson; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; Readers' Racers; New Products; Last Lap |
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| October 1993 |
Davey - Davey (Fr. Dale Grubba remembers); Photo Album; The Allison Way (Davey learned to race the right way. Bobby made sure of that); Photo Album Features - NHIS Inaugural (They came. More than 66,000 saw. Rusty conquered); Towing Regulations (If you don't know the rules of the road, you could wind up in serious trouble the next time you tow your race car) Technical - Engine Balancing (There's more to balancing a race engine than spinning the crankshaft. Have you considered the weight of the oil on the crankshaft?); Shaver II (This month we finish up Billy Moyer's winning Shaver engine) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Richard Petty; Benny Phillips; Steve Hmiel; Bones Bourcier; Al Robinson; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; New Products; Last Lap |
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| November 1993 |
MoPar - MoPar Around America (A sampling of MoPar-powered race cars from all across the country); Joey Arrington (His dad was the last guy to campaign a Chrysler on the Winston Cup circuit. Joey will be the first in line if Mopar ever decides to return. In the meantime, there's plenty to keep him busy); Neon Dion Deason (He didn't expect immediate success when he decided to go the MoPar route, but that's what he got); Bob Keselowski (He's got the world's only factory-supported Chrysler team) Features - Fan Clubs (The most extensive listing of racing fan clubs you'll find anywhere); Team Mom (As long as his mom's around, Joe Nemechek doesn't have to worry about the "silly season" tearing his team apart); Rocky The Flying Squirrel (You don't have to win races to be a champion); Freddy Smith (This dirt late model standout is modest to a fault. And that's about his only fault); Underdog Coupe (Why would you race a 1938 Pontiac? Because it's a race car, that's why) Technical - A Superior Reading Of The Rules (Kenny Schrader's guys knew what they were doing when they doctored their restrictor-plate engine at Daytona. Unfortunately for them, so did NASCAR); Chassis Dynamics (How to calculate the roll centers, instant centers and roll couple of a stock car); Helmets That Breathe (You filter the air your engine breathes - why not the air that you breathe?); Frankland's Back (Time was when everyone ran a Frankland quick-change. That time may come again) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Andy Fusco; Joyce Standridge; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Results; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing On TV; New Products; Last Lap |
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| December 1993 |
Features - Travels With Kenny (The Winston Cup guys had the weekend off. So what did Ken Schrader do? He went racing, of course. Bones Bourcier went along for the ride, and what a ride it was); America's Oldest Stock Car Driver (This guy makes Hershel McGriff look like a teenager); Shawna Robinson (She can handle everything from big rigs to Dash cars to male chauvinism, but she won't be happy until she gets a handle on that Busch car); Christmas Gift Guide (Stocking-stuffers for stock car racers) Competition - The World 100 (Billy Moyer's motor problems almost kept him out of the show. But he started near the back of the pack, which was good news for the fans - bad news for the competition); The Southern 500 (Rain held up the race for three hours, but Mark Martin didn't mind the wait); The Milk Bowl (At Indianapolis, they bring the winner a bottle of milk. In Vermont, they bring him the entire cow) Technical - The Dever Late Model (Jay Dever doesn't build his own cars because he has to, he builds them because he wants to); Before And Aftermarket Heads (Stock head rules are a cost-cutting measure that actually costs you more); Inductive Reasoning (Are you running the right carb/manifold combination for your speedway?); Bleeder Valves (They maintain constant tire pressures, which could help you achieve more consistent handling. So why aren't you using them?); Ron Hornaday's Dwarf Car (It's safety first, with cost a close second) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Benny Phillips; Andy Fusco; Bones Bourcier; Results; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; New Products; Last Lap |
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| January 1994 |
Features - Tim Richmond (In this excerpt from the book American Zoom, Hendrick Motorsports GM Jimmy Johnson reminisces about Tim Richmond's cinematic life and tragic death); Little Car, Big Sponsor (John Pruitt's deal dwarfs everything that's come before it in dwarf car sponsorship); Miracle On The Mile (When Terrible Tobley crashed at Syracuse, a piece of pipe went right through the car, including the seat, with him still in it. How did it miss him?); Goodbye, Goober (Goober Scheidel never won a feature, yet he never lost hope) Technical - Boone Bound (Karl Fredrickson tries to keep up with the Speedway Motors guys as they prepare for the biggest IMCA modified race of the year); Traction Control (How much throttle is too much? This system can figure it out faster than your driver); Hoosier Radials (When Winston Cuup cars ran bias plies, Hoosier gave Goodyear a run for their money. Now they're researching radials - and not just for Cup cars. They want to put them on your Saturday night cars, too); CNC Carbs (The same technology that allows precise duplication of cylinder heads has come to carb manufacturers) Competition - The IMCA Super Nationals (Some racers would rather be lucky than good. To win in a field of 193 cars, you have to be both); The Mello Yello 500 (Neither rule change nor faulty ignition nor phantom oil slick could keep Ernie Irvan from the swift completion of his appointed rounds); Syracuse (Brett Hearn knew he couldn't outrun Dave Blaney. All he had to do was outlast him) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Richard Petty; Benny Phillips; Joyce Standridge; Bones Bourcier; Book Review; Making It In Racing; New Products; Results; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing On TV; Last Lap |
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| February 1994 |
Features - How To Get A Job In Racing (Even if you can't turn a wrench or a steering wheel, there are plenty of ways to make a living in racing. SCR asks some full-timers how they broke into racing); Banjo Grimm (What you see on Sunday are those eighteen-second pit stops. What you don't see are the years of hard work that make them possible. A member of the over-the-wall fraternity tells us what it takes); Join The Crew (It all comes down to a simple question: How badly do you want it?); Josh Tarter (He's an underclassman in college but a grad student on the track); They're Holzhausens (And they all follow in the footsteps of a frugal family man who simply loves to race); The Richest Dwarf Car Race (California Dwarf Car Association president John Linder made the race happen, but he couldn't make the field); "If I Ever Race Again..." (Tony Walls never intended to become an authority on racing safety); A Genuine Hero (Stock car racing's most impressive hero isn't Dale Earnhardt or Rusty Wallace or even Richard Petty. It's an amazing man named Dan Simkins) Technical - Scotch-Brite (This stuff makes many difficult prep jobs easy. The hard part is finding it); Taking Charge (A racing battery may give you that little extra boost you need to win); Six In A Row (With his in-line Six, Royce Cornett is out of step with conventional thinking. Some nights he's out of sight, too); Take Two (Classy car, classy driver); Steering Boxes (Whether you prefer your car to drive like a log wagon or a Lincoln, Ronnie Grayson will steer you right); Limited Lift Cams (Isky's got a stick that'll provide better power coming off the corner despite limited lift) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Andy Fusco; Bones Bourcier; Al Robinson; Al Stilley; Joyce Standridge; Making It In Racing; Results; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Page From The Past; New Products; Last Lap |
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| March 1994 |
Features - Humpy Speaks (And you'd better listen. Bones Bouyrcier did, in this exclusive SCR interview); A Ride On The Wild Side (This amusement park attraction puts you in the driver's seat of a Winston Cup car); Earnhardt By Numbers (Individually, they're just stastics. Together they create a portrait of the six-time Winston Cup champion); Doing Daytona (Where do the Winston Cup heavy hitters go when they're not at the speedway?); Petty's Incredible Win (Kyle started at the top - and stayed there); Marion Baril (What's so unusual about an attractive woman in victory lane? This one built the winning engine); Crawfish Crider (His long-lost Ford was rescued from the crusher); Speedweeks Schedule (SCR tells you where you can go. We even provide directions); Run For The Money (Mark Stephens found a way to go fast without going broke); Vineland Speedway (It lasted just a decade but what a decade it was); Eugene Munger (When he feels like living dangerously, he climbs out of his race car); Never Too Cold To Race (Cabin fever setting in? Chill out with some ice racing) Technical - Head Restraints (They can save your neck - if you install them properly); Setting Camber (Tire wear indicates a better indication of how your car is working than tire temperatures); Plug Wiring (Maybe you'll never lose a race because of a loose wire. But why leave it to chance?); How To Build A Hydraulic Press (It'll be cheaper and better); Winston Cup Ignitions (How they work and why they sometimes don't); Rusty Goes To Ford (Is the Thunderbird that much better than the Grand Prix? The Pensky guys think so); More Power To You (To get the most from your air tools, you need to match them with the proper compressor) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Steve Hmiel; Al Robinson; Bones Bourcier; Andy Fusco; Benny Phillips; Making It In Racing; Winston Cup Schedule; Readers' Racers; Page From The Past; New Products; Racing On TV; Last Lap |
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| April 1994 |
Features - Reggie Ruggiero (He says he'd rather win races than championships, and year after year that's just what he does); Darrell's Grand Scheme (Remember when he won the Daytona 500 in car number seventeen on his seventeenth try? Well, he's got some new numerology he'd like to run by you); Roger's Replica (Some people may have forgotten that Roger Penske used to drive a stock car. But Roger didn't forget, and the boys at Penske Racing South have made sure he never will); Fishless Frank (Maybe they should have called him Fearless Frank instead); Canaan (If you think racing has become too sanitized, too professional and too predictable, you've never been to Canaan Speedway); Declaration Of Independents (Can you imagine what would happen if you took away the big-time sponsors, took away the NASCAR sanction and let the Winston Cup teams make up their own rules at a Carolina short track? Actually you don't have to imagine - it already happened); 55-Year Old Rookie (Most men take up golf or fishing when they hit their fifties. Dale Williams took up stock car racing) Technical - 550 Horses (Edelbrock's been playing matchmaker with their induction components. And just wait'll you see their wedding present); Dry Sump'N (Dry sump systems work better than wet ones, period. They could also save your engine - exclamation point); Electronic Wheel Scales (Our extensive testing on a variety of low-cost scales should help you find a set that fits your needs and your budget); Stock Replacement Heads (Would you rather get your heads out of a junkyard or out of a box? And what if we told you the price was the same); Brake Recirculators (Bill Wood says other manufacturers are doing the right thing for the wrong reason) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Benny Phillips; Joyce Standridge; Bones Nourcier; Readers' Racers; Racing On TV; New Products; Book Review; Last Lap |
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| July 1994 |
Features - Tony Walls Follow-Up (A few months ago, he didn't know if he could race again or if he would want to. Things have changed); Getting To The Top (What it takes to win in Winston Cup); Ron Jones (He insists he doesn't do anything out of the ordinary, but we don't buy it. Nobody wins half their starts by accident); Finding A Sponsor (You need to think like a winner to get a sponsor. And once you've got a sponsor, you can actually be a winner. And then you'll get more sponsors); Sam Bass (Making it in racing as an artist, Sam Bass designs race cars, paints posters and produces program covers); A Night At The Road (The view changes drastically from the grandstand to the control tower to the driver's seat. But no matter where they sit, everyone at Thunder Road agrees. The place is special); Junie Donlavey (Although he's won just a single Winston Cup race, he's won everyone's respect); Racing Binoculars (Helping you look); Tim Steele (The up-and-down career of the 1993 ARCA champion) Technical - The Brawl Over Beadlocks (Some safe beadlocks make racing safer, reduce maintenance costs and speed up the show. Others say they're just another add-on that the sport can do without); Rear Main Seals (How to prevent those clutch-damaging leaks); Front Brake Bias (Fight a push with a pull) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Ray Evernham; Steve Hmiel; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Readers' Racers; Book Review; Results; Page From The Past; New Products; Racing On TV; Last Lap |
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| September 1994 |
Features - The Dream (For Freddy Smith, it was a sweet dream indeed); The Coca-Cola 600 (Everyone else took four, Ray went with two, the driver did his job well and a bright young team took its first Winston Cup points race); The Indy 500 (USAC's pushrod engine provision was supposed to encourage American ingenuity, and it did - although not in the way USAC imagined); Brickyard 400 Preview (It's the most talked about stock car race of the summer. It'll draw more fans than any stock car race ever. Is there any way it can live up to the hype?) Technical - The Bowman Convertible (This remarkable car and its remarkable crew can go from asphalt to dirt in three hours - and win on both surfaces); Scaling Your Car (If you're not weighing your car correctly, how can you set it up correctly?); The Truth About Shocks (Doug Gore explains how shock absorbers work. For starters, they don't absorb shocks at all); Dare To Be Square (Cockeyed cars go straight to the back); Pickups And Surge Tanks (Are you getting the most mileage out of your fuel cell?) Departments - Backfire; Darrell Waltrip; Ray Evernham; Al Stilley; Bones Bourcier; Benny Phillips; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing On TV; New Products; Readers' Racers; Results; Last Lap |
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| October 1994 |
Features - A Plea For Safety (A racer's wife pleads with promoters to make their speedways safer); Terry Labonte (Discover the '84 Winston Cup champ again for the first time); New Daytona Attraction (The World Center of Racing launches an ambitious project that should keep race fans Daytona-bound all year round); Impact (Our cover story); Directory Assistance (Allan E. Brown wasn't trying to be funny when he compiled his National Speedway Directory. It just worked out that way); Uniform Dirt Rules (The leaders of the three most influential dirt late model organizations in the country have come up with a revolutionary idea to improve their sport: cooperation); What A Gas (To promote his driving and chassis school, Donnie Moran let SCR's Bill Holder climb behind the wheel of his dirt late model. We're not sure who's braver - Donnie or Bill) Technical - Baker's Bottom End (Part two of our Edelbrock/Baker project engine series); Engine Coatings (Whether their intented to reduce friction or extend the life of critical parts, their effectiveness seems beyond dispute); Tyrannosaurus Rex (Remember back in racing's Cretaceous period, when good racers could win with hard work, ingenuity and junkyard parts. Well, Rex Merritt is still doing it); Thirty-One Tech Tips (Little things can add up to a big difference) Departments - Backfire; Andy Fusco; Darrell Waltrip; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Racing On TV; Making It In Racing (Wayne Erickson); Results; 200 MPH Pit Stop; New Products; Last Lap |
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| November 1994 |
Features - Racing Collectibles (Whether you collect for business of pleasure, this story helps you seperate trash from treasure); Souvenir Sources (A complete list of souvenir suppliers); Stanley Smith (His comeback from critical injuries at Talladega continues); The Brickyard 400 (It was the perfect script); Robert Pressley (He came of age in the Busch Series when he beat Harry Gant at Darlington. Next year, he'll replace Gant in Winston Cup); Kenny Bernstein (If this is Sunday, it must be Charlotte, an interview with Winston Cup's busiest car owner); Death Of A Flagman (The death of Wall Stadium starter Dave Innes has raised complex questions about where a speedway's obligation to provide a reasonably safe envrironment ends and personal assumption of risk begins); Driving Blind (Literally) Technical - Good And Fast (The folks at Jasper Engines and Transmissions deliver quantity and quality); First Fire (Make sure your engine's first start-up won't be its last) Departments - Backfire; Ray Evernham; Benny Phillips; Andy Fusco; Bones Bourcier; Darrell Waltrip; Al Stilley; Al Robinson; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Readers' Racers; Racing On TV; Results; New Products; Last Lap |
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| December 1994 |
Features - Harry Gant Photo Album (Enduring images of an enduring racer); The Sign-In Sheet (When you sign in at the back gate of a race track, you're signing away substantial rights - including the right to sue if you get hurt); Scanner Review (Listening in at the races has never been easier); Holiday Gift Guide (Santa better hire more help) Competition - IMCA Super Nationals (Winning the Super Nationals A-main once is something. Winning it twice is something else. But then, so is Mark Noble); Texas Showdown (A tale of two Panhandle Speedways, each with very bad timing for a very good idea); Southern 500 (Bill Elliott's assignment was very simple, with the clutch going and the engine overheated, pass Earnhardt in the closing laps at Darlington); The World 100 (Billy Moyer continued his World domination) Technical - Fire Bottle Installation (How practical is your on-board extinguisher? The time to find out is now, not when a fire starts); Carb Tuning (For real-world advice on carburetor tuning, we went straight to the source: Barry Grant); Lookin' Good (You don't have to run in the top class to field top-class equipment. Just check out this street stock); Double Cool (C & R Racing has some cool ideas for Winston Cup radiators) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Andy Fusco; Benny Phillips; Readers' Racers; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; Racing On TV; New Products; Page From The Past; Last Lap |
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| January 1995 |
Features - The Boys Are Back (Bill Elliott and his brothers are back in Dawsonville, and their future never looked brighter. With experience behind them, Elliott's group will be a real threat to win the championship. And everything else!); Here Comes Kinser (Stock car fans may not know much about sprint car star Steve Kinser, but they'll find out fast. Open Wheel magazine's Bruce Ellis provides a head start); Syracuse '94 (The experts have never had such an easy time predicting the outcome - and such a hard time living it down); Robert Yates (When your life's work consists of building race car engines that could just as easily explode as win, you learn to handle life's highs and lows); Happy Endings (Two mid-level executives stuck their necks out on racing, hoping it would do good things for their company. And then racing delivered) Technical - Spring Break (The symptoms of engine failure can range from a snapped rod to a wrecked rocker. But in many cases, the cause is the same: a broken valve spring); A Tale Of Two Engines (The bigger the track, the longer the race, but the tougher the choice: horsepower or mileage?); The Ron Jones Car (Those who expect a lot of high-tech tricks will be disappointed. But then, those who race with Ron Johnson get used to disappointment); Fire At Will (Jacobs Electronics wants to solve your ignition problems once and for all) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Darrell Waltrip; Bones Bourcier; Richard Petty; Ray Evernham; Andy Fusco; Benny Phillips; Buffy Swanson; Racing On TV; Results; New Products; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Last Lap |
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| February 1995 |
Features - Audrey Is A Racer (When her husband died. logic dictated she should sell his race team. So who ever said racers were logical?); Rusty Speaks (Candid excerpts from the new book, "Rusty Wallace, Racer"); Ready, Willing - And Able (Rose Peterson has overcome more obstacles than most to become a racer); Blazing Fast (Crashing at 180 MPH is harrowing. Crashing and burning at 180 MPH is horrifying); NASCAR Numerology (In the history of Winston Cup racing, fours have been wild); Ricky Rudd (Very quietly, he's put together one of the most potent teams in Winston Cup) Technical - Downsize (They're small. They're inexpensive. They're fun to drive. They're a favorite among kids. Souhd familiar? They look familiar, too); Orphan Parts (Some dirt trackers are winning big with castoffs from the IROC Camaros); Project Claimer (Doug Gore walks through a claimer build-up with Tim Ludwigson, the man behind Ron Jones' winning engines); Rear View (Should you run an aftermarket rear or a stock unit?) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Bruce Bennett; Joyce Standridge; Racing On TV; Video Review; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; Making It In Racing (Jim Hunter); New Products; Last Lap |
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| March 1995 |
Features - Editors' Choice (The SCR staff provides a few pointers on how to have fun during Speedweeks and return home with your wallet and your sanity intact); Then & Now (Benny Phillips recalls a time when big-league racing was a lot less sophisticated - and a lot more fun); Dale Earnhardt (He's the Intimidator. He's a seven-time champion. But most of all, he's his father's son. A deeply personal profile by Bones Bourcier); Daytona Digest (A history of the 500 in morsel-size portions); Interview: John Graham (Daytona's new president brings a business background and a race fan's heart to the rold of running the speedway); Speedweeks Schedule (As always, Robin Hartford has compiled a list of everything that's going on in and around Daytona. And, as always, it's up to you to figure out how to be in three places at once); Rookie Race (This is perhaps the most diverse - and talented - crop of newcomers ever to run for Winston Cup Rookie of the Year); Hot Rod Lincoln (Dick Anderson's '54 Lincoln runs 160 MPH over open Mexican highways. So, every year his stuff gets banned. Maybe they should just ban Anderson because he's the real reason for the car's speed); Racer's Holiday (Before he was an Indy racer, Jimmy Reece was a Daytona tourist) Technical - Hard-Hitting Lessons (Tom Mayberry hit the wall, spun in the air, flipped and then the field started hitting him. When it was over, the car was fully involved in flame and the roll cage was gone); Fuel For Thought (A Canadian supplier's battle with authorities over the sale of leaded racing gas could be a preview of things to come in the US); Bear Of A Bare Block (Whether you want steel or aluminum, whether it's a Chevy, a Chrysler, a Pontiac or even an Olds, World Products provides the ultimate bare big block); Cup Tech Updates (With the end of the tire war, the introduction of the Monte Carlo and the prospect of lower compression engines for 1996, this should be quite a year for the R & D guys); Four-Bolt Conversion (If you convert your two-bolt to a four-bolt, you'll be better off than if you started with a four-bolt); Shock Treatment (Doug Gore offers some insights into racing shock absorbers thata will shock even some shock manufacturere) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Darrell Waltrip; Richard Petty; Ray Evernham; Andy Fusco; Al Robinson; Page From The Past; Racing On TV; Making It In Racing (Patti Wheeler); 1995 Winston Cup Schedule; New Products; Book Review; Readers' Racers; Last Lap |
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| May 1995 |
Features - John Andretti (With Mario for an uncle, can he ever make a name for himself?); King Of The Cutdowns (Gavin Couper was as colorful as the cars he drove); Trickle Charge (Two old war-horses, Bud Moore and Dick Trickle, teamed up for the first time at Daytona); The Phone Call (Ron Hornaday's opportunity didn't knock, it called); And They Booed (You think people were shocked when the favorite finished second at Daytona? You should've seen the Ms. Miller Motorsports Pageant) Competition - Daytona 500 (Two in a row for Sterling, seventeen in a row for Dale); Goody's 300 (There were plenty of headaches - and remedies - to go around); Superspeedway Impact (Selected Speedweeks crashes) Technical - This Ain't No Claimer (Before building this project engine, Karl Fredrickson explored the gray areas of street stock rules. Lewis and Clark covered less territory); Breaking The Rules (A rundown of Speedweeks technical infractions); The Challenge (A change in showroom strategy led to a new Chevrolet in Daytona. Here's how the Monte Carlo was developed as a race car); Supertrucks (There's never been anything like this before. Probably will never be anything like it again) Departments - Backfire; Ray Evernham; Darrell Waltrip; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Joyce Standridge; Dick Berggren; New Products; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Last Lap |
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| June 1995 |
Features - Ricky Craven (For Ricky Craven, life itself is a matter of being in the fast lane or running with the 40% who just think they're in the fast lane); Hog Haven (On the track, they compete against each other in Fords, Chevys or Pontiacs. But off the track, Winston Cup racers agree that a Harley is the only way to ride); Hey, Flathead (No way a flathead Ford could possibly beat the overhead Chevys. C'mon, it's 1995); Little Car, Big Crash (A wreck of legendary proportions); Beating The Odds (No matter how they do on the track, Bobby Labonte and Bobby Schrader will consider 1995 a success) Technical - This Ain't No Claimer (In part two of our project engine series, Randy Brzezinski walks us through a minefield of street stock rules); Cam Drive Surprise (Connecting the crank to the cam has become more complicated than ever); The Ford Probe Engine (It's lighter, less expensive and has a lower center of mass than the Chevys. And Chris Huff says it'll beat 'em); Chassis Dynos (When it comes to tuning the car to the track, they could be more valuable than engine dynos); Cubic Horsepower (Should you give up a larger bore size for a longer stoke crankshaft, or is it best to have a larger bore and shorter stroke? It's up to you - more or less); Who Kehrs (If you care about Camaro street stocks, you should listen to Scott Kehr) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Buffy Swanson; Benny Phillips; Tom Wojahn; Results; New Products; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Last Lap |
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| July 1995 |
Features - Earnhardt & Petty (The two seven-time champions compare notes on racing, records and each other); Battlin' Bob Johnson (Who says a winner never quits?); Reds Kagle (He won 120 races and seven track championships - all after losing his left leg in a grisly crash at Charlotte); Logging On (Racers are getting up to speed on the information superhighway. Or should we say the information superspeedway?); What Went Wrong? (Spring car king Steve Kinser was supposed to bring a breath of fresh air to Winston Cup racing. Instead, an ill wind was blowing around the Quaker State team right from the start); Autodrome Granby (This French-Canadian speedway could teach short tacks in the United States a thing or two about "American" racing) Technical - Exhaustive Research (Are you losing power out of your pipes?); Roof Flaps (NASCAR, their race teams and the major manufacturers combined forces to solve the problem of flying cars. Backing the corporate jet up to some race cars helped); Rochester Carbs (When stock really means stock, all roads lead to Rochester) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Joyce Standridge; Al Robinson; Benny Phillips; Results; Racing On TV; New Products; Page From The Past; Readers' Racers; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Last Lap |
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| August 1995 |
Features - Bearing The Cross (What keeps Bobby Allison going?); Dick Eagen (The winner of the final Race of Champions was an Honest-To-God hero); Chasing Dreams (For ten years, Tom Hardy worked in a race shop and waited for a chance to drive. When it came, he made the most of it); Circular Logic (Driving in circles can seem pretty silly when you think about it. Geoff Bodine thinks about it a lot); The New Car Was Better (Mike Buckner's not afraid to take chances); I-4 Modified (Car builder Gary Ebeling is hoping to do for the pro-four division what the IMCA did for modifieds) Technical - Gear Box Box (Should yhou wrap your Powerglide in an aftermarket package? Dedenbear makes a solid case); Last Call For Alcohol (Alex Warlordy looks at what's good (and bad) about racing on methanol. The first of two parts); Unshakable Shaft (Charlie Patterson has perfected the art of giving racers the shaft); Dry-Sump Trump (Raceline's dry-sump pump is very much a mattrer of family) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Darrell Waltrip; Benny Phillips; New Products; Racing On TV; Readers' Racers; Results; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Last Lap |
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| January 1996 |
Features - Russell Phillips (Remembering a gentle giant); The Fire (Officials simply stood and watch as three race cars burned to ashes - and they might have done the right thing); Going Nowhere Fast (When the Coors Light Concorde set out to break the record for an around-the-world flight, Kyle Petty and Felix Sabates couldn't resist going along for the ride) Competition - Wheels 300 (Everyone at Syracuse was anticipating "Batmobile II". They got "Brett Hearn V" instead); IMCA Super Nationals (They came from coast to coast and border to border, but they couldn't beat the hometown hero); World 100 (Jack Boggs just had to have it) Technical - Engine Air Management (Winston Cup teams know all about maximizing airflow efficiency. Here's how they do it); Plexus Pride (Looking for a good windshield cleaner? The choice is clear); Hobby Stock Engine Buildup (In our third and final installment, Zen does the dyno); Hot Flashes (Sure, you'd like better brake pads. But don't stop there); Panning For Power (Ray Baker's cool new oil pan) Departments - Backfire; Andy Fusco; Al Stilley; Benny Phillips; Readers' Racers; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; Making It In Racing (Steve Bird); Racing On TV; New Products; Last Lap |
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| February 1996 |
Features - Sold Out (Untainted by the problems that have plagued other professional sports in the '90s, Winston Cup racing runs full speed ahead); Fast Relief (An antacid maker couldn't hope for a better target market than short-track racing); Nashville Speedway USA (Bob Harmon's last hurrah may be his best); $50,000 To Win (Is this a stock car race or a sweepstakes? A little of both, actually); The Family That Races Together (Some are born race fans. Others have racing thrust upon them); Johnny Sanders (This bomber driver drives longer odds than most) Technical - Automatic Choice (Bushore Racing Enterprises presents Powerglide without slip-n-slide); Bleeder Valves (How they work, and how to make them work for you); Pretty Pro Four (This looker is a two-timer); Blue Oval Revolution (Ford is fast becoming the emblem of choice in dirt late model racing); Affordable Porting (Air Flow Research delivers CNC porting at a price you can afford) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Al Robinson; Joyce Standridge; Al Stilley; Collectors Column; Results; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Cartoons By O'Mahoney; Readers' Racers; New Products; Making It In Racing (Bill Brodrick); Last Lap |
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| May 1996 |
Features - Winning Isn't Everything (This year's Ms. Motorsports competition provided an unexpected lesson in life); Racing Fan Clubs (A comprehensive list); The Maverick (Promoter C.J. Richards tackles everything on his own terms - including retirement) 30th Anniversary - 30 Who Mattered (Kudos to some special people who helped SCR reach its 30th birthday); Turning 30 (In life, it's cause for mourning. In magazines, it's cause for celebration); In The Beginning (SCR's first editor recalls his bad old days); Halfway (We were still finding out way in 1981); NASCAR '66 (Daytona Beach versus Detroit) Competition - The Daytona 500 (It was deja vu for Dale Jarrett. Dale Earnhardt, too); The Goody's 300 (It was definitely not deja vu for Steve Grissom) Technical - Getting The Shaft (Looking for a driveshaft that's light yet strong? Composites offer a compromise); Coil Springs (There's some magic in coil springs. Dick Anderson tells the story); Understeer/Oversteer (Finding the cause of your handling problems is the first step toward find the cure) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Joyce Standridge; Bones Bourcier; Darrell Waltrip; Readers' Racers; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing On TV; New Products; Last Lap |
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| June 1996 |
Features - The Marlins Of Mahon Road (Sterling Marlin's fortunes have changed, but Sterling hasn't); Inside A Glass Cage (Remembering Jim Robinson); The Racin' Preacher (From the pulpit to the cockpit, Reverend Alan Miles leads the way); Texas Motor Speedway (Bruton Smith and Texas were made for each other); Ray Evernham (Funny how the luckiest guys are the hardest workers); Hitting His Stride (Jack Boggs has never been better. Considering his acomplishments, that's saying something) Technical - Head Installation (Use your head when installing your heads); Clutch Installation (Like so many other things in racing, you can do it fast or you can do it right); Killer Wheels (Two tire companies say overinflation can do you in. One wheel manufacturer says follow his precautions or you can end up "graveyard dead"); Adjusting Valves (Even if you don't run a solid cam, wouldn't you like to know how to adjust your valves?); Adjusting A Carburetor (There's a fine line between a well-running engine and a ruined one); Six-Inch Rods (Before, it never made sense to run six-inch rods in a claimer engine. It does now); Going Faster With Caster (Yes, turning left is important. But so is going straight) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Chad Little; Darrell Waltrip; Bones Bourcier; K.C. Breslauer; Readers' Racers; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; New Products; Results; Last Lap |
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| July 1996 |
Features - Bobby Labonte (Who says nice guys don't finish last?); Golden Boy (Fred Lorenzen quit at the top of his game - and has regretted it ever since); Perpetual Motion Machine (When Newton made the observation about an object in motion tending to remain in motion, he may have been thinking of DIRT mechanic Debbie Williams); Making Money Racing (Stock cars and the stock market can be a lucrative mix); Pressure To Perform (The sponsor wants to know why you qualified so poorly. Your car owner is talking to another driver. You turn around, and some guy with a microphone asks if it's true that there's friction between you and your crew chief. Is your stomach churning yet. Welcome to big league stock car racing); The Optimists (Racer's don't just hope for the best, they demand it); Brickyard 400 Preview (The first two winners were the last two Winston Cup champions. Does that tell you how important this race is?) Technical - IMCA Late Models (They offer Saturday night racers variety, affordability and most of all, fun); Synchronicity (Remember that distinctive whine the Morgan-McClure car first brought to Daytona? Here's an up-close look at what caused it); Do-It Yourself Late Model (A grassroots racer from the ground up); Minor Masterpiece (Lowbuck Dave Williams has produced a high-class little gem); Getting In Gear (Bill Bushore's ten tips for trouble-free transmission installation); Track Nine (Don Finke offers a new home for your Ford nine-inch rear) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Chad Little; Andy Fusco; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stops; Results; New Products; Last Lap |
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| August 1996 |
Features - Young Guns (Winston Cup veterans are getting a rear-view mirror full of aggressive newcomers); Bruton Smith (Tycoon or typhoon? That depends on his mood); Brickyard 400 Preview (In our second installment, SCR evaluates the biggest stock car race of the summer. Plus, a schedule of Indy-area activities); Full Circle (Washington's Spanaway Speedway celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a very special homecoming) Technical - Faster Ignition (MSD introduces high-performance distributors for low-buck divisions); Power To Burn (Jim McFarland gets right inside the cylinder to find out exactly what happens when the plug fires); AMC Stock Car (If you loathe cookie-cutter race cars, you'll love the "Travelin' Javelin"); Tale Of The Tape (Any discussion of short-track handling starts with stagger); Engine Bearings (Bearing designers are routinely asked to do the impossible - and they routinely deliver); Firesuit Fabrics (SCR gives a variety of firesuit materials a trial by fire. If you race, our test results are required reading) Departments - Backfire; Al Robinson; Bones Bourcier; Benny Phillips; Chad Little; Results; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; New Products; Last Lap |
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| September 1996 |
Features - Winston Cup Is Coming To Town (Can NASCAR accomodate all the new race tracks being built without abandoning the old ones?); The Coca-Cola 600 (Dale Jarrett ran away and hid at Charlotte. He'll want to do the same at Darlington); Mexican Road Race (Think the early days of American stock car racing were wild? Wait'll you hear what went on south of the border); The Indy 500 (Out with the buddy system, in with the Buddy system); Harry Hyde (Yes, he was a helluva character. But more important, he was a helluva crew chief); The Craven Crash (Ride along with Ricky as he takes his Talledega fumble) Technical - Booster Science (Tuning via venturis); Brinn And Gear It (Herb Brinn has engineered a winning transmission); Camshaft Selection (Getting the right cam is a matter of getting the right information to the right people); Kim King E-Mod (There's been an upturn in this economy class) Departments - Backfire; Benny Phillips; Dick Berggren; Andy Fusco; K.C. Breslauer's Collector's Column; Results; Racing On TV; Making It In Racing (Joe Moriarty); New Products; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Last Lap |
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| October 1996 |
Features - Happy Ending (Ernie Irvan's comeback is complete); California Speedway (Les Richter and Roger Penske team up to bring Winston Cup racing back to Southern California); Breakfast With Kenny Wallace (Better make it to go); Crunch (The ASA bent some metal at IRP) Technical - Weigh To Go (A reliable setup starts with a reliable set of scales); Improved Wet Sumping (Titan offers dry sump technology engineered for wet sump rules); Barnes Dry Sump (SCR pulled apart a Barnes Systems 90107 series oil pummp. We liked what we saw); Mothballs (Getting the car ready for winter); Rugglesmobile (Joe Ruggles Junior's Grand American modified is practical but inexpensive. Just like his scales); Inside Hendrick (Exclusive photos of the winningest shop in Winston Cup) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Chad Little; Benny Phillips; Al Stilley; K.C. Breslauer's Collector's Column; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; Racing On TV; Making It In Racing (Roger Bracken); New Products; Readers' Racers; Last Lap |
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| November 1996 |
Features - David Pearson (He's second to Richard Petty in Winston Cup wins, second to none in talent); Bill Davis (This trucking magnate is in Winston Cup for the long haul); Winston Cup Address Book (How (and where) to write your favorite driver); Souvenirs & Collectibles (There's an incredible variety of stuff out there, but T-shirts remain the most popular item); Brickyard 400 (A tale of two Dales); Souvenir Sampler (Everything from keychains to shotguns); Ron Hornaday Jr. (Stardom was just a phone call away); Refried Dreams (The coupe that keeps coming back) Technical - Muffler Science (Doug Gore explains how different mufflers work); IMCA Mufflers (We're hearing a lot of noise about this new rule); Coatings Come Of Age (Coatings now offer improved reliability to racers at every level) Departments - Backfire; Darrell Waltrip; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Al Stilley; Dick Berggren; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Results; New Products; Last Lap |
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| December 1996 |
Features - Back By Popular Demand (Dirt late models are on the comeback trail in the Southwest); Hope And Glory (A bad break couldn't keep Billy Pauch down); Accelerated Course (NASCAR goes Ivy League led by professors Gordon & Evernham); Chrysler Returns (Will NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series allow the Pentastar people to pick up where they left off?); Early Nights & Late Models (Old Dominion Speedway has found the right recipe for Saturday-night success); Holiday Gift Guide (Suggestions for the racers on your list) Technical - How Earnhardt Survived (A close examination of Dale Earnhardt's destroyed Talladega car reveals how he survived that savage accident - and yields invaluable construction tips for Saturday-night racers); Intake Manifolds (Breathing lessons for your race car); Everlasting Beauty (Reb-Co's latest scale set is a real beauty. It's guaranteed to stay that way, too); Durable Enduro (There's no room for "no frills" when it comes to safety); Head Start (Since horsepower begins with brain power, we picked Brodix/Weld cylinder heads for our project motor. Smart move); Total Recall (VDO knows you're too busy racing to watch your tach) Competition - Southern 500 (Dale Jarrett's million-dollar day slips away); World 100 (Donnie dominates again) Departments - Backfire; Joyce Standridge; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Benny Phillips; Andy Fusco; Readers' Racers; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; New Products; Results; Last Lap |
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| January 1997 |
Features - Why Hendrick Wins (It's not the cars that make a multi-car team successful, it's the people); Checkered Flag Or Cash? (Racing collectibles are a hot commodity); John Boy & Billy (Tired of sound bytes and sponsor plugs? Tune in these guys to find out what racing's big names really think); Hay Walls (ARCA driver Rich Hayes crashes the bales at DuQuoin); Wish You Were Here? (Lingerie models and a dirt late model make for a provocative postcard); Barry Dodson (He sought refuge in NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series as he recovered from a personal tragedy) Competition - Fay's 300 (As DIRT celebrated 25 years at Syracuse, Doug Hoffman had the happiest anniversary of all); IMCA Nationals (Kelly Boen never expected to make the show, never mind win it) Technical - Moving Parts (Our project engine proved to be quite a project for Lunati, too. And they came through); Good Timing (You don't need expensive timing lights and degreed dampers to time your engine); Mopar Power (When it comes to trucks, Joey Arrington is the Dodge boys motor man); Hot Foot (There's some new technology designed to protect drivers' feet from hot floorboards) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Al Stilley; Chad Little; Racing On TV; Page From The Past; Video Reviews; Readers' Racers; Results; 200 MPH Pit Stops; New Products; Last Lap |
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| February 1997 |
Features - Unsung Heroes (Behind every winning Winston Cup driver there's a cagey crew chief); Banjo Matthews (He set the standard for Winston Cup chassis builders); The Petty Experience (A driving school that's growing so fast, it's also a car builder); Lifestyles Of The (Not-So) Rich And Famous (On the job or at the track, the Hauser brothers don't mind getting their hands dirty. So why do people say thay've had a free ride?); Jimmy Horton (He's done everything to get a Winston Cup ride but stand on his head. Actually, he's done that too) Technical - Worth It's Wait (Sometimes staying put is the best way to make progress); Brake Pad-Test (Another SCR first! Doug Gore comparison-tests brake pads on a dyno); New 9:1 Tech (Special titanium valves resist the higher exhaust gas temperatures in 9:1 engines); Low-Buck Mini-Truck (Roger Winget has combined two of the hottest trends in racing - downsizing and pickup trucks - into a winning formula); Flashy Figure-Eight (Spit-and-polish meets rough-and-tumble) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; K.C. Breslauer; Benny Phillips; Bones Bourcier; Al Robinson; Results; Readers' Racers; Making It In Racing (Bruce Silver); 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing In TV; New Products; Last Lap |
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| March 1997 |
Features - Larger Than Life (What's the driving force of Dale Earnhardt's mystique); Alex Friesen (The sport loses its most promising young promoter); Short Track Report (Has Winston Cup's racing's phenomenal success trickled down to the local level?); NASCAR In Japan (What was NASCAR doing in Japan? Expanding, that's what); The Best 500 Ever (Bennie Phillips remembers the most dramatic Daytona finish of all time); Aftermath Of A Championship (Fresh off his championship season, Terry Labonte repaired to Paradise Valley); Speedweek's Schedule (Where to go and how to get there); The Bill France Story (An intimate look at the man atop the NASCAR empire); The Voice Of Gold (From radio to television, Eli makes the call); Making Money In Racing (You can turn the sport you love into cold cash); The Level Pebble (Flat Rock Speedway flat-out rocks); When They Were Young (Every Daytona veteran had to start somewhere) Technical - Big Diff (Tired of spinning your wheels? Try AFCO's Enhanced Traction System); Radial Development (With the tire war behind them, Goodyear focuses on cutting teams costs while maintaining safety); Less Is More (Speedway Motors offers a lighter, faster transmission); Pretty Dwarf (Another perfect 10 named Bo); Burton On Survival (Jeff Burton once broke his back at a short track. He'd like to prevent that from happening to you); It's A Small World (World Products is the only place in the universe you'll find aftermarket cast-iron cylinder heads); Restrictor Engines (Robert Yates and Hendrick Motorsports' Rick Wetzel discuss the slow progress of engine development at NASCAR's fastest tracks) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; K.C. Breslauer; Chad Little; Andy Fusco; Darrell Waltrip; Al Robinson; Making It In Racing (Ty Norris); 1997 Schedules; Readers' Racers; Racing On TV; New Products; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Last Lap |
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| April 1997 |
Features - Fast Friends (It's easy to be buddies with a guy when he wins. What about when he winds up in the hospital?); It's A Drag (Ray Evernham always wanted to go 200 miles an hour. So he did it); Assessing The ASA (Rex Robbins brings us up to speed); The Family That Races Together (This is indeed a family sport); Sustained Excellence (It takes more than luck to win eleven track titles. Just ask Jack Johnson); Making Money In Racing (Mike Willis is back to talk stocks in stock car racing); Expect The Unexpected (In this issue filled with fire and wreckage, you've got ample evidence that the big crash can happen anywhere to anyone); Faster Without Glasses (Some racers choose corrective surgery over corrective lenses) Technical - Trial By Fire (Mike Laughlin learned the value of racing gloves the hard way. He hopes you won't have to); Better Cells (Military technology could make fuel cells safer); Hard Sell (What will a cheap gas tank cost you?); Braking News (Wilwood's high-level developments will likely trickle down to short tracks); Keeping Your Balance (Spring-loaded radius rods allow your rear end to roll with the punches); Richmond Rear (Richmond Gear uses their 60 years of experience to build a more reliable quick-change); Treasure Hunt (Finally, a magneto that performs from start to finish); Letter Perfect (Sponsors (and scorers) like a race car that's easy to spot) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Joyce Standridge; Andy Fusco; Readers' Racers; In Review; Making It In Racing (Joe Barbagallo); Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Signs Of The Times; New Products; Last Lap |
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| May 1997 |
Features - Most Popular Driver (Year after year Bill Elliott gets the most votes, but Dale Earnhardt sells the most T-shirts. So, who is really America's most popular sports car driver?); Grand Am Co-Op (Thad Friday may revolutionize Saturday-night sponsorship); Next! (Who are the brightest hopes of DIRT's next generation); Ms. Miller Motorsports (A diminished field yielded a clear-cut winner) An SCR Special Section - Trailers (Our in-depth reporting not only tells you what to look for in a trailer, but what to look for in a trained dealer); Get What You Pay For? (With trailers, as with everything else, the cheapest can cost the most); Cowboy Coaches (Hundreds paid thousands for trailers that never arrived); Sources (How to find a trailer dealer near you) Technical - Marca Cars (They're not toys, but they are a lot of fun); Daytona Tech (How teams handled 1997 rule changes); Modified Carbs (A BG Fuels carburetor can get the most out of a claimer engine); IMCA Setup (Start with basic specs, then tweak to taste); Something Old, Something New (An unbiased observer evaluates our Lunati project engine) Competition - Daytona 500 (Only extraordinary circumstances could have kept Dale Earnhardt from becoming the sentimental favorite. This race produced them); Gargoyles 300 (Finally, a Busch Series season-opener that wasn't just a Winston Cup warm-up) Departments - Backfire; Dick Berggren; Bones Bourcier; Al Stilley; Andy Fusco; John Andretti; Racing On TV; 200 MPH Pit Stop; New Products; Last Lap |
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| June 1997 |
Features - Winning Attitude (Dale Jarrett's fortunes have changed dramatically in the past two years. Fortunately, Dale hasn't); Claim Check (The IMCA's engine claim rule is a terrible idea that works); Going His Own Way (Dale Planck has achieved NASCAR success deep in DIRT country); Push Comes To Shove (Trade paint with the wrong guy and you might end up trading punches); Felix's Sanctuary (When it comes to yachts, Felix Sabates believes there's no such thing as going overboard); Corn Burner (When we asked Andy Huston about his ethanol-powered modified, we got an earful) Technical - Successful Diagnosis (Auto Meter helps you gauge your engine's health); Townsend Trucks (Can the NASCAT Craftsman Truck Series concept work on the local level? Ricky Dennis and Rick Townsend think so); Dwarf Car Fever (You catch the strangest things in the mountains of Vermont); Technical Tidbits (Camcorders, cold-air boxes and cut-up tires); Ultimate Timer (Longacre's new Computer Watch lets you time up to four cars at once); Toe Tips (If you've never set foot in the real world, how can you set toe?); Wheel Alignment (How close is close enough? Often, that depends on your budget) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Bones Bourcier; John Andretti; Benny Phillips; Michael Willis; Results; Racing On TV; Page From The Past; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Scanner Review; New Products; Last Lap |
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| July 1997 |
Features - John Nemechek (Remembering a young racer who left us too soon); Predicting The Future (Money will play a big part in where Winston Cup goes from here); Successors (A third generation of stock car racing's first family waits in the wings); What Humpy Thinks...(...about everything); Bigger In Texas (Bigger crowd. Bigger purse. Bigger problems); Larry Phillips (He's earned the right to be called America's short-track champion) Technical - Rod Ends (How to find the right piece for your price range); Plumber's Helper (When it comes to fuel, a BG line is the shortest distance between two points); The Latest (Doug Gore checks out recent developments in dirt late models); Bandolero (Humpy Wheeler's latest innovation is geared toward the "Pop Warner" market); Picture Perfect (Skinning a stock car can be tricky, but Scott Braun has the hang of it) Departments - Dick Berggren; Backfire; Bones Bourcier; Michael Willis; Al Robinson; Results; Readers' Racers; 200 MPH Pit Stop; Racing On TV; New Products; Last Lap; Subscription Information |
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| April 2000 |
Features - Trucking Toward Tomorrow (NASCAR Craftsman Trucks assess the past and future); Short Track Trucks (This has become a popular game across the country); Four For The Money (The Esslinger Four Cylinder Nationals); End Of An Era (Riverside Park takes its final checkered flag); International Intrigue (The Winston West season finale makes history); Winston Winners (NASCAR honors its short track stars); Dollars And Sense (NASCAR Busch team owners deal with staggering costs); Rubber Match (ASA and BF Goodrich Tires work together); Circle The Wagon ("The Outlaw" rides in Arizona); The Last Chrysler (Buddy Arrington's stalwart Imperial) Technical - Welding Well Done (Doing it right saves time and heartache); Quiet Time (Mufflers are becoming a way of life in racing); Cold Fire (Revolutionary way to beat the heat); Driver Protection (Defense against cockpit heat problems) Richard Petty Section - King's Comments; Collectibles; IROC In Action; Hot Laps Departments - Pace Lap; Backfire; Driver's Seat; Starting Line; Pit Stop; Profit Margin; Buyer's Guide; Memory Lane; Date Book; New Products; Reader's Racers; Racing On TV; Ad Index; Last Lap |
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| August 2000 |
Features - Uphill Battle (Jeff Gordon fights a slump); Winston Cup's Future Homes (New tracks battle for premium dates); Taking The Plunge (A first-time sponsor's experience); Holy Race Fan! (Short-track racing is a divine pleasure); High-Speed Pursuit (Law officer Russ Tuttle's racing efforts); Outlaw Chevelle (Smokey Yunick's controversial entry); Make 'Em Laugh (Speedo the Clown's road show); Beneath The Surface (Preparing a dirt track for racing); Rudd Awakening (Ricky Rudd makes the best of an opportunity); Tribute To Adam Petty (Fourth generation driver remembered) Technical - Radiators (The first line of cooling); Fluid Thinking (Way to help coolant do it's job); Evans Performance (Innovative cooling system); Water Pumps (The workhorses of cooling) Departments - Pace Lap; Backfire; Driver's Seat; Starting Line; Profit Margin; Pit Stop; New Products; Memory Lane; King's Comments; Collectibles; Hot Laps; Racing Preview; Racing On TV; Ad Index; Last Lap |
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