[crasher407]

Hi guy's just a short stop off to say take a look at the uk side of Stock Car Racing and how it is so very different to your nascar's,this is my website craigdanielsmithracing which i hope you will find informative and interesting to look at.

This all came about with my return to racing through a forum just like this one in good old blighty so please have a look and leave any comment's as you wish.

Regards

Craig

[nascarfan24]

wow thats a cool site
good job!

[crasher407]

Originally Posted by nascarfan24

wow thats a cool site
good job!

thank's a lot and 2007 is now going to be the return as nearly end of season and new baby on way so here's hoping.

[Nevadastars]

Hey Craig, welcome to the forum! Thats a very different looking type of dirt track car you have there. I see in the pic on the top left, car #250 has a much larger wing than one on your car. Seems like a huge advantage in the turns to me. Bizarre looking cars for sure.

[nascarfan24]

yeah i think the cars look pretty cool!

[crasher407]

Originally Posted by Nevadastars

Hey Craig, welcome to the forum! Thats a very different looking type of dirt track car you have there. I see in the pic on the top left, car #250 has a much larger wing than one on your car. Seems like a huge advantage in the turns to me. Bizarre looking cars for sure.

it's just more of a personal choice i prefer the look of the smaller wing rather than the big wing's.

Performance wise i don't think they make that much of a difference as on shale(dirt)track's we reach a max speed of possibly 70mph.

the car's are possibly more like your sprint's than anything else you have over there.

Craig

[Quality88]

Sweet site Craig. Neat cars.

[crasher407]

Originally Posted by Quality88

Sweet site Craig. Neat cars.

this was from 1996 i hadnt raced for a couple of season's and my brother had offered me a drive in one of his car's so who was i to say no.

Like i said the racing is a bit different over here.

click the link to watch the video BriSCA F1 Heat 3 Coventry 1996 - cov'96 med q.wmv @ ZippyVideos.com - Free Video Webhosting

craig

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by crasher407

this was from 1996 i hadnt raced for a couple of season's and my brother had offered me a drive in one of his car's so who was i to say no.

Like i said the racing is a bit different over here.

click the link to watch the video BriSCA F1 Heat 3 Coventry 1996 - cov'96 med q.wmv @ ZippyVideos.com - Free Video Webhosting

craig

I think the closest car we have close to those are the outlaws.

[crasher407]

Originally Posted by Quality88

I think the closest car we have close to those are the outlaws.

apart from the fact that contact is allowed i would say that's about the closest aswell.

[Nevadastars]

Originally Posted by Quality88

I think the closest car we have close to those are the outlaws.

Or even the old Super Modifieds. But wow, nothing in this country has front bumpers like the ones you guys run Craig, like Bertie the Bumper! Your cars also have some serious rear weight. So, I imagine you need those big, heavy front bumpers to keep the front end down if/when the car hooks up on the straights.

[Bob Tanner]

Great site, Craig. I'd be interested in knowing the type engines you run, though I would presume they'd run four cylinder engines with dual two barrel carbs? Probably Leyland engines out of Triumphs, or the like? What kind of frames do they use? They look as though they could be mini-lorry frames or even taxi frames?

They remind me very much of the high-dollar figure eight cars they used to run. Back in the fifty's, at my hometown track, we used to run something slightly resembling your cars, only without the wing or the enclosed driver compartment. They were called Roadsters, running a sectioned 30's or 40's coupe frame with the top removed. We ran flathead Ford or mercury engines, bored out with the heads milled so radically that we always had trouble with the valves breaking the heads. We had a set of ARDUN heads (overhead valve conversion heads for a flathead engine), but we'nt allowed to run them. We ran either a 350 CFM four barrel carb or ran three two barrels.

Gohd! This really brings back memories! Thanks for sharing your page.