rec.autos.sport FAQ 1/8: Introduction Frequently Asked Questions
From: bspahh@midge.bath.ac.uk (A H Henry)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.misc,rec.autos.sport.info,rec.answers,news.answers
Subject: rec.autos.sport FAQ 1/8: Introduction Frequently Asked Questions
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Followup-To: rec.autos.sport.misc
Date: 6 Jan 1997 19:07:49 GMT
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Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked
Questions (and their answers) about comptetitive
motorsport. It should be read by anyone who wishes
to post to rec.autos.sport.* newsgroups.
Keywords: FAQ, autosport, motorsport, motor, sport, introduction
X-Last-Updated: 1995/09/19
Archive-name: autos/sport/introduction
URL: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq/rasfaq.html
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: Sept 19th 1995
Version: 1.4
The rec.autos.sport FAQ
A few of the things you might have
wanted to know about motorsport
Version 1.4 by Andrew Henry
May 26, 1995
Copyright 1995 by Motorsport News International and the authors
Permission is granted to freely distribute this document.
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 How to find the FAQ
This will be posted monthly to rec.autos.sport.info,
rec.autos.sport.misc, rec.answers and news.answers.
The FAQ is now available in several formats:
1.1.1 ASCII Text
The latest text version of the FAQ is available at:
ftp://mgu.bath.ac.uk/pub/rec.autos.sport/rec-autos-sport-faq-all
Alternatively, these sites have copies of this document, although
they may be earlier versions. Several of the following lines
are longer than 80 characters long, which may make it difficult
for you to read them. Please contact rasfaq@bath.ac.uk if this is
a problem.
NORTH AMERICA
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.autos.sport.info/rec.autos.sport_FAQ_1_8%3A_Introduction_Frequently_Asked_Questions
ftp://relay.cs.toronto.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
EUROPE
ftp://ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/uunet/usenet/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.Z
ftp://ftp.warwick.ac.uk/pub/mirrors/faqs/usenet-by-group/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/news/answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ugle.unit.no/faq/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://ftp.lth.se/pub/netnews/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.diku.dk/pub/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://gigaserv.uni-paderborn.de/doc/FAQ/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/doc/usenet/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/pub/newsarchive/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.rz.uni-ulm.de/pub/news-faq/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/doc/FAQ/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.uni-passau.de/mount/archive.theory/answers/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://rznext01.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/.mnt/infosys/newsarchiv/FAQs/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/doc/faqs/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.jussieu.fr/pub2/doc/faqs/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/FAQ/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.univ-lille1.fr/pub/unix/faq/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://mcsun.eu.net/disk0/documents/faq/autos/sport/introduction.Z
ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://idea.sec.dsi.unimi.it/.3/FAQ/rec.autos.sport.info/rec.autos.sport_FAQ_1_8%3A_Introduction_Frequently_Asked_Questions
ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/archive/faq/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub4/internet-info/faqs/answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://ftp.cyf-kr.edu.pl/pub/mirror/usenet/autos/sport/introduction
AUSTRALIA
ftp://plaza.aarnet.edu.au/usenet/FAQs/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://extro.ucc.su.oz.au/pub/usenet/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://ftp.bhp.com.au/internet/FAQs/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://ftp.dstc.edu.au/u4/rtfm/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
SOUTH EAST ASIA
ftp://ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://bash.cc.keio.ac.jp/pub/netnews/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/NetNews/FAQandDOCS/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://ftp.ccu.edu.tw/pub/faq/news/answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw/pub/FAQ/news/answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://ftp.ncu.edu.tw/document/FAQ/news/answers/autos/sport/introduction.gz
ftp://gate.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/USENET-FAQ/news/answers/autos/sport/introduction
ftp://cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/usenet/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction.Z
ftp://ntuix.ntu.ac.sg/pub/faq/news.answers/autos/sport/introduction
1.1.2 WWW
The latest hypertext version is here:
UK: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html
USA: http://microwave1.ph.msstate.edu/~js1/rasfaq/rasfaq.html
1.2 Getting files by e-mail and ftp
If you only have electronic mail, the FAQ can also be retrieved from
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu, listserver@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr,
ftp-mail@uni-paderborn.de and ftpmail@ftp.edu.tw
If you have a limit on the number of lines that you can read of each
mail message, you can specify the maximum size of each message that is
send from mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu (and perhaps the other mail servers
- I haven't checked). The server will then split large files into
separate messages.
For information on how to use FTP, send e-mail to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with with no subject line. In the body of the
mail, put: send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources
To access WWW pages by e-mail, send a message to
listproc@www0.cern.ch In the message body, write
"www http://www.someplace.somewhere/interesting.html"
1.3 What is a FAQ ?
This is normally a Frequently Asked Question, although some people
prefer to call them Frequently Answered Questions. Some of the entries
in this FAQ aren't actually answered or even asked very often, but I
think they are some questions that should be answered.
Whilst some care has been taken in the preparation of this FAQ, a few
errors may have slipped through the net (no pun intended). Please send
any corrections, additions or deletions to rasfaq@bath.ac.uk.
I have tried to keep the spelling and grammar as consistent as
possible. Practically this means that I've used English English, in
which I'm fluent, and not American English, which I merely understand.
Throughout the FAQ, telephone numbers are quoted by giving the
country, the international dialing code in parentheses, (), followed by
the rest of the number. Although this is a little unwieldy, it is clear
and consistent. To dial from the same country, you usually dial 0
instead of the international dialing code. Check your telephone book
for instructions on making International calls. You may not be able to
reach some numbers from another country (for example: North American
1-800 numbers).
1.4 Contents of the FAQ
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 How to find the FAQ
1.1.1 ASCII Text
1.1.2 WWW
1.2 Getting files by e-mail and ftp
1.3 What is a FAQ ?
1.4 Contents of the FAQ
2. NETTIQUETTE
2.1 The Content of Your Post
2.2 The Style of Your Post
2.3 Practicalities
2.4 Spoilers
2.5 Handling Frequently Asked Questions
3. CHARTERS
3.1 rec.autos.sport
3.2 rec.autos.sport.info
3.3 rec.autos.sport.f1
3.4 rec.autos.sport.indy
3.5 rec.autos.sport.nascar
3.6 rec.autos.sport.misc
3.7 rec.autos.sport.tech
3.8 rec.autos.simulators
3.9 Others related newsgroups
4. MAILING LISTS
4.1 Motorsport
4.2 Autocross
4.3 DRML (Drag Racing Mailing List)
4.4 Hotrods
4.5 Karting
4.6 NASCAR
4.7 Rallying
4.8 UK Road Rallying
4.9 Wheel-to-wheel
4.10 Formula SAE
5. OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES
5.1 What are WWW and IRC?
5.2 Some interesting WWW URLs
5.3 Gopher
5.4 IRC channels
5.5 Televised Events
5.5 bar flash reading from his BMW/Mader-Benetton ... estimated over
6. 1995 RACE SCHEDULES
6.1 Single Seaters
6.1.1 FIA Formula 1 World Championship
6.1.2 FIA International F3000 Championship
6.1.3 All-Japan F3000 Championship
6.1.4 PPG IndyCar World Series
6.2 Stock (Touring) Cars
6.2.1 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
6.2.2 NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division
6.2.3 NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National North Division
6.2.4 True Value Hardware Stores/Dodge International Race Of Champions
6.2.5 NASTRUCK series
6.2.6 SCCA Trans-Am
6.2.7 Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschaft (DTM, GTCC)
6.2.8 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC)
6.2.9 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)
6.2.10 French Touring Car Championship
6.2.11 German Super Touring Cup
6.2.12 Italian Touring Car Championship
6.2.13 Spanish Touring Car Championship
6.2.14 All-Japan Touring Car Championship
6.2.15 Australian Manufacturers Championship
6.2.16 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship
6.3 Rallying
6.3.1 FIA World Rally Championship
6.3.2 Mobil 1/Top Gear RAC Britih Rally Championship
6.3.3 Mintex Rally Championship
6.3.4 BTRDA Rally Series
6.3.5 Scottish Rally Championship
6.3.6 Motoring News Rally Championship
6.3.7 European Rallycross Championship
6.4 Miscellaneous Series
6.4.1 Exxon World Sports Cars
6.4.2 World of Outlaws/Copenhagen-Skoal Shootout
6.4.3 Mickey Thompson Off Road Series
6.4.4 NHRA National Events
6.4.5 Miscellaneous Races
6.5 1995 Drivers
6.5.1 NASCAR Winston Cup Drivers
6.5.2 Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschaft Drivers (DTM, GTCC)
7. 1994 F1 SPECIFICATIONS
7.1 What is the relationship between FIA, FOCA and F1 ?
7.2 How powerful were the `turbo' F1 cars ?
7.3 How do pneumatic valve return systems work ?
7.4 How much does it cost to run a F1 team?
7.5 How is F1 Prize Money Shared Out ?
7.6 How did Ron Dennis come to run McLaren ?
7.7 How did Frank Williams get into Formula One ?
7.8 National Racing Colours
8. 1994 INDYCAR SPECIFICATIONS
8.1 Chassis
8.2 Aerodynamics
8.3 Tyres
8.4 Engines
8.5 Fuel
8.6 How much does it cost to run an IndyCar team?
9. QUALIFYING FOR THE INDY 500
9.1 Which cars start the race ?
9.2 How are the qualifying days organised ?
9.3 How is the race starting order decided ?
9.4 How big is the track at Indy ?
9.5 How can I get tickets for the Indy 500 ?
9.6 Qualifying for other IndyCar Races
10. POINTS SYSTEMS
10.1 How does the F1 points system work?
10.2 How does the IndyCar points system work?
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 What are the IndyCar flag rules ?
11.2 Andretti vs Mansell
11.3 What are the pros and cons of gravel traps, tyre walls, armco &
11.4 Where can I send condolences to the Family of Ayrton Senna ?
11.5 What Helmet was Ayrton Senna Wearing When he Crashed?
12. NASCAR INFORMATION
12.1 Technical Regulations
12.2 So How Much of a `Stock Car' is `Stock' ?
12.3 What is a `restrictor plate' ?
12.4 How does the NASCAR Winston Cup points system work?
12.5 How are rookie points decided ?
12.6 How are NASCAR provisional starts decided ?
12.7 Who is the guy that's always in the NASCAR victory lane ?
12.8 How can I find MRN radio ?
12.9 How can I get information about watching a NASCAR race ?
13. GENERAL QUESTIONS
13.1 Who is the greatest driver of all time ?
13.2 Which is the best racing series ?
13.3 Murray Walker
13.4 Motorsport GIFs and JPEGs ?
13.5 Which are good races to spectate at ?
13.6 Where can I get tickets for races ?
13.6.1 San Marino GP, May 1st 1994
13.6.2 Canadian GP, June 12 1994
13.6.3 British GP, July 16th 1995
13.6.4 Italian GP, September 11th 1994
13.7 Origins of the names of teams and Manufacturers
13.8 What are the origins of F1 chassis numbers ?
13.9 How are F1 race numbers allocated ?
13.10 Why is there no US GP ?
14. MOTORSPORT PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
14.1 Pronouncing `English' names
14.2 Pronouncing Germanic names
14.3 Pronouncing Japanese names
14.4 Pronouncing French and Canadian names
14.5 Pronouncing Portuguese and Brazilian names
14.6 Pronouncing Finnish names
15. REC.AUTOS.SPORT AND USENET
15.1 The race finished hours ago. Where are all the results ?
15.2 Where are r.a.s.info, r.a.s.tech, r.a.s.nascar, r.a.s.f1,
15.3 How many people read the rec.autos.sport hierarchy ?
15.4 Where can I get the latest race results and championship tables ?
15.5 Now that rec.autos.sport has split, why not make
15.6 Why rec.autos.sport.* and not rec.sport.autos.* ?
16. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS
16.1 How do I Join the Pick6 competitions ?
16.2 Which are faster: Racing cars or racing motorbikes ?
16.3 Which are faster: F1 or IndyCars ?
16.4 Can a car decelerate faster than 1G ?
16.5 Car X handles superbly. All it needs is more power
16.6 What are the advantages of Carbon Fibre Brakes ?
16.7 Who helped make this FAQ ?
17. TOURING CAR REGULATIONS
17.1 FIA Class 1 Touring Car Technical Regulations
17.2 FIA Class 2 Touring Car Technical Regulations
18. GETTING INVOLVED WITH MOTORSPORT
18.1 Marshalling(Course Working)
18.1.1 What type of training do marshalls need for regional races?
18.1.2 What type of training do F1 marshalls need ?
18.2 Helping a Race Team
19. STARTING RACING
19.1 Which series ?
19.1.1 single-seaters
19.1.2 stock cars
19.2 Race Driving Schools
19.2.1 F1 Racing school
19.2.2 SCCA Racing Schools
19.2.3 Sprint Car Driving School
19.2.4 Drag Race Driving School
19.3 Kart Racing
19.3.1 Classes of karting
19.4 Getting Sponsorship
20. RACE SCANNERS
20.1 Is that all that you can use a scanner for?
20.2 Where is it legal to use a scanner ?
20.2.1 USA
20.2.2 UK
20.3 Scanner Features
20.3.1 Setting Frequencies
20.3.2 Which frequency bands - 200, 400 or 800Mhz
20.3.3 Will you be able to hear it ?
20.3.4 Bleedover
20.3.5 Batteries
20.4 What Scanner Should I Buy?
20.4.1 Uniden
20.4.2 Radio Shack
20.5 Some Comments on Scanners at Races
20.6 Where to buy a scanner or frequency lists
21. MISCELLANEOUS
21.1 What is Formula SAE ?
21.2 What is `John Winter's' real name ?
22. ADDRESSES
22.1 Track Addresses
22.2 New Track Projects List
22.6 Motorsport Governing Bodies
22.7 TV Company Addresses
22.8 F1 Team Addresses
22.9 IndyCar Team Addresses
22.10 NASCAR Team Addresses
22.11 More Addresses
23. MAGAZINES
23.1 Addresses for Motor Sport Magazines
23.2 Motorsport Book, Art and Memorabilia Addresses
23.3 Motorsport Video Companies
Chapter 2
Nettiquette
A lot of people read this newsgroup - over 100,000 at the latest
estimate. Some readers are restricted to tortuously slow connections.
Some people pay for their connect time by the minute. Other people just
like to read news when the Net is running slowly. When you post, please
ask yourself questions like:
2.1 The Content of Your Post
o Are you discussing `organised, legal auto competitions' ? The
rec.autos.sport newsgroups are not for discussion of roadgoing
`sports cars'.
o Would it be better to post to rec.autos.sport.info,
rec.autos.sport.f1, rec.autos.sport.indy, rec.autos.sport.nascar,
rec.autos.sport.tech or rec.autos.sport.misc ? The charters for these
newsgroups are listed in Chapter 3.
o Is a cross posted article is directly relevant to all of the groups
where it will appear ? It is usually wrong to cross post an article
to two out of r.a.s.f1, r.a.s.indy or r.a.s.nascar. Post to
r.a.s.misc and one of its subgroups (eg r.a.s.tech or r.a.s.nascar).
o It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted
work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by international and US copyright law unless
given permission by the author
2.2 The Style of Your Post
o Would you want to read what you are writing ? Might it be better to
email a comment, or even make no comment ? Spelling and grammar
flames are particularly dull for the rest of the world, as are posts
which follow fifty lines of quoted text with I agree.
o On the Net, most people only know you by the words that you write.
People will pay more attention to your thoughts if your writing is
clear and easy to read with good spelling and punctuation.
o Trim down your quotes. Delete parts of the article that you are not
responding to such as other people's signatures. Its best to have as
little as possible from previous posts.
o Humour, and particularly sarcasm, is often misunderstood over the Net
with hilarious consequences. A smily, :-), may be advisable.
2.3 Practicalities
o Is the subject line both descriptive and accurate ?
o People can select the articles which most appeal to them if you have
a keyword in the subject field like F1, INDYCAR, NHRA, WRC, F3000,
IMSA etc. I think ADMIN is good for any posts which discuss the
day-to-day running of the group, splitting the group, or revising the
charter.
o Please try to keep the lines in the main text of your posts to fewer
than 80 characters per line. When lines are longer than this, it
becomes difficult to read with many news readers. 72 characters per
line is a good length, since it allows others to quote you without
running over 80 characters.
o If you are following up an article to create a new article, please
remember to delete the References: line in the header. This will help
the readers who use a threaded news reader; otherwise your new topic
will be mixed in with an old one.
o Please do not post large files like GIFs or JPEGs to rec.autos.sport
newsgroups. They will fill the Usenet disk partitions at some sites.
Some people cannot select which articles they want before they have
to download them. It is much better to post them to
alt.binaries.pictures.misc with a short post to an appropriate
rec.autos.sport newsgroup to notify anyone who is interested.
2.4 Spoilers
o If you are going to post about a race before some people will have
had the chance to watch it on television, say within 48 hours of the
race, please put (spoiler) in the Subject: line and don't give away
the result. You might also want to give people a chance to quit
reading your message before you give them the news. The most reliable
way of doing this is with at least 24 blank lines. L page breaks
(hold the control key and press l) do not work for some newsreaders.
o If you have not yet seen the race, a day after it was on TV, and you
really don't want to know who won, please abstain from r.a.s for a
day. Even if everyone goes by the guidelines, there are always new
people who won't know about them.
o If someone posts results without a spoiler warning, do not post a
public flame. Mail a reasonably civil email note to that person
requesting that they use (spoiler) in the future.
2.5 Handling Frequently Asked Questions
o If you are asking a basic question, please check the FAQ first. If
the FAQ is has expired on your system, see section 1.1 for
information on how to get a copy.
o If someone posts a question about something that was resolved
recently, please answer the poster via email. Rehashing something
that was just discussed is a waste of bandwidth unless you have
something new to add.
o Many news reading programs allow you to filter the articles in a
newsgroup to ignore articles from a particular author or on certain
subjects using a KILL file. If you're using rn or its brethren, see
the rn KILL file FAQ in news.answers. Two lines that you might like
in your KILL file are:
/Subject: rec.autos.sport FAQ/h:j
/A.H. Henry/f:j
Chapter 3
Charters
3.1 rec.autos.sport
This unmoderated group is for discussion of legal, organised
competition involving automobiles. Discussion from either of two
viewpoints, spectator and participant, is encouraged. Technical
discussions are generally more appropriately carried on in
rec.autos.sport.tech, and NASCAR (and other professional stock car
racing) is discussed in rec.autos.sport.nascar. Arguments about sports
cars are largely inappropriate, as are most other discussions. For Sale
ads are inappropriate unless they are for competition vehicles and/or
equipment. Discussions of illegal events are marginal; one should
probably avoid advocating breaking the law. (remember, the FBI reads
Usenet!)
The rec.autos.sport newsgroup will be officially removed on November
28th 1994. If the new groups have not appeared at the site where you
read Usenet, contact your system administrator.
You may find that articles continue to appear in rec.autos.sport for
some time after November 28th. This is because some Usenet sites are
set up to ignore the control messages. However, it is a good idea to
post to the new newsgroups whenever possible, as these are likely to be
distributed more widely and read by more people.
For more information on the removal of rec.autos.sport, refer to the
"Bogus USENET Groups" article that is posted to news.announce.newgroups
and news.groups.
3.2 rec.autos.sport.info
This is a moderated group which contains announcements, results,
standings, news items, press releases, schedules, `reliable' rumours,
and other information about automotive racing. No discussion is
permitted; followups should be directed to the appropriate newsgroup in
the rec.autos.sport hierarchy.
3.3 rec.autos.sport.f1
Anything to do with Formula 1 motor racing, including but not limited
to race results, times from testing, practice, and qualifying, silly
season predictions, rumours, and news. Discussion of teams, drivers,
cars, engines, rules, safety are also in the charter.
3.4 rec.autos.sport.indy
All Indy Car racing related discussion, including but not limited to
race results, times from testing, practice, and qualifying, silly
season predictions, rumours, and news. Discussion of teams, drivers,
cars, engines, rules, safety are also in the charter.
3.5 rec.autos.sport.nascar
This unmoderated group is for discussions about all aspects of
professional stock car racing, especially the NASCAR (Winston Cup and
Grand National) but also series such as CASCAR and AUSCAR.
3.6 rec.autos.sport.misc
Replaces rec.autos.sport as the group in which discussion of organised,
legal motor racing that does not fall within the category of one of the
sub-groups takes places. Now that rec.autos.sport.misc has passed,
rec.autos.sport will be removed in three months, allowing time for
traffic to move to the new groups.
3.7 rec.autos.sport.tech
An unmoderated group for discussions about the technical aspects of
racing cars. Discussions that are appropriate for this group include
F1/Indy engines, restrictor plates, aerodynamics, semi-automatic
transmissions, exotic fuels, carbon vs steel brakes, active suspension,
chassis construction etc.
3.8 rec.autos.simulators
An unmoderated newsgroup for discussions of realistic computer
simulations of automotive vehicles, irrespective of the platforms on
which the simulations are supported. This includes simulations which
have a competitive component (racing simulations) and those which do
not. Arcade racing simulators, which give an overhead perspective and
which do not attempt to provide realism of handling of the vehicle,
would not be appropriate in this newsgroup, whilst discussion of
Microprose's Formula 1 Grand Prix and Papyrus's IndyCar Racing would be
appropriate.
3.9 Others related newsgroups
Motorbike racing is more appropriate in rec.motorcycles.racing and
rec.motorcycles.dirt. You may also find alt.hotrod and
alt.autos.karting, on your Usenet feed.
Chapter 4
Mailing Lists
4.1 Motorsport
A general autosport mailing list. You can subscribe by sending a
message to listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu, and in the body of the message
put sub AUTORACE your_firstname your_lastname.
4.2 Autocross
Discussion of autocrossing, SCCA Solo events. Also available as a
digest. Many members of the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) are on
the list.
Send a message with subscribe and a return e-mail address to
autox-request@autox.team.net. List administration is not an automated
service, but is done by busy people, so it may take days, maybe even a
week or so before anything happens. Be patient.
The list can also be accessed by WWW here:
http://triumph.cs.utah.edu/team.net.html or by anonymous ftp at
triumph.cs.utah.edu.
4.3 DRML (Drag Racing Mailing List)
Info and discussion on amateur and professional drag racing. To
subscribe, send a message to listserv@rdt.monash.edu.au, with no
subject line. In the body of the mail, put: subscribe drml your name
(ie: John Smith)
To unsubscribe, send a message to listserv@rdt.monash.edu.au with
signoff drml in the body of the mail.
4.4 Hotrods
The hotrod list is chartered to provide a forum for people interested
in high performance vehicles to exchange ideas and discuss topics of
current interest. This list is chartered as broadly as possible
consistent with noise supression. Explicitly acceptable is any
discussion regarding increasing the performance of any vehicle with
more than three wheels.
To subscribe, send email to hotrod-request@dixie.com with subscribe
and a return email address in the Subject: line. To unsubscribe, put
the keyword drop and your return email address in the Subject: line.
This mailing list is also mirrored to alt.hotrod.
4.5 Karting
Relevant topics include recreational karting, racing, off-road,
on-road, wheel2wheel racing, mud, sand, just plain dirt, manufacturers,
suppliers, commercial karting facilities, good tracks, bad tracks,
track design, setup, engine modifications, chassis setup, rules, lack
of rules, safety (should have been first), and anything else we can
think of. See section 19.3 for more details on karting.
To subscribe, send email to karting-request@cmr.com with subscribe in
the body of the message (not in the Subject: line).
4.6 NASCAR
This mailing list is dedicated to the open discussion of both Winston
Cup Series and Busch Series events. This includes tracks, drivers,
teams, races, events, etc.
To subscribe, send email to majordomo@dithots.dithots.org with
subscribe in the body of the message (not in the Subject: line).
4.7 Rallying
Discussion of rallying, including driving, navigating, car preparation.
To subscribe, send email to majordomo@scifi.maid.com with
subscribe in the body of the message (not in the Subject: line).
4.8 UK Road Rallying
Discussion of UK road rallying. To subscribe, send e-mail to
bill.melotti@rl.ac.uk. This is not a listserver - its only a mail
alias
4.9 Wheel-to-wheel
For people interested in participation in auto racing as driver, worker
or crew. People interested in all types of wheel-to-wheel racing are
welcome, but the majority of the discussion centres on road courses.
To subscribe, send e-mail to
wheeltowheel-request@abingdon.Eng.Sun.COM with subscribe in the body of
the message (not in the Subject: line).
Be forewarned that the list administrator doesn't have time to
monitor this mailbox as frequently as you'd like; he has a real job and
two race cars to rebuild. Be patient and you will be subscribed.
4.10 Formula SAE
Discussion of Formula SAE (see section 21.1 for more Formula SAE
information).
To subscribe send a message to fsae-request@list.gatech.edu with a
Subject: of subscribe and no body.
Chapter 5
Other Internet Resources
Tools for finding interesting online information are described here:
ftp://NCTUCCCA.edu.tw/documents/Internet/MaasInfo/FindGroup.txt
5.1 What are WWW and IRC?
Descriptions of WWW and IRC are in the FAQs for comp.infosystems.www
and alt.irc in news.answers
5.2 Some interesting WWW URLs
o Archives for rec.autos.sport.info
http://www.motorsport.com/Series/Index.html
o Motorsport Links
http://www.motorsport.com/Links.html
o F1 IndyCar & NASCAR
http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Contribs/carina/ra.home.page.html
o Various Motorsport Links
http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Sports/Auto_Racing/
o F1 Information http://whirligig.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mjg93/f1.html
o Verstappen fire MPEG http://www.emi.com/employees/bownes.html
o World Rally Championship (WRC) http://www.jyu.fi/~pakar/
o Road Rallying Information
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/ef1c/plug.html
o Road Rallying & Club Motorsport
http://www.chem.rdg.ac.uk/g50/mmrg/john/rallying.html
o Rallying in Australia
http://oversteer.library.uwa.edu.au/Rally/Rally.html
o Racing Circuits http://www.bath.ac.uk/~py3dlg/tracks.html
o Formula One Constructor Histories
http://dcpu1.cs.york.ac.uk:6666/pete/racing/index.html
o Formula One Info http://zoo.bevc.blacksburg.va.us/f1.html
o Motorsports Info http://www.me.mtu.edu/personal/loew/public_html/
o Ice Speedway
http://ws105.zfn.uni-bremen.de/icespeedway/icespeedway.html
o Formula SAE http://barracuda3.me.mtu.edu:8023/~loew/FSAE/fsae.html
o Weekly automotive TV schedule http://www.emi.com/tve
o Vintage Motorsport http://www.pitt.edu/~timq/index.html
o The Physics of Racing http://reality.sgi.com:80/employees/rck/PhOR
o Karting http://www.ee.ubc.ca/~kevinm/index.html
o IndyCar Australia
http://gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au/indy.html
o Introduction to bracket drag racing. http://www.bucknell.edu/
beard/drag/ET.html
o Two Litre Super Touring Car racing in Australia and around the world.
http://plynden.itd.uts.edu.au/
o DTM and Opel Team Rosberg
http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/mmkat/matti/dtm/opeleng.htm
5.3 Gopher
o TAMSCC gopher://tamscc.tamu.edu
5.4 IRC channels
o eFFNet
# motorsprt # Nascar # Formula1 # IndyCar
o UnderNet
# Motorsport
The NASCAR race schedule, racing frequencies, TV schedule, teams, point
system are available by IRC. They are DCCable and can be found on
RaceBOT on any of the above channels.
These servers may not run all of the time.
5.5 Televised Events
A compilation of info gleaned from TV listings, auto mags, newspapers,
tea leaves, my favourite bartender, and the nice folks at TNN. If you
are having trouble with this list arriving at your site in a timely
fashion, please let me [ Bill Stoffel ] know by e-mail and I will start
mailing you a copy. You can also get the information by WWW (see
section 5.2). Comments, suggestions, additions, pit passes to:
stoffel@oasys.dt.navy.mil
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