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The differences between running an Indy car on a road circuit and an oval are covered, as is the struggle to get the best from a car for the Indy 500 - a task which is described with unusual clarity. Nigel also describes the story of the 'Big Beast' - the Mercedes pushrod engine that won the 1994 Indy 500. Sharing in detail his own view of the importance of suspension geometry, and how it deviates from present practices, this book also includes personal views on the Penske years from a number of motor sport figures, and those of a rival Indy car designer Bruce Ashmore. A fascinating first-hand behind-the-scenes insight. Included in the story is considerable detail of Nigel's eight years spent with the Firestone European Racing Division, covering an area vital to racing car performance, plus the relationship between a tyre company and its leading contracted team. The 60s and 70s were rife with tyre wars, and many interesting stories unfolded during those decades. With descriptions of the importance of the Race Engineer to the driver, and to a team's competitiveness, Nigel offers detailed insight to how an engineer worked with a car and tuned its set-up in an era before computer readouts and telemetry came to dominate.Product Identifiers
PublisherVeloce Publishing LTD
ISBN-139781845845360
eBay Product ID (ePID)176276635
Product Key Features
Book TitleInspired to Design: F1 Cars, Indycars & Racing Tyres: the Autobiography of Nigel Bennett
AuthorNigel Bennett
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMotor Vehicles
Publication Year2013
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height250mm
Item Width207mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorNigel Bennett
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom