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How to Regulate Short Track Racing to Death
In racing, we have in certain circles what is known as Balance of Performance. It is actually called that, but in many other forms of racing it’s not called anything, but it has the same intent. That...
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Creating Better Traction Through Camber Changes
In the Truth piece in this issue we learned that certain control arm angles in a double A-arm suspension will create the ideal tire contact patch for a particular race car. We discovered through...
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Fine Tuning the Stock Division
When I learned that my friend needed help setting up his dirt hobby stock car, I jumped at the opportunity. This little project allowed me to apply some of the technology we provide in CT to a car with...
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Third Link Suspension: Why and How To Make Changes
The third link can refer to either the upper link in a traditional three link rear suspension, or it could refer to a lift arm, pull bar, or torque arm. Those too make up a third attachment that...
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A Few Secrets to Making Camber Changes
Changing camber in your front wheels is pretty straight forward, right? There are some things that are inadvertently altered when we change our cambers. Let’s go through the process and see that we...
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How to Adjust Brake Bias
We have often talked of the need for brake bias adjusting. We need for the bias adjuster to be centered when we have the correct amount of braking force in the front verses the rear. There are several...
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Why We Do What We Do at Circle Track
I wrote a column several years ago discussing why we do what we do here at Circle Track. I think it is important to re-address that topic and I was recently motivated to do that by a “reader” who wrote...
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Methods Used to Make Spring Changes
It sounds pretty simple, just change a spring, right? There are some things to know before you change a spring in a race car. Some of these are simple and a no brainer, while others are not that...
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How to Change Trailing Arm Angles Properly
The reasons why and the methods we use to change the rear trailing arm links are many. Those lie somewhere in among the various ways we try to improve our performance. But there are ways to do this...
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Changing Control Arm Angles: On Purpose or Not
Back in the heyday of Cup racing, I attended track tests put on by some of the top teams at various tracks, and one of the things many of them did was make changes to the upper control arms. At that...
View ArticleRacer Passes Away After Myrtle Beach Speedway Incident
Jackie Ward, 56, passed away after a two-car incident during the Southeast Limited Late Model Series Challenger Division 50-lap feature at Myrtle Beach (SC) Speedway Friday. Ward, from Surfside Beach,...
View ArticleDirt Versus Asphalt Race Cars – The Great Separation
A lot of people think that there is a vast difference between dirt and asphalt race cars. And for the most part, they’d be correct. That is except for the evolution of the setups for both genres. If we...
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Controlling Suspension Travel in Dirt Cars
The ride height changes we see on a typical dirt car could be considered extreme. But, the movement of the chassis is necessary in order to position the car the way we want it to be. We can visually...
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Weight Loads and Forces for Dirt Cars
The tire loading for dirt cars is subjective and what you need is always dependent on the track conditions. What separates dirt cars from asphalt race cars, aside from the obvious, is the fact that...
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Asphalt Ride Height Tech
For asphalt Late Model racing, ride heights are becoming a thing of the past. Many tracks and sanctions are relaxing the ride height rule because of the bump setups that cause the car to go far below...
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New Season Performance: Making A Slow Car Into A Fast Car
We’ve done articles on how to refresh your asphalt race car after a long and tough season. We have told you how to tear the car down, how to inspect it, paint it and how to re-assemble it so that it is...
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Enginology: More Thoughts on Engine Airflow
Discussing port volumes as a measure of evaluating potential engine performance. Over time, we’ve used this column as a forum to discuss various aspects of engine air flow. One topic we’ve not included...
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Weight Loads and Forces for Asphalt Cars
The Need to Manage Our Weights It was discovered a long time ago that what makes a race car fast is helping the tires to do as much work as possible. The two things we have learned about making tires...
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Fine Tuning the Stock Division
When I learned that my friend needed help setting up his dirt hobby stock car, I jumped at the opportunity. This little project allowed me to apply some of the technology we provide in CT to a car with...
View ArticleChassis Setup Comparison – SBBS Versus BBSS
Have you ever wondered if all of the new technology is indeed moving us forward? Are our cars truly getting faster with the new setup trends? How would we ever know if all of the crazy setups we are...
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