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Inspired to Design - F1 Cars, Indycars & Racing Tyres: The Autobiography of Nigel Bennett (Hardcover)
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Inspired to Design - F1 Cars, Indycars & Racing Tyres: The Autobiography of Nigel Bennett (Hardcover)
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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.
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