NEW SERIES - Looking Back

We will occasionally add a feature from the archives of Short Circuit magazine which will be popular.

Fire and Window Nets: from the April 1995 issue

Rockingham: from the March 1999 issue

Short Circuit on Tour: Canada 2004

National Heat: Fancy racing a National Hot Rod on your PC. Now you can.

Start Racing: All you need to know about getting started with actually racing on the ovals.

Are Race Cars too Strong?: Crash testing, the 'Humpy' Bumper and latest in seats from America.

Short Circuit Survey: We asked you to fill in a survey at the start of last season, and here are the results.

Racing Sims: We test a variety of stock car and sprint car racing games.

Technical Features

Questions and Answers click here for Technical Forum

Testing Your Race Car: Steps to take to test a race car for understeer and oversteer (loose or tight).

Wheel and Steering Geometry: Theory behind Tracking, Camber, Axle alignment and Caster.

Aerofoils - How they work:  The big wings on top of Sprint Cars can have a big effect on handling, speed and drag. Jason Ansell investigates the principles that can apply to any car with aerodynamic devices.

A Look at The American Midget: All about a typical American Midget car

How to Build a Granada Banger: If you race in Demolition Derby's or Banger racing as it is known in Europe, we look at what it takes to prepare an old Ford Granada which   are the favourite choice of car into a Banger (or Demo car), eventually ending with the destruction derby.

Setting Cars Up - Shifting your weight: Some of the basics of weighting your car and getting the corner weights and crossweight set up to suit how you want the car to handle.