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Q-School Racing Style
Learn the correct methods for qualifying and why these methods work. more
Slicing For Speed
Learn the secrets and the process of grooving, siping, and grinding in order to make your dirt racing car faster. more
Solving Exit Handling Problems - Basic Handling Fixes Part Two
Learn to recognize basic handling problems and ways to correct them for corner entry and middle of the turn. more
Keeping It Cool When Racing - Cool It
When racing temperatures in the car can reach well over 150, so racers have to find different ways and different products that help keep them cool. more
Race Driving Techniques - Team Communication - Driver Input Techniques
If a driver and crew can't communicate, a team will never see victory lane. Here's some hints and tips for better driver communication more
Testing Racing Results - Design Of Experiment
Using Design of Experiment, you can increase your team's eficiency, and maybe your trips to the winner's circle more
Rebuilding a Bert Racing Transmission
Step by step tips on how to rebuild and perform yearly maintenance on a Bert Racing transmission more
Chassis Dynamics - Stock Car Dynamics Part 2
In part two of our Stock Car Dynamics series, we show you how to apply dynamics technology to the chassis setup of your race car more
Installing a NASCAR-Style Sway Bar
Steps and tips for installing a three-piece splined sway bar more
Jigging It
Wrecks and bent chassis are part of racing here's how to use a jig toget it all straightened out. more
Circle Track Contact Us Page
How to find the information you need for everything and anything involving Circle Track magazine. more
TIG Welding - Tig'ing For Pros
Even thought TIG welding is left the professional welder, it is not as difficult as you may think. more
Please Be Seated: How to Mount a Seat
How to mount a racing seat - safely. more
How to: Stock Car Measurements
Expert advice on understanding and measuring caster and camber more
Reality Racer
A look at the recent progress in the Reality Racer Project Modified... more
Performance Camshaft Kit and Calibration - How To
Degreeing and dialing in your race motor's camshaft is easier than ever now with this great kit more
Clutch Basics 101
If you’re a racer, you know that the clutch is the vital linkage between the engine and the transmission. If you don’t have it installed or adjusted correctly, you can lose horsepower and wear out the clutch prematurely. To help you get it right, Cir more
Building A Simple Race Car Trailer, Part 2
In Part 1 we covered building the basic frame of a budget race car trailer. It was fitted with 6,000-pound mobile home axles. They are plentiful throughout most of the country, some to the point of being free if you want to crawl under a mobile home to get the more
Installing Your Brakes
Everybody knows that brakes can be the most important aspect of your car’s makeup. After all, what good is going fast if you can’t stop the car? You need brakes to race. It’s that simple. Otherwise, the only stopping you’re likely to be doi more
Building A Simple Race Car Trailer, Part I
Sometimes we bucks-down racers spend all our money on the race car and then have to borrow a trailer to get it to the track. This is an all-too-familiar scenario, so I sat down to devise a simple open trailer that will safely transport my beloved car at an eco more
Dirt Car Shock Tuning
Dirt racing is increasingly becoming a buy-it-and-bolt-it-on sport. One of the few ways to get an advantage over the next guy when it comes to the race car is good suspension tuning. To get the lowdown on getting a Dirt Late Model hooked up with proper shock a more
Header Repair
Here’s the scenario: It’s early Monday evening. You are home from work and have finally decided it’s time to get back to work on the car. Saturday night was the race you had been dreading but knew was inevitable—the big wreck (insert your s more
Build Your Own Shock Dyno!
The average racer these days desperately needs a shock absorberdynamometer. Why, you ask? Because what you buy might not be what youneed. Due to many factors, design, production methods, etc., a shockabsorber may not have the rate of compression and rebo more
Advice From Winston Cup Owner Andy Petree - First, Get An Engine! - Track Tech
NASCAR Winston Cup Team Owner Andy Petree Offers Some Advice On Setting Up A Team, Getting Competitive And How To Spend Your Money more
Plumbing Your Fuel System
We all know the engine supplies power to the race car, but what supplies power to the engine? Fuel is where the engine’s power comes from and getting it to the engine is one of the most important systems in the race car. To help understand what is invol more