How-To Tech Articles

In addition to the general car racing tech articles we also provide how to tutorials that give you the steps to perform many of the technical tweaks and tuning adjustments just like the pros. From choosing and installing a fire suppression system to installing a NASCAR-style sway bar and rebuilding a racing transmission. Enjoy the in-depth how to racing guides below.

Car Racing How-To Tips

	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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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.... 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... 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... 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... more

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