Since (AFIK) Speed is available in all areas of Canada and on a second
tier (first tier being very basic which few bother with), it means that
the races will be carried according to their schedule without any
blackouts.  That is unless someone else picks them up.

Last year there was no change to the terrestrial network broadcasts and
in one case TSN actually carried a race before Speed’s tape delay was on
the following day.

Here’s the excerpt from Norris MacDonald’s column in the Toronto Star:

"TSN released its auto racing lineup this week and no Champ Car races are
on the schedule.

There have been scheduling conflicts in recent years ? baseball or CFL
football always seemed to take priority ? and Champ Car (not to mention
its fans) was not happy.

Let’s hope Sportsnet, The Score or the Outdoor Life Network will
guarantee to telecast Champ Car races when they are actually happening,
not eight hours later."

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IN THIS ISSUE
* Car Trivia Questions
* Give Away

* Formula 1

* Bits and Pieces

* Car Trivia Answers
* 10% Off Purchases For Your Trivia Questions

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Car Trivia (answers are later in this email)

1) The first speed limit was established in England in 1903. How fast was
it?

2) We haven’t had a Henry Ford question lately. Thanks to our friend, Jeff,
we have a new one. In the early days of the automobile, the four-cylinder
engine was the common choice of most manufacturers. However, some up-market
manufacturers opted for the more complex six-cylinder. Even Henry Ford had a
brief flirtation with the bigger engine but rather quickly went back to the
four. What technical explanation did Henry give for this decision?

3) The Jeep is a true American creation, known the world over, a major force
in our halting Germany in its campaign to take over the world. It was
declared by General George C. Marshal as "America’s greatest contribution to
modern warfare." It is elegant in its purposeful simplicity and has earned
its place in history and in the hearts of Americans. When the US Army put
out a request for a lightweight military machine, Bantam Automobile Company
responded. The Jeep was conceived, and a prototype was produced in 49 days.
But, who owns Jeep?

4) What fabric was used on car seats for the first time in the 1973 Gremlin?

5) There is a cab driver that was instrumental in Michael Schumacher getting
his start in Formula One. Care to make a guess how?

— Retreads —
These next three questions are from over two years ago. If you remember them
from before, consider this a memory test.

6) What car was the inspiration for the first Corvette body style?

7) There was the Corbin Sparrow, that three-wheeled wonder that folded in
2003. Maybe you saw Jay Leno driving his on Speed Channel. There was also
Morgan’s original car, a three-wheeler. And, the British Riley had a
three-wheeler, but not for long. But, all these were two wheels in the front
and one in the back. The vehicle considered to be the first car ever was the
1886 Benz three-wheeler, with one wheel in the front and two in the back.
Why did Mr. Benz decide to make his car in that layout?

Dan Gurney has appeared in three movies. Can you name them?

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* Give Away

Our regulars know that last month, we were giving away a $30 Gift
Certificate from Endless Road. We are happy to say the winner was our friend
and customer, Julianne. Nice to have a lady Car Guy.

Again this month, for every purchase our regular Road Chatter recipients
make, we will put their names in our drawing, and the person whose name is
drawn will receive a $30 Gift Certificate from Endless Road.

Good Luck.

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Formula 1

In our last Chatter, we spoke of the possibility of a new team, Super Aguri.
The team has been unanimously accepted by the other teams, a necessity for
entry into F1 (That and an obscene amount of money). This will make 11
teams, the first time since Arrows dropped out in 2002. They have not yet
named their drivers, but Takuma Sato is the assumed number one driver. A
larger field will add to the interest in the races, much needed right now.

2006 Schedule

March 12 Bahrain
March 19 Malaysia
April 2 Australia
April 23 San Marino
May 7 Nurburgring
May 14 Barcelona
May 28 Monaco
June 11 Great Britain
June 25 Montreal
July 2 Indianapolis
July 16 France
July 30 Germany
August 6 Hungary
August 27 Turkey
Sept. 10 Italy
Sept. 17 Belgium
Oct. 1 China
Oct. 8 Japan
Oct. 22 Brazil

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* Bits and Pieces

Racing has lost a great man.

Keith Duckworth was half of the Cosworth Engineering team that brought
competitive engines to so many corners of our Car-Guy world. Some of those
to benefit from Cosworth are: Ford DFV (double four-valve) F1 engine, Champ
Cars, Ford Focus SVT, Audi, Aston Martin’s V12 engines, and scores of other
F1 teams. And who could forget the Cosworth Vega?

Duckworth met Mike Costin while they were both working for Lotus. They
founded Cosworth in 1958 in Shaftsbury Mews, London, England. The creation
of their DFV F1 engine, personally designed by Duckworth, put Cosworth on
the map. The engine won its first race in 1967. And, versions of that engine
went on to win 155 Grands Prix races. Their DFX engine, a stroked version of
their DFV, scored ten Indy 500 wins and ten open-wheel championship titles.

A few quotes by Mr. Duckworth show that he was a guy we would love to share
a few pints with:

"We thought it must be possible to make an interesting living messing about
with racing cars and engines."
"In engineering there is an answer to everything. It’s just that we’re
usually too ignorant or too dim to see it."
"Turbochargers are for people who can’t build engines," he allegedly said in
the early 80′s.

Mr. Duckworth passed away December 18 at the age of 72. Our sport is so much
the better from his involvement.

***

Don’t get rid of your VHS machines; there are many great racing videos that
are available on VCR tape and not scheduled to be put on DVD.

***

The last few months, we have had a MY FAVORITE CAR story here. They were
well received, and we want to continue. If you have fond memories of one of
your fine machines and want to tell about it, send us your story, and, if we
use it, you will have your pick of any one item we have on our web.

***

This isn’t a FAVORITE CAR story, but our friend, Warren, sent this and we
liked it.

It was early October of 1960, and my dad, mom and I were returning home from
an early Sunday morning church service and crossing a very narrow and curved
bridge. My dad was driving his new bright red 1960 Impala convertible with
the top down. My mom was in the middle, and I was on the right (what seat
belts?). Just as we were crossing the bridge, a flat bed 18-wheeler was
approaching from the opposite direction, loaded with 3-inch by 20-foot steel
pipes. Apparently, the pipes had worked themselves loose. As we were
side-by-side, one of the pipes rolled off and struck the top of the left
front fender of the Impala, with such a horrific ‘bang’ we all thought we
were dead. It then careened upwards and through the windshield, leaving an
oval hole in the windshield three inches wide and six inches high. The pipe
then somersaulted over the top of the car. With glass fragments everywhere,
my dad quickly stopped the car on the shoulder of the road. We were
surprised to see we were all ok. The truck driver continued on his way.

I jumped into the car driving behind the truck (a Studebaker if my memory
serves me), we caught up with the truck driver and told him what had just
happened. He said he was not responsible and was not going back. I then
informed him that I already had his tag number, so that was his decision.
The truck driver did return and was later charged with two violations.

Upon closer examination, it was with great shock to learn that when the pipe
came through the windshield of the Impala, it had actually ‘caught’ on the
edge of the center of the steering wheel before it flipped over the car.
When the Impala was repaired, we learned that even the steering column was
bent! By barely a fraction of an inch, my dad’s life was definitely spared
from being impaled by the 20-foot pipe.

My dad passed away in 1996, and, at the funeral, my best friend said to me,
"You know, I think he got an extra 36 years of life," and I knew exactly
what he was referring to. I often look at those pictures of the car and
still wonder how he survived.

***

Every Car Guy loves a good Car Chase movie, and we all have our opinion of
the ‘Best’.

We compared quite a few TEN BEST CAR CHASE MOVIE LISTS from various web
sites and came up with the following ten movies that appeared on the most
lists:

Bullitt (appeared on every list!)

Gone in 60 Seconds I

French Connection

Ronin

Gone in 60 Seconds II

Smokey and the Bandit

Vanishing Point

The Fast and The Furious

Thunder Road

Cannonball Run

Those are the ten that appeared the most. But, there are some great movies
that hardly got listed at all. For example, the two Italian Job movies only
appeared on two lists each. On our web-site (www.endlessroad.com), we have
put the phrase ONE OF THE TEN BEST CAR CHASE MOVIES on all of the videos we
carry that appear on several of the lists.

***

Two of our favorite license tags this month:

Miata driver that knows what a sports car is for: SUNLIT

A VW for a true Beetles fan: WHNIM64

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Car Trivia Answers

1) The first posted speed limit was 20 Miles Per Hour.

(Thanks to our friend, Tim P, the Webmaster for Maryland Automobile Modelers
Association, MAMA www.mamasboyz.org.)

2) Henry’s excuse for not keeping a four-cylinder in his line-up was, in all
his wisdom, "a car does not need any more cylinders than a cow has teats."

(From The V12 Engine by Karl Ludvigsen, thanks for our friend, Jeff for
this.)

3) Bantam could not produce enough Jeeps to meet the US Army’s demands. Ford
and Willys-Overland produced the great majority of the originals. Willys
ended up with the Jeep name. Willys merged with Kaiser in 1953, which, two
years later, moved to Argentina. The Jeep line ended up in American Motors,
which was bought by the French company, Renault. Renault sold it all to
Chrysler. Chrysler has been taken over by the German company, Daimler.
Germany owns Jeep.

4) In 1973, AMCs Gremlin was the first to cover their seats in Denim. And,
to my recollection, it was the last time it was used.

5) In 1995, team owner Eddie Jordan’s driver, Bertrand
…

750 without power boost, 800 with power boost.

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There’s a fine line between not listening and not caring.
I like to think that I walk that line every day of my life.

-Forty

Basically, I’m likely going to be at the NASCAR and IRL races at Watkins
Glen this year, as well as SCCA Nationals at the Glen and I’m looking
into working the Toronto Champ Car race in Toronto and the Montreal F1
race from 2007 onwards. I’m also holding out the possibility of working
at least one British and Australian GP within the next few years (if I
ever get started on my international vacation checklist).

Do most races use similar RF channels? Should I be all set with
something that scans the common Citizens, Amateurs, VHF, & UHF bands? If
I were to buy a generic NASCAR type scanner, should I be set? Any advice
on desirable features for a handheld scanner?

TIA
—
There’s a fine line between not listening and not caring.
I like to think that I walk that line every day of my life.

-Forty

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Short version: PT plans a partial Busch season in 06 (10-11 races) and
perhaps one or two Cup races during his off weekends in the Champ Car
schedule ahead of a full time NASCAR campaign in 2007.
—
Forty – welcome to the no man’s land between the logical and Kafkaesque

Stay safe and best wishes to all.

Beaner