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How Stuff Works by Marshall Brain (John Wiley, 2001)
Guide to the inside workings of common machines such as car engines, computers, microwave ovens, aeroplanes, submarines and many more.
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Motor Racing: A century of competition and human challenges by Giuseppe Guzzardi and Enzo Rizzo (White Star, 2001)
Chronology of motor sport in all its forms throughout the twentieth century. The book is crammed with historic prints, black and white archive and modern colour photographs, statistics and roll calls, maps and circuit diagrams.
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Pendine Races by Lynn Hughes (Gomer Press, 2000)
The sands of Pendine in Carmarthenshire were used for motor racing over a long period. This illustrated homage relives those wonderful days and records a chapter in sporting history that is perhaps in danger of being lost forever.
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All Out Land Speed Record
www.landracing.com/news/history.htm
Lists land speed records from 1813 to 2001, with images of most of the vehicles including those driven by Rigolly, Campbell and Segrave.
Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing
www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/main.htm
Fantastic site by Leif Snellman; both comprehensive and accessible with lovely images. Well worth a look for the racing enthusiast.
How Turbochargers Work
www.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm
This comprehensive article will clearly explain how turbochargers work, with other sections on the workings of car engines, horsepower and much more.
Pendine Museum of Speed
www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/index.asp?locID=2672&docID=-1
Opened in 1996, the museum focuses on the use of the sands at Pendine for land speed attempts and racing. Click on 'Visitor Information' for opening times etc.
Pendine Sands – Quest for the Land Speed Record
www.bluebirdelectric.co.uk/pendine.html
In 1924 the world land speed record was broken by Malcolm Campbell in the V12 Sunbeam Bluebird at an average speed of 146.163mph on Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire, west Wales. This record was the first of three world land speed records that Malcolm Campbell was to break on the sands at Pendine.
Speed Machines
www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/speedmachines/landspeed.html
Check out Channel 4's site on speed machines and the history of the land speed record.
What is Nitrous Oxide?
www.akamoto.co.uk/resource-what-is-nitrous.htm
Excellent resource on nitrous oxide, an oxygen-bearing compound; also evaluates the value of using nitrous oxide gas kits in car engines.
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