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12 AUTOWEEK
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the road in th e tight swervesth e Piscine; he got going again bu t
notice Mass coming alongsidehim. With a clang both
and McLaren lost chunks of theirwheel r ims . Joqhen's continued to
ai r and he continued on to the finishfollowing hi s fellow German Hans.
Bu t Jacques' tire had deflated and when
next corner he found ou tit with another clang into the
That was two laps from the
flag.Th e flag came down none too soon, fo rd Lauda taken bu t another 8.03 secondscomplete hi s las t easy lap th e race
have gone over the tw o hour limitin F -1 regulations. Scheckter
s a not ba d l l-plus seconds behind,Depailler did well to keep his car
its leaning back wheel on the roada little over a minute behind Lauda.
lap back were Stuck, Mass and
JUNE 12, 1976
Just ou t of th e points wa s Tom Pryce in, bu t the way he got there was
Earlier his teammate JeanJ arier had hi s better handling
laps from the end there was justvery light shower of rain. It hardly
spots on th e road, bu t mostthe drivers slacked of f fo r a la p or two.
that couple of minutes Pryce flew upe line, taking both Carlos Pace's oil
AHa an d J arier.as the two Shadowmen
aboard someone's yacht, Jeanto Tom and exclaimed, "My
Tom, yo u are certainly quick in
e wet!"Monaco is-the Mediterranean, high-rise hotels, beautiful people, and, once ayear, one heck of amotor race. Heretwo-time World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi bootshis revised Copersucar up the hill towards Casino Square, with aview of part of the little principality'scapital city in the background. Chris Mullen
Pryce's eyebrows came together fo r aand then he said, "Wet? Uh, yo u
it rained today?"Last on the road was poor Chri s Amon,
o was still suffering the Amon Lucktwo weeks before when a
came off. He'd performedwell with the rebuilt Ensign in
actually being sixth at the end ofday, and but fo r a se t of mis
rear tires at theendofthe secondy which made th e car veer of f to on e
he might have stayed somewhereon the grid. But he started the
knowing full well that his right hand,an d still swollen from the Zolder
was going to give out. After aboutth e distance he simply had to give up ',
d just soldiered on driving as best hewith one hand only-taking tw o
at the wheel at th e Station Hairpinunlucky 13th place . He was actually
on th e road, last running driver,t Laffite before he crashed had done
laps .The greatest thing mechanical to comet of th e Monaco GP was the
th e competitiveness ofe six-wheeled Tyrrells. Th e greatest
th e returnform of Ronnie Peterson; suddenly wen start calling him Superswede again.
news , both items, as we turn toold 007 Tyrrells
Gunnar Nilsson trails Welshman Tom Pryce past the Hotel de Paris and into Casino Square. Pryce's positionstayed static until a light rain fell, and then Tom started picking off those in front of him.
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New Steering Gives
Improved ControlA rotary-valve steering gear is one of
th e latest twists at Ford Motor Company.
According to Robert B. Alexander, Fordvice president-Car Engineering Group,"how a vehicle steers and responds to
in tended maneuvers contr ibutes
importantly to the confidence the typicaldriver enjoys with hi s ca r. "Ourdevelopment work at Ford aims atproviding steering that no t only is morereliable, bu t also gives th e driver bettercontrol and is more responsive withoutsacrifiCing feel of th e road."
Th e company's latest s teer inginnovat ion is a rotary-valve s teeringgear, built at Ford ' s Indianapolis ChassisParts Plant an d standard on the Torino,Montego, Elite, Cougar, Ford, Mercury,Thunderbird, Lincoln and Mark IV.
Th e rotary valve, according toAlexander , replaces a linear-spool valvean d is designed to provide a "lighter,smoother an d more responsive feel. "
Effort required to turn th e steering
wheel ri m of models equipped with ther o t a r y - v a l v e g e a r i s r ed u ced
approximately 200/0 from the effortrequired on earlier models wi h th e spoolvalve gear.
Contingency Money
For Volvo Racers...PORTLAND, Ore.-In a move aimed at
stimulating interest in racing Volvos,
Import Distributing Co . (IPD) ha sannounced that it will offer contingencymonies for SCCA, IMSA an d ICSCCracing.
In SCCA National racing, IPD is
offering $150 fo r a first place finish, $100for second an d $50 fo r third; in Regional
racing th e sums ar e $75 fo r a first, $50 fo ra second and $25 for third . In SCCA Pr oRally events the sums are $150 for first,
$75 for second an d $50 for third.IMSA contingency monies are limited
to Racing Stock sedans, where a firstplace finish will pa y $200, a second willpa y $150 an d a third will pa y $100.
International Conference of Sports Ca rClubs events will pa y $50 and $25.-
In order fo r a ca r to be elegible for IPD
contingency monies it must be a Volvo, it
must display an IPD sticker either on thewindshield or on each side, an d it must beequipped with some parts purchasedfrom IPD or from an IPD dealer ordistributor
Competitors desiring further detailsshould write to Contingency Program,IPD, 2762 NE. Broadway, Portland,
Oregon, 97232.
.. .And F-Ford RacersRoad America Tire , the Seattle-based
Western U.S . distributor for Dunlop race
and rally tires, is offering a $1000contingency av,'ard to the first FormulaFord driver to wi n a Sports Ca r Club ofAmerica National points race on th e West
Coast or Pro Formula Ford race at SearsPoint International Raceway usingDunlop tires.
Th e award will be just for the firstdriver to wi n one of the events , and thet ires must be purchased from RoadAmerica Tire at full retail cost. Th e awardis effective June 26th. concurrent with theJune Sprints SCCA National at LagunaSeca Raceway in Monterey, California.
"Our tires ar e of a differentconstruction than the type currentlybeing used by most Formula Fordracers", commented Pete Mills of RoadAmerica Tires. " It will take some minorsuspension adjustments to change overto ou r new Dunlops.