Author: SC Fan

Funniest The early Short Circuit’s were often full of typographical errors, but one was a ‘howler’, brought the house down and made it onto national television via the very popular magazine and consumer rights show on Sunday evenings ‘Thats Life’...

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First launched with a pilot issue late in 1993 the plan was to produce 6 issues a season, but it turned out that only4 were published the first couple of  seasons then only 3 per season until 1998, when it...

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What is this site About Short Circuit magazine was published between 1978 to  2011 with four different publishers. This site gives details of the publications published by the various publishers from those years, especially the magazines and yearbooks. It includes every...

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National Grass racer was published between 1982 and 1989, 33 issues were issued in total and two Yearbooks as well. 1982 saw the first issue of National Grass Racer launched, alongside its now big brother Short Circuit which had a...

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Printed in the April 2002 issue.  Story Paul Huggett Two of the first writers to come on board 'Short Circuit' in 1977 were Graham Brown and Chris Jones, who tackled, respectively, Hot Rod and Superstox/Saloon Stox columns. They were a great...

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Short Circuit - The Beginning until April 2002 Printed in the April 2002 issue.  Story Paul Huggett For some reason. I couldn't get to the races, the very first meeting at which 'Short Circuit' magazine - or as it was then...

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Short Circuit magazine started in 1977 and ran for 324 issues over a 35 year period and finished in 2012, although the last issue being a 'winter' issue and covered 2011/2012. The magazine could almost be called Welsh as that...

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Oval Track Classic was the only magazine dedicated to oval racings heritage. Motor racing author and broadcaster Richard John Neil teamed up with Mark Haddleton from Short Circuit magazine to produce a magazine dedicated to the history and heritage of...

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