The author
McBeath Simon
Simon McBeath is a life-long motorsport enthusiast, a competitor for over 30 years, Press Officer for Gurston Down Speed hillclimb, where he is also a hillclimb school instructor, and a freelance writer who contributes regularly to Racecar Engineering and other magazines.
During more than three decades of involvement in UK hillclimbs and sprints, he has prepared, raced, and made composite components for a number of single seaters, and also for other competitors in other competition categories. His books include Competition Car Aerodynamics, and he provides an aerodynamics advisory service, SM AeRo Techniques.