September 2013 : Building Speed

Turning, G-Forces and Banked Tracks.

2013-09-27 Diandra 3

Dover is a fascinating track – twenty-four degrees of banking, but only a mile in length. A student approached me with a question: Higher-banked tracks generate higher centripetal forces – so why doesn’t the track […]

Opinion: NASCAR’s Restart Problem – What Would Einstein Do?

2013-09-08 Diandra 9

Sigh. So instead of talking about a couple great races this week, we’re focusing on restarts. Again. Everyone, from pundits to drivers, is questioning NASCAR’s decisions to not call penalties on the critical restarts of […]