Center of Gravity
Acid Dipping to Shave Weight
The stock car science blog has been a little quiet lately, mostly because I’ve been working on a really exciting project I hope to be able to tell you all about in the very near […]
Physics
Goodyear
Mailbag: Tire Codes, Bristol Waves and the Science of Cheating
Just when you think things can’t get any busier, they do. It’s the end of the fiscal year at my university, which means getting buried in a mound of paperwork. We’re doing three workshops this […]
Dynos
Magnets and Dynomometers
I have never seen Robin Pemberton looking so disgusted as he did during an interview replayed on NASCAR Now Monday evening. (Well, maybe not since Daytona 2007.) NASCAR did a chassis dyno test after the […]
Center of Gravity
Treading Lightly: Tires at Indy
Tire problems again, but the issue here was different than the tire problems we saw in Atlanta earlier in the year. At Atlanta, the tire was too hard. The drivers complained that they didnÂ’t have […]
Aerodynamics
Why Inner Liners are Required on the Tires at Dover
Q: Inner liners are required at Dover, which is one-mile track. What is an inner liner and why is Dover the only one-mile track at which it is required? A: If you look at a […]
Center of Gravity
Why the New Car Won’t Turn, Part I: The Center of Gravity
Listen for me on Dave Moody‘s show, Sirius Speedway, this Thursday (May 22nd) at 3:40 p.m. Eastern time. We’ll be talking about how the cars looked at the All-Star race and I’ve learned a couple […]
Grey Areas
The Science of …Vibration Harmonics
Roush Fenway Racing came out with a statement about the missing oil tank lid on Wednesday that just begs to be deconstructed scientifically. “The bolt holding the lid in place failed in its purpose as […]