NASCAR, Physics and the Cosmos
Okay. COSMOS was pre-empted Sunday in favor of the Coca Cola 600 and COSMOS host, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, decided to edify us with some NASCAR physics. I bet 90% of NASCAR fans immediately […]
Okay. COSMOS was pre-empted Sunday in favor of the Coca Cola 600 and COSMOS host, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, decided to edify us with some NASCAR physics. I bet 90% of NASCAR fans immediately […]
OK, so ‘monozone’ is just a fancy way of saying it’s the old tire. Â It’s all in the branding, isn’t it? Goodyear has been experimenting with multi-zone tires since last year. Â Multizone tires attempt to […]
We’ve heard a lot, especially this week at Richmond, about tire wear. A lot of right front tires were wearing excessively. As seems to be usual at this point, teams would like Goodyear to use a stronger tire and Goodyear would like teams to dial back their setups, especially their camber. […]
The Car of Tomorrow in 2008 marked the first time NASCAR stock cars used a splitter to provide front downforce. Â A splitter is simply a shelf that splits the air. Â Some air goes over the […]
Bob Pockrass of Sporting News  presented the results of a reader poll of NASCAR announcers.  By way of disclaimers, this wasn’t a scientific survey – it was a sample of people who feel strongly enough […]
I know this isn’t a picture of California. Â But it’s a picture out my window, which is why this is a sort of short post. There seems to be a clear division between the people […]
I’m falling down totally on keeping up with this – all due to some major changes in life that I’ll clue you in on soon – and the fact that I need to learn to […]
Engineering is a constant battle of risk versus reward. How much are you willing to challenge your equipment in order to gain speed? […]
Repaving is the last possible remedy a track wants to use, but when potholes (see: Daytona) show up, there is no choice but to tear up the old asphalt and replace it with new, fresh […]
CBSs 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair recently released the results of a poll that provided some surprising insights about how people watch sports – some of which might be relevant to the constant discussion of declining […]
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