Last weekend, I had the opportunity to visit Denver, CO – in a snowstorm. Never mind that it took me a couple hours to get past the thunderstorms in Dallas/Ft. Worth, I landed in Denver […]
The Science of Speed video series is now up at www.science360.gov. We did a press conference at Texas Motor Speedway Friday April 3rd afternoon announcing the series. If you told me three years ago I’d […]
The Science of Speed video series is now up at www.science360.gov. We did a press conference at Texas Motor Speedway Friday April 3rd afternoon announcing the series. If you told me three years ago I’d […]
You all know Newton’s first law of motion (NASCAR version). A race car going 130 mph down the frontstretch at Bristol is going to keep going 130 mph down the frontstretch at Bristol unless a […]
Blown engines were a factor in this week’s Las Vegas race, just as they were in last week’s California race. Let’s look at why this might be happening. […]
I’ve gotten a couple requests to talk about the story, but the Elliott Sadler YoYo saga is why I’m sticking to science. Gravity is gravity, doesn’t matter who is driving for whom and not even […]
After getting in late from Columbus, I made the mistake of listening to the radio as I attempted to sleep. Listening to the comments about the Red Bull Racing penalties got me slightly riled. NASCAR […]
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 […]
Juan Pablo Montoya’s pole run last Friday at Kansas was disqualified when his shock absorbers failed tech inspection. The shocks and springs are important components of the supension. A car without a suspension would bounce […]
Congrats! If you’re reading this, it means that they turned on the Large Hadron Collider without creating any black holes…yet. If there’s one question I get when I speak it is: “If they were going […]
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